{"id":171809,"date":"2021-02-05T13:01:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T10:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/morrays-excellent-quicksand-raps-has-snagged-the-final-hiphopdx-rising-star-2021-spot\/"},"modified":"2021-02-05T13:01:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T10:01:58","slug":"morrays-excellent-quicksand-raps-has-snagged-the-final-hiphopdx-rising-star-2021-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/morrays-excellent-quicksand-raps-has-snagged-the-final-hiphopdx-rising-star-2021-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"#Morray\u2019s Excellent \u2019Quicksand\u2019 Raps Has Snagged The Final HipHopDX Rising Star 2021 Spot!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e30d327969\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e30d327969\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/morrays-excellent-quicksand-raps-has-snagged-the-final-hiphopdx-rising-star-2021-spot\/#Musical_Style\" >Musical Style<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/morrays-excellent-quicksand-raps-has-snagged-the-final-hiphopdx-rising-star-2021-spot\/#Rising_Star_Power\" >Rising Star Power<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Morray\u2019s Excellent \u2019Quicksand\u2019 Raps Has Snagged The Final HipHopDX Rising Star 2021 Spot!<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/02\/Morray-Quicksand-GIF-downsized_large1-480x270.gif\" alt=\"Morray\u2019s Excellent \u2019Quicksand\u2019 Raps Has Snagged The Final HipHopDX Rising Star 2021 Spot!\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Morray\/Vevo<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nImagine being an earnest, hardworking \u2014 yet relatively unknown Hip Hop artist from a relatively unknown region. \u2028\u2028You decide to put out your most focused single to date, go about your day and all of a sudden, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>\u2019s hottest r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ers \u2014 legends even \u2014 are showering you with praise?\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>Such is life for Morae Ruffin a.k.a. Morray, our 10th and final HipHopDX Rising Star 2021!\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<style>\n                                    #div-gpt-ad-body1 >div {\n                                     margin-bottom: 16px;\n                                    }<\/p>\n<p>                                .article-advertisement.article-body.article-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>{\n                                    margin-top: 16px;\n                                }<\/p>\n<p>                                .article-advertisement.article-body.article-news p {\n                                    margin-top: 0;\n                                }\n                                    <\/style>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-body1\" class=\"centered-ad\">\n<script>\n                        googletag.cmd.push(function () { \n                            googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-body1');\n                            googletag.pubads().refresh([window.ad_slot_body1]);\n                        });\n                    <\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong>\u2028\u2028 Fayetteville, NC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Co-Signs:<\/strong>\u2028\u2028 J. Cole, DaBaby, Some guy named JAY-Z\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p><strong>Projects To Date:<\/strong>\u2028\u2028 N\/A\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accolades To Date:<\/strong> Debut single \u201cQuicksand\u201d amassed 20 million views on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>; Hit No. 45 on Billboard Emerging Artists Chart; Signed To Pick 6 Records<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Musical_Style\"><\/span>Musical Style<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hailing from the Tar Heel state, Morray\u2019s voice packs on the soulful inflections extra heavy, letting fans know not a scribble on the note pad was done in vain. Undeniably posing as a double threat in terms of spitting and singing, Morray floods his bars with deep pockets of harmonic delivery, sonic precision and a buoyant aftertaste. On \u201cDreamland,\u201d he takes bad childhood memories and flips them into a celebratory homecoming. His latest song \u201cKingdom,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6l3N11AhpQaf3DSoRiourr?si=u0JIxLjtSnu-J1fl8XVXDA\">released just this Friday<\/a> (February 5), is the latest testament to his focal point on succeeding against all adversity and using Hip Hop to claw to the goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028\u2028It\u2019s a cold America and even colder world but Morray\u2019s music is designed to pierce through desolate situations in anticipation of that lone sunny day. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"morray - quicksand (official music video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OLi5_8JWoAU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rising_Star_Power\"><\/span>Rising Star Power<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>Armed with a charming smile and equally hypnotizing vocal deliveries \u2014 evidenced on songs like \u201cQuicksand\u201d and \u201cBig Decisions\u201d \u2014 Morray\u2019s ability to transfix emotion into his songs for big payoffs. \u2028\u2028On \u201cQuicksand,\u201d he crescendos the instant classic of a record with lyrical semiautomatic fire: \u201cYoung when I hopped off the stoop\/Two doors what I floor if I hop in the coupe\/Too sore from a war where I couldn\u2019t lose\/Got scars and bruises, man, I got the proof\/Resemble young Steele \u2019cause I got the juice\/You think you 2Pac, let Omar Epps loose!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2028\u2028While tales of Black pain and poverty do illuminate rap music more often than a little, Morray is all about turning water into wine so all his fans can enjoy better days ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028\u2028\u201dI want to be that light in the ghetto,\u201d Morray <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/business\/chart-beat\/9512077\/morray-interview-emerging-artists-spotlight-quicksand\">recently told Billboard<\/a>. \u201cI wanna be the person that makes you smile and shows you the hood ain\u2019t all bad. I appreciate where I came from and I know that the ghetto can bring positive and negative memories but there\u2019s always great cookouts, we play basketball, double dutch, and laugh. We do so much in the hood that\u2019s positive and doesn\u2019t get shown. I smile a lot and I want to get that message across. That\u2019s my music: be happy and love yourself.\u201d\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>And when you have Hip Hop royalty (and successful label owners) in JAY-Z, J. Cole and DaBaby taking notice, one\u2019s self isn\u2019t the only one loving the product. Fellow Fayetteville native Cole set things in motion on November 4 by reacting to \u201cQuicksand\u201d on Instagram while DaBaby has kept the song in rotation on his livestreams ever since. <\/p>\n<p>Marshmello manager and industry wiz Moe Shalizi even put the proverbial Babe Ruth-pointing-to-the stands in motion tweeting, \u201cThis time next year @morrayda1 @PickSixRecords gonna be huge. Remember this tweet\u201d on November 2. Shalizi inked Morray to his growing Shalizi Group imprint and the rest will be history.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This time next year <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morrayda1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@morrayda1<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PickSixRecords?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PickSixRecords<\/a> gonna be huge. Remember this tweet<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Moe Shalizi (@shalizi) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shalizi\/status\/1323186947553075201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>HipHopDX will closely chronicle Morray\u2019s tracks and triumphs alike this year. Congratulations to Da Numero Uno for being a 2021 Rising Star!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out more of the 2021 Rising Stars here<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/app.hiphopdx.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1morray.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-521129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/02\/1morray.png 1280w, https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/02\/1morray-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/02\/1morray-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/02\/1morray-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/02\/1morray-250x141.png 250w, https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/02\/1morray-900x506.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"><figcaption title=\"\" id=\"attachment_521129\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Trent Clark\"><br \/>\nby Trent Clark\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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