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===2007β11: Sex tape, ''All I Feel'', and ''A Family Business''=== In February 2007, a [[Celebrity sex tape|pornographic home video]] he made with former girlfriend [[Kim Kardashian]] in 2003, ''[[Kim Kardashian, Superstar]]'', was made public.<ref>{{cite press release|url= http://www.hiphoppress.com/2007/02/vivid_entertain.html|title= Vivid Entertainment Spends $1-Million To Acquire Notorious Video 'Starring' Sexy Socialite Kim Kardashian And Hip Hop Star Ray J|access-date= October 6, 2008|publisher= [[Vivid Entertainment]]|date= February 7, 2007|via= Hip Hop Press|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080923231924/http://www.hiphoppress.com/2007/02/vivid_entertain.html|archive-date= September 23, 2008|df= mdy-all}}</ref> Kardashian sued [[Vivid Entertainment]] for ownership of the tape. In late April 2007, Kardashian dropped the suit and [[Settlement (litigation)|settled]] with Vivid Entertainment for $5 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kim-kardashian-s-sex-tape-sees-sales-surge-since-announcing-pregnancy-8435909.html | title=Kim Kardashian's sex tape sees sales surge since announcing pregnancy | date=January 2, 2013 }}</ref> [[Knockout Entertainment]] announced a multimillion-dollar album deal with [[Koch Records]] and [[Shaquille O'Neal]]'s "Deja 34" entertainment company.<ref name="one" /> The first album for this deal is Ray J's fourth album ''All I Feel'', which features [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] and [[Hitmaka|Yung Berg]] among others. It was released on April 1, 2008.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080219174009/http://www.hhworlds.com/f11/12-12-07-ray-j-signs-w-koch-taps-snoop-game-lil-wayne-new-lp-9896.html]}}</ref> The album's first single is "[[Sexy Can I]]" featuring rapper [[Yung Berg]] peaked at number three on the Top Singles (Hot 100) for six weeks. A video for the track, directed by R. Malcolm Jones, was shot in December 2007.<ref name="one" /> J starred in the Black Christmas movie ''Dark Christmas'' under the direction from [[Deon Taylor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18244|title='Chain Letter' Director Plans Holiday Horror with 'Dark Christmas'|date=December 2009|publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com|access-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref> In 2009, Norwood starred in his own [[VH1]] reality dating show, ''[[For the Love of Ray J]]''. The show premiered on February 2, 2009. For his show on March 24, 2009, he released the soundtrack/studio album called ''For the Love of Ray J''. On November 2, 2009, the show's [[For the Love of Ray J (season 2)|second season]] premiered. In 2010, Norwood and his sister [[Brandy Norwood]] premiered the [[VH1]] reality series ''[[Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business]]'' along with their parents. The show debuted in April 2010 and chronicled the backstage happenings of both siblings, while taking a bigger role in their family's management and production company, R&B Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2010/02/03/brandy-ray-j-to-star-with-family-in-vh1-reality-series/|title=Brandy & Ray J to Star with Family in VH1 Reality Series|publisher=Rap-up.com|access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> On June 19, 2011, Ray J, along with his sister Brandy and his father Willie Norwood Sr., released ''[[A Family Business]]'', which serves as a soundtrack to their hit reality TV show, ''[[Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business]]'', and was released through [[Time-Life Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://feedlimmy.com/2011/04/25/brandy-and-ray-j-a-family-business-album-tracklisting-and-details/ |title=Brandy and Ray J "A Family Business" Album Tracklisting and Details |publisher=Feed Limmy |date=April 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521034342/http://feedlimmy.com/2011/04/25/brandy-and-ray-j-a-family-business-album-tracklisting-and-details|archive-date=May 21, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=April 4, 2016}}</ref> He released a single from the album called "Turnin' Me On". The song will be featured on his upcoming album as well.
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