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New Edition is an American R&B/pop group from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978 by singer/rapper Bobby Brown. Their name is taken to mean a new edition of the Jackson 5. The group reached its height of popularity in the 1980s and is considered the blueprint for what would become the modern boy band.
Johnny Gill Jr. (born May 22, 1966) is an American singer and songwriter. [1] He is the sixth and final member of the R&B/pop group New Edition and was also a member of the supergroup called LSG, with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat. [2]
The day included remembrances from the likes of New Edition, whose condolences were printed in the funeral program and signed by "Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph and Johnny" — calling ...
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2021.
Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who was a member of the Jackson 5, has died, according to an Instagram post his family shared on Sept. 16. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce that our ...
After an audition for Payne, he gave them the name New Edition to signify they were a new edition of the Jackson 5. Maurice Starr , who wanted to create a "newer edition" of the pop act The Jackson 5 , signed them to his independent Streetwise Records label and a fifth member, Ronnie DeVoe (Payne's nephew), was added to the group.
Now all in their 50s, the six members of New Edition have conquered their demons, worked out their differences and come together for an arena tour. After success and then struggle, R&B legends New ...
In 2004, in a double wedding with Tresvant, Bell married actress Amy Correa. [11] [12] Bell is a fan of the Boston Celtics.[13]In The New Edition Story miniseries released in 2017, it was revealed that Bell had struggled with substance abuse in the mid-1990s, using marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, alcohol, and oxycontin to the point of losing his house and selling his personal property to satisfy ...