Rayvanny was born in Tanzania a place called Mbeya. His upbringing was in a Christian family and his parents were poor. He discovered his talent at a young age and participated in music competitions while still in school.
He came into the limelight after he released the song kwetu and then he was going with the name Raymond. In 2015 he joined WCB record label owned by Diamond Platnumz. His time in WCB brought him a lot of fame. Under the label, he released songs such as Salome,tetema,kijuso,pepeta and got to collaborate with artists including Harmonize, Queen Darling, Nora Fatehi, Rich Mavoko among others. He was chosen by coke studio to represent Tanzania where he got to interact with a lot of artists.