August Alsina

August Alsina sings like someone who has actually lived the lyrics. Coming out of New Orleans, a city where music runs in the bloodstream, he clawed his way up from self-released mixtapes to a 2014 BET Best New Artist award, and you can hear that climb in his voice. What draws me in is his willingness to expose pain and weakness rather than perform invulnerability. The headlines around his personal life can be noisy, but I trust an artist who turns his wounds into songs. That honesty, raw and unpolished, is what real R&B has always been about, and he has it.

Name (English)

August Alsina

Name (Japanese)

オーガスト・アルシーナ

Reading

おーがすと・あるしーな

Born

September 3, 1992 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

Origin

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

singer / songwriter / rapper

High school

Worthing High School

Awards & achievements

• 2014 BET Award for Best New Artist
• 2014 BET Award for Viewer's Choice

• Official sitehttp://augustalsina.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/AugustAlsina
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%20Alsina
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15277032

Tags

• Louisiana
• singer
• songwriter
• rapper

Last updated

2026-06-17

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