Where Is Nicole Wray Now After Creating 2000s Mega Hits With Missy Elliott & Timbaland |

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  • čas přidán 7. 11. 2019
  • Nicole Wray's rollercoaster career proved that her voice and passion for music made her a force to be reckoned with. From working with the likes of Missy Elliott and Timbaland to being the first female Roc-A-Fella Records R&B artist, Nicole Wray's stamp on the early 2000s hip-hop and r&b music era is undeniable. Here is the untold story of Nicole Wray. #FindingBET #WhereAreTheyNow
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  • @BETNetworks
    @BETNetworks  Před 4 lety +371

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  • @StefunnyStrange
    @StefunnyStrange Před 4 lety +2737

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  • @TF-cg7xz
    @TF-cg7xz Před 4 lety +3184

    The FACT that Missy E. put so many black women on is AMAZING!!!!

    • @trej1123
      @trej1123 Před 4 lety +15

      That Part!!!

    • @ashanicole5485
      @ashanicole5485 Před 4 lety +22

      The first and ONLY song I ever heard from her was singing for MISSY

    • @bnwo
      @bnwo Před 4 lety +2

      @@ashanicole5485 Same as everyone else.

    • @bnwo
      @bnwo Před 4 lety +7

      So Timbaland didn't do the same? Missy wouldn't be anything without him.

    • @TonyTurner
      @TonyTurner Před 4 lety +54

      @@bnwo That's not true. Missy and Timb made a great team in the beginning working with Aaliyah. But were both very successful on their own

  • @showingu2108
    @showingu2108 Před 4 lety +187

    She was Never promoted enough by her label, and never made it as big as she should have been. She sings so beautifully!!!!!

    • @khawk1283
      @khawk1283 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Agreed

    • @GunninRebel55
      @GunninRebel55 Před 3 měsíci +2

      And that's a fact. She made her mark tho. Not many get to.

  • @mrs.kendramalone118
    @mrs.kendramalone118 Před 4 lety +678

    She looks like JuJu & Lauryn Hill together omg blk Barbie doll🥰🥰

    • @Opbabyyx
      @Opbabyyx Před 4 lety

      🤣🤣

    • @angelinar663
      @angelinar663 Před 4 lety +34

      And sounds like Chrissy lampkin

    • @Firefly-ht9fp
      @Firefly-ht9fp Před 4 lety +10

      @@angelinar663 - Agreed! I also thought that she sounded like Chrissy Lambkin and then I saw your comment saying the same thing 😄.

    • @kemisulaiman
      @kemisulaiman Před 3 lety +11

      I’m thinking Juju and Ryan Destiny

    • @charronrichardson5025
      @charronrichardson5025 Před 3 lety +6

      She is gorgeous!!

  • @talldc
    @talldc Před 4 lety +3562

    These are the people we want to see BET! This is it. Keep this energy.

    • @diijaithesinger
      @diijaithesinger Před 4 lety +34

      SAY IT AGAIN 🗣️🗣️🗣️

    • @Ne_La_Soul
      @Ne_La_Soul Před 4 lety +4

      🗣🗣🗣

    • @shawnee66
      @shawnee66 Před 4 lety +13

      Yes, please keep this energy BET!

    • @AmoMe2009
      @AmoMe2009 Před 4 lety +4

      TallDC Yes yes Totally agree with you! 😘😘😘

    • @bresams2917
      @bresams2917 Před 4 lety +10

      Yes! I'm tired ratchet😂

  • @PlushSizeDiva
    @PlushSizeDiva Před 4 lety +1340

    When I tell y’all I was obsessed with Nicole Wray, Aaliyah, Missy, Timbaland, 702, Ginuwine, Playa, Magoo!!! I loveddddd them back then! Everything they dropped was HOT! Supa Friends!!!!!

    • @rlanier92
      @rlanier92 Před 4 lety +18

      Yeeesssss!!! They were the bomb!!! And I was young... but I love older music...

    • @toriotobo1396
      @toriotobo1396 Před 4 lety +10

      Omg yessss supa doopa friends

    • @Beaudful6
      @Beaudful6 Před 4 lety +31

      Definitely a squad I wanted to be a part of. When they did the Up Jumps the Boogie song/video...the fam was together 😍

    • @angelbanks264
      @angelbanks264 Před 4 lety +8

      Up jumps the boogie yassss😝

    • @missnatasha2011
      @missnatasha2011 Před 4 lety +3

      Period! ❤

  • @lisasmart14
    @lisasmart14 Před 4 lety +463

    I wanted to look like her, Brandy, Lauryn, and Coko from SWV when I was younger. So glad I had these women on my tv screen.

    • @deenclayton6172
      @deenclayton6172 Před 4 lety +2

      Lisa Smart I just made you 50 likes. So you owe me a shot out Lisa

    • @effyiong
      @effyiong Před 4 lety +9

      love that you were looking to resemble chocolate and dark women...thats heart warming..im sick of the way they are treated..

    • @donaway6
      @donaway6 Před 3 lety +1

      Hell I'm 66..my kids introduced me to this music and I love their look. No Diane Ross Patti or Aretha for me

    • @maniit6006
      @maniit6006 Před 3 lety +1

      Me too!!! This was the best era!!!

    • @ingodwetrust7648
      @ingodwetrust7648 Před 5 měsíci

      Awesome

  • @shenyaeturner842
    @shenyaeturner842 Před 4 lety +249

    I love how she gave Static Major the credit he deserved. He wrote and produced a lot of big hits for legendary Artist.

