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