![]() ![]() I didn't want to be pigeonholed." McCoy frequently took buses down to Manhattan, New York, throughout high school to participate in battle raps at the indie rap club Fat Beats. He says of his musical tastes "I was never a typical hip-hop kid. ![]() As a teenager, McCoy was a fan of hardcore punk bands such as Snapcase and Earth Crisis, as well as underground rap acts such as Company Flow and the Arsonists. When he was 15, McCoy worked in a tattoo parlor as an apprentice, and shortly after, he began tattooing his friends. ![]() As a child, McCoy used a wheelchair for four months after a skateboarding accident his lack of mobility allowed him to focus on art. His father is Haitian and his mother is of Native American and Irish descent. McCoy was born and raised in Geneva, New York. ![]()
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