Rick James

Birth Name: James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.

Date of Birth: February 1, 1948

Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, U.S.

Date of Death: August 6, 2004

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Ethnicity: African-American

Rick James was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He was also known as Ricky Matthews.

He was the son of Mabel Sims, a dancer and numbers runner, and James Ambrose Johnson, Sr. He had two children with singer and songwriter Syville Morgan; and a son with his former wife Tanya Hijazi.

Rick’s father stated that he had Native American ancestry. Rick was raised by his mother.

Source: https://books.google.com

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4 Responses

  1. follers says:

    Ethnic, is there a picture, please?

  2. savanna says:

    Rick James was an American musician, composer and actor.
    Rick was the son of Mabel Sims and James Ambrose Johnson, Sr.

    Rick’s father claimed to have Indian blood. Rick was raised by his mother, from his autobiography, pg. 22:
    https://books.google.com/books?id=-m9NAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=rick+james+autobiography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwkuCx-JbMAhVIdz4KHUTjDEIQ6wEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=rick%20james%20autobiography&f=false

  3. Nisha says:

    Rick James is actually african american & Panamanian(spanish).

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