Bobby Brown became a household name in the 80’s and 90’s for his song Don’t Be Cruel. His journey to greatness began with the choir at a very tender age and from there he has not only burst into the limelight but has grown into one of the finest musical artists in the music industry. Brown is a famous African American singer, songwriter, dancer, rapper and actor. Find out more about his love triangle with his late ex-wife Whitney Houston, who is his wife now, and children, including the Boston-born entertainer, here.
Bobby Brown – Biography
Robert Barisford Brown came on the 5th day of February 1969 when he was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He grew up in Roxbury’s Orchard Park Projects, a notorious neighborhood in Massachusetts. At the tender age of three he had his first stage appearance on the same stage as his music idol James Brown in his Boston neighborhood. Every once in a while, Bobby decided to be as famous as his role model.
He pitched a tent with New Edition pop music group at the age of 9, where his music career took off in earnest. The group, made up of his friends Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Travis Pettus, and Corey Rackley, landed their first record deal with Arthur Baker’s Streetwise Records, which slated the release of their debut album , Candy Girls , on March 1, 1983. The album was widely received and it sold millions of copies. Their second and self-titled album ( Neue Edition ) came next in 1984 and was followed by another album entitled Alles für die Liebe released in 1985.
After making a name for himself with the band, Bobby Brown soon joined MCA Records to launch his solo career. There he released his first solo album entitled King of the Stage in 1986, which did not fare so well. His second studio album Don’t Be Cruel fared so much better, selling more than twelve million copies. It eventually became the best-selling album of 1989 and received three Bobby Awards. The American Music Awards, a Soul Train Music Award and a People’s Choice Award. His other solo albums include Bobby (1992), Forever (1997), Masterpiece (2012) and a reunion album he had titled New Edition in 1996, Back at Home.
The R&B star has embarked on multiple tours both with New Edition group and as a single act. He has also made an indelible mark on the film and television series industry, where he has appeared in over 12 projects including Gosht Buster II (1989), Two Can Play The Game (2001), Be Bobby Brown (2005) his own reality show, Real Men of Hollywood (2013) among others. The rapper has an estimated net worth of $2 million so far.
Family – mother and brother
Bobby was born to mother Carole Elizabeth and father Herbart James Brown. His mother was a substitute teacher and his father worked as a construction worker. Bobby Brown had a special bond with his mother, who died in 2011, a year before his father passed away in 2012 at the age of 82 after a protracted battle with cancer.
The singer has seven siblings with best-known names including Tommy, who is currently a producer, and the talent manager. He was once Bobby Brown’s talent manager and some of his well-known works include His Bobby Brown (2005), The Houstons: On His Own (2012) and The Tyra Banks Show (2015).
girlfriend, wife and children
Bobby married former African-American singer and songwriter Whitney Houston was born on July 18, 1992, although she was six years his senior. They didn’t have the best of marriages as the union was marked by infidelity and substance abuse. Fifteen years later, the marriage officially ended in divorce, which was finalized on April 24, 2007. During the marriage, the couple had a daughter named Bobbi Kristina Brown, born on March 4, 1993.
After his marriage ended in 2007, Bobby began dating Alicia Etheredge, who later became his second wife in June 2012. The couple have three children; a son, Cassius Brown, born May 31, 2009 (three years before their marriage), two daughters, Bodhi Jameson Rein Brown and Hendrix Estelle Sheba Brown, born July 9, 2015 and July 21, 2016, respectively.
In all, Bobby Brown has six children. He had a son named Landon Brown with a certain Melika Williams when he was 17 years old. Another lady named Kim Ward bore him two children, a daughter, La’Princia Brown (born 1989) and a son, Robert Barisford Brown, Jr. born 1992). Of all his children, Bobbi Kristina Brown is the most famous, but sadly the young actress, singer and media personality was found unresponsive in a bathtub on January 31, 2015 and died after six months of an induced coma on July 26, 2015 precisely on July 22, 2015.
His size
The musician stands at a height of 1.78 m with an additional weight of 90 kg.
