August Anthony Alsina Jr. was born on September 3, 1992, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the son of Sheila and August Alsina, and he grew up with four brothers and sisters: Jamal, Travis, Netia, and Melvin. August was motivated to become a performer after witnessing Lauryn Hill in “Sister Act 2,” and at the age of 14, he began uploading videos on YouTube. Alsina’s father and stepfather were both addicted to crack cocaine, so his mother relocated the family to Houston, Texas, in the hopes of a fresh start; August Sr. died in December of that year. Alsina returned to New Orleans at the age of 16, and after his older brother Melvin was murdered in 2010, August relocated to Atlanta.
Personal Life
As their mother, Chandra died of cancer in 2018, August became the legal guardian of his three nieces, Chaylin, Amaiya, and Kayden. Chandra was engaged to Alsina’s brother Melvin at the time of his unsolved death in 2010. In June 2020, August made headlines when he claimed that Will Smith gave him permission to pursue a romantic connection with Jada Pinkett Smith. Jada said on a July edition of her show “Red Table Talk” that she had been in a relationship with Alsina four and a half years before her divorce from Will.
August has an autoimmune illness that damages his liver, which caused him to fall onstage at a 2014 concert, leaving him in a coma for three days. He underwent eye surgery in 2015 as a result of an eye illness that was affecting blindness. Alsina revealed to fans in a 2019 Instagram post that he had been hospitalised after “waking up one day and not being able to move.”
Career and Awards
Alsina released an unnamed acoustic cover mixtape in October 2011, then his first official mixtape, “The Product,” in April 2012, followed by “August Alsina University” (August 2012) and “Throwback” (September 2012). (September 2012). August released the song “I Like This Shit” in January 2013, while “The Product 2” was released in May of that year. His first EP, “Downtown: Life Under the Gun,” was released in August 2013, and his “Hell on Earth” video premiered in September. His Gold-certified track “Ghetto” was the most added tune on urban radio the week it debuted. August debuted the track “Make It Home” (with Young Jeezy) off his upcoming debut album in January 2014, and when “Testimony” was released in April 2014, it garnered excellent reviews and sold 67,000 copies in its first week. “I Like This Shit,” “Numb,” “No Love” (which was certified Platinum), “Kissin’ on My Tattoos,” and “Ghetto” were among the album’s singles. Alsina afterwards went on the Testimony Live tour and opened for Usher on “The UR Experience Tour” later that year.
After the success of “Testimony,” August released “This Thing Called Life” in December 2015, which yielded the songs “Hip Hop,” “Song Cry,” “Why I Do It” (with Lil Wayne), “Dreamer,” and “Been Around the Globe” (featuring Chris Brown). The album sold 41,000 copies in its first week, and the video for “Hip-Hop” debuted during the BET Awards in June 2015. In 2017, Alsina began production on his third album, “The Product III: State of Emergency,” and released the songs “Drugs,” “Lonely,” and “Don’t Matter” that year. The album was published in June 2020 and reached number nine on the US R&B chart and number four on the US Independent Albums list. In February 2019, he released the EP “Forever and a Day,” and in July 2020, August and Rick Ross released the track “Entanglements” (about Alsina’s relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith), which peaked at #7 on the US R&B chart. August has been on tracks by Flo Rida, Young Jeezy, Keyshia Cole, Meek Mill, and Rick Ross, as well as DJ Khaled’s “Hold You Down” (2014), “Gold Slugs” (2015), and “Do You Mind” (2016), as well as Kevin Gates’ “I Don’t Get Tired” (2014).
At the 2014 BET Awards, August won Best New Artist and the Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award, and he was nominated for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist in 2014 and 2015, as well as Best Collaboration for “I Luv This Shit” in 2014 and “No Love (Remix)” in 2015. Alsina was also nominated for a Soul Train Music Award in 2014 for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist.
Net Worth
August Alsina is a $4 million dollar net worth American musical artist. In 2007, he started uploading his own singing videos on YouTube and has since created a number of famous recordings. In 2012, he published his first official mixtape, followed by a single and a second mixtape in 2013. Alsina later signed with Def Jam Records and released his debut EP in August 2013. The EP yielded three hit songs, which led to the creation of his first studio album, “Testimony” (2014), which debuted at number two on the “Billboard” 200 lists and at number one on the US R&B and US R&B/Hip-Hop charts. August’s second studio album, “This Thing Called Life,” was released in 2015 and peaked at #2 on both the US R&B and US R&B/Hip-Hop charts, as well as #14 on the “Billboard” 200. His track “I Love This Shit” (with Trinidad James) was certified Platinum and peaked at #4 on the R&B chart in the United States. Other hit singles by Alsini include “No Love” (featuring Nicki Minaj), “Ghetto” (with Richie Home Quan), and “Numb” (featuring B.o.B and Yo Gotti).
