Andre' Ledarryl Murray, better known by the stage name Dre Murray, (born September 14, 1981) is an American

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

artist born and raised in

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

, Texas. He is a member of the rap collective We Live As Kings (

W.L.A.K. W.L.A.K. also known as We Live As Kings or WLAK is a Christian hip hop and Contemporary R&B music group from the United States that started in 2011. It released its W.L.A.K. (album), eponymously titled debut album in 2013. Background W.L.A.K. ...

Biography

Murray was born Andre' Ledarryl Murray on September 14, 1981, in

, Texas, to Andrew Lee Murray and Marjorie Ann Murray (''née'', Jones). He currently lives in Oklahoma with his wife and three children. In 2008, Murray released his first album entitled ''Manumit''. Between 2009 and 2011, Murray along with Wit created a series entitled ''Hell's Paradise''. In 2012, Dre Murray signed to Collision Records, and became part of the

Christian hip hop Christian hip-hop (originally gospel rap, also known as Christian rap, gospel hip-hop or holy hip-hop) is a cross-genre of contemporary Christian music and hip-hop. It emerged from urban contemporary music and Christian media in the United State ...

collective

In 2013, Murray released his second studio album, ''Gold Rush: Maybe One Day'', with Collision Records. He released, '' Southern Lights: Overexposed'', with

Alex Faith Alex Faith (born December 27, 1989) is an American hip hop singer-songwriter born and raised between the Cabbagetown, Atlanta, Cabbagetown enclave of Atlanta, Georgia and Riverdale, just south of Atlanta. He was formerly a member of the rap co ...

on April 28, 2015 by Collision Records as well as "Southern Lights Remix" also with Alex Faith and was produced by Cardec Drums and features John Givez, JGivens, Corey Paul and Tragic Hero and sampled " Lights" by Ellie Goulding.

Discography

;Studio albums

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