Editing Macy Gray (section)

==Early life==
Natalie McIntyre was born in [[Canton, Ohio]],<ref>{{Cite web |first=Jenna |last=Lemoncelli|date=March 4, 2022 |title=Macy Gray dissects 'laughing' LeBron James reaction from All-Star Game |url=https://nypost.com/2022/03/04/macy-gray-responds-to-lebron-james-all-star-reaction-in-video/ |access-date=March 30, 2022 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McGrath|first=Nick|title=Macy Gray: My family values|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/04/macy-gray-my-family-values|access-date=July 13, 2014 |work= [[The Guardian]]|date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> the daughter of Laura McIntyre, a math schoolteacher,<ref>{{cite news|title=Dr. Laura Fisher McIntyre|url=http://www.walsh.edu/dr-laura-fisher-mcintyre|access-date=July 13, 2014|publisher=[[Walsh University]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125026/http://www.walsh.edu/dr-laura-fisher-mcintyre|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Otis Jones.<ref name= clown>{{cite news| last= Diu| first= Nisha Lilia |title= Macy Gray interview: 'I was a clown'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/7741360/Macy-Gray-interview-I-was-a-clown.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/7741360/Macy-Gray-interview-I-was-a-clown.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=July 13, 2014|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=May 30, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Her stepfather was a steelworker, and her sister is a biology teacher.<ref name= clown/> She has a younger brother, Nate, who owns a gym in [[West Philadelphia]] and was featured on the season five finale of ''[[Queer Eye (2018 TV series)|Queer Eye]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=James |last=Kleinmann|title=TV Review: Queer Eye season 5|publisher=The Queer Review|url=https://thequeerreview.com/2020/05/25/tv-review-queer-eye-season-5-netflix/|date=May 25, 2020|access-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref> She began piano lessons at age seven.<ref name=Guardian6Sept12>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/06/macy-gray-us-singer-and-actor |title= Macy Gray: 'I always had a kind of funny voice and it never occurred to me that I could sing' |first= Michael| last= Cragg| work= [[The Guardian]] |date= September 6, 2012| access-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> A childhood bicycle mishap resulted in her noticing a mailbox of a man named Macy Gray; she used the name in stories she wrote and later decided to use it as her stage name. She was late developing and did not learn to hold conversation until just before her tenth birthday.<ref name= clown/>

Gray attended elementary school with Brian Warner (later known as musician [[Marilyn Manson]]) although they did not know each other.<ref name=Guardian6Sept12/><ref>{{cite news |last=McGrath |first=Nick |date=August 3, 2012 |title=Macy Gray: My family values |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/04/macy-gray-my-family-values |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> She attended more than one high school, including a boarding school which asked her to leave due to her behavior.<ref name=Guardian6Sept12/>

She attended the [[University of Southern California]] and studied scriptwriting.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="clown"/>