Adrian Marcel

Adrian Marcel's first memory is of singing Ginuwine's "Pony" -- and then Frankie Lymon's "Goody, Goody" -- at the age of eight. The R&B singer, a native of East Oakland, attended Oakland School for the Arts and earned early support from Bay Area music giant Raphael Saadiq, who presented his first mixtape, 7 Days of Weak. A 15-track version was made available for free in April 2013, while major-label Universal Republic knocked it down to seven cuts (with Wale on an alternate version of "Waiting") for official release a month later. The majority of the songs were written and arr...