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B group Jagged Edge could have gotten lost in the abyss of other groups that looked and sounded very
similar to them in the 90s but they managed to carve out their own path right from the start
and went on to achieve incredible success into the early 2000s the group's members include identical
twin lead singers Brian and Brandon Casey Richard wingo and Kyle Norman they formed in Atlanta
Georgia after the Casey Brothers relocated from their hometown of Hartford Connecticut the twins
who were around 13 at the time started going to a new church music was already in their blood from
a young age since their mother was a professional Jazz and gospel singer they ended up joining the
youth choir directed by a then 15 year old Kyle Norman who had been bribed with a pool party by
the twins mother if he could convince her sons to participate while doing their thing in the
choir the trio also spent time enjoying other genres of music and decided to put together an
R B group with the addition of another friend the now foursome going by the name twin AK rehearsed
diligently for the next couple of years then one day they got the opportunity to meet and sing for
Michael Bivens when new edition came to town after hearing the group he offered them a deal on the
spot unfortunately after several months went by Michael came to the guys and was honest with them
about having too much on his play he gave them his Blessing to find another deal elsewhere they
would finally end up getting hooked up by candy Burris of R B group escape she actually went to
high school with Richard Wingo who was the last to join the group after one member dropped out while
his father was out running adult entertainment clubs wingo's mother made sure her son stayed in
the church it was there where he honed his vocal and performance skills just like the other guys he
also was a member of a secular group but things didn't work out with them after graduation the
group now going by the name Jagged Edge which they took from a movie title produced a demo
Wingo gave it to Candy to get her opinion on it she loved loved it so much so that she took it
straight to her group's producer Jermaine Dupree he loved it as well and immediately signed them
to his Columbia Records distributed imprint so-so deaf recordings with candy serving as
their manager he thought that with their Hood sensibilities he could make them into the male
version of Escape fun fact candy and Brandon began seriously dating at this time they even
moved in together at one point before the young men made any noise on the music scene though a
couple of them had already begun very adult lives by having children of their own both Brian and his
brother Brandon had become fathers by the time they turned 18 years old this meant that the
opportunity to do what they loved to do would turn out to be an even bigger blessing giving
them the chance to adequately provide for their families compared to their peers in the industry
Jagged Edge's debut took a little bit longer to get off the ground Jermaine would later admit that
it was due to him not being able to get their formula down right away him and the guys would
actually have arguments about it Jermaine didn't like their idea of going forward with an album
full of balance the group would end up being appreciative of Jermaine making them do some
mid-tempo and up-tempo tracks even though they knew that everyone would especially love their
slower songs the group began their mainstream recording career with the single the way that
you talk released in 1997 that same year their debut album a jagged era dropped the second single
off the gold project called I gotta be written about Brandon and Candy's relationship would be
their first major hit reaching number 11 on the r b charts and number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
foreign the group's meteoric rise though wasn't without its share of problems and ego trips a
tight-knit friendship began to be filled with fights and Reckless Behavior Wingo was drinking
five nights a week the group rolled joins at press conferences and got charged with DUIs
they went into full Rockstar mode without the Forgiveness rock stars receive at one point the
guys were required to attend anger management classes two years later the groups follow up
album J.E heartbreak was released it would end up being the group's breakthrough project going
double Platinum off the strength of the hit singles he can't love you let's get married
and promise a heartfelt song written by Brandon about his current relationship with Destiny's
Child member Latavia Roberson more successful singles and albums followed over the next
several years including 2001's Jagged Little thrill which featured their highest charting
single where the party at 2003 is hard featuring Walked Out Of Heaven and 2006's self-titled album
that featured good luck charm even though the group wouldn't achieve any more gold or platinum
selling albums they continue to consistently release projects over the next decade their
relationship around this time with Jermaine appeared to have soured Brandon confirmed as
much in an interview saying I usually like to leave the door open for questions like that but
I'm going to go ahead and close that door no we're not working with Jermaine I'm not really
looking to ever work with Jermaine again it's not beef it's no love lost I just think we're
on two different pages and that's fine he can be where he's at and we can be where we're heading
internal issues with the group also began to come to a head Wingo went off and created a
