Michael Bivins

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Michael Lamone Bivins, aka Biv, (born August 10, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts) is the founder and member of the R&B group New Edition and the hip hop group Bell Biv DeVoe. Not only does he perform in both groups, but he also discovers, manages, and produces for other acts, most notably Another Bad Creation, MC Brains, Boyz II Men, and 702, all of which who were signed to his Motown distributed label Biv 10 Records, prior to him discovering them. He serves as the music entrepreneur and A&R man of both of his own acts. He can also be credited as the person who gave Left Eye from TLC - one of the biggest selling female groups of all time - her name. He approached her back in 1991 and told her one of her eyes is more noticeable then the other, so he then began calling her Left Eye as a joke, but she retained the nickname to her death.

Bivins had a minor role in the film Friday After Next, and guest-starred as a DJ on the pseudo-radio station CSR 103.2 in the hit video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Most recently, he made an appearance in the basketball film Crossover (film)