Sam Dew

A falsetto-equipped singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who refers to his sound as "soul-pop," Sam Dew made his first marks as co-composer of Wale's platinum hit "Lotus Flower Bomb" and Rihanna's "Numb." After the Chicago native contributed to Wale's The Gifted and The Album About Nothing and was featured on tracks by Skrillex ("Stranger") and Prefuse 73 ("Infrared"), he released his spoonerism-titled debut EP, Damn Sue. The six-track effort, issued on major-label RCA in April 2015, was recorded with TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek. During the rest of 2015 and...