  dru hill is an american singing group, most popular during the late 1990s, whose repertoire included soul, hip hop soul and gospel music. founded in baltimore, maryland, and active since 1992, dru hill recorded seven top 40 hits, and is best known for the r&b #1 hits "in my bed", "never make a promise", and "how deep is your love". tamir "nokio" ruffin was the group's founder; his bandmates included lead singer mark "sisqÃ³" andrews, larry "jazz" anthony, and james "woody rock" green. signing to island records through haqq islam's university records imprint, the group released two successful albums, dru hill and enter the dru, before separating for a period from late 1999 to 2002, during which time sisqÃ³ and woody released solo albums. while woody's soul music lp was a moderate success in the gospel music industry, sisqÃ³'s debut album, unleash the dragon, and its hit single, "thong song", were major pop successes, and established sisqÃ³ as a household name outside of dru hill. sisqÃ³'s second album, return of dragon, did not sell as well. in 2002, by then part of the def soul record label, the group reunited and added fifth member rufus "scola" waller to the lineup for their third album, dru world order, whose underperformance led to the group being dropped from def soul. in 2009, the group signed to kedar entertainment group and released their fourth album, indrupendence day, the following year, with new member tao taking the place of the again departed woody. ==history== ===formation=== the members of dru hill were natives of baltimore, maryland. mark andrews and james green met each other in middle school, and both later became acquaintances of tamir ruffin when all three began pursuing careers in the music industry. ruffin, nicknamed "nokio" (an acronym for "nasty on key in octave") enlisted andrews and green (whose respective nickna
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