Macy Gray Net Worth

Net Worth:	$12 million
Date of Birth:	September 6, 1969 (55 years old)
Gender:	Female
Height:	6 ft (1.829 m)
Profession:	Singer-songwriter, Voice Actor, Musician, Actor, and Record producer
Nationality:	United States of America

What is Macy Gray’s net worth?

Macy Gray is an American producer, songwriter, R&B, and soul singer who has a net worth of $12 million. She became prominent for her singing styles inspired by Billie Holiday and her gravelly lyrics.

She has published multiple studio albums, for which she has been nominated and won a Grammy Award. Besides “Training Day,” “Spider-Man,” “Lackawant to Blues,” and “For Colored Girls,” Gray has also had appearances in other films.

Childhood

Born in 1967 in Canton, Ohio, Natalie McIntyre is better known by her stage name Macy Gray. Her father, Otis Jones, left the family when Gray was a young child. With a brother and a sister, she spent her childhood.

She grew up with a sister and a brother. At the young age of seven, Gray began taking piano lessons alongside, attending several high schools, and her misconduct led to her expulsion from one of them.

Gray pursued a scriptwriting course at the University of Southern California after completing her studies at Canton South High School in 1985.

While Gray was employed as a cashier in Beverly Hills, he worked with Joe Solo to write and record a number of songs. The ensuing demo tape led to Gray being given the opportunity to sing at jazz cafes in Los Angeles.

Career Beginnings

While Gray was employed as a cashier in Beverly Hills, he worked with Joe Solo to write and record a number of songs. The ensuing demo tape led to Gray being given the opportunity to sing at jazz cafes in Los Angeles.

She was subsequently signed by Atlantic Records, but she was released from the label once the individual who had made the signing left the business.

After moving to Ohio in 1997, she was convinced to pursue a music career by the senior vice president of the Zomba Music Group in Los Angeles.

Her new songs on her experiences were then written and recorded after she signed a development agreement. In 1998, she secured a contract with Epic Records.

Macy’s career in the Movie Industry

A veteran of the movie business, Gray has been in movies like “Training Day,” “Shadowboxer,” “Domino,” and the 2004 remake of “Around the World in 80 Days.”

She additionally made brief cameos in the movies “Spider-Man” and “Spider-Man 3” as well as the 2005 television movie adaption of the play “Lackawant to Blues.”

She portrayed Taffy, a character in the musical “Idlewild,” which featured music by the group Outkast, in 2006. After participating in season nine of “Dancing with the Stars,” Gray went on to co-star in Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls” with Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington, and others.

Among the films, he has since contributed to include The Paperboy, Brotherly Love, Papa, Cardboard Boxer, and Change in the Air.

 Other Musical Successes, “On How Life Is”

The summer of 1999 saw the release of Gray’s debut album, “On How Life Is,” along with other musical successes. The songs “Still,” “Do Something,” and “Why Didn’t You Call Me” all went on to become worldwide hits.

The most popular track was “I Tried,” which went on to become one of the year’s biggest singles. “On How Life Is” achieved triple platinum status in the US and quadruple platinum status in the UK as a result of this success.

Subsequently, “I Tried” received Grammy Award nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Song of the Year. It also won Record of the Year.

Following her victory, Gray released “The Id,” her second studio album, which peaked at number eleven on the Billboard 200. Even better, it achieved gold certification and rose to the top of the UK Albums Chart.

Soon after, Gray started collaborating with a variety of bands. She co-wrote the Santana album song “Amoré (Sexo),” worked with Kuti on a cover of “Water No Get Enemy,” and recorded a duet with Zucchero.

Later, in 2003, Gray issued her third studio album, the widely acclaimed “The Problem with Being Me.”The album’s main track, When I See You, became a US radio smash, while the album itself peaked in the UK’s top 20 albums chart. Following that, a live album and a best-of collection were made available.

Big and Beyond

Gray’s fourth studio album, was released after a four-year hiatus and featured the songs “Finally Made Me Happy” and “Shoo Be Doo.” It was another critical success for Gray, who worked with artists including Justin Timberlake, Fergie, and Natalie Cole on the album.

The lead song from Gray’s subsequent album, “The Sellout,” “Beauty in the World,” was featured in the “Ugly Betty” series finale on ABC.

Gray began work on “Covered,” an album of hit covers, in 2011 after signing a deal with 429 Records. “Stripped,” a Chesky Records production, came after that in 2016. Critics praised “Stripped” highly, and it debuted at number three on the Billboard Jazz Chart.

Real Estate and Personal Relationship

For approximately four years, Gray was previously wed to mortgage broker Tracy Hinds. Yet, they got a divorce while Gray was just starting out her career. Mel, Aanisah, and Happy are the couple’s three children.

For over $4.5 million, Gray put her expansive San Fernando Valley property for sale in 2006. Apart from a basketball court, a spa and pool, and a beautiful dome ceiling, the 10,000 square foot Colonial-style home featured seven bedrooms and nine and a half bathrooms.

Other Ventures

Gray also participated in a number of projects, including season eight of Bravo’s “Celebrity Poker Showdown,” where she finished in third place.

In 2012, she gave a special performance of the West End musical “Thriller – Live” of Michael Jackson’s “Rock with You” for BBC Children in Need.

In another altruistic venture, Gray established the nonprofit organization My Good to help families with the cost of funerals and mental health therapies.

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