fans have been saying I Need You since the hip hop group announced they were taking a break 11 years ago.
Well, now We Dance On as the trio – consisting of Tulisa, Dappy and Fazer , as well as releasing brand new music.
So get ready to grab your Dappy hats and be on your Best Behaviour and get reacquainted with the members of N-Dubz, as well as find out when they first began…
When did N-Dubz first start?
N-Dubz first got together in 2000, although their debut single – You Better Not Waste My Time – was released in 2006.
The trio got together in 2000 and began making music together as teenagers in Camden Town where they had all grown up,
They released the singles Bad Man Riddim and Life Is Getting Sicker by the Day under the original name of the Lickie Rinsers Crew, which became hits on pirate radio stations.
They then changed their name to NW1 – but in order to avoid confusion with the and rap group NWA, they change their name again to N-Dubz, and first entered the UK charts with 2007’s Feva Las Vegas.
In that same year, they won a for Best UK newcomer, establishing themselves in the mainstream music scene.
Their debut album Uncle B – released in 2008 – went double platinum and featured four UK top-40 singles.
Their second album – 2009’s Against All Odds – featured their first top-10 single (I Need You) while their third and (currently) last album Love Live Life became their third consecutive platinum release.
Who is in the group?
The core trio is made up of Dappy, Fazer and Tulisa Contostavlos, all of who, have had success both in the group and as solo artists.
Having grown up together, the group had always teased that a reunion was never off the cards, despite the length of the hiatus, with Tulisa telling in 2019 that ‘One day, I’m sure it will come. When the time is right.’
Fazer even spoke about it with as far back as 2017, stating that
‘100%, that’s definitely going to come really soonish.
‘Not right now, we’ve all got individual things we’re focusing on at the minute, but obviously it’s all about timing.’
Fazer and Dappy – best friends since childhood – were the first to start rapping together but decided they wanted a female voice in the group, back when it was called the Lickle Rinsers Crew at the time, and invited Tulisa to be part of the group.
, 34 – whose real name is Costadinos Contostavlos and is Tulisa’s cousin – released solo work in 2012 with the album Bad Intentions and 2021’s Fortune.
In 2017, he was convicted of possession of a bladed article in a public place and was given a suspended prison sentence.
He had previously served suspended prison sentences in 2013 and 2014 for assault and affray.
, 35 – real name Richard Rawson – started his own production company named Sky’s The Limit Entertainment (STL) and has produced songs for himself and other artists such as Tulisa, Rihanna, Rita Ora and Jessie J.
He has been dating model Ashley Emma since 2013 and together they have a daughter, Ava Rose Rawson, aged nine.
Meanwhile, , 33, went on to appear as a judge on The X-Factor from 2011 to 2012.
She also released her debut solo single Young in 2012, which hit number one in the UK Singles Chart.
She was arrested in 2013 on suspicion of supplying class A drugs, but the case was dismissed as the judge believed prosecution witness had lied to the court. He was later found guilty and sent to prison for fifteen months in 2016.
In 2019, Tulisa returned to music and released her first single in three years, after signing to Xploded Records.
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