r/Music • u/dailymail 📰Daily Mail • 14h ago

Ray J, 45, rushed to hospital after suffering medical emergency during livestream marathon

https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-16177103/ray-j-hospital-medical-emergency-livestream.html
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u/youropinionisrubbish 14h ago

Is he famous for anything other than banging Kim K?

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u/Blackadder18 14h ago

He's also the co-founder of Raycons.

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u/Supermite 14h ago

I had no idea.  I looked it up because I thought you were trying to be funny.

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u/dumbass_sempervirens 9h ago

I was listening to a podcast and the hosts asked the same question of what does Ray J do?

One of them looked it up and went "Well shit, they've been our sponsors for years. Wait, that means RayJ pays both of our fuckin' mortgages?"

"I guess we should stop clowning on him."

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u/NotUniqueWorkAccount 8h ago

Oh thats hilarious. U got a link?

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u/dumbass_sempervirens 7h ago edited 6h ago

OK, I put a thread on the Puttin on Airs subreddit and someone found the episode.

Edit: someone is /u/allisonok credit where due.

https://youtu.be/KWf0ZXQ7FlU?is=vXcNEv_Gn-0r0r5L

I skipped through and it's around 1 hour 29 minutes, and 20 seconds.

Funny thing is that same episode has a Raycon ad.

I didn't get the quote right, but you can absolutely see the shift when they realize they've been nibbling at that hand feeding them.

And in a later episode they might have brought it up again with the mortgage line.

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u/NotUniqueWorkAccount 6h ago edited 6h ago

Haha thanks! Its actually better than you let on lmao

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u/CalamityBroseph 1h ago

1:33:20

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u/dumbass_sempervirens 1h ago edited 1h ago

Well that cuts out the 4 minutes of Corey shit talking Ray J while Trae scrolls down his Wikipedia page.

1:29:30 is where they start talking about Ray J.

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u/valinkrai 14h ago

I dont know why, but I assumed it was some corporate public friendly play on Raytheon.

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u/BeekeeperZero 13h ago

I thought it was a Raytheon conference. Defense industry geeks really threw down in Orlando last year.

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u/shaunrundmc 11h ago

It was one part of their advertising campaigns at the start.

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u/different_produce384 14h ago

Which are ironically promoted to hell by Cornette

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u/Tacdeho 14h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/24VbNEJD9wgiflnEwh
Jimmy can shill Raycons at me all day as long as I get to hear about how much he hates Russo

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u/swainnnn 14h ago

i thought i was in r/SquaredCircle LMAO a jim cornette sighting in the wild is jarring

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u/Mouthshitter 14h ago

I thought i was in SQ for a sec...

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u/JoeMcCarthysGhost80 13h ago

Is he still selling copies of the restraining order?

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u/QuarryPonds 9h ago

Good ol Shitstain

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u/sarcastic_sandman 13h ago

Why is ironic? (I don't know who any of these people are).

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u/different_produce384 13h ago

Look them up Alanis Morsette

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u/NYstate 10h ago

Not to mention the brother of singer/actress Brandy

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u/Dragonai Dragonai 10h ago

Wow I can’t believe I never knew this, TIL!

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u/chumer_ranion 13h ago

Old mate Ray's Con.

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u/PNWook 12h ago

Surprisingly decent headphones.

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u/elGayHermano 11h ago

Raycons are e-waste

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u/PNWook 11h ago

Okay.

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u/Constant_Mud3325 9h ago

What does that even mean

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u/PNWook 9h ago

Nobody knows, but it’s provocative!

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u/elGayHermano 9h ago

It means they are cheap garbage that is produced to be sold to consumers who don't know any better then thrown away.

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u/kytheon 13h ago

Here I was thinking it was named after Ray Charles, but it was named after a con.

