The group had only consisted of Marcel Wildy, Age 18, Milo Stokes, Age 17, and Chris Cheeks Jr, Age 15 who went from singing and rhyming in each other's living rooms to recording in a real recording studio. Myles Cleveland, Age 16 later joined the group after Chris Stokes had noticed him dancing at a Scream Tour concert in 2003, and with a brief audition backstage, Myles became the missing link 2Much needed. The other members are originally from California, Myles is a Bridgeport, CT native. With considerable help from Chris Stokes, Immature and B2K orchestrator, the group plotted its development. The quartet signed to Mathew Knowles' Music World label and was housed by Omarion's Music World-affiliated boutique imprint. In early 2007, 2Much made its full-length debut.

Bennett “Laze” and Justin “Royal” Talmadge Armstrong (2XL) strengthened their bond through their common love for music and have used rap as their salvation. Their father abandoned them. Their mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. They were kicked out of school. They were forced to essentially raise themselves. With only each other to rely on, Royal and Laze poured their heartache and struggle into their moving work, showcased on their stunningly diverse and sonically powerful debut album, Neighborhood Rapstar.

On the somber "The Chapters," 2XL chronicles their tumultuous lives over a chilling piano- and drum-driven beat. The album’s most personal song is "Mama of Mine." Royal and Laze's mother was diagnosed with cancer in 1996, was determined to have another tumor in 2004 and, in early 2006, doctors detected a third brain tumor. While in an Atlanta studio working on material, the duo started telling a producer their life story.

"As we got to the part about our mom, he was like, 'Hold on. Stop,'" Royal recalls. "He turned on this beat and he was like, ‘Ya’ll have to do this joint about your mom.’ As soon as we started, it almost felt like magic. We get a lot of e-mails and comments from females and DJs about how so many people can relate to it. It's our struggle, but yet people are like, 'My grandpa just died,' or ‘My mom just got cancer.’ It was the first song where we were like, 'OK. This is on the album.'"

"Our connection outside of being brothers is that we have respect for each other on the work level and for each other’s talents and abilities," Royal says. "We have little arguments, but we honestly don’t fight. We’re fulfilling our dreams through each other. I need him to succeed and he needs me to succeed -- and we both know that."

Despite their struggle, 2XL's music also focuses on life’s enjoyable pursuits. In fact, when they sent their feel-good “Kissing Game” single to a few select radio stations, they were confident that it would be well received. But the avalanche of enthusiasm -- from fans and radio DJs alike -- caused the duo to put the song out as a single, one that was added to heavy rotation in Detroit and Minneapolis, among other cities.

Impressed by 2XL's self-generated buzz and independent hit, major labels soon came courting. They signed with seminal rap indie Tommy Boy Entertainment (De La Soul, Digital Underground, Naughty By Nature, House of Pain, Coolio, Everlast). Neighborhood Rapstar showcases their wide-ranging talent and pays homage to their rabid online fans, who have helped make the duo legends in their home base of North Hollywood, a Los Angeles suburb. “We’ve had a pretty cool following for the past two years through the Internet and the mixtape circuit, so in our neighborhood in North Hollywood we’ve already been established,” Royal explains. “We’ll be walking down the street and there will be little kids on bikes coming out the candy store like, ‘Sign something for me.’ We took that and made it a national thing because there’s a lot of cats who are really on the grind and doing their thing independently. In their neighborhood, they’re superstars. Like Slim Thug, before anybody knew who he was nationally, he was a millionaire Down South.”

Even though Royal and Laze are only 16, they’ve been working toward Neighborhood Rapstar for six years. They started making music when they were 10, inspired by their mother, who filled their place with the soulful music of Al Green and others. When her young sons showed an interest in making music, she bought them equipment, even though it struck a blow to their finances. Laze recalls “When we first got interested in making music we asked our mom for a microphone. Things were financially really bad for us and with only so much money to cover what we needed she had to decide whether to buy us the mic or pay the electric bill. She decided to buy us the mic and it sat in the middle of our living room for a few weeks since our electric got cut off – but we learned how much she believed in us.” Indeed, because of a variety of circumstances, 2XL and their mother moved more than 15 times during their childhood.

Today, 2XL realizes that music can help them get past the struggle they have already endured. “We were at a point in our lives where we had two paths,” Laze says. “You can go the right way or the wrong way, but right now we’re being home-schooled and getting straight A’s, and we have our mom. We’re not looking to go the wrong way - we’re obligated to take care of her. That makes us work twice as hard."

B5 is an Hip Hop R&B boy band originating from St.Petersburg, Florida. B5 takes its name from Breeding 5, the lineage of the five brothers. B5 consists of Dustin Breeding, Kelly Breeding, Patrick Breeding, Carnell Breeding, and Bryan Breeding. B5 was originally known as TNT Boyz, featuring only the four eldest brothers. They renamed themselves Breeding5 when Bryan Breeding, the youngest brother, joined the group. B5 is managed by Jim McMahan of JAMM Entertainment Group. Through McMahan's help, B5 landed an audition with P. Diddy, that eventually got them signed to Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records.

Since signing a record deal, B5 has toured with Mario Winans, Kanye West, Ginuwine, Usher, Fantasia, Mario, Omarion, T-Pain, Yung Joc, Diddy, 112, Bobby Valentino, Chris Brown, Jonas Brothers and many, many others. B5 also performed in the 2005 "Scream Tour IV". On April 27, 2006, B5 joined Bow Wow on the tour, which featured T-Pain, Ray-J and others. The tour ended on May 28, 2006. In 2005, they headlined Radio Disney's Jingle Jam Tour. They also had DVDs about their discovery and what they want in the future.

B5 performed a new version of the High School Musical song "Get'cha Head in the Game", produced by Andrew Lane and Eddie Galan of Trilogy Productions. The song can be heard on the High School Musical soundtrack. B5 also performed a new version of the classic Earth Wind & Fire song, "Shining Star" on Disney's Hannah Montana soundtrack, also produced by Drew Lane and Eddie Galan.

