“Saturday Love” R&B singer, Cherrelle, hustled hard to leave her mark on the music industry. Of course, the road to success came with a boatload of pitfalls and hurdles, but quiet as it’s kept, Cherrelle didn’t have the type of humble beginning you typically hear about.

Unlike many celebs who have shared stories of poverty stricken beginnings, Cherrelle spent her childhood years far from the projects The Evans family lived in on “Good Times.” She grew up in an upscale neighborhood of Beverly Hills, CA. Cherrelle’s Mother was a doctor and her Pops was a well known entertainment lawyer. In a nutshell, they were blessed to have a pretty comfortably plush lifestyle. But despite her childhood, life wasn’t always easy. In fact, that is actually an understatement for Cherrelle, because things took a devastating turn for the worse that led to years of heartache that no human being should have to endure.

Music Career Took Downward Spiral

Although Cherrelle basked in success for many years with hit singles and duets with R&B singer Alexander O’Neal, she also experienced the dark side of fame and before long, she found herself spiraling out control.

In 1992, after years of success and hit records, Cherrelle was faced with many personal and professional bouts. Once she parted ways with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, her career suffered a devastating blow she wasn’t ever able to recover from. But, the downward spiral didn’t stop there…

Lost 2 Family Members She Loved Dearly

Cherelle’s sister passed away around from unknown causes, and around the same time, Cherrelle’s father was sent to prison for financial fraud. He was accused of allegedly embezzling money from his clients. Cherrelle felt like her world was crumbling, BUT…just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, unfortunately they did and what happened next was extremely tragic…

Father Of Her Children Passed Suddenly

Randy Ran, the former singer and member of the group, Rick, Ran, and Dan, was the father of two of Cherrelle’s children. He tragically lost his life during a motorcycle accident. Randy reportedly suffered a gruesome fate and was beheaded in the accident.

How Cherrelle’s Pregnancy Was Risked

Years after Randy’s passing, Cherrelle became romantically involved with someone else and gave birth to a baby girl. However, her daughter’s birth was a time of happiness, fear, and pain…literally, because her daughter, Martinique, was actually born four months early. While on a boat cruise, Cherrelle went into labor prematurely. Then, to make matters worse, she endured an emergency C-Section WITHOUT AN ANESTHETIC. But, as far as we know, she and her daughter turned out just fine!

What’s Up With Cherrelle Now?

Despite years of hardships and life-altering tragedies, Cherrelle, now 61 years young, has managed to prevail. In fact, prior to the COVID pandemic, she was still performing, just as she did in the above photo alongside singer, Karyn White.

Cherelle and Alexander O’Neal were continuing to perform together as well…

Hopefully, once outside safely reopens again, we’ll get another opportunity to see ALL of these legends do their thang on stage! Keeping fingers crossed.

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At ILOSM, we always bring you Old School news with a new point of view, and like we always say: We can learn a lot from the lives of our favorite celebs- regardless of if it is what to do, or what not to do. These entertainers cannot have great success, without naturally experiencing many great failures and that’s okay, because just like the rest of us, their flawed human beings.

As is the case with a popular ’80s R&B singer who was married to a big time drug kingpin in the ’80s when her career was in full flight and he was moving more kilos than “Nino Brown” from New Jack City. This guy was known to the Hollywood world, and in the streets, as one of the biggest cocaine suppliers on the west coast and he was raking in millions of dollars. Who do you think his ex is? Hmmm…get your scroll-on👇🏾 to find out, ILOSM fam’…

Who Is His R&B Ex-Wife?

She’s “I Didn’t Mean To Turn You” and “Saturday Love” songstress, Cherrelle, who married the infamous Los Angeles drug kingpin, Dana Gold, back in the ’80s.

Although Cherrelle has frequently talked about her other ex, singer Ran (of the group, Rick, Ran, and Dan), who tragically passed away in the ’90s, she never really publicly discusses her ex-husband, Dana, in interviews. Not sure why, but industry folks know about them and Dana himself released a documentary about his days in the dope dealing circle, where he also verified that he was married to Cherrelle in the ’80s. You can check out a short video clip of her ex discusiing this below. Dana Gold talks about his ex-wife, Cherrelle, at approximately the 3:18 mark:

Wow, after watching the video maybe now I can understand why Cherrelle doesn’t necessarily want to go around blasting this information to anyone with ears…it’s not always easy for everyone to understand living that lifestyle. But again: great success does not come without great failures. So as far as Cherrelle’s ex-husband…hey we live and we learn, that doesn’t make her – nor anyone else who may be in the situation she was in – a bad person, it simply makes them a perfectly flawed human being…just like the rest of us.

