Marques Barrett Houston (born August 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor.

The members of the group include Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos (later replaced by Kelton "LDB" Kessee), along with Chris Stokes, who is their manager.

On September 14, 2010, Houston released his fifth studio album, Mattress Music, which contained the singles "Kickin' & Screamin'" and "Pullin' On Her Hair".

[13] The track was slated to be the first single off his album White Party, set for release later that year.

Houston later appeared in House Party 3 (1994), where he played a fictional version of himself along with fellow Immature bandmates Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half Pint" Santos.

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.

Houston and his IMx (formerly Immature) band members made an appearance in Destiny's Child's music video for the single "No, No, No Part 1" off their 1998 self-titled debut album.

In 2012, Houston starred in a kids hip hop dance battle film, Battlefield America.

Houston began his journey into the behind the scenes world of filmmaking in 2010, partnering with longtime music manager Chris Stokes, who directed most of the films he wrote and produced.

Houston is currently the CEO of a film production company, Footage Films, in California, along with fellow IMx bandmate Young Rome (Jerome Jones) as president and relative Jarell Houston, (J-Boog of B2K) as vice president.

His first full writing and executive producer credit was the 2015 film Will to Love, starring Keisha Knight Pulliam, Draya Michele, and himself, respectively.

[18] He produced a thriller, Running Out of Time, starring Tasha Smith, RonReaco Lee and Telma Hopkins, that aired in December 2018 on BET.

[19] Since the start of this new career, he has written and produced over ten films so far, including one he co-wrote with Stokes that was released to theaters in 2017, titled 'Til Death Do Us Part starring Taye Diggs, Stephen Bishop, Annie Ilonzeh and Malik Yoba.

[22] Houston previously dated singer Jamila "Mila J" Chilombo[23][24] and My Wife and Kids actress Jennifer Freeman,[25] with whom he had starred in the 2004 film You Got Served.

Marriage and age gap controversy In March 2019, Houston became engaged to Miya Dickey, whom he met and began dating in 2018.

[31] Although Houston defended his marriage and personal reputation,[32][33][34] his response received more criticism and calls for the MeToo movement to cancel his entertainment career.