Flyte Tyme Family Reunion For A Cause

Lance Alexander

Lance “LA” Alexander is a founding member of the band Lo-Key?, who along with his writing partner Tony “prof t” Tolbert, produced several hits for the band and hold the distinction of achieving Flyte Tyme’s Perspective Records first Billboard #1 with Lo-Key?’s “I Got A Thang 4 U”. Lance also worked with legends Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on hits for Sounds of Blackness, Alexander O’Neal, Michael & Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and many others. LA and prof t  also served as writer/producers on the debut album Rated Next for R&B trio “Next” which included the classics, Butta Love and Too Close .

Unfortunately, was born with a rare condition called “Chiari Malformation” which lay dormant in his system until 2000 when he began to experience complications. In November 2006, after another unsuccessful surgery, he was diagnosed with a very rare disease, Syringomyelia, which has no known cure. The two conditions eventually paralyzed him from the waist down. The surgery he needs is performed only at New York’s Chiari Institute and is the sole medical means to reverse the paralysis and restore his quality of life.

 Lance’s closest friends are gathering to celebrate his optimism and raise the necessary funds to assist him in covering the cost of surgery and associated medical expenses with a benefit concert starring Mint Condition, Lo-Key?, Sounds of Blackness, RL of Next, Jellybean Johnson of The Time and more, on June 22, 2014, 7pm in Minneapolis at the Cabooze. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go directly into Lance’s medical fund, The Lance Alexander Trust.

If you are unable to attend, please donate to the cause by mailing a check payable to The Lance Alexander Trust, C/O MidAmerica Talent, P.O. Box 20611, Minneapolis, MN 55431. Can you dig it?…..I knew that you could. Will somebody please call Jimmy and Terry, so they can gas up the Flyte Time Express, pick up Morris Day, Jerome and his mirror to deliver a check?

For more information, call 612-387-5319 or log on to www.cabooze.com