J Boog, star of the reality series Love & Hip Hop and former member of the 2000s R&B group B2K is reportedly going through some hard times. The singer went on Instagram yesterday, and asked his fans to cash app him $1.00 each, as a birthday present.
He told fans that his “birthday is coming up soon,” and asked them to send him a gift. The singer added, “I’m going to need ny tru day ones to send a min of $1.00 to cash app.”
Typically celebrities don’t make such requests from their fans, unless they hit a financial rough patch.
Media Take Out reached out to J Boog’s team, asking for an explanation of his post. So far we have not heard back from them.
B2K was a boy band that was active from 1998 to 2004, and again from 2018 to 2019. In 1998, the group was formed by American dance choreographer Dave Scott and Interscope A&R Keshia Gamble. The members consisted of Lil’ Fizz, J-Boog, Raz-B, and Omarion. The group released their self-titled debut album on March 12, 2002. The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and number one on the U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
The group was originally formed in 1998, when Jarell “J-Boog” Houston Sr., De’Mario “Raz-B” Thornton and Dreux “Lil’ Fizz” Frédéric were a part of another group called Melodic. On New Year’s Eve in 1999, Omari “Omarion” Grandberry was invited to join the band. Together, they would adopt the name B2K, an acronym for “Boys of the New Millennium,” and a reference to the Y2K era.
In 2001, B2K released their debut single, “Uh Huh,” produced by Tricky Stewart. Their debut album, B2K, which also included the singles, “Gots ta Be” and “Why I Love You,” peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was later certified Gold. Their 2002 album Pandemonium! debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200. It featured “Bump, Bump, Bump”, a collaboration with P. Diddy, which reached No. 1 on the Hot 100, becoming the group’s first number one song.
In 2003, the group won a Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Singing Group. That same year, all of the members filmed the movie You Got Served. In 2004, around the time the movie was released, B2K’s manager Chris Stokes announced the group’s split, with their label Epic Records claiming internal disagreements as the cause. Lil’ Fizz, Raz-B, and J-Boog issued a joint statement confirming the end of their professional relationship with Stokes. The trio also said they “just want[ed] to be treated fairly”.
