We first got a glimpse of Omarion in 2001 when he made his debut along with his chest-baring, pubescent band mates, in super group B2K. While girls craved the band, delegating each boy to the subject of their fantasies, Omarion made most swoon. His long, jet black, cornrowed hair, his sweet tunes of puppy love, and those moves — the boy always could move. But that was eight years ago, and though they reached platinum status at the height of their career, B2K eventually disband in 2004 over rumors of financial discrepancies, and (years later) accusations of sexual abuse by former manager, Chris Stokes.

Omarion weathered the storm, cozying up to success, debuting at No. 1 on the billboard with 0, 21, and Face Off (his collaborative effort with Bow Wow). And you’d think a guy practically synonymous with being No. 1 would have the secret to success, but it turns out, Omarion’s still figuring it out. Having signed with everybody’s favorite go-to-feature rapper/entrepreneur, Lil Wayne, and Young Money back in June, Omarion announced via Twitter just two months later that he parted ways with the label.

“I didn’t get dropped,” he tweeted. “I wish Wayne and all of [Young Money] good luck for their future. There are no hard feelings, business is business.”

It isn’t only business, but freedom that the now-sans-long-hair Omarion, is navigating his way through.  “It’s always been exciting and I’ve always been behind the scenes in creatively inputting on who Omarion is and who Omarion wants to be. And now that vision [has] just really, really come to light,” Omarion says.

Having finally settled down with record label EMI and a new album, Ollusion due out for release January 12 through his new imprint Starworld, maybe Omarion is finally getting back on track, but will his newfound freedom lead him back to the success he once knew?
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