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Birth name: Natalie Renee McIntyre. Born: September 6, 1967 Canton, Ohio, United States. Macy Gray is famed for her raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Miles Davis' ex-wife Betty Davis. To date, Macy has released three studio albums, one compilation album and a live album — with a fourth studio album, Big, set to be released in March 2007. "Coming Back to You", her latest song, is featured on the soundtrack to the 2006 film Deja Vu. She has appeared in a number of films including Training Day, Spider-Man, and Idlewild. Gray is best known for her international hit single "I Try", taken from her multi-Platinum debut album On How Life Is. Macy Gray biography (bio): After her birth in Canton, Ohio and attendance at Western Reserve Academy, Macy Gray began her career after she moved back to Los Angeles, California in 1998. "I've Committed Murder" and "Why Didn't You Call Me" were minor hits there. In 2001, Gray won the Grammy Award for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for "I Try", which was also nominated for "Song of the Year" and "Record of the Year". She then collaborated with Fatboy Slim, The Black Eyed Peas, and Slick Rick (on the song "The World Is Yours", from the Rush Hour 2 soundtrack), as well as acting for the first time in Training Day. Gray was booed in 2001 after forgetting the words to the American national anthem. In the midst of the controversy, Gray's The Id became a commercial failure, largely stalling on the U.S. charts, in spite of appearances by John Frusciante and Erykah Badu, though the single "Sweet Baby" hit number eleven there. Perhaps in fairness to Gray, The Id was released a mere week after the September 11, 2001 attacks. In 2002, she appeared in Spider-Man as herself and worked on Santana's album Shaman, before releasing The Trouble with Being Myself in 2003. A cartoon based on Gray's childhood was being developed at one point, but it never came to fruition. Gray was married to Tracy Hinds from 1996 to 1998; they had three children together. She opened up a music academy called "The Macy Gray Music Academy" in 2005 and it was the scene of MTV's Punk'd because of black mold in the building. OutKast and Sleepy Brown are contributing to Gray's new album Big, which is scheduled for release on March 27, 2007. She was kicked offstage at a concert in Barbados in January 2007 for profanity (which was part of the show), but she wasn't aware that it was against the law in that country. She gave a public apology that night to keep from getting locked up. Gray also performed voiceovers for the character Seeiah in the Electronic Arts video game SSX Tricky, Gray hasn't been featured in any of the game's sequels. |