Background
McCoy was born in Germany, where her father, who was in the United States Army, was stationed.
McCoy was born in Germany, where her father, who was in the United States Army, was stationed.
She gained much popularity as the vocalist on Sash!"s number one Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play track from 1997, "Stay." Louisiana Trec is the former stage name she used at the time of her Sash! collaborations. Shortly after her birth the young family moved back to San Francisco in the United States, where she grew up. After a couple of years her mother started working for the United Nations, which often forced the family to move to different places.
McCoy was already the singer of a dance-track called "Push Maine to the Limit" by Celvin Rotane in 1995 and "Love Is My Whole World" by 4Tune in 1996.
A year later she did vocals for a commercial in the studio of Ralf Kappmeier, one of Sash"s producers, who asked her to sing on their forthcoming album lieutenant"s My Life. As Louisiana Trec she sang and co-wrote the album tracks "Sweat", "Hoopstar" and the hit "Stay".
The name Louisiana Trec was derived from a character in a book In the late 1990s she moved to The Hague in the Netherlands to live with her boyfriend.
She started focusing on soul and RnB music, and performs throughout western Europe under the stage name "Urban Daughter" with her band, with whom she is also working on a new album.
She has three brothers, Tyron North McCoy Junior., Cyrus A McCoy, and Byron P McCoy. In the early 2013 she was also featured in Hard With Style Episode #22. The track is called "Lose Control" her collaboration with Scantraxx"s Wildstylez & Max Enforcer.