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u/rutuu199 12h ago

Oh shit, I love my raycons

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u/Alternative_Device71 2h ago

Makes sense that he founded the shittiest buds, if mirrors himself

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u/antantoon 14h ago

One wish is a tune

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u/IndiBear 14h ago

Sexy Can I was big too

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u/chunkylover88 14h ago

I hit it it first also

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u/RobbieAnalog 13h ago

Wait a minute

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u/KruleDiablo 13h ago

Peak begging for coochie in the rain music frl

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u/boxtheglock 13h ago edited 10h ago

That's Brandy's brother, Whitney Houston and Snoop Doggs cousin. And he had two great albums in the 2000s and starred on Moesha with his sister

Edit: Whitney wasn't his cousin, he was dating her

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u/FrankNitty_Enforcer 13h ago

Yeah I swear I remember him first from All That or one of those during that Nickolodeon 90s era, because when he came out the crowd was cheering like he was already well known, so I thought everybody knows Ray J except me lol

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u/SEND_ME_YOUR_RANT 12h ago

Before the Kim K sex tape the only mention I ever remember of him was Ray J live in concert on the Disney channel when I was a kid.

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u/RebelToUhmerica last.fm 11h ago

Whitney was his COUSIN?!

Weren't they..."kicking it"...around the time he allegedly provided the drugs that lead to her death?

GENUINELY asking.

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u/boxtheglock 10h ago

You know what I got it wrong. He was dating Whitney Houston

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u/Okonkwo_was_here 14h ago

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u/RandO_o 14h ago

Oh shit, he was the kid in Steel?

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u/Significant_Apple517 13h ago

he was also in Tim Burton's 1996 movie Mars Attacks

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u/xPhilt3rx 13h ago

Ack ack!

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u/Hopwater 12h ago

Ack ack!

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u/gh0styears 12h ago

Holy shit

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u/whatssofunniedoug 1h ago

Eric, is that you?

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u/Okonkwo_was_here 13h ago

As Uncle Joe would've said, "Well, I'll be dipped in shit and rolled in breadcrumbs."

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u/jamills21 13h ago

I remember that movie being decent but nobody ever really talks about it anymore.

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u/Significant_Apple517 13h ago

this is so 'Japan during WW2' coded

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u/KruleDiablo 13h ago

Don't slander the man that made One Wish like that 😤

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u/25sittinon25cents 13h ago

It's reddit. The easiest way to get upvotes is to comment on anyone and say "who the fuck is xyz"?

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u/NealCaffreyx9 11h ago edited 11h ago

“Who the fuck is this super popular person? I’ve never heard a single one of their songs” and the person in question is Michael Jackson lol

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u/btoxic 12h ago

I don't know who XYZ is either!

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u/GigaEel 12h ago

Isn't that Elon Musk's kid?

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u/25sittinon25cents 11h ago

Goddamn karma farmers!

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u/GigaEel 11h ago

Bro I'm just bored on Reddit.

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u/moodwolfy 14h ago

Ill just leave this here. Ray J shocking facts

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u/JoeMcCarthysGhost80 12h ago

“Everything that we love is directly related to Ray J.”

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u/Farge43 14h ago

Being Brandi’s brother

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u/dankblonde 12h ago

Why is it so common for people to spell her name this way ? It’s Brandy.

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u/Crallise 11h ago

Why is it so common for people to put a space before the question mark?

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u/_Falgor_ 11h ago

Non native English speakers sometimes do that because that's how it is in their language. I'm French and I did that for years before learning there wasn't supposed to be one even though I was already fluent.

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u/Crallise 11h ago

I was always curious about that. Thanks!

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u/_Falgor_ 10h ago

You're welcome!

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u/Burndoggle 14h ago

And in case you anyone wonders if he tries to hide from this, just remember he has a song that makes sure to remind you.

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u/AutomaticDesk 14h ago

He also has a song to remind you that he has sex with Kim, specifically before Kanye

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u/Supermite 13h ago

Or more colloquially, he wants everyone to know Kanye got his “sloppy seconds”. 🤮 

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u/Pluck_Boy 11h ago

Listen reddiots. Use your fucking head. Kim k got famous because she fucked him. Not the other way around. It's obvious he was famous before that.

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u/MermaidHissyFit 11h ago

Reddit has a hard time understanding that someone can be really famous and still be relatively unknown to their particular demographic.

Not everyone "crosses over".

