1995–2002 In 1995, Rebel lent his voice to the
Tom Hanks film
Apollo 13. In 1996, Rebel started working with the band
No Authority as their lead vocalist. No Authority was discovered by an A&R representative from Sony Records, and subsequently was signed to
Michael Jackson's label MJJ Music, a custom label at Sony. In 1997, Rebel worked on multiple films, once as an actor in the film
Anywhere but Here, once as a musical performer on the soundtrack for the animated film
Anastasia, and once as a dancer in
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. In 1997, No Authority released their first album
Keep On, produced by
Rodney Jerkins. The single "Girlfriend" appeared on the Trippin' original soundtrack. No Authority toured Europe twice during this time and opened for
Aaron Carter on the Kids Go Music Festival. The group also traveled to Canada to perform on the YTV Psyko Blast concert. In 1999, Rebel was featured in the Pepsi "Joy of Cola" commercial starring
Aretha Franklin. While signed to Maverick Records the group released their first single "What I Wanna Do" produced by Herbie Crichlow from their self-titled album
No Authority. The next single "Can I Get Your Number (A Girl Like You)," charted at number 18 on the Billboard Charts and their third single "I'm Telling You This" was used in the movie
Rugrats in Paris, which became a gold certified record. The group toured and performed with Britney Spears (whom he opened for in her "Oops! I Did It Again" tour), Destiny's Child, 98 Degrees, Jessica Simpson, and the All That! Music and More Festival, after appearing in an episode of the Nickelodeon show All That!. In 2004, he appeared in episodes of
American Dreams and
Boston Public, and later appeared at a children's charity event alongside
Lindsay Lohan. In 2010, Rebel was cast in two of
My Chemical Romance's official music videos "
Na Na Na" In 2012 Rebel won the RAWards Musician of Year Award, where he debuted his first big single "Geisha Dance." Also in 2012 Rebel released his first album
Manipulator; music from the album was featured on
MTV's
Good Vibes. "Geisha Dance" was on the
Mediabase Chart for 10 weeks (the chart featured on
On Air with Ryan Seacrest). In 2014, Rebel collaborated with Claudio Cueni and released his second EP
The Blue Album, which was preceded by the
Blue EP. Since 2014 Rebel has been a regular contributor to
US Weekly's "Fashion Police" spread. In 2015, he appeared on the
Fox 5 San Diego to perform his new single "Star" from his album
The Blue Album. He appeared as a celebrity model during the
Los Angeles Fashion Week. Over 2015, he performed with multiple artists on tours, including Colbie Caillat and Blood On The Dance Floor. In late 2015 Rebel secured a sponsorship agreement with the cosmetics company Mustaev USA, and subsequently produced the music video for his single "Boys and Sometimes Girls" directed by Rock Jacobs. As part of his commitment to advancing gay rights in the United States Rebel performed at the 2014, 2015, and 2016 "Out at the Fair" festivals at The San Diego County Fair. Rebel also performed at Gay Pride festivals in major cities like Phoenix, Long Beach, Orange County, Later in 2016 Rebel toured with boy-band
O-Town. Since 2015 Rebel has been working with DJ's
Hector Fonseca, Casey Alva, and Tommy Love In 2017, "Boys & Sometimes Girls" spent 9 weeks on the
Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and peaked at No. 28. Rebel performed at the 2017
SXSW (South by Southwest) Festival in Austin, Texas. Rebel released
The New Alpha in 2017 on Audio4Play Records. This album features the single "If You Were My Baby". He headlined "The Artist One Tour" along with other singers, and also appeared at the American Influencer Awards. He received support from
MAC Cosmetics, and his documentary on Revry was nominated for Best Music Documentary at the Out Web Fest Awards. In 2018, he performed in the New York Pride parade, representing Univision TV Network. This performance was of "Life is a Runway", which was turned into a music video. He later started working on a custom jewelry line called the "Ricky Rebel Renaissance" collection. In 2019, Rebel toured Japan as part of the "Champion" concert series. A tea ceremony was held in Rebel's honor with Master Watanabe Tsutomu, a top tea master. Ricky also appears on the red carpet at the GRAMMY Awards followed by an appearance the next morning on FOX & Friends. ELLE magazine also named Ricky, as well as David Bowie and Madonna, to their Most Outrageous GRAMMYs Outfits in History list. In 2023, One of the songs from his album 'Wild Reality', titled "Time Will Tell", was featured in the movie 'Apocalypse Love'. The film won Best Animated Feature award at the Golden State Film Festival. == Political views ==