I can’t…I’m crushed. 💔 no words. I love you bro. RIP to the legend Michael K Williams aka one of the dopest Actors/Brother in the world.
#Omar
#TheWIRE
FOR LIFE. I’m off the grid for a while hard to process this one. I love you bro smh damn 🤦🏿♂️ 😥😥😥
As an
#ACTOR
who really studies other BRILLIANT ACTORS and ARTIST in this Film Television business….MAN GIVE THIS BROTHER DAMSON IDRIS ALL THE AWARDS. I’m INSPIRED
#snowfall
#finale
HISTORY Continues To Repeat Itself! YO I want that
MOBB DEEP STORY Next. Me & JD can Play HAVOC & PRODIGY! Havoc Is My Brother & when Prodigy was here in the physical form we chopped it up plenty of times I even starred in one of his videos! I’m a push for this to happen!
I was 21yrs old when
#TheWire
Premiered
June 2 2002. I didn’t have a clue what I was apart of…being as though this was my 1st JOB as an
#ACTOR
1st
#AUDITION
I ever went on BUT I did know I was apart of something Special. The Rest Is HISTORY! 5 SEASON VET “Malik POOT Carr”! 🫶🏾
I just Completed all 5 seasons of THE WIRE. I started watching from the first season before the holidays. I gotta pinch myself sometimes like YO I REALLY PLAYED POOT on 1 of the most iconic groundbreaking television shows of all time. ALL
@WireFans
follow me NOW I’ll follow back
This wasn’t an “industry” dude. This was real family “Am I my brothers keeper” YES I AM! Me
@JDWilliamsEnt
& Michael K Williams was celebrating our success…😥💔😥 I can’t shake this one….. R.I.P TO my brother Michael K Williams!
#Omar
#Poot
#Bodie
#TheWire
for life
#history
I was recording til they called his name …..then I lost it! My Son Malachi Chaney graduated
#highschool
my whole family was there! This really got me!
#love
#fatherhood
#family
#diploma
so much footage pics joy love
Can you imagine having an incredible 5 season run on the most critically acclaimed television show of all time
#TheWire
. 2002-2008 but when it ends…You FLAT BROKE , Selling Merch Out the trunk of you car….BUT Watch The Whole 1 min REEL NEVER GIVING UP GOT ME ON FIRE 🔥 NOW.
Brings tears to my eyes 🥲 (happy tears of joy)
Look at all of us Look at This…..Everybody STILL crushing it in this business after 20 Years! HAPPY 20 Year ANNIVERSARY 2 the Most ICONIC Groundbreaking Critically Acclaimed Television Show of all Time! THE.WIRE
Go Watch “WE OWN THIS CITY” right now on
#HBOMax
#HBO
I play Police Officer “Gordon Hawk”
One thing about my HBO family they have always looked out for Tray Chaney.
#grateful
#thankful
#blessed
What you mean?
@365OTG
😎
Greatest Show Of All Time & YES I’m Bias I Played POOT & this show made me a LEGEND! You asked how we felt about the show 🤷🏾♂️✊🏿
Stop Comparing SNOWFALL 2 THE WIRE it’s NO COMPARISON! I love Snowfall
It’s no need for me 2 even discuss the privilege of playing POOT on THE WIRE all 5 seasons! You gotta realize we going on 20 years people & we still getting booked off a show that hit 20 years ago so STOP 😉
THE PRICE JUST WENT SKY HIGH! POOT & BODIE TOUR IN FULL EFFECT! You can’t even call my phone unless you talking DUMB NUMBERS! We Sold Out LAS VEGAS, We Sold Out MIAMI! NEXT UP……?? Announcement ON THE WAY!
#TheWIRE
For LIFE!
#consistency
#workingBLACKActors
#Poot
#Bodie
Happy 43rd birthday to
@traychaney
, Malik "Poot" Carr on
#TheWire
. Born: August 2, 1981.
Poot has the floor today. Drop your favorite scene or quote from him in comments.
