Marques Houston (born August 4, 1981). He is a singer/rapper,and actor. He is known for playing Roger on Sister, Sister.
Background[]
Marques was born to Michael and Carolyn Houston and he has 3 siblings. He is also the older cousin of B2K's J-Boog. Houston began acting at an early age and also got into music very on too.
Acting[]
Houston made his acting debut in the animated comedy film Bébé's Kids (1992) in which he was the voice of Khalil, the leader and oldest child of the titular "Bébé's Kids". Houston later appeared in House Party 3 (1994), where he played a fictional version of himself along with fellow Immature bandmates Young Rome and Don "Half Pint" Santos. In the film, they portrayed Kid's trouble-making younger cousins who aspire to become musicians. Houston's breakthrough role came when he won the part of Roger Evans in Sister, Sister playing the next-door neighbor of identical twin sisters Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell. Marques played the role for five of the show's six seasons. The show wrote his character out of the script during the fifth season, but he made a guest appearance in the series finale. In 1997, he had a brief cameo in the movie "Good Burger, a spin-off from a sketch on the Nickelodeon show "All That" starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. He played Jake, Kenan's friend. Houston and his IMx (formerly Immature) band members made an appearance in Destiny's Child music video for the single "No, No, No Part 1" off their 1998 Destiny's Child (album). In 2000, shortly after Houston's run on Sister, Sister ended, Marques had a brief cameo in Destiny's Child's video rendition of The Writing's on the Wall single Jumpin', Jumpin.
Music Career[]
In 1992, Houston became a founding member of the R&B group Immature (also known as IMx). The members of the group includes Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos (later replaced by Kelton "LDB" Kessee), along with Chris Stokes, who is their manager. During this period, Houston went by the nickname "Batman.” In 1999, the group underwent a name change, however, it continued on to release two albums under the name IMx such as Introducing IMx (1999) and IMx (2001). The group also branched out into acting and appeared such shows as A Different World, Sister, Sister (TV series). Later they recorded songs from soundtracks to the films "House Party 3" and House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute, before disbanding in 2002.
A year later in 2003, Houston began pursuing a solo career. Using his birth name, Marques Houston, he released his debut album, MH, on October 21, 2003. The album featured the singles "That Girl", "Clubbin'" (featuring Joe Budden and R. Kelly), "Pop That Booty" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) and "Because of You". In the United States charts, MH peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200[2] and at number 5 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. On May 24, 2005, Houston released his second solo album, Naked. The album featured the singles "All Because of You" (featuring Young Rome), "Naked" and "Sex Wit You". In the United States, Naked peaked at number 13 on the Billboard and peaked at number 5 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
His most prominent album Famous came out a decade later.
Personal life[]
Houston's mother died from lymphoma in 1997 which contributed to his hiatus from Sister, Sister. In March 2019, Houston become engaged to Miya Dickey. On August 24, 2020, the couple got married in a not-so-secret small ceremony due to COVID-19 regulations. He previously was in a relationship with Marlena Campbell for a few years.
Studio Albums[]
- MH (album) (2003)
- Naked (2005)
- Veteran (2007)
- Mr. Houston (2009)
- Mattress Music] (2010)
- Famous (2013)