He then briefly attended Auburn as a graduate student , but things did not work out .
Lionel Richie grew up in Alabama and attended Tuskegee , where he helped form The Commodores in the late sixties .
Lionel Richie then briefly attended Auburn as a graduate student , but things did not work out .
Lionel Richie grew up in Alabama and attended Tuskegee , where he helped form The Commodores in the late sixties .