I've liked rap and hip hop since I was 7. Yeah I liked MC Hammer and all that, but the song that really got me interested in rap was "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" by Bone Thugs N' Harmony. In 1999, I tried my hand at writing my own raps. Needless to say, they weren't too good, but people thought it was cool that I tried. I had a few classes with this kid Damarcus, who also rapped. We formed a little group along with like 2 other kids, and he basically taught me how to rap. From then to now I just kept at it, and gradually improved. I started recording around 2001, just half-assing pretty much. But as I improved, I started taking it more serious. I learned what I could and couldn't rap about, so I had to switch up my style to avoid being "fake". The last time I saw Damarcus was back in 2000. He was shot dead and passed away Easter of 2003, r.i.p.

But yeah, that's the jist of it. I was just a kid who tried to rhyme, and put enough effort into it to eventually adapt the skill. Maybe I was born with it though, I'm not sure.

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