Boyz II Men: A Coming of Age Story

The five teenagers’ lives changed in 1987 following their performance at the Valentine’s Day show at their High School. Shawn, one of the group members, had been an unknown nerd up till the night of their performance. He said he got to school the next day, and many people who had never noticed him greeted him, “Hi Shawn!”

Boyz II Men in several photoshoots / Boyz II Men posing next to their star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

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Their discovery and journey to success was like a speed of light in a manually run and slow-paced world of entertainment. This was decades before social media. This is the story of Boyz II Men, the group that quickly shattered existing records—longest-running pop singles in history, and their group-shattering challenges as well.