Will Claye isn’t your average singer-songwriter. Nor is he your average Olympic athlete. He strives to be successful at both, and he succeeds.
Born and raised in Arizona, Claye grew up at the intersection of two worlds: the West African roots of his Sierra Leonean parents and the rugged, often unforgiving streets of South Phoenix. “There was no silver spoon,” Claye says. “No handouts. I had to work for everything.”
Most people know him for his athletic resume: Olympic medals in Track and Field, global accolades, the kind of discipline that makes headlines every four years. But behind the highlight reels and national anthems is an artist who’s spent just as much time in the studio as he has on the track. “Right around the time I started to bud as an athlete was when my music started taking off,” he says…