Assuming it was Marcel. View our online Press Pack. When their second album failed to reach the dizzying heights of their first, they were dropped from their label and forced to split in 2003. He still performs with the band when they get together for reunions and still lists himself as a member on his Instagram, but he's ditched the gelled hair and shaved eyebrows in favour of grown-out locks and stubble. We're assuming that Freek came to a career Crossroads at some point, because his time in Blazin' Squad was actually followed by working in banking, wearing waistcoats and sipping on red wine in Instagram pictures. In 2005, Strider, Flava and Kenzie signed a record deal with Polydor records, and began recording an album under the name Friday Hill, named after a location in their hometown in Chingford. 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This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The optical illusion will leave you stumped as it's asking people to spot the ghost hiding inside the room. Their comeback single Let's Start Again only peaked at number 51 on the UK Singles Chart and the band went their separate ways soon after. But he's apparently had a couple of normal jobs too. Before Somerville had to explain his earlier life in the fast lane to other people on Love Island, he competed in local athletics and launched a record label. He is reported to work in the import and export industry. Friendship goals. The label issued a Greatest Hits compilation via digital download and thereby ended the contract with the group. he said. Despite ditching the hair gel and growing a beard, the 36 . For love on the line [Reepa] (Love on the line) [Krazy] [CHORUS ALL] We can chat all night and day girl When I'm home or away girl Just give me a call on my line girl You can be all mine girl And when we are talking I picture your eyes on your pretty face With the gloss on your lips, soft tanned skin And the body I'll embrace [Strider] Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Facebook page and 'Follow' on our @digitalspy Twitter account and you're all set. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Blazin' Squad had six top 10 singles and a number one single, Kenzie has undergone a huge transformation, Marcel went on to star in 2017's edition of Love Island, Flava and Strider joined forces to write songs for artists such as Sam Smith and Leona Lewis, Freek has a tattoo of the date the band got their number one single Crossroads, Melo-d became a window fitter after the group split, Blazin Squad then & now Sam Foulkes (Spike E), Blazin Squad then & now Tom Beasley (DJ Tommy B), Despite their success, the group disbanded in 2006, Where Blazin Squad stars are now unrecognisable transformation to surprising career change & tattoo disaster, Olivia Attwood praises best pal Georgia Harrison as 'brave and dignified' after Stephen Bear jailed for sharing sex tape, Peter Andre reveals strict rule for daughter Princess's career after she teams up with fashion brand, Where cast of Flipper are now - from hilarious run-in with the Queen to Breaking Bad fame & star with 14 kids by 4 mums, Stephen Bears fiance Jessica Smith vows to stick with him 'through thick and thin' after shamed reality star is jailed, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). After the band split, Krazy, real name Lee Bailey, along with Strider, Flava, Kenzie, and Rocky B announced that they would be reuniting. Immediately after his time in the group, Marcel Somerville had a run of reality show stints on CelebAir, The Games and The Weakest Link and he's back on reality telly now as a cast member on Love Island. Currently he is still involved in the entertainment industry and works as a music manager for ESG Management. The singer is now married and has a baby. There were 10 of them in total, but most have stepped away from the limelight, Get all the latest gossip from the villa straight to your inbox with our Love Island newsletter. So far he's basically spent the entire time telling people he was in Blazin' Squad. They co-wrote and co-produced Sam Smith and Naughty Boy's tune 'La La La', and also worked on Jess Glynne's debut album. Admittedly, only half of them scraped the Top 40, but the group also landed seven Top 10 hits in three years. He's now working as a BBC media manager, but does also still pop up at a reunion gig every so often. I might become an actor or do something similar - I've always wanted to be an entertainer from being a small boy." Keeping well? But while the miniature gangsters have grown into adult-sizedyuppies, they probably still live by the laws of the street, and we bet they all remember the lyrics to Flip Reverse It, too. After the short-lived comeback in 2009, Freek known as Oliver Georgiou to family and friends founded his own music management company. Kenzie is still the best known member going on to star on Celebrity Big Brother in 2005 before coming back into the limelight in 2013 on The Big Reunion. "Standard Flow" was remixed by Ras Kwarme and Origin Unknown, with a version available featuring Jamaican dancehall musician Elephant Man on guest vocals. He got Blazin Squads first number one and the date they signed their record contract on his arm but after spending time with experts, the ink was updated to a more spectacular tribute to their efforts - complete with a smoking