Music: Rodd Crooks (@RoddCrooks) - Trap Wit U

[Jennifer Gonzalez]

BORN IN ANNISTON, AL. FIRST CAME TO SACRAMENTO, WHERE HE WAS LACED ON CALIFORNIA RAP, .RODD CROOK$ GREW UP IN 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 DIEZUL, AN UPCOMING ARTIST FROM BERKELEY DIEZUL ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM. 2007 HE RAN INTO A GROUP CALLED SICK SHADES WHERE HE WAS EXPOSED TO MUSIC OWNERSHIP,& LIVE PERFORMANCES. RODD RECORDED HIS FIRST ALBUM GRIND LIKE THE LAST DANCE, GROUP RENAMED MACK SHADES BECAUSE OF HIS INFLUENCE UNDER RAP NAME MAKK RODD. 2010 BRINGING IT BACK HOME TO EAST OAKLAND, OWNING HIS OWN STUDIO. RODD CROOK$ IS ON A MISSION TO GIVE THE BAY REPRESENTATION FROM THE STREETS, WITH TALENT AND MANPOWER. HIS ART IS ENTERTAINING WITH CONTENT, AND EXPRESSES RAW LYRICAL TALENT, ALONG WITH SWAGG AND APPEAL. WE ON!! THE MIXTAPE IS ALMOST 100 TRACKS DEEP, USING A WIDE RANGE OF BEATS FROM PRODUCERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WITH THAT RODD SHOWS VERSATILITY.