Listen UP & Get Familiar: Sellah –‘Wait’

New York raised photographer turned model, and model turned musician, Michael McCloud alias Sellah was recently in Nigeria to perform at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). While there, he took it a step further with several radio appearances and well, some studio time as well. One of those studio appearances birthed the new single, ‘Wait’, a song by Sellah, produced by Nigerian producer, LERIQ with Aristokrat Records. Check it out Sellah is a solo artist, created by Michael McCloud, pushing the boundaries of electro, hip hop, techno and many other genres mixed into one. Born in San Bernadino, California, Michael was brought into this world by his parents Whitney Patrick and Teresa McCloud. Michael’s nationality hails from a unique mixture of : Scottish, West Indian, Native American and African American backgrounds. His early life was spent with his high profiled government family traveling the world. After spending two years in America for University, he then proceeded playing professional basketball in Hawaii. Michael decided to change directions. Transitioning from the sport’s world into the fashion and entertainment industries, where he has now worked in for the past seven years. Besides being known as Sellah, he is also the CEO/fashion editor of an online magazine called IMMO (www.immo-mag.com), the CEO of a model scouting company called World Models (www.wldmodels.com), the Vice President of the record label called VMG (Vanity Music Group) and the manager of celebrity jewelry line, called IMPERARI By Philip David. Michael has spent many years doing photography and commercial modeling internationally in Asia, London and South Africa. In 2009, Michael was the first black male model to ever work in Shanghai, China. While in China he booked jobs such as, GAP, Polo Ralph Lauren and Le Coq Sportif. During his stay in South Africa, Michael has booked local and international jobs, such as; Fanta, NIKE, Reebok, Duracell Batteries, Glamour Magazine, GQ Magazine, Mens Health, Cosmo Magazine, TUSH Magazine, Truworths, Woolworths, Markham, Edgars, Jet Club, and various other publications. Under his core companies, high profiled celebrities such as; Alicia Keys, Nina Sky, Bradley Soileau, Xibit, Coco and Breezy and a few others have already collaborated with his on going collectives shared with his business partner, Philip David. Michael is certainly on his way to becoming an iconic image in our world today.]]>