Malcolm McLaren

2. It also had a very successful run on American urban radio stations. His song "About Her", based on "Shes Not There" by The Zombies rose to prominence when used by director Quentin Tarantino in Tarantino's movie Kill Bill Vol. Most recently, Musiq has released the singles and videos "forthenight" and "whoknows" from his third LP, Soulstar. "forthenight" has been one of VH1 Soul's most played videos of 2004 so far. During 2000, there was speculation that he might stand to be elected as Mayor of London, although ultimately he didn't run. Once again, its video got heavy play on MTV2 and VH1 Soul, as well as on MTV Jams. However this project was not a commercial success. In late 2002, Musiq contributed guest vocals to "Break You Off", the first single from The Roots' Phrenology album.

In 1998, McLaren created a band called Jungk consisting of three Asian females intended to emulate appeal of the then popular Spice Girls. Both videos also got substantial play during the year on VH1 Soul. The tracks "Buffalo Girls" and "Double Dutch" became chart hits in the UK. He had continued urban and MTV2 success with its singles, "halfcrazy" and "dontchange", the former of which was one of the most played music videos on MTV2 in the summer of 2002 and during the year overall. McLaren later released some work under his own name, most notably an album Duck Rock (1983), which drew on musical styles from North America and South Africa, among others. In 2002, he released his sophomore album, Juslisen (read: "Just Listen"), as simply Musiq. He is also sometimes credited with developing the talents of Adam Ant and Boy George. His singles also received moderate airplay on urban and urban contemporary radio stations.

During the early 1980s McLaren assembled and managed Burundi influenced pop group Bow Wow Wow. The singles "Just Friends (Sunny)", "Love", and "Girl Next Door" received exposure in America mainly on the more underground music video network, MTV2, as well as on BET. When Maclaren returned to London in 1975 he assembled the Sex Pistols in Hell's image. Musiq did much of his own songwriting, and most of the record was produced by the A Touch of Jazz production company, headed by Jazzy Jeff. According to Hell, Maclaren approached him and Verlaine about being their manager, but they were not interested. He released his debut album, Aijuswanasang (read: "I Just Want to Sing"), in 2000, which was well-received by critics and audiences. Hell's torn clothing, studded dog collars and leather jackets appealed to Maclaren as much as his dissolute attitude and indifference toward playing the bass guitar. He moved back to Philadelphia as a teenager, and began plans for a career in music.

The Neon Boys included Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell, who went on to form Television. Musiq was born in Philadelphia and grew up with his family--including eight brothers and sisters--in Putnam County, Georgia. In New York City in the mid-1970s, McLaren was managing the New York Dolls, whose style was a hybrid between garage rock and glam, when he saw the Neon Boys perform. Musiq Soulchild (born Talib Johnson on September 16, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an African American neo soul and R&B artist, one of the most popular artists on the Def Soul label. Since 2001, he has gone by simply Musiq, dropping the "Soulchild" from his moniker. Besides being a successful recording artist, Musiq is notable for his disregard for normal rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, as can be seen by the titles of his singles and his albums. Prior to this, he managed the New York Dolls. 2004: "whoknows" (US #65). 1976) while managing the SEX clothes shop with fashion designer Vivienne Westwood in London's Kings Road. 2003: "forthenight" (US #52).

Malcolm McLaren (born January 22, 1946) is an impresario and self-publicist who was the manager of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, having "discovered" them (ca. 2002: "dontchange" (US #17). 2002: "halfcrazy" (US #16). 2001: "Girl Next Door" (US #85). 2000: "Love" (US #24).

2000: "Just Friends (Sunny)" (US #31). 2003: Soulstar. 2002: Juslisen. 2000: Aijuswanasang.