R.LUM.R
R.LUM.R was born in Bradenton, Florida, United States on January 18th, 1990 and is the R&B Singer. At the age of 34, R.LUM.R biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Reginald Lamar Williams, Jr., also known as R.LUM.R., is an American Alternative R&B artist from Bradenton, Florida.
Williams, who was a classical guitarist under the name Reggie Williams, has since moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he now lives.
R.LUM.R is best known for his viral 2016 hit "Frustrated," which has received over 50 million plays on Spotify alone as of December 6, 2019.
In 2017, NPR Music named him one of their "Artists to Watch at SXSW" and dubbed him a "fast-rising artist whose falsetto is no joke." On Jimmy Kimmel Live, R.LUM.R performed "Frustrated" and "Close Enough" on August 2, 2017.
Early life
Reginald Williams, Jr. was born in Bradenton, Florida, on January 18, 1990. Williams said that a large part of his upbringing was characterized by difficult friendships with both his family and peers. William's parents suffered with a divorce that resulted in differences with his mother, father, and siblings, which he describes as "tenuous." In a Uproxx mini-documentary from May 2015, he recalls asking his parents for a guitar to which they erupted with laughter. Williams spent the bulk of his teen years sleeping at a friend's house, though he was still under his parents' custody. "I was fat and couldn't play basketball," William told Rolling Stone, "I was obese and couldn't play basketball, and I was curious about Linkin Park, but only the white kids at my kindergarten wanted to do that stuff, so it's kind of like the Earl Sweatshirt line: too black for the whites." You're trapped in the wretched middle ground. So for a long time, I just pretended to be into all the shit they were into.
Career
In 2013, at the time Reggie moved in to his manager, Chris Martignago's, apartment in Orlando, FL, Martignago was working for Atlantic Record's A&R department. Atlantic Records had a "who's looking" list for artists such as Chris Brown and Jason DeRulo. Williams began writing songs for the purpose of sending them along to established stars to perform. Williams began working with Central Florida producer J. Cruz of Ethnikids. Cruz suggested that him and Williams get into the studio by themselves (as opposed to the common industry practice of renting a studio for a week and having multiple writers write multiple songs) and start from scratch. These sessions were where R.LUM.R's first singles, "Show Me", "Be Honest", and "Nothing New" would be written and produced. Atlantic Records was receptive and persuaded Williams to adopt the project full-time.
Suddenly, Williams had a producer that he was working with, a manager on board, and industry professionals that were interested in his new project. "Show Me" was later released to SoundCloud and Tunecore, and Spotify picked it up on their New Music Tuesday playlist. Due to the success of his first single, Williams decided to continue with R.LUM.R.
With his decision to be R.LUM.R full-time, Williams was living in Orlando and facing the upcoming ending of his lease. William's noticed that many of his professional and creative collaborators were moving to Nashville, TN and began to contemplate a relocation. Although making ends meet by playing cover shows for $150 a night in Orlando, William's decided that it was best to take a chance on his newly conceived project and make the move to a city with a larger industry presence and music scene. In December 2015, Williams moved to Nashville permanently.
In a 2017 interview with Music Publication Behind The Setlist, William's recounts his decision to relocate to Nashville,
The uncertainty Williams felt during his relocation to Nashville became the inspiration for his next single, "Frustrated". Once released, Spotify, who had featured R.LUM.R on their New Music Tuesday and Alternative R&B playlists previously, decided to support the new single by placing it on many of their most popular national playlists. Frustrated quickly became a hit garnering nearly 20 million streams on Spotify alone since first released in late 2016. In early 2017 Frustrated Hit No. 1 on SiriusXM The Heat's (Ch.46) Top 35 Songs out beating artists like Chris Brown, Bruno Mars and Drake.
In July 2017, R.LUM.R released his follow-up single "Close Enough" and accompanying lyric video as a Billboard exclusive.
On August 2, 2017, R.LUM.R performed "Frustrated" and "Close Enough" on Jimmy Kimmel Live
On August 11, 2017, R.LUM.R released his debut EP "Afterimage".
On November 1, 2019, R.LUM.R released his first full-length LP, Surfacing.