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B2K was an American R&B boy band, founded and managed by music producer Chris Stokes in 2001 and active until 2004.

Potentially though it were newcomers to the industry, their 1st LP, 2002's B2K, became a instant hit. Their 2nd (& final) regular studio album, Bedlam!, was discharged inside December of a equivalent month, & garned the hit singles "Bump Bump Bump" and "Girlfriend". A class action was featured regularly on the covers of adolescent magazines like Right On and Word Up, and discharged the Christmas album around-between their regular 2 albums intitled Santa Hooked Us Higher.

Additionally thereto, it were featured on the soundtrack album for MGM's film Barbershop and headlined The Scream Tour, their third, around 2003. Mario and Nick Cannon were also performing artist on The Scream Tour.

Around January 2004, Chris Stokes announced that the class action experienced broken higher. 3 of the members claimed fiscal mishandling by Stokes' management company, TUG (A Ultimate Class action); a 4th member, Omarion, claimed a allegations were untrue.

In the middle of the breakup, Screen Gems's You Got Served, a film starring the members of the class action & Omarion's alleged half-half brother Marques Houston as breakdancers, went into general release on January 30, 2004, and striking #1 at the pack professional, earned additional money than any more film that opened in the period of a Super Bowl weekend. The total of the class action's songs were featured on the film's soundtrack album.

Personnel
Omarion (Omari Ishmael Grandberry), born November 12, 1984 in Los Angeles, California Lil' Fizz (Dreux Pierre Frederic), born November 26, 1985 in Los Angeles, California Raz-B (De'Mario Monte Thornton), born June 13, 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio J-Boog (Jarell Damonte Houston), born August 11, 1985 in Los Angeles. First cousin of singer, Marques Houston.

B2K
Official site with tour dates, biography, audio files, image gallery, desktop wallpaper, contests, message board, and chat room.

Yahoo Groups: B2Konline
Message forum dedicated to news about the band.

B2k News: Topix.net
News about B2k continually updated from around the net.






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