{{short description| American hip hop group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = 69 Boyz | image = 6925 Signature Tee.jpg | caption = 69 Boyz in 2019 | origin = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | genre = Hip hop, Miami bass, Southern hip hop | years_active = 1992–present | occupation = | label = Responsible Recordings | current_members = Thrill da Playa<br/>Fast Cash }}
'''69 Boyz''' is an American Miami bass and hip hop duo from Jacksonville, Florida, consisting of '''Thrill Da Playa''' (Van Bryant) and '''Fast Cash''' (Barry Wright), and are best known for their 1994 hit record "Tootsee Roll". The group was created by Bryant with the assistance of producers Nathaniel "C.C. Lemonhead" Orange and "Jay Ski" McGowan (of Quad City DJs and 95 South),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glorioso |first1=Jen |title=69 Boyz Celebrating 30 Years of ‘Tootsee Roll’ At Downtown Tampa Bar This Weekend |url=https://wild941.com/2024/06/06/69-boyz-performing-at-gen-x-tavern/ |website=Wild 941}}</ref> and were produced by Bass Mechanics.
==Career== In 1992, Thrill da Playa and Fast Cash teamed up to form '''69 Boyz''', which the group claimed was inspired by both members' birth year of 1969 and the sexual act of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/ring-2026-tootsie-roll-69-100155691.html|title=Ring in 2026 with 'Tootsie Roll' and 69 Boyz at Montgomery NYE|first=Shannon|last=Heupel|work=Montgomery Advertiser|publisher=Yahoo|date=December 24, 2025|accessdate=May 11, 2026}}</ref>
69 Boyz achieved its first and only major success in the summer of 1994 with the single "Tootsee Roll", off their first album ''199Quad''. The track topped the ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles chart, peaked at #8 on the Hot 100, and #9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and was certified platinum. The followup single, "Kitty Kitty", did not fare as well, reaching #51 on the Hot 100, #36 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, and #6 on Hot Rap Singles. 69 Boyz were nominated for three 1995 Soul Train Music Awards.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1gEAAAAMBAJ|magazine=The Crisis|last=Brewington|first=Ron|date=April 1995|publisher=The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.|language=en|title=Boyz II Men Dominate American Music Awards|page= 34}}</ref>
The 1995 single "Five O, Five O (Here They Come)" was recorded for the ''Bad Boys'' soundtrack. The following year, the track "Hoop N Yo Face" was featured on the ''Sunset Park'' soundtrack and peaked at #95 on the Billboard Hot 100.
69 Boyz' second album, ''The Wait Is Over'', was released in July 1998 and featured the single "Woof Woof" for the 1998 film ''Dr. Dolittle''. The song reached number 31 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Singleton |first1=Mya |title=Hip-hop gems from the 1990s that have been largely forgotten |url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/hip_hop_songs_from_the_90s_you_forgot_about/s1__40684141#slide_1 |website=Yardbarker}}</ref>
The group's third album, ''2069'', was released in April 2000 and featured one single, "How We Roll", which reached #5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles chart. ''Trunk Funk 101'' (2001) was their fourth and final album and also featured only one single, the non-charting "She's Skurred".
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Certifications |- ! style="width:45px;"| U.S. ! style="width:45px;"| U.S.<br>R&B |- ! scope="row"| ''199Quad'' | * Release date: May 31, 1994 * Label: Rip-It * Formats: CD | 59 | 13 | * RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA">{{cite certification|region=United States|title=|artist=69 Boyz|type=|access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''The Wait is Over'' | * Release date: July 14, 1998 * Label: Big Beat * Formats: CD | 114 | 39 | |- ! scope="row"| ''2069'' | * Release date: April 18, 2000 * Label: Home Bass * Formats: CD | — | 55 | |- ! scope="row"| ''Trunk Funk 101'' | * Release date: September 25, 2001 * Label: Thundershot * Formats: CD | — | — | |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- ! width="35"| U.S. ! width="35"| U.S.<br>R&B ! width="35"| U.S.<br>Rap |- | rowspan="2"| 1994 | align="left"| "Tootsee Roll" | 8 | 9 | 1 | align="left" rowspan="2"| ''199Quad'' |- | align="left"| "Kitty Kitty" | 51 | 36 | 6 |- | 1996 | align="left"| "Hoop N Yo Face" | 95 | 62 | 19 | align="left"| ''Sunset Park'' <small>(soundtrack)</small> |- | rowspan="2"| 1998 | align="left"| "Woof Woof" | 31 | 24 | 2 | align="left" rowspan="2"| ''The Wait is Over'' |- | align="left"| "Get on Your Feet" | — | — | — |- | 2000 | align="left"| "How We Roll" | — | 74 | 5 | align="left"| ''2069'' |- | 2001 | align="left"| "She's Skurred" | — | — | — | align="left"| ''Trunk Funk 101'' |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p44723|label=69 Boyz}} * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/69+Boyz 69 Boyz] at Discogs
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{{DEFAULTSORT:69 Boyz}} Category:Musical groups from Jacksonville, Florida Category:Musical groups established in 1992 Category:Southern hip-hop groups Category:Miami bass groups Category:1992 establishments in Florida Category:Big Beat Records (American record label) artists Category:Interscope Records artists