in 1990 three young kids came together in los angeles california
to pursue their dreams of rock and roll stardom they didn't come together on their own though
chris stokes you'll want to remember that name for later
an enterprising young songwriter and producer from la had started auditioning local youngsters for
a singing group he'd envisioned he wanted a group that would combine the hip-hop harmony of boys to
men with the innocence of the early new edition that r b boy band named immature consisting of
marcus batman houston jerome romeo jones and dawn halfpipe santos would burst onto the music scene
two years later with their debut album before any of the members had even reached their teens in
a 1995 interview with the washington post marcus explained the true meaning behind the group's name
when we say we're immature we don't mean we're bad kids we just mean we're young and like to have fun
if you compare us to jodeci we don't sing about bumping and grinding and all that nasty stuff
we sing about thinking about a girl and giving her gifts and missing her
like a young person would fun fact r b singer ty dolla signs first ever gig was playing keyboards
for immature brandy and her younger brother ray j were also in the mix as backup singers
many years later it would also be revealed that brandy played a major role in the incident that
caused romeo to start wearing a patch over his right eye fans speculated for years that romeo
had an eye condition but he revealed in a 2019 radio interview with nick cannon that it was in
fact brandy that blinded him with the sharp corner of a book the incident allegedly happened during
an argument she was having with halfpined she had the book in her hand and tossed it behind herself
not thinking anyone was standing that close it cut romeo's retina detached it and the lens fell out
immature's album titled on our worst behavior featured the singles the munchies i want to
know you that way and tear it up on our worst behavior which also appears on the soundtrack
for the animated film bebe's kids in which marcus provided his voice for the character khalil
the project flopped so they knew they had to go back to the drawing board
to make some significant improvements their follow-up album came two years later
and by then the group had undergone several major changes a new label a new look a new sound
and a new lineup halfpine ended up getting pulled from the group by his parents who wanted him to
focus on his education rather than spend all his time in recording studios and performing on stage
the opening his exit left was quickly filled in house with the group's drummer kelton ldb kessie
ldb fittingly standing for little drummer boy the trio's second album playtime is over dropped
in august 1994 after signing a deal with mca records several singles were released including
their biggest hit to date never lie it rose to number five on the billboard hot 100 and went gold
over the next seven years immature released another four albums however beginning in 1999
they would undergo a name change to imx as they felt the name immature no longer reflected them
then in 2002 the group decided to disband marcus and romeo now going by the name young rome
began pursuing solo careers while ldb continued his work as a producer marcus became the first
of the bunch to release a solo album in 2003 romeo followed suit with the release of his debut solo
project the next year over the next decade marcus released five additional albums and also enjoyed a
successful acting career starring in several films including you got served alongside his immature
groupmate romeo he also made a significant mark on the small screen on the popular sitcom sister
sister starring twins tia and tamara mori playing their annoying neighbor roger evans go home roger
now remember earlier when immature's manager chris stokes was referenced as being responsible for
bringing the boys together in the first place well years later he along with marcus would be
accused of also being responsible for committing a heinous crime against a member of another boy band
in 2007 demario thornton better known as rasbi and former member of fellow r b boy band b2k released
a youtube video detailing alleged sexual abuse committed against him and his older brother by
marcus and chris who also happens to be his cousin chris released a statement denying all allegations
days later rasby retracted his statements but over the years he would periodically continue
to speak about his experience including the release of another series of videos in 2010
that time around marcus took out a restraining order against raspberry citing emotional distress
as of the making of this video neither chris stokes nor marcus houston have been charged
or convicted of any crimes in early 2015 immature decided to reunite and release a comeback ep album
titled remember they also went back to the group name that made them famous the album features more
mature sounding remakes of their classic hits along with six newly released songs the trio
went radio silent again until several years later in 2019 when it was announced that immature would
be one of several acts including ray j day 26 b5 and jay holiday for the tb tour aka the reunion
so after all these years what's half pint been up to well finding the current whereabouts of
the original immature member has proven to be a difficult task the only information that does
pop up is his wedding that took place quite a few years ago his old groupmates did attend but other
than that there doesn't appear to be any more details about his life after leaving the group
38 year old marcus caused a major stir on social media in june 2020
when it was revealed that he was set to marry his 19 year old girlfriend maya dickey apparently
people weren't feeling their major age gap so much so he felt the need to defend his bride-to-be in
a lengthy instagram post he reiterated that they did meet in 2018 when she was under age
but claimed that they waited until she became an adult before they started dating
all the people closest to him love her and most important of all they have jehovah's blessing
the couple tied the knot with his immature group mates in attendance that august
in an ultra private ceremony at the eagle glen golf club in corona california in february 2022
marcus made his solo comeback with a surprise album drop the new project titled me features
14 tracks including the single forever is not long enough a love song dedicated to his wife
maya currently it appears music has taken a back seat for ldb as it seems he's been
channeling all his time and energy into being a part of a booming premium cannabis business
in fact on his instagram you'd need to scroll all the way back to 2019 to find any immature or music
related content according to his social media romeo who now goes by rome is enjoying family life
he also just dropped on instagram literally a few days before this video will go live an exciting
trailer of what looks to be a documentary film type of project he plans to release this year
the caption doesn't give anything away but while combing through the comments it appears that some
are speculating that it has to do with rome having a falling out with his immature group members
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