Bobby Drown @ anilsag.wordpress.com

Bobby Drown @ anilsag.wordpress.com

What a life the Boston singer has had. An entertainer since age 11, Brown, now almost 40, brought the ‘hood to R&B in the ’80s. His greatest work to date, 1988’s Don’t Be Cruel, was a crossover hit that sold more than 8 million copies.

Since rising to the top, Brown has experienced heartbreak (Janet Jackson), love (ex-wife Whitney Houston and his children) and trouble with the law. Author Derrick Handspike documents the Brown Bomber in “Bobby Brown: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But … ,” which hit shelves Tuesday (December 9).

In the book, Brown tells Handspike that Houstoninitiated their relationship by flirting with him at the Grammys.

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