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I saw that early on with him of getting through struggles and life in general, so he was a fighter. He never really gave up. He had a lot of things life that came his way and he had to fight through it. Personal tragedies. His second wife passing away from a brain aneurism and he had to struggle through it and stay strong.

More than anything what I got from Melvin was that he worked hard, he was never really lazy about it. Part of that whole thinking for myself was to never… always keep going, always keep pushing.

Reid who helped strategize the Verzuz battle with him recorded over three decades ago. Truthfully, we were so busy working from one project to the next that we never got a chance to really reflect on the success or what was happening.

It led to Reid trading the mixing board for the boardroom, becoming an executive and going on to helm the top roles at Arista, Island Def Jam and Epic Records. Show Caption.

Hide Caption. COVID pandemic myths debunked. King: And I love the picture that you chose, too, to go with the video of your mother. I can imagine a lot of people are looking at this video, Kenny, and it brings back a lot of memories, especially for those who no longer have our mothers. That's why I think people are so touched. If you have your mother, this is also a good reminder of what you have in your life. Edmonds: No question. You know, when I was just listening to it there, it's a funny song because it does hit me every time.

It was a little hard to record it actually. But it was nice. It was a good feeling, made me feel closer, you know. King: Yeah. It's taken you five years to release a new song, and I know you've been writing. Why did you think now was the time? Because you write all the time. Edmonds: Well, yeah, I do write a lot. But also, it takes a long time to decide on something.

Actually I decided on one thing to do, and then it just didn't feel right ultimately. Then, you know, she gave me — I feel like mom gave me this gift, you know, to come with something that was heartfelt and there's only one other song that I wrote like that. And that was the song "The Day. King: Your son was born. I remember the day when your son was born. So Mother's Day you're going to release the song. You're hosting an Instagram live event.

What are you planning? Edmonds: Well, when I did the verses battle with [Teddy Riley], I kept on seeing comments about people wanting to hear music from "Waiting to Exhale. On Aug. Edmonds has said in multiple interviews that Edmonds was given the nickname by funk musician, William Earl "Bootsy" Collins, while playing in his band in the s.

Though he resisted the nickname at first, he embraced it during a tour after his bandmate, Darnell "Dee" Bristol, called him by his nickname on stage after he sang "Sweet November. In , he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Edmonds comes from a musical family.