RAY J BIO

Ray J, is an actor, songwriter, record producer, singer and occasional rapper. He is the son of gospel singer Willie Norwood and the younger brother of R&B singer Brandy, and is known for appearing in a sex tape with Kim Kardashian.

He signed with Elektra in 1995, recording Everything You Want the following year with a set of superstar songwriters and producers behind him. In 1997, he performed in a television special with his sister, but despite the mainstream attention, he was dropped by Elektra soon after. His easygoing image and boyish looks appealed to the producers of Brandy's television show, Moesha, scoring him a role on the popular UPN series starting in 1999. He also started producing, putting together the music for several commercials and a few of the demos for his second record. In 1997 he also released his debut album "Everything You Want", which spawned two singles. "Let It Go" was the lead single of the smash soundtrack for Set It Off (Brandy also appeared on the soundtrack; and her song Missing You with Tamia, Chaka Khan & Gladys Knight peaked also at number 25). It peaked number 25 in the U.S. and number 11 in New Zealand. But the second single was no big success. The song managed only to peak at number 54 on the U.S. R&B chart.

After the show Moesha had his last episode in 2001 he stepped back into the studio and covered the smash hit Another Day In Paradise with Brandy which was a Top Ten success in Austria, UK, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Ireland, the Netherlands and number 11 in Australia and France. The song was the lead single of the R&B/Hip Hop tribute Urban Renewal, in which he co-produced and performed songs. Norwood also worked with The Neptunes, Rodney Jerkins and Lil' Kim, and several other hitmaking producers and singers for his second studio album This Ain't A Game, a Hip Hop-oriented record that featured more of his rapping than his debut, in which he sung only. The album was released in 2001, but despite a strong promotional push from new label Atlantic Records, it wasn't a breakthrough success. The lead single Wait A Minute charted in the lower half of the charts in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Great Britain. The second single did even worse peaking on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart only.

In 2002 he appeared in the video for his sister's smash-hit What About Us, which was produced by Jerkins, and was released as her third album, Full Moon's lead single during the first quarter of 2002 (see 2002 in music). While "What About Us?" managed to enter the top twenty on the majority of the charts it appeared on, it reached the top ten in Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, the UK, and the United States. With the songs "Die with out You" and "Another Day In Paradise" he appeared vocally on Full Moon

In 2007 he was seen in videos such as Fabolous' "Make Me Better", Tyrese' "One", US5's "In the Club" and Yung Berg's "Sexy Lady". He also was featured on the single "Beds" by B2K-rapper Lil' Fizz as well as Tha Realest's second single "Let's Get It in," taken from his debut album Witness tha Realest.

More recently, Knockout Entertainment announced a multi-million dollar album deal with Koch Records and Shaquille O'Neal’s "Deja 34" entertainment company.[1] The first album for this deal is Ray J’s upcoming fourth album All I Feel, which will feature guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, Lil’ Wayne, The Game among others, and is scheduled for an April 2008 release.[3] The album's first single is Sexy Can I featuring rapper Yung Berg. A video for the track, directed by R. Malcolm Jones, was shot in December 2007.[1]