August Alsina is still in his teens, he came in the eyes of the public with covers of songs by Musiq Soulchild and Lyfe Jennings, uploaded to youtube. In 2007, he uploaded his first video on YouTube, cover songs of Lyfe Jennings titled ‘Hypothetically’ from the album ‘Lyfe 268-192.' After that, he uploaded several video covers including works of Musiq Soulchild and gradually garnered millions of views.
August recorded his first official mixtape in 2012 and then released a single and a second mixtape in 2013. He subsequently signed with Def Jam records and released his first EP in August 2013. The EP spawned three popular singles and led to the recording of his first studio album.
The lead single, "Make It Home" was released in January 2014, with the album title Testimony. On October 4, 2013, he released ‘I Luv This Shit,’ was released for digital download in the United States, which starred American singer, songwriter and actor Trey Songz and American singer, songwriter, and dancer Chris Brown.
After that, August Alsina was the recipient of two BET Awards, one for "Best New Artist" and another for "Viewers Choice." Alsina's other popular singles include "No Love," a remix featuring Nicki Minaj, "Ghetto," featuring Richie Home Quan or Yo Gotti, and "Numb," featuring B.o.B and Yo Gotti.
The first public relationship of August Alsina was with the model girlfriend, Analicia Chaves. He started dating the hip-hop model in April 2014. They dated only for 2 months and ended their relationship in June 2014. Later in the same year, he was rumored dating another glamour model Kayla.
Alsina released another album, "This Thing Called Life" in 2015. It became number 14 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 41,000 copies in the United States. Alsina's music generally falls into the Alternative R&B category that predominantly involves fusions with Hip-hop. August Alsina's present net worth is around $4 million.
