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Omari Ishmael Grandberry (born on November 12 , 1984 in Inglewood , California ), better known as '''Omarion''', is a Grammy -nominated R&B singer, Actor , Songwriter , Record Producer , founder of the group 2 Much and the former lead singer of Boy Band B2K . EARLY LIFE Omari Ishmael Grandberry was born to Leslie Burrell and Trent Grandberry. He was born around midnight at home. 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 . CAREER Musician 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 (singer) , Pretty Ricky , Jibbs , and many other singers and rappers. The second single, " mix featuring Usher & Fabolous. Omarion has confirmed that Beg For It will be his next single off his album 21 . Actor In early 2004 , Omarion appeared in many movies, most notably '' You Got Served '', in which he starred alongside his label mate Marques Houston and his fellow B2K bandmates at the time. The movie centered around a group of friends in a Breakdancing crew who take part in a street dancing competition. The movie was panned by critics, earning a 17% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes , and 2.1/10 on IMDb , though it still managed to earn $40 million worldwide. Later that year he had a minor role in the comedy '' Fat Albert '', based on the animated series Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids . This also starred Marques Houston. Omarion will next appear in '' Somebody Help Me '' also with Marques , opening sometime in early 2007.He also has another movie coming by the end of the year called Feel The Noise which will be produced by Jennifer Lopez . He will also star in the upcoming sequel to '' You Got Served '', ''You Got Served 2'', most likely being released sometime in 2008. The film will, like its predecessor, will also star Marques , however it is most likely that the rest of B2K will not return. LONDON BOMBINGS CONTROVERSY Omarion was in London at the time of the London Bombings on July 7 , 2005 . Whilst he was not near any of the stations, nor did he travel on the London Underground during his stay, a press release was released on his behalf asking for people to pray for his safe return to the US . This has given rise to many online communities (such as Fark ) "praying for Omarion" whenever there is a disaster or terrorist attack. However, the same day, his website released a statement saying that he was in no way affiliated with the company or writer who had released the statement on his behalf. He apologized for the confusion and asked his fans to pray for those affected by the attack. VOCAL CAPABILITES Voice
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