Anyways, I still love me some Cherrelle and I still blast her music to this very day…Cherrelle, keep doing your thing queen!

Source: Gwop Magazine

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“Saturday Love” R&B singer, Cherrelle, hustled hard to leave her mark on the music industry. Of course, the road to success came with a boatload of pitfalls and hurdles, but quiet as it’s kept, Cherrelle didn’t have the type of humble beginning you typically hear about.

Unlike many celebs who have shared stories of poverty stricken beginnings, Cherrelle spent her childhood years far from the projects The Evans family lived in on “Good Times.” She grew up in an upscale neighborhood of Beverly Hills, CA. Cherrelle’s Mother was a doctor and her Pops was a well known entertainment lawyer. In a nutshell, they were blessed to have a pretty comfortably plush lifestyle. But despite her childhood, life wasn’t always easy. In fact, that is actually an understatement for Cherrelle, because things took a devastating turn for the worse that led to years of heartache that no human being should have to endure.

Music Career Took Downward Spiral

Although Cherrelle basked in success for many years with hit singles and duets with R&B singer Alexander O’Neal, she also experienced the dark side of fame and before long, she found herself spiraling out control.

In 1992, after years of success and hit records, Cherrelle was faced with many personal and professional bouts. Once she parted ways with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, her career suffered a devastating blow she wasn’t ever able to recover from. But, the downward spiral didn’t stop there…

Lost 2 Family Members She Loved Dearly

Cherelle’s sister passed away around from unknown causes, and around the same time, Cherrelle’s father was sent to prison for financial fraud. He was accused of allegedly embezzling money from his clients. Cherrelle felt like her world was crumbling, BUT…just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, unfortunately they did and what happened next was extremely tragic…

Father Of Her Children Passed Suddenly

Randy Ran, the former singer and member of the group, Rick, Ran, and Dan, was the father of two of Cherrelle’s children. He tragically lost his life during a motorcycle accident. Randy reportedly suffered a gruesome fate and was beheaded in the accident.

How Cherrelle’s Pregnancy Was Risked

Years after Randy’s passing, Cherrelle became romantically involved with someone else and gave birth to a baby girl. However, her daughter’s birth was a time of happiness, fear, and pain…literally, because her daughter, Martinique, was actually born four months early. While on a boat cruise, Cherrelle went into labor prematurely. Then, to make matters worse, she endured an emergency C-Section WITHOUT AN ANESTHETIC. But, as far as we know, she and her daughter turned out just fine!

What’s Up With Cherrelle Now?

Despite years of hardships and life-altering tragedies, Cherrelle, now 61 years young, has managed to prevail. In fact, prior to the COVID pandemic, she was still performing, just as she did in the above photo alongside singer, Karyn White.

Cherelle and Alexander O’Neal were continuing to perform together as well…

Hopefully, once outside safely reopens again, we’ll get another opportunity to see ALL of these legends do their thang on stage! Keeping fingers crossed.

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“Saturday Love” R&B singer, Cherrelle, hustled hard to leave her mark on the music industry. Of course, the road to success came with a boatload of pitfalls and hurdles, but quiet as it’s kept, Cherrelle didn’t have the type of humble beginning you typically hear about.

Unlike many celebs who have shared stories of poverty stricken beginnings, Cherrelle spent her childhood years far from the projects The Evans family lived in on “Good Times.” She grew up in an upscale neighborhood of Beverly Hills, CA. Cherrelle’s Mother was a doctor and her Pops was a well known entertainment lawyer. In a nutshell, they were blessed to have a pretty comfortably plush lifestyle. But despite her childhood, life wasn’t always easy. In fact, that is actually an understatement for Cherrelle, because things took a devastating turn for the worse that led to years of heartache that no human being should have to endure.

