| South Park Mexican | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Carlos Coy |
| Born | October 5, 1970 [1][2] Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Rap |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
| Labels | Dope House, Universal, Swishahouse |
| Associated acts | Baby Bash, Juan Gotti, Rasheed, Lucky Luciano, Carolyn Rodriguez |
Carlos Coy (born October 5, 1970), better known by his stage name South Park Mexican, is an American rapper, founder of Dope House Records, and convicted felon. His stage name is derived from the South Park neighborhood in Houston, Texas where he was raised.
Coy, his brother Arthur, and a friend founded Dope House Records in 1995; Coy debuted as South Park Mexican that same year with the album Hillwood under the label. His fourth album, The 3rd Wish, generated two charting singles, "You Know My Name" and "High So High".
In 2002, Coy was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 45 years incarceration, and is currently serving his sentence at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. While incarcerated, he has continued to record music.
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He was born to Arturo Coy, a former Marine from the Falfurrias community in Brooks County, and a woman who dropped out of high school to marry. The marriage ended three years after Coy's birth. Coy's sister, Sylvia, described herself as his "mother-sister". Coy attended various elementary schools, before entering the music magnet program at Welch Middle School. His family moved from southeast Houston to South Park, and Coy attended Woodson Middle School. Rapper Scarface (real name Brad Jordan) also attended Woodson. Coy attended Milby High School until he dropped out in 1987 while still in ninth grade. Coy obtained a GED and enrolled in San Jacinto Junior College for a business associate's degree but failed all his classes there. He then worked at a chemical plant for minimum wage, but after being again unemployed he worked as a door-to-door perfume salesman and eventually a crack cocaine dealer.[3]
Coy began as a Christian rapper but felt that doing so made him an outcast. In 1995, Coy, along with his brother Arthur Jr. and good friend Jose Antonio Garza from McAllen, Texas founded his own record label, Dope House Records.[3] As South Park Mexican (SPM), Coy released one album in 1995, Hillwood, through his label with distribution in Houston under Southwest Wholesale. He proceeded to release two albums in 1998, the first being Hustle Town in March, while the second, Power Moves, was released in December 1998. The 3rd Wish followed in 1999. 3rd Wish was a regional hit, with single "High So High" gaining much local buzz and even charting at #50 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.[4][5] In 2000, he signed a joint venture between his label and Universal Music Group which earned him a $500,000 advance and national distribution.[3] Universal released three of Coy's albums: Time is Money and The Purity Album (2000) and Never Change (2001). The Purity Album included single "You Know My Name", which peaked at #99 on the Billboard R&B chart and #31 on the rap chart. His Universal releases did not gain much mainstream attention; Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic suggested: "Coy's hardcore rapping proved to be too harsh for the masses". His 2002 album Reveille Park, a compilation of freestyles, was released by Dope House.[6] Dope House released two new albums that he recorded while incarcerated: When Devils Strike, released in 2006, debuted at #46 on the Billboard 200,[7] and The Last Chair Violinist followed in 2008.
| Carlos Coy | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 1970 (age 41) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Alias(es) | South Park Mexican |
| Conviction(s) | sexual assault (May 18, 2002) |
| Penalty | 45 years imprisonment |
| Status | Inmate, TDCJ #01110642 in Huntsville Unit; eligible for parole on October 7, 2024; projected release date April 8, 2047 |
| Occupation | rapper |
On September 25, 2001, Houston police arrested Coy on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child who was then nine years old, but he was released from county jail after posting bail.[8] The incident occurred on Labor Day weekend that year.[3] A Harris County, Texas jury indicted Coy on December 10, 2001 and added another charge over a 1993 incident when SPM allegedly impregnated a then-13-year old girl, who later demanded child support payments from him.[9][10] Two more charges followed in March 2002 for sexual assault of two 14-year old girls; Coy was held without bail.[11][12] Coy's trial began on May 8, 2002, when the nine-year-old girl's mother testified that the girl left a sleepover because of abuse.[13] The next day, the girl testified that Coy touched her inappropriately when she was sleeping.[14] On May 18, 2002, a Houston jury convicted Coy of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison on May 30 and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.[3][15] SPM is currently incarcerated in the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. Coy is eligible for parole in 2024. His projected release date is April 8, 2047, and his Texas Department of Criminal Justice number is 01110642.[2] He was previously incarcerated in the Powledge Unit near Palestine, Texas, and the Allred Unit in Wichita Falls, Texas.[16] There are persistent messages from online posters calling for his release.[17]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions[18][19] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | U.S. Ind | ||
| 1995 | Hillwood
|
— | — | * | 8 |
| 1998 | Hustle Town
|
— | — | * | — |
Power Moves
|
— | — | * | — | |
| 1999 | The 3rd Wish
|
— | 89 | * | — |
| 2000 | The Purity Album
|
57 | 26 | * | — |
Time Is Money
|
170 | 49 | * | — | |
| 2001 | Never Change
|
168 | 40 | * | — |
| 2002 | Reveille Park
|
149 | 48 | * | 8 |
| 2006 | When Devils Strike
|
46 | 19 | 6 | 2 |
| 2008 | The Last Chair Violinist
|
59 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
| "*" indicates that chart did not exist; "—" indicates that release did not chart. | |||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions[5] | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | |||
| 1999 | "High So High" | — | 50 | The 3rd Wish |
| 2000 | "You Know My Name" | 99 | 31 | The Purity Album |