Quincy Patrick

Patrick was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the son of a Pentecostal pastor and began his musical journey in the church as a gospel singer.^[7] He later became a bassist and guitarist in his congregation's worship bands, performing on several television shows as a gospel performer, before transitioning into a recording artist. His debut single Stone Love reached number one in Jamaica, and his album Lovin' Touch (1989) peaked at #2 in Australia.^[7][11] He later shifted his focus from performing to production and songwriting. During this transition period, he worked with musicians including Stu Gardner, the musical director for The Cosby Show, and drummer Lenny White. His early songwriting success came through collaborations with R&B stars Maxwell and Howard Hewett.^[7]

Patrick began his secular musical career in the late 1990s with a song featured on the soundtrack for Malcolm Lee's film The Best Man.^[9] He achieved his first gold record with "When The Shades Go Down" by the R&B group Allure.^[7]

Patrick played a crucial role in the launch of J Records, writing and producing the label's first two major releases. In 2000, he co-wrote Liquid Dreams, O-Town's pop single from their self-titled debut album.^[2] The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in Canada.^[12][13] Patrick co-wrote and co-produced Bizounce (2001), the debut single by R&B singer Olivia. The track peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Both songs reached gold status and were #1 on Billboard’s Top 100 Pop and R&B sales charts.^[14][15] Following his success with J Records, Patrick worked with numerous artists across multiple genres. He collaborated with Babyface, who recorded Patrick's composition Reason for Breathing on his album Babyface: A Collection of His Greatest Hits.^[7][16]

In 2001, Patrick contributed to Luther Vandross on his double platinum, American Music Award winning album Luther and The Temptations' Grammy Award-winning album Ear-Resistible (originally titled Irresistible), which won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.^{[7][8][9][10]}

In 2006, Patrick founded QwiLite Entertainment, an independent record label based in New Jersey.^{[1][7][17][18]} The label's first two promoted artists were Ranjini (Jini June), a Virginia-born R&B singer of Indian ancestry^[18] and Hyphen One, a rapper, DJ, and graffiti artist. Additional artists signed to the label included rapper The Wheelz and Dominican-born singer Yahaira.^[7]