August Alsina is an American recording artist, singer, and musician from New Orleans. He is mostly known for his single ‘I Luv This Shit’ with Trinidad James.
He is best known for his single "I Luv This Shit" with Trinidad James.
Alsina was born as August Anthony Alsina Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, of America on September 3, 1992. He was born to parents, Sheila Alsina and August Alsina Sr. He has three brothers Melvin La’Branch III, Travis Labranche, and Jamal Labranche. His childhood was rough as both his father and stepfather battled crack cocaine addiction. His biological father died due to cocaine abuse. Later, his mother moved him to Houston, Texas.
Eventually, he was kicked out after he had disagreements with his mother. His brother Melvin La’Branch III, was shot and killed on August 31, 2010. August is of American nationality and belongs to the African-American ethnic background. His religion is Christianity and zodiac is Virgo. Alsina attended Worthing High School.
Alsina's professional music career started after he released his mixtape ‘The Product’ in April 2012.His second mixtape titled ‘The Product 2’ followed in May 2013. August released his EP(Extended Play) ‘Downtown: Life Under the Gun’ on August 20, 2013. Since then, he has released several other mixtapes and albums. His first album was ‘Testimony’ released in 2014 that charted #2 on Billboard 200. His second album ‘This Thing Called Life’ was released in 2015
Alsina’s second album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 which sold 41000 copies in the first week. Furthermore, currently, he is working on his third studio album. His music falls into the Alternative R&B category and his musical influences are Lyfe Jennings and Usher. Alsina won the BET Award in 2014 in the category of Best New Artist. Additionally, he has received other four nominations for the award.
At present, August is believed to be single his current relationship is not confirmed. August Alsina was previously involved in a relationship with model Analicia Chaves during April 2014. He was also linked romantically with Nicki Minaj at one point in his career. August has also been linked with actress Regina Hall, Miracle Watts, and Jada Smith’s mom, Adrienne Banfield-Jones.
Alsina won the BET Award in 2014 in the category of Best New Artist. Additionally, he has received other four nominations for the award. His first album "Testimony" was charted #2 on Billboard 200 in 2014.
Alsina's current salary is unknown. However, he has an estimated net worth of around $ 4 million at present. His significant source of earning is his professional recording and singing career. He also makes money through his album sales, live performances endorsements, advertisements, and sponsorships.
Alsina became part of a controversy after he claimed that Def Jam was holding his album hostage. At present, there are no rumors concerning August and his career.
Alsina has a height of 5 feet 11½ inches (1.82 m). Additionally, he weighs around 75 kg. his hair and eye color is dark brown.
Alsina is active in social media has a drawn huge number of followers. He has more than 1M followers on Twitter, over 6M followers on Instagram and more than 2.8M followers on Facebook.