Bad Boy band of brothers B5 -- short for Breeding 5, à la the Jackson 5 -- began as TNT Boyz but changed the name when youngest sibling Bryan joined up. Carnell, Dustin, Kelly, and Patrick won a number of talent competitions during the late '90s and early 2000s, developing their energetic performance style while gaining attention from a number of industry heavyweights. P. Diddy eventually took the group under his wings, signing them to Bad Boy and arranging a roster of reputable producers to collaborate with them for their debut album. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

    You Gotta Luv B5                

                                           How did you all go about getting your deal with Bad Boy?        B5-We were with our manager Jim McMahan. We were doing a couple of auditions and one of them was with this guy named Kevin Wales of Worldwide Entertainment. He knew Puffy very well, so he took us up to Ohio to meet Puffy. What we did was we went to his hotel room and performed with a little boom box and after that he said he liked us a lot and a month later he sent us a contract and we got signed.

        When is the album coming out?       B5-July 19th You all were in Virginia Beach last weekend for Memorial Day weekend performing at the Af'Fran festival.

 How was that?      B5-It was crazy. Everybody out there was showing us a lot of love.

I'm in Virginia. We tried to go down there but it was so crowded man. So Dustin you're the older are you kind of like the leader of the group sorta?      B5-There is no leader in the group. It's just all 5 of us. We all have our part we play.

Are you all doing a lot of promo and touring now?   B5-A lot of promo stuff, a lot of radio interviews. We are doing a lot of shows and spring fests and getting ready to promote our album.

You all are home schooled now or rather tutored do you ever…. B5-We go to a school called Atlanta Country Day School that school provides us with, when we are on the road the tutor comes with us. When we are home in Atlanta we go to the school and do our work.

 Do you ever miss regular high school stuff like go to school, come home, play video games, teenage stuff?       B5-You don't get to hang out with your friends. There are only 5 other kids at the school. B5 and five other kids.

What is the name of the second single?     B5-"U Got Me"

How do you guys feel about the Jackson 5 comparisons?      B5-We feel really good about the Jackson 5 comparisons because when they were out they were so good. They have been around for a long time, so for people to think of us like the Jackson 5 is a compliment to us.

I heard you all in a radio interview saying you all would always be a group and no one had plans to go solo. Do you all still feel like that, that you will always be a group?      B5-Yeah. I think everybody might do their own thing but we will still be B5. Later on down the road maybe Carnell will want to make beats and write songs but we will never break up because we are mad at each other.

How long have you been singing together as a group?       B5-As B5 like 4 years.

Do you guys ever find it hard doing so much promotion, interviews all of the time?    B5-It's hard because we don't get too much sleep. The rest of it is pretty easy.

Have you all had any crazy fan encounters?      B5-Yeah.

Can you tell me a story? What's the craziest thing you can think of from just this past month?      B5-Well…some of the shows we did, a lot of the girls were fainting and stuff. We went to do a radio interview and this girl said, "I was at you guys show and I pretended to faint so I could get backstage to see you guys." The last show we did there were a lot of girls fainting and falling out left and right. We had to cut our show short. A lot of girls fainting and stuff.

I know there are five of you in the group. Do you have any other artists featured on any of the remixes on the album?      B5-No it's just us right now on this album. We might have other people featured on songs on our next one.

I think it was valentines day, or no it was Mothers Day you were on 106 and Park with your mom? Do you remember that?    B5-Yeah

How was that? Did she enjoy being on TV?    B5-She was shocked. She said, "You all should have told me so I could have dressed up?"

 Do you have any other brothers and sisters who aren't in the group?   B5-Just us. We have a lot of cousins.

 Have any of you all pursued any acting or anything yet?     B5-We wanna do some acting. We want to do movies and all that stuff, but now we are just focusing on the album.

Puffy has had several reality shows and I asked the same question to Boyz n Da Hood. Have you all ever considered doing a reality show like B5 on the Road or B5 behind the scenes?     B5-We always joke around like that. We are always acting crazy on the road.  we had a reality show everybody would be watching that because we always act crazy.

Is it like surprising to see yourself on TV or in magazines?      B5-Yeah. It's pretty cool that we are on TV. We'll be flipping channels and we will be on BET. It feels good.

What do you guys like to do in your free time when you are not working?    B5-We play video games. Spend time with friends. Basketball. Football.

What kind of video games do you guys like?         B5-Halo 2 on X-box. The Star Wars Game Episode 3.

When you guys are doing shows do you have your own tour bus?           B5-Yes ma'am. We had a tour bus. We had our faces our big old faces on it. It was wrapped up with B5. When we were riding through everyone knew it was us. When we are doing shows really far away we will take a plane and take a limo or a van, but if it is close like 4 or 5 hours away we will take our B5 bus and go up there and perform.

So you guys are from Atlanta?         B5-We're originally from St. Petersburg, Florida but we currently live in Atlanta.

I know there is another group from Atlanta ATL I think I interviewed them before have you all ever performed at the same event or shared a stage?    B5-We heard about ATL but we never did any shows with them or anything

What is your favorite thing about being a recording star?    B5-Performing on stage.

 Do you enjoy shopping for clothes and stuff?    B5-We are crazy over shoes. If we see some tight shoes we gotta get them

What is something about B5 that you all's fans might not know?    B5-They know everything about us. So the album is July 19th? Any last remarks ? B5-We love the fans. Vote for U Got Me. Get the album July 19th! We love you guys! For more details visit http://www.b5online.com/ or http://www.badboyonline.com