Bobby Brown was one of the founding members of New Edition; however, he left the group in early 1986, reuniting with the band several years later before again departing in 1997.

There are several explanations for Bobby Brown's first departure. Initially Brown cited mistreatment by the group’s management and the prospect of a solo career but has since said he was kicked out of the band. However, Tresvant said Brown was not kicked out but chose to leave for his own reasons.

Nonetheless, Brown reunited with New Edition at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, and in 1996, he performed on the New Edition album Home Again. However, in 1997 he left the group again due to his struggles with drug addiction and alcoholism. He again reunited with in 2005 and has been regularly performing with the band since the death of Michael Jackson in 2009, an event which reunited all six original members.

Bobby Brown was born on February 5, 1969. He is currently 55 years old. Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Orchard Park Projects in Roxbury, where he would eventually meet and form friendships with his future bandmates.

On November 18, 2020, Bobby Brown Jr.'s girlfriend discovered the 28-year-old unconscious in his bedroom. She dialed 911, and paramedics pronounced him dead on the scene. According to a coroner's report, Bobby Brown Jr. died after an overdose of alcohol, cocaine, and the strong narcotic fentanyl.

Bobby Brown was married to famous music icon Whitney Houston from 1992 until their divorce in 2007. In 2012, Brown married Alicia Etheredge.

Bobby has fathered seven children with four women:

1. Landon Brown was born in 1986 to Melika Williams.
2. La’ Princia Brown was born in 1990 to Kim Ward.
3. Bobby Brown Jr. was born in 1992 to Ward and died in 2020.
4. Bobbi Kristina Brown was born in 1994. She is the only child between Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston and Brown and died in 2015.
5. Cassius Brown was born in 2009 to Alice Etheredge.
6. Bodhi Jameson Rein Brown was born in 2015 to Etheredge.
7. Hendrix Estelle Sheba Brown was born in 2016 to Etheredge.

On July 1, 2021, Keith Sweat and Bobby Brown faced each other on Verzuz , a webcast that pits R&B and hip-hop legends against each other in fierce rap battles. The battle between Brown and Sweat with Brown being named the victor by Billboard.com.

The cast of The New Edition Story includes Woody McClain as Bobby Brown, Algee Smith as Ralph Tresvant, Bryshere Y. Gray as Michael Bivins, Elijah Kelley as Ricky Bell, Keith Powers as Ronnie DeVoe, and Luke James as Johnny Gill. It premiered on January 24, 2017 on BET.

Bobby Brown has had 190 concerts.

Bobby Brown is most often considered to be Pop, Hip Hop, Soul, R&B, Funk, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B, Urban Contemporary, Quiet Storm, and New Jack Swing.

The next Bobby Brown concert is on May 11, 2024 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, United States. The bands performing are: DJ Cassidy / TLC / Faith Evans / Boyz II Men / Bobby Brown / Total / Method Man & Redman.

The last Bobby Brown concert was on January 20, 2024 at The Hall at Live! Casino And Hotel in Hanover, Maryland, United States.

The songs that Bobby Brown performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the September 17, 2021 concert at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York, United States:

1. Don't Be Cruel
2. My Prerogative