98 Degrees Music

Origin: Los Angeles, CA

Decades: 1990's and 2000's

The sweet urban soul quartet 98egrees was formed in Los Angeles by four former Ohio residents: brothers Nick and Drew Lachey plus Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffre. Timmons was trying to make it in the music industry, so he called Jeffre and Nick Lachey -- both former classmates at the Cincinnati School for Creative and Performing Artists -- and formed 98egrees; Drew Lachey soon moved to the West Coast as well. The quartet was working a variety of odd jobs to finance their talent-show appearances, but after at... Read More