40 Fun Facts About B2K

Which film star plays the Godfather, who orders Omarion's rescue, in the video for B2K's Girlfriend?

Will Smith turns up as the Godfather and sends the other three members to free Omarion from a girl's furious father. Soul veteran Ronald Isley plays that father in his Mr. Biggs persona.

Which singer, once marketed as a cousin of B2K's Lil' Fizz, later sang on Omarion's hit Post to Be?

Jhené Aiko was never related to Lil' Fizz: her label invented the family tie to win over B2K's fans. She sang on several of the group's releases and appeared in two of their early videos.

Which future husband of Britney Spears appears as a dancer in B2K's 2004 film You Got Served?

Kevin Federline was a working backup dancer when he shot his bit part, and he married Spears in September 2004, months after the film opened. Harry Shum Jr. is among the other dancers.

Which comedian plays Mr. Rad, owner of the battle warehouse, in B2K's dance film You Got Served?

Steve Harvey plays Mr. Rad, who hosts the street battles and pushes the two feuding crew leaders to make peace. A rival crew wins control of his warehouse early in the story.

Which hip-hop mogul guests on B2K's only Hot 100 number one, the lead single from Pandemonium!?

P. Diddy is the featured guest on the track, which spent one week at number one in February 2003. No other B2K single ever reached the Hot 100's top ten.

The name B2K, a nod to the Y2K buzz of the late 1990s, is short for Boys of the what?

New Millennium is the phrase behind the 2K, making the full name Boys of the New Millennium. The four were still in their mid-teens when their first single came out in 2001.

On which TV contest did B2K's Omarion finish fourth in 2021 while disguised as the Yeti?

The Masked Singer brought him in partway through its fifth season as a wild card, a late entrant who replaced a contestant already voted out.

Which music superstar produced Feel the Noise, the 2007 reggaeton drama starring B2K's Omarion?

Jennifer Lopez produced the film and appears in it as herself. Omarion plays Rob, a Harlem MC who flees to Puerto Rico, meets the father he never knew and falls for the island's sound.

B2K's Omarion joined which rapper, a tour mate since his teens, for the 2007 joint album Face Off?

Bow Wow had already scored a number four hit with Omarion as the guest on Let Me Hold You in 2005. Face Off went gold, and B2K had toured with him as teenagers.

Omarion and Lil' Fizz of B2K both joined the original cast of which reality series in 2014?

Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood put both men's relationships on screen from its first season. Omarion left after two seasons, while Lil' Fizz stayed on for years.

Which B2K single spent a week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2003?

Bump, Bump, Bump topped the chart for a single week and went top five in Australia and Switzerland. It also earned B2K a Soul Train Music Award for best single by a group.

Which 2001 release, co-written and produced by Tricky Stewart, was the debut single by B2K?

Uh Huh reached number 37 on the Hot 100 and charted twice in Britain, climbing higher on its re-release than it had first time round.

Which title did B2K give their Christmas album, released in October 2002, months after their debut?

Santa Hooked Me Up came out the same autumn as the group's biggest single but stalled at number 132 on the Billboard 200. It is the only holiday record B2K made.

Which manager of B2K also wrote and directed You Got Served, the 2004 dance film starring the group?

Chris Stokes built the film around the acts he managed, and it opened at number one at the US box office. He announced B2K's split around the time it reached cinemas.

Which IMx singer, a relative of B2K's J-Boog, plays crew leader Elgin in the film You Got Served?

Marques Houston found fame in the 1990s with the trio Immature, later renamed IMx, and shared a manager with B2K. His character's falling-out with Omarion's drives the plot.

Which rapper plays herself in You Got Served, co-hosting the Big Bounce final B2K's crew enters?

Lil' Kim hosts the final with choreographer Wade Robson, and the prize includes a place in one of her videos. She also guests on a B2K song on the soundtrack.

In You Got Served, B2K's Omarion plays which crew co-leader, who falls for his best friend's sister?

David is his character, whose romance with medical student Liyah helps split the crew in two. The friends only reunite for the last battle of the competition.

Which Brooklyn rapper joins B2K on Badaboom, the single from the You Got Served soundtrack?

Fabolous shares the track with the group, and it reached number 59 on the Hot 100. The soundtrack was the last record B2K made before splitting in 2004.

B2K beat NSYNC and Destiny's Child to win a favorite group prize in 2003 at which ceremony?

Kids' Choice Awards voters put B2K ahead of both acts that April, and the group sang a medley on the Nickelodeon broadcast. Rosie O'Donnell hosted for the last time.

Which label released B2K's self-titled debut album in 2002 and later confirmed the group's split?

Epic Records blamed internal disagreements when the group broke up in 2004. The debut had entered the Billboard 200 at number two and topped the R&B albums chart.

