Raphael Tate

Raphael grew up in Prince George’s County, Maryland with 10 siblings. Raphael’s musicality originated from his religious family background. He was inspired early on by his father Robert and his mother Patricia who lead worship services in their local network of churches. His father also played saxophone and sang professionally for R&B groups before devoting himself to the church as an assistant pastor. His older brother Joel is also a professional drummer and percussionist.

As a child, Raphael was very quiet and shy, and struggled with the divorce of his parents. As he entered high school, he discovered more confidence as his talents as both a musician and athlete began to develop at Crossland High School. His performance on the basketball court earned him many scholarship opportunities to play in college. Music performance, however, evolved into Raphael's greatest passion. He joined marching band in high school, and learned how to read, write, arrange, and compose music. He started out as a percussionist and continued on to learn the tuba/sousaphone. Raphael excelled rapidly on the tuba. He accepted a music scholarship to attend Morgan State University in Baltimore County, Maryland. During this period, he was featured in the (2002) film Head of State performing with a brass band composed of his colleagues. After college Raphael travelled the world and eventually settled on the island of Cyprus. He lived there for several years while developing his craft and ultimately matured into an all around producer, singer, and bandleader. Eventually he was discovered by Eve Efrat (owner of Public Relations firm Arieli) and Jason Dauman.

Raphael’s song “With Every Beat of My Heart” was released in 2017 and (as of January 2018) has peaked at number 15 on the UK Commercial Pop Chart, and 25 on Billboard’s American Dance Club Songs Chart.[2] The song was originally written by Arthur Baker, Lotti Golden, and Tommy Faragher, and made famous by Taylor Dayne when she released it in 1989. Raphael remade the song with the help of Jason Dauman, Dave Audé, Joe Gauthreaux, DJ Lean, SCOTTY BOY, and Dan Boots.

Raphael also recently released a single entitled "Back To Your Heart",[3] as well as a cover of the Oliver Cheatham song "Get Down Saturday Night".[4]

His single "Samba Comigo" recently charted on Billboard.[5]

Raphael has a son named Micah Isaiah Tate.