Draya first came to the attention of the public as the girlfriend of entertainer Chris Brown. She was part of the freshman cast of the VH1 series Basketball Wives LA in 2011, and in the same year made her first scripted acting debut in TV One’s Will to Love opposite Keshia Knight-Pulliam and Marques Houston. 

She remained as part of the cast of Basketball Wives LA until her departure at the end of the show’s fourth season in 2015. She had a supporting role in the 2016 film The Perfect Match.