BIOGRAPHY AND Lifestyle OF AUGUST ALSINA

August Alsina (Full Name – August Anthony Alsina Jr.) is an American recording artist from New Orleans signed to Def Jam Recordings. He was born on September 3, 1992. Alsina is best known for his single “I Luv This Shit” featuring Trinidad James. His first studio album Testimony was released on April 15, 2014.

AUGUST ALSINA HEIGHT AND WEIGHT

Alsina is an average sized man, he also appears to be quite tall in his photos. He stands at a height of 6 feet (1.83 m) and weighs 79 kg.

AGE AND DATE OF BIRTH OF AUGUST ALSINA

Alsina was born on September 3, 1992 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He began his career posting videos on YouTube in 2007 at age 14, beginning with a cover of Lyfe Jennings ‘ Hypothetically . Alsina turns 27 in 2019.

AUGUST ALSINA BROTHER, PARENTS AND FAMILY

Photo by August Alsina

Alsina was born in New Orleans to his mother Sheila Alsina and father August Anthony Alsina Sr. Alsina’s father is deceased. At one point, Alsina was expelled after disagreements with his mother. On August 31, 2010, after his older brother, Melvin La’Branch III , was shot, Alsina became more committed to his music and moved to Atlanta in 2011.

Melvin La’Branch III was only 24 when he died. His other siblings are; brother, Travis La’Branch, sister Netia La’Branch and brother Jamal La’Branch.

AUGUST ALSINA GIRLFRIEND, WIFE

Currently, according to available records, Alsina is single. His first public relationship was with Analicia chaves (model). Alsina began dating the hip-hop model in April 2014 where they only dated for 2 months and ended their relationship in June 2014. Later that same year he reportedly dated fellow glamorous model Kayla Phillips . Alsina has also been in a relationship with Miracle Watts (2015 – 2016).

AUGUST ALSINA JADA SMITH RELATIONSHIP

Alsina claimed he was in a years-long relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith while still married to Will Smith , the actress denied the allegations.

He reportedly insisted he was romantically involved with the actress, including the claim that her husband had given Alsina his ‘blessing’, Jada’s reps called these claims ‘absolutely untrue’.

The headline-grabbing claims surfaced on July 1 in an interview between Alsina and Angela Yee, posted on YouTube.

Photo of Jada with Alsina

“Here’s what I’m going to say,” Alsina began in response. “People can have all the ideas they like, but what doesn’t sit well with me is that my character is in question, when certain things are questionable and I know it’s not me or that I know that I did not.”

He continued: “Contrary to what some believe, I am not a troublemaker. I don’t like drama. Drama makes me nauseous… I also don’t think it’s always important for people to know what I do, who I sleep with, who I date. ‘

However, the singer explained, “In this case, it’s very different because, like I said, there are so many people looking at me sideways, looking at me questioningly about it. I lost money, friendships, relationships behind it all and I think it’s because people don’t necessarily know the truth, but I never did anything wrong. I love these people.

Obviously referring to Jada and Will, he continued, “I have nothing to say about them. They are beautiful people.

The performer said he had no choice but to speak his truth after his life and well-being were affected.

‘I actually sat down with Will and had a conversation because of their marriage turning into a life partnership that they’ve talked about a number of times and it doesn’t involve romance,’ he said. affirmed. “He gave me his blessing and I totally dedicated myself to this relationship for years of my life and I really and really, really deeply loved and have a lot of love for her. I devoted myself to it. I gave so much of myself that I can die right now and accept the knowledge that I really gave myself to someone.

Alsina started to empty her heart telling Yee, “I really loved a person, I went through that. I know how it feels and some people have never understood it in this lifetime, so I know I’m completely blessed. »

As for why he remained silent about the alleged relationship, “I never want to be the person who confuses people because I love these people,” he said. “I really really do and I’ve literally never been in love with it that way, so much so that being intertwined that way – stepping away from it has slaughtered me.

Alsina also said the so-called split “will probably be the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced in this life.”

“I want to honor myself and I want to honor my authenticity,” Alsina said. “If honoring my authenticity means you hate me, stone me, shoot me, crucify me, whatever – bury me an honest man.