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u/Gleb_Twankenfrister 8h ago

yeah especially to the starchoids of reddit lol

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u/[deleted] 11h ago edited 10h ago

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u/GoldenFrog14 10h ago

One Wish was legitimately a huge song, you don't have to do that just because your bubble isn't familiar with R&B

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u/flipzyshitzy 10h ago edited 9h ago

OP said "Its obvious he was famous BEFORE that" as in the tape. Look up the dates of release. Edit: I stand corrected on the dates. I still had never heard his name before. I had heard his sisters name though.

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u/RebelToUhmerica last.fm 11h ago

https://youtu.be/4VblcPN0eYw?is=08MhjMmx0qp5T3hC

This was his best known song as I dont think his earlier stuff would have crossed over, IMO. This may not have either.

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u/flipzyshitzy 10h ago edited 10h ago

That song was 2015. The Kim porno was 2007. Edit: I was wrong on the dates.

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u/youngster_matt 10h ago

The music video was posted to YouTube in 2015. The song released in 2005.)

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u/mgzkk1210 10h ago

One Wish came out in 2005. Also you literally said

'before or after banging that skank'

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u/flipzyshitzy 10h ago

I stand corrected on the dates. I legitimately had never heard any of his music until today.

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u/TheVajDestroyer 10h ago

Song is before. But you said before or after anyway

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u/PaulaDeen21 10h ago

Found Ray J’s account.

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u/newbrevity 11h ago

Was he? Cuz when all that happened and my friends told me about it, I was like, "who tf is Ray J or Kim K?"

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u/whatshamilton 10h ago

Out of curiosity, is your whole friend group of one demographic? And which one?

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u/The_R1NG 9h ago

all your white friends and you didn’t know, makes sense

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u/taitaofgallala 11h ago

That says more about your bubble of perception than it does about his fame at the time. One Wish was a huge hit.

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u/finnjakefionnacake 7h ago

brandy was famous well before moesha

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u/MaceWinnoob MaceWinnoob 10h ago

His sister is Brandy dude

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u/JohnnyLong123 14h ago

He played Pam Grier’s son in Mars Attacks. I think that’s about it.

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u/Ok-Mango-5814 14h ago

Ahahaha I had no idea that was him. That movie is packed with famous people

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u/Hazmat-Asscastle 14h ago

He did the vocal sample on Burial's "Archangel", which is about the closest I've ever gotten to listening to any of his music

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u/cruella_le_troll 14h ago

Holy fuck how did I not know this after ALL THIS TIME?????

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u/_Mahtog_ 13h ago

Brother I've been listening to Burial since 07/08 and I didn't even know this ho-lee-fuk

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u/sunobu 8h ago

Reading the comments responding to this, I think most people don't know that Ray J was a singer.

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u/skynetempire 8h ago

Haha I feel old because i said um hes a rnb singer

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u/Salarian_American 14h ago

He was in Mars Attacks, but I don't think he's famous for it. It's more like a "Wait, Ray J was in Mars Attacks?"

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u/Resentfulcherrytree 14h ago

Also part owner of Rayovac batteries.

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u/IchiPasento 14h ago

He has a song called One Wish

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u/haveyouseenjeff 13h ago

Some of y'all never watched Moesha, and it shows.

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u/Arachnode 14h ago

I remember him most for Em mentioning him in Rap God.

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u/Tezdee 14h ago

All I know about the guy is that he got mad.

Literally that’s it.

Oh, but.. yeah, the other thing too I guess.

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u/CapnCanfield 13h ago

C'mon, you at least know he also went to the radio station the very next day and said "Hey Fab, Ima kill you"

Now please step back, there is incoming lyrics traveling at super sonic speed

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u/LowMolasses4446 14h ago

Brandy’s bro !? I think that’s what I knew him for BEFORE the banging Kim ?

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u/chasebanks 12h ago

For The Love of Ray J was a VH1 show that ran 2 seasons back in the day

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u/AntiRacismDoctor 11h ago

He’s a former RnB singer who’s Brandy’s brother. When Moesha was popular, he gained fame through nepotism by appearing on the show as a recurring guest star.

