Gray took his stage name from the Bernardo Bertolucci film epic of the same name (The Last Emperor).
[1] He attended and graduated Overbrook High School (Philadelphia) then went on to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science/International Relations from Lincoln University.
Two years after moving to New York he was signed to Aftermath Entertainment, and became a protégé of Dr.
[4] He has opened for such acts as the former Def Squad (Redman, EPMD, Das EFX and K-Solo), Common, The Roots, and KRS-One.
[5] The Last Emperor released his debut album Music, Magic, Myth (Palace of the Pretender in Europe) in 2003.