Rufus John Music TV

Rufus is a singer-songwriter from Kitchener-Waterloo who is a fresh face that brings a refreshing new sound to R&B Music. In the tradition of many renowned R&B musicians, Rufus began singing in the church. Raised within a West Indian Caribbean heritage he was exposed and influenced by many of the music legends of the 60's, 70's and 80's. Regardless if it was chore time, homework time or play time artist like Marvin Gaye, Patsy Cline, Al Green, Micheal Jackson, Dolly Parton and John P Kee filled the stereo speakers in his home. Naturally Rufus gravitated to the smooth sounds of these artist and by the age of 14 he wrote his first song about teenage heartbreak. Since then he hasn't looked back on his dreams of becoming an artist. Without releasing an album Rufus has already worked with; Classified, Choclair, Son Real, Shad and award winning producers Markus Kane (Shania Twain, Serena Ryder) & Slakah the Beat Child (Drake, Nelly Fertado).