DRS (band)

DRS (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) was an American contemporary R&B group from Sacramento, California.

DRS
Also known asDirty Rotten Scoundrels
OriginSacramento, California, U.S.
GenresR&B
Years active1990s
LabelsCapitol Records
Past membersEndo
Pic
Jail Bait
Deuce Deuce
Ejay "Blunt" Turner[1]

Their biggest success was the hit single, "Gangsta Lean" (which spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart),[2][3] from the album Gangsta Lean. It was released under Hammer's talent company, Roll Wit It Entertainment.[4][5]

A top selling song of the year at the time, "Gangsta Lean" has sold over 2.5 million copies, with over 24.5 million views on YouTube.[6]

DRS was discovered by the production team, The Whole 9. When The Whole 9 signed a production deal with Hammer's Roll Wit It Entertainment, they brought DRS with them, and Hammer made the deal to sign them to Capitol Records. They were part of the music group Black Men United, and appeared on the Jason's Lyric soundtrack (1994).

The lead singer of the group has a daughter, Aranesa Turner (born in 1993), who is a Christian pop singer from Sacramento.[7]

Discography
Year Title Peak chart positions
US US
R&B
1993 Gangsta Lean
  • Released: October 25, 1993
  • Label: Roll Wit It/Capitol
 34 6

Singles
Year Title Chart positions[8]
U.S. U.S.
DSS		 U.S.
R&B		 U.S.
Rhythm		 AUS[9]
1993 "Gangsta Lean" 4 1 1 2 86
1995 "Scoundrels Get Lonely" - - 87 - -

References
  1. Levinsky, Mara (April 18, 2016). "The Grinder". Soap Opera Digest. American Media, Inc. 41 (16): 68–71.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 174.
  3. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard.
  4. "D.R.S.* - Gangsta Lean (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
  5. "DRS - Gangsta Lean: CD". Rapmusicguide.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  6. DRS. "DRS - Gangsta Lean - Amazon.com Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  7. "Billboard". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
  8. "Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
  9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 87.


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