Mike C-Roc - Rocket Fuel

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of Aww Shift Podcast, Anthony Trucks himself will be interviewed by Mikey C-Roc. Anthony had a plethora of dark pasts that allowed him to achieve the success he had today. Mikey explores Anthony's life, how he maintained his stubbornness until now, and what Rocket Fuel means to Anthony.</span></p> <p><strong>[02:27] What are you made of?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am made of all the craziness of the world, love, joy, and happiness. But I also have a hidden little switch necessary to protect my family. I am a man made of aspiration and no matter what it is the core of me. I am made to see the things other people do not—and it is what afforded me a life that is different from what most people have.</span></p> <p><strong>[03:39] Upbringing</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My first memories of life was me and my siblings being given away into a heinous foster care system where I was a paycheck to sustain my mother. I was shut off from the world and unhappy until I land in a poor all-white family growing up from 6 to 14, not knowing where do I stand and who I am. At 14 years old, I stepped in front of a judge to sever parental rights for my biological mother and got officially adopted into the family.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:44] Playing football was the first time it made me feel that I mattered. But I suck at it and I was trash during my first year. However, I went through the journey of figuring out who I was, how to get better at the game, and gain self-confidence. I dug in myself and built this different breed of the human inside of me.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:45] Sports shake me. It has always been unique respect for the game because it is a microcosm of the world we live in. I can tell non-athletes from the way their conversations and how their heads operate. There are some things that they don’t know how to deal with and shut down immediately, which you always get a lot fr