Chad Focus
{{short description|American singer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{infobox musical artist
| name = Chad Focus
| birth_place = Baltimore. Maryland, United States
| birth_name = Chad Arrington
| genre = R&B
| website = {{URL|chadfocus.com}}
}}
Chad Arrington, known professionally as Chad Focus, is an American musician.
Career
Arrington took up classical piano lessons at a young age. After graduating from college, he started the record label Focus Music Entertainment.{{cite web |author1=Kareem |url=http://hiphoprapscene.com/new-music-chad-focus-dance-with-me-featuring-raeliss/ |title=New Music: Chad Focus – Dance With Me Featuring Raeliss |website=HipHopRapScene.com |access-date=May 8, 2021 |date=December 25, 2017}}
In August 2017, BET released music video "Get to the Money".{{cite web |first=Chad |last=Focus |title=Chad Focus - Get to the Money (Feat. Troyse, Cito G & Flames) (Official Music Video) |website=YouTube |date=August 31, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PdhHG3NQNI |access-date=July 7, 2018}}{{better source needed|date=August 2018}} He released the single "Dance with Me", which was produced by J. Oliver, featuring and written by Raeliss.{{cite web |author1=Connie |url=http://www.paparazziiready.com/hip-hop/new-music-chad-focus-dance-featuring-raeliss/ |title=New Music: Chad Focus – Dance With Me Featuring Raeliss |website=Paparazzii Ready |access-date=May 8, 2021 |language=en |date=December 25, 2017}}
= Legal issues =
In June 2019, federal prosecutors announced Arrington had been indicted on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. They alleged he used his employer-issued credit card to make $4.1 million in unauthorized purchases. Much of that money, prosecutors say, was spent promoting his music venture, including buying likes and shares on social media, inflating his play counts on streaming platforms and paying for billboard space.{{cite news |last=Waldman |first=Tyler |date=June 4, 2019 |title=Randallstown Rapper Allegedly Used Company Card To Further Music Career |url=https://www.wbal.com/article/392800/3/randallstown-rapper-allegedly-used-company-card-to-further-music-career |work=WBAL-AM |access-date=2019-06-04}}
In February 2020, Arrington pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.{{cite news |last=Waldman |first=Tyler |date=February 3, 2020 |title=Randallstown Man Admits Making $4.1M In Purchases On Company Card To Further Rap Career |url=https://www.wbal.com/article/434279/3/randallstown-man-admits-making-41m-in-purchases-on-company-card-to-further-rap-career/amp |work=WBAL-AM |access-date=February 5, 2020}} In May 2021, a federal judge sentenced him to two years and six months in prison. At his sentencing hearing, Arrington claimed amphetamine use and an undiagnosed mental illness helped lead to his offenses.{{cite news |last1=Fenton |first1=Justin |title=Randallstown rapper 'Chad Focus,' who stole $4 million to finance his music career, gets 30 months in federal prison |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-cr-chad-focus-sentenced-20210505-er4yzguoxnbhpnso26iihao5pu-story.html |access-date=May 5, 2021 |date=May 5, 2021 |work=The Baltimore Sun}}
He was held in the low-security wing of Federal Correctional Complex, Petersburg in Petersburg, Virginia and later transferred to a reentry program. He was released March 21, 2023.{{cite web |title=BOP: Federal Inmates By Number |url=https://www.bop.gov/mobile/find_inmate/index.jsp |website=www.bop.gov |access-date=14 December 2021}}
Discography
=Charted singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Club |
| scope="row"| "Dance with Me"
| 2018 | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
- Note: As of the week of April 14, 2018, moved up from the debut at number 47 the week of April 7, 2018.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs/2018-04-07 |title=Dance Club Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 12, 2018 |date=April 7, 2018 |url-access=subscription}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://chadfocus.com}}
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Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:Singers from Baltimore
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century African-American male singers
Category:21st-century American male singers