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De'Mario Monte Thornton (born June 13, 1985), known as Raz-B, is an American singer and actor, who was a founding member of R&B boy band B2K.

Career

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Raz B was a member and creator of the group B2K as a teen. The release of B2K’s album, Pandemonium!, and an accompanying tour & finished the year for him that concluded with the release of the group’s first feature film, You Got Served.

Distributed through his own production company, RazBeatz Entertainment, Raz released his first single, Fire in May 2007. Fire officially debuted on the Billboard charts (the week of 5/12/07) on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales charts debuting at #2 and also hitting the Billboard Hot Singles Sales charts at #2.^[1] There was no promotion behind the single as it debuted because Raz B was pushing this album on an independent level.

March 19, 2010 Raz B released his first mixtape entitled Boy 2 King. In 2011, Elayne Rivers, Raz B's longtime publicist announced that he would be going on tour in China. Throughout the tour Raz B has performed shows in various parts of China.

On August 19, 2013, during a performance in Zhejiang province, Raz B tried to stop a fight in the audience and was hit in the face with a glass bottle. Initial reports were that he had fallen into a coma,^[2]^{[deprecated source]} but subsequent reports were that this was misinformation and labelled as a hoax,^[3]^[4] and that he would make a full recovery.

Albums with B2K

Year	Album	US	US R&B	UK
2002	B2K (Gold)	2	1	-
2002	B2K: The Remixes - Volume 1 (EP)	129	47	-
2002	Pandemonium! (Platinum)	10	3	35
2002	Santa Hooked Me Up (EP)	132	35	-
2003	The Remixes - Volume 2 (EP)	192	38	-
2004	B2K Greatest Hits	-	76	-

Singles with B2K

Year	Single	Chart positions				Album
Year	Single	US Hot 100	US R&B	US Rhythmic Top 40	UK singles	Album
2002	Uh Huh	37	20	14	35	B2K
2002	Gots Ta Be	34	13	14	-	B2K
2002	Why I Love You	73	19	-	-	B2K and Pandemonium!
2002	Bump, Bump, Bump (with P. Diddy)	1	2	1	24	Pandemonium!
2003	Girlfriend	30	19	15	10	Pandemonium!
2003	Feelin' Freaky (Nick Cannon featuring B2K)	92	46	-	-	Nick Cannon
2003	What A Girl Wants	-	47	-	-	Pandemonium!
2003	Uh Huh 2003	-	-	-	31	The Remixes - Volume 2
2004	Badaboom (feat. Fabolous)	59	29	22	26	You Got Served Soundtrack
2008	Body Up (without Omarion)

*In the beginning of 2008, a song titled Body Up was leaked; Raz-B leads this B2K 2008 song with J-Boog & Lil Fizz. Omarion from B2K did not take part in the groups return.

Discography as solo artist

Raz B Released: FIRE in May 2007 (Single sold in F.Y.E. stores) (digital download) and was the #120 Independent selling single on Billboards. Singles: Fire Go Girl "Follow My Lead" prod. by Excel Beats "Official" "Na Na Na"

*Boy 2 King: The Mixtape EP. Released: March 19, 2010 (digital download)

Paradox-EP. Released March 20, 2012.[1]

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	You Got Served	Vick	Credited as DeMario Thornton
2005	Pieces of a Dream
2009	Love Sick Diaries
2009	Caged Innocence
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Noah's Arc	Tashi	1 episode

References

^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales". billboard.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2014. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
^ 美歌手浙江夜店演唱被砸頭陷昏迷 [American singer performing in night club in Zhejiang was attacked on his head and fell coma] (in Chinese). Epoch Times Chinese Version. 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
^ Williams, Brennan (August 21, 2013). "It Was All A Hoax?". Huffington Post.
^ "Raz B coma report was a hoax, manager says - CNN.com". CNN. August 19, 2013.

External links

Official website
Raz-B at IMDb

[1] "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales". billboard.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2014. Retrieved 2009-02-19.

[2] 美歌手浙江夜店演唱被砸頭陷昏迷 [American singer performing in night club in Zhejiang was attacked on his head and fell coma] (in Chinese). Epoch Times Chinese Version. 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-19.

[3] Williams, Brennan (August 21, 2013). "It Was All A Hoax?". Huffington Post.

[4] "Raz B coma report was a hoax, manager says - CNN.com". CNN. August 19, 2013.

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 '''De'Mario Monte Thornton''' (born June 13, 1985), known as '''Raz-B''', is an [[People of the United States|American]] [[singing|singer]] and  [[actor]], who was a founding member of [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] [[boy band]] [[B2K]].