Musiq Soulchild is a hip-hop soul artist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He built a reputation for being musically gifted, beat boxing for MCs, freestyling on the open-mic circuit or just performing acapela for strangers on the streets.

Deeply inspired by the R&B/Soul sound of the '70s he uses the name “Soulchild” as a way to show respect and admiration to his biggest musical influences such as Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye and many others.