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New Boyz
Musical artist

New Boyz is a jerkin crew and hip-hop/rap duo made up of rappers Earl "Ben J" Benjamin and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas from Hesperia, California. They debuted in summer 2009 with their viral hit, "You're a Jerk", taken from their debut studio album Skinny Jeanz and a Mic, released in September 2009. The song peaked in the top thirty of the Billboard Hot 100, and it was the first song to bring the jerkin' style to the national forefront. A second single, "Tie Me Down" featuring Ray J, was also successful and peaked in the top thirty.

Biography

Benjamin and Thomas met as freshmen at Hesperia High School. With Benjamin being "Ben J" and Thomas being "Legacy", they began performing together as the Swagger Boyz on July 4, 2008 and created a MySpace page to promote their self-published single "Colorz". In the summer of 2009, the New Boyz' single "You're a Jerk", based on the local dance style of jerkin', became a national hit. "You're a Jerk" peaked on #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Hot Rap Tracks charts. The New Boyz' debut album Skinny Jeanz and a Mic was released in September 2009. Released by Shotty and Asylum Records, the album peaked at #56 on the Billboard 200 and #8 on the Top Rap Albums charts. "Tie Me Down", featuring Ray J, was the second single from the New Boyz' debut album; that song contained Auto-Tune. "Tie Me Down" peaked at #22 on the Hot 100 and #5 on the Hot Rap Tracks.

The duo is also featured on girl group The Stunners' debut single, "Dancin' Around the Truth", releasing to radio and digital download in May.

Discography

Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
US US R&B US Rap
2009 Skinny Jeanz and a Mic 56 12 8
2010 Too Cool to Care
  • Release date: December 2010
  • Label: Shotty, Asylum
  • Formats: CD, digital download
To be released

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US US R&B US Rap
2009 "You're a Jerk" 24 13 4 Skinny Jeans and a Mic
"Tie Me Down" (featuring Ray J) 22 42 5
2010 "Break My Bank" (featuring Iyaz) 68 63 10 Too Cool to Care
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Featured singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
2010 "Dancin' Around The Truth" (The Stunners featuring New Boyz) TBA

Awards and nominations

2010, Best Group

References

  1. "New Boyz". MySpace. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  2. Reid, Shaheem (July 13, 2009). "New Boyz Say They're More Than Just Jerkin' Rappers". MTV News. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  3. ^ Thurston, Jason (2009). "New Boyz > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  4. ^ "New Boyz: Charts & Awards: Billboard Singles". allmusic. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  5. ^ "New Boyz > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". allmusic. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  6. "Hello! Meet the Stunners". TheStunnersMusic.com. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  7. "DX News Bits". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  8. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11907/title.tuesday-rap-release-dates-bizzy-bone-fabolous-nate-dogg-linkin-park
  9. "Jay-Z Leads BET Awards 2010 Nominations". Rap-Up. 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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