their raunchy take on hip-hop and r b clearly exhibited in their lyrics and dance moves
made them instant fan favorites in fact within just a few short years they also became industry
favorites when they took the crown as the highest grossing r b act at the time on their label
however just as quickly as they ascended the ranks they fell from the top just as fast
let's find out what happened to r b hip-hop group pretty ricky brothers ala diamond
smith aka baby blue and spectacular blue smith along with their cousin corey slick 'em mathis
and marcus pleasure p cooper came together to form the r b hip-hop group pretty ricky in miami
florida in the mid-90s pleasure p served as the lead singer while the other three members were
in charge of laying down rap bars the name pretty ricky was taken from the name of a character in an
episode of the american television sitcom martin ricky fontaine pretty ricky what they called
baby blue and spectacular's father joseph blue smith senior and ceo of blue star entertainment
signed the group to a deal in 1997 when the members were between 11 and 13 years of age
this was always the plan by their father from the very beginning
he would also serve as the group's manager their debut single called
grind with me hit the streets in april 2005 and became a certified platinum hit
the song reached the number seven position on the billboard hot 100 chart
and played an integral role in helping the group to secure a record deal with
atlantic records the following month their debut album titled blue stars was released
and would go on to reach gold status off the heels of their debut single followed by two others your
body and nothing but a number foursome didn't waste any time following up their successful debut
by the end of 2006 the first single called on the hotline off of their second album
titled late night special drag peaking at the number 12 position on the hot 100
then a major shake up changed everything pleasure p left the groove the reason apparently had
everything to do with the two big m's that usually cause artists the most drama in the music industry
management and money he just wasn't happy with how management was handling business
and felt he would be better off especially financially to pursue his own solo endeavors
after his departure several other vocalists were brought in to replace him over the years
some lasted longer than others but no one could truly match what pleasure p brought to the table
his debut solo album titled the introduction of marcus cooper dropped in the summer of 2009
it was so well received that it garnered him his first grammy nomination plus two more
then while in the midst of enjoying his solo success
an old rumor related to a child molestation allegation resurfaced
pleasure p denied the accusations of the incident that apparently happened between 2004 and 2005.
in a crazy twist his own group members baby blue and spectacular confirmed they were real
of course this caused a major rift and signaled the possible end of the group
after a new album titled 80s babies was leaked and then subsequently shelved pretty ricky's
self-titled third album was released in november 2009 on their new label big cat records it only
spent one week on the albums chart and neither of the two singles made it on to the hot 100
they ended up going down the mixtape route the following year
with the release of sex music volume 1 streets in the sheets spectacular and
fyi that is his real birth name became a social media tycoon when he created his own company
called blue star brands later rebranded to adwizar inc in 2012.
it's a platform for entertainers and influencers to maximize off their own fan base and following
his passion for entrepreneurship that he says is even greater than music dates back to his school
days when he was making thousands of dollars a month just selling candy to his classmates
in october 2014 pretty ricky officially announced their reunion on instagram as well as the
return of pleasure p their long-awaited single called puddles dropped around valentine's day
2015. over the years slickham hasn't had much to say about himself the group or anything else
in interviews especially he looks like he doesn't even want to be there however in a 2017 interview
with the breakfast club on new york's power 105.1 radio station fans got an earful fueled by him
guzzling ciroc like water he has five baby mamas and eight kids his goal is to have 14
or 15 children in total he's never worried about contracting any stds because even though he quote
likes [ __ ] he only deals with quote good girls like nurses while avoiding others like strippers
in 2018 pretty ricky made their reality show debut on the miami version of popular vh1 show
love and hip hop the internal issues that have plagued the group over the years were
clearly displayed for all to see especially the tension between pleasure p and baby blue
the group did though choose to put their issues aside in 2019 to participate in the millennium
tour along with fellow r b hip-hop stars b2k mario chingy ying yang twins lloyd and bobby v
the success of the tour breathed new life into the group and they happily signed up to
join in once more in 2020 the beginning of a new decade also seemed to be the perfect
opportunity to start fresh for the group however 2020 would come coupled with some challenges
and a host of unfortunate experiences for the members of pretty ricky
pleasure pea was arrested outside of a checkers restaurant in miami gardens florida in march
apparently he got into an altercation with a female employee of the fast food chain
over a mistake with his order he was taken into custody and later released after posting bail
in october baby blue was arrested along with another person for his role in a 24 million dollar
coven 19 relief fraud scheme the government alleges that he also used the money he obtained
from falsifying documents to get a paycheck protection program loan to purchase a ferrari
december 2020 wasn't a very spectacular month for spectacular at all he reportedly
made a poor decision and put the pause on a disney world employee after an altercation
at disney's animal kingdom he was charged with misdemeanor battery and according to tmz
has been officially banned from the rest of the theme park resort by disney spectacular posted
a statement to his instagram stories reminding everyone that there are two sides to every story
now getting back to the music in february 2020 the group dropped a new single
called body this time they claimed that the track would appear on their reunion
album due to the worldwide pandemic it's been difficult getting everyone together to finish it
so as of the making of this video the album has not yet been released
one year later pretty ricky announced on their instagram that the millennium tour was back
and tickets would soon be available for the dates that were postponed from the previous year
the degree to which pretty ricky will be able to participate in the tour is now unknown after
the tragic shooting of baby blue during an attempted robbery on april 19 2021 it took
place in the parking lot of a bowling alley in south florida when two suspects approached him
and another person standing by their cars and attempted to steal a gold chain necklace one of
the suspects fired his weapon hitting baby blue in the left shoulder and fled the scene before
the police arrived thankfully several days later he tweeted out to update fans on his condition
he revealed that he was on the road to recovery but would need to learn to breathe and walk again
he's also using the experience to fuel his music just four weeks after the shooting he released the
song up again and told vlad tv i'm talking about them who tried to rob me but ain't get in may
2021 it was reported that baby blue plans to plead guilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit fraud
relating to the kovit 19 relief fraud scheme from the previous year the penalty carries a five-year
prison sentence baby blue isn't worried about it though telling vlad i ain't tripping when
i get out i'ma be ripped up like gucci mane and imma be one of the hottest rappers in the world
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