Bobby Hall, known as Logic, is a platinum-selling recording artist, author, and actor who candidly shares his journey from a traumatic childhood to a successful career. He emphasizes the importance of mental health and personal growth, revealing how vulnerability can be both a strength and a challenge. Logic discusses the struggles of anxiety and intrusive thoughts, the impact of forgiveness, and the importance of compassion in parenting. He also reflects on his creative process and the balance between fame and authenticity.
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Rubik's Cube Mastery
Logic explains how he learned to solve a Rubik's cube in 10 hours using YouTube tutorials.
He practiced until it became muscle memory, eventually freestyling while solving it.
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Difficult Childhood
Logic grew up surrounded by addiction and violence, describing himself as an "orphan with parents".
Despite this, he developed strong morals, attributing it to "God and common sense."
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Finding Mastery
Logic's mother had many hobbies but never mastered one, except perhaps reading the Bible.
This inspired him to focus intensely on music, wanting to dedicate himself fully to a craft.
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This book explores how supermarkets, invented in the United States, were used as anticommunist weapons during the Cold War. It details the 'farms race' between the United States and the Soviet Union, where the superpowers competed to show that their approaches to food production and distribution were best suited for an abundant future. The proliferation of supermarkets has shaped our current food system, transforming U.S. food power into a global system of market power, with transnational supermarkets operating as powerful institutions in a global food economy.
This Bright Future
Bobby Hall (aka Logic)
This Bright Future is a heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting memoir that details Bobby Hall's extraordinary life. Born as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, he endured seventeen years of abuse and neglect from his alcoholic, mentally ill mother and absent, crack-addicted father. He found his voice in hip-hop and rose to fame through social media, transforming his childhood trauma into music that spread messages of peace, love, and positivity. The book reflects on his journey with lacerating humor and fearless honesty, showcasing his resilience and transformation against all odds.
Bobby Hall sits down with Jay Shetty to talk about his career and family life. While recalling his abusive and violent childhood, he openly shares how he found light in the darkest times of his, how he draws inspirations from his roots to pursue his passion for music, and how being yourself can be good because your being open to others and why it can be disadvantageous because you’re showing vulnerability.
Bobby a.k.a. Logic is a platinum-selling recording artist, author, actor, streamer, and film producer with two Grammy-nominated albums out of six. He is the first musician to sign exclusivity with Twitch. In 2019, Bobby released his debut and New York times bestselling novel, Supermarket which was accompanied by a soundtrack of the same name. This year, he released his second book, This Bright Future: A Memoir.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty 
