Back in December of 2005, it was just another day at the office for 20-year-old Rod Toole, when his cell phone suddenly rang. On the other end was Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson urging the Arizona-based MC to quit his day job as a mortgage broker to take a shot at hip-hop stardom in New York City. “I’m at work like, ‘Are you serious? Shut the fuck up!’” says Rod, who is still in awe seven months later.

Read more about Young Hot Rod on Last.fm.


User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.