After shining a light on her journey as an independent artist in her Billboard cover story, RAYE attended Billboard‘s Indie Power Players event in New York City on Tuesday (June 9) for a well-earned victory lap.
After accepting the Indie Spirit Award from Billboard‘s co-chief content officer Jason Lipshutz, the British singer-songwriter took the podium at The Cutting Room in Manhattan and gave a moving speech chronicling her trajectory as an artist. Touching on many of the points highlighted by her cover story in Billboard‘s Indie Power Players issue, she spoke about wanting to be a musician since she was 10…





