“I’ve got melody and singing, but I also love to rap. He makes his proper debut on the compilation Looking Like It Records with the single “Shoot It Out”. He sharpened a signature sound punctuated by local lingo on “Where You From,” “Striking,” and “Mhmm.” Growing up on the same block as Hott LockedN, 2 Chainz flew both MCs to Los Angeles for an explosive session and signed them both to T.R.U. Upon his release, he turned heads with his first YouTube upload “Gangsta.” Following the death of his sister whom the family referred to as Rose, he tattooed a rose on his face in tribute and also as a reminder “We rose up out of the gutter. Locked up for two years, he started rapping by tapping out a beat anywhere-from on his chest to the doors and walls of the jail. Roses bloom under the influence of the environment.Ī tough and turbulent upbringing in the Atlanta neighborhood of Godby Road-Old National College Park molded Sleepy Rose and encouraged him to blossom into a formidable MC who translates his struggles into stories.
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