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BLP sources|date=October 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Marques Houston| image =|Marques Houston at In Touch "Icons & Idols" Celebration in 2010| caption = Marques Houston at In Touch's "Icons & Idols" Celebration in 2010| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Marques Barrett Houston| alias = MH, Batman, Roger, M Houston| Born = Birth date and age|1981|8|4|mf=y Inglewood, California | instrument = Vocals, piano , Guitar| genre = Contemporary R& B|R& B , Hip hop music|hip hop | occupation = Singer , Record producer|producer , songwriter , actor | years_active = 1992–2002 (Immature/IMx) 2003–present (solo) 1992–present (actor)| label = Capitol Records , Musicworks , The Ultimate Group|TUG Entertainment , Universal Records | associated_acts = IMx , Yung Joc , Omarion , B2K , J-Boog | website = URL|marques-houston.com Marques Barrett Houston (born August 4, 1981) is an People of the United States|American rhythm and blues|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 .
Early life
Born in Inglewood, California to Michael and Carolyn, http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Marques-Houston.htmlHouston lost his mother to lymphoma in 1997.cite web |title=Marques Houston's 'Veteran' Debuts at Number One |date=2007-03-20 |url= http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur32471.cfm |work=EURweb.com 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 (Immature album)| The Journey .Citation needed|date=May 2010
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 Young Rome|Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos (later replaced by Kelton "LDB" Kessee), with Chris Stokes (record producer)|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 (album)|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 (TV series)|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 (album)|MH , on October 21, 2003. The album featured the singles " That Girl (Marques Houston song)|That Girl ", " Clubbin' " (featuring Joe Budden ), " Pop That Booty " (featuring Jermaine Dupri ) and " Because of You (Marques Houston song)|Because of You ".
In the United States record chart|charts , MH peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 cite web |title=The Billboard 200: MH |url= 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 |work=Billboard.com |accessdate=2008-02-03Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot and peaked at number 5 on Billboard s Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums.cite web |title=Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums: MH |url= 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 |work=Billboard.com |accessdate=2008-02-03Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot
Naked (2005)
Houston released his second solo album, Naked (Marques Houston album)|Naked , on May 24, 2005. The album featured the singles " All Because of You (Marques Houston song)|All Because of You " (featuring Young Rome ), " Naked (Marques Houston song)|Naked " and " Sex Wit You ".
In the United States , Naked peaked at number 13 on the Billboard cite web | title=The Billboard 200: Naked | url= 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 |work=Billboard.com |accessdate=2008-02-04Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot and peaked at number 5 on Billboard s Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums.cite web |title=Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums: Nasty | url= 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 |work=Billboard.com |accessdate=2008-02-04Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot
Veteran (2006-2007)
Houston released his third solo album, Veteran (album)|Veteran , on March 20, 2007. The album featured the singles " Like This (Marques Houston song)|Like This " (featuring Yung Joc ), " Favorite Girl (Marques Houston song)|Favorite Girl ", " Circle (Marques Houston song)|Circle " and " Wonderful (Marques Houston song)|Wonderful ".
In the United States, Veteran debuted (and peaked) at number 5 on the Billboard 200cite web |title=The Billboard 200: Veteran |url= 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 |work=Billboard.com |accessdate=2008-02-05Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot and debuted at number 1 on Billboard 's Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums,cite web | title=Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums: Veteran |url= 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 |work=Billboard.com |accessdate=2008-02-05Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot marking this release as Houston's first number-one solo album.
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.
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 |lc = on known as Young Rome ). Houston made guest appearances on Jones' album Food for Thought (Young Rome 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 The Ultimate Group|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 (50 Cent song)|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 Young Rome|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 (TV series)|Sister, Sister , playing the next-door neighbor of identical twin sisters Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell ( Tia Mowry|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 (TV series)|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 . http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Vjw92oUduEM& feature=related, 'Jumpin'n, Jumpin'" Music Video
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 (film)|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 (TV series)|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 (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 http://concreteloop.com/2007/06/round-up http://juiicyscoop.blogspot.com/2007/04/marque-houstons-boo.html. 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 http://bossip.com/8446/exclusive-marques-houston-engaged/. 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 http://bossip.com/226324/coupled-up-marques-houston-celebrates-two-year-anniversary-with-boo/.
Discography
Main|Marques Houston discography|IMx discography ;Studio albums
On November 2nd 1997 Marques Houston had a little girl name Diana Houston and she is now 14 years old and lives in New York with her Cuban mother Monique Vasquez.
Filmography
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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
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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
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Awards and nominations
Year
Award
Category
Film/ TV show
Result
1995
Young Artist Award s
Best Youth Comedian in a TV Show
Sister, Sister
Won
2004
MTV Movie Awards
(shared with Omarion>Omarion Grandberry )
You Got Served
Nom
2005
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV Actor - Comedy
Cuts
Nom
References
Reflist
External links
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IMx Persondata | NAME =Houston, Marques | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1981-08-04 | PLACE OF BIRTH =Los Angeles, California | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Houston, Marques Category:1981 births Category:Hip hop singers Category:African American singers Category:American people of Mexican descent Category:American dancers Category:American male singers Category:American child actors Category:American television actors Category:American film actors Category:IMx members Category:Living people Category:People from Los Angeles, California
