R&B singer Ray J, the man who catapulted to national fame not from his musical skills but from a sex tape with Kim Kardashian, aspires to be mayor one day.
The brother of R&B singing sibling Brandy wants to be CEO of his hometown of Carson, Calif., sometime in the distant future. Ray J said he still has a lot to learn, has to pay his dues and focus on reaching out to the community. But he would be down for the role.
“I mean, I’m from Carson and I see the struggles that we going through in the community and I know what I can do and I know what kinda help I can be to that community,” Ray told allhiphop.com. “Not just with the press and just everybody coming along and coming onto the ride. But what I would do is show young African American youth or just young kids in general to go and aspire to be a mayor or go aspire to be a doctor or a lawyer. Because this Hip-Hop s— and this music industry has got alotta people clouded. And they think that’s the only way to go. Or to put out a sex tape to be successful. That s— is wack. You gotta go out and use your true talent and read and learn and if I can inspire that throughout everything I been through then let me be a reason. Let me be the cause. Let me be the answer, to everybody’s questions you know what I mean? All in the future man. That’s just all future thoughts.”
When the “For the Love of Ray J” reality star was asked if he regretted the sex tape, he said he was not ashamed of it and doesn’t regret it. No surprises there since it launched his and Kardashian’s careers — as well as her entire family — into the stratosphere. He did, however, say he doesn’t want others to think that it is a way to attain fame and fortune.
“I don’t regret nothing that I ever did,” he said. “I just learn from the things I’ve done. And I know how to grow from it. And use anything negative that happened in my life and turn that into a positive. That’s my only goals and wishes as a man but as far as taking s— back, I don’t regret nothing. I’m good.” –terry shropshire
