Billboard Top 40 recording artist Ricky Rebel Bio Billboard Top 40 recording artist Ricky Rebel is one of pop’s true shape-shifters—a singer, songwriter, dancer, and fashion provocateur whose career started under the wing of legends and evolved into a fearless solo vision. A California native, Ricky first broke onto the scene as the lead vocalist of the boy band No Authority, signed by Michael Jackson to his label MJJ Records (SONY) before joining Madonna’s Maverick Records.