Ricky J is a
DJ and
rapper from
Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
who is known for the single "No Means No", which was very popular in Canada, peaking at #2 on the ''
Billboard
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'' Canada single sales chart. Ricky J had been active since the late 1990s and opened for
TLC
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Arts and entertainment Television
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* TLC (TV network), formerly the Learning Channel, an American cable TV network
** TLC (Asia), an As ...
on their
FanMail Tour
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in 1999. His debut album, ''Lose Control'', was released in 2001 on
Warner Bros. Records
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. He later left Warner Bros. to sign with an independent
label, Evolution Records, in 2002. Through Evolution, he released his second album, "WHITEBOYS". In 2010, he released the single "Whatta Night", and was featured on the 2011 album
4Play in the track "Good Life".
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20101123200441/http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian DJs
Canadian male rappers
21st-century Canadian rappers
Musicians from Montreal
21st-century Canadian male musicians