Sean Ray, known by his alias Snob Scrilla, was born in Clovis, California where he attended Buchanan High School. After moving to Australia and making a hometown of Katoomba, New South Wales, it was whilst living in Newcastle that Ray began making music. This was followed by a relocation to Sydney.

His popularity amongst Australian Indie crowds is largely due to his debut single in 2008 titled "There You Go Again",He has played at Parklife and Homebake 2008, he has also been a supporting artist for Faker's 2008 tour as the opening act,

He wrote the ARIA Award winning, multi platinum Jessica Mauboy hit song "Running Back,

The song officially titled (nine periods),
generated massive interest as the soundtrack for a promotional advertisement for the show Rush on Network 10.

Snob Scrilla became the support act for Matisyahu's Australian leg of his 2009 tour.