B5 appeared in the 2006 movie The Guardians and made a cameo appearance in Ciara's "1, 2 Step" video and Ludacris' video, "Georgia".

As of January 2007, B5 is working on their second album, Don't Talk Just Listen, which has been scheduled to be released on September 11, 2007. They were reported to be working with producers such as Pooh Bear, Soul Diggaz, Scott Storch, Drew Lane and Eddie Galan, Daron Jones,Will.i.am, Jim Jonsin, Mischka, Just Blaze, Brian Cox, Underdogs, Insomniax, Mario Winans, 88 Productions, Wiley Morris, Corte Ellis, Danja and many more.[citation needed] They were scheduled to be on Scream Tour 2007, but these allegations have been confirmed unliable because of problems between B5 and T.I who "...wants a more mature act...". B5 will be doing the Russ Parr Bus Tour, beginning on August 2, 2007. The album has been rescheduled to be released on September 11, 2007

Born in Jackson, Mississippi,he attended Dillard High School before he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he attended North Atlanta High School. He returned there to appear in the debut episode of Once Upon A Prom aired on MTV May 19, 2007. He first entered the music scene in 1996 with the now-defunct youth quartet Mista. Some years after Mista disbanded, he enrolled in Clark Atlanta University where he majored in Mass Communications, graduating in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Discovered while singing on the bus, Bobby Valentino first made his mark as the lead singer in the hit teen group, Mista. As a new found member of the Organized Noise Family, Bobby learned firsthand how great music was made from icons such as Outkast, TLC, and Goodie Mob. In 1996 the group released their self-titled debut album and produced chart topping single, "Blackberry Molasses," which still remains a classic to this day. A second unreleased album was recorded with hit makers, Tim & Bob and Delite, but creative differences split the group. Shortly thereafter, Valentino decided to return to his studies and enrolled as a communications major at Clark Atlanta University. While in school, Valentino continued to record in his free time in hopes of one day returning to the stage.

After earning his degree in 2003, Valentino returned to the studio fulltime. Bobby Valentino attempted to jumpstart his career by auditioning for the first season of the hit reality show American Idol, but was rejected by judges, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson. However, armed with three albums of demos and by chance, a demo wound up in the hands of multi-platinum recording artist Ludacris. Immediately impressed by his talents, Ludacris and his business partner, Chaka Zulu (president of DTP) signed Valentino as the first R&B artist on Disturbing Tha Peace Records. Soon after, Valentino was re-introduced to the world as a solo artist and featured on the hit single, "Pimpin All Over The World" off of Ludacris' multi-platinum selling album "The Red Light District" in 2004.

Jarell Damonte Houston (born on August 11, 1985 in Los Angeles, California), better know as J-Boog, or Boog, is an American R&B singer and actor. He is one of the former members of R&B group B2K. He's cousins with actor/singer, Marques Houston. He had a daughter on October 5, 2005, Anaia Jolie Houston with his longtime girlfriend and the couple has welcomed their second child together on December 14, 2006 Jarell Damonte Houston Jr. He and former group member Lil Fizz are currently in a new movie set to be released in 2007 called Steppin' The Movie Jarell was a member of the boy group B2K. The other with three members of the group are Omarion (Omari Grandberry), Raz-B (De'mario Thornton) and Lil Fizz (Dreux Frederic). The name J-Boog came from his grandmother calling him "Boogie" because of his love of dancing, and the J simply the initial of his first name.

In You Got Served, the movie which stared B2K, Marques Houston and Young Rome, Jarell played the character Rico, the peacemaker of the group, after originally being scripted to play David, Omarion's role in the movie, In 2004 after B2K's breakup, Jarell along with Dreux ("Lil'Fizz") Frederic started their own record label FBI (Fizz and Boog Inc). Jarell hosted 106 & Park on BET in August of 2005.

He is back in the studio with his own label The Capitalist Entertainment Group along with his manager and business partner Damuer H. Leffridge. Damuer H. Leffridge is the CEO Synergy Real Estate Investments & Synergy Mortgage Solutions an international real estate firm specializing in real estate sales, financing and wealth management. Damuer is best known for his real estate firms consultations to such stars such as the following: Tyrese, Jaime Foxx, Jerry Rice, Tim Brown, Kanye West and a host of others. Damuer is also the CEO of Dirty Work Management where he manages J Boog, Lil Fizz and Maurice Clarett (Denver Broncos). They also have a roster of songwriters and producers. Together the two plan to change the face of west coast hip hop. J Boog is set to release his first mixtape entitled "The 6th Day" summer 06'. His highly anticipated album "My First Words" will follow spring of 07' with the smash single Lickety-Lick.

He also currently has a sit-com this fall Titled Mama's Boy's. He has been busy working on his rapping skills.He is featured on a Chicago mixtape with an artist named Hypno. The song is called Ryda also, he is the second verse on Lil Fizz's One Night Stand.
Lastly, he has decided to drop the "J" from his name is now simply known as Boog.

Lil' Bow Wow was born in Reynoldsburg, Ohio to Teresa and Junie Moss. Junie left the family and his mother worked three jobs to care of him. Teresa later married Rodney Caldwell, and Bow Wow has two step-siblings, Erica and Jasarah. At age five, he started his career in rap using the moniker "Kid Gangsta". One year later, in 1993, he performed at a Chronic tour in Columbus, and was noted by rapper Snoop Dogg and rapper Dr. Dre, who subsequently gave him a stage name, "Lil' Bow Wow". Dr. Dre later hired him as an opening act. "Lil' Bow Wow" then appeared on a skit on Snoop's debut Doggystyle.
In 1998 at the age of eleven, Bow Wow was introduced to record producer Jermaine Dupri, who helped shape his career.

