Background
RL was born in 1977 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Robert and Toni Huggar.
RL was born in 1977 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Robert and Toni Huggar.
He is best known for being the lead singer of the Rhythm & Blues group Growing up, he was exposed to a variety of musical styles that helped influence his sound. His admiration of artists like Prince and Michael Jackson and music producers such as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis encouraged him to pursue music Fronted by R. L. Huggar, brothers Terry Brown and Raphael Brown, originally performed under the name "Straight4ward." Foreign broader commercial appeal, the name was changed to "".
The group was introduced to producer and DJ artist KayGee from Naughty By Nature.
Subsequently, they signed with KayGee"s newly formed Divine Mill record label, which, at the time, was distributed through Arista Records. RL followed up that effort with “Best Manitoba” the super-group track from the The Best Manitoba (1999) soundtrack which also featured Ginuwine, Tyrese and Case.
By the time RL’s soulful “Good Love” (from The Brothers movie soundtrack) and his hook to Tupac’s Until the End of Time were released, he had created and artistic persona distinct and separate from RL: Ements is RL’s debut solo project and was released on J Records. lieutenant spawned the singles Got Maine A Model and Good Manitoba
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