Buckwheat Boyz

The Buckwheat Boyz were an American novelty group founded by Marcus Bowens and Jermaine Fuller, with the later addition of J.J. O'Neal and Dougy Williams. The Buckwheat Boyz were signed by Koch Records, and recorded their first and only full-length record. The song "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" from this self-titled debut album became a popular internet meme after a Flash-animated music video featuring a dancing banana garnered attention online.[1] The popularity of the song increased as it was featured on television series such as The Proud Family and Family Guy, and fellow Flash-animated series including Super Mario Bros. Z.[2][3]

Buckwheat Boyz
OriginMiami, Florida, U.S.
GenresMiami bass
Years active1997–2002
LabelsKoch Records
Past membersMarcus Bowens
Jermaine Fuller
J.J. O'Neal
Dougy Williams

Disbandment

On August 13, 2002, founding member and vocalist Jermaine Fuller shot a police officer non-fatally in the head and chest, then barricaded himself in a Las Vegas apartment, taking two men hostage. The hostages escaped unharmed. A recording was played over the phone of Fuller's brother-in-law, Snoop Dogg, attempting to convince him to surrender to no avail. After an 11-hour standoff, Fuller was found dead in the apartment's bathroom, holding a handgun in his right hand, with a gunshot wound to his right temple. The police stated that no officer had fired.[4][5][6] Fuller's death directly led to the disbandment of the group.

"Ice Cream and Cake" song

Their song "Ice Cream and Cake" quickly rose in popularity after being featured in a 2009 Baskin-Robbins marketing campaign, which included a television commercial and an Ice Cream and Cake Dance Video Contest.[7] In August 2009, Baskin-Robbins kicked off the contest by hosting the Guinness World Records Largest Cheerleading Dance event with Mario Lopez of Extra TV and 225 members of the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA), at the University of California Los Angeles.[8] However, as of August 2011, the Guinness World Records archive states that the record for largest cheerleading dance was set in November 2009 by 297 participants at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. It is not known whether this event was related to the Baskin-Robbins contest.[9]

Old Dominion University plays "Ice Cream and Cake" at home basketball games at the Ted Constant Convocation Center, and enjoys active crowd dance participation.[10]

"Peanut Butter Jelly Time" Meme involvement

The Buckwheat Boyz have been credited for forming the basis of the popular internet meme "Peanut Butter Jelly Time".[11]

References
  1. "Peanut Butter Jelly Time". peanutbutterjellytime.net. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. "Peanut Butter Jelly Time". Disney Channel.
  3. Family Guy Peanut Butter Jelly Time
  4. "Rapper made plea during standoff". Las Vegas Sun. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  5. "Rapper's relative found dead after standoff". Los Angeles Times.
  6. "News briefs for August 16, 2002". Las Vegas Sun. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. "Baskin-Robbins - The Latest Scoop". Baskin-Robbins. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  8. "BASKIN-ROBBINS "ICE CREAM AND CAKE" DANCES ITS WAY TO WORLD RECORD". Baskin-Robbins. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  9. "Guinness World Records - Largest cheerleading dance". 7 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  10. "ODU Students Rev up Excitement for Big Basketball Weekend, February 13, 2009". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
  11. "Peanut Butter Jelly Time". Know Your Meme. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2020. Peanut Butter Jelly Time (PBJT) is a flash animation that consists of an animated Dancing Banana character and the song "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" by The Buckwheat Boyz.


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