I thought POOT was done after this scene 🎬! Who would have thought I’d make it all 5 seasons of the most critically acclaimed groundbreaking television series of all time
#TheWire
.
Gratitude.
Grab a membership package off my (TrayChaney1) YouTube Page
@Ziggys_Duck
@WireFans
I promised
@Ziggys_Duck
& my
@WireFans
🌎 I’d quote some of your favorite POOT lines on my BDAY so here you go! If you a want a free
#TheWire
tshirt grab my book or my fragrance off
My New Record “World Going One Way People Another Yo” drops this week!
Me & Bro
@michaelb4jordan
definitely have to share the screen together soon, be on the same call sheet, set, film project or something. All it take is the right project & we both in a position to get that trigger pulled! That’s a fact
DAVID SIMON- Creator, Writer, Executive Producer Of The Most Critically Acclaimed Groundbreaking Television Show Of All Time
THE WIRE!
That’s The CAPTION!
ENUFF SAID!
#TheWire
#Icon
#Legend
#Global
#History
He Did It Y’all! Malachi Chaney Our Son Graduated High School! I can’t really talk right now I’m done man 🥹🥹🥹 message to my beautiful WIFE Ayesha Chaney! THANK YOU I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! Thank you for giving me my greatest gift! Our ☀️ Son! This is
#legacy
#TheCHANEYS
Ladies & Gentlemen THAT IS A WRAP on the one & only THE LEGEND MY BROTHER JD WILLIAMS
@JDWilliamsEnt
on our new film
#HiddenLIES
!! We keeping the money in the family! Producing w/our friends hiring our friends & WINNING! 🏆 no matter what we gone make it. Thanks JD
“THE WIRE” IS 20 Years Old Today! 20 Years Later I’m BACK wit my HBO HBOMax FAMILY “WE OWN THIS CITY” do me favor click link in my bio and WATCH THE BADDEST DOPEST MUSIC VIDEO OUT!
#TheWIRE
20 Year Anniversary Tribute Celebrating The Iconic HBO series.
#consistency
#longevity
Confirmation.
I’ll ALWAYS Keep A Check
💰💰💰💰…….played it right for over 20yrs…..once you realized that you apart of the most iconic groundbreaking show of all time
#TheWIRE
……it’s no way I wasn’t gone flip that! Made it work for me
#WorkedSmarter
#Legends
THANK YOU
@50cent
I’ve been trending since 12 midnight last night. I just watched myself on demand/
@starz
app on the biggest television show in the world
@bmfstarz
#BMF
You can catch it TONIGHT 8pm on
#starz
you’ll meet “BLEEK”! I’m headed to
@fox5dc
#Fox5Lion
NOW 11am To 🗣️
Via
@TMZ
I just landed 🛬 & BUT IM ready to pack my bags NOW & MOVE TO QUEENS NYC! QUEENSBRIDGE! …..so I can transform into my brother HAVOC
@mobbdeephavoc
from the infamous MOBB DEEP!
@JDWilliamsEnt
We been talking bout this for years!
#TheWire
Ended 2008. I didn’t get cast for
#SaintsAndSinners
until 2015 that’s a 7yr window of time to decide do I GIVE UP? Or KEEP GOING? I NEVER GAVE UP...even if it meant standing on the corners of WASHINGTON DC selling my own
#films
out the trunk..my interviews=
#inspiration
THE WIRE was my first job as an
#ACTOR
! ….OK but when
#TheWire
Ended THATS when my real work started! I had to triple up my hustle when it came to STUDYING TAKING CLASSES Going Harder! When it comes to the Evolution of Tray Chaney y’all witnessing real HISTORY.
@Ziggys_Duck
🥹I’m an emotional wreck when it comes to our 16yr old Son Sun Malachi Chaney because he’s just such an amazing Young Man. 11th Grade Straight A Student & Tonight he had his ROTC Military Ball Tonight & just showing him how to tie a tie, talking to him about college,WE ARE PROUD!
