The SAD Truth About Ginuwine's Life

[Music] with some help from producer Timbaland genuine hit songs such as Pony and so anxious dominated the charts in the late 90s after the success of his first two albums both of which went double platinum his music career was definitely headed down the right path but there were so many things going on in his private life that many of his fans weren't aware of from losing family members a battle with substance abuse and baby mama drama genuine life has been one continuous roller coaster upon the release of his sophomore album 100% genuine he built a tremendous following whenever he performed fans would throw their undergarments on stage Ginuwine told the New York Post he would collect every piece of underwear wash them and keep them in a souvenir bag sadly the happy moments at the height of his career didn't last long when tragedy struck in 1999 his 78 year old father James put a weapon to his head and ended his own life less than a year later genuine 'he's mom sandra passed away from cancer genuine told essence that after losing both of his parents in such a short period of time he didn't want to be here anymore on more than one occasion he attempted to take his own life he told this is 50 he began drinking Hennessy all the time and would take up to seven ecstasy pills per day he told essence I was done mentally and emotionally to the point that I had to go see a psychiatrist despite seeking help genuine said talking to a psychiatrist didn't help on two separate visits he showed up to his appointments while under the influence finally his friend intervened and begged him to get help he stopped going to therapy and attended church instead where he received counseling from his pastor the singer said he was finally able to turn away from the things that were destroying him he channeled his grief into his third album the life which was released in 2001 and included the track two reasons I cry which he wrote for his parents fans noticed the album had a different vibe to it Ginuwine's longtime producer Timbaland lent his distinctive sound to only one song on the entire album genuine told you know I got soul website that he and Timbaland weren't even friends at the time the album was made he even said he and Aaliyah had fallen out by that point as well genuine said the three of them briefly let the business get in between their friendship and they listened to the wrong people who were giving them bad advice with all the drama and his personal relationships there was a silver lining his girlfriend of two years rapper Soleil gave birth to their daughters story in 2001 Soleil already had two children from a previous relationship and genuine told Sister to Sister magazine he had four children by four different women prior to meeting Soleil together they blended their families and in 2002 Soleil gave birth to another daughter named dream after releasing his fourth album the senior The Washington Post reported genuine and his family settled down in a six bedroom 5,000 square-foot home in Brandywine Maryland Soleil put her career on hold and in 2003 they got married he told this is 50 he had found someone who was a great person a great mother a great woman and he didn't want to let her slip away even though he described himself as a quote okay husband he put his all into being a great father the washington post stated genuine would take his and soul a's daughters to their ballet lessons and he was front and center at the parent-teacher conferences he was still in the recording booth and cranking out new albums as well including back to the basics in 2005 and a man's thoughts in 2009 there were rumors that genuine was creeping on soleil with actress Lisa Ray McCoy after getting really flirty on the set of his music video for the song Last Chance they headed out to mr. Chow restaurant in Beverly for dinner Lisa who was in the midst of a divorce battle with Turks and Caicos premier Michael misuk was allegedly seen kissing genuine throughout their dinner genuine was forced to address the situation head-on in an interview with honey mag he said the rumors weren't true and the allegation created issues between him and Soleil but he told the magazine he made it clear to his wife he wasn't going to jeopardize what they had for anyone many people think that's when his marriage to Soleil really began to go downhill but genuine had other issues on his play he Missy Elliott and Timbaland teamed back up for the song get involved for genuine 2009 album a man's thoughts genuine told Atlanta's 107.5 he paid Timberland $50,000 to appear in the music video but Timbaland didn't even show up genuine said in his absence they were forced to create an animation for the entire video it wasn't the first time genuine felt Timbaland was being disloyal he told vibe magazine Timbaland always had a bunch of excuses and didn't even bother to help promote the song in any way it was hard for genuine to finally come to terms that Timbaland just wasn't interested in working with him anymore he experienced more issues in his personal life in 2012 when his daughter Tiffany from a previous relationship put him on blast on social media in a series of posts Tiffany praised her mom for taking care of her and called genuine a deadbeat for not being involved in her life by 2015 they had patched things up but genuine expressed a sister to sister magazine how having so many kids by different women created a lot of drama he noticed that after leaving one woman and finding love with someone else his baby mamas all began to act out he said he didn't regret his four kids he had before marrying Soleil but he added I regret how I had them in 2011 he released the album Elgin and in 2012 he reunited with tank and Tyrese for the mega group called TGT their first and last album three kings was released in 2013 while promoting the album on WL and wise the couch things took a strange turn during their performance of the tracks I need many noticed how awkward genuine looked he was blinking excessively and was very jittery during an interview with WorldStarHipHop genuine said it was 6 o'clock in the morning and he drank a 5-hour energy drink that made him behave strangely because of his past substance abuse issues no one really believed him TGT went on tour and after genuine allegedly showed up incoherent four gigs and interviews Tyrese said they were forced to cut the tour short Tyrese broke the news that he and tank would be moving on with TGT without genuine as of this video all three group members have toyed with the idea of reuniting and releasing more music but that has yet to happen in 2014 his former manager Robert Reeves said genuine owed him 83,000 dollars in royalties plus interest stemming from a 1996 contract in his rebuttal genuine lawyer said the singer was broke and on the verge of declaring bankruptcy [Music] genuine reportedly owed a ton of people money including $300,000 in back income taxes his lawyer attributed the money trouble to genuine failing marriage this was the first time it was confirmed that genuine and Soleil were on the rocks in 2015 judge declare genuine didn't owe his former manager any money but that same year Soleil officially filed for divorce in divorce dogs she said they had been separated for two years before she finally decided to end things once and for all according to boss it is part of the filing so Leigh submitted a contract she and genuine signed almost six months before her divorce petition under their voluntary separation and property settlement agreement genuine agreed to pay her one hundred and fifty thousand dollar lump sum in exchange for her signing over the rights to their 1 million dollar marital home in suburban Maryland Soleil was awarded one of their homes in Kansas City he also agreed to pay her three thousand a month in child support for the two children they shared genuine agreed to hand over his 25 percent stake in the Missouri based company spruce which stands for special people requiring unique care equally the couple had formed the company to help teach life skills to the developmentally disabled two years after filing for divorce so Leigh moved on with professor Griffith Public Enemy in an Instagram post she revealed she was in love with him ever since she was 15 years old but he treated her like a little sister he remained in her life as her best friend up until they tied the knot in 2017 thankfully genuine is very supportive of their relationship after appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in 2018 genuine sparked a relationship with his housemate Ashley James after leaving the show they dated for a few months but Ashley told the son she realized she would never be able to trust him genuine continues to perform and has plans to tour the UK with Ashanti and Mario he appears to be enjoying the single life and in 2018 who revealed that he's now the proud father of nine although his children bring him so much joy singing performing and appearing on various reality shows including Bravo's your husband is cheating on us give him an intense amount of joy despite the adversity he has faced throughout his life genuine remains positive resilient and committed to helping those in need he told essence my heart always likes to give and if I'm going to help somebody it might as well be someone who can't help themselves let us know if you're surprised by genuine life story and thanks for watching real reality gossip [Music]

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Length: 10min 18sec (618 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 05 2019