Like poppa, like son: Rodney Carmichael
All Songs Considered
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The Life of a Hip-Hop Alter Ego
Joining the Navy was supposed to be my great escape, a way to run from responsibility and expectation. I dubbed him Seemite, my hip-hop alter ego. The dude I became once I was finally out of my mama's house. They stationed me on an aircraft carrier of 5,000 men. We got paid to chalk and chain and fight the planes, but we clocked more hours as hip-hop journey.
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