  • @rydapin
    @rydapin Před 4 lety +575

    Omg Nicole was like a human Bratz doll...So beautiful. Still one of my most favorite artists ever.

    • @jayescott920
      @jayescott920 Před 4 lety +15

      Rydapin her beauty was and is mesmerizing. I remember standing in front of the tv in awe anytime she was on.

    • @yofinezzauntee
      @yofinezzauntee Před 4 lety +16

      Sis was and is still Beautiful! Man the 90s was so full of naturally pretty girls with real talent!

    • @tylerwestbrook2392
      @tylerwestbrook2392 Před 4 lety +1

      She actually look like Ester Dean to me. Not that's it's a bad thing people

    • @LaLa-Luminous
      @LaLa-Luminous Před 4 lety +5

      She surely does 😍

    • @jadoresophya
      @jadoresophya Před 4 lety +3

      Right! Whoever was her makeup artist was amazing. They honored her natural beauty

  • @tnicoletnicole
    @tnicoletnicole Před 4 lety +1120

    Missy is so important for the culture. She gave us so many dope artist like Nicole.

    • @katvorshae
      @katvorshae Před 4 lety +11

      Facts!!

    • @EsteemedMentality
      @EsteemedMentality Před 4 lety +4

      757 , stand up!!!

    • @LegendaryWoke
      @LegendaryWoke Před 4 lety +2

      Nah... we needed wholesome people who stood for longevity in marriage, not some strange person into gold digging and other weird nonsense

    • @JLPerryTV
      @JLPerryTV Před 4 lety +23

      But she left a lot of those same women hanging. She actually had an obligation to Nicole as well as Mocha to manage their careers since they were on Missy’s label

    • @FrozenRemix1
      @FrozenRemix1 Před 3 lety +19

      Missy was terrible with managing these artists and their careers.

  • @evq2u
    @evq2u Před 4 lety +417

    H.E.R played her cards correctly limiting her looks in order for the people to be able to “focus” on her music rather than her looks. People cannot see pass the surface.

    • @sbostic08
      @sbostic08 Před 4 lety +25

      It helps that she is really talented

    • @asktheglutenfreechef3072
      @asktheglutenfreechef3072 Před 4 lety +2

      Cin Lalala shol did

    • @evq2u
      @evq2u Před 3 lety +6

      @@sbostic08 yes & still she was at it for so long before that move. Only to play her cards better so people could focus.

    • @deraydavees3626
      @deraydavees3626 Před 3 lety +7

      And yet dumb mf’s on Twitter still wanna call her boring 🙄😒

    • @evq2u
      @evq2u Před 3 lety +7

      @@deraydavees3626 she’s anything but 😏

  • @MikeCoolShow
    @MikeCoolShow Před 4 lety +328

    When she said her video came on in the cafeteria at her school🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏😇

    • @quita504j
      @quita504j Před 3 lety +25

      Ultimate flex💯💯

    • @MikeCoolShow
      @MikeCoolShow Před 3 lety +2

      @@quita504j Facts

    • @EroticExotic3
      @EroticExotic3 Před 3 lety +4

      Yesssss that part made me tear up 😭🙌🏾

    • @deraydavees3626
      @deraydavees3626 Před 3 lety

      I’m still in dis-belief Like late 90‘s early 00’s BET allowed in HighSchool????? 😮 Our school only let us watch the news in the Lunch room but only when Tiger Woods gave his apology for getting caught THOTIN around

    • @frontandcenter7941
      @frontandcenter7941 Před 3 lety +1

      @@deraydavees3626 Because your era sucks.

  • @leshcamp6260
    @leshcamp6260 Před 4 lety +653

    The original Bratz Doll in my eyes 😻😍🥰🤩

  • @oursong1076
    @oursong1076 Před 4 lety +1089

    Her and Tweet were so important image wise. Just fly brown skin girls. Just comparing how confident with the talent to back it up they are versus how obnoxious Cheri Dennis' episode was is jarring lol.

    • @lashirnette
      @lashirnette Před 4 lety +49

      Yes...throw Missy in there. Love how Missy always put chocolate girls on.

    • @TheRealArrendondo
      @TheRealArrendondo Před 4 lety +37

      Don't forget Gina Thompson

    • @AllikaDani
      @AllikaDani Před 4 lety +22

      Fly “black” girls. That term “ brown people” is just a way to include everyone. The same brown people who dgaf about including you though

    • @FrozenRemix1
      @FrozenRemix1 Před 4 lety +6

      D Knows Best thank you 💯
      They only want to
      Be included when it’s convenient for them to
      Be.

    • @oursong1076
      @oursong1076 Před 4 lety +18

      @@AllikaDani Black can mean Mya or Amil. When I say brown as a NEGRO around Negros the understanding is Kim, Brandy, Foxy, Ashanti, Missy, Tweet,India,etc . I don't say "chocolate", but I don't police that term either. Now one thing I don't do is say WOC (woman of colour) when only talking about blk women...that ticks me off...but I get you

  • @brandalecarter9354
    @brandalecarter9354 Před 4 lety +103

    Her voice was so mature for a 17 year old

  • @kushinaa1XD
    @kushinaa1XD Před 4 lety +193

    She reminds me of Ryan Destiny (or better said R. Destiny looks a bit like her)
    So gorgeous. 😍
    And she aged so gracefully 💜

  • @mrdefinite2455
    @mrdefinite2455 Před 4 lety +1033

    I remember when Nicole Wray and Lil Mo was dominating the radio.

