Dre Murray

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Dre Murray

| image =

| birth_name = Andre' Ledarryl Murray

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|14|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| origin = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

| genre = Hip hop,
Christian hip hop

| occupation = Songwriter, rapper, producer

| instrument = Vocals

| years_active = {{start date|2003}}–present

| label = Collision Records

| associated_acts = W.L.A.K., Alex Faith, Swoope, Christon Gray, Lecrae

| website = {{URL|dremurray.com}}

}}

Andre' Ledarryl Murray, better known by the stage name Dre Murray, (born September 14, 1981) is an American hip hop artist born and raised in Houston, Texas. He is a member of the rap collective We Live As Kings (W.L.A.K.).

Biography

Murray was born Andre' Ledarryl Murray on September 14, 1981, in Houston, Texas, to Andrew Lee Murray and Marjorie Ann Murray (née, Jones).{{cite web |title=U.S. Public Records Index |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDQ4-L5B |author=Texas Birth Index |year=2002 |publisher=Family Search |access-date=December 20, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/WitAndDreMurray/posts/114642411974090|title=Hey everybody, it's Dre Murray's 30th...|author=Wit & Dre Murray|date=September 14, 2011|publisher=Wit & Dre Murray|access-date=May 17, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/aomusic|title=Dre' Murray|publisher=CD Baby|access-date=May 17, 2014}} He currently lives in Oklahoma with his wife and three children.

In 2008, Murray released his first album entitled Manumit.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dre-murray-mn0000816199/biography|title=Dre Murray | Biography|last=Kellman|first=Andy|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=May 17, 2014}} Between 2009 and 2011, Murray along with Wit{{who|date=January 2015}} created a series entitled Hell's Paradise. In 2012, Dre Murray signed to Collision Records, and became part of the Christian hip hop collective W.L.A.K. In 2013, Murray released his second studio album, Gold Rush: Maybe One Day, with Collision Records.

He released, Southern Lights: Overexposed, with Alex Faith 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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scope="row"\|Manumit \| Released: 2008 \| \| \| \| \|
scope="row"\|Gold Rush: Maybe One Day \| Released: {{Start date\|2013\|7\|9}} {{nowrap\|Label: Collision}} CD, digital download \| 189 \| 8 \| 6 \| 38 \| 15
scope="row"\|34 \| Released: {{Start date\|2015\|11\|27}} {{nowrap\|Label: Collision}} CD, digital download \| — \| 38 \| — \| 46 \| —

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