# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-j
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:50:58.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-j"
name: "Ray J"
slug: "ray-j"
description: "William Ray Norwood Jr., known professionally as Ray J, is an American R&B singer, rapper, songwriter, television presenter, and actor. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Carson, California, he is the younger brother of singer and actress Brandy."
tagline: "American R&B singer and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_J_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1981-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.85
  momentum:             17.70704522139352
  historical:           25.63312933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rayj"
    handle:    "rayj"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/rayj/"
    handle:    "rayj"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/rayj"
    handle:    "rayj"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005043/"
    handle:    "nm0005043"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "6gbGGM0E8Q1hE511psqxL0"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rayj.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "راي جي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "راى جى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рей Джей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray-J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ری جی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A5%D5%B5_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5"
    title: "Ռեյ Ջեյ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "レイ・ジェイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4_J"
    title: "레이 J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_J"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a07de5c-37e5-4907-ac77-ba9674a9bd6a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542267"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98894"
    title: "Ray J"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump