Biography
There are multiple artists named Riley:
1) American alternative R&B singer Riley Buccola
2) The solo moniker of Amber Riley
1) American singer Riley Buccola
Riley Buccola, performing as RILEY (previously formatted as R I L E Y, and RILEY JVMES) is an alternative R&B singer and tour manager from Huntington Beach, California.
RILEY began writing music while in high school, but went to cosmetology school after graduating, becoming a hairdresser. He ended up tour managing for friend's bands, eventually leaving his salon job to manage a US tour for Pacific Dub. He tour managed his way through the Warped Tour scene, eventually becoming the tour manger for Capital Cities and blackbear.
It was after seeing the crowd during blackbear's Coachella set that RILEY decided to become a performer himself. Before finishing his EP, " Love Was Never Enough", he was performing on Warped Tour while simultaneously tour managing Chase Atlantic on the same tour.
2) The solo moniker of Amber Riley
RILEY is the solo moniker of American actress, musician, author and activist Amber Riley, better known for her role as Mercedes Jones in the hit TV show "Glee”. Her self-titled debut EP was released in October 2020, and was supported by the singles "A Moment", "BGE" and "Creepin".
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