SPEAKER: I'm so excited to introduce our guests.

Boyz II Men remains one of the most truly iconic R&B groups

in history.

The trio, which includes Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, and Shawn

Stockman, who will be with us in just a moment,

hold the distinction of being the best-selling R&B

group of all time.

Let's give them a huge round of applause.

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With an astounding 60 million albums sold,

four Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards,

nine Soul Train Awards, three Billboard Awards,

and the 2011 MOBO Award for outstanding contribution

to music, a star on the Hollywood

Walk of Fame, as well as a Casino Entertainment

Award for their acclaimed residency at the Mirage Resort

and Casino in Vegas, which has been going since 2013.

Boyz II Men's world famous hits include--

(SINGING) End of the road.

(SPOKEN) OK, I won't do it.

I digress.

"End of the Road," "I'll Make Love

to You," "Motown Philly," and "One Sweet Day,"

among many others.

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The soundtrack of my childhood, as I tell my age.

A collaboration with Mariah Carey

that still holds the all-time record for most number

of weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

Boyz II Men have won fans over the world

with their soulful multi-octave sound and incredible vocals.

Given the monumental success of their albums

and the timeless quality of their vocals,

it's easy to see why Boyz II Men remains the most popular R&B

group of all time.

Beyond making music, they give back to their community,

and they are here today to celebrate and speak

with each of us.

Additionally, we're honored to have

Boyz II Men's manager, Joe Mulvihill, joining us today,

as well.

Joe is a 25-year veteran of the entertainment industry,

having worked as a--

OK, Joe!

I'm sorry in advance.

He's getting clowned from backstage,

and you'll see why in a moment.

Joe is a 25-year veteran of the entertainment industry,

having worked as a host, performer, producer, director--

OK, that's enough.

Let's bring our Boyz II Men and Joe!

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Hi, Joe.

It's going to be a long day.

WANYA MORRIS: Yeah.

This guy.

SHAWN STOCKMAN: Hi, everybody.

WANYA MORRIS: Hello.

How are you?

NATHAN MORRIS: Hello, hello, hello, hello in the back.

How are you?

SPEAKER: So guys, first, we want to give you a big welcome

to Google.

I can honestly say that I'm sitting here,

and I would imagine that many of us

are because of the true impact you've had in our lives,

in our careers by just seeing the example that you

made across the globe, as far as representation.

So first, just want to kick it off to you on who is

Boyz II Men?

Like, where are you today?

What makes you tick?

WANYA MORRIS: Man.

SHAWN STOCKMAN: Yeah, go, go.

WANYA MORRIS: Well, honestly, Boyz II Men--

we represent music.

Real music.

We try our best to maintain the integrity of music

throughout our careers.

We went to the high school for creative and performing arts,

and that's what we went to school for.

I barely got out of it--

barely got out of school just because all I

wanted to do was sing with these guys, and being choir majors--

vocal choir majors-- we actually would be around each other.

So we kind of formulated somewhat of a place

where we belonged vocally without knowing that we

were going to sing together.

And once we decided to get in the room--

and Nate will probably tell you the story

and how it all came about-- but once we got into a room

and actually started singing harmonies,

it was something that we couldn't let go of.

It was almost like a drug.

It was like a high.

It was like the best sex that you ever had.

You know what I'm saying?

Honestly, I mean.

But that's what harmony does, you know what I mean?

When you're creating it, like we often say,

music comes out of our throats.

You know what I'm saying?

And it comes together and it becomes something so magical

that you can't forget and you always want it.

You're chasing that actual perfect harmony, and Boyz II

Men--

we are music.

That's how we feel about it.

SHAWN STOCKMAN: Basically, we're harmony crackheads.

Is that what you said?

WANYA MORRIS: Harmony crackheads.

SHAWN STOCKMAN: All right.

Thank you.

SPEAKER: So talk to us a little bit about the journey.

We always see-- I always give the example of Instagram.

It's like the highlight reel, right?

But we all know that to get and reach your level of success,

there had to be some hardship.

So curious to know if you could share with us some

of the struggles that you're comfortable with sharing

so we, too, can kind of navigate those moments in our life.

NATHAN MORRIS: Well, we actually started as a group that you

know now in, I'd say, '90, '91-ish that the world knows.

And obviously, coming out of high school,

we jumped out pretty fast.

Things went very well for us and success was great.

The first three or four years went very well,

and then things kind of got a little fishy.

Us being young, learning the industry as teenagers,

not quite soaking in all the information

that we probably needed to soak in.

And not knowing enough about the business to know that,

unfortunately, the music industry

was built on the shoulders of mobsters and people

like that who weren't 100% honest.

We, coming from Philadelphia, being taught that whatever you

work for, you get like that.

SPEAKER: Philly in the house.

NATHAN MORRIS: We, coming from Philly,

being taught that when you work hard, you win.

And then you get into a business that kind of flips it

on you that when you work hard, things don't always pan out.

So to make a long story short, things didn't always

go well for us, and the middle of our career

kind of dipped down.

And we kind of only had ourselves

as a group to rely on because everyone else around us, we

started to realize, were strictly around us to either

better themselves or make more money

or not give us enough information for us

to move forward.

So we kind of fell on each other's shoulders.

We tried to figure out how to fight through it.

I mean obviously, you guys see there's one member missing

from the original group.

That was one of the hardships that we kind of went through--

something that we were able to bounce back from.

And we all grew up together.

We talk about it now--

that 27 years in, we've probably spent more time

on the road with each other than we've

spent with our own families.

So we're kind of closer than we are even

to some of our family members.

So for our guy to leave in the way

that that thing went down for us, it was a little difficult.

But we knew, like Wan said, that all we ever wanted to do

was sing and make great music.

And we weren't going to let one person stop that show.