B2K
Omarion, Lil' Fizz, Raz-B and J-Boog: four Los Angeles teenagers in matching outfits, a Y2K-era name, and "Bump, Bump, Bump" at number one. B2K owned the teen-magazine wall for about three years, made a hit dance movie with You Got Served, and then broke up right around its release.
B2K came together in Los Angeles in 1998, when J-Boog, Raz-B and Lil' Fizz were part of a group called Melodic. On New Year's Eve 1999 Omarion was invited to join, and the four took a name that spelled out the moment: Boys of the New Millennium, a nod to Y2K. Chris Stokes managed them. Their debut single, "Uh Huh," produced by Tricky Stewart, arrived in 2001 and won them the Viewer's Choice award at the 2002 BET Awards. The self-titled debut album followed in March 2002, peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, topped the R&B/hip-hop albums chart and went gold, with "Gots ta Be" and "Why I Love You" as singles.
They were prolific in a way only a teen act on a schedule can be. A Christmas album, Santa Hooked Me Up, came out in October 2002 and stalled at number 132; Pandemonium! came two months later and debuted at number ten. Its lead single was the one that mattered. "Bump, Bump, Bump," written and produced by R. Kelly with Varick Smith and featuring P. Diddy, hit number one on the Hot 100 for the week of February 1, 2003 — the group's only number one and only top-ten hit. The Scream Tour took them on the road three years running, from 2001 to 2003, and in 2003 they won the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Singing Group.
In the spring of 2003 all four filmed You Got Served, Stokes's street-dance movie with Marques Houston, Jennifer Freeman and Steve Harvey. Made for $8 million, it opened at number one on January 30, 2004, and earned $40.3 million domestically; critics hated it. Its soundtrack, released in December 2003, was the last album of B2K's original run. Around the time the film came out, Stokes announced the split. Epic Records cited internal disagreements; Fizz, Raz-B and J-Boog issued a joint statement ending their relationship with Stokes and saying they "just want[ed] to be treated fairly," while Omarion stayed with him and went solo.
The four reunited for the Millennium Tour, announced on New Year's Eve 2018 and run from March to May 2019, and in June 2025 announced another reunion tour for 2026, with a new album, Eclipse, to follow.
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