In 2008, Gray was working out at a fitness gym, after working an eight hour shift at Macy's. While working out on a squat machine, Gray was approached by an employee that worked inside of the fitness gym. The employees name was Johnathan and he was also an up-in-coming independent rapper who owned a recording studio. Johnathan asked Gray if he was a rapper or a singer. Gray was listening to music on his Apple IPOD that day while working out. Gray was listing to music on big recording studio headphones before it became popular, after the release of Dr. Dre's Beats Headphones.
Johnathan assumed Gray was a rapper because he was wearing big studio headphones and invited Gray to his recording studio. Gray had been waiting his entire life to receive an invitation to a recording studio. Gray didn't hesitate to accept the invitation. When Gray arrived to Johnathan's recording studio he was like a kid in a candy shop. Gray instantly fell in love with Johnathan's recording studio and began working on his first mixtape. In 2010, Gray released his first mixtape titled "In The Zone".
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