Mark Middleton

Who is Mark Middleton?

Mark Middleton is a member of the R&B group Blackstreet, born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in South Carolina. Middleton grew up in the church and began singing at an early age. His musical influences included Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway. He left Blackstreet in 1998 after a dispute with the group's co-founder and leader Teddy Riley. He returned to the group in 2001 after his solo album was shelved. Middleton along with Riley, Hannibal, and Williams were working on a Blackstreet reunion as of 2008 and the group expanded the group from a quartet to a quintet by adding original lead singer Dave Hollister back in the fold but Riley has decided to move on without Middleton and Williams and added new member Sherman "J-Stylz" Tisdale in place of Mark. He and Eric Williams have formed their own group with Englewood, New Jersey singer Jeremy "Remy" Hanna. Mark & Eric have reunited with original member Chauncey Black also Levi Little under Blackstreet due to the fact that Teddy formed a Blackstreet 2nd Generation group BS2 with Dave Hollister & three new members called BS2.