    • @DeeDerry
      @DeeDerry Před 4 lety +9

      I love 'Nervous' 💯❤

    • @kramnastaw4696
      @kramnastaw4696 Před 4 lety +11

      They never dominated

    • @mrdefinite2455
      @mrdefinite2455 Před 4 lety +70

      Kram Nastaw Chart wise no, but I remember they were in heavy rotation on urban radio. Have a great day and dominate whatever you are called to do.✌🏾

    • @kramnastaw4696
      @kramnastaw4696 Před 4 lety +2

      @@mrdefinite2455 lie.they were unsunged

    • @kayshawnsimmons6822
      @kayshawnsimmons6822 Před 4 lety +26

      Yes beautiful dark skin girls doing it well. And NOBODY was naked but still sexy

  • @jarnae86
    @jarnae86 Před 4 lety +600

    She made being a lil brown skin girl glamorous. Definitely influential for a lil girl like me.

    • @akuasalaam490
      @akuasalaam490 Před 4 lety +1

      Super beautiful!!!!!

    • @GuerrillaSM
      @GuerrillaSM Před 4 lety

      um are you forgetting... brandy and monica did that several years before Nicole? Monica especially.

    • @jarnae86
      @jarnae86 Před 4 lety +3

      @@GuerrillaSM this is not a debate on how she made me feel. Tf

    • @jarnae86
      @jarnae86 Před 4 lety

      interesting. Weird but interesting.

    • @NocBundles
      @NocBundles Před 4 lety

      Big crush on her since i got what u want

  • @jamilnorwood4269
    @jamilnorwood4269 Před 4 lety +80

    "If I was your girlfriend" was so hard & underrated... That Ohio Players sample is SO cold!!!

  • @313teejay
    @313teejay Před 4 lety +1018

    "If I was your girlfriend" still hits in 2019!

  • @opalrhue9032
    @opalrhue9032 Před 4 lety +423

    She’s gorgeous...her face and features always seemed so sultry and mature. I always thought she was much older.

  • @ADOS_DSGB
    @ADOS_DSGB Před 4 lety +83

    Imagine being in school at lunch and your video comes on TV in front of the entire cafeteria!!

    • @isthatkoodiej
      @isthatkoodiej Před 4 lety +7

      Omg ikr !!! I would have been like nahh get away 🤣

  • @twinsbyfate8544
    @twinsbyfate8544 Před 4 lety +147

    Who listens to the song “make it hot” still? I do ❤️🔥

  • @TreeABaby1
    @TreeABaby1 Před 4 lety +601

    Nicole’s skin is everything!

  • @cedricadaniels7983
    @cedricadaniels7983 Před 4 lety +405

    "Sometimes I feel that a mother shouldn't have a lot of children"
    That was a very classy way of expressing how she felt.

    • @omegawicked1
      @omegawicked1 Před 4 lety +19

      That was a real jab.

    • @cedricadaniels7983
      @cedricadaniels7983 Před 4 lety +50

      @@omegawicked1 I felt it! But I commend her for not dragging her. It seems like she has a sense of peace and understanding, even though it hurt her to be pushed to the side. It's almost like she became the knee-baby.

    • @RDCFemmes
      @RDCFemmes Před 4 lety +7

      I'm trying to put myself into the shoes of the last child in that family

    • @fixyourposture282
      @fixyourposture282 Před 4 lety +5

      @@cedricadaniels7983 never heard that expression before. Whats a knee-baby? Unwanted ?

    • @cedricadaniels7983
      @cedricadaniels7983 Před 4 lety +49

      @@fixyourposture282 The "knee-baby" is the middle child or the child right before the baby. They tend to always get the short end of the stick or are overlooked.

  • @CeCe15hotmama
    @CeCe15hotmama Před 3 lety +51

    "Make it Hot" was the freaking jam for me back in the day. I was a teenager too when this song dropped. Glad she is doing good . She still has that baby face from back in the day.

  • @dedel-o-bailey7254
    @dedel-o-bailey7254 Před 4 lety +81

    I love how her life spin, no early babies getting to know oneself is a strengthen for any woman. N at 40 she is still that beautiful mature Queen.

  • @reginaldtyroneshort
    @reginaldtyroneshort Před 4 lety +1043

    Missy and Timbaland could rejuvenate hip hop if they bring back their old crew.

    • @KingBeastBDE
      @KingBeastBDE Před 4 lety +13

      Facts

    • @MsFriendly2009
      @MsFriendly2009 Před 4 lety +8

      Truth

    • @maverickstyles9126
      @maverickstyles9126 Před 4 lety +37

      Yeah the Bassment was a moment in one of the best times in hip-hop but it just ain’t the crew or the super friends without Wonderwoman and Static😞.

    • @reginaldtyroneshort
      @reginaldtyroneshort Před 4 lety +7

      KingVance hail hip hop and r&b from 94 to 04.

    • @reginaldtyroneshort
      @reginaldtyroneshort Před 4 lety +3

      227 remember when this was the standard instead of the exception.

  • @DavidRichardson95
    @DavidRichardson95 Před 4 lety +528

    _Make It Hot_ is forever a bop!!! Still in 2019!!! '90s R&B is so timeless!!!

