CHINUA HAWK - BIOGRAPHY
Singer, Songwriter, Entrepreneur, just some of the words that can be used to describe Chinua
Hawk.
Chinua has released three independent CDs and has just completed his fourth CD, produced
and arranged by Joseph Patrick Moore (Earl Klugh, Stewart Copeland, Bob James). His work
has been heard on television shows such as CBS Joan of Arcadia, and movies such as “First
Sunday” and Dave Chapelles “Block Party”. He has also written songs with Wyclef Jean and
performed backing vocals on his CD “The Preachers Son” and worked in the studio with pro-
ducer/rapper Kanye West on rapper Talib Kweli’s song “Just To Get By”.
Chinua’s other accomplishments include winning the Billboard Magazine/Disc Makers Inde-
pendent Music World Series beating out over 1,000 bands with just a guitar player to accom-
pany him. In addition, he was named the APCA Multi-Cultural Artist of the year 2005,2006,
APCA Best Cultural Fine Arts Artist 2008, APCA Performer of the year 2008, APCA Best Male
Solo Performer 2009.
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