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The smooth style of modern-day soul singer Donnie is comparable to similar-sounding artists <a href="spotify:artist:4ylR3zwA0zaapAu94fktwa">Macy Gray</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6AVLthptCPhfrxlHadOBJD">Jill Scott</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5GtMEZEeFFsuHY8ad4kOxv">Seal</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2AOt5htsbtyaHd5Eq3kl3j">Maxwell</a>. Born in Lexington, Kentucky during the mid-'70s, Donnie was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and came from a very religious family (both of his parents were ministers). Singing for a choir at an early age, Donnie soon expanded his musical horizons, as he became influenced equally by such gospel artists as <a href="spotify:artist:12pzJohM40StvAPzI1t3Tb">Walter Hawkins</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6QBUIuGCAJSAtefEY1EEdB">Mahalia Jackson</a>, plus soul and R&B masters like <a href="spotify:artist:7guDJrEfX3qb6FEbdPA5qi">Stevie Wonder</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3koiLjNrgRTNbOwViDipeA">Marvin Gaye</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7nwUJBm0HE4ZxD3f5cy5ok">Aretha Franklin</a>. By the early 21st century, Donnie was signed to the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Giant+Step%22">Giant Step</a> label, and issued such singles and EPs as "Holiday," "Masterplan," "Do You Know?" "Excerpts from the Colored Section," and "Our New National Anthem." The singer's full-length debut, The Colored Section, was released in November 2002 and eventually picked up for release by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Motown%22">Motown</a>. The Daily News, an even more ambitious album, followed for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Soul+Thought%22">Soul Thought</a> in 2007. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi
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