Jonathan Arthur "Chico" DeBarge (born June 23, 1966 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B; singer and a younger brother of the members of the Motown family act DeBarge. Unlike the rest of his DeBarge siblings, Chico is the only male DeBarge that does not sing in the falsetto range that is well known in his family; he sings tenor.
He began a musical career of his own with Motown Records in the mid-1980s. His debut self-titled album featured the...
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Jonathan Arthur "Chico" DeBarge (born June 23, 1966 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B; singer and a younger brother of the members of the Motown family act DeBarge. Unlike the rest of his DeBarge siblings, Chico is the only male DeBarge that does not sing in the falsetto range that is well known in his family; he sings tenor.
He began a musical career of his own with Motown Records in the mid-1980s. His debut self-titled album featured the hit single "Talk To Me." He released a sophomore album with Motown, Kiss Serious, but was imprisoned for drug charges not long after and served time in prison for drug trafficking. After his release in the mid-1990s, DeBarge returned to Motown to continue his musical career under the auspices of Kedar Massenberg and his neo-soul pioneering label imprint Kedar Entertainment.
He later moved to independent label Koch Records where he released 2003's Free. DeBarge also contributed a song to the Beauty Shop movie soundtrack courtesy of Alove...
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