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Macy Gray Shared That She Took Her Stage Name From Her Friend’s Father

Macy Gray

Macy Gray is a well-known artist, performer, and activist who was born Natalie McIntyre on September 9, 1970, in Canton, Ohio. Her parents were math teachers and steel mill workers. Natalie Gray, better known as Macy Gray, got her name from a friend’s father. Laura, the singer’s teacher’s mother, stated in an interview with Hello Magazine:

“Macy Gray was a guy who used to come over and shoot pool with my husband,”

He said:

“She was always really bashful, and he used to encourage her, ‘You’re going to be somebody amazing one day,'”

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Despite being a strong student, Macy rejected a scholarship to the United States Naval Academy and decided to study cinema at the University of Southern California (USC). Despite her desire to be a screenwriter, the 54-year-singing old’s skills quickly overtook her. She eventually released her first album, On How Life Is, which was followed by a guest appearance on the Black Eyed Peas’ song “Love Won’t Wait.”

By the early 2000s, the singer had begun to wear many hats. She appeared in the award-winning thriller Training Day as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man. Macy has won several prizes over the years, including Best Pop Vocal Performance in 2000 for her popular song ‘I Try,’ as well as two BRIT Awards. Her most recent album, Reset, will be published later this year. The performer is noted for understanding music from both the pre-modern and contemporary eras.

Macy Gray

Before marrying Tracy Hinds, an Ohio mortgage collector, in 1996, the pair had two children, daughter Aanisah and son Tahmel. They split up in August 1997 while she was expecting her third child, Cassius. Viewers may learn more about Macy Gray by tuning in to ABC on March 28 at 8:00 p.m. EST.

Macy Gray is a  five-time Grammy Award nominee.

The American Song Contest, a Eurovision-inspired song competition, has been running on NBC since March 21. The program has 56 participants; some of them perform as single artists, some as duos, and still others as bands. Macy Gray, a well-known singer, will be one of the candidates for the program. The 54-year-old vocalist has been nominated for five Grammy Awards. ‘Every Night,’ her own work, will be performed in the evening.

Macy Gray

The American Song Contest has 56 competitors from the 50 states and six territories of the United States. Contestants will perform original compositions in order to win the country’s vote and the program. Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dog will be judging the music competition.