“Everything that I’m speaking on, I believe is to benefit the overall state of R&B. I’m putting this issue on
blast. If they want to twist my words and make it out to be a rant, an angry black man using the race
card and all of these different things, than they are trying to distract the people from the real issue. I
don’t have a racist bone in my body. I’m talking about facts.”
His solo album, “Black Rose” is very successful and is the biggest album of his career statistically.
“Black Rose” is number 1 in 15 countries as of last week.
“Black Rose” is number 1 on the Billboard Top 200.
“Black Rose” is number 1 on iTunes.
“Black Rose” is number 1 on the R&B Billboard.
This week, “Black Rose” is number 1, its second week in a row.
As of yesterday, the single, “Shame” is now number 1.
Tyrese has created this success independently with his own team of 7 staff members working with his
label, Voltron Recordz. They have created a musical experience that fans have been loving. Most
importantly, “Black Rose” is making a statement that fans of R&B are still here. We do want R&B back
like it used to be when singers collaborated with singers, not rappers. What happened to the good ol’
days when mainstream radio was playing real R&B Soul?
I asked Tyrese the following question:
You poured your heart into “Black Rose” double album, a very personal documentary, and book. How
did you overcome the difficulties of being able to reach down within a really deep place in your soul to
reveal transparency as it related to these projects?