Brent Faiyaz

Brent Faiyaz is a contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, and producer whose sly vocals, frequently applied to atmospheric slow jam productions, resemble a distinctive cross between Slim (of 112) and the Weeknd. The Maryland native has been active since the mid-2010s, starting with an array of digital singles and a four-track EP entitled A.M. Paradox. As one-third of the group Sonder, he issued the seven-track Into in early 2017. Later that year, around the time his name first appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 — as a featured artist on "Crew," off GoldLink's At What Cost and the Insecure, Season 2 soundtrack — Faiyaz released Sonder Son, an album recorded during a monthlong stay in the Dominican Republic. A year later he delivered his third EP, Lost. ~ Andy Kellman