Real and True

Chapter 2: Intro August

August P.O.V

I sighed as I looked at the picture of my brother and rubbed the side of my cheek.

It's been 3 years since my brother got shot. I could never forget the day hat happened. Me and my brother were close man. He was like my best friend.

The day he died changed my life forever. It made me put a lot of things into perspective. For one, being a thug on the streets wasn't gonna help me no where in life.

After he died, I changed my life for the better. I wanted to make my brother proud of me. I even got signed to Def Jam Records.

"Yo what's up we in the studio right now with my boy August Alsina, what's going on man?"

"Yo, what up bruh?" I said into the mic as I sat up.

"So first of all, congrats on dropping your first EP, everybody make sure you go out and get Downtown: Life Under the Gun

"Appreciate it man, yea this is my first EP. Everybody been asking me well, when is the album coming out. I'm just like, it's all about timing man."

"I understand that, you been blowing up. Your new single 'I Luv This Sh*t', shot up to the #1 spot on the charts the day you dropped it. You knocked all the big timers man. How was that day for you?"

"Oh man it was amazing. It was a good feeling. I never thought, you know coming out of the hood and all, that this could happen to someone like me. Alot of people look at me and never expected this to happen. They automatically see the tatoos and assume im just some rapper or thug off the street, but nah man im ready to change the game" I said

"That;s good man, and also from me and everybody at the station, we all know this is a hard day for you i mean with your brother being shot and all, but we all just wanted to pay you our respects"

"Much love man, yea,but i know my brother man. He wouldn't want me at home pouting and crying, if he was here right now he would be cussing me out up and down my crib."

We laughed and the interview went on for about another hour and i was able to leave

I signed a couple of autographs and took some pictures with my fans as i made my way to my car and drove off.

I was happy cause i was going on a little vacation. I miss my fam like crazy.

Being in the business really changes how i see things. All this time I wa sready to leave home, but damn. Just working all the time and traveling makes me miss my fam, my niggas ive been rocking with.

Even the haters man. Where im from, people dont like seeing you do better than them. I dont even understand that, ima humble dude. Its not like im cocky and think im better than them.

I may not seem like a good dude to some people, but i am. I plan on giving back to my city and evrything. People just dont like seeing you do good, unless they're doing good themselves.