Four Tops singing for 44 years with the Four Tops who, unlike many Motown groups, never had a single lineup change until then. At first, Levi Stubbs, Obie Benson, and Duke Fakir toured as a trio called "The Tops". In 1998, they recruited former Temptation Theo Peoples to restore the group to a quartet. By the turn of the century, Stubbs had become ill from cancer; Ronnie McNeir was recruited to fill the Lawrence Payton position and Peoples stepped into Stubbs' shoes as lead singer. Stubbs later died on October 17, 2008 at his home in Detroit. The group also did commercials
Levi Robin shul in Venice Beach with a rabbi who had studied under the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Intrigued by the Chabad philosophy, Robin studied the works of movement founder Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, including the Tanya and the "Shulchan Aruch HaRav", and began attending shul regularly after his father died. Robin released his debut EP, the self-titled "Levi Robin" EP, on February 4, 2013. Subsequently, Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu began promoting Robin on Twitter and invited him to be an opening act for his 25-city acoustic tour. Later that year, Robin performed alongside the Moshe Hecht Band at the Roulette Theater as