Editing Keith Sweat (section)

===1975–1984: Career beginnings with Jamilah===
Sweat started his musical career as a member of a Harlem band called Jamilah in 1975.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://keithsweat.com/about/|title=About|work=KeithSweat.com|access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref> With the help of Jamilah, Sweat was able to hone his craft as a lead singer by performing regionally throughout the Tri-state area of [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], and [[Connecticut]]. The group was started by bassist Larry Peoples, guitarist Michael Samuels, and drummer Walter Bradley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keith Sweat |url=https://iflyer.tv/en/artist/53983/about/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=iFLYER}}</ref>

After leaving the group in 1984 to begin a solo career, Sweat sang at [[nightclub]]s throughout New York City and landed a chance to record for the [[Independent record label|independent label]], Stadium Records. Sweat recorded only two tunes for Stadium, "Lucky Seven" and "My Mind Is Made Up," which was their third and fourth ever release, but on Stadium's first release, he is credited as co-writer and co-producer of "You Are the One for Me," the last recording ever made by the group [[GQ (band)|GQ]]. One of GQ's original members is his uncle, Keith "Sabu" Crier.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/keith-sabu-crier-bass-player-disco-group-gq-dead-58-article-1.1473158|title= Keith 'Sabu' Crier, bass player for disco group GQ, dead at 58|author= David Hinckley |newspaper= [[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |date = October 1, 2013}}</ref>