Which super-producer made Ice Box, the 2006 single that took B2K's Omarion to number 12 in the US?

Timbaland produced the track and sings uncredited backing vocals on it. Omarion has said the song grew out of a relationship that had just ended, and Usher later joined a remix.

B2K's Omarion signed in 2012 to Maybach Music Group, the record label founded by which rapper?

Rick Ross signed him in May 2012, three years after a brief link-up with Lil Wayne's Young Money. The move led to Post to Be, a single certified six times platinum.

B2K's Omarion replaced Shane Sparks as a judge on the fifth season of which MTV competition series?

America's Best Dance Crew gave him a judge's chair beside JC Chasez and Lil Mama in 2010. He stepped down after that one season to concentrate on his music.

In which 2004 comedy, based on a 1970s cartoon, did B2K's Omarion play the school bully Reggie?

Fat Albert pulls the cartoon gang out of a TV set and into the real world, where Reggie challenges the hero to a track race and loses. Kenan Thompson plays the title role.

B2K's rapper Lil' Fizz played Taye in which Fox sitcom, which ran for two seasons from 2005?

The War at Home followed a bickering Long Island household and gave Lil' Fizz his main acting credit after You Got Served. A young Rami Malek was also in the cast.

B2K's Lil' Fizz, the youngest member of the group, was raised in Los Angeles but born in which city?

New Orleans is his birthplace, and he is of Louisiana Creole heritage. His birth name, Dreux Pierre Frédéric, is a long way from the stage name he performs under.

B2K lead singer Omarion, who went to high school in Los Angeles, was born in which nearby city?

Inglewood is where Omari Grandberry was born in November 1984, which makes him the oldest of the four. He stretched his first name into a stage name when he joined the group.

After B2K split, Raz-B moved overseas and toured which country, where he also ran his own label?

China became his base after a 2011 tour that took him around the country. In 2013 he was struck by a bottle while trying to stop a fight in the crowd at one of his shows there.

After B2K, J-Boog became vice president of which production company known for made-for-TV movies?

Footage Films is headed by his You Got Served co-star, with B2K's former manager directing most of its productions. J-Boog has acted in several of them too.

Before B2K, a young Omarion appeared in commercials for McDonald's and which Kellogg's cereal?

Corn Pops and McDonald's both put him on screen before music did. His next job was as a background dancer for the girl group Before Dark, whose videos he appeared in.

Which St. Louis rapper, signed early on by Ludacris, was a support act on B2K's 2019 reunion tour?

Chingy joined a nostalgic bill that also featured Pretty Ricky, Lloyd, Bobby V and the Ying Yang Twins. The tour was B2K's first in 15 years and grossed more than $28 million.

Which future Glee star does Omarion sing to on a basketball court in B2K's Why I Love You video?

Naya Rivera was a teenage sitcom actor when she filmed the 2002 video, seven years before she was cast as cheerleader Santana. She walks away from Omarion as he sings.

B2K's Omarion voiced a character called Fifteen Cent in the 2005 movie of which Disney cartoon?

The Proud Family Movie has Penny grounded after her father catches her kissing Fifteen Cent, whose dance troupe she had hoped to join. Her sixteenth birthday party is cancelled as punishment.

B2K appeared as musical guests in 2002 on which Nickelodeon sketch comedy series?

All That hosted the group in the year their debut album came out. IMx, the older act that shared B2K's manager, had appeared on the same show.

Which choreographer helped put B2K together and went on to create routines for the group's film You Got Served?

Dave Scott helped assemble the group, worked as its choreographer and stylist, and won an American Choreography Award for the film. He later co-created the teen act Mindless Behavior.

Before Omarion joined, the other three members of B2K sang together in a group with which name?

Melodic was the trio of J-Boog, Raz-B and Lil' Fizz. With a fourth voice and a new name, the group went on to release a first single in 2001.

Which name did B2K give the 2026 reunion tour announced to mark the group's 25th anniversary?

Boys 4 Life was announced in November 2025, months after the four surprised the audience at the BET Awards. Jeremih, Amerie and Pretty Ricky were among the support acts named.

B2K's Omarion met which singer, a support act on the 2019 reunion tour, in a 2022 Verzuz battle?

Mario opened the June show by mocking him for turning up without his old group. Omarion's own remarks about his bandmates that night drew a sharp public reply from J-Boog.

Which singer, who released a self-titled album in 2004, is the younger brother of B2K's Omarion?

O'Ryan is a little over two years younger and has a song on the You Got Served soundtrack. He later joined his brother on stage during a Verzuz show.

B2K's Raz-B, a founding member of the group, was born in which Ohio city?

Cleveland is where De'Mario Thornton was born in June 1985. His first solo single, Fire, entered a Billboard sales chart at number two in 2007 with no promotion behind it.