Okay, so we’re excited about having Lionel Richie at Hard Rock Event Center on Saturday, July 27. We are expecting a full house that will more than likely be electrified and excited about Richie’s performance and we can’t blame them. If you don’t want to get left behind, make sure you get your tickets before they’re all gone. You can purchase tickets here.
With that being said (or written), we figured it would be pretty cool putting together a blog post about some little known facts about Lionel Richie. I mean, it’s not like we have better things to do, right? So without further ado, here’s our list of 4 little known facts about Lionel Richie.
Lionel Richie is a Fraternity Man
It’s pretty obvious just by looking at his Instagram that he’s dripping with swag juice. But to add to that, he’s a member of two fraternities, Kappa Kappa Psi and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He pledged Alpha Phi Alpha in 1996 at Tuskegee’s Alpha Nu Lambda Chapter and is an active, life member of the fraternity.
He was a High School Tennis Star
Richie attended Joliet Township High School in Joliet, Illinois and accepted a tennis scholarship to Tuskegee Institute. I mean seriously, what can’t this man do?
Richie seriously considered being a Priest
The multiple Grammy Award winner seriously considered becoming a priest in the Episcopal Church but decided that he would not be up for the calling and just because of that reason alone, we should probably all go to church and give thanks. Without Richie in the music industry, there would be no “We Are the World” which he co-wrote with Michael Jackson in 1985.
Richie was the first person to receive an RIAA Diamond Award
If you haven’t figured it out yet, Richie can walk the walk and talk the talk. Whatever he puts his hands on, there’s success. To date, Richie has sold 90 million records worldwide and has won four Grammy Awards.