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Marques Houston Pinda Birth name Marques Barrett Houston Also known as MH, Batman, Roger, Mr. Houston, M Houston Born August 4, 1981
Inglewood, CaliforniaGenres R&B, hip hop Occupations Singer, producer, songwriter, actor Instruments Vocals, piano, Guitar Years active 1992–2002 (Immature/IMx)
2003–present (solo)
1992–present (actor)Labels Capitol Records, Musicworks, TUG Entertainment, Universal Records Associated acts IMx, Yung Joc, Omarion, B2K, J-Boog Website marques-houston.com Marques Barrett Houston (born August 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. A member of the R&B singing group Immature/IMx until 2002, he went solo in 2003. He is also the cousin of J-Boog, former member of the R&B/Hip-Hop group B2K.
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Early life
Born in Inglewood, California to Michael and Carolyn,[1] Houston lost his mother to lymphoma in 1997.[2] This affected him deeply: he wrote songs about his mother's battle with the disease and her eventual death, including the song "All Alone" on Immature's album The Journey.[citation needed]
Music career
Early career and IMx
Houston became a founding member of the R&B group Immature, known from 1999 as IMx. The group included Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos (later replaced by Kelton "LDB" Kessee), with Chris Stokes acting as their manager. At this period Houston went by the nickname "Batman". The group released four albums under the name Immature.
In 1999, the group underwent a name change but continued on to release two albums under the name IMx: Introducing IMx (1999) and IMx (2001). The group also branched out into film (such as House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute) and television (such as A Different World) before disbanding in 2002.
Solo career
In 2003, Houston began pursuing a solo career. Houston has since released five solo albums.
MH (2003-2004)
Using his birth name, Marques Houston, he released his debut album, MH, on October 21, 2003. The album featured the singles "That Girl", "Clubbin'" (featuring Joe Budden), "Pop That Booty" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) and "Because of You".
In the United States charts, MH peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200[3] and peaked at number 5 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[4]
Naked (2005)
Houston released his second solo album, Naked, on May 24, 2005. The album featured the singles "All Because of You" (featuring Young Rome), "Naked" and "Sex Wit You".
In the United States, Naked peaked at number 13 on the Billboard[5] and peaked at number 5 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[6]
Veteran (2006-2007)
Houston released his third solo album, Veteran, on March 20, 2007. The album featured the singles "Like This" (featuring Yung Joc), "Favorite Girl", "Circle" and "Wonderful".
In the United States, Veteran debuted (and peaked) at number 5 on the Billboard 200[2][7] and debuted at number 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,[2][8] marking this release as Houston's first number-one solo album.
Mr. Houston (2009)
Houston released his fourth solo album, Mr. Houston on September 29, 2009. It featured the singles, "I Love Her" and "Sunset". Videos for the album tracks "Body" and "Date" were released online in 2008. "How I Do" and "Case of You" received video premieres in 2009, followed by a video for "Tonight" in 2010.
Mattress Music and IMx reunion (2010–present)
On September 14, 2010, Houston released his fifth studio album, Mattress Music, which contained the singles "Kickin' & Screamin' and "Pullin' on Her Hair". A video for a third, "Ghetto Angel" premiered in 2011. Houston announced on 106 & Park that IMx planned to record another group album together for 2011.
Other music work
Houston continues to work with former bandmate Jerome "Romeo" Jones (as of 2010[update] known as Young Rome). Houston made guest appearances on Jones' album Food for Thought (2004) on songs entitled "Sexapade" and "What Cha Doin' Tonight" while Jones made a guest appearance on Houston's album Naked on the song entitled "All Because of You". The two also collaborated on "For Your Love", a song from an unreleased album by Young Rome.
Houston made guest appearances on fellow TUG Entertainment artist Mila J's single "Good Lookin' Out" and Yung Joc's single "1st Time"; he made appearances in both music videos.
Houston featured on 50 Cent's remix to the hit single "Candy Shop", which also featured Dame Four.
Acting career
Houston made his acting debut in the animated comedy film Bébé's Kids (1992) in which he was the voice of Khalil, the leader and oldest child of the titular "Bébé's Kids".
Houston later appeared in House Party 3 (1994), where he played a fictional version of himself along with fellow Immature bandmates Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos. In the film, they portrayed Kid's trouble-making younger cousins who aspire to become musicians.
Houston's breakthrough role came when he won the part of Roger Evans in the television comedy show Sister, Sister, playing the next-door neighbor of identical twin sisters Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell (Tia and Tamera Mowry). Marques played the role for five of the show's six seasons. The show wrote his character out of the script during the fifth season, but he made a guest appearance in the series finale.
In 1997, he had a brief cameo in the movie "Good Burger", a spin off from a sketch on the Nickelodeon show "All That" starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. He played Jake, Kenan's friend.
Houston and his IMx (formerly Immature) band members made an appearance in Destiny's Child music video for the single "No, No, No Part 1" off their 1998 album The Writing's on the Wall. Houston was rumored to be dating lead singer Beyoncé Knowles at the time.
