Emmanuel Fray aka Grinz, born August 7th 1990 in North York, Canada, raised in Rexdale with his older brother, younger sister and mother. At a young age, Grinz has been playing piano, taught by his mother who is a piano teacher. His mother went to York University for music and was taught by Oscar Peterson, she has been teaching ever since Grinz was born. Grinz grew up listening to his father’s successful R&B gospel group, Selections. They were nominated for a Juno Award in 1999 for the best Urban Gospel Group and won the 2001 Urban Music Award for the best Urban Gospel Group in Canada. Grinz has come from a musical family and took it up a notch at the age of 15 with his urban sound of rap and vocals with music writing by himself, his dad, Fraycat, And a couple friends that he is still in contact with. Grinz played in a band at church called Revelation and he also played piano and sang for the main church choir. Now he’s writing and producing h...