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5 Black Boy Bands of This Century That Deserve Better
If you’re anything like me (or several million people) at some point in your life, you went through a boy band phase. And if you’re even more like me, you haven’t grown out of it, you’ve just replaced one boy band with the next. Over the years, I’ve seen boy bands come and go (and sometimes come again). From the more obscure ones like NLT and IM5 to the global superstars like One Direction and BTS, boy bands have been a phenomena for decades.
The concept of boy bands blew up in the 80s and 90s with the formation of groups like New Edition, New Kids On The Block, Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys, and *NSYNC. And though the end of the twentieth century is considered the height of the boy band era, the twenty first century has also produced some great boy bands, even if they didn’t always achieve the same success as those that came before them. In honor of Black History Month, we’re going to focus specifically on Black boy bands.
From not receiving the recognition they deserve to being taken advantage of by the music industry, here are five twenty first century boy bands that deserve better.
