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B. Slade Talks ‘Stunt Bitch’ Album, Sexuality & Leaving Gospel
As B. Slade glides through the corridors of the Doubletree Hotel in Brand-new York, all eyes are locked on him. His in-your-face persona yields the kind of attention that triggers either curiosity or confusion. Glaring at his uniform—a forest green-military winter jacket, sunglasses and a red and blonde Mohawk—it’s hard not to question yourself, “Who the hell is he?” If you ask the independent singer-songwriter, he’d probably smile and tell you he’s a scientist. “Music is just as scientific as it is creative,” he tells VIBE, sitting in his hotel room.
B. Slade’s eclectic style and wit captures only a fraction of his essence. Discerning exactly who or what he is musically, however, is like simplifying a complex math equation. His fashion and lyrics often blur lines of gender and orientation norms, while musically blending genres from hip-hop and R&B to pop and ’80s rock. Much like provocateurs Prince and Lady Gaga, B. Slade knows exactly who he is as an artist—he’s just waiting for everyone else to catch up.
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A coming-of-age story isn’t always limited to adolescents and teenagers finding themselves to adulthood through sexual, heartfelt and mental exploration. Sometimes, such a story unfolds during adulthood.
With parents who were pastors and entertainers, B. Slade has navigated through his love, sexuality and even his brand to develop a career that reflects who he is as a person. As a kid, the 36-year-old music painter and actor remembered his father, the late Dr. Anthony Williams, playing saxophone for James Brown and Jackie Wilson while his mother, the late Dr. E.B. Williams, sang in various girl groups. Tracking in his parent’s footsteps, B. Slade has led a musical career that includes 24 albums, producing both gospel and mainstream albums, six Stellar Awards, a GMA Award. Htwo Grammy nominations—one for Foremost Soul Gospel Album for his 2004 gold album, Out The Box, and a second one in 2009 for Best Urban/Soul Alternative Performance for his single, “Blend,” from his album, Unspoken.
Even with his success, B.Slade’s fluid sexuality contradicted his church upbringing—causing him to scrutinize the church as an institution and even straining his re
[B-Slade (Formerly known as Tonex) is back in church and starting controversy]
The outburst by B-Slade happened as a outcome of his performance at the famed Love Center Ministries in Oakland, CA. The service honored Kurt Carr and Lynette Hawkins-Stephens for their contributions to Gospel music.
When B-Slade’s recital of Lynette Hawkins’ “There’s A War Going On” streamed LIVE, the comments from social media varied from support to disgust. Slade’s clothing attire, move moves, homosexual lifestyle, and mere presence in a church pulpit were heavily scrutinized.
B-Slade’s Church Performance:
Tonex fell out of favor with many believers after announcing on the Lexi Demonstrate that he was male lover. He later stirred up more controversy when he exclusively told Path MEGAzine publisher Kris Patrick that being gay wasn’t a sin calling it a “disposition that a lot of people are actually genetically given.”Moving on under a new call (B-Slade) has focused on his secular ambitions the last 7 years. Demonstrating secular
Part 8: Tonéx vs. Everybody
Taking him at his word, calling Williams (or Tonéx, not entirely sure which one came out) gay is likely oversimplifying a complex human exposure. Expurgating him from the church (or at least from our iPods) would be an ironic overreaction considering how seemingly intolerant Tonéx's narrow-minded Apostolicism once was. I presume the choice to release The Naked Truth with the cussing and homoerotica had some creative merit and/or made some artistic direct, but Tonéx clouded the issue and stigmatized whatever journey he was on by becoming disturbingly less overtly spiritual as he became disturbingly more androgynous. In this respect, Tonéx's evolution to B.Slade is the realization of every reactionary Old School church deacon campaigning to acquire all this dancin' and "jazzy" music out of the church: they're all saying "I Told You So."
Pastor Anthony Charles Williams II
better known by a number of stage names, the most famous of which is “Tonéx,” now performs as Brian (abbreviated “B.”) Slade, whose Suxxess Records release, Diesel, dropped
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