My name is Muhammad Rashid better know as " CLEPH". Born on May 7,
1983 in La Guardia hospital in Queens New York. I was raised in Fort
Greene Brooklyn for most of my life. My parents separated when I was
very young. When they split it was just my single mother, 3 sisters and
my older brother. With my father gone I didn't have much of a "
male-role model" in my life. I was the second oldest of the house which
left me with most of the responsibilities being that my brother was out
doing his own thing on the streets. I was mostly homeward bound for
most of my childhood, because my mother saw the path my brother was
leading and did not want me to follow suit.
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Living in Brooklyn was no walk in the park, I needed to turn to
something that Fort Greene had not offered at the time. My savior from
the streets was music. Day after day I listened to the radio listening
to my favorite artists. I was very unknowledgeable about the great
gift I had and insisted on sounding like or mimicking the artists on
the radio. After a while I realized that I had a gift and with much
practice I revealed to myself and others that I can sing. When I began
singing, DRU HILL was my biggest inspiration that I admired most. There
popular song "WERE NOT MAKING LOVE" quickly persuaded me that this is
the dream I wanted to chase.
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I wrote my first song when I was in high school called " Take it
Slow", shortly after that I collaborated my own R&B group "
DISTINCTION". This group consisted of me and some of my closest
friends. Our dreams were high for this song and preformed at any venue
that gave us a chance to sing. After a while things went south with the
group and we decided to put an end to " DISTINCTION", for reasons that
would have altered the success of the group. After much thought and
consideration I decided to become my own voice and become "CLEPH" the
soloist.
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The name "CLEPH" is from a tattoo I have. I named myself after it
because a treble clef is the begging of any musical piece, and I
believe I' am the beginning to a bright future in music. As far as the
spelling goes, I choose C-L-E-P-H as the spelling because I try being
as creative and original as possible and I thought It would be a nice
twist to the spelling. Out of all the artist that are successful today
I can most relate with NE-YO because he incurred and lived almost the
same situations I have prevailed through and he is following his dream
just like I' am I hope to be as great as him one day.
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Over the years I have written about 50 songs and some feature a lot of
underground talent as well. I have worked with many underground labels
such as, "Next level", "S-original, and "THE COMPOSERS" In a nut shell I
want my music to send a message out to others that have never been sent
before. Song writing and singing have become my life, and without it I
don't know what or where I would be today. First and foremost I want to
thank god for givening me such a skill I had no Idea I had before. I
want to be remember for years to come as the man that changed the face
of music. For now I'll take it one song at a time
Twitter @rnbcleph
IG : @cleph_
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