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Sep 29, 2023 · Since his introduction in the early aughts, Avant has excelled at creating mood-setting R&B. Born Myron Lavell Avant in Cleveland in 1978, the singer/songwriter developed his sound by listening to soul artists who came before him and moulded the genre, like Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson.
R&B singer/producer Avant launched his solo career at age 22, quickly drawing comparisons to fellow new-style R&B crooner R. Kelly. He was the first act signed to former Los Angeles Lakers' basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson's Magic Johnson Music, a subsidiary of MCA. Avant, like Kelly, took an increasing interest in working behind the scenes.
Avant is a 42-year-old R&B singer-songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio. His real name is Myron Avant and he has been creating music since 1998. Avant is best known for his debut album, My Thoughts, which sold over a million copies and earned him a nomination at the Soul Train Awards.
Aug 14, 2023 · Clarence Avant was a behind-the-scenes ... and I don’t mean that in a bad way,” singer-songwriter Bill Withers — whom Avant discovered and managed — said in “The Black Godfather ...
Aug 14, 2023 · Clarence Avant, known as "The Godfather of Black Music," has died. He was 92. ... Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the S.O.S Band and an obscure singer-songwriter, Sixto Rodriquez, who decades later ...
Mar 18, 2019 · In mid-March 2019, a rumor began to circulate on social media holding that R&B singer Myron Avant had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had only six months to live. This unfounded gossip ...
Avant went from having dreams of serenading women with his voice, to landing at the top of the charts with his steamy ballads. But when his record labels sto...
