![]() What began as four friends singing for customers at an Inner Harbor fudge shop has evolved into a group worthy of its own "Behind the Music" episode. You can't learn or grow without that." If growth is measured by success and turmoil, Dru Hill has been on legendary spurt over the past 20 years. "That may be the front that's put up, but you have the family members no one talks about, the members that do all the wild stuff. "I don't know anybody that has a family where everything is just cool," said Nokio, 32. Just not the suburban, picket-fence kind. To the group's members - Mark "Sisqo" Andrews, Larry "Jazz" Anthony, Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin and Antwuan "Tao" Simpson - Dru Hill is family. Above all else, Dru Hill is a loving but complicated brotherhood that's been through it all. If you have an interesting story idea, email lifestyle reporter Andre Lamar at signing up for his weekly newsletter, DO Delaware, at /newsletters.Dru Hill is many things - Baltimore's most successful R&B act the group with the "Thong Song" lead singer that '90s group that disappeared in the next decade, only to resurface on a little-watched reality TV show. Event detailsĭru Hill 25th Anniversary tour at the University of Delaware (631 S. Their mega single "Too Close" inspired a legendary meme in 2015 created by Vine star Nick Fraser.įraser is the guy behind the "Why You Always Lying" meme, in which he sang over Next’s late ’90s single “Too Close.” Fraser’s video has over 33 million YouTube views.įans would lose it if Next does a cover of "Why You Always Lying" at the Bob. But despite having that on their résumé, lately they've been famous for becoming a meme. The R&B group Next didn't reach multiplatinum-selling status by accident. Next is meme famous: 'Why You Always Lying' ![]() ![]() Dru Hill original membersīiggie and 112 were label mates on Bad Boy Records, years before label owner Diddy decided to make comical Uber Eats commercials for the Super Bowl. "WE NEED THIS AS A FULL VERSION MY G," another person screamed. "Sir make a mixtape on iTunes so I can jam to these?" one TikToker asked DJ Short. People are begging DJ Short for the song. Since then, the song has been popping up in different TikTok videos and on other social platforms. Last summer, DJ Short posted a different version of the mashup on TikTok in what appears to be his remixed version. This included scorchers like "I Love You," "Beauty" and "In My Bed."įor years, a mashup has been floating around on YouTube of singer Ciara's song "Body Part" with Dru Hill's throwback "In My Bed." Ciara & Dru Hill mashup on TikTokĭru Hill is a multiplatinum album-selling group from Baltimore that made a lot of noise in the '90s and early 2000s. The old prices for tickets were $70 to $185.īut the new prices have been slashed to $59 to $157. The star of Dru Hill, Sisqo, also will deliver a solo set, according to show promoter Little "Pie" McElveen. The lineup includes fellow R&B groups Next and 112.įormer Delaware Chipotle cashier: She's invited to perform at Willie Nelson's place & SXSW 2023 This concert is part of Dru Hill's 25th Anniversary tour. Ticket prices have recently been cut for the show. ![]() Delawareans will pledge allegiance to the Dru World Order, at a discounted rate, when iconic R&B group Dru Hill brings its tour to UD's Bob Carpenter Center on Friday, March 24.
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