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Chris Brown was born and raised in the small town of Tappahannock,Virginia by Clinton Brown and Joyce Hawkins, as one of two children. Brown was influenced by the artists which his parents played on the home radio, such as Michael Jackson and Sam Cooke. A dancer since the age of 2, Brown was not aware of his vocal talents until the age of 11. Before becoming a vocalist, he was interested in becoming a rapper. By 13, Brown was discovered by a local production team who visted his father's petrol station searching for new talent. Since then, he began his recording career and moved to New York, staying there for two years.

Brown left school in late 2004 to begin working on his self-titled debut album, Chris Brown, which was released on November 29, 2005. His debut single “Run It!”, was #1 in the United States, Japan, and Australia. Following “Run It!”, “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)” became Brown’s second top 10 hit in the US, peaking at #7, and #13 in the UK. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA. His third single “Gimme That” was released in March 2006 which featured Lil’ Wayne for a remix, originally not featured on the Chris Brown album, but was later included. The single debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at #80 and climbed the charts quickly. Chris also co-directed his music videos for “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)” and “Gimme That”. His fourth single is the ballad “Say Goodbye”, which is also a part of the Step Up Soundtrack. On June 13, 2006, Brown released a DVD entitled, Chris Brown’s Journey, which shows footage of him traveling in London and Japan, getting ready for his first visit to the Grammys, behind the scenes of his music videos and bloopers. On August 17, 2006, Brown and Ne-Yo co-headlined the 28-city Up Close and Personal Tour.

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He is in a feud with St. Louis, Missouri rapper Nelly. This is what happened when Nelly found out he got his deal, he didn’t congratulate him or anything. Huey met him at Club Toxic and the label wanted him to reach out to get features from other established artists from St. Louis. So Huey asked him and he basically said, ‘Look here dirty, it’s not gonna happen. Especially with this being your first album, it’s not gonna happen.' Huey then dropped a diss track on Nelly Feat. Young Rome called Down Down BabyHuey is also in a fued with rapper Chingy. This beef comes from a pre-exsisting fued with rapper Nelly. Rappers Chingy and Nelly are actually very close, so after Huey released the diss track towards Nelly, Chingy became invlolved saying that he heard the lyrics and that Huey was also coming at him.

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Jovan Campbell (Born November 13, 1990 in St. Louis, MO), better known as Jibbs, is a rapper.Campbell started rapping locally at the age of nine. In 2006, his song "Chain Hang Low" became popular and climbed into the top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100. His album "Jibbs feat. Jibbs" was released soon after, and won the next-to-blow award at the Ozone Awards. On BET's 106 & Park, Jibbs stressed how he avoids profanity in his music. Being 15 when his CD was released, Campbell joined Bow Wow as one of the youngest Hip-Hop artists to achieve success in the hip-hop music world.

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Lil' Fizz (born Dreux Pierre Frédéric on November 26, 1985 in Louisiana is an American rapper and actor of African American and creole heritage. He is best known for being a member of the boy band quartet, B2K, along with Omarion, J-Boog, and Raz-B. He is the godfather of former band mate J-Boog's children Aniyah and Jarell Jr. In September of 2005, he began to appear in many episodes of The War At Home, a sitcom on the FOX network starring Michael Rapaport. Lil Fizz is now signed to Fo Reel Ent., which is known for artists such as Nelly, St. Lunatics, and Mase. He is also featured in the video for "Love Song," by Missez featuring Pimp C and Omarion's video from his second album, Entourage. He is currently in the studio working on his solo debut album entitled Payday, which includes his new single "Fluid" featuring Missez. The album will be released in 2007. Payday is expected to include collaborations with J-Boog, T-Pain, Akon, Lady G,Ray J and Bobby Valentino. Lil'Fizz announced on BET's The Black Carpet that all 3 of the other members of B2K will appear in the music video of his next single, "Beds".

Lloyd Harlin Polite Jr. (born January 3, 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised in Atlanta, Georgia), who is simply known as Lloyd, is an R&B singer. His father died when he was 2 years of age, and Lloyd, his mother, and older sister Brandi moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Lloyd was discovered by Joyce Irby and then made a member of the preteen group N-Toon. The group was signed to DreamWorks Records, and although two singles were released ("Ready" & "You Should Be My Girl"), their debut album "Toon Time" went unnoticed due to a lack of promotion from the label.

The group eventually disbanded, in which Lloyd began shopping around for a solo deal. He soon was signed to MCA Records with his first single-to-be "Young Girl". Unfortunately, as MCA Records dissolved into its parent company, Geffen Records, many of the artists on its roster were let go (including Lloyd). However, using "Young Girl" as a demo, he landed a new recording contract with The Inc./Def Jam Records with Irv Gotti. "Southside", a duet with labelmate Ashanti, became his debut single and became an R&B hit. The follow-up single was "Young Girl", which wasn't as successful as "Southside". His childhood friend Ciara was in the video. Both singles appeared on his 2004 debut album, titled Southside. A third single was never announced.

Since then, Lloyd has appeared singing the hooks on singles for labelmate Ja Rule's "Caught Up" which featured Alexus, as well as rapper Tango Redd's "Let's Cheat". He's also made an appearance in R&B singer Sammie's video "You Should Be My Girl" with Teairra Mari. According to an interview with DJBooth.net, Lloyd admitted to host DJ "Z," that he has about twenty tattoos. They include a picture of his father, Young Goldie Music logo (his company) and a rebel baby angel.

In 2006, a newly-recorded track titled "You", featuring previous-collaborator Lil Wayne (and an alternate version featuring Tango Redd), had surfaced, appearing on Lloyd's MySpace page. His second studio album, titled Street Love, was released on March 13, 2007. It has also been confirmed that Lloyd has joined Sho'nuff Records and although his contract with The Inc. Records isn't over, they're still promoting his single with Lil' Wayne . The single gained airplay on BET LATE and it was #1 on BET's 106 & Park Top 10 Live (it was "retired" from the countdown on March 13, 2007, after appearing for 65 days, 34 days at Number One. It has been placed in the show's Hall of Fame). Most recently, he, and Lil Wayne, performed "You" on 106 & Park's 106& Party for New Years Eve and on Total Request Live on February 7, 2007. His second single "Get It Shawty" had a video premiere and was released to radio in March. His album Street Love was certified Gold by the RIAA in April 2007. Lloyd has also made guest appearances on televisions shows. Most notably are his frequent appearances on the hit show "One On One" He also appeared on an episode of Wild 'N Out on June 21, 2007.

