Happy birthday, Ms. E.! The Braxton sisters — Toni, Traci, Towanda, Trina and Tamar — got together to serenade the woman who started it all, their mother Evelyn Braxton, and of course a simple birthday song turned into a full-blown harmony session. When your family is the Braxtons, even “Happy Birthday” comes with five-part harmony, runs and a whole lot of soul — and FreddyO has the exclusive video.
If you watch Braxton Family Values, you already know Ms. E. is the heartbeat of this family. Long before the fame, Evelyn Braxton had her girls singing in church back in Maryland, and that training is all over this clip. The sisters slide right into their parts like they never left the choir stand — Toni holding down the low end, Tamar reaching for the big finish, and everybody else stacking the middle just right.
It has been a busy year for the family, too. Toni released her Sex & Cigarettes album, Tamar is still riding off the success of Bluebird of Happiness, and the sisters keep the laughs, the tears and the sister talk coming every week on WE tv. But moments like this are the ones fans live for — no glam squads and no confessionals, just sisters gathered around their mama, giving her her flowers while she can still smell them.
Happy birthday again to the Braxton matriarch! Press play on the videos above for more FreddyO exclusives with the family, including the sisters taking on the Cosby Show classic “Night Time Is The Right Time” and Kandi Burruss getting Le’Andria Johnson to sing happy birthday, too. If this clip is any indication, Ms. E.’s birthday was one for the books.
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