Hot Boys

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The Hot Boys (often styled as Hot Boy$) are an American hip hop group from Uptown 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 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). The group disbanded by 2003 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...

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