American actress, fashion designer, model, and businesswoman LisaRaye McCoy, better known as LisaRaye, has achieved success in a number of different professions. Her major performances include Keisha Greene in Single Women, Neesee James in All of Us, and Diana “Diamond” Armstrong in The Players Club.
McCoy was conceived on September 23, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois, by Chicago businessman David Ray McCoy and former model Katie McCoy. Da Brat, her half-sister, is another well-known rapper.
McCoy attended a number of institutions while growing up on Chicago’s south side, including St. James College Prep, Kenwood Academy, and Thornridge High School, from which she graduated in 1986.
After graduating from high school, she attended Eastern Illinois University to pursue her love of acting.
What did Lisa Ray’s father do?
David Ray McCoy, the father of Lisa Ray, was a wealthy businessman who owned steel mills, clubs, nursing homes, hotels, and motels. He was a great parent, LisaRaye says.
How did David McCoy become a paraplegic?
According to police, David McCoy was shot by three robbers who broke into his sister’s flat in 1968, leaving him paraplegic as a result. During the incident, McCoy was shot, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
When his sister and her accomplice fatally shot McCoy three times in the head in November 1988, he was 52 years old. McCoy was a prosperous businessman who ran a number of hotels in Southside Chicago despite his infirmity.