Rell

Rell was the first male R&B singer signed to Roc-A-Fella Records. He appeared in Jay-Z's movie, "Streets Is Watching." While at Roc-A-Fella, he recorded with artists such as Kanye West, Jay-Z, Consequence, Young Gunz and others. He grew up in Bowman, South Carolina. He is a former South Carolina State pre-med student. As the first male R&B solo artist signed to Roc-a-Fella Records, Rell got his first break in 1998, appearing in Jay-Z's rap cult flick Streets Is Watching, and contributing the feel-good club banger Love For Free to the movie's soundtrack. Going on to sing hooks for nearly every Roc-a-Fella MC since, including Jay-Z's It's Obvious and Freeway (rapper)'s Victim Of The Ghetto, and appearing on The Message featuring Mary J. Blige from Dr. Dre's classic Chronic 2001.

Current Activity

Rell wrote the title track for Usher's forthcoming album Here I Stand. He works frequently with Latin Reggaeton multi-platinum artist Don Omar, appearing on his compilation album El Pentágono, and Zion's The Perfect Melody.

Discography

Albums

*1998: "Medicine" (Unreleased)
*2000: "The Remedy" (Unreleased)
*2001: "Long Time Coming" (Unreleased)
*2008: "TBA"

Singles

*1998: Love For Free (feat. Jay-Z)
*1999: When Will You See
*2000: Darlin'
*2001: If That's My Baby
*2002: It's Obvious (feat. Jay-Z)
*2004: No Better Love (Remix)
*2005: Real Love (feat. Kanye West & Consequence)

Filmography

*1998: Streets Is Watching (film)
*2002: State Property (film)
*2003: Death Of A Dynasty
*2006 :Code Blue (film)