It seemed like a marriage made in music industry heaven. Janet from the famous Jackson family and James from the Motown group Debarge. James is tall dark and handsome. Janet the pretty girl next door type. Janet was on the TV show fame and recording the album dreamstreet at the time. It was later reported she didn?t want to do the show it was her father?s idea who was her manager at the time (some say she was pregnant at that time) Due to the a very hectic schedule and living with the Jackson family was a strain on the marriage. On January 7 1985, Janet left James because she realized she couldn't help him with his problems. Janet later hinted that alleged affairs, drug and verbal abuse lead to the demise of the marriage. one of the alleged affairs was with singer/actress Vanity

There has been a long standing rumor about Janet having James child since 1984. The story is that Janet was pregnant and her father Joe thought it would be damaging to her career if the public found out she had a child. She secretly gave birth to a baby girl and let a relative raise the child who would be a young adult now. This rumor has been addressed by one of Janet?s sister-in-laws on TV show "Hard Copy" she said it was true but didn't know the details. Chico Debarge talked about it in an interview with Wendy Williams. He says his mother looked in to the allegations. And found no proof of Janet having a child. As of recent one of the gossip rags claimed that Janet's daughter is one of her backup dancers.

James is still in the music industry. He worked with a rap artists DJ Quik, Jwells, Won-G, Shorty of the lynchmob and appeared on soul train. He has since re- married and has children. One of his daughters Kristina De Barge (not his child with Janet) is a contestant on American Juniors on Fox.