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B2K
Background information
Genre(s)	Urban/Dance-pop/R&B
Years active	2001–2004
Label(s)	Sony BMG
Website	b2klovesyou.com
Former members
Omari "Omarion" Grandberry Dreux "Lil' Fizz" Frederic DeMario "Raz-B" Thornton Jarell "J-Boog" Houston

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

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 garnered 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.

Contents 1 Members 2 Personal History 3 Appearances In Film 4 Breaking Up 5 Discography 5.1 Albums 5.2 Singles 6 Notes

• Omarion (Omari Ishmael Grandberry), born November 12, 1984 in Inglewood, California.
• Raz-B (De'mario Monte Thornton), born June 13, 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio.
• J-Boog (Jarell Damonte Houston), born August 11, 1985 in Compton, California.
• Lil Fizz (Dreux Pierre Frederic), born November 26, 1985 in Los Angeles, California.

J-Boog is the cousin to former label mate, Marques Houston for his father and Marques' are brothers.

Lil' Fizz is the cousin to former label mate, Jhene.

Raz-b is the cousin of their ex-manager Christopher Strokes Himself a.k.a Chris Strokes Himself.

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]}.

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.

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	?

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

1. ^ Album chart positions US
2. ^ Single chart positions US

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