Keith Sweat

Keith Sweat is an R&B and Soul singer, songwriter and record producer. Before becoming a musician, Sweat worked in the commodities market at the New York Mercantile Exchange. Raised in Harlem, his music career began in the Harlem band, Jamilah, in 1975. He played in nightclubs around New York City until 1987 when he was signed by Elektra Records.http://www.soultracks.com/keith_sweat

Sweat currently hosts a radio show called "The Sweat Hotel." He also hosts a reality show that airs on the Centric Network titled, Keith Sweat's Platinum House. Platinum House, which debuted on June 28, 2010, follows the group Dru Hill in and out of the recording studio. Sweat is also touring through 2011.http://www.centrictv.com/shows/platinum-house/ http://www.thesweathotel.com/event_portal/view/calendar/calendar.html

In December 2010, Sweat was rumored to have died. The news of his supposed death traveled across Twitter. Gather.com reported their belief that this was not a hoax started by a fan. The site stated that the rumor of Keith Sweat's death may have been started as a PR stunt to increase publicity for his albums and tour.http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978783747

Keith Sweat's debut album, Make It Last Forever, from 1987, became a hit that went triple platinum and contained 4 Billboard hit singles. His second album, I'll Give All My Love to You, went double platinum. It spawned four hit singles, all of which ended up in the top five of the R&B charts. Since then, five more albums have either gone gold, platinum or quadruple platinum.http://www.thesweathotel.com/pages/about.html

• 1987: Make it Last Forever
• 1990: I'll Give All My Love to You
• 1991: Keep It Comin'
• 1994: Get Up on It
• 1996: Keith Sweat
• 1998: Still in the Game
• 2000: Didn't See Me Coming
• 2002: Rebirth
• 2003: Keith Sweat Live
• 2004: The Best Of Keith Sweat
• 2007: The Sweat Hotel
• 2008: Just Me
• 2010: Ridin' Solohttp://music.aol.com/artist/keith-sweat/albums