Novel (musician)

Alonzo Mario Stevenson was born in Los Angeles, California, son of singer William Stevenson, Melanie Burke, a background singer for Chaka Khan. Stevenson, also the grandson of soul music pioneer Solomon Burke, grew up with his mother in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and North Carolina, sometimes staying in shelters because they had no money. A friend of Stevenson's in Philadelphia nicknamed him “Novel“ because he always carried a notebook. After running away from home at age 14, Novel returned to California where his father set up a recording studio for him. He released a single, “Peach“, on Rawkus Records in 2003. The video for the song features Smokey Robinson, a longtime family friend and Novel's godfather. Novel wrote and featured on the David Guetta song, “Missing You", from Guetta's 2009 album One Love. The song peaked at number 85 on the French singles chart. {{cite web {{cite magazine ==Discography==

Albums and EPs • ''He Can't'' (2002, EP, with Kool G Rap) • I Am (Future Black President) • The EP (2008, Rowdy/Capitol) • Calligraphy (TBA/2012, Lost Poets Music) • Under Water • Overwhelmed (2012) • Black In America (2016) • Unreligious (2016) • Goodbye August (2016) • Dedication (2017) • Introverted Dreamer (2018) • Somewhere off in the quiet corner (2019) • The Quarantine Files (2020) • The Joys of Misery (2021) • Libations (2022) • Alone for the Holidays (2022) Mixtapes • Chapter One (2008) • ''808's and Mixtapes'' (2009) • Suspended Animation (2009) • Defying the Predictable (with Joell Ortiz) (2010) • Legato Blues Summer (2010) • Grant Me Serenity (2011) • Red Wine & Ambien (2012) • Red Wine & Ambien II (2014) Production and writing ==References==