Brooke Payne was born on March 12, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is famous around the hip hop industry for being a manager and producer. He has managed top R&B performing acts like New Edition, LSG and Bell Biv Devoe.
Many fans and respected people in the music industry consider Brooke to be the seventh member of New Edition even though he was listed as their manager. He didn’t perform or sing with them but he was one of the main reasons they were able to develop a pop friendly style that put the genre of R&B on the map and changed the musical landscape for young black artists.
He is the uncle of Ronnie DeVoe, one of the founding members from Bell Biv Devoe. He has made media appearances in specials for New Edition loke Preparing for the New Edition 20th Anniversary (2002), The New Edition Story (2017), and New Edition Past and Present (1989).
| Net Worth 2020: | 2 million |
| Net Worth 2021: | 2 million |
