Kindred the Family Soul

{{Short description|American neo soul duo}}

{{Other uses|Kindred (disambiguation){{!}}Kindred}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Kindred the Family Soul

| image = KindredandtheFamilySoul.jpg

| caption = Kindred the Family Soul at the 2007 Black Lily Film & Music Festival at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May 2007

| image_size = 200

| background = group_or_band

| alias = Kindred

| origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

| genre = R&B, soul, neo soul, jazz

| years_active = 1999–present

| label = Hidden Beach, Shanachie

| associated_acts = Jill Scott

| website = {{URL|http://www.kindredthefamilysoul.com}}

| current_members = Fatin Dantzler
Aja Graydon

| past_members =

}}

Kindred the Family Soul, also referred to as simply Kindred, is an American neo soul duo consisting of married couple Fatin Dantzler (born in 1973 in Camden, New Jersey){{cite web|title=Fatin Dantzler Biography|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/fatin-dantzler|website=thehistorymakers.org|publisher=The History Makers|accessdate=2017-09-23}} and Aja Graydon (born September 25, 1978, in Los Angeles, California).{{cite web|title=Aja Graydon biography|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/aja-graydon|website=thehistorymakers.org|publisher=The History Makers}} Signed to Hidden Beach Recordings, Kindred emerged from the Philadelphia neo soul movement that also includes Jill Scott, who introduced them to her then label president Steve McKeever of Hidden Beach Recordings while the couple was performing at the Black Lily Showcase in Philly weekly back in 2000. Kindred would go on to sign their first recording contract with the label.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/kindred_the_family_soul/artist.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104104623/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/kindred_the_family_soul/artist.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2006 |title=Kindred the Family Soul – Full Biography |accessdate=2008-05-10 |work=MTV}}

After two years of work on the CD, Hidden Beach issued their debut album Surrender to Love in February 2003, which included the single "Far Away". Their follow-up album was 2005's In This Life Together—its title being a reference to Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee's 1998 book With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together—, spawning the single "Where Would I Be (The Question)".

The duo were nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Group Band or Duo for Surrender to Love in 2004{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2095895 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021213313/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2095895 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |title=2004 Soul Train Music Awards Nominees |accessdate=2008-01-31 |date=February 19, 2004 |magazine=Billboard}} and a BET Award for the BET J Cool Like That Award in 2006.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58398/jamie-mary-missy-busta-lead-bet-nominations |title=Jamie, Mary, Missy, Busta Lead BET Nominations |accessdate=2008-01-31 |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |date=May 16, 2006 |magazine=Billboard}} The group's third LP, The Arrival, was released on October 21, 2008. In 2011 the group released the LP Love Has No Recession, which featured many guest artists including the late Chuck Brown, Snoop Dogg, Raheem Devaughn, BJ the Chicago Kid, and Bilal. That record spawned the top 40 Urban AC single "Magic Happens". In 2014, the group released A Couple Friends. In 2016, they released Legacy Of Love which includes the hit single “All My People”. Kindred is currently preparing to release new Music in the year 2020 also hugely focused on their interview and performing series Kindred Presents. In 2021, they released "Auntie & Unc" which features their single "Break It Down".