years_active birth_place label article_title background birth_date genre origin birth_name occupation
1976-present torrance , california rca records michael wycoff
 solo_singer 1 january 1956 soul funk r & b los angeles , california michael wycoff singer
michael wycoff

michael wycoff is an american r&b singer .
wycoff attended wilmington jr high and phineas banning high schools in wilmington , ca .
wycoff played keyboards and sang in the school 's talent shows solo where his fan base was born as he was always a top performing act .
wycoff sang backup on stevie wonder 's album `` songs in the key of life '' .
he signed a solo contract with rca and released three albums between 1981 and 1983 , scoring a few hit singles on the u.s. r&b charts .
his second album , `` love conquers all '' , included the song , looking up to you , that was sampled by the 1990s r&b group zhané on their hit song , hey mr. d.j. in 1993 .
unfortunately , like many artists of the 1980s , wycoff succumbed to addiction of drugs and alcohol .
his addiction ultimately caused him the loss of his career , his home and his family , and wycoff ended up homeless .
at the bottom , he found his way back through his faith , beating his habit and ultimately becoming minister of music at several los angeles area churches .
his oldest son , has grown up to become a dj , and in may 2013 released his very own album entitled dj michael wycoff `` a boy and his toys ''
