Lady Wray made her album debut as a teenager with the Timbaland- and Missy Elliott-produced Make It Hot in 1998. During the 2000s she signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, released music with Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Mike Jones, and later appeared on The Black Keys’ acclaimed album Brothers (2010). But it is only over the past decade that she has begun making music entirely on her own terms.
Since 2016 she has released three retro-rooted soul albums on Big Crown Records: Queen Alone, Piece of Me and last year’s Cover Girl. From the disco records and gospel of her childhood home to the R&B and hip-hop influences of her youth, Cover Girl captures the full breadth of Wray’s musical life. Label head and producer Leon Michels (El Michels Affair) helped her fuse raw soul energy with modern R&B production, resulting in a deeply personal album about love and family life.
With grooves that echo both the Studio 54 era and unvarnished gospel, and a voice that carries timeless soul weight, Lady Wray makes her Fasching debut this August.
