R&B star TONI BRAXTON almost gave up singing after enduring a difficult 2008 heightened by a plethora of health problems. The He Wasn't Man Enough singer was hospitalised in April 2008 after experiencing complications relating to her ongoing heart issue microvascular angina - a small vessel disease. Her illness forced the cancellation of the final months of her Las Vegas residency at the Flamingo Hotel and Braxton admits she came close to hanging up her microphone forever. But she struggled to stay away from music and signed a new record deal with Atlantic Records at the end of the year (08). Braxton is set to release her sixth studio album next month and she confesses she’s nervous about the prospect of performing live once more.
Says Braxton, “I’m a little nervous because it’s been a while since I’ve been singing, but I enjoy performing so much that I had to do it. “I tried to pull a Jay-Z and said I’m gonna retire, he couldn’t do it either, so it’s in my DNA, I had to come out and perform.” Thank god Braxton decided to change her mind. With so many knon-singing R&B chicks out right now, it's good to hear from a veteran who will give you good ol' fashioned sanging.
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