New Boyz is an American

United States

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 hip hop

Hip hop

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/rap

Rap

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 group and a former jerkin crew

Jerkin'

Jerkin or Jerk is a street dance from Los Angeles. Since 2009, jerkin' has gained fans along the West Coast and is gaining popularity on the East Coast....

 duo made up of rappers Earl "Ben J" Benjamin (born October 13, 1991) and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas (born October 12, 1991) from Hesperia

Hesperia, California

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, California

California

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. They debuted in summer 2009 with their viral hit, "You're a Jerk

You're a Jerk

"You're a Jerk" is a song by the duo New Boyz from their debut studio album Skinny Jeans and a Mic. It has peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.- Music video :...

", taken from their debut studio album Skinny Jeanz and a Mic

Skinny Jeanz and a Mic

Many critics noted that the album is split into two types of songs: the party-influenced pop rap, and the slowed down sultry R&B tones. Several songs are built on the same formula of "You're a Jerk", with Allmusic noting that, "Dot Com," "Colors," "Turnt," and "So Dope" all have the cheesy drum...

, released in September 2009. The song peaked in the top thirty of the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, and it was the first song to bring the jerkin'

Jerkin'

Jerkin or Jerk is a street dance from Los Angeles. Since 2009, jerkin' has gained fans along the West Coast and is gaining popularity on the East Coast....

 style to the national forefront. A second single, "Tie Me Down

Tie Me Down

Tie Me Down is a song by American recording duo New Boyz. The song is the second single from their debut album Skinny Jeans and a Mic, and features R&B singer Ray J. Ray J's chorus uses the Autotune effect and there is also usage in the New Boyz' verses...

" featuring Ray J

Ray J

William Ray Norwood Jr. , better known by his stage name Ray J, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.-Early life:...

, was also successful and peaked in the top thirty.

Biography

The two were originally rivals, but became friends over a common interest in music. Thomas began rapping at the age of eight after watching a music video by Bow Wow, but Benjamin did not have plans to pursue a musical career, instead, he intended to play football

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 at San Diego State University

San Diego State University

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. However, Benjamin decided to focus more on music after he discovered that Thomas was achieving success in rapping. With their October birthdays only a day apart, they pooled their gift money to buy recording equipment. Thomas then taught himself how to make beats for the group's songs with a computer program called Fruity Loops, saying "I had to teach myself. We didn’t want to pay for beats." After Thomas transferred to a new school, they decided to form a group. With Benjamin being "Ben J" and Thomas being "Legacy", they began performing together as the Swagger Boyz on July 4, 2008 and created a MySpace

MySpace

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 page to promote their self-published single "Colorz".

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	US Rap Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks Rap and hip-hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart began publication for the week of November 13, 2004....
Skinny Jeanz and a Mic Skinny Jeanz and a Mic Many critics noted that the album is split into two types of songs: the party-influenced pop rap, and the slowed down sultry R&B tones. Several songs are built on the same formula of "You're a Jerk", with Allmusic noting that, "Dot Com," "Colors," "Turnt," and "So Dope" all have the cheesy drum...	Release date: September 15, 2009 Label: Shotty, Asylum Records Asylum Records Asylum Records is an American record label founded in 1971 by David Geffen, and partner Elliot Roberts, who had previously worked as agents at the William Morris Agency. Founded specifically to provide a record contract for Jackson Browne, the label signed Tom Waits, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell... Format: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , music download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	56	12	8
Too Cool to Care Too Cool to Care -Chart performance:...	Released date: May 17, 2011 Label: Shotty, Asylum Records Format: CD, music download	41	9	7

Singles

List of singles, with chart positions and certifications

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications	Album
		US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	US Rap	US Pop Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...	NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
"You're a Jerk You're a Jerk "You're a Jerk" is a song by the duo New Boyz from their debut studio album Skinny Jeans and a Mic. It has peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.- Music video :... "	2009	24	13	4	—	—	—	—	—	US Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : Platinum	Skinny Jeans and a Mic
"Tie Me Down Tie Me Down Tie Me Down is a song by American recording duo New Boyz. The song is the second single from their debut album Skinny Jeans and a Mic, and features R&B singer Ray J. Ray J's chorus uses the Autotune effect and there is also usage in the New Boyz' verses... " (featuring Ray J Ray J William Ray Norwood Jr. , better known by his stage name Ray J, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.-Early life:... )		22	42	5	23	—	—	—	—	US: Platinum
"Break My Bank Break My Bank "Break My Bank" is a song by American hip-hop duo New Boyz featuring Virgin Islands singer Iyaz. It was written by the group with Matt Squire and Damon Sharpe. The song is the lead single from their second studio album, Too Cool to Care.-Composition:... " (featuring Iyaz Iyaz Keidran Jones , better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a singer signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records from the British Virgin Islands. His debut single "Replay", was released in 2009 and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number-one in the UK, Australia and the top ten... )	2010	68	63	10	—	—	—	—	—		Too Cool to Care
"Backseat Backseat (song) "Backseat" is a song recorded by American hip hop duo New Boyz. The song was released as a single on February 15, 2011 as a digital download in the United States and currently serves as the second single released from the duo's second album Too Cool to Care... " (featuring The Cataracs The Cataracs The Cataracs are an American hip hop indie-pop duo formed in Berkeley, California, consisting of David “Campa” Benjamin Singer-Vine, a songwriter and vocalist and Niles “Cyrano” Hollowell-Dhar, a songwriter, vocalist, and producer. The duo started out as an independent group, during their years at...  and Dev Dev (singer) Devin Star Tailes , better known by her stage name Dev, is an American singer. She was discovered by The Cataracs via MySpace after her friend Shane Crislip, posted her singing to some beats... )	2011	26	—	12	17	89	52	30	55	US: Platinum
"Better With the Lights Off Better with the Lights Off "Better with the Lights Off" is a song recorded by American hip hop duo New Boyz, taken from their second studio album, Too Cool To Care. The song was released as a promotional single on May 3, 2011 via digital download in the United States and was released as the third single from the album on... " (featuring Chris Brown)		38	—	13	23	90	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Promotional singles

List of singles, with chart positions and certifications

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
"Crush On You" (featuring YG YG (rapper) Keenan Jackson , most known by his stage name YG , is an African-American Compton-based rapper and songwriter of the West Coast scenery. In his earlier years he was gang affiliated with the Westside Tree Top Piru gang. He was signed by Def Jam in 2009 and released his first single titled "Toot It... )	2011	-	Too Cool to Care

As a Featuring Artist

List of singles, with chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Album
		US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	US Rap	US Pop Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...	NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
"I Like It Like That I Like It Like That (Hot Chelle Rae song) -Chart performance:-Release history:... " (Hot Chelle Rae Hot Chelle Rae Hot Chelle Rae is a pop rock band formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2005. The band consists of Ryan Follese , Nash Overstreet , Ian Keaggy , and Jamie Follese . Their debut album, Lovesick Electric, was released on October 27, 2009...  featuring New Boyz)	2011	51	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	Whatever Whatever (Hot Chelle Rae album) -Reception:...
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Result
2010	BET Awards 2011	Best Group

External links

• Official site
• New Boyz channel at Youtube