Don Cartel aka ToledoRocStar

Born into a world of deception, sex & drugs, only thing that was left for a young rock star is Rock & Roll! Columbus, OH, where Rocky, aka Don Cartel aka ToledoRoc$tar, was conceived & birthed, had been placed in the care of child services, along w/ his sister, who's 13 mos. older than he, @ the precious age of 1 (for reasons still unknown).
They were transferred 200 miles North, to Toledo, OH, to be adopted by a woman 45 yrs. older than he - Toledo became home & she became their mother.
As time progressed, only viable music sources was radio & the REAL "MTV" (w/o all the reality shows & extras - videos only). Then, VH1 came, JukeBox (pay-per-video), & BET was next.
Growing to be fond of various genres of music, & being able to adapt to anything/anybody/anywhere, Rocky took a hold of writing songs when he was 8 yrs. old & has been writing ever since.
Taking his talent on the road, to Atlanta, GA, in early 1999, he was informed of a situation brewing @ home, which brought him back to Toledo, & ended up becoming a 7 yr. prison sentence.
During his stay in Ohio's Department of Rehabilitation & Correction, Rocky had writ over 700 songs - MAYBE 150 of them are collaboration songs (give or take a few). He rocked talent shows in the joint, which gave him a special feeling about his music, because there are some VERY talented people locked up, they just didn't channel their energy in the right direction.

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As they say, "Music calms the Savage Beast", & music is what got a hold of me. ALL music has messages, you must find what for fills throughout the songs. - Don Cartel aka ToledoRocStar