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He’s a R&B singer who’s first release – entitled “Classified” – drops on July 4 and who lists among his influences Michael Jackson, Boyz 2 Men, Drew Hill and Whitney Houston.

Whitney Houston?

“It was her voice,” he said. “One of the things that I love are voices that are very strong and powerful. She was one of those who had that very powerful tone and her range was crazy.”

A 20-year township resident who recently moved to East Brunswick, Authentik (@JerZeeAuthentik on Twitter.com) has been singing since he was 5 years old, he said.

“I was singing in church, Ebeneezer Baptist Church in New Brunswick,” he said.

He continued to sing as he made his way through the township school system, where, he said, “I was always actively involved in the music programs.”

His studies at Westminster Choir College in Princeton were cut short after about a year and a half with the death of his father, but he did not lose his desire to sing.