Kenny Lattimore

After a false start with the late-'80s vocal group Maniquin, Kenny Lattimore became a minor urban
R&B star in his own right in 1996, when his eponymous debut album generated two hit singles.
Lattimore was born and raised in Washington, D.C., where he grew up in a musical family. Before
he reached his teens, he was winning talent shows at his junior high school. Throughout high school
he performed music, from classical to R&B. Despite his love for music, he decided to pursue
architecture and city planning when he enrolled at Howard University. Even though he wasn't
majoring in music, he hadn't given it up as a hobby, and he joined the vocal group Maniquin. In
1987, the group signed with Epic, and, two years later, they released their debut album. The record
failed to become a hit, and the group sweated it out on the grueling chitlin circuit down South. After
a year of touring, Lattimore left Maniquin in 1990.
He had decided that he would continue to pursue music, and began writing songs and collaborating
with a number of artists. His songs were recorded by Glenn Jones and Jon Lucien, and he began
working with Dem Twinzz, singing on the group's demos. The tapes attracted the interest of major
labels, but Lattimore wanted to be a solo artist, not part of a group, so he moved to New York
City in 1993.
After struggling for a few months in Manhattan, Lattimore recorded a demo of songs he co-wrote;
it was produced by J. Dibbs. The demo led him to a record contract with Columbia. His debut
album featured production by Kenneth and Keith Crouch, Kipper Jones, Oji Pierce, Herb
Middleton, Barry Eastmond, Jimmy Abney, and Dave Hall. Lattimore did also do some preliminary
production work on the album, and wrote or co-wrote six of the 12 songs. Kenny Lattimore was
released in 1996 and it was a steady seller over the next year, going gold and spawning the Top 40
R&B hit "Never Too Busy." From the Soul of Man followed in 1998.
In 2001 Kenny moved to Arista releasing his third album Weekend.
On New Year's Day 2002 Lattimore married singer Chante Moore.

Website:  www.kennylattimore.com