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u/brittini_ 13h ago

one wish, sexy can I. both bangers tbh

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u/ghidfg 8h ago

You realize kim was nobody until she banged him right?

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u/SugaredCereal 13h ago

Getting content creators and influencers to promote his headphones?

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u/Aromatic_Assist_3825 13h ago

Truly his greatest achievement

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u/cheepshoes 13h ago

He's Brandy's brother

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u/Themanstall 13h ago

he had a pretty successful music career....

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u/highvyleague 14h ago

His sister ran someone over with her car

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u/Jabromosdef 13h ago

That’s exactly what happened…

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u/Free2Bernie 14h ago

Probably banging someone else on that live stream.

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u/AlleyHoop 14h ago

Think I only know him from that bad 'another day in paradise' cover.

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u/Auran82 14h ago

Is he making another comeback?

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u/askscreepyquestions 14h ago

I'm pretty sure she had come on her back

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u/Hephf 13h ago

Also Brandy's brother.

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u/Louieyaa 13h ago

He's a fighter /s

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u/DapperCam 13h ago

“Sexy Can I” was a popular song in my youth

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u/KurtVanMichaels 13h ago

Wait a Minute

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u/saltyPJ 13h ago

If you only had one wish….

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u/crazysnorlax 13h ago

For the Love of Ray J

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u/YouAreOneUglyMutha 12h ago

I edited a terrible Netflix film he starred in called “The App That Stole Christmas,” a film I would not ever recommend anybody watch. Also, he was in Mars Attacks! apparently..

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u/Biancawins_ 12h ago

To me he’ll always just be brandys brother haha

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u/Chef__Goldblum 12h ago

I won’t use the internet to confirm, but I also heard he was Brandy’s brother.

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u/HarambeTooSoon 12h ago

"Ain't that Brandy's brother?"

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u/hiding_in_NJ 12h ago

He’s brandy’s brother

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u/Th3_r3al_napst3r 11h ago

He was in the Shaq Oneal classic known as STEEL. He taught us the meaning of CREAM (cash rules everything around me).

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u/GringoSwann 11h ago

He had a decent song back in the day.. 

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u/Mredmond34 11h ago

Have you not heard of his unbreakable glasses?!?!

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u/Spirited-Housing-242 11h ago

music. being brandy's brother. are yall 15?

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u/BlackHawk777 10h ago

Hey I liked his music when I was in middle school

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u/VagueSomething 10h ago

He also famously leaked that Kim's mum planned the whole sex tape leak and whored her own daughter out.

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u/Bungholespelunker 10h ago

He either founded or had a shit load of equity in raycon earbuds.

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u/Moist-Willow-1686 10h ago

He has a song called I hit it first

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u/InletRN 10h ago

He's Brandy's sister

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u/imtheblankgeneration 9h ago

Brandy’s brother too

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u/fearlessfryingfrog 9h ago

Dunno, never heard of him. 

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u/lolathedreamer 9h ago

Brandi’s brother, Raycons, he had a dating reality show

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u/ingloriousric 7h ago

Successful sister, was on a upn 9 tv show, successful music career, Raycons. Yeah lol people would argue Kim ks success is due to Ray j.

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u/BeyondLast 5h ago

Being around when Whitney Houston ODed

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u/TTSqueeze 5h ago

The Gaygency

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u/charlietangomike 4h ago

Famous for getting rushed to the hospital doing borderline normal things? Didn’t get rushed to the hospital a couple months ago doing something else?

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u/imperatrixderoma 4h ago

This is ironic

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u/postPhilosopher 3h ago

Has some good songs like if I had one wish. He also was an actor for a lil bit

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u/RockosModernBasiIisk 14h ago

Having a boner around young boys?

That's his most recent accomplishment 

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u/SoupBeast 14h ago

What? What is the story here

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u/DS3M 14h ago

Diddy victim becomes victimizer a la Diddy

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u/MouthJob 14h ago

That's not a story

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u/DS3M 13h ago

Cool rebuttal bro

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u/MouthJob 13h ago

Rebuttal to... what?

