Born on 21st of March 1970 in St Etienne (France). Norma is her real first name, she chose Ray because it was the name of someone in his family. Her father was Frederic N'Doumbe, a professionnal football player, who came from Cameroun.
At the age of 18, she decided to stop her studies (she was stuying languages : English, Italian and Spanish) in order to become a dancer. She danced in Prince's clip U Got The Look, she also danced for David Hasselhof and Johnny Hallyday. She took theatre lessons and appeared in many ads. She worked as a model with Italian designers, she was Whoopi Goldberg's voice in Sister Act, and a muse in Disney's Hercules. She enters the American School of Modern Music where she studies during 4 years.
Her collaboration with Jean Fredenucci begins in 1994 and the first single to be released is Crazy About U. But later she changed her style to R&B and French pop, and the single that brought us the biggest success is Tous Les Maux d'Amour (which she co-wrote and co-composed).
1999 : she contributed, with Felixine, to the French musical soundtrack of the Disney movie Hercule. She also took part to French version of songs from the soundtrack of Sister Act 1, Sister Act 2 and King Lion 2.
2000 : her first album Poussières D'étoiles (stardust) was released.