Williamsburg Music Center

Much can be said about Rogiérs (pronounced Ro-ghe-ay); the longtime singer- songwriter-producer first introduced to audiences on Platinum Pied Pipers’ hit single “50 Ways to leave your lover” (Triple P, Ubiquity Records-2005). Some recall his critically acclaimed debut Life & Music: All of It. (FMG, 2008) rendering its creative promise of “sweet desire” (Okayplayer) in the singles “Feel It Now”, “Hollywood Story,” and tracks by award winning co-producers Dré Bowman, Robert Glasper and the enigmatic Bilal.

Rogiérs studied with legendary Jazz-master Ellis Marsalis, was a special guest with the award-winning Eastern High School Choir (DC), accepted into the Duke Ellington School of Music for piano, received a scholarship from the American Guild of Organists and by the end of high-school earned a scholarship to study voice at Berklee College of Music (Boston). There he studied voice and performance with Broadway legend and Tony-award winner Vivian Reed, launched a solo career and earned a bachelor’s degree in Music Business & Management.

Initially launched in Boston he relocated to Brooklyn, NYC in 2000 to advance his career and worked a songwriter/hook singer for Hip-Hop and R&B producers under Sean “PDiddy” Combs, Tommy Mattola, Will.I.AM and others. Rogiérs eventually signed two production deals and was “shopped” to majors before eventually breaking free as an independent artist, never looking back.