Episode 06: Easy McCoy

Easy McCoy: Recording Artist and Entrepreneur| Interviewed by Rashad Floyd

I remember the first time I came in the studio, I was 11. Now, I do this for a living. I didn't care what nobody else thought or imagined, expressing myself has always been about my freedom and being able to tell any story I wanted to tell. There’s a business side to it, a way you can feed your family and create ownership through your voice. I have the tenacity and drive to pursue my passion. When you think differently, apply and execute, a lot of things start to change.

The main thing for me is to stay on point, and do the right things. If I don’t, my kids lives won’t be what they should be. Being a great father is way better than being a great artist and I can’t be a great artist if I’m not a great father. That’s one of the blessings of fatherhood, which I didn’t have growing up; creating a legacy for your kids. I love everyone in my family, but I struggled on my own and had to figure it out. I refuse to have my kids grow up without the benefit of my hard work.

I want my kids to look up to me before anyone else, I want them to be proud when I walk into a room. I’m not perfect at all but I’m resilient, focused and consistent. I want them to look up to the things I have done.

The first deal I received placed my music all over TV but I didn’t get any money for it. So I figured out the game and how to corner that market because you have to be able to eat off what you love to do. I feel like everything I do has to be excellent, which doesn’t mean I won’t fail because sometimes you miss the mark but that to me is a test of life. I know what I want to do, I know the desires I have and I will pursue those to the fullest every single day and live my life with no excuses.

Now, the The music I make now is very diverse.

[Director] As an artist, is this some of your best work because of your journey to get here?

Exactly. That’s why the record is called The Experience. Doing the sync gave me the freedom to do what I still love to do. When you tap into this type of energy, music that deep down tells my story, you can feel it. So this project was refreshing, it wasn’t about me doing music for TV, but music from what’s on my heart and that’s what the song for Bel-Air is.

Three years ago, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot came out and my friend Morgan Cooper released it to the world to see what they would think. I remember when he played them, I knew Deja Vu was the record for it. He heard it and believe in what I was doing, and now Belair is coming out and I made the theme song for it. A real Testament of me staying consistent, believing in myself, and trusting in God throughout process. It’s a good thing to see us take what we were birthed with, what we saw in our neighborhoods and take it mainstream with the rap game.