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B2K was an American R&B music group, founded and managed by music producer Chris Stokes in 2001, and active until 2004. J-Boog is related as a cousin to Omarion and Marques Houston.

In 2001, B2K released their first single "Uh Huh" for their debut album, self-titled, B2K. They were also in a scene in IMx's video, "Beautiful".

In 2002, their first LP, B2K, became an instant hit. The 3 more singles we're "uh huh", "Gots Ta Be", and "Why I Love You". Their sophomore (and final) regular studio album, Pandemonium!, was released in December of the same year, and garned the US #1 hit single "Bump, Bump, Bump". The group was featured regularly on the covers of teen magazines such as Right On! and Word Up. They also released a Christmas album in-between their regular two albums entitled Santa Hooked Me Up.

In 2003, they released four more singles "Girlfriend", "Bump That", "Everything", and "What A Girl Wants". In addition to that, they were featured on the soundtrack album for MGM's film Barbershop. They headlined The Scream Tour, along with Marques Houston, Jhene, Mario and Nick Cannon who were also performers. B2K also release their motion picture soundtrack single, "Babadoom" (Ft. Fabolous) from their movie, You Got Served.
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* 1 Breaking Success
* 2 Personal
* 3 Discography
o 3.1 Albums
o 3.2 Singles
* 4 Notes

[edit] Breaking Success

In January 2004, Chris Stokes announced that the group had broken up. Three of the members claimed financial mishandling by Stokes' management company, T.U.G. (The Ultimate Group). Due for the fact that the 2 members between, Omarion and J-Boog were having problems and Omarion was claimed the allegations were untrue.

Screen Gems's You Got Served, a film which starred the members of the group and Marques Houston as breakdancers, went into general release on January 30, 2004, and hit number one at the box office, earning more money than any other film that opened during a Super Bowl weekend. A number of the group's songs were featured on the film's soundtrack album.

In 2008 Omarion and Marques Houston will star in "You Got Served 2", also featuring young British actor Jon Benjiman. Stokes said in an interview that this would be the last You Got Served movie and the British actor is fresh and will be going into dance training next year [citation needed].

[edit] Personal

* Omarion (Omari Grandberry), born November 12, 1984 in Inglewood, California.
* Raz-B (De'Mario Thornton), born June 13, 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio.
* J-Boog (Jarell Houston), born August 11, 1985 in Compton, California.
* Lil Fizz (Dreux Frederic), born November 26, 1985 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums
Special Edition cover of Pandemonium! (2002).
Special Edition cover of Pandemonium! (2002).
Year Album Chart positions [1] RIAA certification
US US R&B UK
2002 B2K 2 1 - Gold
2002 B2K: The Remixes - Volume 1 (EP) 129 47 -
2002 Pandemonium! 10 3 35 Platinum
2002 Santa Hooked Me Up (EP) 132 35 -
2003 The Remixes - Volume 2 (EP) 192 38 -
2004 B2K Greatest Hits - 76 -
2004 You Got Served 34 7 ?

[edit] Singles
Year Single Chart positions [2] Album
US Hot 100 US R&B US Mainstream UK singles
2002 "Uh Huh" 37 20 21 35 B2K
2002 "Gots ta Be" 34 13 14 - B2K
2002 "Why I Love You" 19 - - B2K and Pandemonium!
2002 "Bump, Bump, Bump" (with P. Diddy) 1 2 1 11 Pandemonium!
2003 "Girlfriend" 30 19 15 10 Pandemonium!
2003 "Feelin' Freaky" (Nick Cannon featuring B2K) 92 46 - - Nick Cannon
2003 "What a Girl Wants" - 47 - - Pandemonium!
2003 "Uh Huh 2003" - - - 31 The Remixes - Volume 2
2004 "Badaboom" (feat. Fabolous) 59 29 22 26 You Got Served Soundtrack