THE WIRE Dropped 20 Yrs Ago! Took a while for me to understand what I was apart of…BUT Man Oh Man once I figured it out…I Put
#TheWIRE
Brand on my back & Ran Wit it. 20 +yrs later STILL EATING! Any of my cast members that see this post CALL MY PHONE ASAP! BIGGER THAN YALL THINK
Continue to Rest easy King 👑 today I’m smiling as I reflect on some of our moments, conversations as much as I keep in contact w/ majority of
#TheWire
cast members it was an honor to Always build with you my brother!
#MichaelKWilliams
🕊🕊🕊
2021 Highlight! Re United with my brother
@AoDespair
DAVID SIMON - I’ll be playing DEPUTY OFFICER GORDON HAWK” in HBO’s Limited Series “WE OWN THIS CITY” which premiers SPRING 2022!! Thank GOD for it all
#WorkingActor
#consistency
WHAT A YEAR!
Been experiencing losing a lot of loved ones in death lately whether it be people in the family/people that supported me/folks that I kept in touch with. It’s been bothering me mentally BUT I do realize as long as I’m still living & breathing GOD is using me to encourage others
Do y’all see what this is!!!!! WE OWN THIS CITY The BIGGEST SHOW OUT!
#HBO
#HBOMax
Man look at all of us still crushing it in this business 20
Yrs later! Yo we started on The Wire 20 yrs ago NOW WE ALL ON
#WeOwnThisCity
!!! I���m in tears watching this history! WOW!!!!!
@HBO
@hbomax
X…….ill NEVER forget YOU! This was an interesting night. I had just got off the stage from opening for you at Howard Theatre in my hometown Washington DC. You told me a check 💰 was waiting inside of the office for me. THIS was after YOU FOUGHT for me to open for you because..
Breaking News: June 2 -THE WIRE is 20 Years Old Today. I played Malik “POOT” Carr on all 5 seasons. Since The Wire ended in 2008 I’ve been blessed 2 do some incredible work in television film & music & here’s my THANK YOU 2
#TheWire
jumpstarting my CAREER!
30 Days Out Of 30 MISSION COMPLETE! 🥹 I DID IT! I started the 30 day
#TheTrayChaneyConsciousDiet
on May 22 & Today is June 20th! I weighed 165 on May 22 today I weigh 156 NO STOMACH At All Feel Incredible I went 30 days wit NO ALCOHOL NO DRUGS, MEDITATION, PRAYER, (Con’t) ….
9 times out of 10 if she ain’t been answering the phone all day...not returning your calls she definitely not at work “She Might Be Out In Them STREETS”
@jamesmaslow
😉 “WE NEED TO TALK” New Film Trailer Link In Bio written directed by
@iamtoddwolfe
#videogames
#weNeedToTalk
I got the 1 of the biggest movie stars in 🌎 IDRIS ELBA aka Stringer Bell telling you to go watch my 45 minute documentary UNDENIABLE THE TRAY CHANEY STORY Part 1 on TUBI RIGHT NOW! It’s OUT NOW & I need everyone that’s a fan or supporter of Tray Chaney GO RUN THEM NUMBERS UP
JD WILLIAMS AKA BODIE From HBO’s THE WIRE Pulled UP & SURPRISED ME LAST NIGHT AT MY NEW YEARS EVENT
@citywineryatl
Brought 2024 in together! Love You Bro
@JDWilliamsEnt
Happy New Year! Yo
@BrettRosen325
time to make a TOUR announcement! THE WIRE IS BIGGER THAN EVER
@Ziggys_Duck
Worked my way up the 🪜 ladder to be in a beautiful position NOW it’s time to call my family to do the dopest independent film/movie ever. I’m calling SNOOP, WEEBAY, BODIE, SLIM CHARLES. Been on y’all line but this year I’m making it official! Who wanna see US in a film together?
Naw... not X ...not the man that fought for me & made a personal call to howard theatre for me to be the opening act on his tour...PULL THROUGH my brother
#prayersforDMX
Undeniable: The Tray Chaney Story 45 min Documentary Out Now Only Available on my website () for $5.99! Once you purchase the link automatically comes to your email
@Ziggys_Duck
.
