Larray was born Larri Merritt on July 22, 1998 in California, USA. He is known for being an American YouTuber. He produces comedic video content on his YouTube channel, and is part of the collaborative TikTok collective known as The Hype House. After initially gaining prominence on Vine, he started uploading videos onto YouTube after the former became defunct.Prior to becoming a member of The Hype House in January 2020, he had accumulated over 6 million subscribers on his personal YouTube channel, in addition to approximately 12.8 million followers on his personal TikTok account. He was nominated in the Breakout Creator category at the 9th Streamy Awards in December 2019. His three novelty songs First Place (2018), Last Place (2018), and Larray: Canceled (2020) together spent 42 weeks on Billboard's Comedy Digital Tracks chart before its abolishment in January 2020, with the former gaining over 41 million views on YouTube, and ranking at number 13 on the 2018 year-end chart.