    • @Phillygoat1983
      @Phillygoat1983 Před 4 lety +4

      Yes Lord it brings me back in the Summer of 98 I was 15 and loving life

    • @84dreadhead
      @84dreadhead Před 4 lety +7

      I still play it religiously

    • @styl_propr
      @styl_propr Před 4 lety +3

      TRUE!

    • @fawkkyutuu8851
      @fawkkyutuu8851 Před 4 lety +11

      Classic , Missy and Timbaland couldn't make a bad song between 1996 and early 2000's. I put Timbaland ahead of Dre anytime after 1996 from the release of Pony onward.

    • @SuperCheapchic
      @SuperCheapchic Před 4 lety +2

      4 sure. Always had this song on repeat

  • @AlanaGurl
    @AlanaGurl Před 4 lety +58

    She’s still so pretty. I love her humbleness.

  • @MoneyMagnet2222
    @MoneyMagnet2222 Před 4 lety +139

    I wish Static and Aaliyah were still alive 🥺

    • @naturalbornthreat1456
      @naturalbornthreat1456 Před 4 lety +4

      Crazy! I just finished listening to Cheers 2 U

    • @letyouryesbeyesandnobeno1791
      @letyouryesbeyesandnobeno1791 Před 3 lety +9

      If aaliyah was alive, beyonce would still be the lead singer of destinys child

    • @shimenecarita1896
      @shimenecarita1896 Před 3 lety +18

      @@letyouryesbeyesandnobeno1791 why not? Aaliyah was a solo singer and Beyonce was in a group and it's different .
      we need to stop put another women down just to put another up ... That's not cool... I love Aaliyah more than Beyoncé but i can not denied that Beyoncé worked hard for be what she is now.

    • @Flatlandproductionz
      @Flatlandproductionz Před 2 lety +1

      @@LilithsCosmicLounge who knows. Its room for plenty of Queens' to be great. Kings' as well. We let those narratives from certain power entities hold us back. It's a messed up cycle but when we use our 3rd eye, we can fully manifest our great together. Js🤷🏿‍♂️😁

  • @nanaakwasikwakye9436
    @nanaakwasikwakye9436 Před 4 lety +1069

    Thank God and our ancestors, no skin bleachings, her skin is like a mirror

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe Před 4 lety +11

      Kwasi, she is a survivor

    • @bnwo
      @bnwo Před 4 lety +5

      Not gonna mention anything about that Asian hair huh? 😂

    • @changestartsnow5116
      @changestartsnow5116 Před 4 lety +31

      @@bnwo my natural hair is full and thick like that and the bald heads ask what type of hair is that and I say African American😏

    • @evylouis3122
      @evylouis3122 Před 4 lety +19

      Her melanin is EVERYTHING

    • @starmocha9027
      @starmocha9027 Před 4 lety +20

      @@bnwo Not all Black people wear weaves, the same way not all White people have long hair. Wigs and toupees were initially made for white women and men.

  • @chantelrolling9722
    @chantelrolling9722 Před 4 lety +707

    Brats doll must of been made in her image!

  • @rickeygeetv6197
    @rickeygeetv6197 Před 4 lety +70

    " Why you all in my grill" was my jam back in the day. I am so glad that BET got Nicole to do this interview. I have always wondered what ever happened to her!

  • @jayjay8556
    @jayjay8556 Před 4 lety +77

    I seriously forgot about all these hits..the nostalgia hit me like whoa ..she was amazing!!

  • @marlonharrison5511
    @marlonharrison5511 Před 4 lety +862

    Can y'all invite all these people to the BET Awards in 2020 that will be epic.

    • @vswayz490
      @vswayz490 Před 4 lety +69

      Exactly.... and let them perform.
      Rather see them, than alot of the new artist.

    • @marlonharrison5511
      @marlonharrison5511 Před 4 lety +37

      @@vswayz490 Especially being the 20th Anniversary of the BET Awards and 40th Anniversary of BET

    • @crews-lj3ph
      @crews-lj3ph Před 4 lety +8

      Facts 💯

    • @rosedannajoseph4844
      @rosedannajoseph4844 Před 4 lety +5

      Yes that will be fantastic awesome

    • @lateefajohnson61
      @lateefajohnson61 Před 4 lety +4

      marlon harrison ohhhh I would be soo hyped

  • @ElleBoogie_
    @ElleBoogie_ Před 4 lety +388

    Not for nothing, this also shows how much of a GENIUS Missy is. She is criminally underrated. She was so far ahead of her time. In terms of music, videos, style, everything.

    • @EShavonRichardson
      @EShavonRichardson Před 4 lety +5

      agreed.

    • @Amagem81
      @Amagem81 Před 4 lety +4

      I agree!

    • @Kayla-kd8ov
      @Kayla-kd8ov Před 4 lety +4

      Still no one like her

    • @justlove7736
      @justlove7736 Před 4 lety +2

      Elle. I don’t she was ahead of time but she was a great singer and amazing songwriter. But a lot of people crumbled because of the demonic Sylvia Rhone

    • @mynameissammmm704
      @mynameissammmm704 Před 4 lety

      Just Love she was way ahead of her time

  • @RoninAli1
    @RoninAli1 Před 4 lety +85

    I thought she was the cutest back then. I was like WHERE DOES TIMBALAND FIND ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL, CHOCOLATE, TALENTED WOMEN?!?

  • @drebruhamlincoln7086
    @drebruhamlincoln7086 Před rokem +47

    I remember when she first came out. She was and still is so beautiful to me. I love her skintone and her full lips. I'm sorry y'all she is just so fine to me.