Music Career Took Downward Spiral

Although Cherrelle basked in success for many years with hit singles and duets with R&B singer Alexander O’Neal, she also experienced the dark side of fame and before long, she found herself spiraling out control.

In 1992, after years of success and hit records, Cherrelle was faced with many personal and professional bouts. Once she parted ways with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, her career suffered a devastating blow she wasn’t ever able to recover from. But, the downward spiral didn’t stop there…

Lost 2 Family Members She Loved Dearly

Cherelle’s sister passed away around from unknown causes, and around the same time, Cherrelle’s father was sent to prison for financial fraud. He was accused of allegedly embezzling money from his clients. Cherrelle felt like her world was crumbling, BUT…just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, unfortunately they did and what happened next was extremely tragic…

Father Of Her Children Passed Suddenly

Randy Ran, the former singer and member of the group, Rick, Ran, and Dan, was the father of two of Cherrelle’s children. He tragically lost his life during a motorcycle accident. Randy reportedly suffered a gruesome fate and was beheaded in the accident.

How Cherrelle’s Pregnancy Was Risked

Years after Randy’s passing, Cherrelle became romantically involved with someone else and gave birth to a baby girl. However, her daughter’s birth was a time of happiness, fear, and pain…literally, because her daughter, Martinique, was actually born four months early. While on a boat cruise, Cherrelle went into labor prematurely. Then, to make matters worse, she endured an emergency C-Section WITHOUT AN ANESTHETIC. But, as far as we know, she and her daughter turned out just fine!

What’s Up With Cherrelle Now?

Despite years of hardships and life-altering tragedies, Cherrelle, now 61 years young, has managed to prevail. In fact, prior to the COVID pandemic, she was still performing, just as she did in the above photo alongside singer, Karyn White.

Cherelle and Alexander O’Neal were continuing to perform together as well…

Hopefully, once outside safely reopens again, we’ll get another opportunity to see ALL of these legends do their thang on stage! Keeping fingers crossed.

source

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“Saturday Love” R&B singer, Cherrelle, hustled hard to leave her mark on the music industry. Of course, the road to success came with a boatload of pitfalls and hurdles, but quiet as it’s kept, Cherrelle didn’t have the type of humble beginning you typically hear about.

Unlike many celebs who have shared stories of poverty stricken beginnings, Cherrelle spent her childhood years far from the projects The Evans family lived in on “Good Times.” She grew up in an upscale neighborhood of Beverly Hills, CA. Cherrelle’s Mother was a doctor and her Pops was a well known entertainment lawyer. In a nutshell, they were blessed to have a pretty comfortably plush lifestyle. But despite her childhood, life wasn’t always easy. In fact, that is actually an understatement for Cherrelle, because things took a devastating turn for the worse that led to years of heartache that no human being should have to endure.

Music Career Took Downward Spiral

Although Cherrelle basked in success for many years with hit singles and duets with R&B singer Alexander O’Neal, she also experienced the dark side of fame and before long, she found herself spiraling out control.

In 1992, after years of success and hit records, Cherrelle was faced with many personal and professional bouts. Once she parted ways with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, her career suffered a devastating blow she wasn’t ever able to recover from. But, the downward spiral didn’t stop there…

Lost 2 Family Members She Loved Dearly

Cherelle’s sister passed away around from unknown causes, and around the same time, Cherrelle’s father was sent to prison for financial fraud. He was accused of allegedly embezzling money from his clients. Cherrelle felt like her world was crumbling, BUT…just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, unfortunately they did and what happened next was extremely tragic…

Father Of Her Children Passed Suddenly

Randy Ran, the former singer and member of the group, Rick, Ran, and Dan, was the father of two of Cherrelle’s children. He tragically lost his life during a motorcycle accident. Randy reportedly suffered a gruesome fate and was beheaded in the accident.

How Cherrelle’s Pregnancy Was Risked

Years after Randy’s passing, Cherrelle became romantically involved with someone else and gave birth to a baby girl. However, her daughter’s birth was a time of happiness, fear, and pain…literally, because her daughter, Martinique, was actually born four months early. While on a boat cruise, Cherrelle went into labor prematurely. Then, to make matters worse, she endured an emergency C-Section WITHOUT AN ANESTHETIC. But, as far as we know, she and her daughter turned out just fine!

