“The first time he saw me, that’s just the name he blurted out and everybody just started calling me that,” Babyface said. His youthful look earned him the nickname Babyface from funk performer Bootsy Collins. “I went to high school and must have been in a million bands different names, then right out of high school I joined a band called Manchild and it was on, I kept doing it, I had no other choice to do it, this is what I was born to do I think.” “I started really early just loving music and probably in the sixth grade started writing my first songs,” Babyface said. “It’s high energy and the show is going to be great, so I hope everyone comes out to see it.”īorn in Indianapolis in 1959, Babyface’s older brothers formed the R&B group After 7. “What will happen when I do my show, I always go through a medley of songs that I have written and produced for other people as well and that’s a really fun part of the show, really going down memory lane and everyone has a good time,” Babyface said. You’ll hear a collection of songs Babyface wrote for others and recorded himself. … Kem is great and Sherri is great, so it’s going to be a fun night.” I haven’t done this kind of tour in such a long time, so it’s going to be fun. “I’m just excited about the tour, because we’re doing about 28 cities. “She opens up first, then she introduces me, then she’ll come on again, changing the stage to introduce Kem,” Babyface told WTOP. This Saturday and Sunday, he performs live at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, in a triple bill with R&B musician Kem and comedian Sherri Shepherd.
Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds has won a whopping 12 Grammys throughout his career. WTOP's Jason Fraley previews Babyface at MGM National Harbor (Part 1) Business & Finance Click to expand menu.