Marshard Mcknight aka Star Easy gave up a four year scholarship to the University of Rhode Island for football in order to pursue his rap career and it is really paying off. He is the CEO & President of S.M.I.L.E Ent, one of the biggest artists in SouthEast Ga. and has opened up
for many mainstream artists such as Juvenile, Blood Raw, Shawty Lo,Waka Flocka Flame, Pastor Troy & more.....now thats what we call working!!!
Stareasy was inspired by Kelly Boy (RIP) who use to always come by and do music. Kelly Boy passed in 2004while playing basketball. He went hard so hard Easy felt like he was keeping the dream alive. Easy's song Georgia was fatured on BET uncut. The song was actually out way before Ludicris and Tity Boi. With his music fans can take that it gets hard but, you got to learn to smile. A lot of my music is struggle music. Where Marshard is from the city is a struggle. Everyone is somebody. Because someone has something doesn’t mean you can have it. Luda didn’t mention the 912 in the Area code song but, he wants his people to know "if you want it you can get it".
Stareasy has a industry swag. A lot of underground artist just record anything. He is very persistant and his music quality is on point. However, it has not always been the case.
His first song was recorded in the Dubshack (small studio in my mom’s home). He let his homeboys hear it and they were like, "you really sound good." from then it was on!!!
He is influenced by his fans. In the southeast a lot of people want autographs and recognize him now so he knows people listen. When he drop cd’s its not long before people want more. You can catch Stareasy every Thursday for $3 Thursdays at Club Chaos in his home city. his video "Phone Sex" ft TracStar & Scrill got over 30,000 downloads on WorldStarhipHop.com which lets the future star know that he can not only get attention at home but, world wide. His biggest achievement is his "Georgia Day". It began as a video shoot and now it is an annual event where StarEasy as well at times some sponsor's give back to the youth. This man is a threat for anyone that ain't careful and certified by The Ladies of HB!!! His current mixtape "President Easy" was well received in the streets and is available on tweetmymixtape.com
Check him out:
facebook.com/StarEasy
twitter.com/@StarEasy
youtube.com/Stareasy23
