Stylie Ray was born in gardena,ca and raised in the city of compton and south central were gangs, negativity, lost hope, lost dreams and violence occurs on a daily basis. Hip Hop saved his life. From the early ninety's til now stylie ray has been the most underated underground artist to touch a mic from california. His style of music has always been different and original. He has collaborated with the likes of c-bo, suga free, knocturnal, i smooth 7, roscoe, spice 1,silky fine,The Legendary Godmother of Underground Hip Hop(Medusa),flesh n bone(bone thugs n harmony), mo thugs, topp dogg, lil c style(dogg pound), ruff dogg, aceyalone(freestyle fellowship), skee-lo, ahmad, abstract rude, chino-xl, superb, brotha lynch, killa tay, guce, just to name a few.