New Boyz

New Boyz crashed the Top 40 near the end of the 2000s with "You're a Jerk," a lean, booming, and casually dismissive track that helped popularize jerkin' -- a style of street dance -- far beyond the rap duo's Southern California region. No mere novelty act, New Boyz repeated the success with three additional singles from Skinny Jeanz and a Mic (2009) and Too Cool to Care (2011), their first two albums. After a decade apart, they returned in 2022 with a sequel to their breakthrough hit. Dominic Thomas and Earl Benjamin, respectively known as Legacy and Ben J, became friends at...