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Article: Marques Houston & Omarion: hot brothas handle their business as singers and actors.(Cover Story)(Biography)
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- Jet
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- May 9, 2005
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It's not often that young performers stick around or manage to harness success in both singing and acting. That's why Marques Houston and Omarion stand out from the rest.
Omarion, the former lead singer of the hot R&B/hip-hop group B2K, is now enjoying a thriving solo career and acting career. Marques Houston, a hit recording star and frontman for the trio Immature/ IMx, is now the star of his own UPN sitcom "Cuts."
As the lead singers of heartthrob music groups who are now equally popular solo artists, Omarion and Marques have careers that mirror each other. Marques took Omarion under his wing-they consider themselves "brothers."
"I felt like ...