We did the OZONE cover shoot at your club in Las Vegas. Tell us about how you got involved with the nightclub business. I became one of the partners of [Poetry Nightclub] a few months ago. I just wanted to bring a multi-cultural crowd to this Hip Hop culture we’ve got over here. I wanted to enhance the sexy ladies and get more people to come out and buy a lot of bottles and tables and get a lot of VIP service. I think we’ve done that. I think we’ve increased it 50% from what it was before. We’re trying to keep it going and keep it being successful. We just keep putting out good projects and staying on top of our game. Is it your aspiration to be an all-around businessman? You’ve got the club and the record label; what other projects are you working on? I’ve been independent since “One Wish,” so it’s destiny for me to do what I gotta do to be my own boss. With the money I make, I don’t just trick it off and buy chains and shit. I buy clubs, invest in real estate, and try to put money up for new developments. That’s what I try to do but a lot of people don’t know that about me. I’m really not trying to showcase what I do. I just want to keep being true to myself. What happened with the reality show? I found a good girl, she’s cool, but as far as us being one on one and being faithful to each other, I felt like that was shaky. So I needed to go back in again with season two and see what else is out there for young Ray J. The relationship was shaky for you or her? It was shaky for both of us. When you’re in a relationship you want it to be 100%. You don’t want to have those weird kinda side relationships going on. That’s just dirty as hell, and I ain’t with that. So are you saying she was cheating on you? Or you were cheating on her? I’m trying to be a one-woman man, and faithful as fuck. It wasn’t that [one of us was cheating on the other], it’s just that we weren’t 100% with each other. I felt like we were hella good friends, and we’re still hella cool. I love the shit outta Cocktail. She hella cool. I fucks with her. But as far as us just being one on one and being together forever, that was shaky.
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Do you think anybody has ever found real love on a reality show, or is it usually just for entertainment purposes? Nah, people find true love. People find true love at the club. (laughs) Put it like this: if you can find love at the club, then you can definitely find it on a reality show. How long is the time period that you’re actually filming the show? A month and a half. So you think it’s possible to fall in love in a month and a half? Nah, but I think you can get great interest in somebody in a month and a half and really see what they’re all about and spark up something that may not have been there before. I think that’s definitely possible. You mentioned that you have a second reality show coming out on BET that will be airing around the same time as your VH1 For The Love of Ray J show? Tell us about that. Yeah, I’m working with BET on some stuff, but I’m really loyal to VH1. They’ve got my back and they’re paying me a hell of a lot of money, and I love them for that. I’m going to stay loyal over there [at VH1] but I’ve got some development deals going on with BET and a couple other networks as well. I’m looking forward to that. I’m just trying to tackle television right now and build my portfolio as a producer, executive producer, and creator. What’s the theme of the first show you’re putting together for BET? I can’t say because the deal isn’t inked yet. I’m still speaking too early. But the reason I said that is because BET already gave me two or three jobs. I have my own show on BET.com and I’ve hosted 106th & Park for months, so I feel like I’m still in the family. We’ve got some stuff we’re working on over there but again, VH1 is my home. VH1 is where it’s at. Tell us about the artists you have signed to your label, Knock Out Entertainment. Again, I’ve been independent ever since “One Wish,” so everything y’all have been seeing from
me was my own projects. We had number one records; we just went triple platinum digitally with “Sexy Can I” and that was big independently. Niggas aren’t doing [those numbers] right now independently or even [on a major label] so I’m happy about that. I’m about to put out Shorty Mack’s album The Purp Man for all my cannabis smokers out there that love to just put it in the air and vibe out and talk about the high times of life. That’s what Shorty Mack is speaking on. It’s very good. I think it’s going to be very, very hot. Tell us about the group you’re working with out of Vegas called the Enfamous Burnaz. They’re straight out of Las Vegas. I own the club out here called Poetry so they’re out here representing with me. They’ve got a song called “Top Notch Chick” that’s already surfacing on the radio and getting a lot of requests. When The Enfamous Burnaz came to me with this song and the whole concept, I just fell in love with what they were talking about. I really felt like we could make a connection and do some good music together. What does the rest of 2009 hold for Ray J? I’m just building my empire. I’m working on some new stuff with some major labels right now. I’ve got a major machine behind me right now – VH1 is backing the hell out of me. Season 2 of For the Love of Ray J is in the works. I’ve got ABC radio on board right now for Ray J’s Bachelor Pad. It’s gonna be syndicated on 85 to 100 stations starting out. It’s like slow jams and shit. I’m just working, stacking my paper, and saving and investing at the same time. Is there going to be a Ray J and Tila Tequila sex tape? Ray J and Tila Tequila sex tape? I doubt it. Nah. I ain’t doing no more sex tapes. I heard that she emailed you a picture of a positive pregnancy test. Yeah, she did. It seems like I can’t shake a girl’s hand without them getting pregnant. Is that what you did…shake her hand? I did a little bit more than that, but I feel like a nigga can’t sneeze without a girl getting pregnant right now so I’ve just gotta lay low. I told you I’m a one-woman man right now. I only want one special girl in my life. All the rest of the girls can kick rocks.