Mario (born Mario Dewar Barrett on August 27, 1986) is an American R&B singer. He is best known for his hit singles "Just a Friend (2002)" and "Let Me Love You", which won him two Billboard awards, as well as for appearing in the films Step Up and Freedom Writers. His latest album, Go! will be released on August 21, 2007 in the United States.

Marques Barrett Houston (born on August 4, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, is an R&B singer and actor.

In 1992, Houston was featured on Bebe's Kids as the voice actor for the character named Kahill. Houston and his Bandmates from Immature also sang the title song "Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior)" which is featured on Immature's debut album. In 1993, he appeared on a two part episode of A Different World with his fellow group mates Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos, of Immature. The episode centered around the character Whitley's first day as a teacher and Immature played 3 rowdy children that give her a hard time. His first appearance was in House Party 3 along with Immature. In 1994, Houston played the role of "Roger Evans" on the TV series Sister, Sister. It was a running gag in the series for any other character to become frustrated and yell "Go Home, Roger!". As the Roger character, he often meant well but ended up annoying the twins, whom he pined for during each episode. Then Houston left the series in 1998 to focus on his music career. In 1996, he appeared in The Parent Hood. In 1997, he appeared on Good Burger as the actor name Jake. In 2001, he was the protagonist in the direct-to-video film House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute, along with IMx bandmates. In 2002, he started to sing with Omarion and other B2k members, J-Boog, Raz-B, and Lil Fizz. Houston introduced B2k, before IMx disbanded. B2k also appeared in the IMx video "Beautiful (You Are)", along with Miyoko Chilombo, who was once apart of the TUG Label with her short lived female group, Gyrl. She played lead female in the video. In 2003, he performed the song called "That Girl" at Kids Choice Awards 2003, combined with B2k song "Girlfriend". He also appeared on Soul Train, 3rd Annual BET Awards as a presenter, Rock Me Baby, and The Sharon Osbourne Show. In 2004, he came on Take It to the Streets, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, The Wayne Brady Show, and 2004 MTV Movie Awards. He appeared with Omarion of the group B2k, in the movie You Got Served as Elgin. Houston also appeared on Fat Albert as Dumb Donald. In 2005, he was featured on an episode of Punk'd with Omarion. Omarion invited Houston to be part of the Punk'd episode about a pregnant woman. He was also on Dr. Phil, It's Showtime at the Apollo, Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out, Total Request Live, 106 & Park BET's Top 10 Live, and All Shades of Fine: 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years. In 2006, he starred as Kevin Barnes in the sitcom Cuts, a spinoff of One on One. In 2007, He will appear with Omarion in the horror movie, Somebody Help Me. Also, in 2008, he will star in You Got Served 2 with Omarion.

In 1991, Houston formed the group Immature with his childhood friends, Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos. Chris Stokes became the manager of the group. In 1992, They released their debut album entitled On Our Worst Behavior. The original members were Marques "Batman" Houston, Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos. The album met with dismal sales and Don "Half Pint" Santos left the group due to the demands of his parents. After being discovered by Marques "Batman" Houston, Kelton "LDB" Kessee joined Immature. His name "LDB" (Little Drummer Boy) comes from his skills with the drums. After regrouping, they released their second album in 1994, entitled Playtime Is Over. Then they released their studio album called We Got It in 1995. Immature's last release was called, The Journey and was released in 1997. In 1998 The group later changed their name to IMx, because they felt they had matured personally and musically. They released their 1999 album, entitled Introducing IMx. IMx last release was their 2001 album, entitled IMx. In 2002, IMx mutually disbanded because the members wanted to move on and do different things creatively. Houston inked a record deal with TUG/Universal records and embarked upon his journey of becoming a relevant R&B soloist. In 2003, Houston recorded and released his first solo album entitled MH. His first is "That Girl", then release "Clubbin" in mid-tempo and "Pop That Booty (Ft. Jermaine Dupri)". Houston also appeared on Scream Tour with Nick Cannon, B2K, and Bow Wow. In 2004, he released one last single from that album; "Because of You". This single was released as the sprung-2004 song. He was also featured on Young Rome's song/video "After Party" and with Omarion. In 2005, Houston released his second solo effort entitled Naked. The singles from that album were "All Because of You (Ft. Young Rome)", "Naked", and "Sex With You". He was also featured on 50 Cent's remix to the hit single "Candy Shop". In 2006 he released the first single from his third solo album, "Favorite Girl" and the Accompanying video, featuring Stacey Dash. He was also featured in his fellow T.U.G. artist, Mila J's video/song "Good Lookin' Out" and on Yung Joc's video/song "1st Time" and with Trey Songz. In 2007, Houston, released the official second single, "Circle" and the music video debuted on Yahoo! Music and BET's Access Granted. Houston released his third studio album entitled, Veteran. It was supposed to come out in November 2006 but he took time to grieve after the death of his grandmother. According to the music charts on www.billboard.com, Marques Houston's album Veteran was the number one R&B album in the country and number 5 on the Hot 100 chart. Houston released his third single, "Wonderful", on BET Access Granted and Yahoo! Music.

Making the Band is an ABC/MTV reality television series that exists in separate iterations, each iteration focusing on a specific music act. It spawned musical acts O-Town, Da Band and Danity Kane. It is currently in its fourth iteration, airing on MTV. Overseeing "Making The Band" is Sean "Diddy" Combs, acting as the man of the house who makes the final decision on who will be in the band.

