Born Lee Seong-Hwa, South Korean artist GRAY is a prolific R&B and hip-hop producer who tailors music to the stylings of each artist effortlessly—famously on reality competition Show Me the Money. Meanwhile, his solo releases are where he expresses his personal philosophies. Whether deploying fresh hip-hop beats or textured R&B grooves, he can go from spitting fire bars to crooning rapturously in a second. Thanks to clean production and catchy hooks, his music always energises.