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Before Keith Sweat discovered R&B group, Silk and made classic hits like “Nobody,” “Twisted,” and “Make It Last Forever,” did you know that he worked as a night stock clerk at Macy’s?

It didn’t end there! Keith Sweat was also a mailroom clerk at Paine Webber and worked his way up to a lucrative brokerage assistant job on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Before Keith Sweat discovered R&B group, Silk and made classic hits like “Nobody,” “Twisted,” and “Make It Last Forever,” did you know that he worked as a night stock clerk at Macy’s?

It didn’t end there! Keith Sweat was also a mailroom clerk at Paine Webber and worked his way up to a lucrative brokerage assistant job on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

That’s kind of a big deal!

While at the New York Stock Exchange, Keith Sweat worked as a supervisor for the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Appearing on a recent episode of the Scoop B Radio podcast, Keith Sweat tells Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson that transitioning from corporate setting to the entertainment industry was a great experience,

Also, check out the transcript of the two’s conversation below.

Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson: Scoop B Radio in the building with Keith Sweat and I’m a curious man and I’ve always wanted to ask you this, you worked in wall street?

Keith Sweat: Right

Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson: How old were you when you got on?

Keith Sweat: Well I was 26 when I got on.

Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson: And you were working on wall street for 5 years.

Keith Sweat: Yea, I started working on wall street when I was 21.

Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson: So that’s like Jay Z, you got a similar story, he was pitching to the block and you were pitching to brokers. 

Keith Sweat: Well I mean and you know what happened, I got put on because to be honest with you I knew this guy named Clyde and he was also a broker and he took me under his wing you know and I tell people sometimes it’s not what you know it’s who you know.