Omarion

http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp. The Finnish melodic death metal band, Children of Bodom get their name from the murders associated with the lake. References. In the meanwhile some rumors of the lake being inhabited by monsters and ghosts soon spread, mystery and fear still remain. In response to this incident, members of several Internet communities (most notably Fark) now jokingly urge other posters to 'pray for Omarion' even in the face of disasters to which he has no connection, such as Hurricane Katrina and the Baghdad bridge stampede. On October 7, 2005 the district court found him not guilty to any charges. PR NewsWire disputed Omarion and Gilmore's statements, stating that the company "conducts exhaustive background checks to verify the source of the release" and that Omarion's label, T.U.G./Sony paid the fee associated with the release's publication on PRNewsWire. In June, 2005 the only survivor, Nils Gustafsson, was charged for murdering his friends.

[3]. This event is commonly referred to as the Lake Bodom murders. It is worthwhile to note, however, that according to her firm's website, AR PR Marketing handled a release party for Omarion's 2005 release, O, on May 6, 2005. Three of them were slaughtered and only one survived. Gilmore stated that she was not Omarion's publicist, that she had not issued the release, and that she had been misquoted. Its notoriety comes from the murders that happened on the night of the fourth of June of 1960, in which four teenagers (two boys, Nils Gustaffson and Seppo Boisman and two girls, Tuulikki Mäki and Irmeli Björklund) went on a camping trip to the lake and were mysteriously attacked. Omarion shortly thereafter issued a statement denying any connection with AR PR Marketing or Shana Gilmore, saying he was "in no way affiliated with the PR marketing firm mentioned in the piece" and that Gilmore was "not a legitimate representative of the artist, is not known to the artist, and is not acting on the artist's behalf.". The lake measures approximately three kilometers in width and one kilometer in length.

The release and subsequent Reuters article engendered a great deal of fierce criticism aimed towards the singer, given that Omarion had been nowhere near any of the bombing sites, and also given that the release made no mention of the fatalities and injuries actually incurred in the incident. Lake Bodom is a lake in Finland located on the surroundings of the city of Espoo, not far from Helsinki. The following day, on July 8th at 1:30 pm BDT, Reuters ran a story identifying a public relations firm, AR PR Marketing, as the source of the press release, and further identifying Shana Gilmore as his publicist, quoting her as saying, in response to a question as to why anyone would need to pray for Omarion, "He wasn't hurt or anything, but just the fact that he was there and all that." [2]. About eleven hours after the bombings, at 7:34 pm BDT, a press release was issued through PRWireService stating: [1]. Omarion was in London to attend the Live 8 show when the London bombings occurred on July 7, 2005.

His second was when Omarion Punk'd his close friend, as well as half-brother Marques Houston, to help break up with Omarion's girlfriend because the actress who played her was pregnant. Omarion's first appearance was when he went over a girl's house because she had a mini party, the girl came out with Omarion, and her father came home and got upset with Omarion. Omarion became the second celebrity ever to be on Punk'd more than once (Wilmer Valderrama, Jesse Metcalfe, and Jesse McCartney are the others). .

Omarion went on to start a solo career, and has a solo debut LP, entitled O, that was released through Epic Records on February 22, 2005. B2K disbanded in January 2004, right after appearing in the Screen Gems film You Got Served. Omarion is also the older brother of R&B singer O'Ryan. Marques's mother died when he was young.

Omarion and IMX member Marques Houston are close friends, and in fact can be seen showing off a house they live in together on an episode of the highly popular MTV show, Cribs. He was introduced to Raz-B, J-Boog and Lil' Fizz through Chris Stokes, IMX's manager. Omarion was the last member to join B2K, at age 16. Omarion (born Omari Ishmael Grandberry on November 12, 1984 in Inglewood, California) is an American R&B singer and the former lead singer of boy band B2K.

2005 O #1 US (Gold).