What Happened To City High? | A Love Triangle Between The Members Ruined Everything?

Ryan Toby, Robbie Pardlo and Claudette Ortiz came together to form American hip-hop/R&B group City High on the cusp of the new millennium.
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[@thelightseeker94]

That Caramel Remix is still a banger. "5'5 with brown eyes, smile like the sunrise"

[@Froggy77100]

That's the first song that comes to my mind too.

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

I love that line!

[@taureanmay7480]

@@JuicyPopEntertainment wow.

[@hahadarrie]

That's the only line I remember.

[@nikitamontanna2733]

Oh wow claudette and old boy were both 5.5

[@AmoMe2009]

We was asking “What Would You Do?” all year round. That joint was the anthem of 2001.

[@FromMikaWithLove]

Factsssssss

[@piincheviictor]

Caramel Remix ft EVE 😭😭

[@theofficialhenryguion826]

Today’s generation need to hear this song for real!!

[@RathekingRatheking]

No tf it wasn’t 🤣🤣🤣

[@butterfly8312]

No frfr mannnn Vegas loved it.

[@thetruesoulofanaquarius9302]

The original entanglement....City High had some nice bops. Claudette Ortiz was and still is beyond beautiful. I remember watching her on R&B Divas and ol boy on that Intervention episode.

[@LonerBecause]

Facts tho

[@beaniegee5129]

Claudette Ortiz did her thing on Wyclef Jean's song Two Wrongs as well!!

[@Exhausted_Pigeon]

Yesss, love that song.

[@wc3362]

Yeah, and where did that get her to this day? No where.

[@starttheconvopod]

I didn’t realize she did vocals on that. She bodied that track.

[@Exhausted_Pigeon]

@@starttheconvopod yeah, she's the female singing in the video with Wyclef.

[@dianaikks9633]

@@wc3362 She had bad promotion. Or holyweird was just doing there thing with Beyonce. 😏

[@beaniegee5129]

Ryan Toby did a fantastic job in the movie Sister Act 2!!!

[@beemocha]

“Oh happy daaaaaayyyy!”

[@jennifergraham5106]

Omg I was just thinking to myself if he was the boy with the beautiful voice in Sister Act 2. I thought I was bugging.

[@The-Reckoning]

Man i knew i recognized him from somewhere

[@tinyking11]

Wooooow that was him!! 😳😳😳🤯🔥

[@roter13]

I used to try to hit that high not when I was a kid. Never worked haha

[@taotaostrong]

In her recent interviews, Claudette comes across as a really lovely person. I wish all of the group members peace and well being.

[@Reality_TV]

Robbie blaming her for a problem he had before they actually got together is sad. That intervention was sad too. Accountability. If you're blaming other people for your problems, you'll never solve the issues you have.

[@HufflinPuffs]

That “Caramel” remix was on constant repeat.

[@thelightseeker94]

FAX Carmel remix is a vibe.

[@HufflinPuffs]

@@thelightseeker94 truth!

[@CHELSEABuckhannon]

Exactly ❤

[@fabibibine]

Don't 💩 where you eat. They had so much potential. 😒

[@missbee1451]

💯

[@sonyab2u974]

Facts!

[@CHELSEABuckhannon]

Exactly they all should have been with different people forreal

[@travishunterbrown]

Claudette is so pretty and so talented. I hate that she hasn't gotten the shine she deserves.

[@Chosenones572]

Sometimes getting involved with the people u work with is the perfect recipe for disaster. I loved this group. I was 18 when they came out💕

[@Sexyhips]

Well said never date the people you work with

[@truthhurts3305]

This is why I never mix business with pleasure...

[@SwitchB]

" Somewhere smokin rock now in and out of lockdown I aint gotta job now" Really be hittin different when you're in a pandemic 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Fsojack]

You was smoking rock my G?

[@katiemae5876]

@@Fsojack😂😂😂

[@nanay4071]

5”5 with brown eyes, smile like the sunrise 🔥🔥 especially the remix with Eve

[@CHELSEABuckhannon]

Yea❤😊

[@tami8458]

I read somewhere Claudette once tried to leave Robbie and he tried to kill himself. Also his mother called her aside and begged her not to go, even blaming her for their tumultuous relationship. Claudette should have ignored her and left him ages ago - such a toxic human being. Poor girl didn't know her worth.

