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Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)

"Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)" is a song by American rapper Rich Homie Quan. It was released on February 10, 2015, as a single from his mixtape If You Ever Think I Will Stop Goin' in Ask RR (Royal Rich) (2015) & his Album Rich As In Spirit (2016). The track was produced by Nitti Beatz, DJ Spinz and mixed by Ray Seay and Justin Childs.

Commercial performance

The song has peaked at number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100. To date, this is Rich Homie Quan's highest charting single as a solo artist. As of August 2015, "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)" has sold 425,000 copies domestically. In October, the single was certified platinum and reached #1 on Urban Radio.

Music video

A music video for "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)" was released on April 1, 2015. It was directed by Be El Be. The video is notable for its high levels of stunting and also serves as the preeminent example of "hitting the Quan."

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Flex (singer)

Félix Danilo Gómez (born August 26, 1969), known by his stage names Flex and Nigga, was a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist. He adopted the name Nigga after being told by another Panamanian artist that he "sings like a nigger from Africa." Before releasing an album in the United States in 2008, Flex removed references to his nickname in songs, and his CD packages were reprinted with the name "Flex."

Awards and accomplishments

Flex has received nominations for a variety of awards shows including Premios Billboard, Premios lo Nuestro, Latin Grammys, Premios Juventud, Premios Oye, and Premios Monitor Latino. Flex has won an Oye award, a Latin Grammy, and eight Billboard Latin Music awards.

His accomplishments include a number one position in Mexican and American radio for over 20 weeks, as well as Gold and Platinum album sales worldwide.

Personal life

After five years of dating, Flex married his longtime transgender girlfriend Osiris Vega on August 26, 2008 and got divorced in 2011 Flex continues to live in Panama.

Killa

"Killa" is the first single by R&B American group Cherish from their second album The Truth. "Killa" features rap/hip-hop artist Yung Joc. The song is about "not being able to resist the man you know is no good." It is their third single after "Unappreciated" in 2006, and was described by noted UK R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul as "a robustly funky single which finds the girls teaming up with chart-topping rugged male Southern rapper Yung Joc".

The song was released to iTunes on November 27, 2007. The video premiered via BET's Access Granted on December 12, 2007 featuring some scenes of the movie Step Up 2: The Streets. The video was directed by Little X.

On March 22, Cherish performed this single on Showtime at the Apollo along with their next single "Amnesia".

It was originally announced that there would be a So So Def remix featuring Jermaine Dupri and Rocko. However, even though Dupri was on the remix, Rocko was absent, the other collaborator being The Kid Slim.

Mario (American singer)

Mario Dewar Barrett (born August 27, 1986), known mononymously as Mario, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, model and record producer. He is known for his singles "Just a Friend 2002" (2002) and "Let Me Love You" (2004), which won him two Billboard awards, as well as for appearing in the films Step Up and Freedom Writers. He has released four studio albums: Mario (2002), Turning Point (2004), Go (2007), and D.N.A. (2009). At the end of the 2000s decade, Mario was ranked by Billboard #98 on their "Artist of the Decade" list. His fifth studio album, Never 2 Late, is yet to be released.

Early life

Mario grew up in Baltimore and other working-class neighborhoods in Baltimore County, Maryland. He lived with his grandmother, who raised him while his single mother struggled with a drug addiction. Mario said at the age of four that he wanted to become a singer. His mother supported his dream and bought him a karaoke machine. Mario joined a musical group in Milford Mill Academy with the oldest son of comedienne Mo'Nique and best friend Jaye Brebnor and also his younger god sister Chea Tyler. Barrett learned to play the piano and used that skill as the basis for his melodies and songs. He was discovered at age eleven and signed by producer Troy Patterson, after singing "I'll Make Love to You" at a Coppin State College talent show. Mario attended Milford Mill Academy up until the tenth grade where he was inspired by his music teacher, during his early teen years, and was offered a record deal at the age of fourteen, signing with Clive Davis' J Records. His musical influences include Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Nat King Cole, Brian McKnight, Boyz II Men, Michael Jackson,Usher, and Joe. His first introduction to the music industry was the Dr. Dolittle 2 movie soundtrack in 2001. He sang a captivating performance of the Stevie Wonder classic "You and I" at Clive's Grammy party in 2002, and began recording an album.