He was instantly hooked and insisted on playing his flute all throughout the school day.
His introduction to music came in the form of a $3.00 song flute when he was in elementary school. He was constantly abused physically and mentally by his foster parents, and at the age of six, he moved into a more stable foster home. His only connection to his birth family is his birth certificate, which indicates that his biological mother was incarcerated when he was four months old. Kashif was born Michael Jones on December 26, 1959, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Together with Stevie Wonder he is considered a pioneer in urban music thanks to his specific synthesizer technology approach and the introduction of MIDI in his production. He crafted his own distinctive sound and later signed with Arista Records enjoying success as a solo artist. He studied Islam and changed his name from Michael Jones to Kashif, which means discoverer and inventor. Express and performed on stages around the world. Kashif first taught himself to play a $3 song flute at age seven and later the piano in the basement of his church.
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Kashif Saleem, previously Michael Jones (Decem– September 25, 201… Read Full Bio ↴ Kashif Saleem, previously Michael Jones (Decem– September 25, 2016), was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, record producer, artist, composer, author, director and educator from New York City.
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