In 1999, shortly after Houston's run on the Sister, Sister program, Marques had a brief cameo in Destiny Child's video rendition of the The Writing's on the Wall single Jumpin', Jumpin' directed by Joseph Kahn.[9]
He also played the character Elgin Barrett Eugene Smith III in the 2004 film You Got Served. Following You Got Served, in both live-action and voiceover, he portrayed Dumb Donald in the film adaptation of Fat Albert, based on Bill Cosby's popular cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.
In 2005 Houston starred in his own television series, Cuts, which was a spin-off of One on One. Despite good ratings, the show only lasted one season due to UPN merging with The WB to become The CW which caused Cuts along with many other UPN shows to get cancelled.
In 2007 Houston starred in the horror film Somebody Help Me. He then starred in the sequel, Somebody Help Me 2 in 2010.
Personal Life
In 2007, pictures began surfacing of Houston and his T.U.G labelmate, singer Jamila "Mila J" Chilombo (formerly of the R&B groups Gyrl and Dame Four), kissing and holding hands[10][11]. It was said in some reports that the pictures were old and that Houston and Chilombo were already broken up. Chilombo is the sister of singer Jhené Aiko and cousin of B2K band member Lil Fizz.
Also in 2007, blogs began reporting that Houston was engaged to "My Wife and Kids" actress Jennifer Freeman[12]. The two starred together in the 2004 film "You Got Served". This report was never confirmed or denied by Houston or Freeman.
In March 2010, Houston's friend and B2K member Omarion, posted pictures on the social website Twitter, of Houston and his girlfriend Marlina or Marlena, celebrating their two year anniversary[13].
Discography
Main articles: Marques Houston discography and IMx discography- Studio albums
- MH (2003)
- Naked (2005)
- Veteran (2007)
- Mr. Houston (2009)
- Mattress Music (2010)
Filmography
Television
Year Title Role 1993 A Different World Eli Black 1996 Family Matters Himself The Parent 'Hood Himself 1994–1999 Sister, Sister Roger Evans 2003 Rock Me, Baby Himself 2004 & 2006 One on One Kevin Barnes 2005–2006 Cuts Kevin Barnes Film
Year Film Role 1992 Bébé's Kids Khalil (voice) 1994 House Party 3 Marcus James 1997 Good Burger Jake 2001 House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute Jon Jon 2004 You Got Served Elgin Fat Albert Dumb Donald (both, live-action and voice) 2007 Somebody Help Me Brendan Young 2010 Boogie Town Micah Somebody Help Me 2 Brendan Young Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Film/TV show Result 1995 Young Artist Awards Best Youth Comedian in a TV Show Sister, Sister Nominated 2004 MTV Movie Awards Best Dance Sequence (shared with Omarion Grandberry) You Got Served Nominated 2005 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor - Comedy Cuts Nominated References
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Marques-Houston.html
- ^ a b c "Marques Houston's 'Veteran' Debuts at Number One". EURweb.com. 2007-03-20. http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur32471.cfm.
- ^ "The Billboard 200: MH". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3052796&cdi=8114141&cid=02%2F21%2F2004. Retrieved 2008-02-03.[dead link]
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: MH". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=333&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Albums&ci=3053097&cdi=8125368&cid=03%2F20%2F2004. Retrieved 2008-02-03.[dead link]
- ^ "The Billboard 200: Naked". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3062647&cdi=8486400&cid=11%2F19%2F2005. Retrieved 2008-02-04.[dead link]
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Nasty". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=333&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Albums&ci=3065143&cdi=8572766&cid=04%2F01%2F2006. Retrieved 2008-02-04.[dead link]
- ^ "The Billboard 200: Veteran". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3084103&cdi=9263428&cid=06%2F09%2F2007. Retrieved 2008-02-05.[dead link]
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Veteran". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3084103&cdi=9263428&cid=06%2F09%2F2007. Retrieved 2008-02-05.[dead link]
- ^ [1], 'Jumpin'n, Jumpin'" Music Video
- ^ http://concreteloop.com/2007/06/round-up
- ^ http://juiicyscoop.blogspot.com/2007/04/marque-houstons-boo.html
- ^ http://bossip.com/8446/exclusive-marques-houston-engaged/
- ^ http://bossip.com/226324/coupled-up-marques-houston-celebrates-two-year-anniversary-with-boo/
External links
Marques "Batman" Houston · Jerome "Romeo" Jones · Kelton "LDB" Kessee · Don "Half Pint" Santos (former) Albums On Our Worst Behavior · Playtyme Is Over · We Got It · The Journey · Introducing IMx · Greatest Hits · IMxSingles "Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior)" · "Never Lie" · "I Don't Mind" · "Constantly" · "Feel the Funk" · "Lover's Groove" · "Please Don't Go" · "We Got It" · "I'm Not A Fool" · "Give Up The Ghost (f/ Bizzy Bone)" · "Extra, Extra (f/ Keith Sweat)" · "Stay The Night" · "Keep It On The Low" · "In & Out Of Love" · "First Time" · "Clap Your Hands" · "Beautiful (You Are)" · "Ain't No Need"Related Artists Categories:- 1981 births
- Hip hop singers
- African American singers
- American people of Mexican descent
- American dancers
- American male singers
- American child actors
- American television actors
- American film actors
- IMx members
- Living people
- People from Los Angeles, California
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