Name:OMARION
Birth: November 12, 1984 Home: Inglewood, California Siblings: O'Ryan, Ameira, Arielle, Ukil, Tymon, & Kira Nominated in 2006 at the Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary R&B Album for his album: “O”. Omarion also has an acting career.It has been believed that he is biologically related to R&B recording artist Marques Houston, as a half brother; however, both Omari Grandberry and Marques Houston have publicly admitted that they are "like" brothers after they were requested to clarify their mutual parent.
Marques Houston was born to Michael and Carolyn Houston, and therefore is in no way biologically related to Omari Grandberry.
Almost a year after the multi platinum group, B2K's split Omarion started his own solo career with his first album, O. In December 2006, Omarion released his second album, 21, named for his age at the time of recording.
"Entourage"(produced by Eric Hudson) was the first single released; the video featured former B2K bandmate Lil' Fizz. The second single from 21, "Ice Box", produced by Timbaland, gained significant radio airplay and peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The video features Beyonce's younger sister, Solange Knowles. An official remix featured Usher and a DJ White Owl mix featuring Usher & Fabolous.
In December 2007, Omarion released his third project, a collaborative effort alongside rapper Bow Wow, entitled Face Off. Producer Jermaine Dupri initially suggested the collaboration, which offered an album and a two-part documentary entitled "The Road To Platinum". This was a BET special following the recording and promotion of the project.
The first single released was written by The-Dream, called "Girlfriend". The second single sampled LL Cool J's "Going Back To Cali" and was entitled "Hey Baby". Face Off entered the official Billboard 200 album chart at number twelve, was the number one rap album in the U.S. and number two R&B album.
He also released a solo autobiography book titled "O" in 2004. It was released on behalf of MTV.
Recently, he has been signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment. Recent articles and reports from several different sites have confirmed the speculation his signing to Young Money to be true.[1][2] A video was posted by WorldStarHipHop.com confirming his signing to Young Money.[3]