What’s Up With Cherrelle Now?

Despite years of hardships and life-altering tragedies, Cherrelle, now 61 years young, has managed to prevail. In fact, prior to the COVID pandemic, she was still performing, just as she did in the above photo alongside singer, Karyn White.

Cherelle and Alexander O’Neal were continuing to perform together as well…

Hopefully, once outside safely reopens again, we’ll get another opportunity to see ALL of these legends do their thang on stage! Keeping fingers crossed.

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As an accomplished singer/songwriter, Pebbles penned and recorded several hits including “Girlfriend”, “Mercedes Boy”, “Giving You The Benefit”, and “Love Makes Things Happens.” Pebbles is also responsible for the rise of TLC. Of course, Pebbles has worked with tons of artists and producers over the years, but there’s one famous singer she’s worked with that you may not know she’s related to….

Cherrelle

For those who don’t know, R&B singer Cherrelle is actually Pebbles’ cousin. That’s right. The Detroit, MI native known for memorable hits like “I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On”, “Where Do I Run To”, “Everything I Miss at Home” is one of Pebbles’ first cousins. Talk about talent! But, the famous family ties don’t stop there…

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! CHERELLE HAS ANOTHER R&B CUZ…

During an interview with Freddy O., Brandy D. of the group Blaque revealed Cherrelle is actually her aunt. When asked who inspired her musical career, she mentioned Janet and Michael Jackson but also shared little-known facts about her family’s ties to the music industry.

“With my family I was so lucky to tour at a young age with my aunt Cherrelle, she had hits in the 80s and 90s. She toured with New Edition so I was able to experience that when I was young. My father was also a part of a band where he sang and my grandfather is one of the Miracles so I was just so blessed to be surrounded by music coming up.”

Cherrelle also has a well-known SISTER in the entertainment world and they look a lot alike!

However, there’s more. Cherrelle’s sister has also made a name for herself in the entertainment industry. She’s none other than Marvel Britto (pictured above with Cherrelle). For those who don’t know, Britto is the President/CEO of The Britto Agency. She also works as a TV, film and theater producer. Over the years, The Britto Agency has worked with a number of top clients including Payless, Motorola, Mariah Carey, and athletes Gary Sheffield and Stephon Marbury.

It’s quite obvious hard work and success runs deep in this family!

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As an accomplished singer/songwriter, Pebbles penned and recorded several hits including “Girlfriend”, “Mercedes Boy”, “Giving You The Benefit”, and “Love Makes Things Happens.” Pebbles is also responsible for the rise of TLC. Of course, Pebbles has worked with tons of artists and producers over the years, but there’s one famous singer she’s worked with that you may not know she’s related to….

Cherrelle

For those who don’t know, R&B singer Cherrelle is actually Pebbles’ cousin. That’s right. The Detroit, MI native known for memorable hits like “I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On”, “Where Do I Run To”, “Everything I Miss at Home” is one of Pebbles’ first cousins. Talk about talent! But, the famous family ties don’t stop there…

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! CHERELLE HAS ANOTHER R&B CUZ…

During an interview with Freddy O., Brandy D. of the group Blaque revealed Cherrelle is actually her aunt. When asked who inspired her musical career, she mentioned Janet and Michael Jackson but also shared little-known facts about her family’s ties to the music industry.

“With my family I was so lucky to tour at a young age with my aunt Cherrelle, she had hits in the 80s and 90s. She toured with New Edition so I was able to experience that when I was young. My father was also a part of a band where he sang and my grandfather is one of the Miracles so I was just so blessed to be surrounded by music coming up.”

Cherrelle also has a well-known SISTER in the entertainment world and they look a lot alike!

However, there’s more. Cherrelle’s sister has also made a name for herself in the entertainment industry. She’s none other than Marvel Britto (pictured above with Cherrelle). For those who don’t know, Britto is the President/CEO of The Britto Agency. She also works as a TV, film and theater producer. Over the years, The Britto Agency has worked with a number of top clients including Payless, Motorola, Mariah Carey, and athletes Gary Sheffield and Stephon Marbury.

It’s quite obvious hard work and success runs deep in this family!

