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Buckwheat Boyz
Origin	Miami, Florida, United States
Genres	Baltimore club
Years active	1997 - 2001
Labels	Koch Records
Former members
Marcus Bowens, Jermain Fuller, J.J. O'Neal, Dougy Williams

The Buckwheat Boyz is a musical group founded by Marcus Bowens and Jermain Fuller, later adding keyboardist J.J. O'Neal and drummer Dougy Williams. The Buckwheat Boyz were signed by Koch Records, and recorded their first and only full-length record. From this self-titled album, the song "Peanut Butter Jelly Time", became an Internet superhit after a flash video using the song was created.

Their song Ice Cream and Cake also rapidly rose in popularity after being featured in a 2009 Baskin-Robbins commercial.

The band was signed by Koch for 3 records, though the unfortunate death of founding member and vocalist Jermain Fuller left the group in shambles. The Buckwheat Boyz eventually split up, late in 2001. Never entering the studio for their second record. After the split up of the band, Bowens pursued a solo career as a gospel artist.