[@MrKingchad221]

Exactly everybody stays blaming her when homie was abusing her. Like what????

[@jessicabryant4759]

Look up his intervention episode

[@AfricanGirl]

I would leave. if he hurts himself O well.....

[@beemocha]

“What Would You Do”? is a classic 🎶🎶❤️ Can’t believe it’s been 20 years since it came out. Claudette is so pretty 😍 always was

[@beaniegee5129]

Claudette Ortiz also appeared on an episode of My Wife & Kids as well!!

[@kennethhernandez6499]

During the R&B Divas LA Reunion Wendy Williams asked Claudette “we’re you sleeping with both of her band members!?” she didn’t answer the question…

[@coolcras7]

Because she has been talked about several times, the first relationship was abusive and her and the second giu has a kid or two and he does not give her child support

[@denises9680]

She's gorgeous. How can he blame drinking on her?? They always blame someone else for their mistakes or problems. Hope she finds the love she deserves ❤

[@jovanbrown9673]

They had some mess with them no question but man Claudette was and still is a baddie 😍🥰

[@AggravatedMan365]

Yet she still ended up a single mother

[@beemocha]

Yes ❤️❤️

[@beemocha]

@@AggravatedMan365 You can end up a single mother regardless of your looks. Especially if the baby daddy is🚶🏿‍♂️

[@AggravatedMan365]

@@beemocha The baby daddy is what? Black? I guess you failed to listen to the video. Women usually end up single mothers when they are reckless with their bodies. Just like her.

[@beemocha]

@@AggravatedMan365 Right! 😂😂😂😂🤣 I love delusional people,it’s adorable

[@beaniegee5129]

What Would You Do by City High is still a banger to this day!!

[@lunab3118]

So sad. I saw his episode of Intervention….singing the songs while heavily intoxicated. Smh

[@Tekzeiro84.]

This is why you don't mess with 2 cats within the group. It will mess everything up in the long run.

[@wc3362]

Because only 403s do that stuff. Check out the Five Heartbeats too.

[@Tekzeiro84.]

@@wc3362 straight facts, classic movie too

[@jyoungspins2200]

The old saying is… you don’t sh*t where you eat…

[@keepcalm1224]

Absolutely. Glad you mentioned this. Listen we can give her credit for her talent, but for a talented, beautiful woman, she was also pretty stupid. I mean, what did she think was going to happen getting in relationships with both of her male group members? This group was destined for breakup once that happened. City High = One hit wonder.

[@ahmedrachael4611]

@@keepcalm1224 exactly!!!!

[@kkandbeyond]

I miss when music actually told stories.

[@beaniegee5129]

The Caramel Remix is still fire to this day!!

[@visionchildofreform]

Why is it the best song on the album. It’s the VOCALS for me, still listen to that song regularly. Much Love to City High always, so they came out in my junior or senior year, great memories! thanks for this!

[@nicolewinston135]

I remember when this album first came out. I ran to the store to buy it. I love the name of the group and caramel was one of my favorite songs off that album. I was listening to what would you do this morning. Hate the group had to break up. I also watched R&B divas of LA because I love all the artist that were on the show.

[@BobbiHustles]

Album was slept on! I still listen to “Didn’t ya,” “City High Anthem,” and “The Only One I Trust”

[@truthhurtz8517]

One hit wonders....💯💯💯

[@erehistruth2356]

Lol

[@truthhurtz8517]

@@erehistruth2356 💯💯💯

[@CHELSEABuckhannon]

Yep Exactly 😂😂😂❤😊

[@iamdebaby8152]

6:04 she lost her house to a robbery how??? They stole her house???😂

[@kisswriters]

Why didn’t she mention that Claudette was also sleeping with Wyclef?

[@jinaedinisci203]

@kisswriters...yes! Claudette Ortiz was another Chilli Thomas. Hopping in and out of various men's beds on a regular.