  • @txherezy
    @txherezy Před 4 lety +75

    It's crazy how youthful her singing voice has stayed.

  • @applecandyfolks7979
    @applecandyfolks7979 Před 4 lety +487

    she looks way younger than 40 like she is in her late 20s, she is beautiful

    • @naturallyme14
      @naturallyme14 Před 4 lety +23

      @@Ciana_Baby You hating.

    • @FleurRebelle
      @FleurRebelle Před 4 lety +29

      ciana baltimore just make sure u keep ur ugly pale face covered ok... cave woman

    • @eny4life718
      @eny4life718 Před 4 lety +3

      applecandy folks gorgeous

    • @The-Man-Right-Chea
      @The-Man-Right-Chea Před 4 lety +2

      Makeup does wonders

    • @lincoln169
      @lincoln169 Před 4 lety +8

      @@The-Man-Right-Chea actually makeup ages so she probably looks better without it.

  • @sunshineblue1981
    @sunshineblue1981 Před 4 lety +298

    Awww she looked liked a Bratz doll when she was younger.

    • @ThatBeeyatch
      @ThatBeeyatch Před 4 lety +5

      yeetus the meatus she really does. Just noticed that .Especially with that black lipstick . She is so beautiful.

  • @NickyM_0
    @NickyM_0 Před 3 lety +48

    Nicole Wray's voice in her early tracks sounds just like the UK's classic Black genre, Lovers Rock. Specifically in the track with Missy Elliot, 'All in my grill'. Listening to Nicole in that sent shivers down my spine! Beautiful voice.

    • @danieltongaww
      @danieltongaww Před rokem +4

      Yesssssssss I thought I was the only one who thought that I’m from the USA but love the old school Uk RNB shola ama and craig David ect

  • @teedenise688
    @teedenise688 Před rokem +12

    Nicole Wray so underrated!!! Her voice is so unmatched👑..still play her first album til this day..will.never gets old!!!🔥

  • @Bayoubelle83
    @Bayoubelle83 Před 4 lety +344

    She’s gorgeous! I remember as, a dark-skinned girl, getting excited seeing someone who looks like me having success in the entertainment industry. It was very inspiring and helped my confidence a lot. We need more of these types of images!♥️

    • @leighburton832
      @leighburton832 Před 4 lety +2

      I was just excited seeing another girl from my hometown having success in the industry!

    • @Beaudful6
      @Beaudful6 Před 4 lety +1

      Yessss girl

    • @Q19ueen
      @Q19ueen Před 4 lety +1

      Bayoubelle83 man I felt this ....and was thinking when I saw this video

    • @Jellofreeze
      @Jellofreeze Před 4 lety +1

      I had a huge crush on Nicole. 90s women were passionate.

    • @drea4u2luv23
      @drea4u2luv23 Před 4 lety +1

      Definitely need more women like her who represent the melanin. PERIOD

  • @black76561
    @black76561 Před 4 lety +233

    She’s very pretty then and now 💁🏾‍♀️

  • @Tabaitha_Elle
    @Tabaitha_Elle Před 4 lety +79

    They really dropped the ball on her! She was my fave. She could’ve been huge. She was already doing really good why not put more energy behind her. Anyway I’m going to be listening to her for the next week or so now.

    • @asktheglutenfreechef3072
      @asktheglutenfreechef3072 Před 4 lety +7

      Tabaitha Elle Missy solo career was taking off, and The Aaliyah album she got lost in the shuffle it sounds like, so sad

    • @hehehehehehehehe9043
      @hehehehehehehehe9043 Před 4 lety +2

      @@asktheglutenfreechef3072 if she drop a song rn i feel like it'd get hella radio plays

    • @soyamado2222
      @soyamado2222 Před 2 lety +2

      Exactly!!! I was so sure she was going to blow up, her style was so hot and her voice!!

    • @soyamado2222
      @soyamado2222 Před 2 lety +2

      Exactly!!! I was so sure she was going to blow up, her style was so hot and her voice!!

    • @jaywest3734
      @jaywest3734 Před 2 lety

      The best R&B artists never make it huge sadly. Deborah Cox, Monica, and Brandy are standouts I can think of. I call Nicole Wray Bettie Boop lol.

  • @Queen_EL11
    @Queen_EL11 Před 3 lety +16

    When “Make It Hot” played after she said it came on during lunch....goosebumps honey!!!!

  • @denisesheriff3655
    @denisesheriff3655 Před 4 lety +420

    When she said “sometimes a mother shouldn’t have too many children” ! I felt that 💯

    • @sugarismagic
      @sugarismagic Před 4 lety

      When did she say that?

    • @maetay1256
      @maetay1256 Před 4 lety +8

      @@sugarismagic 10:18

    • @ladyindaroom
      @ladyindaroom Před 4 lety +42

      She's right. Too many children, is way too much responsibility.
      If the man isn't around, that's even worse.

    • @cchisolm92cc
      @cchisolm92cc Před 4 lety +66

      @@ladyindaroom I she was referring to Missy and the artists she discovers.

