While enduring financial hardship as a result of the legal battle and the COVID-19 pandemic, Abrams spent the last several years taking power back over his life and focusing on his family, mental health and sobriety.Ībrams recounts passing up many opportunities over the last 30 years to record and perform as a solo act out of his commitment to the band he helped create, including turning down a recording deal offered by the late, legendary Andre Harrell. The settlement follows a lengthy federal lawsuit after tensions in the group boiled to the point of a media-sensationalized on-stage fallout. “It should never have to go that far for an addict who wants treatment, or their family, to get the help they need.” “I had to get to the point of being suicidal in order to get support,” confided Abrams. Abrams has turned his focus toward empowering others to get healthy and to bring awareness to the injustices within substance use and mental health treatment through his music.Ībrams had been told repeatedly by medical professionals that if he wasn’t suicidal or homicidal, he wasn’t a candidate for getting help. Abrams effectively left the group in 2020, but stayed focused on his recovery and will now embark on a long-awaited solo career. (PRESS RELEASE - LOS ANGELES, CA) August 23, 2021 - Now in his third year of sobriety, Bryan Abrams, former lead singer and frontman of the multi-platinum, award-winning, Billboard chart-topping iconic 90’s R&B/Pop crossover group Color Me Badd, formally announced today that he has reached an undisclosed settlement with his former bandmate to sell the CMB trademark.

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