Hot Boys
{{short description|American hip hop group}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Hot Boys
| image = The Hot Boys.jpg
| caption = From left to right: Turk, Juvenile, B.G., and Lil Wayne
| alias = The Hot Boyz
| origin = Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Southern hip hop|gangsta rap|bounce|trap}}
| years_active = {{hlist|1997–2001|2012|2024–present}}
| label = {{flatlist|
| spinoff_of = {{hlist|Cash Money Millionaires}}
| current_members = Lil Wayne
Juvenile
B.G.
Turk
| past_members = Bulletproof
}}
The Hot Boys (often styled as Hot Boy$) are an American hip hop group from New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in 1997 and composed of rappers B.G., Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk.
The group signed with then-independent record label Cash Money Records to release their debut studio album, Get It How U Live! (1997). Despite negative reviews, it peaked at number 37 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with regional sales, and has since sold 400,000 units domestically. Following Cash Money's joint venture deal with now-defunct Universal Records, the group released their second album, Guerrilla Warfare (1999), to further commercial success, peaking at number five on the Billboard 200, selling 142,000 copies in its first week, and receiving platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|website=RIAA|access-date=4 October 2018}}
The group disbanded in 2001 when Juvenile, Turk, and B.G. left Cash Money, citing financial mismanagement, leaving Lil Wayne as the only original member signed to the label. Despite this, one further album from the group — Let 'Em Burn (2003), composed of material originally recorded between 1998 and 2000 — was released, and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard 200.
Many setbacks have prevented the group from having an official reunion. In 2006, Turk was sentenced to 14 years in prison for second degree attempted murder, slowing down plans for a reunion in 2009. Shortly before Turk's release from prison in 2012, B.G. was sentenced to 14 years in prison for gun possession and witness tampering; he was released in 2023. Since then, Hot Boys has managed to release one song together, a remix of Turk's 2012 song "Zip It".
History
The Hot Boys formed in the summer of 1997 with original members B.G., Lil Wayne, Juvenile, Turk and Birdman's nephew Lil Derrick. Lil Derrick left the group shortly after recording the first album and was killed in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngmoneyhq.com/tag/lil-derrick/|title=MightyLee – Beef Ain't Never Squashed (Remix) (Feat Flow) [Music Video]|website=Young Money Fansite|date=May 21, 2015|access-date=January 30, 2019}}
The Hot Boys made their first official appearance together on B.G.'s third studio album, It's All on U, Vol. 1. They soon released their debut album, titled Get It How U Live!, which sold over 300,000 copies, primarily in New Orleans.{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/albums/Hot-boys/Get-it-how-u-live|title=Get It How U Live|website=Genius.com|access-date=December 25, 2021}} The album charted nationally as well at 37 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart. In 1998, Ca$h Money agreed to a $30 million pressing and distribution deal with Universal Records. This led to releases such as Juvenile's 400 Degreez, which was certified 4× Platinum in America.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS/ |title=Gold & Platinum - June 06, 2010 |publisher=RIAA | accessdate=2010-06-06}} The Hot Boys made numerous appearances on many of the albums' tracks such as, "Back That Azz Up" featuring Lil Wayne and Mannie Fresh, and "Ha", where the Hot Boys were featured in the music video and the remix. The Hot Boys appeared on both B.G. and Lil Wayne's albums in 1999, Chopper City In The Ghetto, by B.G., and, Tha Block Is Hot, by Lil Wayne Both albums were certified Platinum. The group also released singles such as, "Cash Money Is An Army" and "Bling Bling" by B.G., "Tha Block Is Hot" and "Respect Us" by Lil Wayne, and "U Understand" and "I Got That Fire" by Juvenile.
On July 27, 1999, The Hot Boys released their second major label studio album, Guerrilla Warfare,{{cite web|author=Birchmeier, Jason|title=Lil Wayne – Biography|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p384397|pure_url=yes}}|website=AllMusic|year=2008|access-date=January 30, 2019}} which reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web|title=The Hot Boys – Billboard Albums|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p278459|pure_url=yes}}|website=AllMusic|access-date=January 30, 2019}} It featured two charting singles, "We On Fire" and "I Need A Hot Girl". "I Need a Hot Girl" peaked at No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web|title=The Hot Boys – Billboard Singles|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p278459|pure_url=yes}}|website=AllMusic|access-date=January 30, 2019}} The album also had contributions from the Big Tymers, Baby and Mannie Fresh. Like with the group's previous album, Mannie Fresh produced every track.
By 2003 B.G., Turk, and Juvenile had all departed from Cash Money for financial issues, leaving Lil Wayne as the group's only member still with the label. Cash Money still managed to release the group's final album together, Let 'Em Burn, composed of songs the group recorded between 1998 and 2000. The Hot Boys went on to have solo recording careers with varying degrees of success. Lil Wayne became the most prolific Hot Boy, with all of his albums going at least Gold in America and amassing a large fan base which grew with the development of his boutique label, Young Money. Turk was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-261332-00.html|title=Rap News Network - Hip-Hop News: Hot Boy Turk Sentenced To 12 Years In Officer Shooting|website=Rapnews.net|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-date=September 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927172727/http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-261332-00.html|url-status=dead}} and was released in October 2012.{{cite news|url=https://allhiphop.com/news/exclusive-hot-boy-member-turk-released-from-prison-after-nine-years-o9vfh1AmA020SthwnVtsng/|title=AllHipHop » EXCLUSIVE: Hot Boy Member Turk Released From Prison After Nine Years|date=April 27, 2006|work=AllHipHop|access-date=January 30, 2019}} Juvenile and B.G. initially showed resentment to Cash Money but over time settled their disputes and disagreements with the label.
