College Boyz

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College Boyz
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College Boyz
Background information
Also known asRMG
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres Hip hop
Years active1991–1994
Labels Virgin/EMI Records
Members R.O.M.
Squeak
B. Selector
DJ Cue

The College Boyz was an American hip hop group and voice actors composed of R.O.M., Squeak, B. Selector and DJ Cue. [1]

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The group was signed to Virgin Records. Originally calling itself RMG, the group changed its name to College Boyz upon moving to Los Angeles.

They released their debut, Radio Fusion Radio , on April 7, 1992, through Virgin Records. [1] The album was not a huge success, but it managed to make it to three different charts, peaking at No. 118 on the Billboard 200, No. 25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 2 on the Top Heatseekers. Radio Fusion Radio also featured the hit single "Victim of the Ghetto", which peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Hot Rap Singles.

On October 4, 1994, the group released their second and final album Nuttin' Less Nuttin' Mo' . [1] It made it to No. 80 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and producing a single "Rollin" that reached No. 49 on the Hot Rap Singles. The College Boyz disbanded in 1994 with Romany "R.O.M." Malco eventually becoming a successful actor, and DJ Cue going on to found The Row Church Without Walls [2] in Los Angeles's Skid Row neighborhood.

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumChart Positions
US US Hip-Hop Heatseekers
1992 Radio Fusion Radio 118252
1994 Nuttin' Less Nuttin' Mo' -80-
"" denotes the album failed to chart or not released

Singles

References

  1. 1 2 3 Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 60. ISBN   0-7535-0252-6.
  2. Donath, Jessica. "The Row Church in Skid Row Almost Lost Everything". LAmag.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.