Though struggling to survive and overcoming violence and poverty is a common image depicted of those who live in Compton, CA, for West Coast rapper OG Cuicide itﾒs all just a part of his life. From having been abandoned by his parents at only eighteen months old, to having to make it through foster homes and more upheavals, Cuicide has dealt with hardships from the moment he was born.
With no place to truly call home, he took to the streets and their offerings of gang activity and hustling, but even that failed to calm him and eventually lead to an attempt at taking his own life at the young age of 22 years old.
Having survived his brush with death, Cuicide awoke from the trauma-induced coma with a renewed sense of determination for his life. Just two years after the life-changing experience that inevitably spawned his rap alias, he signed his first record deal and recorded his debut album aptly titled ﾓFinal Exit.ﾔ
The album reflected his life during the hard times he endured before the suicidal attempt , including his constant living on the edge, and that opened the door for his future in music. Since then heﾒs released a second album, toured across Japan, France, and Germany and taken up acting.
The struggles havenﾒt stopped, as heﾒs been shot twice in the last four years, including in the stomach by an AK-47, but through it all heﾒs developed a desire to never quit. His new C&G Records album, ﾓNever Give Upﾔ, will carry that theme and is sure to give his listeners a true glimpse at overcoming the odds.
ﾓLooking back on my life from the past until now I never gave up and know for sure there is a God and I’m here for a reason,ﾔ Cuicide reflects. ﾓSo to the world I say no matter what youﾒve been or are going through you can make it. Always remember OG Cuicide told you never give up.ﾔ
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