New Yorkers are pulling credit card fraud in an attempt to buy the latest clothes to impress the opposite sex.

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In New York City, credit card fraud is a big growing crime happening everyday.

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ReQ’s mother was hit by the recession. She works her hardest to make living easy for their family. He works constantly to help her out, although the money means nothing being it loses his value each day

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ReQ worked at McDonald’s

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Although giving the image off as wanting to be such a humble artist, ReQ contradicts that thought by wanting to live the glamourous life also…

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Close musical advisors of ReQ constantly keep him motivated while keeping him level-headed so he works harder.

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Nowadays a lot of indie rappers choose to rap for the glamour lifestyle they see on tv = common mind; Reference to the university shooting of Columbine

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ReQ feels his peers are “grindin” to make it, but not as hard as he is. With no financial backing he is struggling to make his name known, but people still don’t know who he is; A reference to Alicia Keys hit single “You Don’t Know My Name.”

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When one goes through a struggle, the thought of better times tend to motivate an individual; ReQ feels although he has many peers who have chosen the field of a rapper, they aren’t on the same level.

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ReQ is the only boy of his mother’s three children.

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