Ray J, the multi-platinum artist, entrepreneur, and seriously un-serious and pop culture icon, has seemingly lived a thousand different lives over his career and has given us countless contributions to pop culture—chief among them being the Kardashians’ fame. Yet it weren’t for the now infamous (or famous, depending on who you ask) sex tape of him and then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian being “leaked” online—Ray J feels the fashion world, the beauty world, the influencer world, and the way we view and value celebs would not be where it is today. Hell, even Onlyfans wouldn’t have come into existence, according to Ray J.
“How different would we all be?” he asked “How different would this whole fucking thing be? How different would this industry be? Everything would be different. There might not be any OnlyFans and all the things like that. All the opportunities like that.
Probably more people would be going to college.” In light of this train of thought, it got us thinking: what other accolades in pop culture has Ray J accrued? Back in March 2024, Ray the upcoming launch of his own television platform, Tronix Network. According to Forbes, he invested $1.
5 million and is already optimistic about its success. “I was just like, ‘OK, I think we have enough POCs [proofs of concept]. I think we know what to do.
We just have to now put all of our money up and go for what we believe in.’ So, eventually, that’s what I did, and that’s a pretty scary thing,” h.
