Bobby Brown

Robert Barisford Brown Sr born February 5 1969 is an American singer songwriter rapper and dancer Alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley he is recognized as a pioneer of new jack swing a fusion of hiphop and RB Brown rose to fame as a founding member of the RBpop vocal group New Edition contributing to hits like Candy Girl Cool It Now and Mr Telephone Man He left the group in 1985 to pursue a solo career but later reunited with them for their Billboard 200 numberone album Home Again 1996 Browns debut album King of Stage 1986 featured the numberone RB single Girlfriend However it was his second album Dont Be Cruel 1988 that brought him commercial and critical success producing five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles including the numberone hit My Prerogative and the Grammy Awardwinning Every Little Step In 1989 Brown contributed two songs to the Ghostbusters II soundtrack His next album Bobby 1992 was certified 3 Platinum by the RIAA and featured the singles Humpin Around Get Away and Good Enough Brown has also appeared in films including A Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1996 and Two Can Play That Game 2001 In 1992 Brown married Whitney Houston with whom he had daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown Their widelypublicized relationship was marked by drug issues and domestic disputes attracting significant media attention Brown and Houston starred in the 2005 reality television series Being Bobby Brown Houston filed for divorce in 2006 and it was finalized the next year Description above from the Wikipedia article Bobby Brown licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia