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Anthony McKnight's musical career began when he was just a young boy, living in Charleston ,S.C. Both of his parents sang and had a musical family background and started various Gospel groups in the Charleston area. They formed a family gospel group appropriately named---The McKnight Brothers. Ant is the youngest son of Felix and Everlina McKnight. Anthony's father formed a local Gospel group named The Southern Gates. Ant is the 1st Cousin of James Jamerson, Motown's Legendary Bassist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee. James and Ant were raised in South Carolina and spent a lot of quality time together while growing up. Ant has been inducted into The International Who's Who of Entrepreneurs (2000 Class) and currently serves as the Executive Director for the Motown Alumni Association of South Carolina. In 1997 Anthony and his singing group released their self-entitled Cd called "The Black Velvets",http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/blackvelvets  Anthony has been involed in music in many different ways, He was Manager and Founder of the band named "FreeStyle" and also did the same for his singing group the Black Velvets, In 2010, Robert Hall Jr. died and Anthony basically never put the group (Black Velvets) back together again. In 2011, Ant released a solo project entitled "Just Being Me". http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/anthonymcknight