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Singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor Omarion, born
Omari Ishmael Grandberry in Inglewood, California,
fronted the young pop-R&B group B2K from 1999
through its 2004 split. With Omarion as their lead
singer, the group scored five Top 20 R&B/Hip-Hop hits,
as well as one gold-selling album and one platinum-
selling album. Omarion then became one of the more
popular solo contemporary R&B artists of the late
2000s -- a Grammy-nominated singer who worked
with top-level producers and songwriters such as
Timbaland, the Neptunes, Rodney Jerkins, Bryan-
Michael Cox, and Tank. In the 2010s, his career
received yet another boost via his affiliation with Rick
Ross' Maybach Music Group.