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When it comes to writing up entertaining forms of lyrical delivery, Morock is one of bright new inspirations to come to hip-hop. One of three members of the Hoodfellas, rap group signed to Bad Boy, his beginning is not a tale to unfamiliar to most of us. Born in Georgetown South Carolina, he moved to Brooklyn when Morock aka Drayton Goss was just a young boy. The youngest child, he was raised in Brooklyns Brownsville and Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhoods, the same neighborhood that produced some of our greatest hip-hop artist. This was his first classroom.Born into the hip-hop generation Morock wasnt instantly caught with the rap bug. Unlike most folks, my sister is the one who opened me up to music and mostly R&B. She was very heavy into it, playing it all the time. I really was into Prince, New Edition, Phil Collins from Genesis and Sheila E, I also vibed to Curtis Mayfield, All Green and Lenny Williams. The thing that I loved the most was the great melodies, beats and chorus that these artist had. I think that was the most intriguing thing about music to me then. Hip-Hop came a bit later on, it was something that I felt, definitely people could relate to in a way, but I was still trying to figure it out cause it was so different. I heard it, the bug hit me and it was a wrap. His earliest recollection was Kurtis Blows Basketball. I really like the way the hook was and I was into basketball in school and stuff(Morock played for the Varsity basketball team at Thomas Jefferson High School), so the two kinda related to each other. Another big influence was from his cousin Yogi, whose company Big Things Productions was up and coming in the rap game. Yogi saw the eagerness that Morock possessed and feeling he was up to the challenge, presented him with the opportunity to spit on a local dj mix tape. Yogi was convinced and signed Morock and a few other young rappers to his production company, which landed them a developmental deal with Sony as the group Cuzo. Sean Puffy Combs heard the demo, saw the potential in the click and convinced Yogi to bring them over to Bad Boy.
After careful evaluation and elimination, the Hoodfellas was born comprising of Freddy Blassy, Poppa Sim and Morock. While working on the Hoodfellas project, Puffy saw the talent in Morocks writing as well as his skills as a performer and asked him to come up with some catchy hooks and verses for some of the other projects that he was featured on while they were working on their album. That resulted in his writing and vocal appearance on the Carl Thomas Remix for Emotional and the re-mix of Tweets Call Me. He also penned the lyrics for the original and the re-mix of Bad Boy For Life; J-Los Love Dont Cost A Thing and Ushers I Dont Know just to name a few. One of his most credible claims comes from the well known Cheese Cake single that the Hoodfellas released on their own for the mix tape Taking Da Band to great reviews and radio air play.
Nowadays, Morock is still writing and planning for the future with his daughter Danyell. He is honing his craft for himself as well as penning hits for other artists. Rap goes 360. We go through stages and everything keeps revolving until it comes back to the beginning. And when it is his turn, he will be ready.
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