Flashback Who's That??

Flashback Who's That Thursday:

SInger Lyfe Jennings born Chester Jermaine Jennings on June 3, 1978.  His voice is very reminiscent of Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. Jennings is a platinum-selling American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He plays the guitar, bass, and piano.  The New York Times referred to him as a "socially minded R&B singer".  His love for music led him to join a group that included two cousins.  Lyfe lost his father at a young age.   In 1992, Lyfe Jennings went to prison for ten years for felony arson, he was 14.  As Jennings refers to many times in his music, he turned his life around while in prison. There, Jennings continued to write music and rekindle his faith in God.  In 2004 Jennings released his debut cd "268-192" (represents the identification number he was given while incarcerated) attached to the end of his debut album went platinum and he's known for hits like "S.E.X." And "Never Never Land".  His star was on the rise, in 2006 saw the release of his sophomore project entitled "The Phoenix" peaked at #2 on the Pop charts and #1 on the R&B chart. After non stop touring, in 2008 Jennings released his next opus "Lyfe Change" showed growth in Jennings music, he was taking chances by working with outside producers.  "Change" peaked at #4 on the Pop chart.  While on the road to promote his cd, all hell broke loose, the R&B crooner went back to prison for three years and a half years in Atlanta.  The sentence stems from an altercation Jennings had with the mother of his child in 2008 . The singer kicked down the door of a house in Smyrna, Georgia, in an attempt to find Joy Pound and later fired a gun outside. Smyrna police saw a red 2005 Corvette fleeing the scene, and Jennings was caught after a high-speed chase that ended when the singer smashed the vehicle. He refused a sobriety test. Upon release from prison he released his fourth and fifth cd (I Still Believe and Lucid) his core audience was still there, but there was an apparent change in him, the successes seem to taper off.

Currently Lyfe is touring the country with Ginuwine, 112 and some dates with Fantasia and will release his sixth studio album 'Ten Years Later' by years end, its vintage Lyfe Jennings.

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