However, the brotha grew up and rose to stardom in the late 90’s, as the lead singer of a very popular group. They’re now known for their mid-tempo hits and memorable ballads. As a matter of fact, you’re bound to hear at least one of their joints blasting off at a wedding reception, or at a grown folks club nowadays. To this day, many of their hits are still being played on radio stations across the country as well.

He also went on to have a few successful solo projects and was featured on one of the biggest R&B songs of the late 1990’s – “We Can’t Be Friends” by Deborah Cox. Yes people, the cool Jerry curl wearing cat was none other than Robert Lavelle Huggar a.k.a. R.L. from the group, Next…

Why R.L. Checked The Hell Outta His Fan Over His Child

Remember we mentioned, in our headline, that R.L. recently had to thoroughly check a fan for disrespecting his child? Here’s what went down: A couple months ago, R.L. made it clear that he takes fatherhood very seriously and he isn’t gonna fall back if someone comes at his children sideways. When a fan decided to question the singer about his child, he wasted no time clappin’ back. It all started on Jan. 23, 2017, when R.L. shared the first public photo of his adorable daughter, Rory.

As expected, most fans congratulated R.L. and his wife, Lena, on the birth of their baby girl. But one fan decided to question R.L. about the baby since her beautiful striking features are a bit different than most fans would have expected.

Here is the exchange between R.L. and the fan:

R.L. took to Instagram again to address the elephant in the room by blatantly slamming the fan for her rude remarks:

“Ignore the comments they say. Block them.. don’t pay them any mind. Heck nah, I want the world to see the ignorance and hate. Don’t think for a minute it’s gonna ruin my night or make me question the blessing God gave me. But, I’ll never be numb to the hurt of hurtful words like this. U should be ashamed of yourself @mrz_j2u and I’ll tell u like I tell all the others. I hope your daddy loves u like I love my daughter! Be blessed.”

R.L. has made it clear he does NOT play when it comes to his family. In October 2016, R.L. married a pregnant Lena after several years of dating. Less than three months later, the couple welcomed their daughter, Rory. With his group back together, his new wife, new baby, and his eldest child officially becoming a man, life seems to be coming full circle for R.L.. Wishing he and his family lifelong happiness and bliss.

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I case y’all missed our report a few weeks ago, R.L. and his wife, Lena, welcomed their beautiful baby girl, Rory, into the world on January 23rd. Rory is a month old now and her Mommy and Daddy have just begun to show her pretty face for the first time on social media…

Soon after showing Rory, most fans complimented them on Rory, but a few made a couple unwanted remarks. In particular one fan commented on R.L.’s baby’s photo and stated: “BEAUTIFUL…but I think you need a DNA test. ”

The commenter went on to say more and after having a brief exchange with R.L., he decided to repost her comments on Instagram and highlight her statements for the world to see. Check out his responses below:

R.L.’S CLAP BACKS

R.L.’s INSTAGRAM STATEMENT: ‘justrl- Ignore the comments they say. Block them.. don’t pay them any mind. Heck nah, I want the world to see the ignorance and hate. Don’t think for a minute it’s gonna ruin my night or make me question the blessing God gave me. But, I’ll never be numb to the hurt of hurtful words like this. U should be ashamed of yourself @mrz_j2u and I’ll tell u like I tell all the others. I hope your daddy loves u like I love my daughter! Be blessed.’

One thing about the internet and social media, is it’s definitely a place where folks will be brutally honest and sometimes even brutally rude. What are your thoughts on this one ILOSM fam?

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Well for the past couple of years, one of their members, Raphael “Tweet” Brown, has been having one of the worst legal battles EVER with his estranged “wifey,” Juliette.

After years of going back in forth with their abuse claims and restraining orders, and at one point his non-African American wife even publicly called Raphael a “dirty nig*er,” Raphael has finally just won full custody of their two children and allegedly rescued both his son and his daughter from what he claims was abuse at the hands of his ex-wife. Here are the details:

Via TMZ: Raphael Brown, from the R&B group Next, got sole custody of his kids — at least for now — and may have saved them from being snatched and moved to Minnesota.

According to legal docs, Brown said his ex-wife, Juliette, abused their 12-year-old son and recently forcibly removed him from school.

He says the first time the son was taken out of school, the boy ran scared and screaming from his mom’s car. Brown says 2 days later his ex tried again, but the cops intervened and sent him home to his dad.

Brown says he’s scared his ex might also be abusing their daughter.

We spoke with Juliette and she thinks Raphael’s a “difficult person” and this is merely a ploy to escape paying child support. She claims to be an exceptional mother who has never abused her kids, and has only doled out occasional spankings … which she calls perfectly legal.

Prior to getting sole custody … Brown was concerned his ex would take the kids to Minnesota where her family lives.

Like we said, this isn’t their first bit of drama, back in 2014, Juliette claimed that Raphael abused her by kicking her while she was pregnant and that he watched porn while his children were present. After she made those claims, Raphael immediately fired back with a vengeance when he filed a whopping 250-page document in court to prove that Juliette was adamantly lying about the pornography and the alleged abuse on his part and he even got Juliette’s mother to vouch for him on it. Here are some of the details from Raphael’s 250-page document:

In the docs — obtained by TMZ —  he argues his wife has gone off the deep end … flying into a jealous rage after she saw pics of him on vacation with his girlfriend.

He claims:

-Juliette’s own mother told him “the devil had taken over [Juliette’s] soul” adding, “she’s crazy.”

-His wife changed her Facebook status to “widowed” after threatening to slit his throat.

-His wife verbally attacked a female fan on Facebook, telling her to “stay the f*** off my husband’s page” … even though the fan is a cancer patient who enjoys his music.

-Juliette (who’s not Black) goes on racist rants on social media, calling him “a dirty n****r” and saying he’s “the reason n****rs” are dying of AIDS.”

Brown goes on and on … denying he’s ever been abusive to his children, noting he even got temporary custody of his then 7-month old son when Juliette was in jail.  He also denies looking at porn around the kids, calling the accusation ironic since she’s a stripper.

We called Juliette for a response … and she told us, “He is a dirty n****r … because he fits the stereotype of what a Black, ghetto person is.” She also claims her mother can’t stand Brown and would never say bad things about her to him.

Raphael and Juliette’s relationship seems pretty bad on all levels, and it sounds like they are better apart, than they probably ever were together. The number one concern is their children and if the claims that the kids were being abused are true (which it seems that the court probably thinks are true, based on the fact that Raphael now has sole custody) then it’s so great that the kids are in a safe place now. Hopefully Raphael and Juliette can reach a better place as well, because we’ve seen cases like this far too many times and the ones who get hurt the most are the children. Right now Raphael and Juliette probably need to un-access the crazy stuff and figure this co-parenting thing out. We wish them the best with that.

In the meantime, we’ll be over here jammin’ to these Next classics…

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