The music was extremely loud in the bakery where we met. Adele was blaring at the kind of volume that you would set if you were home alone and needed to hear it from every room in the house. Luckily, I arrived an hour early and had ample time to soundcheck before his arrival. He was an acquaintance of mine that I hadn’t seen in years, but just watched his growth through social media like everyone else. I must admit that I did check my shoes before I walked out the door. For those of you who don’t know, Jay Envy is a sneaker snob! His fresh out-the-box, I wear a different pair everyday, shoe collection is absolutely amazing. It was because of this that I decided to wear my most recent purchase of all black low-tops. They were Vans knock-offs that I bought from Walmart as part of my Twenty-One Pilots Halloween costume. Needless to say that they went unnoticed, but wearing them made me feel better because they too looked flawless.

He walked in wearing glasses, a green camouflage jacket, and a black cap with the word Cobra printed in red. The first time we met was at one of his Cobra Corps events, "The Vault," that used to be held at The W Midtown. That night, I also met his long time friends Sofa King Evil and C.Will who also makeup the Atlanta creative collective, Cobra Corps. It’s because of C. Will that Envy displayed so much gratitude in telling me the story of how he landed the position as the official DJ for the Atlanta Falcons.

Jay Envy: "I don’t think there was ever a doubt before I was a DJ and up to this point that I didn’t have love for my city. That includes everything from the culture to the sports team. C.Will works for Red Bull and somehow they have a connection with the Falcons. I’m not so sure about that, but the new coach came over from Seattle. In Seattle, they practice with loud music, and one of the trainers was like, 'Yo, Coach Quinn is coming over and he likes to practice with loud music.'; which is funny because you would think that all teams practice like that, but a lot of sports teams don’t practice with loud music. From what I understood, a lot of the coaches don’t like to yell over the music and they think the music is a distraction. In Seattle, and a couple of other cities, they go full blown with the music. This particular trainer asked someone from Red Bull if he knew any DJs that would be good. C.Will heard about it and said, 'You have to get Jay Envy, a DJ from Atlanta and a huge Falcons Fan. There’s no one else more perfect than that.'

I did training camp. I didn’t really think much of it. I thought just doing training camp was enough for the ultimate fan experience. People are like, 'Oh you’re DJing there that’s cool.'

But for me, I was a fan first and then a DJ later."