    • @ladyindaroom
      @ladyindaroom Před 4 lety +33

      @@cchisolm92cc I went too deep😂😂😂😂😂

  • @TheMostComfortableHeels
    @TheMostComfortableHeels Před 4 lety +337

    She is so beautiful! Listen, she has this STUNNING scene in the: “All in my grill” video where she looks up in the camera while wearing a leopard silk dress and a leopard coat.. As a darkskinned girl it gave me (10 year old me) so much confidence! This woman is out of this world beautiful!!
    Edit: 8:05

    • @tanisha.r.thomas
      @tanisha.r.thomas Před 4 lety +8

      Yes beautiful brown skin!!!!

    • @youmakemelaugh1797
      @youmakemelaugh1797 Před 4 lety +2

      @TheRealist 811 She ready🙋🏿‍♀️squeeze her tighter!

    • @AyeishaN0Curry
      @AyeishaN0Curry Před 4 lety +2

      The Most Comfortable Heels yes mam. We’re about he same age and seeing her on tv had me 😍😍

    • @evylouis3122
      @evylouis3122 Před 4 lety +1

      👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿truth

    • @jayescott920
      @jayescott920 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes. This lady was sooooo pretty and her voice was hypnotizing.

  • @TeamYELLOW17
    @TeamYELLOW17 Před 4 lety +31

    I listen to “Make it Hot” and “All in my Grill” exclusively for Nicole Wray ad-libs and the nostalgia...

  • @queenteireigns6212
    @queenteireigns6212 Před 4 lety +139

    She's beautiful. I can't believe her preacher said disregard a prayer.

    • @VJ-zw7xz
      @VJ-zw7xz Před 4 lety +5

      And she was so young she didn't know wrong for right so she trusted what he said cause he was her Pastor

    • @carlajams11
      @carlajams11 Před 4 lety +7

      But I bet he wants some money from her!

    • @jonesbunny
      @jonesbunny Před 4 lety +9

      He wasn't know real preacher, devil in disguise

    • @TheKingsDaughter1995
      @TheKingsDaughter1995 Před 4 lety +15

      A pastor is supposed to pray for GODS will to be done not our own will for ourselves. The music industry is clearly demonic but the pastor the bad guy for wanting better for her 😂 chile, read your bibles.

    • @nellydavis7645
      @nellydavis7645 Před 4 lety +7

      Nah he knew how the industry is.😅

  • @raphael9783
    @raphael9783 Před 4 lety +524

    Missy is legend and I'm not sure people give her enough flowers.

    • @briizy300
      @briizy300 Před 4 lety +3

      Raphael they definitely don’t give her enough flowers

    • @MimiKeel
      @MimiKeel Před 4 lety

      I agree.

    • @TheArtofBeingReacts
      @TheArtofBeingReacts Před 4 lety +10

      Truth. Thankfully she just got honored for her writing. They skipped over Mariah Carey (purposefully. She is the Leonardo DiCaprio of music artist; serious talent, but ignored because they do not bend to the industries will. The industry wants puppets, not real artist). Now Mariah, that is one chick that does not get enough credit!

    • @briizy300
      @briizy300 Před 4 lety +9

      TheArtofBeingReacts well I could on for days about Mariah sheesh but Mariah’s a once in lifetime artist that has never gotten near the respect or praise she earned & deserves . She’s that girl . That’s that

    • @chris2tipsy
      @chris2tipsy Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah your not sure she just got just got mtv 2019 vanguard award ..

  • @daneaspeaks6499
    @daneaspeaks6499 Před 4 lety +510

    I thought she was so pretty!!! She still is but I remember being a little girl thinking she was so gorgeous 😊😊

    • @paulsmith3128
      @paulsmith3128 Před 4 lety +22

      She was and is stunning... nothing eurocentric... pure black beauty

    • @lisettebrown8317
      @lisettebrown8317 Před 4 lety +14

      Absolutely. She looks like a beautiful black doll

    • @BeautyMacQueen
      @BeautyMacQueen Před 4 lety +4

      Me too fr she is definitely underrated

    • @corneilmadison9436
      @corneilmadison9436 Před 4 lety

      Me and my brother went to school with her 1989 he knew she could sing then

    • @thomasj1026
      @thomasj1026 Před 4 lety

      You are gorgeous 😊

  • @edmondson4019
    @edmondson4019 Před 4 lety +48

    She is gorgeous and has a beautiful voice.

  • @coulorfully
    @coulorfully Před 7 měsíci +3

    She really was a classy IT girl that didn't get promoted properly...so talented. Love her newer stuff too

  • @jadew9177
    @jadew9177 Před 4 lety +149

    Beautiful Dark skin women were represented heavily in the 90s!!! This era was the best! 90s baby!!!

    • @janewwu1063
      @janewwu1063 Před 4 lety +11

      Now they are being erased!

    • @rokc86
      @rokc86 Před 4 lety +3

      Jade W true that! Err body wanna get bleached now...uuuggghhh

    • @janewwu1063
      @janewwu1063 Před 4 lety +1

      @@rokc86 No it's not bleaching, female singers are just getting lighter by way of the music producers signing some that DO NOT look like Nicole!

  • @kennethhernandez6499
    @kennethhernandez6499 Před 4 lety +404

    BET could create a whole series on former Missy and Timbaland Associates... Magoo, Nicole Wray (already done), Mocha, Tweet (already done), Ms Jade, Gina Thompson, Soul Diggaz, just to name a few.

    • @sicksadworld6221
      @sicksadworld6221 Před 4 lety +2

      FACTS!

    • @jonnyfendi2003
      @jonnyfendi2003 Před 4 lety +3

      @Aaliye S Gina Thompson is alive and well.

