90's R&B Singer In Custody After Wife Found Dead In Their Apartment!

90's R&B Singer In Custody After Wife Found Dead In Their Apartment!

TMZ has learned ... '90s singer Russell Neal from Hi-

Five is in police custody ... after he told cops his wife 

was dead inside their apartment ... and he needed a 

lawyer.

Neal apparently told Houston cops he and his wife had 

gotten into an argument Wednesday ... The singer

 then reportedly asked for a lawyer and then clammed 

up.

Hi-Five's song "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"

 went to number one in 1991 ... and a year later they

 scored another hit with, "She's Playing Hard to Get."

 The group's lead singer Tony Thompson famously

 died in 2007 after inhaling Freon.

Neal -- is currently being detained ... no charges have

 been filed. The lawyer for Hi-Five, Chris Brown, tells

 TMZ, "We are aware of the situation and are

 presently evaluating it."