[@NikonChicFL]

Lord have mercy!

[@portraitofalady1598]

@@NikonChicFL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NikonChicFL]

@@portraitofalady1598 🤣🤣🤣 madness!

[@mizzjacquettaxx6974]

Claudette is super gorgeous and her voice are uniquely beautiful 😍

[@natalieharris8602]

Coworker relationship hardly ever work. In an indirect way they were a 3some and indirectly had a threesome. But look at the mess it all created. Was it all worth losing a friendship over?

[@007Fusiion]

When people work closely things get blurred.

[@nwsmgquis]

This is crazy af because a week ago I ask ppl what song they had outta Runaway Love & What Would You Do & a couple ppl I asked said What Would You Do! That song so real that I still sing the song cause it hit home when it first came out!

[@TetrahedronIX]

When a beautiful woman become a doormat for ugly and broke men tragic.

[@CHELSEABuckhannon]

She stupid so what that that da licious😂😅😊😂😮😅😂😂😮😮

[@simplyjuannie5128]

Only one who can hit the high notes singing Oh Happy Day is Ryan. He was in Sister Act 2 Back in the Habit.

[@Listening4n0w]

I can't believe people don't comment on how much Claudette looks like Halle Berry.

[@CHELSEABuckhannon]

I SEE CIARA AND ALSO HOW SHE ACT😊😂❤ FORREAL

[@thejasontimothyshow]

Claudette played "October" in Tyler Perry's "Madea On The Run" play

[@so.many.obstacles]

The next KCi & Jojo? Laughs in Charlie Murphy.

[@dwillwilliams1240]

They shoulda never brought Claudette in, because it’s a conflict of Interest…Robbie and her were already dating…

[@wc3362]

That is true, and she should have never ever considered sleeping with the other bandmate. She slept with the whole group basically. It was an indirect Threesome...real talk.

[@theTruthSeekerishere]

They would've never had that hit if she hadn't joined though.

[@brittanymitchell7358]

As many times as I’ve seen Madea On The Run, I just realized that was her in the play. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@beaniegee5129]

Claudette Ortiz did her thing on Nas' song Hey Nas on Nas' 6th album God's Son!!

[@WeezyJeffersonYo]

6:25 Well, he don't have nothin 💀

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

😂😂😂

[@jaicbacote3494]

😂🤣💀

[@lionelluva]

😂😂😂😂

[@Blessed-tn1wd]

😂😂😂😂😂 I passed out on that one.

[@michelleboateng8011]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 still in tears over this

[@chantalmascoe4594]

Not quite keeping it in the family but keeping it in the group

[@MichaelMartin-qe5ye]

She lost her house after a robbery? How small is this house?

[@JonesRudolph]

LMAO

[@playboymaxim]

Apparently pocket size 🤣🤣🤣

[@shygirlcomplex]

😂😂I didn’t get the connection as well ….

[@tinyking11]

🤣😂😅🥲

[@jahneastanfield2662]

🤦🏿...😂😂😂😂😭

[@AlmaMartinez-]

One of my favorite channels 🥰💖 Keep it so real!

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

Always!

[@leelee185]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@mohammedsherif2100]

I really wish Claudette's solo album saw the light of day. Her song "Handcuffs," which was co-written by Ryan Toby and produced by Stargate, is spectacular! Thank you so much for this video! :-)

[@teanal.draper2498]

I had no idea she and Ryan was involved with each other and were married, let alone having a family together. So she dated both her costars in the group City High. Juicy and interesting. I wanted to learn where their music group went and listen to more of their music but came across to this point about them. And yes also recognized and remembered Ryan Toby from the movie Sister Act 2, the shy guy that was soft spoken but broke out his shell when he sung in front of the nuns to sing in the choir. He could sing nicely. I really like their song Caramel and the remix of it.

[@TheUrbanGentAOB]

I love Claudette and she really did have star quality. She could've been and should've went on to be a huge solo artist. It truly sucks that she made the choices she made in regards to men and when she chose to have kids. How could she think the group would survive with her alcoholic ex-boyfriend and new husband/baby daddy in the same group? Millions of men on this earth and you are the girlfriend of your other two group members? That's wild. She basically ruined her own career for love and I hate that for her.

