On December 31, 1988, Artez Auguste was born in Haiti and at the age of 2 moved to Brooklyn, New York with his mother.  Artez adjusted to life in America by reading poetry and listening to music to escape the hurt caused by his absentee father. It was not until the age of 14 during a high school music class did Artez discover his vocal ability.  Artez quickly learned to express everything that was missing in his childhood by writing and later song.  Artez continued writing and singing during his youth and learned how to arrange music at a recording studio of a family friend.

Influenced mostly by R&B and Hip-Hop artists from the 90’s-ranging from musical icon Michael Jackson to R. Kelly, Usher, Babyface, N-Sync, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion.  Artist like Michael Jackson, Babyface and R Kelly, would have a lasting impact on Artez, not only because of their vocal and gifted writing ability but because they were innovative, unafraid, adventurous and contribution to R&B music.  

The hybridization of R&B with Pop over the past decade, emphasis by labels to create artists with a particular imagine, and less focus on artistic ability have contributed to a decline of R&B as a genre of music.  If pure R&B survives as a legitimate genre, artist like Artez will be tasked with reintroducing pure R&B to a “Hip-Hop and Pop” craze generation.  Artez’s soulful, urban, grimy sound can reinvigorate R&B as a genre of music-the likes that have not been seen since Lauryn Hill in the late 90s.    
			
Today, Artez enjoys success as an independent artist and is featured on a song, “I Wanna Know” currently playing on Power 105.1 in New York, thanks to DJ Envy and JoshX.  True2Myself, mix-tape, should be completed this spring and will have some original tracks showing Artez’s vocal ability that will captivate audiences but also show his gift of expression as a songwriter.  

Artez is currently working with a handful of producers with industry credits like JoshX and Meco-the-Great, yung exec and JMarvelous just to name a few, expect nothing but good things from these heavy hitters in 2016.  

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