DAUGHTER OF AUGUST ALSINA

August has a daughter named Amaiya, whom he calls his princess. However, August is not her biological father in reality. Amaiya is actually August’s niece, daughter of his brother Melvin LaBranch III, who was shot in 2010. Prior to his brother’s death, Melvin had three daughters, of which Amaiya is one.

AUGUST ALSINA SICK

Alsina suffers from an autoimmune disease which affects her liver. He terrified fans in 2014 when he collapsed on stage in New York. In 2015, he revealed he had to undergo surgery on his eye due to an eye condition that left him blind. It was not immediately clear if the incidents were related to his autoimmune disease.

Nonetheless, Alsina doesn’t want his fans or anyone else to look at him differently because of his illness.

“The reality is that I am sick all the time. I don’t really like talking about it because I’m not looking for anyone’s sympathy. Don’t treat me like I’m a f-…cancer patient, because I’m not,” August Alsina said in the Instagram post.

In early July 2019, the singer was hospitalized after waking up one morning and reporting he was unable to walk or feel his legs due to nerve damage throughout his body.

August shared a video from his hospital bed offering an update on his health after missing his performance at the Essence Festival. After canceling the performance at an Essence Festival event in New Orleans, the R&B crooner took to Instagram to update fans on his condition, which led to his hospitalization. August Alsina recalled as he sat in his hospital bed the frightening moment when he was temporarily paralyzed.

“I woke up one day and was unable to walk, couldn’t feel my legs and my doctor ended up admitting me to the hospital,” he revealed.

AUGUST ALSINA STYLE

Alsina’s music generally falls into the alternative R&B category which mostly involves fusions with hip-hop. Usher and Lyfe Jennings are his musical influences.

SONGS OF AUGUST ALSINA

Currently, it has been revealed that Alsina is working on her third studio album. Alsina released the singles Drugs on January 6, 2017, then on June 1, 2017, Lonely then on June 6, 2017, Don’t Matter was released for the albumAlsina released their second studio album, This Thing Called Life on December 11, 2015 The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 41,000 copies in the United States.

It was supported by five singles; Hip hop , Why I Do It with Lil Wayne, Song Scream , I Been Around the World with Chris Brown and Dreamer . In April 2012 Alsina’s first mixtape The Product was released though an Untitled mixtape with six acoustic covers premiered in October 2011. In January 2013 his single J’adore ce merde (featuring Trinidad James) was released and in May 2013 , his mixtape The Product 2 followed.

On August 20, 2013, the Downtown EP, Life Under the Gun was released, with a video for Hell on Earth released the following month. The third single from his EP Downtown: Life Under the Gun, Ghetto featuring Rich Homie Quan, was released to Urban Contemporary Radio on December 9, 2013, and it was the most added song to Urban Radio the week this week. ending December 12, 2013.

On January 14, 2014, Alsina released Faire à la maison as the lead single from her debut studio album with Jeezy. Along with the release of the album, it was revealed that the album would be titled Testimony, which was released on April 15, 2014. Alsina was named a member of the XXL freshman class of 2014.

ALBUMS OF AUGUST ALSINA

• Testimony, made public in 2014.
• This Thing Called Life, released in 2015.

TESTIMONIAL OF THE ALSINA AUGUST ALBUM

On April 15, 2014, Testimony the debut studio album by American R&B singer August Alsina was released, courtesy of Def Jam Recordings . The album was supported by six singles: I Love This Shit, Ghetto, Numb, Make It Home, Kiss My Tattoos, and No Love ; with the release of her promotional single, Blessing .

Testimony was met with generally positive reviews from music critics, who glorified the creativity of the entire album. The album ranked number 2 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 67,000 copies in the United States. It stars guest appearances from Bob , Trey Songz , Gotti , Nicki Minaj , Rich Homie Quan , Chris Brown , and Def Jam’s labels Fabolous , Jeezy , Pusha T , Rick Ross , and Trinidad James (removed from label ).

AUGUST ALSINA NET WORTH

Alsina has earned substantial income from her music career and her music sales keep growing. His career took off when he started uploading videos, in his early teens, to YouTube beginning with Lyfe Jennings’ cover of the song Hypothetically. Alsina’s net worth is estimated at $4 million.

BLESSING OF AUGUST ALSINA

AUGUST ALSINA AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS