Kane Brown appeared on “CBS This Morning” from his home in Nashville, TN. The singer welcomed Gayle King for an in-depth discussion about his new album, “Different Man,” his family life, and how music helped him escape a rough childhood.

Brown opened up about the abuse he suffered as a child saying, “I had a crazy childhood.  I had to grow up a lot faster than a normal person.” 

“Moving around a lot.  No father figure, child abuse.  [I was] beat a lot,” he shared. “One of my stepdads punished me by shaving my head bald and put aftershave on me and made me physically eat a half bar of soap.  Not just bite, physically eat it and swallow it.  All kinds of crazy things.”

Kane vowed to create a different life for his wife Kaitlyn, and their two daughters, Kodi and Kingsley.  “I just always knew that I was going to try and be there for [my family].  And I always wanted to give them the life that I never had,” he said.