{"id":2155728,"date":"2025-11-14T05:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2155728"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:06:10","slug":"80s-90s-music-group-making-a-comeback-with-a-big-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/80s-90s-music-group-making-a-comeback-with-a-big-change\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201880s, \u201890s music group making a comeback \u2013 with a big change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A late 1980s, early \u201890s music group is making a comeback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Grammy-winning new jack swing pioneer Teddy Riley announced that he is reforming the R&amp;B group Guy, now known as Guy 2.0. As the name change suggests, the lineup will not feature original members Aaron Hall and Damion Hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Guy 2.0 will feature Riley with Fred \u201cJai\u201d Robinson of Profyle, J Stylz of BS2, and solo R&amp;B singer Ray Lavender. The quartet will also perform live as part of the \u201cTeddy Riley Xperience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGreetings IG! We are Guy 2.0!!\u201d the group wrote on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/officialg2.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>. \u201cFollow us on our mission!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/bernadette-giacomazzo\/teddy-riley-announces-the-rebirth-of-rb-group-guy-called-guy-20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Complex;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Complex<\/a>, this is not the first time Riley has reworked past music groups. In the mid 2010s, he reintroduced Blackstreet as BS2 with an updated lineup (including J Stylz) performing hits like \u201cNo Diggity,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Leave Me,\u201d \u201cBefore I Let You Go\u201d and \u201cTake Me There.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Riley, Aaron Hall and Timmy Gatling first formed Guy in 1987, with Damion Hall joining shortly afterwards. The group helped define the new jack swing era of R&amp;B\/hip-hop music with two platinum albums featuring popular songs like \u201cGroove Me,\u201d \u201cTeddy\u2019s Jam\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Chill.\u201d Guy released its last studio album, \u201cGuy III,\u201d in 2000 and has sporadically reunited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Riley, 58, was the lead singer of Blackstreet and Guy, buy is also known as a producer and songwriter for artists like Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Joe, and Boyz II Men. He won Grammy Awards for Jackson\u2019s \u201cDangerous\u201d (Best Engineered Album \u2013 Non-Classical) and Blackstreet\u2019s \u201cNo Diggity,\u201d (Best R&amp;B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal), plus was nominated for his production work on Lady Gaga\u2019s \u201cThe Fame Monster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new jack swing genre also featured artists like New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe, Hi-Five, Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Tony! Toni! Tone! and Soul for Real. Bruno Mars briefly brought the sound back to the mainstream in 2016 with the hit song \u201cFinesse,\u201d featuring Cardi B.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2025\/11\/80s-90s-music-group-making-a-comeback-with-a-big-change.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:syracuse.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">syracuse.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A late 1980s, early \u201890s music group is making a comeback. Grammy-winning new jack swing pioneer Teddy Riley announced that he is reforming the R&amp;B group Guy, now known as Guy 2.0. As the name change suggests, the lineup will not feature original members Aaron Hall and Damion Hall. 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