Guy B
Guy B was born in Israel to parents of Moroccan descent; at the tender age of 3, he immigrated to America. His last name Baruch means BLESSED in Hebrew. Guy spent his childhood growing up in North Hollywood, Ca, a city populated by nearly every race, creed, color, nationality and religion. In addition, his Jewish upbringing and strong family traditions allowed for a truly unique and diverse perspective on life and people.
His interest in music was first sparked by hearing the greatest voices and songwriters of his generation, including Whitney Houston, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke and Mariah Carey. With a desire to make people feel the way these amazing musicians made him feel when he heard them, Guy created his own unique style, affected and inspired by soul music and includes a middle eastern global sound featuring pop elements mixed with R & B and hip hop.
In his early experiences in music Guy helped form and became the lead singer in a group called Evolution. The band reflected the diversity he appreciated while growing up in North Hollywood. Writers, arrangers, and producers of their own material, Evolution began touring Northern California before embarking on a nine-month tour of Japan. They had a permanent gig at Universal Studios in Osaka, playing five sold-out shows, five days a week captivating Japanese fans.
Upon returning from Japan, the band members decided that Evolution had reached an end. On his own now, Guy B built a recording studio that he had long envisioned and began writing and recording an independent record that was honest and sincerely represented his journey. In his solo debut record, “Within Me”, Guy B captures and celebrates the struggles, joys, love, loss, fear, and sexual expression of the human condition.
Guy B executive produced and helped conceptualize his debut music video to Within Me, which spent 14 weeks as a top 10 video on MTV Logo’s The Click List. A big fan of the dance remixes, Guy collaborated with superstar Dj Manny Lehman on a magnificent dance remix to his CD title track. The video to the remix of “Within Me” made it’s debut at #1 on MTV Logo and stayed on top for 12 weeks.
The follow up release to “Within Me is an Electro Pop/Dance CD title “Co-“ This release featured tracks from #1 Billboard remixer Scotty K (Mary J Blige “Just Fine” and Christina Aguilera’s “Ain’t No Other Man”) and superstar DJ and remixer Manny Lehman. The first single titled “Coexist” is about seeing beyond the madness of our global worries to the beauty of co existing in the moment. The video for “Coexist” was directed by Kevin Stea who has worked with Madonna, Prince Rhianna and Britney to name a few. Coexist was choreographed by Tony Testa who was the choreographer on Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” tour as well as for Janet Jackson and Kylie Minogue.
Guy B has opened up for Deborah Cox, Jasmine Sullivan and Sara Bareilles to name a few. He has headlined festivals all over the country and the world. Some include Las Vegas, Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska, Long Beach, Zurich. Switzerland, Tel Aviv Isreal, Osaka and Tokyo Japan.