Following the group's disbandment in 2001, the group remained on hiatus until 2009, when Lil Wayne brought out Juvenile and B.G. at one of his shows on the I Am Music Tour in New Orleans. Lil Wayne had been reportedly trying to spearhead a Hot Boys reunion beginning in 2008, with the support of the other group members.{{cite web|url=https://www.ballerstatus.com/2007/10/08/bg-lil-wayne-confirm-hot-boys-reunion/#.UAd_uPXuCSo|title=B.G., Lil Wayne Confirm Hot Boys Reunion|publisher=Baller Status|date=October 8, 2007|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-date=January 17, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117155538/http://www.ballerstatus.com/2007/10/08/bg-lil-wayne-confirm-hot-boys-reunion/%23.UAd_uPXuCSo#.UAd_uPXuCSo|url-status=dead}} However, by 2012, only two songs featuring Lil Wayne, Juvenile, and B.G. materialized: "Ya Heard Me" from B.G.'s 2009 album Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood and the exclusive "If I Ain't a Hot Boy". Although Turk was released from prison in 2012,{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2012/10/hot-boyz-rapper-turk-released-prison-after-nine-years|title=Hot Boyz Rapper Turk Released From Prison After Nine Years|date=October 12, 2012|magazine=Vibe|access-date=January 30, 2019}} talks of a reunion were quelled when B.G. was arrested for weapons possession in 2009{{cite news|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.10090/title.b-g-arrested-for-gun-charge-in-new-orleans|title=B.G. Arrested For Gun Charge In New Orleans|website=HipHopDX|date=November 6, 2009|access-date=January 30, 2019}} and subsequently sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for gun possession and witness tampering in 2012.{{cite news|author=Brendan McCarthy|url=https://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/07/rapper_bg_sentenced_to_14_year.html|title=B.G. sentenced to 14 years in federal prison|work=The Times-Picayune|date=July 18, 2012|access-date=January 30, 2019}} In December 2012, Turk released a song called "Zip It" featuring Lil Wayne on his SoundCloud account. A few weeks later, a remix was released with Juvenile featured on the last verse.{{cite web|title=Zip It Remix|url=https://soundcloud.com/originalhotboyturk/zip-it-remix-ft-b-g-juvenile|publisher=SoundCloud|access-date=January 30, 2019}} In February 2013, a version with all four members of the group was released, with B.G. recording his verse over the phone from prison. In 2013, The Hot Boys (minus B.G.) appeared in the video of 2 Chainz's song "Used 2", whose lyrics are reminiscent of Juvenile's "Back That Azz Up". "Used 2" was produced by Mannie Fresh, who also appears in the video. The Hot Boys (without B.G.) performed with Mannie Fresh during Lil Wayne's Lil WeezyAna Fest in August 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lil-wayne-plots-hot-boys-reunion-at-new-orleans-fest-20150708|title=Lil Wayne Plots Hot Boys Reunion at New Orleans Fest|author=Daniel Kreps|date=July 8, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=January 30, 2019}} Lil Wayne, Juvenile, and The Big Tymers reunited on a song called "Hate" in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://theboombox.com/mannie-fresh-lil-wayne-juvenile-birdman-hate/|title=Mannie Fresh Reunites With Lil Wayne, Juvenile & Birdman on 'Hate'|website=theboombox.com|date=25 February 2016 }}
B.G was released from prison on September 5, 2023.
On May 19, 2024, Juvenile went on Instagram Live to confirm that the Hot Boys have reunited and are working on a new studio album.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/cmplxtara-mahadevan/juvenile-new-hot-boys-album|title=Juvenile Confirms Hot Boys Reunion and New Album: ‘Have Some F*cking Patience’|website=Complex|access-date=May 21, 2024}}
On July 8, 2024 a Hot Boy reunion was teased at Essence fest . All members except for Turk did end up appearing but Lil Wayne’s set was separate and he did not share the stage with the other meme era of the Cash Money Millionaires .
Om Saturday November 2 a true Hot Boy reunion finally took place at Lil Weezyana fest including all members of the Cash Money Millionaires , marking the first time in over 15 years that the Hot Boys all graced the stage together . Another show was added in Houston Hot Boy Holiday on December 21 .
3 more shows were added in 2025 in Tampa , Charlotte and St. Louis
Discography
=Studio albums=
=Collaboration albums=
- Baller Blockin' with Cash Money Millionaires (2000)
=Singles=
==As lead artist==
Filmography
- Baller Blockin' (2000)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7LkF5QHu_cC&pg=PA30|title=Billboard|date=31 October 2009|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=4 October 2018|via=Google Books}}
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Category:Cash Money Records artists
Category:American hip-hop groups
Category:Southern hip-hop groups
Category:African-American musical quartets
Category:Musical groups from New Orleans
Category:Musical groups established in 1997
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2001