microphone. Kenzie (James MacKenzie) Doug Peters / Doug Peters/EMPICS Entertainment Kenzie is. Artists including Professor Green and Leona Lewis have used their songs. After years away from the limelight, Marcel appeared on the third series of Love Island and came in fourth place with Gabby Allen. Blazin' Squad - angielski zesp hiphopowy. Sam is said to work in the import/export industry these days but still does the occasional reunion gig with the Blazin' Squad boys when called for. We've not heard much from Lee Bailey after his solo musical effort The Lee Bailey Project failed to take off. But when the band disbanded, he retreated from the limelight - despite initially telling the media he would like to carry on with a career in the industry. He's also now a father to two daughters, Wynter and Wyllow. In the eighth of the Blazin' Squad diaries, Reepa, aka Stuart tells us what he's been up to this . He's still loving life in the slightly smaller, reunited version of the band and is probably popping up at a student union near you soon. But, he is also a father to daughters Wynter and Wyllow with girlfriend Frankie Evans. Blazin' Squad are reckoned to be the next big pop sensation, so just who are they? The remaining few (Rocky-B, Reepa, Spike-E, Melo-D and MC Vyper, who had changed his alias from Danny-B), announced they would be reforming as Blazin' Squad in the summer of 2006. The album spawned the singles "We Just Be Dreamin'", "Flip Reverse" and "Here 4 One". After Marcel's romance with co-star Gabby Allen came crashing down in a wave of cheating allegations, the star went on to find love with his current girlfriend Rebecca. Despite their record label wanting to drop them following the lack of success of the single, they had signed a binding contract to release an album. Critics' main complaint was that Blazin' Squad posed as the next threat on the garage scene, but were actually more like East 17, the Nineties boy band who hailed from the nearby ends of Walthamstow. Their representative told The Telegraph: "There are no major plans apart from the band performing a few shows up and down the country". While he and Flava had their biggest hit co-writing and co-producing Sam Smith and Naughty Boy's hit La La La. He's uploaded a handful of original rap tracks to his official Soundcloud page, and still tours nightclubs with half of the Blazin' Squad crew. She says that she feels strange when she sees teenage girls screaming over her son, but knows that he enjoys it! He's currently helping 19-year-old singer-songwriter Miller Blue break through into the industry. 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Confirming the reunion in August 2017, the band told fans: "We're back, and this year's gonna be ours.". He has also become a music mogul writing tracks for the likes of Leona Lewis, Emeli Sande and Professor Green. Now or Never is the second studio album released by British ten-piece hip hop group Blazin' Squad. They hit the big time back in 2002 but now 15 years has passed and a lot has changed. 5. What Blazin' Squad look like now: here's what the 10-piece boyband did next 1 The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal on season 3 2 Call the Midwife star breaks down season 12 finale 3 Angela Bassett. He's since found love with current girlfriend Rebecca Vieira and they welcomed a son together called Roman in 2021. As well as becoming a household reality TV icon, Marcel Sommerville works as a producer and founder of an independent music label called Dmode. Blazin' Squad's new album In The Beginning is out this week. Their comeback single 'Let's Start Again' peaked at No. Flava is the second half of Mojam alongside Strider, and the pair are enjoying some serious success in the business. The Love Island boys reunited in early August 2017, Young Kenzie, with his then girlfriend Jodie Marsh, Now he's a buff personal trainer with a penchant for reality television shows, Chris McKeckney was a fresh faced young boy in 2002, Stuart Baker was all spiked hair and chains, Now he's got a proper haircut and a proper job working for the Beeb, Freek had one of the biggest transformations, He ended up being a suave banker who sipped wine and used Instagram filters, Cutie Marcel didn't stray far from his Blazin Squad roots, He does however look infinitely cooler now, Looking like butter wouldn't melt back in the day, Tommy B is also a keen cyclist who loves a vanilla cone, Krazy's hair sadly isn't the reason he was given that moniker, He's not been seen recently but did keep to his love of music, Sam Foulkes left his curls in the early noughties, But he's kept up with his music and still works with Blazin Squad on reunions, Mustafa Omer learnt a lot in his Blazin Squad days, And he's penned some huge hits for some massive names with James. A debut album In The Beginning was also a huge success and they went on to release a further six top ten hits. Marcel, 36, is engaged to Rebecca Vieira and they have a beautiful baby boy together called Roman. Mostly, appear in "What happened to Blazin' Squad?" Having lived it large in the early 2000s with the boys, Tommy now prefers the quiet life and has pretty much dropped off the radar. Spike-e is considerably less spikey these days which is probably for the best, but he does still proudly declare himself to be a Blazin' Squad star in his Twitter bio so don't get too sad. He and