by Otis Alexander | Dec 29, 2021 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The New Jack Swing R&B ensemble, New Edition, was established by Bobby Barisford Brown (born February 5, 1969) in Boston, Massachusetts’ Roxbury community in 1978. Its original members included Ricky Bell (born September 18, 1967), Michael Bivins (born August 10,...
by Sonya Morris | Dec 29, 2021 | African American History, People
Richard Lamar Hawk is an American singer and rapper known by his performance name Silento’. Born in Stone Mountain, Georgia on January 22, 1998. Silento,’ an only child, was raised by his mother and aunt after his parents’ divorce. Silento’ expressed an interest in...
by Otis Alexander | Dec 29, 2021 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The Winans, an R&B contemporary African American crossover gospel quartet, was created from the musical Winans family of Detroit, Michigan. They were discovered by the legendary Gospel composer Andraé Crouch, who signed them to Light Records in 1981. The quartet...
by Otis Alexander | Dec 29, 2021 | African American History, People
Sir Guy was born Clarence Eugene Barron, on October 16, 1946 in a musical family in Norfolk, Virginia to Thelma Barron Cartwright and James Norfleet, Sr; reared by mother and stepfather, William “Bro. Bear” Cartwright in the segregated section of the city called...
by Otis Alexander | Dec 29, 2021 | African American History, People
R&B singer Oran “Juice” Jones was born on March 28, 1957, in Houston, Texas. However, he was reared in Harlem, New York. He is the father of seven children. Jones graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1981, receiving U.S. Marines Corps’ Scout Snipers,...
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