Former Maverick City Music singer Dante Bowe recently sat down with Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church to discuss Bowe’s transition from gospel music to R&B.
One of the first things the Grammy Award- and Dove Award-winning singer, who says he doesn’t do many interviews because he’s “too honest,” discussed with Bryant was the real reason he was removed from Maverick City Music in September 2022.
“Okay, so everybody wants to know, because so many stories circulate,” Bryant told Bowe. Laughing, Bryant referenced to Maverick City Music’s statement about pausing its “professional relationship” with Bowe due to “behavior that is inconsistent with [their] core values and beliefs.”
“Yeah, man,” Bowe replied. “You know what’s crazy—and we cool now—but like I didn’t really bow to anything, like any of that stuff, you know? I mean, yeah, you know, I was supposed to go away for six months.”
“Why?” Bryant asked.
“First it was because I would do things on my own,” Bowe responded, explaining that he was becoming more popular as a solo act.
“So I was the first in my group to perform at the Doves by myself, while they performed second after me. [At the] Stellar Awards, [I was] nominated on my own,” Bowe said, adding that he “doesn’t like talking about my accolades.”
Nevertheless, he continued, “I had already made No. 1s and stuff on my own, and I think I was still part of the group, and so I had to turn down a bunch of gigs and different things like that with the group.”
“And so naturally, you’re replaceable, because you might do eight dates out of the 20-something we got to do,” Bowe said. “So it’s already like, we can get rid of you.”
Bowe claimed that other artists in the collective were “doing all kinds of bad stuff.” He said, “I was just the one that was, like, used as the poster child.”
