On October 16, 2015, Raury released his debut studio album, titled All We Need. In 2015, Raury was featured on the cover of XXL magazine for the 2015 Freshman Class. In January 2015, he was placed at number 4 on the list for the BBC's Sound of 2015. In 2014, New Zealand singer Lorde invited Raury to contribute his vocals on the song 'Lost Souls', which was included on the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.
In 2014, he was shortlisted for the BBC's Sound of 2015. On the same year, he announced that he signed a deal with Columbia Records. On August 25, 2014, Raury released his first mixtape, titled Indigo Child. He then issued a free digital download of his mixtape Indigo Child, and led him to his popularity. In 2014, the year Raury graduated, he threw a music festival called Raurfest on his 18th birthday. In high school, Raury played guitar in a cover band. His music told stories and he used music as a tool to express himself. Influenced by 2Pac, a lot of his early music was sad, aggressive, and about love. At that time he was writing songs and putting together projects, but he was too shy to put it out there. When he was fifteen he started to record and produce music in his friends basement.
It was at age fourteen when Raury decided that he wanted to work with music for the rest of his life. Raury Deshawn Tullis was born on June 10, 1996, in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
