Blog question #1

When I originally told friends and family that I wanted to pursue music, they didn’t think I was serious. I was surprised that I got this reaction from people that I had known my whole life. My whole life I have been involved with music, but still they felt that I couldn’t make a career out of it. The only person who truly encouraged me to do it was my coach Mike Powell which to me seemed odd. But at the same time was what I needed because he was like a father to me. I could really go to him about anything; he was much more than a coach more like a mentor to life. As time went on I was able to talk to my parents more and explain my desire to work with music. They eventually came around but to be honest it really wouldn’t have mattered to me but it is nice to have there support anyway. Similar to the book Our America the boys LeAlan and Lloyd, they felt like they had to express what really happens in the ghetto but some gang members knew it would cause trouble. If news got out about all the murders and shootings the police would be forced to come try to fix it , which meant jail time for many of the residents in the ghetto that gang banged. Regardless of there warnings and threats they cared through with there beliefs and actually made a change in their neighborhood.