There are many things I could criticize BET for. Quite frankly, the network that created the lane for Black programming on television has been lapped by Centric and TVOne. Even their annual award show tends to be an exercise in general coonery with a handful of moments that makes the ceremony almost worth watching. This year’s show was no different. Thankfully, BET made up for Chris Brown’s crocodile tears by featuring El DeBarge in two separate segments. El has not released an album […]
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Does El DeBarge Deserve a “Second Chance”?
The best thing about Sunday night’s BET Awards? The return of El DeBarge. Looking typically crisp and clean despite his recent incarceration, the singer/songwriter led the crowd through a medley of the hits made famous by his family group DeBarge-“I Like It”, “All This Love”, “Time Will Reveal” and “Rhythm of the Night”. Not only was he hitting impossible falsetto notes without breaking a sweat, but he turned the auditorium into a party with “Rhythm of the Night”, dancing through […]
Welcome Back, El DeBarge
I was doing my daily check on Soulbounce and came up on a piece that made me smile. Last time I heard anything about El DeBarge, the singer was headed to prison. I believe he was serving time for a drug-related offense. An expose in Vibe magazine and an episode of the TVOne documentary “Unsung” spelled out the fact that the gifted singer had been sliding down a bad slope for years. I was saddened to see that such a great […]