Philip Lawrence

Philip Martin Lawrence II is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and voice actor, best known for his work with the songwriting and production team the Smeezingtons, alongside Bruno Mars and Ari Levine. He has won eight Grammy Awards for his work. Lawrence's latest recording project, 24K Magic, won at the Grammys in the categories Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album, and Best R&B Performance. Lawrence is co-writer and co-producer on the majority of the songs released under these ventures. He also sings vocal with the Hooligans band who tours with Mars. He is also a voice actor, as he is the current voice of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid franchise since 2007, replacing Samuel E. Wright. Lawrence was first widely recognized in 2010 when he received five nominations at that year's Grammy Awards, including his first nomination for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Between 2010 and 2012 he received ten Grammy nominations, and in 2013 won his first Grammy award with Bruno Mars for "Best Pop Vocal Album" for Unorthodox Jukebox. In the same year, he also released his own solo album, Letters I Never Sent. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)