    • @Bayoubelle83
      @Bayoubelle83 Před 4 lety +4

      Kenneth Hernandez yes yes yes yes yes! I loved all their stuff. Don’t forget Playa!

    • @bnwo
      @bnwo Před 4 lety +1

      They already did the people anyone would care about. all the rest were bums.

    • @JLPerryTV
      @JLPerryTV Před 4 lety +2

      Rodney Norman Mocha has a cookie shop in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her real name is Aleesha Rivers and she got married, so she is Aleesha Robinson

  • @Ddoughd
    @Ddoughd Před 4 lety +33

    Your first video comes on in the cafeteria during lunch hour🤦🏽‍♂️ THATS STUNTING 🎯

  • @trackgrad08
    @trackgrad08 Před 4 lety +34

    I miss these days of music. I was such a fan of Nicole Wray!

  • @coston50
    @coston50 Před 4 lety +222

    I remember her from school and how people called her a liar and talked mad trash about her...and it didn't phase her! That video came out like she said and people got on the "I know her" train. But she was always humble and very nice even after the fame...glad to see her doing well and happy!

    • @therealflamelit
      @therealflamelit Před 4 lety +21

      thats how haters do..... I always loved her voice and her look ..she is still beautiful

    • @morenitomoreno1282
      @morenitomoreno1282 Před 4 lety +2

      Cosy Co to be honest probably wouldn't have believed her either, this was pre social media

  • @Kristmaz808
    @Kristmaz808 Před 4 lety +638

    Everybody:
    BET: Finally gives us what we been asking for 😏

  • @BossyKoren93
    @BossyKoren93 Před 4 lety +50

    This is the quintessential example of how history literally repeats itself that hairstyle with the bedazzled clips… Everyone is doing it now!

  • @dmgsoultogetherness6667
    @dmgsoultogetherness6667 Před 2 lety +18

    What she is doing now is so REAL and seems much more at home than her mainstream r&b. Genius at work

  • @darkwriter_xx94
    @darkwriter_xx94 Před 4 lety +387

    I love that missy had other singers on her song when she can sing herself.

  • @chellez29
    @chellez29 Před 4 lety +169

    Such a pretty lady. I had no idea she was so young when she was recording.

  • @concepcionwells3007
    @concepcionwells3007 Před 4 lety +123

    The fact that she was covered......and still cute. Period

  • @noelallanofficial
    @noelallanofficial Před 2 lety +12

    Nicole Wray is the original HBIC of R&B music. Get it queen!

  • @nicolenunya984
    @nicolenunya984 Před 4 lety +400

    I need one on sunshine Anderson bc “heard it all before” is still an anthem

  • @chrisbeatty9280
    @chrisbeatty9280 Před 4 lety +62

    Glad to see she didn’t let drugs, and alcohol tear her up like so many other artists. She looks blessed...

  • @pinkdiamonddynasty7917
    @pinkdiamonddynasty7917 Před 4 lety +109

    TO ALLL MY CHOCOLATE QUEENS BE CLEAR SOME OF US "LIGHT SKIN", "CARAMEL", "BUTTER SCOTCH" ARE JEALOUS "NOT ENVIOUS" OF ALL THE CHOCOLATE MELANIN!!! US MEANING ME. Y'ALL ARE BEEUTIFUL😍🥰😍

    • @christinagraham2915
      @christinagraham2915 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes I wanted to be dark skin too

    • @lorrainethomas788
      @lorrainethomas788 Před 3 lety +1

      Thank You Trina!

    • @pinkdiamonddynasty7917
      @pinkdiamonddynasty7917 Před 3 lety +2

      @Christina Graham, I use to stay in the sun as a child just so I could be darker. My mother is a Silk Chocolate and is Beautiful and I wanted to look just like her🍫🍫🍫😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰

  • @StacyannJ
    @StacyannJ Před 4 lety +19

    She was so gorgeous and still is now. I love her vibes her voice is so beautiful !

  • @Kirwina
    @Kirwina Před 4 lety +86

    The BET Awards 2020 should be nostalgic and only feature artists who had big hits in the early 2000s or even before

  • @kenyatta7641
    @kenyatta7641 Před 4 lety +212

    "Why you all in my grill" "can you pay my bills" miss the early 2000s 💕💕💕

  • @sblack812
    @sblack812 Před 4 lety +37

    She was such a force at that era, definitely enjoyed her music still to this day

  • @cynthiabaldwin3107
    @cynthiabaldwin3107 Před 4 lety +19

    Man I used to love her songs as a kid ❤when soulful dark skinned representation was so common you didn't even think about it bring it back plz😫😊

  • @Samtheseuss
    @Samtheseuss Před 4 lety +574

    But can we get a missy and nicole reunion on her next album

  • @Mzbsweetz3
    @Mzbsweetz3 Před 4 lety +451

    I love her! She is dark skinned, full lips and she sings...she was rare IN her time

    • @Mzbsweetz3
      @Mzbsweetz3 Před 4 lety +1

      @Sol Rising like who?

    • @ForemanFitness52
      @ForemanFitness52 Před 4 lety +28

      @@Mzbsweetz3 Gina Thompson, Tweet, Sparkle, Sunshine Anderson, Kelly Rowland just to name a few!

    • @magiciansalchemist3693
      @magiciansalchemist3693 Před 4 lety +9

      Praying Mantis Foreman Lauryn Hill

    • @ForemanFitness52
      @ForemanFitness52 Před 4 lety +13

      @@magiciansalchemist3693 Yes, can't forget sexy Lauryn Hill!

