New Edition’sBobby Brown was born Robert Barisford Brown on born February 5, 1969. This R&B singer/songwriter/rapper/dancer began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits after success in pop group New Edition. He was also a pioneer of the New Jack Swing movement and is the ex-husband of pop singer Whitney Houston.
See why Whitney Houston called him “The Original King of R&B” after the jump.
JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview
5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Nakia R. Laushaul, author of Running from Solace
(Serendipity Bound Books)
Running from Solace is a heartfelt story about Naomi, a young girl that is being physically and emotionally abused by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend. Eventually, she is taken out of the home and sent to foster care. She grows up to become a hard-nosed CPS investigator.
In the line of duty, Naomi’s path intertwines with Xavier, a 14-year-old boy at the crossroads of making a life-altering decision. Should he report his mother, Mona, for child abuse? Everything about this story will leave you emotionally drained and breathless.
While Running from Solace may not be true for you, it is true for somebody. And something must be done because a report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds in the United States.
Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Running from Solace?
Camara Laye was an African writer from Guinea who passed away February 4, 1980, in Dakar, Senegal. He wrote his debut novel while in college which is loosely based on his childhood entitled The African Child (L’Enfant Noir). The Radiance of the King (Le Regard Du Roi) is considered to be one of the most important works of Guinea’s colonial period.