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Unlike many celebs who have shared stories of poverty stricken beginnings, Cherrelle spent her childhood years far from the projects The Evans family lived in on “Good Times.” She grew up in an upscale neighborhood of Beverly Hills, CA. Cherrelle’s Mother was a doctor and her Pops was a well known entertainment lawyer. In a nutshell, they were blessed to have a pretty comfortably plush lifestyle. But despite her childhood, life wasn’t always easy. In fact, that is actually an understatement for Cherrelle, because things took a devastating turn for the worse that led to years of heartache that no human being should have to endure.

Music Career Took Downward Spiral

Although Cherrelle basked in success for many years with hit singles and duets with R&B singer Alexander O’Neal, she also experienced the dark side of fame and before long, she found herself spiraling out control.

In 1992, after years of success and hit records, Cherrelle was faced with many personal and professional bouts. Once she parted ways with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, her career suffered a devastating blow she wasn’t ever able to recover from. But, the downward spiral didn’t stop there…

Lost 2 Family Members She Loved Dearly

Cherelle’s sister passed away around from unknown causes, and around the same time, Cherrelle’s father was sent to prison for financial fraud. He was accused of allegedly embezzling money from his clients. Cherrelle felt like her world was crumbling, BUT…just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, unfortunately they did and what happened next was extremely tragic…

Father Of Her Children Passed Suddenly

Randy Ran, the former singer and member of the group, Rick, Ran, and Dan, was the father of two of Cherrelle’s children. He tragically lost his life during a motorcycle accident. Randy reportedly suffered a gruesome fate and was beheaded in the accident.

How Cherrelle’s Pregnancy Was Risked

Years after Randy’s passing, Cherrelle became romantically involved with someone else and gave birth to a baby girl. However, her daughter’s birth was a time of happiness, fear, and pain…literally, because her daughter, Martinique, was actually born four months early. While on a boat cruise, Cherrelle went into labor prematurely. Then, to make matters worse, she endured an emergency C-Section WITHOUT AN ANESTHETIC. But, as far as we know, she and her daughter turned out just fine!

What’s Up With Cherrelle Now?

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Despite years of hardships and life-altering tragedies, Cherrelle, now 59 years young, has managed to prevail. In fact, she’s just recently performed alongside singer, Karyn White, on the ‘Confunksion Cruise.’ She and Alexander O’Neal continue to perform together as well.

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At ILOSM, we always bring you Old School news with a new point of view, and like we always say: We can learn a lot from the lives of our favorite celebs- regardless of if it is what to do, or what not to do. These entertainers cannot have great success, without naturally experiencing many great failures and that’s okay, because just like the rest of us, their flawed human beings.

As is the case with a popular 80’s R&B singer who was married to a big time drug kingpin in the 80’s when her career was in full flight and he was moving more kilos than “Nino Brown” from New Jack City. This guy was known to the Hollywood world, and in the streets, as one of the biggest cocaine suppliers on the west coast and he was raking in millions of dollars. Who do you think it is?

Who Is His Ex-Wife?

It’s Ms. “Saturday Love,” Cherrelle, who married the notorious Los Angeles drug kingpin, Dana Gold, back in the 80’s.

Although Cherrelle has frequently talked about her other ex, singer Ran (of the group, Rick, Ran, and Dan), who tragically passed away in the 90’s, she never really publicly discusses her ex-husband, Dana, in interviews. Not sure why, but industry folks know about them and Dana himself released a documentary about his days in the dope dealing circle, where he also verified that he was married to Cherrelle in the 80’s. You can check out a short video clip of her ex discusiing this below. Dana Gold talks about his ex-wife, Cherrelle, at approximately the 3:18 mark:

Wow, after watching the video maybe now I can understand why Cherrelle doesn’t necessarily want to go around blasting this information to anyone with ears…it’s not always easy for everyone to understand living that lifestyle, but again: great success does not come without great failures. So as far as Cherrelle’s ex-husband, hey we live and we learn, that doesn’t make her or anyone else who may be in the situation she was in, a bad person, it simply makes them a person- a perfectly flawed human being.

Anyways, I still love me some Cherrelle and I still blast her music to this very day. Looking good Cherelle…keep doing your thing!

Source: Gwop Magazine

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