new group with Q from 112 NRL from next call wqrl the way he explains it is that he didn't
have any intentions of splitting up Jagged Edge he just wanted to keep the ball rolling the new
Venture wouldn't last long though and he would soon rejoin the rest of the guys in the studio
to begin putting their next project together that project their eighth album titled je heartbreak 2
gave the guys the perfect opportunity to reunite with their old Mentor Jermaine Dupri the album
would not do well not because the tracks or lyrics weren't hot enough but because of the
negative backlash the group received as a result of one member's shameful Behavior
Kyle's highly publicized 2015 aggravated assault against his fiancee Marika police
reported that the victim had welts under her eyes a golf ball-sized knot on her
upper left forehead a cut on her nose and a burst blood clot in her right eye she told
authorities that Kyle punched and choked her with a scarf before shoving her engagement
ring down her throat further choking her he also allegedly took her car keys broke
her cell phone when she attempted to leave and told her he was going to end her life
the couple reportedly got into a fight about Kyle's drinking and he later said he was upset to
learn about his father's recent cancer diagnosis when the fight began one year later both Kyle and
Marika his now wife appeared on the Steve Harvey Show to talk about his assault conviction and how
they're moving forward in their marriage sadly Kyle wouldn't keep his hands to himself for
long later that year he would be arrested again for Criminal Trespass obstruction of officers
battery Family Violence and cruelty to children after Marika called 9-1-1 to report that Kyle was
beating up his son kilon foreign said his father spent the evening drinking and cursing out family
members when he finally confronted his dad the man began pummeling him even pulling out a knife
at one point Kyle also punched holes in the wall broke a coffee table damaged a kitchen fan and
shattered a mirror in the home during the alleged assault a judge ordered him to stay away from
his wife and son and attend a domestic violence prevention Workshop since he was behind bars Kyle
wasn't able to participate on the group's 2017 album layover that has the distinction of being
the only one of their projects to not feature the members on the cover art despite everything
Kyle's fellow group members continue to show their love and loyalty to their fallen brother in 2018
Brandon's baby mama and their daughter Amani were interviewed by blogger Tasha K and spilled all
the tea about their broken relationship with the famous singer just Days Later a tearful Brandon
called in to give his side of the story he apologized to his daughter but added that
their strained relationship is not all on him so that should have been the end of it right
wrong Brandon's ex called back into Tasha to drop
even more Bombshells including laying blame at the feet of candy Burrows
then in December 2019 some interesting information about some alleged inappropriate incidences that
went on between a couple of the Jagged Edge members and a couple of members of an r b girl
group came to light Matthew Knowles sat down with Vlad TV for an interview to promote his
new book during the conversation he claimed that while Destiny's Child toured with Jagged Edge and
John B early on in their success as a group two of the ladies came to him with complaints that they
were constantly being harassed by two of the guys one of those young ladies was Kelly the other was
his daughter Beyonce the accusations came as a bit of a shock considering that the relationship
between the two cams seemed to be a positive one Destiny's Child even made a very memorable cameo
in the guys I gotta be video the original version anyway the one most of you will be familiar with
is the one shown earlier in this video was Matthew the one to order the internet be scrubbed clean of
the version featuring Destiny's Child due to the harassment accusations well anything is possible
Matthew said he takes full responsibility for making the poor decision to put Destiny's Child
and Jagged Edge on the same tour bus after all the girls were only 16 or 17 while the guys were 22 or
23. so just like he had the power to put them on he had the power to take them off and he did he
did not however name the alleged perpetrators during Jagged Edge's unsung episode in 2017
the guys claimed that the real reason they were kicked off was because they stood up for Latoya
luckett's mother who apparently Matthew wanted off the bus as well two of the guys Brian and
Brandon also had a more personal interest in the matter since they were dating Latoya and Latavia
at the time rumor had it that Matthew wasn't too happy about that either the brothers were
even blamed for some time as being part of the reason the girls were kicked out of Destiny's
Child in May 2020 Jagged Edge went head to head with 112 in an unforgettable able versus Battle
unfortunately for Jagged Edge possibly due in part to their terrible audio issues 112 came
out as the Victor two months later the quartet's 10th studio album a double disc titled a jagged
love story was released the group kicked off 2021 with the launch of their podcast views from the
edge on it they share their points of view on life love the music business and a plethora of
related current events while promoting the podcast they also reveal that they're currently working
on a new album the first single Inseparable dropped in September 2022. the album is slated
to be titled all original parts a nod to their solid 25-year run with all four original members
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