Othello

To all my T-DOT and Mysapce Families its you boy OTHELLO, letting youBORN OMAR HESLOP, IN TORONTO, ONTARIO; HE WAS IMMEDIATELY THRUST INTO THE WORLD OF MUSIC. HIS MOTHER A TALENTED SINGER, PERFORMED WITH HER CHURCH CHOIR AS WELL AS WITH A GOSPEL BAND DURING MOST OF HIS LIFE. BEING A PART OF MANY SESSIONS AND REHEARSALS HE FOUND HIS VOICE AT AN EARLY AGE AND SOON BEGAN PERFECTING IT. AT AGE TWELVE OMAR BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE YOUTH CHOIR AT SCARBOROUGH GOSPEL TEMPLE. HE ALSO JOINED THE STUDENT CHOIR WHILE IN R. H. KING ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. OMAR PERFORMED IN MANY SCHOOL ENSEMBLES IN ADDITION TO HIS SOLO ACTS, AND WAS RECOMMENDED BY HIS DANCE AND DRAMA TEACHER (MRS. THORNTON) TO APPLY TO RYERSON UNIVERSITY FOR DANCE THEATRE. AN OFFER WAS EXTENDED TO OMAR TO RETURN TO R. H. KING ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL AS A STUDENT TUTOR, AFTER GRADUATION. OMAR ALSO HAS SEVEN YEARS OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN TRAINING IN STRINGS (VIOLA); AND HE PLAYED WITH THE KING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOR THREE YEARS. IT WAS AT R.H. KING THAT HE WAS GIVEN THE NAME OTHELLO. OMAR (OTHELLO) AUDITIONED FOR THE 2002 POP STAR CANADA. HIS AUDITION TAPE WAS USED FOR THE PRE-SEASON TELEVISION COMMERCIAL, PRIOR TO THE AIRING OF THE SEASON SERIES. HE WAS THE RECIPIENT FOR THE 2003 AGGRESSIVE AWARD FOR BEST MALE R&B SINGER. FREQUENT PERFORMANCES HAVE HIM SHARING THE STAGE WITH RECORDING AND INDEPENDENT ARTISTS LIKE KARDINAL OFFICIAL, DON & TEFF, RICH LONDON, DON MILLION, WADE O BROWN, MOTION, AND NICOLE STAMP; AND FOR AUDIENCES OF THOUSANDS AT SLAM JAM, FAMOUS PLAYERS ANNIVERSARY SHOWCASE, AND TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE SPORT COMPACT NIGHT HOTTEST ALIVE TOUR "JAMFEST", AND TORONTO'S QUEENS PARK INTERNATIONAL JERK AND JAZZ FESTIVAL. THIS MULTI-FACETED PERFORMER ALSO COMMITS TIME TO HIS SECOND LOVE, ACTING. YEARS OF DRAMA STUDIES AND MANY INDEPENDENT ACTING PROJECTS, LEAD OMAR TO A FEATURED ROLE IN THE 2002 MAJOR MOTION PICTURE JOHN Q STARRING DENZEL WASHINGTON. AFTER A ONE-YEAR STINT WITH THE IMPROVISATIONAL PLAY DECIDE SHOW WHERE HE COMBINED HIS ACTING AND SINGING SKILLS HE HAS TAKEN A RECURRING ROLE TO RECORD HIS FIRST ALBUM. ONE OF OTHELLOS STRONGEST ASSETS IS WRITING HIS OWN LYRICS. HIS HEART AND SOUL IS EVIDENT IN EVERY WORD HE WRITES, WHICH LEAVES NO DOUBT THAT HIS STYLE OF MUSIC IS A MIXTURE OF DEEP SOUL AND R&B. WITH SONGS LIKE HOW CAN I OTHELLO BRINGS BACK THE SOUL IN SOUL MUSIC. COMBINING A LITTLE R&B, FUNK, AND HIP-HOP TO MIX THINGS UP, HIS FIRST SINGLE TU ERES MI AMORE REINFORCES HIS VERSATILITY AS A SINGER. OTHELLO IS DESTINED TO BE A STARBUY MY MUSIC FROM ROCMP3 WORLD WIDE MUSIC DISTRIBUTION STORE!!!