PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS… MICHAEL KEITH
Michael Keith, formerly of 112, goes solo.
Presented by Electronic Urban Report.
Oh ok Singer Michael Keith, former member and founder of the R&B group 112, is looking out for a new number, number 1.
Keith was formerly one-fourth of the Grammy winning group from Atlanta that had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
112, which consisted of high school buddies Marvin Scandrick, Quinnes “Q” Parker, Daron Jones, and Keith, scored chart toppers with hit singles such as “Cupid,” “Only You,” “Dance With Me,” and “Peaches & Cream” and became the first and most successful R&B group to out of Sean “Diddy” Combs Bad Boy label. With major success and a well-received disc “Pleasure & Pain” in 2005, Keith found he had to break ties with the crew just last year.
“Unfortunately the group is no longer a group. I had to leave because I found out that certain member of the group took a publishing check and it was made clear that it intended for [me] and Slim.”
As reported in EUR (October 29, 2008), the singer’s trust was broken and he told EUR’s Lee Bailey that though he hasn’t given the go ahead on any legal action, he has left the group and is not looking back.
“I put so much of myself into 112 and the brand and into these guys, for it to be a situation that boils down to simply money, that’s something I can’t forgive…
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