Michael Bivins
American singer and rapperWikipedia
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Sep 23, 2026
October LondonGUEST
Was it like that for, for you?
Shawn StockmanHOST
To a, to a degree, 'cause not s- not too long after that is when we met Mike Bivins.
October LondonGUEST
Ah.
Shawn StockmanHOST
And in Philly, and that's when things go- went-
Ketch SecorGUEST
I'm going to covet it.
Ketch SecorGUEST
I'm not going to show nobody except maybe my best friends.
Ketch SecorGUEST
And don't hold it too long.
Ketch SecorSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You
39 MINS LATER
SpencerHOST
And you also have a show coming out, huh?
Ketch SecorGUEST
Yeah, of course.
Ketch SecorGUEST
I'm busy with my friends at Nashville PBS making this amazing show, which for the past 30 years has been an institution on public television here in our state called Tennessee Crossroads.
Ketch SecorGUEST
It's a travel show.
LecraeHOST
Ah.
Shawn StockmanGUEST
Michael Bivins of, of New Edition.
Shawn StockmanGUEST
Even though we came from the s- the, the hood, we weren't hood ki- we weren't street kids.
LecraeHOST
Right.
20 MINS LATER
LecraeHOST
Yeah.
Shawn StockmanGUEST
Right? And that was by design.
Shawn StockmanGUEST
Shout out to Michael Bivins for having that, that mi- that, that vision.
LecraeHOST
Mm-hmm.
Charlamagne Tha GodHOST
Mm.
Arsenio HallGUEST
Uh, you know, you say, "Michael Bivins called me and he got these four dudes, uh, they're called Boyz II Men.
Arsenio HallGUEST
And...
Arsenio HallGUEST
Or Dr. Dre called me and this kid Calvin.
Charlamagne Tha GodHOST
Mm.
Arsenio HallGUEST
Rick James wrote them that track.
Arsenio HallGUEST
Um, then one day, Michael Bivins calls you and says, "Hey, I got four guys that idolize The Temptations.
Arsenio HallGUEST
They're from Philly, called Boyz II Men.
Charlamagne Tha GodHOST
Mm-hmm.
Arsenio HallGUEST
Um, you know, you say, "Michael Bivins called me, and he got these four dudes, uh, they're called Boyz II Men.
Arsenio HallGUEST
And, or Dr. Dre called me, and this kid Calvin."
DJ EnvyHOST
Ooh.
Charlamagne Tha GodHOST
Mm-hmm.
Arsenio HallGUEST
Rick James wrote them that track.
Arsenio HallGUEST
Um, then one day Michael Bivins calls you and says, "Hey, I got four guys that idolize The Temptations.
Arsenio HallGUEST
They're from Philly, called Boyz II Men.
speaker_0HOST
Known as G.A. for General Austin, he was a member of the early 90s New Jack Swing kid group Another Bad Creation, ABC.
speaker_0HOST
Known for the hit song Aisha, and of course produced by Michael Bivens of Belle Biv Devoe in New Edition fame.
speaker_0HOST
Spectacular Blue Smith was born in 1986.
speaker_0HOST
He achieved R&B success as a vocalist, dancer, and member of the mid-2000s hip-hop R&B group Pretty Ricky.
Damien BarlingHOST
And like Hammer was a huge part of that.
Damien BarlingHOST
Like that 1990 run with, you know, Vanilla Ice that turned into Criss Cross and Another Bad Creation and what did Michael Bivens call that? The East Coast Family.
Damien BarlingHOST
You know, with Boyz II Men and Bell Biv DeVoe and that whole thing.
Damien BarlingHOST
Music gave me confidence that I never had.
Damien BarlingHOST
And like Hammer was a huge part of that.
Damien BarlingHOST
Like that 1990 run with, you know, Vanilla Ice that turned into Criss Cross and Another Bad Creation and what did Michael Bivens call that? The East Coast Family.
Damien BarlingHOST
You know, with Boyz II Men and Belle Biv DeVoe and that whole thing.
Damien BarlingHOST
Music gave me confidence that I never had.