#TheWire
family supporting 100 percent! Jamie Hector aka MARLO STANFIELD!
THE WIRE THE BEST SHOW EVER! NO ARGUMENTS.
So Here’s what I’m a do. If you Grab an autograph copy of my book
#TheTruthYouCantBetray
off my website right now I’ll send you a FREE cut off
#TheWIRE
TSHIRT! Let’s go!
Sincerely
Tray Chaney aka POOT from HBO’s THE WIRE
You can’t do nothing BUT….
RESPECT THE HUSTLE & I’m JUST GETTING STARTED! Head Down Skating Tunnel Vision Booking These Roles In
#Television
#Film
Writing These Songs Dropping These Videos. NEVER COMPETE IS HOW YOU COMPETE
#consistency
#WeOwnThisCity
@hbo
@hbomax
April 25 9p Jon Bernthal (The Punisher, The Walking Dead, We Own This City)
Reinaldo Marcus Green (Director Of KING RICHARD & WE OWN THIS CITY) Jamie Hector (The Wire, Bosch, WE OWN THIS CITY) Tray Chaney (The Wire, SaintsAndSinners, We Own This City)
Chapter 41 yrs young- Today is officially my Birthday August 2, 1981-2022👑! Thank YOU GOD for allowing me to wake up this am. I’m sitting here getting ready to do an interview on
@wusa9
@greatdaywash
9am in my hometown Washington DC & I’m seriously just
#Thankful
#Grateful
Y’all ready to pledge allegiance to the Black Mafia Family?
#BMF
Season 2 is taking over Friday nights starting January 6, 2023. Catch up on season 1 now on the Starz App
#BlackMafiaFridays
.
.
Can’t wait til the World see me & my brother Lil Meech Go Off On that Screen Together!
Not holding back no tears. Been crying for 2 days. It’s better to not try to hold any of these emotions in. Get it out. Allowing myself to feel every emotion. Experienced REAL moments w/ brother Michael K Williams aka Omar
#TheWire
. Not no industry fake moments. Straight Genuine
I want to work with
@StephenKing
today! I’ll fly to wherever this man is & put the work in. How do I make this happen?
Sincerely
Tray Chaney aka POOT
#TheWIRE
Eyes extremely glossy from crying 🥲 happy tears. I was flown✈️into Baltimore for what I thought was a speaking engagement for A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE & The whole time it was a surprise for them 2 HONOR me w/an award 4 all my achievements in the community I’m crying “con’t”
Thank you Snoop (The Wire)! support my documentary Undeniable The Tray Chaney Story on ! Chaney Vision Entertainment 100 Percent Independent & whoever purchases the documentary I’m letting y’all interview me for 10min about what you thought
@Ziggys_Duck
I feel like watching THE WIRE because I’m apart of HISTORY that will be TALKED ABOUT FOREVER! STILL BOOKED OFF PLAYING “POOT & “BODIE” ENUFF SAID
___________________________
ENUFF SAID AGAIN
#WorkingBLACKACTORS
#consistency
#LEGEND
Question for all my
@WireFans
can y’all keep a secret? Meaning if I send you the exclusive music video to THE WIRE 20
Yr anniversary tribute starring Jd Williams aka BODIE…you gotta promise me you won’t share the link until June 2…tap in NOW! I want the REAL WIRE FANS to see it
Today I’ll be posting some of my dope scenes from Bounce TVs /Hulu Hit Show
#SaintsAndSinners
I played the character KENDRICK all 6 Seasons & not a day I don’t get recognized, sign autographs, take pics with my fans. CHEERS to being a
#WorkingACTOR
#consistency
#film
#television
Name a tighter crew on television
@TheShadeRoom
NOBODY STILL can’t see US 20 yrs later All 4 Of US Still Eating in this entertainment television film music business
#TheWIRE
#20years
Groundbreaking Critically Acclaimed Best Television Series EVER!
@HBO
@hbomax