Ray J
William Ray Norwood, Jr. (born January 17, 1981), better known by his stage name Ray J, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and rapper. He is the son of gospel singer Willie Norwood and the younger brother of Contemporary R&B singer Brandy.
He was signed with Elektra in 1995 by Darryl Williams. 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, recorded the year before, 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 and Gladys Knight peaked also at number 25). It peaked number 25 in the U.S. and number 11 in New Zealand. The second single peaked at number 54 on the...
2010-03-20 The Chicken Raid Music Festival
The Chicken Raid is an annual music festival honoring legendary Atlanta bluesman Mr. Frank Edwards. Proceeds from this year's event will go to the Edwards' family, as well as the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Performers for Chicken Raid 2010 include a wide range of blues, roots, r&b, and funk legends and regional stars as well as local Atlanta up-and-comers. The performers this year are blues great Eddie Kirkland, Stoney Brooks & JU JU Root, Mikel K Poet, Albert White (Best Debut Blues Recordin...
2010-03-25 Blues Gone South - Performing at Old Ship British Pub & Restaurant
“Blues Gone South embodies all blues traditions with a strong repertoire of original material and cover songs…(front person) Papa J has a suprisingly superb set of pipes…the band’s playing is precise and impassioned…each musician is a master of his instrument. Blues Gone South easily covers the entire blues spectrum and then some.” MUSIC CONNECTION BLUES GONE SOUTH NOMINATED IN THE “BEST AMERICANA, BLUES OR ROOTS ARTIST” CATEGORY FOR UPCOMING 20TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES MUSIC AWARDS...
2010-03-31 Juan Escovedo & Friends
Open Dance Floor! featuring Karl Perazza Roger Glenn Ray Obiedo and more Juan Jose Escovedo is the first born son of four siblings. Following in the footsteps of his father, Pete Escovedo, Juan started playing percussion at the age of ten. When he turned 14, he began performing with his father and fell in love with all aspects: the audience, the stage, and the excitement of playing live music. Juan began teaching himself at a very young age how to play bongos, congas, trap drums, timbales, per...
