Black Celebrity Men

I haven't seen or heard from R&B singer Case in years and once I read an interview he did with Jawn Murray of BV Buzz, I understood why. Dude has been through some true drama over the past several years. In the interview, he talked about his 8 year absence from the music industry, shooting himself in the throat, his new album 'The Rose Experiment' and those pesky decade-long rumors about him dating Beyonce, Foxy Brown and Mary J. Blige. Peep the excerpts below.

CASE ON HIS 8 YEAR ABSENCE & HOW HE FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED HIMSELF DURING THAT TIME: There was a lot of stuff going on. First of all, I moved to Atlanta to be closer to my kids. They were there, and I was still living up in New York/New Jersey and that wasn't working for me, so I moved. Then, I had a mishap with a gun and I shot myself in the throat by accident. I didn't know where it hit me, so I looked and I saw the hole in my neck and saw that it came out the back. Once I saw that, I was like, 'Let me see if I can still sing.' Once I saw I could sing, I then I smoked a cigarette. Seeing if I could sing was the first thing I did. I was out of the hospital within four hours. For a while, my voice wasn't as strong, because I hurt the muscles around it. I recorded the first song for this album about three weeks after that. It didn't take too long....I was still doing shows. I never stopped doing shows. I did a tour during that time. I was writing for other artists and had a couple of features. I did the deal with Def Jam before I left them, so I had that money, and I got the new deal for the independent thing so I had to do what I could.

CASE ON HIS NEW ALBUM 'THE ROSE EXPERIENCE': Blaxl Rose [as in the Black Axl Rose] is my alter ego, and he comes out a lot. On this album, I wanted the music itself to sound lighter, and I wanted to have a lot of fun with it. With my experiences, I've gone a little deeper into the twists and turns of a relationship. This is the first dose of Blaxl Rose that you'll get from me.