It's almost the finale, and this episode, the guys are being tested on their dancing, singing, and overall performance-- the total package. The boys get a new choreographer named Jamal, and they seem to like him better than Laurie Ann because he actually breaks the dance steps down slowly until each guy gets it. Julius is still frustrated about his leg injury, because there is an upcoming elimination that will include dancing, and he is forced to sit in the dance studio while the other guys learn new choreography. Donnie is also stressed about his dancing because last week Diddy stated that he can't dance at all, but Jamal says it's just in his head; don't let what other people say about white boys get to your head, and he appreciates the support from his new dance coach. He later then receives dance tips from Qwanell and Carlos, which seems to have helped him boost his confidence immensely. We learn Carlos's fiancee is pregnant, but he later recieves news that their baby might be born with down syndrome. As the guys get ready for elimination night, Donnie puts on a ridiculous outfit, asking one of the other guys if this outfit made him look more of a dancer. They go to Spotlight to perform for Diddy, who will be basing tonight's information on dancing, singing, performance, improvement, determination, and their past weeks here in New York. Carlos's group is first to perform, and Diddy quickly stops the dancing performance and asks the group to sing again because he doesn't think Carlos gave his best. They dance again, and he still doesn't look satisfied. Carlos can't balance his personal problems with the competition, even though he says he wants this more than anything. When Julius's group performs their dance routine, Julius is having trouble with the dance because he hasn't practiced nearly enough as his group members, and Diddy again asks his group to redo it. When Donnie performs his choreography with his group, he states that he believes what Diddy said was just a test, because if Diddy thought he couldn't dance at all, why wouldn't he have just cut him right away? He believes Diddy did it to get him to work twice as hard as his bandmates, and wants to prove him better than the guys that already left and the guys still here. Diddy seems to like his group's performance, especially Big Mike because he looks like he's enjoying dancing for Diddy. When it is time to individually perform vocally, Carlos and Julius both struggle; Diddy asked Carlos if he even knew the words of the song, and Julius began to fumble more and more as he performed. In the end, only Julius and Carlos were cut. The guys were then told to go home for two months and come back looking like superstars.

Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1982), known professionally as "Ne-Yo", is an American R&B/pop singer-songwriter. He is of African-American and Chinese heritage. Ne-Yo's debut album, In My Own Words, was released in early 2006, through Def Jam Records, and debuted at number one on Billboard 200, selling over 301,000 copies in the first week. During the same week, Ne-Yo's second single "So Sick" (produced by Stargate) was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart writing such songs as Rihanna's Top 10 hit, "Unfaithful", Mario's "Let Me Love You", Mario Vazquez's "Gallery", Paula DeAnda's "Walk Away (Remember Me)" and Beyoncé's 10 week number one hit on Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Irreplaceable". His second album, Because of You, was released May 1, 2007. The first single from the album was "Because of You". He has also said that he has written songs for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Corbin Bleu and Enrique Iglesias for their upcoming albums. Smith also has stated that he will write songs for Craig David, Usher, Chris Brown, Jennifer Hudson, and he recently confirmed that he has been contacted by producer Will.i.am for working on Michael Jackson's upcoming album.

Omari Ishmael Grandberry (born on November 12, 1984 in Inglewood, California), better known as Omarion, is a R&B singer, actor,songwriter, Producer. a Grammy Awards Nominate, one of the founder of the group 2 Much and the former lead singer of boy band B2K.

He is the oldest of seven children. His younger brother O'Ryan is also a singer. Omarion began to perform at age five. He was part of "UAC" but soon disbanded as he wanted to focus on his talent, hip hop. Before he made it into the music business, he was in commercials for Kelloggs Corn Pops and McDonald's.

In 2001, Omarion became the leading man of the hip hop/R&B boy band, B2K. The band, including Omarion, was made up of four members, Jarell "J-Boog" Houston, DeMario "Raz-B" Thornton, and Dreux "Lil' Fizz" Frederic. The band released their debut album, B2K, to some success. Their second album, Pandemonium, was far more successful, reaching the top ten on the Billboard 200, giving them their first #1 with "Bump, Bump, Bump". Following their third album, a soundtrack to the movie You Got Served, B2K announced they had broken up. Almost a year after B2K's split, Omarion released his debut album, O. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, eventually going platinum. The album included the relatively successful song "O". That same year, he was featured on Bow Wow's hit song "Let Me Hold You". The song reached #4 of the Billboard 100, becoming Omarion's first top-ten single as a solo artist. In December of 2006, Omarion released his second album, 21, named for his age at the time he recorded it (though he turned 22 before the CD was released.) "Entourage", the first single, reached only #58 on the Hot 100. The video featured former B2K bandmate Lil' Fizz. Omarion and Chris B stoke founded 2Much They are singed on O record label Omarion has toured with Ciara, Young Joc, Neyo, Usher,Lloyd,Mario,Pretty Ricky, Jibbs and many other singers and rappers. The second single, "Ice Box", produced by Timbaland, is has gained significant radio airplay and has become his biggest single to date, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A remix featuring Tah'Burner can be heard here. There is also an Official Remix feating Usher as well as a DJ White Owl mix featuring Usher & Fabolous.

One Chance is an R&B vocal group based in Chicago, signed to US Records—Usher's vanity label—a subsidiary of Clive Davis's J Records.

One Chance's debut was on the 2005 soundtrack for In the Mix, with the songs "That's My Word" and "Could This Be Love". In 2006, their single "Look at Her" reached #53 on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Their debut album, Private, was initially slated for release in late 2006, but has been repeatedly pushed back. The most recent official release date, July 17, 2007, has passed and the album has dropped off the list of upcoming releases on the J Records website.

Pretty Ricky is an American R&B/hip-hop group made up of brothers Diamond Blue "Baby Blue" Smith, Spectacular Blue Smith, Tavion La'Corey "Slick'Em" Mathis, and Marcus Ramone "Pleasure" Cooper. They are notable for releasing several popular singles, such as "Grind With Me", "Your Body", "Juicy", "Nothing But A Number", "On the Hotline", "Push It Baby", and "Love Like Honey".