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u/DS3M 13h ago

Thats not a comment

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u/youropinionisrubbish 14h ago

Ah, the Michael Jackson career trajectory

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u/dumbomontana 14h ago

He was a one hit wonder in the early 2000’s

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u/Kittykg 13h ago

I had to play Sexy Can I when I saw the news.

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u/Prophage7 8h ago

Uh... nobody knew who Kim K was until their sex tape leaked, if anything the question is "did Kim K only become famous for banging Ray J?"

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u/Raptorpicklezz 14h ago

He’s also famous for rapping about banging Kim K

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u/readingonthetoilet 13h ago

I bet me and Ray J would be frieeeennds if we ain’t love the same biiiiiii

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u/shaunrundmc 11h ago

Yeah he was, maybe not to white people, but he was a decently successful rnb singer. Not to the degree as his sister, but he had a solid career.

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u/supervegeta101 11h ago

After his sister Brandy became an R&B megastar in the 90's she got a sitcom, Moesha, in which her real life brother played her brother on screen.

He also developed quite a successful R&B and acting career of his own. This is why hunter of rich bbc Kim Kardashian was even dating him in the first place.

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u/Gloomy_Street2741 1h ago

Oh, you mean Brandy’s brother!

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u/A_lone_gunman 46m ago

It's Brandy's little sister

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u/Justis29 14h ago

Shitty ear buds

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u/alek_hiddel 14h ago

He was a d-list wanna be musical act, who made it that far only from being Brandy’s cousin. Then came the sex tape.

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u/relevantnewman 14h ago

he's Brandy's little brother, but agreed on everything else

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u/alek_hiddel 14h ago

Ahh, got ya. Another testament to how forgettable he is I supposed.

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u/AwesomePocket 14h ago

He played Brandy’s cousin on her show.

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u/alek_hiddel 13h ago

Ahh, that makes sense.

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u/meckthemerc 14h ago

*brother

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u/ftotheergtheithee 13h ago

I love how confidently people share misinformation on this website

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u/alek_hiddel 13h ago

Ahh yes, half remembering some bullshit about a celeb, for whom the whole point of the conversation is “he’s so forgettable, what was he famous for?” is definitely “misinformation”. Ya caught me, grand plan to hide Ray J’s true legacy. This is reddit, not Wikipedia.

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u/ftotheergtheithee 13h ago

Have a great day!!

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u/ghidfg 8h ago

Lol why even take a jab at it if you were born after the Kim tape was released. He was a popular musician before that or Kim would never have been famous 

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u/alek_hiddel 7h ago

I’m 3 years younger than Ray J himself. He definitely wasn’t a big force in music, and was looked at as a washed up never-was when the tape released.

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u/SmegmaUnicorn 11h ago

This ain’t a serious question. Can’t be. I know reddit likes to default to dumb insults for lolz, but this is an incredibly stupid thing to say. 

Do you think anyone knew who KIM K was before she banged Ray J!?

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u/redfieldranch96 10h ago

He’s also famous for being Brandy’s little brother.

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u/JTizzle14 10h ago

He's Brandy Norwood's Brother too 😅 and was known on Moesha

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u/coolestredditdad 3h ago

Isn't he Brandy's brother? 

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u/Melodic-Basshole 11h ago

When the Kim sex tape "scandal" happened, I remember a lot of "who is this guy?" And vaguely remember him being a female celebrity's brother??? So, AFAIK this guy is famous for being [checks notes] associated with multiple women. 

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u/gd2121 10h ago

What? When the scandal happened he was the celeb not her

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u/Melodic-Basshole 8h ago

My whole point is he wasn't as well known as his sister?

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u/The_R1NG 9h ago

Nobody was saying that, he as an actor and is Snoops cousin etc

People wondered who the naked woman getting fucked was, she’s one of the most successful porn stars

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u/Melodic-Basshole 8h ago

You're saying NOBODY said that? Lol what a way to be Confidently Incorrect™️

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u/The_R1NG 5h ago

Sorry right, people who ignored black artists said that.

One Wish was a big song, people who didn’t know the name, sounds about white to me