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  • American boy bands
  • Musical groups established in 1992
  • African-American musical groups
  • Def Jam Recordings artists
  • Dru Hill
  • Musical groups from Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Founded in Baltimore, Maryland and active since 1992, Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits. Tamir %22Nokio%22 Ruffin was the group's founder and leader; his bandmates included main lead singer Mark %22Sisqó%22 Andrews, Larry %22Jazz%22 Anthony, and James %22Woody%22 Green. A Fifth member Rufus %22Scola%22 Waller joined the quartet in 2002
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  • Dru Hill is an American singing group, most popular during the late 1990s, whose repertoire included soul, hip hop soul and gospel music. Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, and active since 1992, Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B #1 hits %22In My Bed%22, %22Never Make a Promise%22, and %22How Deep Is Your Love%22. Tamir %22Nokio the N-Tity%22 Ruffin was the group's founder; his bandmates included lead singer Mark %22Sisqó%22 Andrews, Larry %22Jazz%22 Anthony, and James %22Woody Rock%22 Green.Signing to Island Records through Haqq Islam's University Records imprint, the group released two successful albums, Dru Hill and Enter the Dru, before separating for a period from late 1999 to 2002, during which time Sisqó and Woody released solo albums. While Woody's Soul Music LP was a moderate success in the gospel music industry, Sisqó's debut album, Unleash the Dragon, and its hit single, %22Thong Song%22, were major pop successes, and established Sisqó as a household name outside of Dru Hill. Sisqó's second album, Return of Dragon, did not sell as well. In 2002, by then part of the Def Soul record label, the group reunited and added fifth member Rufus %22Scola%22 Waller to the lineup for their third album, Dru World Order, whose underperformance led to the group being dropped from Def Soul. In 2009, the group signed to Kedar Entertainment Group and released their fourth album, InDRUpendence Day, the following year, with new member Tao taking the place of the again departed Woody.
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  • 1992
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