Marcus Ramone Cooper Sr, (born December 27, 1984), better known by his stage name Pleasure P, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, who experienced success as a member of the group

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before embarking on a solo career in 2007. His debut album ''

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'' was released in June 2009. In October 2014, Pleasure P and the rest of Pretty Ricky officialized on Instagram a reunion tour with a Bluestars 2 album for 2015. His first reunion single with Pretty Ricky is called "Puddles" and has been released during Valentine's Day 2015. It was the most requested song on South Florida's 99 Jamz radio station in the days following its release.

Career

2009–2012: ''The Introduction of Marcus Cooper''

After leaving the group

, Pleasure P began working on his solo career, he released his solo debut single " Did You Wrong" on July 22, 2008. The single debuted at No. 90 on the Billboard 100 Hot charts, and debuted at No. 20 on the top R&B/Hip-Hop charts as well. Pleasure P also released a 2008 EP entitled " Boyfriend #2", including " Did You Wrong" and a promo single "Boyfriend #2", released digitally and as an LP disc. Videos for " Did You Wrong" and " Boyfriend #2" were released digitally and on MySpace. Later on in 2009 he also released the song "

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" from the album. His solo debut album, ''

'' was released on June 9, 2009. The album was originally to be released in January, but was finally released after several delays. Pleasure P's career received a boost by being featured in the second single from

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's album ''

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2012: New label and ''King of Romance''

On June 21, 2012, Pleasure P. released the first single off his upcoming second album titled "I Love Girls" featuring Young Money artist

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. His upcoming album is entitled ''King of Romance'' and is due out later this year. This will be the first album off of his new record deal with

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. Pleasure P is working on his second single called "I Really Need to Know". On September 16, 2013, Pleasure P came out with a new single called " Kiss Me".

2014-present: Pleasure P New Mixtape Pretty Ricky Reunion, and Present

On February 6, 2014, Pleasure P announced on his official Instagram that he will be releasing his first single titled " Letter to My Ex." from his mixtape "Break Up to Make Up", in which was released on February 14, 2014. In 2014, Pleasure P and the original members of his former group Pretty Ricky to announce an official reunion. The reunion aims an international reunion tour and a new album (Bluestars 2) with all the original members. The first commercial single of the group is called "Puddles" has been released during Valentine's Day 2015. In 2018, Pleasure P is featured in "Love & HipHop: Miami” with his girlfriend for 2 years Shay Johnson and the rest of the Pretty Ricky crew such as Spectacular talking about the Pretty Ricky reunion, new album, New tours and more. In 2022, Pleasure P participated in the web series

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, where he and teammate

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challenged

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and

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. Their match was popularly watched by many viewers as they had viral moments that led to misunderstandings from fellow R&B artists expressing their disdain on how they handled themselves as artist from that event. Pleasure P became very vocal after Q. Parker of

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posted a video online criticizing majority of the artists on that Verzuz roster line up for their 'misrepresentation' of men in the R&B genre and how they handled themselves as Pleasure P quickly responded back in a way to resolve the issue by ranting himself. Q Parker later apologized stating he may stand on some of his beliefs but he was misunderstood. A few days later the four, who participated in their Verzuz, came together on social media to discuss plans on forming a supergroup. They came up with the idea to name themselves R.S.V.P. The group is currently in development and production stages and due to release an EP later this year.

Personal life

Pleasure dated comedian

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's daughter Bria in 2008, but the two broke up after two years. He started dating '' Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' star Shay Johnson in 2018. In 2019 Pleasure stated he ended his relationship with her. In March 2020, Pleasure was arrested outside of a

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in Miami Gardens, FL. He got into an altercation with a female employee of the fast food chain after there was mistake with the $60 of food that he ordered. Pleasure was taken into custody at 5:15 a.m. and was released a few hours later after posting bail. He has a son named after him.

Discography

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Tours

*2009:

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*2009: Summer Jam XXIII In Fayetteville, NC *2019: The Millennium Tour

Awards and nominations

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Best R&B Song The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969. From 1969 to 2000, it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Song. Beyoncé has won it a record four times, while Bab ...

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References

External links

Official Website
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