IMx, formerly known as Immature, is an American hip-hop and R&B boy band. The brainchild of record producer Chris Stokes, its members include Marques "Batman" Houston (born August 4, 1981), Jerome "Romeo" Jones (born October 25, 1981), and Kelton "LDB" Kessee (born January 2, 1981), who replaced founding member Don "Half Pint" Santos. Houston, Jones, and Kessee are all natives of Los Angeles, California Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African American and Latino youth in New York City and has since spread around the world. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... A boy band (American English) or boyband (British English) is a style of somewhat to mostly prefabricated pop group featuring between three and six young male singer/dancers, but normally five. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Christopher B. Stokes is an African American record producer, manager, and film director. ... Marques Barrett Batman Houston (born August 4, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an African American actor and R&B singer, best known as lead singer of boy band Immature/IMx. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Downtown Los Angeles skyline facing northeast toward the San Gabriel Mountains on a clear winter day. ...

History

The group released their debut LP, On Our Worst Behavior, on the Virgin Records label in 1992. Popular with teenage girls, the group went on to record three more successful albums and appear in the film House Party 3 before changing their name to "IMx" in 1999. Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London. ... See also: 1991 in music, other events of 1992, 1993 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music Events 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... House Party is a 1990 comedy film released by New Line Cinema. ...

As IMx, the group continued to produce successful records, including IMx (2001), which included the single "First Time." They also appeared in House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute, a direct-to-video sequel to the first three films. See also: 2000 in music, 2001 in music (UK), other events of 2001, 2002 in music, 2000s in music and the list of years in music Events January 1 - Hum disbands. ...

In 2001, producer Chris Stokes would go on to create a similar R&B group, B2K. which included Marques Houston's alleged half-brother Omarion Grandberry as its lead singer. See also: 2000 in music, 2001 in music (UK), other events of 2001, 2002 in music, 2000s in music and the list of years in music Events January 1 - Hum disbands. ... Christopher B. Stokes is an African American record producer, manager, and film director. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... B2K was an African-American R&B boy band, founded and managed by music producer Chris Stokes in 2001 and active until 2004, that was one of the most popular R&B acts of the early 2000s. ... Omarion (born Omari Ishmael Grandberry on November 12, 1984 in Inglewood, California) is an African American R&B singer, former lead singer of boy band B2K Omarion was the last member to join B2K, at age 14. ...

Personnel

• Marques "Batman" Houston
• Jerome "Romeo" Jones
• Kelton "LDB" Kessee
• Don "Half Pint" Santos (1991 - 1994)

Marques Barrett Batman Houston (born August 4, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an African American actor and R&B singer, best known as lead singer of boy band Immature/IMx. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Discography

as Immature

• 1992: On Our Worst Behavior
• 1994: Playtime is Over
• 1995: We Got It
• 1997: The Journey

as IMx

• 1999: Introducing IMx
• 2001: IMx

Singles

as Immature

• 1992: "Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior)"
• 1993: "Da Munchies"
• 1994: "Never Lie" (US #5)
• 1994: "Constantly" (US #16)
• 1995: "I Don't Mind" (US #95)
• 1995: "Feel the Funk" (US #46)
• 1995: "We Got It" (US #37)
• 1996: "Please Don't Go" (US #36)
• 1996: "Lover's Groove"
• 1996: "Watch Me Do My Thing" (US #32)
• 1997: "I'm Not a Fool" (US #69)

as IMx

• 1999: "Stay the Night" (US #19)
• 2002: "Ain't No Need"
• 2002: "Beautiful (You Are)"

Filmography

• 1993: House Party 3
• 2001: House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute