Exclusive | Eric Adams son drops new party music inspired by chasing his rap dreams in Albania: Biggest chapter of my life

He has a Euro-vision.Jordan Coleman, Mayor Eric Adams’ 29-year-old son, is back in the Big Apple after competing abroad in the Albanian equivalent of “American Idol” — and has dropped an EP of five “party” songs inspired by his Eastern European travels.“I think that this right now is about to be the biggest chapter of my life, because I’m a young man and I have a lot of responsibilities, and I have something to say,” said Coleman, a substitute teacher and sports coach at Palisades Park High School in New Jersey by day, who released “Jet Lag Dreams” under his rap moniker Jayoo on April 25.It was his escapades in Albania that influenced his latest release because it made him feel like he was “a different person” in the Balkans nation.“I felt like who I really wanted to be,” the actor, musician and filmmaker told The Post, “like that last portal step where you step into the big-boy career — and so I realized I need to make music that people could relate to when I’m out there.“I have a purpose that keeps me up at night and wakes me up in the morning,” he added.
“I have to prove it to myself I’m not just crazy with my ideas, and I have to prove it to the world that I have something beneficial for them, too.”The jack-of-all-trades, who first rose to fame as a child actor as the voice of Tyrone on the Nick Jr.cartoon “The Backyardigans,” is also wrapping up shooting a “hip-hop musical” where he plays a “secret agent trying to stop clout-chasing the zombies.”Some of the latest tracks on Coleman’s new album — which includes titles like “Girls in the City” and “Up 2 Sum” — were even debuted live at a birthday bash he threw at Gracie Mansion in August, he said.While none of the songs were recorded at the mayor’s official residence himself, there’s a slew of songs he wrote at the pad — including an unreleased song, “1212 in Gracie.” “It’s one of those songs where I’m just like, ‘Dad, I�...