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While recreating his 1984 audition for Sheila E’s band, Raphael Saadiq slipped in a quick spontaneous story about something ...
During a concert in Oakland, Raphael Saadiq shot the claims of homelessness made by his former Lucy Pearl colleague.
Raphael Saadiq reportedly shaded his former Lucy Pearl bandmate Dawn Robinson during his No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, ...
Raphael Saadiq shares what to expect at his upcoming one-man show on the heels of success with Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter." ...
Esteemed R&B virtuoso Raphael Saadiq is preparing to captivate audiences this spring with a groundbreaking series of one-man performances. His mini-tour, titled “No Bandwidth: One Man ...
Credit: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for ESSENCE/Getty Images He might be regarded as one of the finest songwriter-producers working today, but Raphael Saadiq admits that he’s often reluctant to ...
Toni! Toné! reunited for a tour last year, co-founder and key creative force Raphael Saadiq had high hopes of recording what would have been the band's first new album since 1996. But now that ...
Credit: Colin Hutton/NBCUniversal Nowadays, Raphael Saadiq is known as a multi-instrumental Grammy Award-winning producer for the likes of Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé and Mary J. Blige. But in his ...
Hanging out in Sacramento not long ago on a trip to see his mother, Raphael Saadiq dropped into a crowded barbershop for a haircut. “They didn’t know who I was for a sec, but they figured it ...
Few of these approaches are more cutting-edge than that of Raphael Saadiq, who merged hip-hop's programmed approach with his old-school R&B roots to create a whole new rhythm section style.