Get To Know August Alsina
Don't miss August Alsina tonight on 106!
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Get To Know August Alsina - Get ready to celebrate August Alsina's debut album Testimony with him tonight at 6P/5C! If you're ready to swoon be sure you tune in!(Photo: Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
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Born & Raised - Like stars Luke James, Frank Ocean and Lil Wayne, August Alsina hails from none other that New Orleans, Louisiana.(Photo: John Ricard/BET)
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Viral Sensation - In order to escape some of the rougher patches in life that August had experienced, he took to singing and posting his covers on YouTube. After covering artists like Lyfe Jennings and Musiq Soulchild all eyes shifted to him and helped him on the road to landing his major deal with Def Jam.(Photo: Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
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Anything Is Possible - After watching his father and uncle suffer from drug addictions and having his brother lose his life in the streets of New Orleans, August Alsin turned his own life around and away from selling drugs to make ends meet. Eventually, August's hard work with music paid him off and got him to where he is right now, so remember that anything is possible!(Photo: John Ricard/BET)