Elijah Blake

Elijah Blake is an a small class of active contemporary R&B singers who can express anguish and delight with small changes in inflection. Although he debuted as a teenager in 2006 as Redd Stylez, Blake made real headway a few years later as a co-writer of Trey Songz's "Jupiter Love," and in 2012, he hit the Top 20 of the Hot 100 as co-writer of Usher's "Climax." Blake assisted the likes of Nas, Rick Ross, and Rihanna before he released his confident first mixtape, Bijoux 22 (2012). Later affiliated with No I.D.'s ARTium label with distribution from Def Jam, Blake put together ...