Born Frederick Brandon Williams in Brooklyn, New York, on February 13, 1966, the singer and rapper is better known as Freedom Williams and a member of C+C Music Factory. He attended sound engineering school and was working in the studio when he met the two producers behind The Crew, who recorded the hit "Get Dumb! (Free Your Body)" in 1989. Robert Clivillés and David Cole called on him again for the C+C Music Factory project, which led to the 1990 club hits "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" and "Things That Make You Go Hmmm...". Building on this success, Freedom Williams went solo in 1993 with his only Columbia album, Freedom, featuring the hit "Voice of Freedom", which reached No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 4 on the dance charts and No. 62 in the UK. With his baritone voice, he was also in demand for other dance singles. In 2004, he returned with "Sweat", which reached #8 in the dance charts, and in 2006 collaborated with Masterboy.
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