partner Bayley Hatson share a daughter. He also correctly tweeted that Wispa is the best chocolate bar on the market. It features the rap version of "We Just Be Dreamin . James Murray stayed close with his bandmate Mustafa Omer (Strider). Blazin' Squad In 2001 Vs. 2017 Featuring Kenzie, Freek, and Melo-d. by Tabatha Leggett BuzzFeed Staff, UK 1. Ten teenagers from Chingford who enjoyed a brief, but indeed blazing, time in the limelight in the early Noughties. Watch the official music video for "Here 4 On" by Blazin Squad.Released as the third and final single from the group's second studio album, "Now or Never", o. His curly ginger locks are gone, replaced with a bald head and bushy beard. As well as occasionally performing with other former Blazin' Squad members, Sam works in the import/export industry now. In October 2005, the group released their debut single, "Baby Goodbye", which reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart, selling over 80,000 copies. After the end of the group, he pursued a new career as a window fitter and is still close to his former bandmates. Even music snobs were hard-pressed to resist the pop charm of the teen band's chart-topping debut single 'Crossroads' when it was released back in 2002. 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Now or Never, released in November 2003,lived up to the latter half of its title and rendered the band in tatters after poor sales. Before lockdown, Tommy worked as a DJ. This week Reepa gives us the the latest on what Blazin' Squad have been up to. While he's back to being close with the boys these days, he also previously performed as a solo act called The Lee Bailey Project, which is still visible on MySpace. What do the Hocus Pocus cast look like now? Reepa's spiked hair has now been replaced by luscious long locks instead. Blazin' Squad biography and history on AllMusic including birthday, best songs, existing and new album information, and more. Blazin' Squad were an English hip hop group. He has been pretty quiet of late since his solo career, dubbed the Lee Bailey Project, failed to hit the big time. We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. The UK pop charts had proved themselves ready for an influx of urban music, and East West Records, an imprint of Warner Music, snapped up teenage rap group Blazin' Squad a year earlier. In July 2006, Rocky-B, Reepa, Spike-E and Melo-D made an announcement that they were going to reform as Blazin' Squad, and record and release a new album under Peach Records. Like his old pal Lee, Tommy also turned his back on the heady world of showbiz. More recently in 2013, he gave the pop game another shot by teaming up with Adam Rickitt, Gareth Gates, Dane Bowers and Kavana for ITV2's The Big Reunion for new manband 5th Story. Over their brief career the lads celebrated two gold records and sold-out arena tours - including a headline set at Wembley. After dipping his toe into the music scene hes now moved into imports and exports. Kenzie now shares his luxury lifestyle, wearing designer clothes, and jet setting to Dubai, whilst supporting a rock hard pair of abs. The London group had seven hits in the Top 10 before one by one they slowly exited from the spotlight -but where are they now? MC Freek, Rocky B, Melo-d, Reepa, Krazy, Spike-e, Flava . He also often shares snaps of him and the band hanging out abroad or in swanky venues (pre-pandemic of course). He has since returned to the industry but now works as a band manager instead. And are they getting back together? Occasionally, he ditches the suit to join his bandmates on stage during reunion performances. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 4. The group had six top ten hits, including "Crossroads", a cover version of the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony original. He was part of a supergroup called 5th Story, compiled while he was appearing on ITV's Big Reunion. He also still has those majestic eyebrows. Where are the cast of Attack the Block now? Poznali si w wieku 14 lat i od tamtej pory zaczli tworzy muzyk. Lee has stayed away from the limelight since but judging by his social media posts, he has two sons and is also married. Their catchy tunes including Flip Reverse and number one song Crossroads were dancefloor staples in nightclubs across the country. A detailed history, The ending of Sex/Life season 2 explained, Here's what Buzz from Home Alone looks like now. They decided to call it a day in 2006. But their album, Times Like These, struggled in the charts. The boyband/hip-hop collective, made up of 10 fresh-faced teens, went straight in at No.1 with their debut single, a cover of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's Crossroads, exactly 20 years ago today (August 31). After bandmate Marcel's stint on Love Island, Oliver was invited to appear on E4 show Tattoo Fixers where he hoped to update the inking on his left bicep. 23. Even die-hard fans might have trouble recognising a now 35-year-old Kenzie given he's now a beefed-up personal trainer at Studio 23. But Blazin' Squad were infamous for their pretentious attempts to seem "street", their love of oversized clothing and enjoyably preposterous interviews at the hands of Simon Amstell, then-co-host of T4 showPopworld, who famously asked them, "So, how's puberty going?
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