Keith Sweat

Birth Name:

Keith Douglas Crier

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Producer

In 1988, he was nominated for an American Music Award for the first time for his album "Make It Last Forever․"
Won Favorite Male Artist in the Soul and Rhythm & Blues category at the American Music Awards in 1996
Earned his degree in communications from City College of New York
Performed with the Harlem-based band Jamilah in 1975 before branching out as a solo artist
Worked at Macy's as a clerk and in the commodities market at the New York Stock Exchange before beginning his career as a musician
Quote: "My strategy is to give people just enough of me, then pull back, so they'll want to see me when I come back․"
Quote: "When you're in a relationship and it's good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete․"
Recorded the multi-platinum R&B albums "Make It Last Forever," "I'll Give All My Love to You" and "Keith Sweat․"
Was one of the major figures in New Jack Swing era in the late 1980s and early 1990s, releasing music that combined hip hop, contemporary soul, high-tech funk and rap
Started broadcasting a syndicated radio show that plays music from the 1970s on called "The Sweat Hotel" in 2007

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