BigRayTheRapper was born September 22, 1992 in Westchester, New York, and began rapping in the early 2010s. He began making music in high school; releasing his first project "Year Of The Rhino" on the early mixtape website Datpiff. Shortly after his initial breakthrough; he quit his full-time job as a mailman and began to pursue a career in music, releasing 6 projects in 2016. Following that decision, Ray started "Duval's Very Own", a home for any and all artist to express their art, "no matter the media". Ray's musical style is highlighted by often eccentric song topics, zany analogies and metaphors, and a range of different styles stretching from boom-bap to trap. Notable rappers and producers he has collaborated with include J Phi, Bluff Gawd, SkychaserBeats, and [offbeatninja]