B2K

A number of the group's songs were featured on the film's soundtrack album. In November 2001 he disappeared once again; this time he did not return, and was found dead in a room at the Best Western Plaza Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 16, 2001.[1] (http://starbulletin.com/2001/12/18/news/story4.html), http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=50&id=1700742001. In the midst of the breakup, Screen Gems's You Got Served, a film starring the members of the group and Omarion's alleged half-brother Marques Houston as breakdancers, went into general release on January 30, 2004, and, hitting #1 at the box office, earned more money than any other film that opened during a Super Bowl weekend. There were also reports of battles with alcohol. Three of the members claimed financial mishandling by Stokes' management company, TUG (The Ultimate Group); the fourth member, Omarion, claimed the allegations were untrue. In 1999 he disappeared for a time before resurfacing stating that he had needed some time off. In January 2004, Chris Stokes announced that the group had broken up. Of some concern, however, was the mental health of lead singer Adamson.

Mario and Nick Cannon were also performers on The Scream Team Tour.. One more hit followed with "Look Away" from 1986's The Seer, but since then Big Country have been a minor act, popping up in the lower echelons of the charts in the UK and Europe every now and then while churning out mild-selling album after album. In addition to that, they were featured on the soundtrack album for MGM's film Barbershop and headlined The Scream Team Tour, their third, in 2003. Their second album Steeltown appeared in 1984, and was a hit out of the gate, but soon faded as fans and critics turned away from Big Country's bombastic sound. Their second (and final) regular studio album, Pandemonium!, was released in December of the same year, and garned the hit singles "Bump Bump Bump" and "Girlfriend." The group was featured regularly on the covers of teen magazines such as Right On and Word Up, and released a Christmas album in-between their regular two albums intitled Santa Hooked Me Up. The song featured heavily engineered guitar playing strongly reminiscent of bagpipes, and the band have spent every day of the next two decades answering the question "How did you make your guitars sound like bagpipes?" with slowly eroding patience. Even though they were newcomers to the industry, their first LP, 2002's B2K, became a instant hit. The album was a crossover hit in the United States, powered by the single "In a Big Country".

B2K was an African-American R&B boy band, founded and managed by music producer Chris Stokes in 2001 and active until 2004, that was one of the most popular R&B acts of the early 2000s. Their first hit was 1983's "Fields of Fire", which reached the UK's Top Ten and was rapidly followed by the album The Crossing. J-Boog (Jarell Damonte Houston), born August 11, 1985 in Los Angeles. Canonically composed of Stuart Adamson (formerly of The Skids, vocals, guitar, piano), Mark Brzezicki (drums), Tony Butler (bass guitar), and Bruce Watson (guitar), though a variety of other musicians have been in the band during their long wanderings in post-popularity. Raz-B (DeMario Thornton), born June 13, 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio. Big Country is a rock band from Dunfermline, Scotland, popular in the early to mid 1980s, but still releasing material for a cult following as recently as 2004. Lil' Fizz (Druex Pierre Fredricks), born November 26, 1985 in Los Angeles, California. From The Front Row...Live! (2003).

Omarion (Omari Ishmael Grandberry), born November 12, 1984 in Los Angeles, California. John Wayne's Dream (2002). Driving To Damascus (2002). Live in Cologne (2002). Undercover (2001).

Big Country: The Nashville Album (2000). Come Up Screaming (live) (2000). Going Out Screaming (live) (2000). Restless Natives & Rarities (1998).

Brighton Rock (live) (1997). King Biscuit Flower Hour (live) (1997). Eclectic (live) (1996). BBC Live in Concert (1995).

Why the Long Face? (1995). Radio 1 Sessions (live) (1994). Without the Aid of a Safety Net (live) (1994). The Buffalo Skinners (1993).

No Place Like Home (1991). Peace in Our Time (1988). The Seer (1986). Kings of Emotion (EP) (1984).

Steeltown (1984). The Crossing (1983).