![]() ![]() Twista became even more popular in 20 when he teamed with fellow Chicagoan Kanye West and Jamie Foxx for the smash single “Slow Jamz.” Twista’s 2004 album, Kamikaze, earned him his first Multi platinum plaque. Since then, Twista has remained one of rap’s premier practitioners and in-demand collaborators. He’s appeared on albums from Mariah Carey, Pitbull, Lady Gaga, Usher and Jay-Z, among others, and released a string of albums and mixtapes. Since then, Twista released a string of successful singles, highlighted 2009’s gold single “Wetter,” as well as 2013 single "Make a Movie" featuring Chris Brown.As Zoom calls of the past two years go, few have been better than the one we recently had with Baltimore-born R&B group Dru Hill. Every time their most famous member spoke up from his home studio, he made sure to introduce himself on the call. “This is Sisqó,” he said kindly, before answering each question. ![]() Yes, unbelievably, it was Sisqó, of “Thong Song” fame (during the brief solo career that made him a household name). And blonde hair fame (at age 43, he still has it). A guy we, frankly, haven’t thought much about since middle school, but were thrilled to have a fun conversation with, along with the current iteration of Dru Hill, one of the best known acts to ever come out of the city. Named after Druid Hill Park, the group-originally comprised of the then-relatively unknown kids Mark “Sisqó” Andrews, Tamir “Nokio” Ruffin, Larry “Jazz” Anthony, and James “Woody” Green-started performing in Baltimore in the early 1990s, in part by singing for customers while working at a since-closed fudge-shop in Harborplace.
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