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May 26, 2022
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Morray Interview – “Still Here” Lyrics, Adjusting to Fame

[ad_1] Train of ThoughtMorray on "Still Here" featuring CordaeInterview: Robby Seabrook IIIEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2022 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.“Just reminiscin’ ’bout the days a nigga needed whippings/The way I’m actin’ nowadays, a nigga really miss ’em/No real location, movin’ around, that’s how a nigga livin’/A rollin’ stone, I lay my hat down, well, you get the picture/Real words I’m tryna depict and some people would never get it/Some people pretend to get it just to act like they can fit in/Playin’ the hell out these women, most women cheat on they man/ Just to find nobody’s better and expect for him to understand/I mean,...

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July 14, 2021
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DDG, Lakeyah, Morray and Coi Leray’s 2021 XXL Freshman Cypher

[ad_1] The 2021 XXL Freshman cyphers are finally here and best believe that they’re starting off with a bang. The first group with the task of showing and proving why they landed a spot on the coveted cover consists of 10th Spot winner DDG, Quality Control Music signee Lakeyah, soul crooner Morray and social media savant Coi Leray.Each of the four acts use bull-ish bars and no-Auto-Tune warbling to skate through an enchanting beat, twirled with assuaging key melodies and pounding bass drops. That soothing foundation is set by none other than Internet Money creative Nick Mira, who serves as this year’s Freshman beat curator. Nick, who recently launched his own Mira Touch record label, produced...

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July 1, 2021
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Morray’s 2021 XXL Freshman Freestyle

[ad_1] Morray’s potential for greatness is going up, and it’s truly stuck. However, the Fayetteville, N.C. native had to shed his old skin to reemerge as the artist he is today.The 28-year-old rising star, whose music is a melodic blend of singing and rapping, quit creating songs for quite some time before he swiped a spot in the 2021 XXL Freshman Class. After hitting the mic in 2008, more than a decade had gone by since Morray, born Morae Ruffin, made music again. He looked in the mirror on a handful of occasions and asked himself why he was continuing, considering how 10 years had passed with his songs failing to garner attention or much love on...

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July 1, 2021
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Morray Lists His Top Five Favorite Hip-Hop Albums

[ad_1] All hip-hop fans can point to certain albums and mixtapes that got played to the point where the CD skipped. You know, the must-haves that got listened to for free on sites like DatPiff, for a few dollars on applications like iTunes or even illegally through now-deceased platforms like LimeWire. Morray shares with XXL the top five albums that led to him falling in love with hip-hop.The first project, which is actually a mixtape, that the versatile artist makes mention of is the polished effort that made Drake rich, So Far Gone. Morray lets it be known, “That’s probably like my favorite one ever.”Another LP that makes the cut is one of the best sophomore albums of the...

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June 30, 2021
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Morray Names His Top Five Favorite Rappers

[ad_1] If you’re a fan of Morray, you know that his musical style boomerangs between singing and rapping. In one chunk of a song, he drives home his bars about the trenches with a jittery flow. And in another, he flexes his vibrato with the soul of an entire church choir. When it comes to his top five favorite rappers of all time, the 2021 XXL Freshman's ability to entangle the two makes sense.The first influential artist to get slotted into his list is none other than Drizzy Drake. “He helped me find out with the singing and rapping that you don’t have to just be a singer or a rapper,” Morray...

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June 22, 2021
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Morray Keeps the Family Close, Shares Munchies Snacks in ABCs

[ad_1] Paraded on his breakthrough song “Quicksand,” cosigned by fellow North Carolina-bred MCs and former XXL Freshmen J. Cole and DaBaby, 2021 XXL Freshman Morray’s church-grown spirit is perhaps his most contagious quality. What fans will peep in his version of XXL’s ABCs is that his inviting aura extends beyond the mic. It possesses him with the ability to light up any room with his charisma and zeal. And that’s one quality of a star that cannot be forced or faked.To crack open the segment, the Fayetteville, N.C. native uncovers his snack selections whenever he’s smoking. To quench his thirst, his mouth races to say apple juice for the letter A. Then, on the...

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June 17, 2021
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2021 XXL Freshman Class Revealed

[ad_1] Hip-hop is heading back outside this summer, slowly but surely. As masks, social distancing and vaccines are the norm these days, most people seem to be getting back to their regularly scheduled programming. The 2021 XXL Freshman Class is featured in our annual summer issue after COVID-19 set us back a few months in 2020.This year, the staff did record numbers of Zoom meetings from January to March to meet and greet artists, listen to new music and hear the rollout plans for roughly 100 Freshman prospects, which ultimately became the 10th spot selections. After much debate, conversations with industry peers and talks with anyone who felt compelled to share a...

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December 31, 2020
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The Break Presents: Morray – XXL

[ad_1] All it takes is a nudge from the right person to change your life. Five years ago, Morray was recording music at his friends' houses in his hometown of Fayetteville, N.C. Unfortunately, he wasn't really a fan of his own music at the time. Morray felt it didn't have much substance and didn't feel real coming from him. Seeing the kind of flashy rap that was (and still is) taking off in hip-hop, Morray thought he needed to emulate that style in order to gain popularity. That was until one revelatory night.Earlier this year, Morray played a few of his songs for his wife. She told Morray that she liked the...

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