# D-Cru

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**D-Cru** was a Canadian R&B music group formed in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), consisting of singers Nicole Hutton, Tito Chipman, Craig Smart,[1] Troy "Golden Child" Samson,[2] Damien Kyles and Aimee Mackenzie.[3]

## Career

They released their self-titled debut album, *D-Cru* in 2000.[4][2] The album featured their biggest hit, the ballad "I Will Be Waiting",[5] a top-ten hit in Canada. The album's other main single on the Canadian charts (reaching number 11 and remaining on the charts for six months) was "Show Me",[6] which sampled the chorus from the song "Show Me the Way", which was originally a hit for Mackenzie's old group [The West End Girls](/source/West_End_Girls_(Canadian_band)) in 1991.

D-Cru band member Craig Smart later contributed back-up vocals on two tracks for [Master P's](/source/Master_P) album *[Game Face](/source/Game_Face)*.[7]

They received a [Juno Award](/source/Juno_Award) nomination in [2001 for Best R&B/Soul Recording](/source/Juno_Awards_of_2001#Best_R.26B.2FSoul_Recording) for "I Will Be Waiting".[8][9]

## Discography

### Studio albums

- *The Outer World* (1998)
- *Into the Future* (2002)

### Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album CAN [10][11] 1999 "Show Me" 11 The Outer World 2000 "I Will Be Waiting" 9 "—" denotes releases that did not chart

## References

1. ["Canadian R&B hitmakers stop by Vernon"](http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/life/canadian-rb-hitmakers-stop-by-vernon/). *Vernon Morning Star*, Apr 10th, 2013

1. Larry LeBlanc (9 January 1999). ["D-Cru attracts interest in the US"](https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37). *Billboard*. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 37–. [ISSN 0006-2510](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510)

1. Phares, Heather. ["D-Cru Biography"](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/d-cru-mn0000139801/biography). *Allmusic*. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

1. ["Popular Uprising"](https://books.google.com/books?id=mw8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28). *Billboard*. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 17 June 2000. pp. 28–. [ISSN 0006-2510](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510)

1. ["Adult Contemporary"](http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=3897&). *RPM*, Volume 71, No. 4 May 29, 2000

1. ["New &Noteworthywork=Billboard"](https://books.google.com/books?id=mw8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31). *Billboard*. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 17 June 2000. pp. 31–. [ISSN 0006-2510](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510)

1. ["Canadian R&B hitmakers stop by Vernon"](http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/entertainment/202211451.html?mobile=true). *Vernon Morning Star*. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.[dead link]

1. ["D-Cru Artist Summary"](http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/?artist_name=d-cru&submit=Search). *Juno Awards*. Retrieved 17 November 2013.[dead link]

1. ["The 2001 Juno nominees are:"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/438234096). *Toronto Star* - Toronto, Ont. Jan 25, 2001 Page: 02

1. [D-Cru | Awards | Allmusic](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/d-cru-mn0000139801/awards) Allmusic.com

1. [Search for Canadian peaks](http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=1sg7rknc05n20jv0v8i93vgj23&q1=d+cru&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150926131712/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=1sg7rknc05n20jv0v8i93vgj23&q1=d+cru&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20) 2015-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, RPM, via Library and Archives Canada

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