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Chico DeBarge was born on June 23, 1966 and is 57 years old now.
Birthday: June 23, 1966
How Old - Age: 57
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Chico DeBarge - Biography
Jonathan Arthur "Chico" DeBarge (born June 23, 1966, 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.
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. His third album Long Time No See was released in November 18, 1997 to critical acclaim and was preceded by the single "Iggin' Me" which garnered considerable airplay. The album would spawn three additional singles: "Love Still Good," "No Guarantee" (a collaboration with Joe) and "Virgin" (#97 R&B). A non-album single "Soopaman Lover" followed in 1999 and peaked at #55 on the R&B chart.
He later moved to the independent record label, Koch Records, where he released 2003's Free (which peaked at #43 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart). It featured the single "Home Alone" which garnered some airplay.
In 2003, while touring in the Tyler Perry stage play "Why Did I Get Married?," DeBarge was stabbed by South Philadelphia Italian mafioso John "Johnny Gongs" Casasanto inside a Philadelphia nightclub due to an altercation with one of his associates. The stab wound was within inches of his kidney and lungs.
In 2007, DeBarge was arrested for drug possession in California and later went to rehab. In 2009, he admitted to addictions to heroin, cocaine and prescription medication and based his album, aptly titled Addiction, on his drug struggles.
