They're the G-Spot, but not the spot you're thinking about. The five members of the GS Boyz say their name doesn't stand for anything sexual. They actually came up with it at Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas, where they copied off of each others' tests.
"That's bad, you shouldn't cheat," co-founder Keithian "Slizz" Cherry said, sitting on a car in front of Bowie. He and the guys have long since graduated but remain close with the students and faculty.
"We both got 100s off of our test," he said, recalling his exploits with group member Mathew Griffith, or, as he is known onstage, Prince Charming. "He came to me and said, 'What do you think of GS [G-Spot]?' I said, 'Nah. That sounds a little X-rated.' He said, 'Nah, that's where the girls and guys kick it.' We got the fighting groups [in our school]. Everybody is trying to fight, we're just trying to have fun. Kick it."
That was back in 2005, and the then-duo joined forces with Marc D (they knew him from theater-arts class) and eventually formed a trio. D (short for Dinkins) just so happened to know how to craft tracks, and produced the GS Boyz's first independent song, "Hit the G-Spot."
"It was a lot of negativity — people were starting gangs, cliques. I said, 'Let's do something positive,' " Marc D recalled. "Us three came together from school." Later in 2005, GS added a singer to the equation, Decory "DK" Kenner, and in 2007 Soufside (né Telson Flowers) joined the fold.
In the summer of '08, it was Soufside who actually named a dance Prince Charming was doing at his house the "Stanky Legg." Nine months later they had an Internet sensation and a regional smash that has been fast-tracked for mainstream love. Just recently Ciara appeared on Snoop Dogg's "Dogg After Dark" and told the O.G. rap vet how huge the dance was in the South, even giving the Doggfather a lesson.
"I called everybody that night," Prince said of his alert to the group members after he had a phone conversation with Joc to discuss the deal. Joc was hipped to the group's underground following by Louisiana legend DJ Bay Bay (the same spinner who inspired Hurricane Chris' "A Bay Bay.") "We met that night."
GS Boyz and their "Stanky Legg" record are an integral part of what's known in Dallas as D-Town Boogie, the city's own brand of music, fashion, slang and dance. The group is gearing up to release their debut later this year. They say that even though they are blowing up with "Stanky Legg" and people might doubt they have another hit in them, the pressure isn't going to lower their morale.
"When it comes to it, it's always a little pressure," Marc D said. "We don't let that get to us. We hear it all the time. We stay on our grind. We write constantly. Plus, we just don't do dance songs. People think we can't rap, but we'll see about that."
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