Delray's Bio

In Los Angeles studios, Delray wrote and recorded songs with Shakur, Dr. Dre, Melle Mel, the Sugar Hill Gang, 50 Cent, The Game and Eminem, among others. His songs have been featured on the TV shows like "America's Next Top Model" and "Soul Food" and have earned gold and platinum records commemorating record sales in the millions. In 2000 and 2003, he won a Los Angeles Music Award for independent hip-hop artist of the year, edging out the Black Eyed Peas, who was signed to Sony Records. Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer declared May 23 "Delray Richardson Day" in 2008 and presented the rapper with a proclamation in the Stanton Center gymnasium. A recent album, Delray's fifth, is "Master Mason: In Hip Hop Grammar" under his label Del-Funk-Boy Music, released in 2018.

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