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Macy Gray

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Macy Gray: Biography

Macy Gray

Birth Name: Natalie McIntyre
Birth Place: Canton, OH
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/06/1970, Virgo
Profession: Singer; songwriter; actor

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Macy Gray Fast Facts:

Had formal piano training as a child.
Attributes much of her shyness to her unusual voice and being teased in school.
Attended a predominately white boarding school where she encountered taunting because of her race.
Studied screenwriting at the University of Southern California's film school.
Adopted her stage name as a homage to a hometown neighbor.
Music critics often draw likenesses to Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Eartha Kitt, Etta James, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner.
First album, On How Life Is, released in 1999, had gone platinum three times over by the time she released her second album, The Id, in 2001.
Started the M. Gray Music Academy as an afterschool arts-education program for kids in L.A.

Macy Gray Relationships:
Cassius - Daughter
Richard McIntyre - Stepfather
Aanisah - Daughter
Tahmel - Son
Nehlia - Sister
Tracy Hinds - Husband
Laura McIntyre - Mother
Nathon - Brother
Macy Gray Awards:
2000 Grammy: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Winner
College:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (1990)

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