

"We're doing a bunch of tests and they're saying I have some nerve damage going on throughout my body". In a video he posted to Instagram, the singer explained that he was hospitalized after suffering a loss of mobility. On July 8, 2019, Alsina updated his health scare. This illness has led to multiple incidents including a collapse on stage in 2014. In 2017, the singer revealed that he suffers from a severe autoimmune disease that attacks his liver. His musical influences are Chris Brown, Usher and Lyfe Jennings. ArtistryĪlsina's music generally falls into the R&B category, often fusing it with hip-hop. On September 21, 2021, he announced that he was “likely” retiring from music.
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The singer announced that the album highlights "the struggle in my life, my upbringing as a crack baby, losing my father and sister, and becoming the guardian for my three nieces", as well as his battle with the auto-immune disease that affected him. The album, The Product III: State of Emergency was eventually released on June 26, 2020. Then on June 1, 2017, "Lonely", and on June 6, 2017, "Don't Matter" was released for the album. On January 6, 2017, Alsina released the singles "Drugs". The album was supported by five singles "Hip Hop", "Why I Do It" (featuring Lil Wayne), "Song Cry", "Been Around the World" (featuring Chris Brown) and "Dreamer".Ģ017–present: The Product III: stateofEMERGEncyĪlsina had been working on his third studio album since 2017. It debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 41,000 copies in the United States. On December 11, 2015, Alsina released his second studio album, This Thing Called Life. He was named part of the 2014 XXL freshmen class. Along with the release, it was revealed that the album would be titled Testimony, which was released on April 15, 2014. On January 14, 2014, Alsina released "Make It Home" featuring Jeezy, as the lead single from his debut studio album. On December 9, 2013, the third single from his EP Downtown: Life Under the Gun, "Ghetto" featuring Rich Homie Quan, was serviced to urban contemporary radio and it was the most added song on urban radio the week ending December 12, 2013. The EP Downtown: Life Under the Gun was released on August 20, 2013, with a video for "Hell on Earth" released the following month. His single " I Luv This Shit" featuring Trinidad James was released in January 2013, and his mixtape The Product 2 followed in May 2013. His first mixtape The Product was released in April 2012, though an "Untitled" mixtape with six acoustic covers premiered in October 2011. Musical career 2012–14: Downtown: Life Under The Gun and Testimony Alsina had disagreements with his mother at some point and was "kicked out." After his older brother, Melvin La'Branch III, was shot and killed on August 31, 2010, he became more committed to his music, and relocated to Atlanta in 2011. With both his father and stepfather battling crack cocaine addiction, Alsina's mother moved him to Houston, Texas in search of a fresh start after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Alsina first uploaded videos to YouTube in 2007 at age 14, starting with a cover of "Hypothetically" by Lyfe Jennings. Although no one in his family was musically inclined, he was inspired to sing by Lauryn Hill in Sister Act 2.

He attended middle school in New Orleans. 2.3 2017–present: The Product III: stateofEMERGEncyĪlsina was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.2.1 2012–14: Downtown: Life Under The Gun and Testimony.

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In 2020, Alsina released his third album The Product III: State of Emergency-along with a 5-part documentary series detailing his life experiences, family, and health, supported by a media publicized "entanglement" with actress Jada Pinkett. After leaving Def Jam and a long hiatus, he released the EP Forever and a Day in 2019. The album was followed up by This Thing Called Life in 2015. Alsina then his debut studio album Testimony in 2014, after garnering success from the Platinum-selling singles " I Luv This Shit" (featuring Trinidad James) and "No Love" (featuring Nicki Minaj). He released his first mixtape The Product in 2012, followed by The Product 2 and his debut extended play (EP) Downtown: Life Under the Gun in 2013, the latter released under The-Dream's Radio Killa Records and Def Jam Recordings. (born September 3, 1992) is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana, formerly signed to Def Jam Recordings.
