Ronnie DeVoe

Ronnie DeVoe is one of the members of the hugely-successful R&B quintet, New Edition. Born in 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts, he was recruited as a member to New Edition in 1980 by group founder Michael Bivins. In 1982, the group took second place at a talent show. Their performance caught the eye of music impresario Maurice Starr who decided to manage the boys and signed them to his Streetwise record label.

Related Topics:
R&B - New Edition - 1967 - Boston, Massachusetts - 1980 - Michael Bivins - 1982

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For the better half of the mid-1980s, DeVoe, Bivins and fellow members Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell and Ralph Tresvant were the biggest teen group almost escalating the success of their role models, The Jackson 5. In 1989, Devoe, along with Bivins and Bell, broke away from the group to form the hip-hop group Bell Biv DeVoe. His raps on songs like "Poison", "Do Me" and "I Thought It Was Me" helped make the songs big hits and their debut album sold more than 5 million copies. While the group went on to release two more albums, all three members wound up back in New Edition for a reunion tour in 1996.

Related Topics:
1980s - Bobby Brown - Ricky Bell - Ralph Tresvant - The Jackson 5 - 1989 - Hip-hop - Bell Biv DeVoe - 1996

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Devoe still tours and records with New Edition while at the same time he got a job selling real-estate.

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