Ray J
Ray J was born in McComb, Mississippi, United States on January 17th, 1981 and is the Rapper. At the age of 43, Ray J biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, TV shows, and networth are available.
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William Raymond Norwood Jr. (born January 17, 1981), also known as Ray J, is an American rapper, singer, composer, television presenter, and entrepreneur.
Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Carson, California, he is the brother of singer and actress Brandy Norwood and the first cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg.
In January 2017, he appeared in the nineteenth season of the UK reality television show Celebrity Big Brother.
Early life
William Ray Norwood Jr. was born in McComb, Mississippi, to Willie Norwood and Sonja Bates-Norwood. Brandy, his older sister, is a multi-platinum recording artist. He went from McComb, Mississippi, to Los Angeles, California, and in 1989, he began to appear in television commercials for various companies. Norwood began auditioning for and appearing in television commercials in 1989; he played the foster son in The Sinbad Show from 1993 to 1994. Norwood's life during this period would influence his acting career. "His easygoing appearance and boyish looks appealed to Brandy's television show, Moesha, producers, granting him a role on the UPN drama as Dorian "D-Money," a position he played from 1999 to 2001, according to Bradley Torno of AllMusic.
Personal life
Ray J married Princess Love at the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana in August 2016. Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood stars Don Rickett and James. Melody Love, their daughter, was born on May 22, 2018. Epik Ray, the couple's son, was born on January 7, 2020. Love filed for divorce in May 2020.
Career
In 1995, he signed to Elektra Records, and the same year, he released his debut album Everything You Want. The album, which was released in March 1997, became the lead single "Let It Go" on the Set It Off soundtrack. In New Zealand, "Let It Go" debuted at number 25 in the United States and number 11 on the top of the charts and ranked at number 25. According to the U.S. R&B chart, the second single peaked at number 54 on the US R&B chart. He was banned from the brand in 1997. He appeared on the Dr. Dolittle soundtrack in 1998 with the song "That's Why I Lie." He made the music for many commercials and a few of the demos for his second album for toy firm Mattel.
With Brandy, Ray J performed "Another Day in Paradise," a Top Ten hit in Austria, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Norway, Norway, Ireland, and France, where the Netherlands and France were the number 11 in Australia and France. The song was the lead single of R&B/Hip Hop tribute Urban Renewal's R&B/Hip Hop tribute, in which he co-produced and performed songs. For his second studio album This Ain't A Game, Norwood collaborated with the Neptunes, Rodney Jerkins, and Lil' Kim, as well as several other designers and singers. The album was released on June 26, 2001, with Atlantic Records, and was released over 18 months later. On the United States, the lead single "Wait A Minute" debuted at number 30. The Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart has a Hot 100 chart and #8 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. On the R&B chart, "Formal Invite" appears at #54 followed by "Fort Brace" at #54.
Norwood returned to recording studios after a two-year absence, adding the finishing touches to his third studio album Raydiation, which includes producers like Rodney Jerkins, Timbaland, R. Kelly, and Rob Egerton. The album, a joint venture by Sanctuary Records and Ray-J's own label, independent Knockout Entertainment, was finally released in North America on September 27, 2005, after many delays, debuting at number forty-eight on the Billboard 200 chart and selling 18,321 copies in the first week. "One Wish" the album's lead single, was a top 20 hit in the United States, Ireland, Ireland, and New Zealand. Raydiation eventually sold over 400,000 copies in the United States.
Norwood appeared in One On One, a UPN television series, where he portrayed the character D-Mack for the final season. On both shows, Ray's appearance was reminiscent of Brandy's (cousin/half-brother on Moesha, brother on One on One).
Kim Kardashian, a pornographic home video he made with former girlfriend Kim Kardashian in 2003, was released in February 2007. Kardashian also sued Vivid Entertainment for the tape's ownership. Kardashian dropped the case in late April 2007 and signed with Vivid Entertainment for $5 million.
Knockout Entertainment has signed a multimillion-dollar album contract with Koch Records and Shaquille O'Neal's "Deja 34" entertainment company. Ray J's fourth album All I Feel features The Game and Yung Berg among others. It was announced on April 1, 2008. The album's first single, "Sexy Can I," starring rapper Yung Berg, debuted at number three on the Top Singles (Hot 100) for six weeks. In December 2007, R. Malcolm Jones directed a video for the track. In the Black Christmas film Dark Christmas directed by Deon Taylor, J stars.
Norwood appeared in his own VH1 reality dating show, For the Love of Ray J. On February 2, 2009, the show premiered. He released For The Love Of Ray J's on March 24, 2009, which was the soundtrack/studio collection. The show's second season premiered on November 2, 2009. Norwood and his sister Brandy Norwood premiered the VH1 reality series Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business with their children in 2010. The show premiered in April 2010 and chronicled the backstage lives of both siblings' families, while also playing a bigger part in the family's management and production company, R&B Productions.
Ray J, along with his sister Brandy and his father Willie Norwood Sr., launched A Family Business, which acts as a soundtrack to their hit reality TV show, Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business, on June 19, 2011. "Turnin' Me On" was his album's first single. The song will be included on his forthcoming album as well.
Whitney Houston died of "accidental drowning" on February 11, 2012, as the coroner reported. Ray J was in San Diego when she died and arrived at the Beverly Hilton, where Houston died at the time, paramedics and police officers arrived on the scene. As awaiting further details, he became outraged after one of the officers made a "disrespectful remark" about Houston, causing him to request admission into the suite before being barred. Ray J broke his silence on February 17, 2012, when he told US Weekly that although the "world had lost an icon" she had lost, he did not publicly mention his death. At the time of Houston's death, Ray J's sister Brandy described him as "very distraught" and "disconnected" as well as describing it as "a very difficult time in his life."
Ray J and Houston became very close in the last years of her life, sparking rumors of a romantic union between the two artists. Ray J said that he and Houston were friends and that they never dated and that they never met. Ray J was discovered in his hotel room, unable to get out of bed, and was rushed to a hospital by ambulance on May 21, 2012. Whitney Houston's sister-in-law Pat Houston, Whitney Houston's daughter, was expected to have had a spat when she saw Ray J seated next to Bobbi Kristina Brown, who was at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. During the 2012 Summer Television Critics Association's visit to the Beverly Hilton on August 1, 2012, Ray J participated in a panel. It was his first trip to Houston since the city's death.
The band "I Hit It First" was released by Ray J and Bobby Brackins on April 6, 2013. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are said to have been among the first to protest "I Hit It First" for reportedly insulting their lyrics. The song debuted on Billboard Hot 100 at number 51. On August 5, 2014, Migos appeared on "ATM," a single. Ray J is starring Oxygen's latest reality game show Bad Girls All-Star Battle. Kardashian and West were married in May 2014 in May. Ray J was reported to have sent a check that totaled his gains off the sex tape that year as a wedding gift.
On the FOX reality cooking show My Kitchen Rules, he competed with his sister.
Ray J appeared as a "new star" housemate on season 19 of Celebrity Big Brother on January 3, 2017. After a week, he walked away from the show. After being barred from the show, he also threatened legal proceedings.
The Conversation on Zeus Network took place on March 15, 2020. Ray J and Princess Love participated in The Conversation on Zeus Network. Love filed for divorce in May 2020.