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Background information
Birth name Troy Lee Coleman III
Born (1970-12-18) December 18, 1970 (age 53)
Origin Victoria, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active 1999–present
Labels
  • Warner Bros.
  • CTMC/Winding Road
  • Heart Songs Corporation

Troy Lee Coleman III (born December 18, 1970), better known by his stage name Cowboy Troy, is an American rapper and singer. He is best known as a representative of the country rap genre for the song "I Play Chicken With The Train". He has released seven studio albums and one EP, including three releases on Warner Bros. Records, and has charted twice on the Billboard country singles charts.

Early life

Coleman was born in Victoria, Texas, on December 18, 1970. He graduated from Skyline High School in the Dallas Independent School District. Coleman then attended the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a bachelor's degree. Prior to beginning his career as a singer, he worked as the assistant manager of a Dallas area Foot Locker.

He got the name Cowboy Troy in college, after a friend used the name to distinguish the cowboy-hat-wearing Coleman from his other friends named Troy.

Career

On May 17, 2005, Troy released his first major-label solo album, Loco Motive, through the RAYBAW records production label and the Warner Music Group distribution label. The album debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The first single, "I Play Chicken with the Train," peaked at No. 48 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart on April 9, 2005 and was the No. 1 country download at the iTunes Music Store on April 15, 2005.

As a Chevrolet promotion, Troy, Gretchen Wilson, and Big & Rich released "Our America" as a free, time-limited download on July 1, 2005. They also performed the song live at the Boston Pops concert on July 4, 2005. "Our America" combines "The Star-Spangled Banner" with spoken word of parts of the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of independence, Pledge of Allegiance and Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. The song peaked at No. 44 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, and appears as a bonus track on both Big & Rich's Comin' to Your City and Wilson's All Jacked Up albums.

Cowboy Troy released the single "If You Don't Wanna Love Me", a duet with Sarah Buxton. The single failed to chart, as did the follow-up, "My Last Yee Haw." A promotional single, titled "Hook 'Em Horns", was released on February 14, 2006 after his alma mater (the Texas Longhorns) won the national championship in football.

2006-present

Cowboy Troy co-hosted, with Jewel, the fifth season of Nashville Star on the USA Network and CMT Canada.

Troy made a special appearance at the March 13, 2006 episode of WWE's RAW in Beaumont, Texas. He came to the announcer's table and helped announce for the match between superstars Edge and Goldust. His entrance music was "My Last Yee Haw." The April 30 episode of WWE's Raw, broadcast from Nashville, showed Troy in the crowd. The announcers mentioned him, and his duties hosting Nashville Star. In 2007, he released Black in the Saddle.

Troy parted ways with Warner Bros. Nashville in 2008. He released Demolition Mission: Studio Blue Sessions in 2009. Troy returned to Warner Music Nashville to release "King of Clubs" in March 2014.

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In 2012, Troy appeared on the May 21 and 22 finale of Season 14 of the television show Dancing with the Stars, performing "I Play Chicken With the Train."

His 2017 single "Pork Chop" was used as the theme for "Porktober", the National Pork Board's October 2017 promotion.

Troy starred in the 2022 Western film Desperate Riders.

Personal life

Cowboy Troy performed at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a self-described black conservative and a member of the Republican Party who supported Senator John McCain in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country US US
Rap
Beginner's Luck
  • Release date: September 2, 2002
  • Label: Self-released
Loco Motive
  • Release date: May 17, 2005
  • Label: Raybaw/Warner Bros. Nashville
2 15 13
Black in the Saddle
  • Release date: June 5, 2007
  • Label: Raybaw/Warner Bros. Nashville
28 153
Demolition Mission:
Studio Blue Sessions
  • Release date: September 15, 2009
  • Label: CTMC/Winding Road
King of Clubs
  • Release date: March 11, 2014
  • Label: Warner Music Nashville
25
Saloons on Neptune
  • Release date: December 18, 2015
  • Label: Hick Hop Federation
Laugh With Me
  • Release date: May 18, 2018
  • Label: Shakin' Bacon Productions/SRG-ILS/Universal
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title Album details
Hick-Hop Hysteria
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: Self-released
Before You Knew My Name
  • Release date: June 2010
  • Label: CTMC

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country US Bubbling US
Pop
2005 "I Play Chicken with the Train" (with Big & Rich) 48 18 81 Loco Motive
"If You Don't Wanna Love Me" (with Sarah Buxton)
2006 "Hook 'Em Horns" N/A
2007 "Hick Chick" (with Angela Hacker) Black in the Saddle
2009 "Cash in the Cookie Jar" Demolition Mission
2010 "New Sheriff" N/A
"Ballad of Cherokee Bill"
2016 "Countdown to Vacation" Saloons on Neptune
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

Year Single Artist Peak positions Album
US Country
2005 "Our America" Big & Rich (with Gretchen Wilson) 44 Comin' to Your City

Music videos

Year Video Director
2005 "I Play Chicken with the Train" Deaton-Flanigen
"If You Don't Wanna Love Me" Shaun Silva
"My Last Yee Haw" Kristin Barlowe
2007 "Hick Chick" Shaun Silva

See also

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  • Black conservatism in the United States
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