Toonz

Ray Toonz Pickney was born in Houston, TX to a loving two parent household. At the age of 14 a young Toonz discovered he had a talent that none of his friends had. He could sing exactly like his favorite R"B idols. As a very young aspiring R"B artist he started entering school talent shows, but never placing first.

After taking a few years off from performing in front of a crowd "Toonz" decided it was time to come back stronger and harder with his vocal skills. At that time, he entered The National Karaoke Competition, singing Melt with You by Modern English, where he placed second. But," if you first don't succeed, try try again".

That's exactly what "Toonz" done, in the summer of 2010," Toonz" auditioned for "Americas Next Big TVStar" a competition that's aired locally in Houston. "Toonz" finally got the break he had been waiting on , and was casted for a seasoned singing role on a local TVshow.

As the season came to an end, "Toonz" auditioned for another local talent competition call "Got Talent? Prove It!", where he won a variety of cash and prizes. The following year, "Toonz" heard about a talent contest that was being held in the Houston Galleria Mall, he preformed and placed second in the competition where he won a chance to host his own performance at a venue, the performance wasan exciting experience for "Toonz".

"Toonz" is following in the footsteps of all his favorite R"B idols such as, R. Kelly, Usher, Maxwell and Mario, to name a few. With the experience Toonz" gained he's working on his own music, where he's produced and written already his own music in the song “Sorry” and his new hit single that will be dropped in 2014 titled “Sex Games”. 

He hopes to captivate his audience with his smooth and sensual vocals of todays' R"B sound. T00NZ has been making some serious noise with his music and has been doing shows. T00NZ has been making major strides in his career by opening up for Amanda Perez in Dallas, traveling to shows recently in New Jersey and doing lots of shows in the Trail riding organization.

T00NZ has opened up for major names such as, Choppa Stylz and So For Real and did the BET conference for 2014.He did a collaboration with Mister Mike of The Formerly known label Suavehouse Records called " Grind Games."

T00NZ has now released"Sex Games" as the single to his upcoming EP produced by Bam Ent and a few weeks ago released the Official Music Video directed by Noonie Jr on you tube which has topped over 1000 views in only a few weeks!

In this year in April of 2015 T00NZ officially began gaining royalties on Hot 97 in Austin, Texas on Sex Games, Can't Go On and Take Me Home after doing a show in Austin, Texas under the Music Talent Showcase.

He has upcoming features with Junie DaBeast of The Coke Boys and Colby Bright and new music he is getting ready to drop this year along with his EP. T00NZ  is a model and has been doing many fashion shows and has been featured in many magazine editorial spreads.  He is currently unsigned and hopes to one day find that label that sees his talent and dedication.