What did former child actor Rahsaan Patterson want to do when he grew up? ''I didn't know,'' says the gay Patterson, now decades into adulthood with a career as a well-regarded R&B singer/songwriter.

Curse of "American Idol" has severely stilted exploration of any music beyond the "safe" confines of dreary pop pablum. Case in point: Lalah Hathaway and Rahsaan Patterson made their reputations ...

Patterson - at 34, he's a more-than-two-decade entertainment industry veteran (he moved to... Rahsaan Patterson doesn't do labels SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

WORKING WITH BRANDY on her No. 1 hit “Baby” when she was only 14 provided singer-songwriter-producer Rahsaan Patterson with a new insight into his own lengthy musical career.

Joined by fellow music legends Siedah Garrett, Lalah Hathaway, Mica Paris, Rahsaan Patterson, and SEVEN, legendary Chicago ...

Rahsaan Patterson's latest disc ``Wines & Spirits'' is as unique-sounding as his tenor. Maybe it's that earnest voice, or quite possibly the music backing it, that gives ``Wine & Spirits'' the X ...

Neo-soul artist Rahsaan Patterson was only 10 years old when he began his showbiz career on the Disney Channel show, Kids Incorporated. Since then, he's forged a successful music career, singing ...