[@ahmedrachael4611]

Fr it’s so annoying

[@a.h.2667]

Claudette should've taken notes form Lauryn Hill & Wyclef on getting involved with band mates. It rarely works out.

[@UTBigVic]

Claudette was so fine and natural, I used to have a poster of her. I mean I actually found a photo of her and blew it up to make a poster lol

[@LonerBecause]

That's cooler than cool

[@nerdguru86]

I played their album until I couldn't play it anymore... Loved City High

[@thebrownbaldy]

FYI: The young lady that was in their video, What Would You Do, was on an episode of the dating show Change Of Heart. Dang, too bad this group broke up over feelings tho, I really liked them as a unit.

[@beemocha]

Wow throwback lol I remember that show

[@perceptionzzz]

Business with pleasure will never mix only be chaotic especially when a females involved damn

[@AnthonyHernandez-je1tx]

You grew up black if you knew City High as the group with the kid from Sister Act 2. “When Jesus waAaaaaaaaashed. Washed my sins away.” 😂👍

[@gabrielar9611]

She still looks good. She can just go ahead and marry rich now. We won’t judge her, she got 3 kids to raise.

[@spiceupyourlife7755]

Let me get this straight you want her to marry rich for the wrong reasons?

[@agluv7360]

loved claudette on r&b divas

[@bizbaby]

The silent pauses with the shade gifs always hit perfect on these videos 😂😂😂

[@maryperry6573]

I remember her on that episode of My Wife and Kids

[@selemawit9411]

My brother bought me their debut album twice because I wore it out the first time. They were a rare talent. And city high anthem was so underrated !! What would you do got it’s shine.

[@beaniegee5129]

Love these stories so much!!

[@kalielwebb3774]

Claudette Ortiz had a reoccurring role on If Loving You Was Wrong. She looked so great on that show.

[@mochap19]

That was a mess

[@onetakesun694]

The GIF or memes between you narrating the topics of the videos are priceless 😄

[@AmoMe2009]

Caramel was my shiiiiit !!!

[@nicolesherman8974]

Thank you doing this story 🙏🏿.

[@everythingbyjohn]

Wow crazy lol. Claudette is straight gorgeous though

[@tamaranickeejones6253]

Me and Jamie Foxx Made The Same Face at The Same Time 😑😂 The Next K-Ci and JoJo. They Were A Good Group Tho'

[@Blessed-tn1wd]

😂😂😂😂

[@mrsbrownsugarsweetz]

Claudette’s life sounds like her song what would you do.

[@MrAllenc79]

This is why we don't shit where we eat

[@Gigi-bw6gh]

She is so beautiful and i always loved her voice. Still listening to her Songs. I'm from germany and i always wondered where she has been. Please Claudette we need your music overseas

[@christinawilliams1973]

Omgosh the editing of this has me cracking up 😂

[@mascara1777]

I remember when this song came out and it was the sh*t! Everyone thought they would be huge! They were but they faded away :(

[@WowDaniX]

I really liked City High! Good high school memories.

[@Zone0ut]

You forgot to mention that Wyclef was also romantically involved with Claudette.

[@missbee1451]

Yup

[@kisswriters]

Of course…

[@mauricewilliams3478]

😱 fainted

[@jamaicanjoyh6883]

Goodness...she passed herself around, SMH

[@abbeyschaff11]

@@jamaicanjoyh6883 or MAYBE all the men in positions of power constantly putting her in pressured situations could be part of the equation??? Rather than the vulnerable woman just getting busy?! or maybe Just MAYBE she’s not “passing herself around” and just wants some dick? Y’all act like these men aren’t out here smashing anyone they can at any moment but want to make a woman a villain for getting hers too? Proximity plays a part in most relationships. Are you ok?!?!? What in the misogynoir is this fking stupid ass comment.

[@Beauty777_]

Love when y’all post ❤️❤️

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

🥳

[@brandyyolidio4213]

Wow I saw Robbie on Intervention some years ago, hope he is doing well. He had a lot going on and the drinking did not help. He seemed to really love Claudette, but could not keep himself together and kept spiraling downward. Hope they are all well.

