Ralph Tresvant

Ralph Edward Tresvant Jr. is an American singer, performer, and dancer who was announced to fame in the early 80s in the R&B pop new-jack swing music group New Edition. Tresvant is well known for being New Edition's frontman and lead singer. In 1983, Ralph became a breakout star from his outstanding vocals in New Edition's first song, Candy Girl. Ralph joined the group after he was invited by his friends, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, and Michael Bivins in Orchard Park within a small town called Roxbury located in Boston, Massachusetts. Before New Edition, Ralph Tresvant and Ricardo Bell were in a duo named Ricky & Ralph.

In 1993, Tresvant married his childhood friend and love interest, Shelly Tresvant and the couple later had three kids- one boy and two girls. Na'Quelle, Mariah Ann, and Ralph Tresvant Jr. The couple's oldest, Na'Quelle made Tresvant a grandfather in 2012. Ralph and Shelly divorced three years later in 1996 and he remarried to Amber Serrano. Serrano and Tresvant had a child they named Dakari in 1999. Dakari graduated from a public high school in 2017.

Tresvant and the original members of New Edition had known each other since childhood and even before teenage years.

Ralph became popular as a solo artist in 1990 when he came out with his album, Ralph Tresvant and he became famous as a solo artist with his single, Sensitivity which was recognized a lot.