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He released two remixes of it: one with Birdman and another with Chris Brown and Trey Songz. The song and project established him as a slick-talking singer with rapper tendencies, quick to charm a woman out of her pants while also able to handle himself with a gun. The 27-year-old singer released his first official mixtape, The Product, in 2011 and caught fire two years later with the release of its sequel that featured his breakout hit, “I Luv This Shit” with Trinidad James. If Will Smith’s character from the Bad Boys franchise were real and from New Orleans, his name would be August Anthony Alsina Jr. The LP comes after a lengthy hiatus that left many to wonder how he was coping in the midst of a serious autoimmune-disease diagnosis, losing a close family member to cancer, and kicking an addiction to opioids.įor everyone wondering more about the singer-songwriter and supposed “other man,” we’ve created a short guide to who he is beyond the headlines. Perhaps too conveniently, he released his third studio album, The Product III: State of Emergency, just a couple of days before his explosive allegations went public. He’s been one of R&B’s more talked-about men for nearly a decade, and often not because of his music - but his tumultuous personal life. And now, after denying Alsina’s claims, Pinkett Smith revealed that some “healing” needs to happen, so she’s going to be her next guest on her own Facebook Watch show, Red Table Talk, to presumably talk about the situation and confront herself.Īlsina’s much more than a matrimonial firebrand. Rumors, that had been shaping up over the years about their perceived closeness, were finally brought to light. He claimed that, with her husband Will Smith’s blessing, he gave their intimate relationship “years of my life,” so much so that he could die right now and be happy. In the span of an hourlong interview with The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee, R&B singer August Alsina managed to not only set the internet on fire but also a marriage: that of longtime friend, and alleged lover, Jada Pinkett Smith. Photo: Joseph Okpako/WireImage/Getty Images Alsina’s much more than a matrimonial firebrand.