After a stint on Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood, he returned to the charts with the slinky 2014 hit “Post To Be” and his fourth album Sex Playlist. A 2006 collaboration with Timbaland, “Ice Box” showed his increasing maturity as Omarion channelled his heartbreak over a relationship’s end into what became his biggest solo hit. The Grammy-nominated album established Omarion as an R&B powerhouse who was just as compelling on the lean and funky Neptunes-assisted “Touch” as he was on “I’m Tryna”, a slow jam that showed off his knack for being both salacious and sweet. “I’m here to make you feel good.” And that’s just what he did with 2005’s O. For nearly two decades, Omarion has vibrantly painted the entertainment landscape as a chart topping, multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Recording Artist, Producer and.
“That was the moment I realised I’m here to make music,” he said. The global pandemic postponed the tour however, it is set to resume March 2021. As he told Apple Music, he felt like he came into his own artistically when he was able to work with The Neptunes on his first solo album. Omarion commemorated his 20 years in the entertainment industry by headlining The Millennium Tour 2020.
But for Omarion-who was born Omari Ishmael Grandberry in Inglewood, California, in 1984-that early success was just the beginning of a richer creative life. As the teenaged frontman for the R&B boy band B2K, Omarion lived every young singer’s dream of performing in front of screaming fans and lighting up the charts with hits like the frisky “Bump, Bump, Bump”.
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