Omarion (born Omari Ishmael Grandberry on November 12, 1984 in Inglewood, California) is an American R&B singer, actor, and the former lead singer of boy band B2K. Contents [hide] 1 Music career 2 London Bombings Controversy 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 4 Filmography - Movies 4.1 Movies Coming Soon 5 Fimography - Television 5.1 Guest Starred in... 6 Books 7 External links [edit] Music career In 1999 Omarion was the last member to join teenage boy band B2K, at age 15. He was introduced to Raz-B, J-Boog and Lil' Fizz through Chris Stokes (CEO of TUG). Omarion and IMX member Marques Houston claimed to be half brothers, and in fact can be seen showing off a house they live in together on an episode of the highly popular MTV show, Cribs. Omarion is the older brother of R&B singer O'Ryan. B2K disbanded in January 2004, right after appearing in the Screen Gems film You Got Served. In 2005, Omarion released his solo debut album, entitled O. The singles are "O" which is release in late 2004, "Touch", and "I'm Tryna". Omarion was also featured on Bow Wow's #4 hit "Let Me Hold You". On December 12, 2006, Omarion is currently releasing his sophomore album entitled 21. The album's first single will be "Entourage" which Omarion's bandmate Lil Fizz is performed on the video and this single is recently leaked via internet. [edit] London Bombings Controversy Omarion was in London at the time of the July 7th tube bombings. 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 USA. [edit] Discography [edit] Albums O (2005)(gold) 21 (December 12, 2006) [edit] Singles Year Title Chart positions Album US Hot 100 US R&B/Hip-Hop UK Singles 2005 "O" #27 #11 #14 O 2005 "Touch" #94 #35 - O 2005 "I'm Tryna" - #53 - O 2005 "Let Me Hold You"(Bow Wow ft. omarion) #4 #2 #27 Wanted 2006 "Entourage" #78 #25 - 21 2006 "Obsession" - 21 [edit] Filmography - Movies You Got Served as David Fat Albert as Reggie The Proud Family Movie (voice) as Fifteen Cent [edit] Movies Coming Soon Somebody Help Me as Darryl Jennings Reggaeton as Rob Street Soldier as ? [edit] Fimography - Television [edit] Guest Starred in... One On One (in two episodes as different characters) as Nyghtmare/Darius Cuts (in 6 episodes) as Darius The Bernie Mac Show (in 1 episode) as Shonte Punk'd (in 2 episodes) as Himself [edit] Books "O" Biography (paperback) Publisher: MTV (February 1st,2005) [edit] External links Official Omarion Website Imdb Profile TUG Official Site MTV article on press release controversy Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omarion" Categories: 1984 births | Living people | African-American singers | American male singers | American rhythm and blues singers