![]() 26 on the Billboard 200 aided by the singles “Dance Tonight”, “Don’t Mess with My Man”, and “You” (featuring Snoop Dogg & Q-Tip). The group produced a self-titled album in 2000 which charted at No. In 1999 Saadiq formed the R&B supergroup Lucy Pearl alongside Dawn Robinson (En Vogue) and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest). Following a successful run that saw Tony! Toni! Toné become national R&B superstars throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, the band parted ways in 1997. After almost two years on the road, Saadiq returned to Oakland, California and formed the R&B, soul and dance trio Tony! Toni! Toné! alongside brother Dwayne Wiggins and cousin Timothy Christian. Saadiq was subsequently offered the role and before long was playing to stadiums and arenas the world over. By 12 he had joined the singing group The Gospel Humminbirds, before auditioning to play bass in Sheila E.’s backing band on Prince’s Parade Tour. Born one of 14 siblings and owner of a tumultuous childhood, Saadiq's earliest musical excursion came learning to play the bass from the age of six.
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