Very weird things for a kid that looked like a rappers accountant.
I just found other avenues to get my creativity out and not let someone else pen my story.
Its cliche, but I didnt want someone else to write the final chapter.
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I wanted me to do it.
Was your rap style always comedic?
I never wanted to make a joke of it because technically Im a good rapper.
I was just being myself.
What can you tell me about the book?
But I continued to rap, and in college I entered a radio contest in Los Angeles.
It was a battle thing.
Id go back and forth with two or three other rappers every day, and I ended up winning.
The winner before me had 10 days of wins, and I had over 40.
So I ended up being this L.A. radio phenomenon back in 99.
Very weird things for a kid that looked like a rappers accountant.
It was a surreal ride, and it doesnt end with the happiest of endings.
You have a lot of outlandish stories from along the way.
Can you tease any of those?
Its a very weird story, but there are a million of those.
I had my 21st birthday with [Sugar Rays] Mark McGrath at this swank, L.A. nightclub.
I was an early stop on a very fast train.
We went to movies together, we went record shopping together.
It was like texting before texting was a thing.
It was all the titles he released 10 years later.
They were all in order.
And shed say no, but hed do it anyway.
Just watching a superstar come together and see someone who was destined for bigger things was a remarkable journey.
But its just one chapter.
What did you learn from that journey?
I just found other avenues to get my creativity out and not let someone else pen my story.
Its cliche, but I didnt want someone else to write the final chapter.
I wanted me to do it.
Looking back, whats your stance on the music industry?
Its not for the weak.
