like grasp that like ideal situation like but like this a PBL punishable by
life like you'll charge the most shrieking do do is license broad wave is
more than just another rapper on the hip-hop scene who thinks he can say that
this young musicians melodious voice is by far one of the very best in the game
and the fact that he could switch styles in a heartbeat - dropping furious
rhythms is a large part of his appeal now the other part of his appeal is that
his autobiographical lyrics well they never hold back on his tumultuous past I
never succeeded at anything not a job not a discrete like I cuz though I was
trash bro you know I'm saying breaking the house I got cold it's great who's
the eyes he succeeded so you know I'm just appreciative you saw my eyes one
love before he was signed to Alamo Records or his song heart on ice went
viral on Tik Tok well rod wave was making his living off a life of petty
crimes committed as a youngster now since then the singer rapper of
songwriter he has taken every chance to discuss how music saved him and afforded
him an opportunity to make something of his life he told Billboard I feel like
before music I don't really know what I wanted to do I didn't know where I was
gonna end up I was scared to even have people depend on me I just wanted to get
away and do my own thing so if I fail I fail on my own but now I'm making music
and actually living life and being the one that people depend on it feels good
it gives me a reason to wake up it gave me a purpose live and see 50 60 because
before music I was ready to crash out well you never know what's gonna happen
to you until you give it a try and over the past few years will rod wave he has
done just that but he's never forgotten about the part of his life that brought
him to this moment I come from it ain't safe to believe where I come from they
ain't chasing a dream I come from you nice things to believe these are
screened off the boat selling screening the screens died down
what's going on guys ditch boy Michael cretin back at it again this time with a
new entry in our criminal life history series now this one is taking a look at
the backstory of rod way now we've recently dropped another entry in this
series known as the criminal history of the baby so if you liked this one be
sure to check that one out when you're done with this now don't forget to let
us know who you want us to talk about next in the comments down below alright
now let's get into this video oh yeah also we just got some merch oh yeah we
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rod wave was for drew Darius Marshall Green on August 27th 1999 in Saint
Petersburg Florida now a city that would play a huge part
in defining who we would come to be hollow instead over screen the house I
lived in when I was just a little mate I don't know then I'll raise I don't know
no rod he lived with his mother and his siblings and his dad was a part of his
life but not in the everyday type of way know if you listen to any of the
interviews that rod has given online well it's pretty clear that his descent
into a life of petty crime well it was the direct result of his father being
arrested when rod was only around 12 years old now before that he had been
living what he believed to be a pretty good life at first like when I was a
dude like no I'm straight come on dad like ice cream so everything was just
peaches and cream on saying that money so you know they kept us you know saying
when you really had to go through those and I said damn sweet Christmas you know
and everything was sweet school clothes everything you know Sam but then went to
prison what his father went to prison for six years was uncle stepped in and
he took care of his nephew but that didn't last long because within a year
of his father going to jail well his uncle he was also arrested and
locked up this time for 10 years my partner in prison wonka Derek took me in
like because they were cool but it was like brothers mother dear to me yeah but
then her down on her dare it went to prison now this series of events in left
rod in a very precarious situation now on one hand he understood what a life of
crime could lead to but on the other he was watching as a lot of other kids in
his neighborhood well there
getting into trouble but finding a way to make that brand I win poke I've got
my bread right I got my bread right highway in broke I got my bread right
come on bread right rott tried to go down the street and narrow paths but
whatever he applied for work well he was told that he was too young so around the
age of 14 well Raj he fully adopted his father's persona from there he started
stealing cars breaking into houses and selling weed I remember when we were
coming from my dog from out to eat my grandma had found a little weed so I
kinda bathroom and then pulled me outside and took me now stand like that
ain't all responsibility you ain't posed to be worried about clothes and she like
that like what is you doing you know Sam but I just tried to tell her like man I
want to not talk now yes I want that like if what his father found out in
prison about rods actions will he refused to talk to his son and was hurt
that he was following in his footsteps at my part I when I used to give I was