The debut album of Pretty Ricky, Bluestars, was released on May 23, 2005 and features the hit U.S. top ten single, "Grind With Me". The group also collaborated with rapper Pitbull on the song "Everybody Get Up". The next two singles from Bluestars were "Your Body" and "Juicy". Later, their fourth single "Nothing But A Number" was released, but like "Juicy," a video was never made. In 2005, Pretty Ricky joined other commercial hip-hop acts, including Bow Wow and Omarion, on the Scream 4 Tour. Once again in 2006, Pretty Ricky joined the Scream 5 Tour roster along with headliners Ne-Yo and Omarion. Pretty Ricky then released their sophomore album, Late Night Special, on January 23, 2007. The first single released from this album was "On the Hotline" originally featuring an local artist named Andre Jones who grew up in Westland, MI. Pretty Ricky followed up their single "On the Hotline" with an actual Bluestars Hotline (786-258-6074). The second album single, "Push It Baby", has also been released. The video for this single included winning contest entry dances from a promotional contest held on the website YouTube.

Pretty Ricky was featured in Spring Bling '07, an annual event on the BET television network. The group has developed a Pretty Clothing Line, which is featured in the first two music videos for the singles "On The Hotline" and "Push It Baby". The group is currently touring on their Late Night Special Tour, which features Lloyd. Pretty Ricky was nominated for "Best Group" for the BET Awards '07. They were also featured as performers in Super Sweet 16: The Movie. In recent months, rumors have circulated stating that Pretty Ricky is going to break up. These rumors have been publicly denied by the group.

Raz-B, (born De'Mario Monte Thornton on June 13, 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an African-American multi-genre singer, also one of the founder members of urban Hip-Hop/R&B boy band B2K, which broke up in January 2004. While many in the entertainment industry strive for the exclusive “hyphen,” De’Mario “Raz B” Thornton effortlessly wears the creative hats of producer, songwriter and artist. Confident yet thankful, “Raz B” expresses his appreciation of the creative gifts bestowed upon him by continually cultivating his musical talents.

As a multi-platinum-selling artist, the young prodigy developed his production talents and business sensibilities early on while also assisting in organizing the group's tours and performances. The triumphant release of B2K’s album, Pandemonium and an accompanying tour capped a phenomenal year for Raz that concluded with the successful release of the group’s first feature film, You Got Served.

With the future of B2K currently on hold, “Raz B” is poised to continue his quest of expanding upon an already impressive career in the music industry. Part of his agenda is the release of a compilation record project that will convey positive messages and in Raz’s words, “bring families together.” Distributed through his newly created company, RazBeatz Entertainment Inc. Presents: Heal the World 2007 will feature collaborations with a host of young, emerging talent and many of Raz’s close friends, such as Nick Cannon, Jesse McCartney, Solange Knowles, Paris Hilton, Mario, Nicole Richie, 3LW, The Olsen Twins, Raven Symone, Lindsay Lohan, Ray J, and members of B2K.

With the anticipated release of his solo album in 2007 titled Boy II King along with upcoming DVD titled,“Life after B2K”. Raz, which means “revealer of secrets,” will help bridge cultures through entertainment and create music that speaks from the soul. The album is being executive produced by 5xGrammy award winner - Mike Winans, Sr. of the legendary “Winans” and produced by his son, Mike Winans, Jr. aka “Baby Mike”.

To support his vision of creating a universal platform that promotes youth and family-related initiatives and causes, Raz has established the National Association of Unheard Artist along with partners Carlos and Pierre Montel. The purpose for which this corporation was organized is to promote struggling unheard artist and to introduce disadvantage youths to the world of music. As well as to contribute to various charitable organizations especially those that supports the wellbeing of our children. Raz is the national spokesmen for the American Society of Young Musicians, an organization committed to the enrichment and progression of young musicians.

An avid reader, Raz has future plans to release his autobiography, which will be both reflective and revealing to many of his fans. Additionally, projects on the immediate horizon include the release of television and film properties and several international ventures.

Percy Romeo Miller, Jr. (born August 19, 1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana), better known by his stage name Romeo or formely Lil' Romeo, is an American rapper and actor. He is the son of rapper, producer and entertainment mogul Master P and nephew of C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker. He records southern rap hip-hop music on his father's Guttar Music label. He has so far released three studio albums and two compilation albums. His fifth album God's Gift was released on December 12, 2006.

Before all of his success Romeo always had a gift for rapping even at the young age of 4. His father Master P mentioned that he left him home to play with his cousins one day and came home and his son told him he wrote a rap song all by himself. Also before Romeo became famous he was featured in some of Master P's early records. At the age of 10, Lil Romeo followed in his father Master P's footsteps and became a rapper. He beat Michael Jackson's record of the youngest person to get a number one with his first single "My baby". His success came from his two early studio albums, mainly Game Time. He mentioned that he did the album all by himself, at his home studio, which was shown on the show MTV Cribs. Lil Romeo released a third album called Romeoland, with guest appearances from Nick Cannon, Master P, and his new group, the Rich Boyz, but this didn't get as much attention as his previous two. He released two more unnoticed albums, Lottery and God's Gift in 2006. Romeo opened a new recording label named Guttar Music. Romeo also appeared on most of his father's greatest hits, such as "I Need Dubs". He is in a rap group with his cousins and younger brother, Young V called "Rich Boyz". So far the Rich Boyz have released one studio album but the group appeared on most of the tracks on God's Gift. Since then, Romeo has been working on his new album, Gumbo Station. This will be his first studio album for three years and his first studio album to use the name Romeo. He mentioned on his myspace page that this is going to be his best album yet. Guests will include Master P and the Guttar Music Family and production by Dr Dre. Despite many others in the industry, Romeo will not be changing his lyricial style too much. He has stated that he will not try and toughen up his lyrics saying "Why try and act hard when I'm a role model?". He mentioned also that some songs on the album will make you want too dance, sing and even cry too. He writes all of his lyrics on his records and has said that he has been a ghostwriter for some artists. After the album has been released in 2007, Romeo will be concentrating more on his basketball than his music.