    • @Mzbsweetz3
      @Mzbsweetz3 Před 4 lety +10

      @@ForemanFitness52 the people you mention came after Nicole. At 13 i wasn't listing to the fugees they didn't appeal to me at that time. For young girls like me, Nicole was it. She wasn't in a group, she was solo. That makes a difference. Nobody looked at Kelly Roland until started a solo career

  • @smacctg7823
    @smacctg7823 Před 4 lety +30

    She so pretty even until this day

  • @romayoung24
    @romayoung24 Před 4 lety +13

    When she said someone left her because they can't stand to see her hurt.. I felt that.. period..

  • @AmaryllisAcacia
    @AmaryllisAcacia Před 4 lety +388

    Proceeds to listen to “make it hot” and “all in my grill”🤔 those were my jams!!!

    • @paracleteconsult8677
      @paracleteconsult8677 Před 4 lety +5

      Make it hot was something else!

    • @johnniemoore4683
      @johnniemoore4683 Před 4 lety +2

      Im show listening now so reminiscing....its like this woke me up lol from all this crap today

    • @TCSMastery
      @TCSMastery Před 4 lety +1

      Mines too! I love her

  • @unHingedOYT
    @unHingedOYT Před 4 lety +162

    I’m so fortunate to have grown up in the 90s appreciating these artists & their craft 👊🏽

  • @IISMAMUSIC
    @IISMAMUSIC Před 4 lety +13

    That "Make it Hot" is still on rotation... this era of music thoroughly inspired my own music. This is why musicians like Missy Elliott are needed 🙏🏽

  • @charleanparksfordistrict6s746

    I love how genuine she is and how she kept it moving despite the obstacles faced. I think we all need to be as driven. Beautiful person, 💯💯

  • @BeautyMacQueen
    @BeautyMacQueen Před 4 lety +163

    I really really liked Nicole’s sound and look. I remember wishing I had lips like hers. She was sooo pretty with a unique voice.

  • @RanceRob
    @RanceRob Před 4 lety +237

    All in My Grill was sick. I loved that song.

    • @samanthatynisa
      @samanthatynisa Před 4 lety +1

      Yassss!

    • @BernadetteCulclagerSimpson
      @BernadetteCulclagerSimpson Před 4 lety +1

      Yesssss❤️

    • @Tha90sKid
      @Tha90sKid Před 4 lety +7

      Those vocals and runs were EVERYTHING ❤❤

    • @T3nnIsBoY
      @T3nnIsBoY Před 4 lety +1

      Her vocals are Sick on that song!!!🔥🔥🔥

    • @RanceRob
      @RanceRob Před 4 lety +5

      The90sKid indeed. Of all the “pay my bills” songs out at that time, this is the one that I loved the most. I miss those days.

  • @msessenceofreality
    @msessenceofreality Před 3 lety +24

    The Lord sure did protect her through the industry

  • @1misstam
    @1misstam Před 4 lety +11

    Her voice is angelic 💕 so underrated!!

  • @ExistNNature
    @ExistNNature Před 4 lety +152

    Her singing voice was so soothing .

  • @No1Notice
    @No1Notice Před 4 lety +382

    I miss the old BET... seems like the vibes are only on CZcams 😪

    • @myonie22
      @myonie22 Před 4 lety +7

      True but people don't really watch TV like that anymore. Not since the days if In Living Color, Martin, Living Single, NY Undercover etc has tv commanded a family gathering especially in our community.

    • @JLPerryTV
      @JLPerryTV Před 3 lety +5

      You can thank Debra Lee for that. She ruined BET when she took over

    • @DJBlack909
      @DJBlack909 Před 3 lety +1

      The blame lies with Robert Johnson, JLPerryTV. He sold it to those oppressors at Viacom.

  • @LenFnc
    @LenFnc Před 4 lety +16

    “She was like a sister to me.” Ironically, they favor a lot. Still got a tremendous voice.

  • @carlajams11
    @carlajams11 Před 4 lety +28

    She looks like Ju Ju from LHHNY in her younger years!!

  • @daynadecordesign7958
    @daynadecordesign7958 Před 4 lety +75

    That yellow coat & dark lip is iconic 💛 I was a little girl but I remember how gorgeous it was against her flawless chocolate drop skin🔥🔥🔥

  • @intentionalgreatness
    @intentionalgreatness Před 4 lety +180

    "Why you all in my grill" is the jam!

    • @nicolemartin1799
      @nicolemartin1799 Před 4 lety

      intentionalgreatness mine too giving these men instruction

  • @lai_raw
    @lai_raw Před 3 lety +7

    her new music is sooo fire! I had no clue it was actually Nicole Wray. She deserves it all

  • @kennedy220
    @kennedy220 Před 4 lety +9

    her first album was fire....and OMG the lady wray music I'm just as in love with. Nicole you stay on in all of my road trips keeping me awake!!

  • @qianac9832
    @qianac9832 Před 4 lety +258

    HER CD WAS HELLA SLEPT ON. I STILL LISTEN TO IT TIL THIS DAY...NO SKIPS

  • @DexiDadzie
    @DexiDadzie Před 4 lety +405

    her features remind me of Lauryn Hill and Ryan Destiny ish.

  • @tarablackgirl
    @tarablackgirl Před 4 lety +16

    I absolutely LOVE her voice, her look... I’ve been looking for her music! Great interview ♥️.