Brandy & Kobe Bryant met at the 1996 Essence Awards. Brandy had just won a Grammy and was starri
Brandy & Kobe Bryant met at the 1996 Essence Awards. Brandy had just won a Grammy and was starring on Moesha, Bryant was about to become the first basketball guard drafted directly out of high school. They were both 17 years old.Shortly after meeting Bryant asked Brandy to be his prom date. Bryant’s mother said he made up his mind after the awards show. “He came home from the Essence Awards and said, `I met such a nice, beautiful, intelligent, sweet person.’ Then when [Brandy] called, she said, `My mom might let me go.’ I thought it was so sweet.”Brandy has since said that she never would have gone to prom if Bryant hadn’t asked her and that she still has her corsage. -- source link
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