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Born in the notorious Bankhead Court housing project, Young Dro grew up the second oldest of his mother’s five boys and somewhere amongst the middle seven of his father’s 21 children. Although his mother did the best that she could to keep a roof over their heads, Young Dro spent much of his childhood drifting from one housing complex to the next.
At the age of 16, he was shot in the stomach and the back and required almost a year to recover. Dro says of the incident “I had to wear a bag for like a year… I was traumatized from that. I couldn’t laugh. I couldn’t walk or nothing”. He spent his late teens and early 20s in and out of jail. He has been writing raps since 9th grade. T.I. said of Dro, “I had been trying to sign Dro since like ‘97, before I was even trying to get a deal for myself. Anyone with ears can hear he got talent. He knows how to express himself. And while that may sound innocent, he’s also comfortable around killers. There’s something so human yet unsettling about that.”.
It was during these many moves in his teen years that he befriended the now Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist T.I.; neither of the two took music seriously at the time. Young Dro never considered a career in music until another one of his friends, Chris “Daddy Mack” Smith, scored platinum success as one half of early 90s duo Kris Kross.
At the age of 16, he was shot in the stomach and the back and required almost a year to recover. Dro says of the incident “I had to wear a bag for like a year… I was traumatized from that. I couldn’t laugh. I couldn’t walk or nothing”. He spent his late teens and early 20s in and out of jail. He has been writing raps since 9th grade. T.I. said of Dro, “I had been trying to sign Dro since like ‘97, before I was even trying to get a deal for myself. Anyone with ears can hear he got talent. He knows how to express himself. And while that may sound innocent, he’s also comfortable around killers. There’s something so human yet unsettling about that.”.
It was during these many moves in his teen years that he befriended the now Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist T.I.; neither of the two took music seriously at the time. Young Dro never considered a career in music until another one of his friends, Chris “Daddy Mack” Smith, scored platinum success as one half of early 90s duo Kris Kross.
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MassLo wrote:
Nightlife is the SHIT!!
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dro is that nigga! cant wait new album...
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You know Dro actually wrote Pac's verse on "California Love"
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DRO!!
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U Don't See Me and Shoulder Leanb 5+, other - shit
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Presidential is sucha gud song!!!!!!!!! hes so underrated!!!!!!!!!!!!
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DJ_Libaman wrote:
I be spaceballin' put u on astronomy, mathematically with a pistol I do triggonometry. On to me, sting like a bumblebee <333
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connao wrote:
bitches want me cause ImA plaayayayayyer muah Rubberband Banks's the shit man!!
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ATLien wrote:
watermelon nova, my trunk on vietnam
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beograd88 wrote:
has anyone heard the new young dro songs we gettin rich and im sick-ud.. awesome songs i have the mp3s
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aqu3mini wrote:
i still think man in the trunk is his best song.
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robslater90 wrote:
put u up on astronomy, mathematically with a pistol i do trignometry, i like that part alot lol
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blow82 wrote:
holla this ya boi blow and we still smokin whattt
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robslater90 wrote:
rubberband banks is impressive
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Levi0522 wrote:
i love his wordplay, very unique
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jilla82 wrote:
Dro is straight up jokes...dudes lines have me crackin up
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