Ray BLK

In 2019 Ray was the opening act for the UK leg of the Nicki Wrld Tour headlining tour by American rapper Nicki Minaj

In November 2019, she released a song called Action with rapper Chip then went on to teasing more music with 3 snippets on Instagram from her upcoming debut album which will be released in 2020.

In December 2019 she teased an unreleased song called Lens from her upcoming highly anticipated debut album it arrives in 2020 her album comes after 2018's Empress EP off 2019 she put up three snippets of songs from her up

She was nominated for best newcomer at the 2016 MOBO Awards. On 6 January 2017, Ray was announced as the winner of the BBC's Sound of 2017.

Ray released her first recordings while studying for her English degree. Her debut EP Havisham was released in 2015. Inspired by Miss Havisham's story in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, it told the tale of a girl who turns against men after having her heartbroken. According to Ray "I felt like Miss Havisham was like a lot of women around me, who got their heartbroken and turned cold and began to hate men." Ray releases music on her own label and has avoided signing a record deal to retain the rights to her music. In 2016 she self-released her debut mini-album Durt, featuring collaborations with Stormzy, Wretch 32 and SG Lewis. Her single "My Hood" is a song about her home town of Catford. She wrote it at a time when she had just been robbed, and she felt like she just wanted to leave.

Rita Ekwere (born 2 August 1993), better known under her stage name of Ray BLK, is a British singer and songwriter who was born in Nigeria, and grew up in Catford in London. She won the BBC's Sound of 2017, and was the first unsigned artist to do so. On 28 October 2016, she released her debut mini-album, Durt, and in January 2018 signed to the UK branch of Island Records.