She began recording her debut record but was dropped from the label upon the departure of A&R man Tom Carolan, who had signed her to the label. Although Gray did not consider her unusual voice desirable for singing, Atlantic Records signed her. The demo tape gave Gray the opportunity to sing at jazz cafés in Los Angeles. Together, they wrote a collection of songs and recorded them in Solo's studio. She then met writer-producer Joe Solo while working as a cashier in Beverly Hills.
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He gave me all these jazz CDs and I studied all these different singers and I kind of taught myself how to sing for a gig, but I didn't take it seriously until later. Then a friend of mine asked me to be a singer in his jazz band. I started forming bands and writing songs just for fun and then I really got into it and got attached to it.
A demo session was scheduled for the songs to be recorded by another singer, but the vocalist failed to appear, so Gray recorded them herself. While attending the University of Southern California, she agreed to write songs for a friend. She attended the University of Southern California and studied scriptwriting. She attended more than one high school, including a boarding school which asked her to leave due to her behavior. Gray attended school with Brian Warner (later known as musician Marilyn Manson) although they did not know each other. She was late developing and did not learn to hold conversation until just before her tenth birthday. A childhood bicycle mishap resulted in her noticing a mailbox of a man named Macy Gray she used the name in stories she wrote and later decided to use it as her stage name.
She has a younger brother, Nate, who owns a gym in West Philadelphia and was featured on the season five finale of Queer Eye. Her stepfather was a steelworker, and her sister is a biology teacher. Natalie McIntyre was born in Canton, Ohio, the daughter of Laura McIntyre, a math schoolteacher, and Otis Jones. Gray is best known for her international hit single " I Try", taken from her multi-platinum debut album On How Life Is.
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She has appeared in a number of films, including Training Day, Spider-Man, Scary Movie 3, Lackawanna Blues, Idlewild, For Colored Girls, and The Paperboy. Gray has released ten studio albums, and received five Grammy Award nominations, winning one. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday. Natalie Renée McIntyre (born September 6, 1967), known by her stage name Macy Gray, is an American R&B and soul singer and actress.
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