After graduation, the trio worked nine-to-five jobs. Edmonds, who started the group After 7 with brother Melvin Edmonds and IU classmate Keith Mitchell, would do occasional R&B shows in local clubs. The IU Soul Revue, an extensive course on music theory, performing, and the music business, made him seriously consider music as a career. While attending Indiana University, Edmonds' musical ambitions began to blossom. Too shy to sing in the church choir, Edmonds sang to himself "for my own satisfaction" until his teenage years, when he joined his buddies in the junior-high and high-school choirs. The Indianapolis, IN, native grew up listening to "the good stuff": Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, and other classic soul singers. Following the group's breakup, Edmonds continued as a solo performer and reached the Top Ten once more in 1999 with "24/7." Reid and Babyface - as well as several R&B/pop hits during the '90s. The brother of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Kevon Edmonds was a member of After 7, a vocal group that had two back-to-back number one R&B/Top Ten pop singles with "Ready or Not" and "Can't Stop" - both written and produced by L.A.
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