Michael Lamont Bivins, was born on August 10th 1968, in Boston, Massachusetts united states. He's an African-American. Michael is an American recording artist and he's the founder of the music group New Edition. He's genre of music include New Jack Swing and R&B. Throughout his career he has released numerous songs and has worked with the likes of Eazy E, Puff Daddy and keyshia Cole.
Personal Life
Michael is married to his wife Teasha Bivins, she was formerly his girlfriend and they both decided to get married later on. They both have a kid together from their union, Michael Bivins Jr. His wife is the chief executive officer of the company Realty group and lifestyle.
During one of his interviews he stated he's having a wonderful time with his family, and he also went on stating the joy he gets from being a father to his kid, stating its a wonderful experience.
He has an net worth of about 40 million US dollars.
Michael is a regular user of social networks like Twitter and Facebook, he has thousands of tweets on twitter and is seen to be the social media type.
Career
Michael was among the people who formed the group New Edition, the group consisted of acts like Bobby Brown and Ricky Bell. They were all childhood friends and started the group together. The were about five of them in the group and the had commercial success while they were together, they were the pioneer of New Jack swing, a genre of music containing elements of dance-pop, hip hop and R&B
They released their first album together Candy Girl in 1983, as the album had hit singles like Love, Jealous Girl and Is This The End.
Although in 1986, Michael’s close friend Bobby Brown left the group on a pursuit of a solo career.
Aside from being a singer Michael is an occasional rapper and has also ventured into acting.
He's also a music manager and he manages music artist like Boyz II men, Mc Brains and Another Bad Creation. He has a record label titled Biv 10 records and its a distribution of parent record label MO town.
Michael is also an entrepreneur and serves as an A&R for his artists.
He has starred in small roles as an actor in films like Friday After next, Crossover. He's also a TV personality and he's a judge in the TV show Apollo Live, which started in 2012. As a solo artist he has had hit singles like "Fresh"
He also played the voice of PM Michaels in the game Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas. He owns the label Sport Rich Enterprise.
Film
Friday After Next
Crossover
Television
Apollo live
Making the Band 4
Songs
Cool it Now
Can You Stand the Rain
I'm still in Love with You
If it isn't love
The Best Things in Life Are free
Mr Telephone Man
Poison
Fresh
Associated Acts
New Edition
Jodeci
Bell Biv Devoe
Another Bad Creation
Mc Brains
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Birth Date: | 10 Aug, 1968 |
Age: | 51 yrs |
Occupations: | Record producer Composer |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Boston |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American musician |
Net Worth 2021: | 40 million |