Terrance Quaites (born May 24, 1976), known professionally as TQ, is an American R&B singer. He is perhaps best known for his hit song "Westside", which became a top 40 hit in several countries in 1998.
Terrance Quaites began his music career in the early 1990s with the R&B ensemble Coming of Age (band), who had a hit with the ballad "Coming Home to Love". After two album releases, the group went their separate ways. The summer of 1998 saw TQ notch his first hit with "Westside". Later that year, They Never Saw Me Coming was released, along with the single "Bye Bye Baby", and "Better Days" which followed the next year.
In 2000's, TQ released his second album, The Second Coming. He recorded his own Cash Money album, Gemini, but it was never officially released. He released a new album, Listen, in 2004. In 2007, TQ was featured on a single from the debut album of Iranian-Canadian rapper Imaan Faith. TQ's song Paradise was released on April 29, 2008.
On March 23, 2009, TQ released the S.E.X.Y. EP on iTunes. It was made available on CD on June 30. The EP consists of previously unheard TQ material. TQ released his latest album, titled Kind of Blue, on March 23, 2010. TQ has recorded the Michael Jackson song Dirty Diana for this album.
After a balh-wrote and recorded "Uh Oh", a pop duet with the British singer-songwriter, Danielle Senior, which was produced by Matt Qualifide for Andrew Maurice of Suite Recordings. It was released April 2011. Remixes of "Uh Oh" include the classic soul version by CBKS.
Acting:
TQ's first film appearance was in Rockin' Meera, directed by Param gill, released in 2009. He also appeared in Richard III.
TQ completed a film with Sally Anthony called The Devil's Grind.
Legal issues:
TQ was banned from entry to the UK after visa issues. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Terrance Quaites is an American R&B singer, known professionally as TQ.
TQ was raised in the church (he sang in the choir) but his real education came from the streets, where the first wave of hip-hop music became the soundtrack to his life. "From Monday to Saturday I was hangin', partyin', chasing girls, getting in trouble, and straight-up acting the fool," he admits. "But on Sunday my mother dragged me out of bed to go to church. That's where I developed my singing voice and learned how to make people feel me."
TQ was never a thug in the true sense of the word: His hard-working parents instilled positive values in him, and didn't hesitate to set him straight when he was wrong. At 16, when his mom found a gun in his room, she sent the teenager to live with an aunt in Atlanta. In retrospect, says TQ, "sending me down South saved my life. It made me straighten up—for awhile, anyway."
These conflicting circumstances honed TQ's survival instincts and his passion for music. "The little money I had to buy records was spent on rap," he notes. "See, I really wasn't much into my generation's r&b. I listened more to the old-school soul that my parents had in the house. So my music now is more a combination of that and hard-core hip-hop." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.