Tray Little

Tray Little (born June 17, 1994) is an American rapper, songwriter, producer and social media personality. He gained internet popularity by posting his music and sharing videos on the mobile-app TikTok, amassing over 1.1 million followers in 2020. 
Little was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised by his teenage mother after his father passed away due to gun violence when Little was 4 years old. Little was introduced to rap he was 9 years old, listening to artists such as Master P, No Limit Soldiers, Silkk The Shocker, Mystikal while taking road trips with his aunt. Living in the Linwood area of Detroit, he began rapping and songwriting in his teens and later began producing his own music. Some of his work was inspired by his own personal experiences and stories from overcoming the street wars of Detroit.
In December 2016, Tray Little released his first EP titled "From The Ashes," enlisting music producer Seth Anderson from Detroit studio Assemble Sound who helped complete the project. In January 2018, he released his music video for his single "Live It Up" which amassed over 60,000 views on YouTube. Gaining some popularity from his clean-lyrics, Little performed several Detroit shows and headlined for acts such as Christian rock band Newsboys. After joining the mobile-app TikTok, Tray Little started gaining internet popularity in 2019, where he earned several millions of views and likes by posting videos and music on the platform.
After the death of George Floyd, Little began rapping and using his TikTok platform to bring awareness to racial injustice. In June 2020, a video began circulating on the internet of Little getting in-between protesters, diffusing tension between officers and protestors during the Black Lives Matter movement protests in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan.
In June 2020, Tray Little earned over 1 million followers on the popular video-sharing application TikTok.
On October 30th, 2020, Little released his 9-track album entitled "Clouds in the Dirt."
Tray Little is known for using clean rap lyrics in his music, which draws from his personal life stories. He describes how he would get inspired by artists such as Travis Scott and Kanye West by watching them tour on Youtube. When asked about his influence with XMPL, Little says "I don’t want to be a Kidz Bop rapper just saying what to do, because rap music is turning up a lot of times but I want to use my story to inspire people."
In 2015, Tray married Jessica Little and they welcomed their son Jairus in 2017.
=== Extended plays ===
Title 	Details
From The Ashes	• Released: December 9, 2016
• Format: Digital download, streaming
Out The Mud 	• Released: June 7, 2019
• Format: Digital download, streaming
=== Albums ===
Title 	Details
Clouds in the Dirt	• Released: October 30, 2020
• Format: Digital download, streaming
=== Singles as lead artist ===
List of singles as a lead artist, showing year released and album
Title 	Year	Album
"Live It Up" 	2016	From The Ashes
"Slow Down" 	2018	
"Live It Up Remix" 	2018	
"Let It Bang" 	2018	Out The Mud
"My Mind"
(featuring Del) 	2018	Out The Mud
"Bad" 	2018	
"Celebrate Life" 	2018	
"Mirror" 	2018	Out The Mud
"Never Quit" 	2019	Out The Mud
"Great" 	2019	
"Worst Nightmare" 	2019	
"Madlit" 	2019	
"Rage" 	2019	
"Skate" 	2020	
"Lost" 	2020	
"The Corona" 	2020	
"Mask On" 	2020	Clouds in the Dirt
"I Can't Breathe (George Floyd)"	2020	
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Category:American rappers
Category:1994 births
Category:21st-century rappers
Category:American Internet celebrities
Category:Rappers from Detroit
Category:African-American male rappers
Category:Living people
Category:TikTokers