Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds was photographed chatting away on his cell phone as he exited the Time Warner building in Manhattan on Tuesday (August 25).
The original image provided by Bauer Griffin has since been removed.
At a concert at B.B. King’s Club in New York City on June 27th, Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds performed ‘Gone Too Soon’ as a tribute to Michael Jackson. ‘Gone Too Soon’ is off the King of Pop’s album ‘Dangerous’. Watch it via YouTube below.
R&B acts on television coming up this week include:
Mary J. Blige, who is on ‘106 & Park’ all week, ‘Total Request Live’ on Thursday and ‘The View’ on Thursday
Babyface, who performs and is interviewed on ‘The Tyra Banks Show’ on Monday
J. Holiday, who performs ‘Suffocate’ on ‘TRL’ on Monday
Patti LaBelle and Kelly Rowland take part in NBC’s ‘Clash of the Choirs’, premiering on Monday night and continuing nightly until Thursday. Meanwhile, Patti performs on ‘Today’ on Wednesday and visits ‘Tavis Smiley’ on Friday
Boyz II Men, who perform two songs from their new album ‘Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA’ on ‘The Tyra Banks Show’ on Tuesday
Alicia Keys, who guest co-hosts ‘The View’ on Wednesday
Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds is out with the video to his new single ‘Not Going Nowhere’, from the Indianapolis, Indiana R&B singer songwriter’s eleventh album ‘Playlist’, out now on Island Records. Watch it via YouTube below.
Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds is defending some of his ‘Playlist’ cover songs that feature the 49-year-old covering several soft rock favorites, prompting some to wonder if he’s forgotten his R&B roots. “These songs were, like, my major influences, songs I tried to learn how to play,” the artist, songwriter and producer tells Gary Graff of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “The interesting thing is a lot of these songs, the black audience knows them just as much as the white audience – James Taylor to Jim Croce to Bob Dylan to Eric Clapton, these are familiar to black people as well. So it’s just not R&B. And a lot of these artists I liked, they’re not as white bread as it seemed. James Taylor… he’s really soulful. He’s got a lot of heart in what he does. That’s what I connected to; I saw through the color lines and said, Wait a minute, this guy’s really smooth.'” Read more.
R&B acts on television this week include:
Chaka Khan, who performs on ‘Tavis Smiley’ on Wednesday
Rihanna, who guest co-hosts ‘Total Request Live’ on Thursday
Babyface, who discusses his divorce on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ on Thursday
Jill Scott, who performs on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ on Thursday
Alicia Keys, who performs on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on Friday
R&B acts on television this week include former B2K member Omarion, who appears on ‘The Sauce’ on Monday, ‘106 & Park’ on Tuesday and ‘Total Request Live’ on Wednesday; Babyface, who visits ‘The Tyra Banks Show’ on Tuesday; Jill Scott, who visits ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ on Wednesday and ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ on Friday; J. Holiday, who visits ‘106 & Park’ on Tuesday and ‘TRL’ on Wednesday; Trey Songz, who performs on ‘106 & Park’ on Wednesday; and Rihanna, who performs on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ on Thursday.
R&B acts on television this week include Ashanti, who visits ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ on Monday and ‘Total Request Live’ on Tuesday; and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, who performs on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ on Wednesday.
Babyface performed at the House of Blues Sunset on Tuesday (Augsut 28) in Hollywood, California. Check out pictures from WireImage.
