……If you’ve been out of the loop for a minute, this is a summary: after more than a decade of marriage, Deitrick Haddon not only sent fans reeling with a Twitter announcement of his breakup with wife and fellow recording artist Damita, he also revealed a much younger fiance and their baby girl, a daughter who was obviously conceived before the ink on the divorce papers had dried. After relocating to CA. and stepping away from the pulpit of Detroit’s King Culture Church, Haddon used his Facebook page (?!) to justify his actions and, in the eyes of many, threw hypocritical shade at his ex and another performer in the process: “I met the young lady when i moved to L.A a broken mess & God used her to keep me from committing suicide twice!! I do admit that she did get pregnant before my divorce was final as my divorce carried on for over a year…As a sign of humility & accountability, I have not preached on any platform in any church for one year!! I’ve paid my penalty for my sin!!
…I appreciate [Isaac Carree’s] new song ‘Clean this house”…but you left one sin out of your song that would have set the record straight & solidified my healing process & that is adultery!”

Weeell well. So far, Mr. Carree’s remained mum after making a diplomatic statement and Ms. Damita has been mum about the entire event. We’ll likely learn much more once the new reality show Preachers of L.A. airs this fall, but in the meantime, the depth of Deitrick’s struggle and the extent of his torment is poured passionately into of his 14th solo effort, R.E.D. (Restoring Everything Damaged).

The impact of Mr. Haddon’s personal wrongdoing on his future has yet to be seen, but….(click here for the full-length review at soultracks.com)