ANTOINE HILTON WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK. BORN INTO A FAMILY OF SEVEN, HE WAS THE YOUNGEST BOY. ANTOINE TOOK A HUGE INTEREST IN MUSIC AT A YOUNG AGE. SINGING IN THE CHURCH CHOIR AND AT LOCAL SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES, HE BECAME VERY POPULAR IN HIS COMMUNITY. HE WAS ASKED TO SING AT THE MAYOR OF HEMPSTEAD PERSONAL VENUES. ANTOINE'S SINGING ROLE MODEL WAS HIS OLDER BROTHERS. THEY HAD A QUARTET GROUP CALLED THE "CUNNINGHAM SPECIALS", LATER.... ANTOINE STARTED A GROUP CALLED THE "CUNNINGHAM SPECIAL JUNIORS". SOON AFTER THAT, HIS BROTHERS BEGAN TO RECOGNIZE HIS TALENTS, AND AT A YOUNG AGE ASKED HIM TO SING WITH THEM. BECAUSE OF THAT, HE STARED TRAVELING WITH OTHER MAJOR GOSPEL QUARTET GROUPS. WHEN ANTOINE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL (WHERE HE SERVED IN HONORS) HE TOOK A HUGE INTEREST IN R&B. HE BEGAN TO WORK WITH WELL KNOWN PRODUCERS. HE BEGAN RECORDING IN THE STDIO AND HAD A LOCAL HIT RECORD ENTITLED "IN MY HOOD".A WELL KNOWN GROUP HE WAS AFFILIATED WITH CALLED "RUFFSIDE 40 BANDITS" RELEASED IT ON THEIR WHITE LABEL RECORD COMPANY AND EVERYONE IN THE NEIGBORHOOD LOVED HIS SONG. HE LATER BECAME THE NEIGBORHOOD FAVORITE AND WAS CALLED CHOIR BOY. ANTOINE LIKED THE NAME CHOIR BOY AND RAN WITH IT (AFTER CHANGING IT FROM CHOIR BOY TO CHOIR BOI JUST TO BE DIFFERENT). DURING THAT TIME ANTOINE WAS STILL ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH, HIS OLDER BROTHER WAS A BASS GUITAR PLAYER SO HE TOOK A HUGE INTEREST IN THAT, AND WAS GOOD AT IT. LATER HE BECAME HIS CHURCH MUSIC DIRECTOR. ANTOINE WAS VERY ECLECTIC. HE LOVED ALL GENRES OF MUSIC. NOT ONLY THAT, HE LOVED ALL THE INSTRUMENTS WHICH ENCOUARGED HIM NOT TO STOP AT THE BASS GUITAR. HE LATER BECAME AN ELECTRIC & ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYER, DRUMMER AND PIANO PLAYER AS WELL. HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF ALOT OF INSTRUMENTS ALLOWED HIM THE OPORTUNITY TO PLAY ON A HIT SITCOM "HALF & HALF" ON UPN. NOT ONLY WAS ANTOINE A MUSIC DIRECTOR HE WAS ALSO THE CHOIR DIRECTOR. ANTOINE ALWAYS THOUGHT REAL SOON HE WILL BE TRAVELING ALL OVER SINGING AND PLAYING MUSIC. SINCE THEN ANTOINE HAS SHARED THE STAGE AND/OR WROTE AND PRODUCE FOR LEGENDARY ARTIST SUCH AS KEITH SWEAT, MACEY GREY, FAT JOE, BUSTA RYHMES, BAD BOYS G-DEP AND BLACK ROB, DARNELL FROM FORMER GROUP SOLO, THE MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY,THE CHRISTIANAIRES AND MANY MORE. ANTOINE WAS SINGING IN CLUBS AND ON TOUR ALL OVER BUT IN HIS HEART HE NEVER FELT COMPLETE. THEN ONE DAY IT CAME TO HIM HE WAS MISSING SOMETHING AND IT WAS THE ONE THING THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT AND IT WAS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. AFTER YEARS OF SINGING R&B HE FINALLY FOUND HIS TRUE CALLING. YES IT WAS SINGING BUT NOT LOVE SONGS BUT ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF HIS LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. THE ONLY LOVE SONGS HE SINGS ABOUT NOW IS AGAPE LOVE AND HIS LOVE FOR CHRIST. AFTER HE REALIZE THAT, HE JOINED FORCES WITH HIS LONG TERM FRIEND AND FAMILY MEMBER MELVIN G AND THEY STARTED THEIR OWN ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY CALLED KINGZ KIDZ ENTERTAINMENT. SINCE HE HAS MADE THE DECISION TO FOLLOW CHRIST, THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS SUCH AS THE AGAPE AWARDS AT THE APOLLO, MCDONALD GOSPEL FEST AND ECT.... THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ON AND OFF BROADWAY SHOWS AND TIL THIS DAY PUTTING OUT RECORDS "CANT STOP WHAT GOD STARTED" AND DVD "CANT STOP WHAT GOD STARED LIVE IN NEW YORK" AND TEARING DOWN CONCERTS ALL OVER WITH THE STRENTGH AND POWER OF GOD. THROUGH CHRIST ALL THING ARE POSSIBLE. ANTOINE REALIZE THROUGH ALL HIS TRAVELS, PUT DOWNS AND LET DOWNS THAT ONLY WHAT HE DID FOR CHRIST IS LASTING.PUT