[@sinsearjones6081]

It's crazy how little "ole happy day when Jesus washed" Did her just like Robbie Claudette seems like a good girl....... Even when she was on R&B divas she never got angry or had drama it's wild because city high could've had longevity because they're all extremely talented😔😔

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

I noticed her temperament on the show too. You could tell she was going through some things but, she always kept her head up and didn't lash out.

[@LyricalXilence]

Claudette is messy. Ryan is slightly less messy for getting with his boys ex. Robbie is toxic.

[@gj7854]

Claudette really shouldn’t have done that

[@so.many.obstacles]

Done what?

[@CRYPTICB3AUTY]

@@so.many.obstacles Date both members of the group she was in. People seem to be overlooking that because she’s “beautiful” and “sings like an Angel” 🙄

[@lance6391]

@@CRYPTICB3AUTYPeople are overlooking it because ol boy was an abusive drug addict

[@CRYPTICB3AUTY]

@@lance6391 two things can be true at the same time.

[@words2liveby639]

She is gorgeous 😍🥰 hope everything works out well 🙏🏾

[@DBanks921]

Such a shame things happened this way. I was really liking City High. Both Claudette and Ryan are so talented. It was a pleasant surprise to see her on R&B Divas. Wish them and their family the best. Robbie however needs professional help…

[@nehsangbong7259]

What would you do? Is still my joint 🔥

[@brandonbates9259]

What would you do if ya son was at home 🎶 crying all alone on the bedroom floor

[@nehsangbong7259]

@@brandonbates9259 Cause he's hungry? And the only way to feed him is to Sleep with a man for a little bit of money. And his daddy's gone 🎵

[@beaniegee5129]

City High also sang on the remix to Wyclef Jean's Pussycat along with rappers Loon and Busta Rhymes!!

[@pigeon51]

She's so pretty.

[@gettfoffmynews3315]

To be honest, I don't remember anything about this group! I'm 32 years old and pretty well rounded in music, but I'm so drawing so blank about this group...

[@jackiebayliss]

Agreed.

[@brandonbates9259]

So this could mean a few things lol yall wasn't watching 106 n park like that,or B.e.t like that..I'm sorry but "what would you do" was too damn popular of a song not to know this group

[@bakgammon]

The song was on the movie Life, at the very end.

[@RaquelCGary]

I’m two years older than you and I remember them. So that just means the two year gap between us is when they fizzled out lol

[@Carolina_Panthers145]

I still got all of their albums music is dope!!

[@78Sista]

I loved this group.

[@mizzjacquettaxx6974]

What would you do is still my favorite banger hit ✨

[@Peace704032797]

Oh, wow.. I did not realize the group had some much drama between them. Thank you for sharing.🙂

[@NellieKAdaba]

Me neither. I loved that group.

[@Awillii]

I remember her on an episode of My Wife and Kids as Jrs love interest

[@tltegoluv]

I always wondered what ever happened to this group, thank you for shedding light for me🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@GreyMann2]

How did a robbery cause her to lose her home???

[@romelgonzales2754]

I never knew that was the kid from sister act I've always wondered what happened to him

[@dablackangel]

The first song i heard from them was "Best Friend"... i loved that song and the album was good 👍🏾

[@melonie4574]

I remember Ryan in sister act 2. Good movie.

[@dtbredhalf5823]

Love triangle???.. what u mean is they both was ducking her.. of course it’s go ruin everything

[@deandramasic]

I was *JUST* listening to Caramel ❣️

[@roycescott8739]

Crying all alone on the bathroom floor cause he hungry. Who wrote that shit lmao 😂

[@beemocha]

“Bedroom floor”

[@60NXNP09]

Probably Wycleffe!

[@NutsNBerries]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@ahmedrachael4611]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@flowfantastic7549]

They both hit it. The end!

[@exoticchocolate1982]

She slept with her male companion’s. She had a long relationship with one and had kids with the other & had a another child with someone else. That’s way too much, she should’ve never messed with any of them. She kept it within two homie’s