fucked up in school I pause on Ian's call a black man they gave trip and I
want to talk to you thinking about you know I said I talked to my sister
yeah I said that kind of what do you eventually got out of prison he sat down
with rod and he tried to talk some sense into his young boy no Roddy was fully
aware that this lifestyle it wasn't sustainable how it wasn't even something
that he really enjoyed but he had no other idea about how he could possibly
make a living now thankfully his father and his brother had some IDs that was
dad he bought him his first microphone and his brother found him a laptop now
with that humble setup we'll rod he started recording his first music with
lyrics rooted in his own experiences though it was something he did just for
fun but he eventually broke into the Florida music scene in 2016 which sounds
like Heartbreak Hotel they started picking up some notoriety around town as
school as that was well rod wave and a life of crime they weren't quite done
with each other just yet now in January of 2017 when he was only 18 years old
well he was arrested and charged with a felony possession of a weapon on school
property no rod was arrested but eventually released on his own
recognizance without having to pay bail now we would go on to be arrested one
more time this time in March of 2018 for carrying a concealed weapon no other
details of what exactly happened here are pretty scarce
well the timelines they match up with the experiences he described in the
following clip I ain't never really told me what I was just like women JDC you
can't look up your charges but like pride the light love it through the
group they like they try to like take my gun
you know I said but how you gonna take a gun from an honest and you can't take a
gun I ain't gonna go down like that so I don't know if it was like deadly use of
a firearm or whatever it was luckily for rod well he was once more released
without bail when the man who got into a physical struggle with him refused to
press charges now this arrest that seems to have scared rod straight and finally
put him on the straight and narrow no one asked if he has any regrets over
his former life of crime well rod she is this to say you think
you got a reward but she is it's not worth it because what come with it
eventually not you you gonna like you think you'd get away with some thank you
them but it always come back to bite saying I so on and it wasn't worth
because you know I'm saying the race that you're taking like you put your
whole life on lie buy some shit for some money you're gonna spend like hours you
know she's trying to get the look cool closing so hey it worked after having
learned his lessons well rod he was signed by Alamo Records in 2018 he
released three mixtapes with them and his debut album ghetto gospel in
November of 2019 no songs like I remember reflect on his father's
incarceration with lyrics like pop Sid went to prison I remember every letter
and contrast it with his own time spent in prison remember sitting in my cell
blaming the streets mama came to see me said the blame was on me obviously it's
a lot better when it's coming from the voice of rod wave I'm trying my best
here other tracks like hard on ice they take a look at how his fears of poverty
well they paid a role in him taking on a life of crime I spent all my time
committing crimes to get closer well on my Nana's house I played the couch
staring at the ceiling try not to get in my feelings thinking of a way I could
make these millions maybe that'll take the pain away and clear up
all these rainy days though he even gets illiterate on the song weight on my
shoulder where he describes his struggle to emerge from a life on the streets as
a choice between two different women one alluring and abusive the other well
dress that affectionate now at the end of the music video for the song which
has since been taken down well a SWAT team bursts through the doors of the
Trap House he returns to and affectionately eliminates his future now
thankfully for rod wave well that isn't a choice he made in real life just to be
one on that but that's motivate me like damn I got so many people to take care
of but right now for a moment there rod ways life it could have really gone one
of two very different ways but a switch has been flipped and this Florida rapper
is that was star in every way that counts recently he's been hovering
around being the seventh popular artist on YouTube with nearly twenty nine point
two million weekly views and around 10 million streams per day across audio and
video platforms according to alpha data in other words he's a far cry away from
where he used to be and his story will hopefully serve as inspiration for the
thousands of kids who find themselves in a similar situation I guess I'm gonna
wrap up this video here now the last time we dropped a video on rod wave it
blew up so I'm kind of interested to see how this one does now of course this is
a new series so if you enjoy this well we could do this for anyone how about
one on NB a young boy hmm not a bad idea anyways you guys let me know who's next
in the comments down below and I'll see you guys in another video or r69
may be huge