Born on July 22, 1964 and raised in the Bronx, New York, Calhoun graduated from the Berklee School of Music in Boston during the early '80s. He met guitarist Vernon Reid, who invited him to join Reid's new band Living Colour. With Corey Glover on vocals and fellow Berklee graduate Muzz Skillings on bass, Living Colour was officially formed in 1984. In 1988 they released their debut Vivid on Epic records.

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