Before I had an interest in writing fiction and blogging, I wrote poetry for a number of years. Even those who are close to me don't know this, but prior to that I did some rapping. I was young, maybe thirteen or something, and 8 Mile was in theaters, so suburbia had suddenly turned into the projects, and we were all trying to get famous by talking about how difficult it is growing up in a two story home with a front and back yard.
Fast forward a long time, and through one of my best friends I was introduced to Solo For Dolo. Actually, I was introduced to his first album, The Truth for the Youth, and I liked it, but my car only had a radio so the album ended up ripped onto the hard drive and shelved for another few years. My friend was getting married, and I got to meet the man the legend, Solo himself.