East Oakland, United States
AHEAD OF ME........
Motivated by accomplishment. Seen it all... ALWAYS PUSHIN
BORN IN ANNISTON, AL. FIRST CAME TO SACREMENTO, WHERE HE WAS LACED ON CALIFORNIA RAP, HIGH LIGHTED BY ARTIST C-BO,E-40, TOO $HORT, DR.DRE,& SNOOP IN ELEMENTARY, AND LATER MOVED TO THE HEART OF EAST OAKLAND AT THE AGE OF NINE, RODD CROOK$ GREW UP IN EAST OAKLAND WITH NO IMMEDIATE FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA. RODD CROOK$ BECAME FOND OF RAP MUSIC, MAKING MIXTAPES TO HOTBOX AND CHILL WITH HIS FRIENDS. BAY AREA RAP WAS STRONG, TUPAC, MAC MALL, GLP, 4-TAY, THE LUNIZ, THE COUP, RICHIE RICH, BAD INFLUENCE, 3X KRAZY, THE DELENQUENTS,MOB FIGGAZ,& MORE, WHERE ALL INFLUENCES WHO SERVED AS HIS GUIDE TO SURVIVAL THROUGH THE DEADLY STREETS OF EAST OAKLAND. RAISED BY HIS FRIENDS AND OWN JUDGEMENT, RODD CROOK$ MANAGED TO CLEAN THINGS UP, GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE IN 2009 WITH A B.S. IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. LOSING MANY FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY. IN 2006 AT CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE, HE BEGAN WRITING WHEN HE MET DIEZAL, AN UPCOMING ARTIST FR