Ray J
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| Ray J
<tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:Thisaintagame.jpg Ray J on the cover of his second album, This Ain't A Game </td></tr>
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| Background information
<tr><td>Birth name</td><td colspan="2">William Raymond Norwood Jr.</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">January 17 1981</td></tr><tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Carson, California</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">R&B, hip hop</td></tr><tr><td>Occupation(s)</td><td colspan="2">Singer-songwriter, actor</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">1997–present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Atlantic (1994–2002) |
William Raymond Norwood Jr. (born on January 17 1981 in McComb, Mississippi), better known as Ray J, is an American R&B singer and actor best known as a co-star on his sister Brandy's UPN sitcom Moesha as Dorian Long. The son of manager Sonja Norwood, Ray J has had a minor recording career which emerged in the late 1990s and is currently signed to his own label Knockout Entertainment with a joint venture with Sanctuary Records Group. Formerly, Ray J was the host of the BET show, 106 & Park. The show consists of showing the top 10 videos. In 2005, Ray J joined the cast of UPN's One On One, where he plays the character of D-Mack.
In the past, he dated Karrine Steffans, a self-proclaimed professional rap music groupie/sex escort, and the author of "Confessions of a Video Vixen". Ray J is first cousins with rap icon Snoop Dogg [citation needed].
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Everything You Want (1997) 375,000 copies sold
- This Ain't A Game (2001) (#21 US) 440,000 copies sold
- Raydiation (2005) Gold (#48 US) 517,000 copies sold
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
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| US Hot 100 | US R&B/Hip-Hop | UK Singles Chart | |||
| 1997 | "Let It Go" | #25 | #17 | - | Everything You Want |
| 1997 | "Everything You Want" | #83 | #29 | - | Everything You Want |
| 1997 | "That's Why I Lie" | - | - | #71 | Everything You Want |
| 2001 | "Another Day In Paradise" (duet with Brandy) | - | - | #5 | Full Moon [UK Version] / Urban Renewal |
| 2001 | "Wait a Minute" (featuring Lil' Kim) | #30 | #8 | #54 | This Ain't A Game |
| 2001 | "Formal Invite" (featuring Pharrell Williams) | - | #54 | - | This Ain't a Game |
| 2005 | "One Wish" | #11 | #3 | #26 | Raydiation |
| 2006 | "One Wish" [UK Re-Release] | - | - | #13 | Raydiation |
| 2006 | "What I Need" | - | #58 | TBR | Raydiation |
| 2006 | "Let's Play House" | TBR | TBR | TBR | Raydiation |
| 2006 | "It'll Be Okay" (f/ Whitney Houston) | TBR | TBR | TBR | TKO |
