One good thing about Yusef is that he kept all the latest music. He bought mixtapes for all of the long car rides. Now that I think back, I was jamming to the Migos before I even really knew who they were! I officially became aware of them when Bad and Boujee came out. As I heard some of their earlier work, I realized their standout tracks were on the mixtapes! Fortunately, for Yusef, the pawnshop wouldn’t take burned CDs.
I did eventually pay him back after I got situated back in Maryland. I ended up just renting a room on my own as my mom always wanted me to. I didn’t think they existed outside of college. It’s part of the reason why I even had a housing issue. I wasn’t quite qualified for an old folks home. So, I was on the waiting list. I got skipped over twice in Prince George’s County due to misplaced return-to-sender letters. By the time they reached out, I was gone. This happened twice!
Eventually, I mustered up my budget enough to get a series of rooms to rent. I settled in Dodge Park, which was a place around the corner from where me, my mom and my brother’s kids lived together. That’s where I began to try & recover from my setbacks and depression. I created a page on MySpace and went to the free Ice Cube concert in D.C. where I met Dub C, WC! He gave me a dap right up off the bus!
