![]() Third loss I fought my ni**a X he got the better of me no bullshit and the fourth loss I fought some boxing ni**a in my city boy had knuckles I ain't go lie to you. The second loss I was in sixth grade, I fought two people in the bathroom. My first fight was in the third grade, and boy beat the shit out of me. The four losses were definitely learned experiences. Do you recall your fight record since you have been in a lot of brawls. You became this aggressive person who learned how to fight by any chance. On Up Next with Apple, you talked about being bullied and eventually becoming the bully. Singing in the church that's how I gave praise to God, and that's how I released a lot of my demons by going to church and singing. She made sure I knew God, and if I needed anything that I could go to him. My mom wasn't super strict when it came to other things, but she did keep me in church. When you go to church, religion plays a big part in your whole life. You grew up in a religious household, and you were also part of the choir. As a teenager, I still wanted to follow and be a cool person, but when I moved back to the Ville at 18, I didn't like the way I was living, and I didn't like who I was. It wasn't country it was too fast, and I had to find a place to fit in, and that when I started doing all the wrong things. I tried to fit in with the wrong people in elementary, and when I moved from Fayetteville to Pennsylvania, that's when I realized everything was going to be different because I was with different people. That's where I showed my ass for a better term. I wasn't disrespectful at home, but in school, I was like super different. ![]() I thank God that I ain't have to come to that eventually.Īs a kid growing up in the Ville, I wasn't a bad kid. You try your best to do something different, but if stuff ain't working eventually. Life has a real good way of humbling you.ĭo you think eventually you would walk down the wrong path once again if it wasn't for music?Įventually, always that's the case if you grew up on the streets. I would probably have to move back with my momma. ![]() I just would probably have another job trying to figure it out. If it wasn't for music, where would you think you'd be?īasically, the same thing. I worked at Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Wendys, The Kangaroo, and I did construction. I did anything that would pay me, you feel me. What type of jobs were you working back then? I was tryna do music and figure this thing out, and I was barely making it. Cole on The Off-Season Tour in a city near you or on the cover of 2021’s XXL Freshman of The Year.Ī year ago, I had a regular job. You could catch Morray this fall alongside J. Morray has been blessed to see plenty of success in the past seven months and is likely to be a household name within the next half a decade because of his unique way of expressing himself from within. The tape peaked at number 41 on the Billboard 200 and was co-signed by fellow North Carolina rappers J. She said, 'I like your music but I wanna love it.' It pissed me off because she's my wife, and she's supposed to support me, but what she was doing was pushing me towards a better goal." That slight push made Morray write "Quicksand," while sitting in his bathroom.Īfter signing his deal, Morray put out his debut mixtape Street Sermons, an introductory project in which he shares his story. During our zoom conversation, Morray explained, "My wife told me I was making good music, but I had to make music that came from my heart. He thanks God for all that he had, but if it wasn't for his wife, perhaps "Quicksand" might have never come to be. Morray remained positive through it all and kept smiling. All of this didn't come easy to Morray, who just a year ago had a regular job trying to make ends meet and figure out how to make it in the industry. In April, the rising rapper and singer signed to Interscope Records in partnership with Shalizi's Pick Six Records. The unique melody and his form of storytelling captured the attention of Moe Shalizi, who at the time was putting together Pick Six Records in Los Angeles. Today that music video featuring Morray dancing confidently while telling the story of his tough upbringing sits at over 92 million views on YouTube and has been certified Gold by RIAA. 2020 was a setback for many of us but that wasn't the case for the 28-year-old Fayetteville native who watched his life go from struggling to make ends meet to the signing of a life changing record deal. In October of last year, Morray unleashed the Jaxofnorth directed visuals to "Quicksand." The visuals quickly began gaining traction, and in a matter of two weeks, the music video amassed over a million views.
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