New Edition Formation

Bobby was busy bubbling around the OP projects in Boston MA as the bubbler that he had always been when the call to audition for a talent show came to his notice. He decided to apply from the standpoint of his love for music, he used to sing in church, he had always been the life of the party, he was popular around the blocks for his disk jockey abilities at birthday parties and for many other understandable reasons including making some cool money and be able to chase some babes.

He performed with his typical energetic self attracting some kind of attention from someone who thought he was trying to go it alone for selfish reasons. So he was advised to form a group with boys of his age if he was to get a chance to enter the talent show. So he invited a guy who played basketball, Mike Bivins and Ricky Bells who rolled around the projects. They were the available guys who had time for extracurricular activities and they hired a manager Brooke Payne who was managing some other boy groups at the time to facilitate the group formation. 

The two other guys that Bobby, Mike and Ricky had brought to the group left and Ricky invites a friend and acquaintance, Ralph who became the lead singer. 

Eventually as time went on, Mr Payne would invite his nephew Ronnie who was a bookworm at the time to learn choreography and join the group and Mike went on to invite Johnny, an accomplished solo artist to the group. 

So there you have it, the New Edition epicgram:                                              
                               Bobby                     
                    /               |               \
Ricky         -      Mr Payne         -       Mike
    |                               |                             |
Ralph                    Ronnie                 Johnny

Mind you i didn't say because Bobby started the group that makes him the leader of the group. Apart from the fact that he is the youngest in the group, he doesn't seem to be interested in that type of leadership role which is good for him. How does he think he could do managing these bunch of superegocentric guys that are all capable of independence? By the way his brain is too busy being awesome but controversial Bobby.

As far as formation of NE goes, there were several defining moments, decisions and moves made by group members individually and collectively in the forming, storming and norming stages of their singing career.