Kem is leaving Motown to return to being an independent artist. After 23 years, R&B singer Kem is exiting his hometown’s legendary record label, Motown, to return to being an independent artist.

As a child, Kem said he remembers feeling worthless, lonely and out of place. His mother abused alcohol and he describes his father as a “tyrant.” He discovered drinking in his teens, and he did not ...

Kem performed an 80-minute, female-friendly set that mingled simmering slow jams with jazz-touched ballads and sensual bedroom fare. Friday's show was his first Detroit performance since he announced ...

The R&B veteran Kem hasn’t released a new album since 2014: He took time away to get married, have two kids, change management, and chase a life of domesticity rarely conducive to the rigors of being ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a spot on the Detroit riverfront, just behind the city’s main post office, where Kem experienced his life’s lowest moment ...

His hit songs include “Love Calls” and “Share My Love”. Recording artist Kem returned to Detroit to share the release of his upcoming album which he recorded live at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre.

R&B singer KEM is expanding his family! The Love Always Wins artist, 58, is expecting his eighth baby, his fifth with wife Erica Owens, sharing the happy news and pictures exclusively with PEOPLE. The ...

R&B singer Kem is always music to our ears. The Detroit native is gearing up to release his new album “Anniversary—The Live Album” this week but is also giving us an inside look at the ups and downs ...

Rising Detroit R&B singer Kem, who was featured earlier this month in a New York Times article about the revival of soul music, will be back in the D this Sunday to offer up a free concert for his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the time he was 19, the Grammy-nominated R&B star Kem was homeless, addicted to alcohol and drugs, and meandering aimlessly in ...