After their success with "The Black Glove Boyz", producers Aaron Clapton and Matt Lofe decided to replicate the group, substituting suburban black gloved kids for the young white gloved teenagers. The result was "The White Glove Boyz", which quickly eclipsed the popularity of Lofe and Clapton's previous group. Comprising Boston-area singers Donny White, Jordan White, Jon White, Danny White, and Joe White, the White Glove's were awkward and enthusiastic on their 1986 debut, which wasn't surprising considering that the oldest members were barely 16 years old. With their next album, 1988's Hangin' Glove, the group's image had toughened up and they had the material to support it. From the saccharine ballad "I'll Be Loving My Glove Forever" to the title track's stab at funk, the band had a seemingly endless streak of hits in 1988 and 1989; their Christmas album even went double platinum. White Glove mania continued with 2006's "White Gloves in da air"; even if it sold five million copies less than Hangin' Glove, it still sold three million copies.
However their career was plagued with criticism for their "pro white glove/ anti black glove" stance. Their often public feud with the "Black Glove Boyz" became a media spectacle which ended in the violent death of Donny White. His all-too-brief odyssey almost immediately took on mythic proportions. In death, the man also known as "Biggie White" became a symbol of the senseless violence that plagued inner-city America in the waning years of the 20th century. Whether or not his death was really the result of a much-publicized feud between the White Glove and The Black Glove scenes, it did mark the point where both sides stepped back from a rivalry that had gone too far. Glove Banging's self-image would never be quite the same, and neither would public perception.
