Chico Debarge 1997 Interview

Описание: Jonathan Arthur "Chico" DeBarge was a member of the musical group DeBarge. He began a musical career of his own with Motown in the mid-1980s. His debut self-titled album was released in 1986. 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 usage. In November 2019, DeBarge was arrested again for drug possession in California.

On April 2, 2020, DeBarge's eldest son, Dontae (born 1984), was murdered in a stabbing incident in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California at age 35. In January 2021, DeBarge was charged with drug possession, DUI and false impersonation after pretending to be his brother James during a traffic stop in Burbank, California.