Brown Sista

If you have been reading then site for any length of time, then you know that I am a huge fan of r&b music from the early 90’s. Groups like SWV, Brownstone, En Vogue and Jade were all a part of my upbringing and anytime I hear their music I am automatically taken back to a time most of us fondly remember- high school. Back in the early 90’s female r&b groups totally ruled the planet and what a beautiful planet it was. One of my favorite groups was Jade, and just like En Vogue, Jade was an all girl group comprised of nothing but lead singers. Each girl was beautiful and could totally hold her own on the mic. Unfortunately, also like En Vogue, they had a very short run in the music business (less than 10 years) and would eventually be replaced with the likes of 702 and the even yuckier 3LW.
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I’m sure by now most of you are familiar with the interview former SWV member Leanne “LeLee” Lyons gave to Jamie Foster Brown of Sister 2 Sister magazine. In the interview LeLee talked of being penniless and homeless, eventually turning to the gay community just to put a roof over the head of herself and her children. Like many of you, I wondered why Coko and Taj, who seem to personally and financially be doing quite well, did not step in to help out their former bandmate and friend. Well Coko sat down to talk to AOL Black Voices about just that and asserts she was just as shocked as the rest of the world to learn of what LeLee had been going through for the past few years.
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Tamara Johnson-George, better known to the world as Taj of the r&b singing group SWV, is set to star alongside her husband Eddie George in I Married A Baller- a new reality series set to air on TV One.Viewers will get to follow her as she travels around the country to meet the demands of her busy schedule, which include performing with the recently reunited SWV, going to cosmetology school and attending functions with her husband - all while being a mom.TV One will be presenting a new series of monthly specials entitled Famous People - a variation of tales that lets everyday people take a look inside the personal lives of celebrities, and their friends and family.Other “Famous People” specials highlight fabulous lives of NBA mom Ann Iverson, Alicia Keys and actress Vanessa Bell Calloway.
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Former SWV Singer Cheryl “Coko” Clemons
Hand Delivers ESSENCE A Sneak Peek at Her New Gospel Album

Thursday, June 8, 2006

ESSENCE: The songs you�ve played from the new album sound like contemporary gospel. Will you have anything traditional?

Cheryl �Coko� Clemons: Yes. I’m doing a song called �Hymns for the Soul,� and I have a duet with my mom. She actually wrote the song. She sings high like me. Well, I sing high like her.
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