Chico DeBarge
b. Jonathan Chico DeBarge, 1966, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Chico DeBarge was too young to join the family group DeBargein 1978, but he was signed to a solo deal with Motown Records in 1986, issuing a self-titled album in a harder, funk-rooted style than his brothers and sisters. His debut single, Talk To Me, was a major US hit, and he scored four more black music chart entries up to 1988. His career was effectively ended when he and his brother Bobby DeBarge (a former member of the Motown group Switch) were arrested and then convicted on charges of trafficking cocaine in October 1988.