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| Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes |
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![]() Travis Lazarus "Travie" McCoy is the lead vocalist of "Gym Class Heroes" an alternative hip-hop group. In 2010, McCoy released his first solo single, "Billionaire". The song features singer Bruno Mars. "Billionaire" is the first single from McCoy's debut solo album, Lazarus, which is scheduled to be released on June 8, 2010.
McCoy was born on August 5, 1981 and grew up in Geneva, New York. In high school, Travie met Matt McGinley in his gym class, and the two decided to start a band, and played with other musicians until Gym Class Heroes was formed in 2001. Travis made his MTV debut in the summer of 2002, as he appeared on stage at the beach house on a standard nation-wide MC Battle that was held on the MTV show Direct Effect. McCoy dated singer Katy Perry, who appeared as his girlfriend in the "Cupid's Chokehold" video and toured along with his band on the Warped Tour, on and off for several years. McCoy is also a vegetarian and the cousin of rapper Tyga who is signed to Lil Wayne's record label Young Money Entertainment. DISCOGRAPHY:
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