| DRS | |
| Alias: | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Origin: | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Years Active: | 1990s |
| Label: | Capitol Records |
| Past Members: | Endo Pic Jail Bait Deuce Deuce Ejay "Blunt" Turner[1] |
DRS (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) was an American contemporary R&B group from Sacramento, California.
Their biggest success was the hit single, "Gangsta Lean" (which spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart),[2] [3] from the album Gangsta Lean. It was released under Hammer's talent company, Roll Wit It Entertainment.[4] [5]
A top selling song of the year at the time, "Gangsta Lean" has sold over 2.5 million copies, with over 24.5 million views on YouTube.[6]
DRS was discovered by the production team, The Whole 9. When The Whole 9 signed a production deal with Hammer's Roll Wit It Entertainment, they brought DRS with them, and Hammer made the deal to sign them to Capitol Records. They were part of the music group Black Men United, and appeared on the Jason's Lyric soundtrack (1994).
The lead singer of the group has a daughter, Aranesa Turner (born in 1993), who is a Christian pop singer from Sacramento.[7]
| Year | Title | Chart positions[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. DSS | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rhythm | AUS[9] | |||
| 1993 | "Gangsta Lean" | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 86 | |
| 1995 | "Scoundrels Get Lonely" | - | - | 87 | - | - | |