My Publicist Note Book

R&B Hitmaker KEM: Be Flexible, Gentle and Disciplined for Success  Life and music are good in  KEM’s  world. And he has made it so. His newest  album  and fourth studio album is  Promise to Love , which has produced two No. 1 hits— Nobody  and  It’s You —for the internationally-known R&B singer/songwriter. He’s headed back out on the  Forever Charlie Tour  May 28 with  Charlie Wilson  and  Joe Thomas . KEM has three gold albums on Motown’s label:  Kemistry; Kem: Album II , and  Intimacy . Let’s not forget three Grammy nominations among other notable accolades. His 2012 Christmas album,  What Christmas Means , was the third-highest-selling urban Christmas record. KEM also appeared in the 2012 movie,  Sparkle , with Jordin Sparks and the late Whitney Houston, and his music has been featured in numerous movie soundtracks. KEM’s music wins fans over, as does his honesty about formerl...

Whenever and wherever he performs, Charlie Wilson is sure to remind the crowd that he’s a bad man. Maybe he’s referring to the energy he sustains on stage at age 62. Or maybe, Wilson, former lead singer of The Gap Band, is talking about his more than three decades as an artist. It was clear, after a Saturday night performance at Philips Arena, that his claim has taken on yet another possible meaning. “I’m a bad man,” he said, “I done sold out Philips Arena.” Yes, Uncle Charlie. You did. Wilson is no stranger to Atlanta (he regularly performs at Chastain Park Amphitheatre), and after so many years, he knows his audience. With an assist from tour mates Joe and Kem, he kept fans engaged for more than three hours. He proved as much a conductor as a performer, leading the crowd with his rich tenor, wherever he wanted them to go. While he got the arena moving with Gap Band hits like “Party Train,” “Yearning For Your Love,” and the show closin...