In case you’ve been wondering what R&B crooner, Keith Washington, has been doing since we last heard from him in the mid-’90s, today is your day, because we’ve found him. And these days, he’s puttin’ a lot of youngins to shame with his forever young swag. Keith is making his 61 years look more like 41.

But first, we have to reminisce about the days when Keith had us all slow dancing to his ’90s smashes, “Make time For Love” “Are You Still In Love With Me,” and “Kissing you.” Those were the days weren’t they?!! Keith had the ladies going wild and the fellas were reaping the benefits of it, by making some of Keith’s slow jams their mood music whenever they had their lady over to visit.

Keith Washington At 61

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Fun Facts About Keith And His Personal Life

Keith is part of ’90s era crooners who had to know how to SANG (not sing) in order to gain notoriety in the music game…and he’s still been able to successfully ride that wave to this day. His career hasn’t come without it’s fair share of drama though.

Many of you may remember some years ago, that Keith was involved in a bit of controversy surrounding information folks were accusing him of leaking, on his prior Detroit radio show, regarding the health of his good friend, the late Aretha Franklin. Keith adamantly denied that he intentionally leaked that info, and that it was an honest mistake.

His married life had a few hiccups along the way, but nothing he and his exes didn’t eventually move past.

His ex-wife of 14 years, Marsha Jenkins-Sanders (not pictured), stirred her own dosage of controversy when she released what many refer to as a “fictional” tell-all book, The Other Side of Through, about her and Keith’s relationship and his alleged infidelities. I’m not sure that I actually understand what a “fictional” tell-all is though.

Keith later married his second wife, Stephanie Grimes Washington (pictured below), a former executive at a radio station in Detroit. They jumped the broom in 2009, but eventually divorced a few years later. Though they seem to be on cool terms, with Keith even confessing “I’m so proud of her” in a 2020 interview, following their divorce.

Other than that, Keith seems to be a pretty elusive type of cat, but here’s what we do know about him…

He hates the state of today’s music industry and the fact that love songs have become pretty much extinct…and I don’t blame him. What happened to ballads y’all?!! Here’s what he said…

Keith often performs his music at various venues, giving his fans that classic Keith Washington sound.

And he’s also starred in various stage plays throughout the years. Some of his past co-stars are heavyweights in the game as well, including actor, Clifton Powell, actresses, Lynn Whitfield and Debbi Morgan; and R&B singer, Angela Winbush.

Keith reminds us of a time when fans actually expected to get quality music from artists who competed with each other by NOT sounding like the next artist, but by sounding as different from one another as they possibly could…much unlike today, where many mainstream artists are carbon copies of each other.

And we can’t forget to mention the artists who are over-using using auto-tune resulting in them sounding more like Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon characters, just saying 🤷🏾‍♂️. But fortunately, we still have artists like Keith Washington, reminding us that once upon a time in the early ’90s and before, singers had to actually pull from everything within them to push those notes out with no technological crutches to assist them help…just raw talent.  Gotta love the Old School memories.

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ILOSM family we have some celebratory news for you today…and we also have a tad bit of chuckle-worthy news too. The celebration is in honor of the legendary Judge Greg Mathis, who just reached his 20th anniversary of “The Judge Mathis Show” this week. And uh…the kicks n’ giggles that many fans are currently getting, are compliments of Mathis’ legendary homie, Denzel Washington.

Magic Johnson’s Group Photo Garners Chuckles & Shade At Denzel

Judge Mathis and his family had a small get-together with some of his closest friends for his 20th anniversary party. Among the crowd were Magic Johnson, his wife, Cookie Johnson; Judge Mathis and his wife, Linda Johnson; R&B legend, Keith Washington; Denzel Washington, and more. The joyous event was captured in a group photo that Magic shared to his Instagram page.

Although the celebration was for Judge Mathis and his remarkable accomplishment with his 20 year-long television show, his friend stole the show on social media. What friend, you ask? That would be Denzel and to the Hollywood legend’s credit, it actually looked like the last thing he attempted to do, was ‘steal’ Mathis’ shine…or anyone’s shine for that matter.

The event was a formal one and all of the fellas and ladies came dressed to impress…well, almost ALL. Most of the men were sharp as cactus hair in their designer suits and shoes. Our main man, Denzel, however, came through rockin’ a cotton sweatsuit and a baseball cap with ease! Talk about comfortable, right?

In other words, their group photo was very reminiscent of that infamous “Sesame Street” song lyrics.

“Three of these kids belong together/Three of these kids are kind of the same
But one of these kids is doing his own thing/Now it’s time to play our game…It’s time to play our game.”

Remember that song? Well, if Denzel doesn’t remember it, social media is definitely sending him that message loud and clear. After the photo began to surface online, fans were quick to have a lil’ fun with it, by throwing some shade towards Denzel’s ‘dressed down Friday’ look:

majorpayn****: Denzel’s Uncle levels are at a 1000

andrea.a****: @krystalgrantb**** The fact that he is wearing his tracksuit is hilarious to me.

krystalgrantb****: @andrea.a**** cause he’s old and he doesn’t care

jam7_j****: Dope pic Denzel stay looking low-key.

ms_kalib****: Where’s Denzel ?

mrs_ceo_papar****: I couldn’t find Denzel

dimbod****: I guess they didn’t tell Denzel about the photo OP ??!!

misskelly****: Denzel’s sweatsuit is beyond amazing

hey****: I was really looking hard for Denzel

bellaqui****: I’m mad somebody said they were looking for Denzel for like five mins so was I!!! These comments are going in

hrvyant****: That ain’t my Uncle Denzel

Listen, when you’re worth somewhere between $220- $290 MILLION, sometimes you may feel like, ‘To hell with it…I’m doin’ ME today and wearing this perfectly fine grocery store errand-running sweatsuit to the formal event!’ That’s where Denzel’s head was probably at that evening. Movin’ on to the strange response youngins gave about Keith Washington…

Youngins Get Confused By Keith Washington

In an odd twist of events, there were also a good bit of youngins who couldn’t get over the fact that Keith Washington was NOT just a character on the “Martin” sitcom…Lawd…:

hasina_is****: I was today years old when I found out Keith Washington wasn’t a fiction singer on Martin

jassm****: Keith!!! Keith Washington who song with Gina on “Martin”?!!! Lol

naturally_bo****: Didnt kno Keith Washington was real lmao just thought he was a character on @martinlawrence

queendeme****: I only associate Keith Washington with “Martin”

Wow!

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In case you’ve been wondering what Old School R&B crooner, Keith Washington, has been doing since we last heard from him in the mid 90’s, today is your day, because we’ve found him.

First we have to reminisce about the days when Keith had us all slow dancing to his 90’s smashes, “Make time For Love” “Are You Still In Love With Me,” and “Kissing you.” Those were the days weren’t they?!! Keith had the ladies going wild and the fellas were reaping the benefits of it, by making some of Keith’s slow jams their mood music whenever they had their lady over to visit.

Keith is part of the last generation of actual crooners and he’s still been able to successfully ride that wave to this day. His career hasn’t come without it’s fair share of drama though.

Many of you may remember a few years ago, that he was involved in a lil’ bit of controversy surrounding some information folks were accusing him of leaking on his former Detroit radio show regarding the health of his good friend, Aretha Franklin. Keith adamantly denied that he intentionally leaked that info, and that it was an honest mistake.

His ex-wife of 14 years, Marsha Jenkins-Sanders, also stirred her own dosage of controversy when she released…

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