hey i'm lady ray and this is throwback back stories let's see what we got here
oh wow i remember this moment vividly i was just getting signed to rockefeller records
um i was in my early 20s and we all flew out to miami and this was the night of my chain revealing
when rockefeller gives you that chain you know you're you're down for life is that emblem you
can take it anywhere and i remember seeing little kim over in the corner she had a drink and i was
just so excited and i think i went and grabbed and she was like oh my god nicole comrade and i was so
excited and we took a picture and later on that night damon dash and vicksburg
they grabbed me over there and i saw everybody standing in a huddle and they took out this
cute little rose gold chain that had to rock a rockefeller emblem on it and i liked it passed out
and i was just so excited to be part of the family because when you first hear a rockefeller you
don't hear like singing and r b music you just hear like freeway you know jay-z and all the
rappers and i was like i finally arrived because i remember telling myself i wanted to be a part
of rockefeller and this moment is just epic to me it'll go down in history this next moment
is another pretty epic moment in my career my first single with missy elliott it was called
make it hot and we flew out to california to shoot my first video ever i'm from a small town
in virginia so to get a a major record deal and to have a major success with missy elliott and to
be in a video with missy ellie and leah i mean the whole camp was there aaliyah was there genuine was
there player from static it was pretty epic i mean this this dance scene was incredible it's like
one of my greatest memories to be honest i think it was a playstation something was going on and i
you see i have the chain here in this in this photo and foxy she called me she was like i'm
gonna be performing at this theater and i went i remember walking the red carpet and it was just
so much love she just brought me onto it and i had a song out at the time it was called if
i was your girlfriend she just brought me out and we played the song and we just started singing it
great moment i love i love foxy brown um i think i had a show um in new york somewhere and i remember
i had just got makeup done and i was just loving that freaking necklace they had crowned me that
necklace i was like i am popping it's happening for me and i remember throwing up the rock damon
was like right damon dash was standing right there and it was just a wild night it was a great night
i remember that like it was yesterday i love it love it push the t let's take it back to my
hometown um the clips i have so many great things to say about them i remember working on my first
album with missy elliott and timberland and in the next room you had the clips and you had the
neptunes for real i mean we go back i mean we're from the same town and i think this was a it was
like some party that pharrell had thrown in new york and it was like all this candy this sugar it
was really cool party and i remember we had words and and it was it was great to see uh pusha t
and it's just crazy to see these this is great a great throwback great throwback
oh naomi oh my god naomi campbell and damon dash um we're at a i think it was a
vote rock the vote something campaign a lot of people were there this night and naomi campbell
was part of my uh my like glam squad damon had pulled her in to kind of help me with the whole
fashion and i remember just hanging out with naomi i remember as a little kid just seeing her
doing kelvin klein and i was like i cannot believe i have arrived i'm hanging out with freaking naomi
campbell and this night was epic everybody was there it was just beautiful and i felt like
i was just in my in my element there look at that lipstick popping this is a great
throwback great throwback damon had me all over the place in new york i'm like a little country
girl but he was like it's your time it's your time to shine he took me all over new york and
i really missed those times that's a beautiful girl the great andre harrell i believe this was
i came up to new york for some i forget what it was but i remember it was that after party was at
this nice lounge it was a beautiful night i can't remember what it was but i remember seeing him and
i remember talking to him and telling him that i really wanted to get back into the industry and he
was like you have a beautiful voice it shouldn't take you you know around the moon he said you have
what it takes and it shouldn't take you that long to get back where you started it and and it's just
it's just good to see this photo and just to know the effect that he had on the industry you know
before and now you know he's going to be missed the late great andre harrell oh my god this one
this is your girl pop and i was in my early 20s pop in in new york city this is on the set of my
video if i was your girlfriend um it was so much electric energy um foxy brown she she came popped
up and and uh surprised me she came uh naomi campbell was there damon dash was there of course
my my mom was there my brother came to visit me my brother kenny ray my mom deborah it was electric i
told him i loved the movie uh the the movie uh gym in the holograms back in the day and i remember
talking to the director and i was like i want these colors i want to be a rock star and they
really made it happen i just felt like everything that i that i dreamt of doing back then i felt
like i did it and i lived that moment and this is a great great great look at my body my face great
throwback i need to get back there great throwback and this one right here was the uh my album cover
first album was called nicole make it hot and we were on a we were in new york and we were in
manhattan i think uh the hudson river we were on a ship and i never forget that i remember the sun
setting and uh june amro styled me with his chaps and missy was there i remember them i remember i
got fitted for this photo shoot and now i see all the girls wearing these chaps and cowboy heads i
was like hey i started that don't forget about me food but yeah this is a great great throwback in
the the clogs that i had on and on that ship i remember we went down in the bottom of the ship
and it had like lead uh it was just amazing this photo shoot the wind i mean that night was just
amazing shout out to missy elliott and the whole crew and june ambrose for styling this wonderful
outfit great blueberry the young nicole ray it was pretty major i think this was at a summer jam
everybody and their mom was there mace was there uh brandy was there usher we were all like in our
prime we're having so much fun aaliyah the late great aaliyah was there genuine magoo timberland
missy the energy was so electric out there and it was so hot i never forget that they were so hot i
remember had these punky rooster scrunchies in my hair and my mom was out there she was
my manager at the time and she was just soaking up everything it was just a beautiful day let's
look at his throwback amazing aaliyah awesome this is not even a throwback this is what's happening
right now this is my album cover piece of meat and i am dogged up it's just regal i'm just so
excited this album is electric i can't wait to put it out and show the world that i'm still here
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