Sammie Bush (born in Boynton Beach, Florida on March 1, 1987) is an R&B artist signed to Dallas Austin's Rowdy Records. In 2000, at the age of 13, he released a debut album titled From the Bottom To the Top, which was originally through Dallas Austin's Freeworld Entertainment label. The album included the singles "I Like It (1999)" and "Crazy Things I Do". The singles had a generous amount of radio airplay.

Miami's preteen R&B singer Sammie Bush was exposed to music five years after he was born. His mother, a former professional singer, sang in the church choir while she was carrying him. Fittingly, Sammie's first singing triumph also occurred at church; at age four, he received a standing ovation for his performance of "Troubles Don't Last Always." Music was never far from Sammie's mind, even at school; teachers would catch him singing under his breath during classes, but encouraged his talent. Eventually, a music teacher from Charles Drew Elementary, a nearby magnet school with a special performing arts program, heard of Sammie's vocal gifts and he transferred there at the start of third grade. Soon after, he formed a vocal group, the Wonder 3, with two junior high boys. Sammie's music teacher was so impressed with their performances that she sent a videotape of them to the television program Showtime at the Apollo, which led to an audition for the group and a 1998 solo performance for Sammie. Ultimately winning the show's finals, Sammie and his mother were contacted by Joyce Irby, an agent connected to Atlanta-based producer/songwriter Dallas Austin, who has worked with Monica and Another Bad Creation

Austin brought Sammie to his studios for some demos and almost a year later, had him return to record his debut album, From the Bottom to the Top, which was released in early 2000 by Capitol Records featuring JT Money and LLoyd Of N-toon. His first single, "I Like It" became a top ten R&B hit and a Top 200 pop hit. With cameo apperance by the group N-toon. His album soon hit silver status. He followed hit up with the Top 100 R&B/Pop crossover, "Crazy Things I Do." In 2001, he was featured on the song "Hardball" with Lil Bow Wow, Lil' Zane and Lil' Wayne.

He left the game to go on to graduate from West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida in 2005. A year later, Austin signed him to his reactivated Rowdy label and released his self-titled album. The album has many top producers like Dallas Austin, Jazzy Pha, Bryan Michael Cox. The album's first single, "You Should Be My Girl" hit the charts and became a Top 30 R&B hit. The album hit the Top 45 of the Billboard Hot 200 albums chart. - Heather Phares, All Music Guide.Also releasing the fair single "Come with me", a nice slow song produced by Bryan-Michael Cox.

Kisean Anderson (born February 3, 1990 in Miami, Florida) known by his stage name Sean Kingston, is an emerging reggae, rap and pop hybrid musician of Jamaican descent.Sean Kingston was born in Miami, FL and was raised in Jamaica for his first 6 years. He is the first artist to be signed to Beluga Heights, the upstart record label owned by Jonathan "J.R." Rotem in a joint venture with Epic Records. Sean Kingston is the nephew of reggae artist Buju Banton. Kingston, whose grandfather is Bob Marley & the Wailers producer Jack Ruby, discovered his affinity for music at the age of 10, when he wrote his first song over an Alicia Keys beat. His mother was so impressed that she started to invest in studio time for Kingston. With her support, Kingston spent the next few years penning tracks and recording music, hoping to catch his big break. 'I used to go to different studios, barbershops, skating rinks, flea markets . . . you name it. I was always ready to show talent and hand out my CDs." At the age of 14, he saw his mother and sister sent to prison. His sister was in prison for four months.

His rise to fame began in 1997 when he was discovered by Sean Combs, and was featured in the Sky's the Limit (song) video and played a young Notorious B.I.G..Then when he discovered MySpace. When online he use to "hit J.R. up 3 times a day for weeks." Jonathan "J.R." Rotem flew him out to LA, which lead to his debut single, "Beautiful Girls", which samples Ben E. King's "Stand by Me".

While enjoying success on the charts, Kingston has also a "street single", entitled "Colors", which features The Game, along with a fellow Miami native, Rick Ross. The remix features Kardinal Offishall and Vybz Kartel. Many of the lyrics on 'Colors' are based on his experience as saw his mother and sister wrongfully incarcerated. Andre 3000 has said that he wants to make a verse for a remix of the song "Beautiful Girls"[citation needed]. A product of both American and Jamaican cultures, Sean Kingston is known for switching between an Urban-American dialect and a Jamaican patois in his music. Kingston has also been collaborating with Beluga Heights songwriter Evan "Kidd" Bogart on pop songs for other artists as well as four songs on the Sean Kingston debut.

Trey Songz (born Tremaine Aldon Neverson in Petersburg, Virginia on November 28, 1984) is an American contemporary R&B singer and songwriter. His debut album was Gotta Make It, released by Atlantic Records in 2005. Inspired musically by R&B artists from the 1960s and 1970s such as Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin as well as contemporary artists such as Luther Vandross and R. Kelly, the young star debuted in 2005.

