J-Boog

Jarell Damonté Houston Sr. (born August 11, 1985), known professionally as J-Boog, is an American singer and rapper, best known as a member of R&B group B2K. The group achieved success in the early 2000s with the singles "Bump, Bump, Bump", "Uh Huh", and "Girlfriend", each of which achieved success on the Billboard Hot 100.

Career

B2K As a teenager, J-Boog became a member of the boy group B2K, alongside Lil' Fizz, Raz-B, and Omarion.

In 2004, he starred as Rico, the peacemaker of the group, in the hit dance movie, You Got Served, with his B2K bandmates and Marques Houston.

Post-B2K After the break-up of B2K, J-Boog collaborated with Lil Fizz on an EP album titled "Night Life" in 2006. He then partnered with long-time music manager Chris Stokes and Marques Houston, becoming vice president and Producer at their film production company, Footage Films, where he also acted in a few films. Additionally, J-Boog has appeared in Step Up 2: The Streets, and was an ensemble cast member of an Off-Off Broadway stage production.

In early 2018, J-Boog briefly appeared on an episode of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, where he and Lil Fizz discussed plans to reunite the band without Omarion, which failed to happen due to discrepancies with cast member and associate Ray J, who proved himself to be a bold replacement after being considered to join the band.

In December 2018, it was announced by long time friend and business manager Damuer H. Leffridge that B2K would hold a reunion tour titled "The Millennium Tour" in 2019. The tour also featured Pretty Ricky, Lloyd, Mario, Bobby V, Chingy and the Ying Yang Twins. His experience with the tour was later documented in a 2019 season of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, where he appeared as a supporting cast member and deeply expressed his concerns about the group's fate, due to personal discrepancies between some of the members interfering with the band's reputation, along with partnering with Marques Houston and his band Immature to develop a reunion tour for that band.

Personal life J-Boog has five children, three daughters and two sons.

Discography Night Life – EP (2009) (Fizz & Boog)

Filmography

Movies 2004: You Got Served – Rico (Supporting role) 2009: Steppin: The Movie – Greg 2014: Hype Nation-3D – Jessy 2016: A Weekend with the Family – Joey 2019: Always and Forever 2019: Fall Girls- Jerome 2023: Rock the Boat- Detective Jacobs 2024: Rock the Boat 2- Detective Jacobs 2025: Adopted II- Detective Spade

Television 2002: All That – musical guest with B2K 2005: 106 & Park – Co-Host 2016: The BET Life of B2K – Himself 2017: Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood – Himself 2019: Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood – Himself 2020: Howard High – Mr. Johnson

Stage Plays 2016: Man of the House – Lawrence