Thursday, December 18, 2014

Flashback Who's That ...

"I'm just a bachelor, I'm lookin' for a partner / Someone who knows how to ride without even falling off" ... Perfect bedroom words, thats how Ginuwine burst onto the music scene.  His cronies were Aaliyah, Missy Elliott and Timbaland.  He mourned the loss of his parents, his father committed suicide and his mother died of cancer within a 18 month span. The 'Pony' singer struggled with grief and depression.   He was born Elgin Baylor Lumpkin, better known, by his stage name Ginuwine.  A. American singer-songwriter, dancer, rapper and actor.   He signed to Epic Records in the mid-1990s, Ginuwine has two multi-platinum albums. 1 platinum-selling album and 1 gold selling album, during 1990s and early 2000s.  In 2001 he endured the loss of singer and good friend Aaliyah.
He met rapper Sole', the couple married in 2003.  With Usher and Chris Brown on the scene to challenge his 'dance' throne, the hits stopped.  Seemingly he and producers Missy and Timbaland couldn't find their way back to each other.   During that time he switched labels, working with R.Kelly, didn't contain that Timbaland magic.  
Today the father of 8(two with Sole') sings with R&B singers Tyrese Gibson and Tank in a group called TGT.  Sadly he's in the middle of dissolving his decade long marriage and can be seen in the upcoming movie 'Chocolate City', which hits movie theaters in mid 2015.

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