New Edition was one of the it-boy bands back in the 80s and Ronnie DeVoe was a proud part of it. He joined the penultimate member of the group led by Ralph Tresvant. According to the story, New Edition signed a contract in 1981 with Maurice Starr’s Streetwise label after emerging as runners-up in a talent show.
With four albums back to back, New Edition took the 80s by storm and made their whole sound sing. They were easily the best-selling RnB/Hip-hop bands of their time.
After New Edition split in 1990, DeVoes’s own band, Bell Biv DeVoe, formed with fellow New Edition bandmates Ricky Bell and Michael Bivins. DeVoe achieved impressive success with his band and they continue to make new music to this day. Also, since reuniting with New Edition in 1996, DeVoe has been recording with his former band.
DeVoe’s age – is he really older than his twin brothers?
For a long time, everything that was known about the members of New Edition mainly concerned their musical exploits. However, with the release of their three-part biopic miniseries, The New Edition airing on BET in late January 2017, many facts about the band members have come to light, one of which concerns a certain twin brother.
Nope! Ronnie was not born as a twin but alone on November 17, 1967 in Boston Massachusetts. However, after the biopic which featured a scene in which Ronnie’s brother (Roland Devoe) made fun of him as he tried to pass his auditions for a New Edition audition, many people knew that Roland was a twin. with Ronnie’s. another brother Robert DeVoe.
It’s a fact that’s been around for a while, but the world never really noticed it, until that scene in the biopic. Oh! the power of movies. In 2012, on May 9 to be precise, Ronnie took to his Twitter account to wish his twin brothers a happy birthday. He simply wrote “Happy Birthday 2, my brothers, “Robert Anthony DeVoe” and “Roland Antone DeVoe! “. No one on this planet has my back like the #TWINS #DEVOEMOB.
Touching on how unpopular this tweet was at the time, it only got 14 retweets and 7 likes. Anyway, in recent years, Ronnie has been posting photos of his twin brothers more frequently.
Another fact that makes the truth unbelievable is that Ronnie looks younger than his younger twin brothers as shown in a recent photo he posted, but you know, Ronnie DeVoe is one of the Pharrell Williams of this world.
His family, his mother, wife and children
Considering the way he bonds with his twin brothers, Ronnie’s family is very close-knit and, in Ronnie’s words, they surely have their backs for each other. In fact, it was his uncle Brooke Payne (his mother’s brother) who was the choreographer/manager of the New Edition that led him to join the boy band as the newest member.
Ronnie’s mother, Flo DeVoe, was also supportive of her son’s foray into music. She was born on September 27, 1949. In the biopic New Edition, she is portrayed by La La Anthony. Ronnie’s father, Ronald Boyd DeVoe Sr, born in 1947, is late.
Besides the twin brothers, Ronnie’s family includes two sisters, Regina and Tonya.
Ronnie has been married to his wife, R&B singer Shamari Fears since 2006. Fears is best known for being the lead singer of the girl group Blaque, which had their heyday in the 1990s. The group were best known for the song “ Bring It All to Me,” which was an international hit from their self-titled debut album. The group was quiet for a while before planning a reunion in 2012 which was unfortunately thwarted by the unfortunate death of one of its members, Reed, who died after being hit by a car in Atlanta on October 26, 2012.
The twins are part of the DeVoe family, so it doesn’t come as a surprise when the couple announced in February 2017 that they were expecting twins. In November 2017, they welcomed twins who already have their own Instagram page, DeVoeTwins.
The height of Ronnie DeVoe
If you come across people speculating on Ronnie DeVoe’s height, you can save the day by pointing out that the entertainer is 6 feet (1.83m).