Lysander

The Next Step

On my 18th birthday, Marcus, my mom and grandma hand me my birthday cake and sang me the birthday song. I blow out the candles and made a wish. My wish was to become the biggest artist  there is. There was a knock on the door and it was Alexander.

"Hey Alex!" I said.

"Hey there, birthday boy. The kid becomes a man. How does it feel to be 18?" he said.

"Not getting any older." I chuckled.

"Yo let me show you something, got you a birthday present." Alexander said as he gave a small box.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Open it." he said.

It appears to be a $60,000.00 check from Def Jam Records.

"Happy Birthday, Ly." he said.

"Whoo! We're rich momma!" I said excited jumping up and down. My mom and grandma laughed and Marcus smiled.

Couple of days later, I dyed my hair back to black and got edge up with a high top fade with curls. I let my friends post of a picture of me flexing money on Instagram. The caption said, "Flexin on these hating ass niggas." Then I bought my momma a new house on 3800 Northside Drive. The house was a two store house with five rooms.

"Whose house is that?" my grandma said as I show her and my mom the house.

"That's your house grandma." I said to her.

"My house?!" she exclaimed.

"Yes ma'am." I said as I gave her a kiss on the check.

"Thank you, baby." she said too me as she hugs me.

"Come on, let's take a look inside." I said.

I later bought a white Lamborghini, swerving around the neighborhood. I grew my hair out so I can get dreads. I ask a beautician if she can put dreads in and die it orange and red. I went back home and my mom and grandma were shocked at my appearance.

"Boy, what did you do to your hair?" Katherine said.

"Thought it was time for a new change. Every rapper goes through different hairstyles once in awhile. It's part of the rap game." I said as I walk upstairs.

"That boy really going through it. First the car, now the hair and now the tattoos." my grandma

"I just hope the money isn't taking him over." Katherine said.

Next day, while I was getting two neck tattoo each sides with the name "Patience" and "Key." Then Alexander called me. "Hello?" I answered.

"Hey, Ly." Alexander said on the phone.

"Yo, Alex, what's up, man?" I said.

"Listen, we have some discussion we need to talk about. Any chances you can come down here in NY?" he said.

"Yeah, I can make it over there." I said.

So I flew over to Def Jam Headquarters in New York for a meeting. I head to the meeting room and I saw Alexander with some people I do not know. 

"Sit down, Ly." Alexander said.

"So what's all this?" I ask.

"These are your promotion team.  The President of your fan club. And your financial aid. Now Lysander, we also wanna talk about the rise of your career." Alexander said.

"Okay." I said sitting down with my arms fold. 

Then, the CEO of Def Jam, Paul Rosenberg got out of his chair to talk to me about my career.

"Lysander, you signed with us two years ago, you have the most streamed mixtape of the year with a 99 million view video. I think it's time for you to take the next step in your career, don't you think?" Paul said.

"You know, I think you're right. I'm ready for it." I said.

"Good, cause you're gonna be grinding most of the time, with interviews, television appearance and award shows. What do you say, kid?" Paul said with his hand out.

"Let's do it." I said as I shook his hand.

"Now don't forget you have an interview with HOT 97 this week and you have a deadline on studio hours." Alexander said.

"Sure thing, Hey, Paul can I ask you another thing.?" I said.

I ask Paul if I can get my crew members up here so they can be sign. For the past couple of days I've been in New York recording new music with new producer such as Sonny Digital, TM88 and some unknown ones named Angel Island, Mikey The Magician, Jimmy Duval and Prince JOSAF. Liam, Young Palace, Skullboy, Rooftop, Monty of the Depps and Ricky Lange flew here to New York to record new music. I always found a new artist named Jace who was 16 years old from the Bronx. Liam also filmed his first music video called, "Out of the Wire" in Brooklyn while I was featured on the song. Most of the songs I recorded are experimental beats with hip hop, rock and trap metal. Before I could release my own debut studio album, I decided to release my third collective mixtape with my artists called, Wreck It Crew. One night in the studio, while most of the guys went back home in Atlanta or in Florida, me and Liam stayed in New York for our interview for tomorrow. I was in the studio with Prince JOSAF where I was recording a new solo song. I wrote the lyrics down and head into the booth.

"Yo, JOSAF, I'm ready." I said as I put the headphones in and the music starts playing. The sound started off low and got loud as I start rapping the lyrics.

"Hey, I said hey girl do you have a man, you give me a boner, but that bitch don't want me to cuff her. She just want to be bed buddies. I told her I wasn't a gentleman, I'm a fuckboy. I'm a Nymphomaniac. Took that bitch to Ruth Chris. Took her mom for desert. She said my cum taste like ice cream. I put a bowling ball in his head. I got leans in my veins. My blood is oozing purple. Check Me Out. Check Me Out. Check Me Out. Check Me Out. Check Me Out. Check Me Out..." I concluded the first verse.

"Hey, JOSAF, can you turn the bass up on the second verse?" I told him and he nodded. 

Liam came in a few minutes , I let him listen to the song, even though it was unfinished.

"Hey Liam. Listen to this shit." I said as Prince JOSAF play back the song. The bass was loud and my voice was more aggressive like a metal singer on a rap song.

"Damn, man. That shit fire. It's a mixture of metal and trap." Liam said.

"It is." I said.

"Yo, Maxx, this could be your next hit, kids will be moshpit in the clubs and concerts and headband in their cars like Waynes World. It's like you're a rockstar." Prince JOSAF.

"I am a fucking rockstar." I said.