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Travie McCoy

(1981) Rapper

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Travie McCoy is a rapper.

Quick Facts About Travie McCoy

Born: August 5, 1981
Profession: Rapper

About Travie McCoy

[Wikidata] American rapper and singer... | [Wikipedia] Travis Lazarus "Travie" McCoy is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the rap rock band Gym Class Heroes, which he formed in 1997 with his classmate Matt McGinley, after the two became acquainted with the East Coast punk rock scene.

Quotes by Travie McCoy

The first record we put out on Fueled by Ramon, 'The Papercut Chronicles,' we had no idea what the term 'producer' meant.…

Back

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Pain is definitely a genius in his own right. 'Thr33 Ringz' is definitely one of my top 10 albums. It's one of…

Albums

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'All In' is like the Giants motto, so I kind of took that, and I kind of used New York as the…

Backdrop

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Since the inception of Gym Class in 1997, every member has had another musical outlet, if not three or four.

Another

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When the fishbowl gets too small, it's time to pack up and leave and jump into the lake or ocean.

Gets

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Albums take a lot out of you.

Albums

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Being a kid during the '80s, I feel I didn't really get the full experience.

Being

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No one in my circle calls me 'Travis.' Even my family, at a young age started calling me 'Travie.' So I want…

Age

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DJ Sliink is amazing, and his production is on the next level. There are a lot of EDM producers that I'd like…

Amazing

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A lot of underground hip-hop will inspire me as far as rhyme patterns - really wordy, intelligent lyrics.

As far as

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I'd like to be remembered as someone that lived life by his own rules with no regrets.

His

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'Billionaire' is basically about, you know, like 'Brewster's Millions.' It's me talking about what would happen if I would somehow manage to…

About

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I think it's hard to put a finger on my music. My music has always been an amalgamation of everything I listen…

Always

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The best thing I ever bought is my dog Stitch. He's the best friend & companion.

Best

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I think anything we do outside of Gym Class Heroes still falls under the Gym Class Heroes umbrella. There's really no method…

Anything

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I'm not a big bulky jewelry dude.

Big

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When I was playing junior football when I was a kid, we were the Geneva Giants, so it was kind of embedded…

Embedded

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I feel like a lot of people in the hip hop world don't take me seriously as a rapper, and I feel…

About

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I'm on tour all the time, so I stop at thrift shops. The minute we hit a town, I'll have my assistant…

Assistant

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People ridicule you for the silliest thing, like what you wore to an event. At the end of the day, I'm just…

Answers

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With anything I do, it's hard to categorize it. With any project, I just go in and blindly start writing songs and…

Any

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I've been producing since the early stages of Gym Class Heroes. A lot of the songs on the first 'Papercut Chronicles' were…

Actually

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I'm proud I've been able to pay my rent doing what I love because I hate real jobs.

Able

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We didn't want to worry about the formula that has been implanted into our brains - this verse/pre-chorus/chorus format. When we were…

About

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I took vocal lessons for the first time and actually learned a lot about using my voice as an instrument as opposed…

About

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