Friday Night Live Featuring Carl Thomas. October 20th. Doors Open at 7p. WJCT Soundstage. Hosted by Gene Dot Com. Also Performing The Groove Coalition. Early Bird Tickets Available.

A gifted R&B singer whose cool but passionate style is a solid match for his flexible vocal abilities, Carl Thomas was born in Aurora, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) on June 15, 1972. In 1997, Thomas was spotted at an open mic in Brooklyn s by Sean "Puffy" Combs, who liked what he heard and promptly signed the singer to his Bad Boy Entertainment label. Initially, Thomas sang R&B-styled backups on sessions for hip-hop acts such as the Notorious B.I.G., the LOX, LL Cool J, N.O.R.E., and Puff Daddy, and it wasn't until 2000 that Thomas' first full-length album, Emotional, was released.

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