The first single from the album was "Just Gotta Make It", which peaked at #87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and only number 21 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs tally. More recently, Songz has garnered greater notoriety and increased album sales due to his collaboration with Twista on "Girl Tonite", a song from Twista's album The Day After which reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs tally. He wrote and co-produced music for soca artist Kevin Lyttle’s self-titled debut in 2004 and was featured on the Soundtrack to "Coach Carter" and albums by Trick Daddy, Gerald Levert, and Juvenile. Trey Songz was also featured on Twista’s 2005 album The Day After. Trey Songz is also very good friends with teenage R&B singer Chris Brown. Trey can be seen in the music video for Chris' second single "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)". Likewise Chris Brown can be seen in the music video for Trey's second single "Gotta Go" In April 2006, Trey collaborated with bilingual Japanese R&B/Hip-Hop artist AI on her single Believe, with the track Beautiful feat. Trey Songz. The duo even performed this track live at the MTV Awards in Japan, where AI won the award for 'Best R&B Music Video' for her ballad-single, Story. [1] The song was later remixed and appeared on AI's album What's goin' on A.I., released September 2006. Trey can also be heard on Why You Wanna Remix by T.I.. By the end of 2006 Trey made a collaboration with the ex member of "Kabah" (the Mexican pop band) Maria Jose, the single is called "Quien eres tu" and we can hear Trey Songz practicing a little Spanish. The song is gained much airplay and digital sales in Mexico and Latin America and has grown to become Trey's most successful song in the Spanish-speaking world. Trey recently began work on his upcoming album Trey Day, which is a follow up to Gotta make it and will be his second album under Atlantic Records. It is set to be released October 2rd 2007. The first single is "Wonder Woman" was shot on April 4th and will feature Angel aka "Lola Luv" as Trey's love interest. Trey also appeared on Obie Trice's second album, Second Round's on Me on two songs called "Ghetto" and "Mama." He is also expected to appear on Young Buck's new album Buck the World. Because of the new connections with such Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit associated artists, it is possible Trey will be featured on future projects from these artists too. Trey is also featured on Lil Eazy-E's upcoming single "This Ain't a Game", along with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, where he sings the hook. He also appears on Yung Joc's "First Time".

Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), is an American R&B/pop singer and actor who rose to fame in the mid-late 1990s. To date, he has sold approximately 30 million albums worldwide and has won five Grammy Awards. Usher is also a part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers National Basketball Association franchise. He also has his own record label, US Records.

At age thirteen, Raymond competed on Star Search, where they were spotted by an A&R representative from LaFace Records, who arranged an audition for them with L.A. Reid. A contract with the company soon followed. Usher was introduced on “Call Me A Mack,” a song he recorded for the soundtrack album to the John Singleton film, Poetic Justice.

On August 22, 2006, Usher took over the role of Billy Flynn in the long-running Broadway musical Chicago. Critical response to his overall performance were mixed. While his singing and dancing received more positive reviews; his acting, however, received negative notices.

Usher is currently recording his Usher's Fifth Studio Album. The album is due for release in November, as verified by Usher himself during a recent interview and in the “Same Girl,” video he did with fellow R&B singer R. Kelly. In June, an album was leaked onto the internet, claiming to be the singer's new album; it is however just a bootleg compilation of his previously unrealeased material. In 2007, Usher also collaborated with R. Kelly on the track “Same Girl,” for Kelly’s album, Double Up.[3] Recently, Pussycat Dolls members Melody Thornton and Nicole Scherzinger have acknowledged that the group recorded a song with Usher for their forthcoming album.

Christian "Yung Berg" Howard (born September 9, 1985) is a American rapper who is a native of Chicago, commonly referred to as "The Prince of the Chi". His first single was "Sexy Lady" which features R&B singer Junior. He was originally signed to DMXs Bloodline Records. The album will include guest appearances from Twista, Eve, Shawnna, Rich Boy & Jim Jones, and will have a special tribute to the young rapper. It will be released on September 18, 2007.[citation needed] The Almost Famous EP, was released on July 24, 2007.

He has a style that is undeniably fresh, surrounded by a crew that emulates HBO's Entourage quad. At 21 years old, this Chi-town native is quietly plotting his take over of the phenomenon we know as Hip Hop. Possessing a flow that sounds as classic as a Marvin Gaye tune, with charisma more contagious then the common cold, Yung Berg is the definition of what happens when skills and swagger are pooled into one powerhouse.

Previously signed to DMX's Bloodline Records, Yung Berg got his first taste of the music business at the age of 15. Unfortunately Yung Berg's bite of success left a bad taste in his parent's mouths, which lead to a mandatory relocation to military school in 2001. This move would prove to be a blessing in disguise; with no television or radio available, it forced the budding lyricist to develop and hone a style all his own, free of the influences of the wave of hip hop that was popular at the time.

Yung Berg decided to take a different road to stardom upon his return in 2003. Berg refocused his energy and decided that learning the "behind the scenes" aspect of the business was going to propel his career to the next level. So in 2005 he signed on as a hype man for Disturbing The Peace's first lady of rap, Shawnna. The entrepreneur in Berg was cultivated during this time. Embodying every quality of a true leader, Berg launched his own entertainment venture - the Yung Boss imprint - currently comprised of a roster of equally talented producers and emcees.

"We're setting the standard for what's acceptable," says Berg. "Every other young dude was put on; we're putting ourselves on."

Now a little older and a lot wiser, Yung Berg is signed to Epic Records, gearing up to release his debut album, Look What You Made Me. The record boasts a wide variety of material ranging from specially crafted songs for the ladies to street anthems made to resonate in anyone's "hood". Look What You Made Me is Yung Berg's story in his own words and is poised to be one of the best new releases of 2007. Having snagged writing credits on albums for some of hip hop's elite including Shawnna and Eve and dropping verses on mixtapes for the likes of Clinton Sparks, Young Berg is guaranteed to bring that same spark and energy to his own project.

With a solid music foundation, a powerhouse creative machine and an increasingly growing fan base, Yung Berg is well on his way to becoming the voice of hip hop's next generation. The combination has undeniably resulted in the birth of the most versatile and unique emcees to enter the game in quite some time, ultimately the reason why hip hop's future is firmly in tact.

Jasiel A. Robinson (born April 2, 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia) known by his stage name Yung Joc, is a Grammy Award-nominated American rapper from College Park, Georgia. Yung Joc is also featured on the songs "Show Stopper" by Danity Kane (from Diddy's Making The Band 3) & Cassie's album track Call U Out. Despite the rumors, he is not related to rapper Young Jeezy.