Sad Boy Radio CXIX: Who I Could’ve Been? (KingTrey Interview)

Sad Boys For Real! Chicago artist, KingTrey, slides to the studio to discuss his new album (The Southend Legend), being held at gunpoint as a kid, mental toll of living somewhere you’re “not accepted,” and the decisions that have made KingTrey who he is today. KingTrey says in his song “How Tony Became Trey,” “in 8th grade, them dudes came up & put a gun in my back / RIP TONY.” In this moment, everything changed for Trey. This is the moment that sent him to a neighborhood he felt like he didn’t belong in, the moment that set him on the path to pursue music, the moment that forced Trey to shed the first identity he ever knew. It only takes one thing in our life to change for everything to be completely different. Our stories aren’t defined by a singular moment; however, the story changes if certain things never happened. Leaving us to ponder, “who I could’ve been?” Also discussed, working with Mick Jenkins, wanting more out of life, not going to college, and reflecting on own childhood after having a kid.