They had demo recordings of 29 songs by the time they arrived in New York, which they delivered to the headquarters of Uptown Entertainment. The two had intended to go to New York to shop the demo, but K-Ci and Dalvin decided to accompany them at the last minute. He went back to Charlotte and created a song, which he recorded JoJo performing. The Hailey brothers and DeVante started hanging out together, partying, and talking about making R&B records together, coming up with the name Jodeci at this time.ĭeVante attempted to run away to Minneapolis at the age of 16 in order to work for Prince’s group, but was turned down. However, when they did meet, K-Ci was with a girl Dalvin had been dating, and a fight nearly broke out. The boys were able to hear each other’s gospel songs played on the radio, and were eventually introduced through girlfriends as teenagers. Both families belonged to the Pentecostal church, and the DeGrates’ father was a minister. Natives of Charlotte, North Carolina, all four members toured the South as young boys singing gospel music, and even recorded albums. Made up of two sets of brothers, the group’s name was a consolidation of its members’ names: Joel “JoJo” Hailey, Donald “DeVante Swing” and Dalvin DeGrate, and Cedric “K-Ci” Hailey. If Boyz II Men were portrayed as a clean-cut, wholesome R&B vocal group, then Jodeci’s wild, sexual, bad-boy image represented the other side of the coin. Their debut self-titled album reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart in 1993. The group released six studio albums, three compilation albums, and one live album. They are best known for their smooth ballads and romantic songs. These four talented individuals were integral to Black music for about ten years before disbanding around 2003 due to creative differences. g-funk / master.p / aicelle santos / gretchen barreto / soldiers of fortune / spectrals / grupo salvaje / congotronics vs rockersĬopyright © 2009 - 2022 - All Rights Reserved 0.Jodeci was a popular R&B group in the 1990s that consisted of brothers K-Ci Hailey, Jojo Siwa, and their cousins David Hobbs Jr. Soul seven kim wilson / jeffrey wright bill sims, jr.
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