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A SOUTHERN BROTHER FROM FLORENCE,SOUTH CAROLINA....A.K.A "FLO-TOWN". {THE DECENDANT OF "MARY MCCLEOD BETHUNE",THRU THE LATE GREAT "ANNIE DELL JACKSON-HAYNESWORTH"} BORN BRIAN GRAHAM, LATER TO BE KNOWN AS R&B DIVINE...THE SOUTHERN YORKER. SINGING SINCE THE AGE OF 3, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT SINGING WAS....AT THE AGE OF 16,STARTED PURSUING A CAREER IN THIS BUSINESS CALLED "MUSIC". THO' HE SINGS ,HE ASPIRED TO HIP HOP, AND WAS REGULARLY SURROUNDED BY RAP ARTIST, AND FELT THAT BEING IN A R&B GROUP,ALWAYS ENDS UP WITH SOMEONE BEING JEALOUS OF ANOTHER SINGERS TALENT/VOCALS. BEING IN A RAP GROUP,WAS COMFORTABLE AND NATURAL, THE 1ST RAP GROUP HE WAS IN CALLED "THE TRIBE OF SHABAZZ",1ST GROUP IN "FLO-TOWN" TO HAVE AN R&B SINGER IN A RAP GROUP. THE "R&B"..... IN "R&B DIVINE" STOOD FOR "RAGING BATTLES",BECAUSE WITH HIS NATURAL ABILITY, WOULD WAGE WAR ON OTHER R&B ARTIST VOCALLY....THUS NAMED HIM RAGING BATTLES DIVINE..IN SHORT R&B DIVINE. IN HIS EXPERIENCE, HAS OPENED UP, FOR ARTIST SUCH AS "MC LYTE","THE 69 BOYS",HAS DONE A RADIO PROMO,WAS OFFERED TO BE LEAD SINGER OF "BLACKSTREET"..... WAS PRODUCED BY WELL KNOWN PRODUCERS...MARK DA SPARK, OF KAKALAK PRODUCTIONS. WHO ALSO PRODUCED "GRAND PUBA",SALT&PEPPA","GRAVEDIGGAS". WAS OFFERED EMI DISTRIBUTION ,ALONG WITH "ANTHONY HAMILTON", FOR 1.7 MILLION, HAS WORKED UNDER "MISS BOSS LADY ENTERTAINMENT" ,UNDER "FLAVA UNIT" WITH A GROUP CALLED "RESERVUAGH", WAS MANAGED ALONGSIDE,"NEXT", "DONNEL JONES".HAD DEALINGS WITH... "MICHEAL "BLU" WILLIAMS", MANAGER OF "OUTKAST",HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING "DAVE/CHRIS LYTE", AND"KELIS",ALSO OPENED UP FOR .... "THE LOST BOYS", AND BECAME GOOD FRIENDS,......WROTE A HOOK FOR.... "MR CHEEKS" FOR HIS DAUGHTER,CALLED "CHAMPAIGNE". HAS ALSO SUNG THE HOOK FOR "HIP HOP HALL OF FAMER", "RAHEIM EL BEY", OF "GRANDMASTER FLASH&THE FURIOUS 5"...CALLED "GETTING MONEY".HAD THE PLEASURE OF VIBING WITH "FRED THE GODSON". HAS PRODUCED/ENGINEERED/SUNG ON "I DOUBT THAT", FROM THE "HARD LESSONS" ALBUM,FROM "THE FACULTY",ALSO IN THE VIDEO, FOR THE "BIG L" DOCUMENTARY DVD....IN THE 'YES YOU MAY" REMIX, BY "THE FACULTY"...AND ALSO IN THE "DOPE MAN" VIDEO,FROM "THE FACULTY". NOW OWNER OF SOUTHERNYORKER STUDIO, WRITING,SINGING,PRODUCING/ENGEERING. LOCATED IN THE HOME OF HIP HOP...THE BX(BRONX,NY) INTRODUCING ...YOUR SOUTHERNYORKER....R&B DIVINE![color="red"][/color]