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I Pulled the Trigger Just to Pay Rent | Crack Addiction, Kidnapping & a Life Sentence to Redemption
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Rodney grew up surrounded by addiction, violence, and heartbreak. By 12, he was stealing food to survive. By 14, he was being paid to carry out violent crimes. He faced multiple life sentences—including for a kidnapping—and spiraled into a world of crack cocaine, street justice, and desperation while trying to save his mother from her own addiction.
But this is not where his story ends.
Rodney opens up about the drive-by shooting that nearly destroyed his life, the death of his mother from an overdose, and the moment he chose faith, fatherhood, and forgiveness over the streets. Now a mentor and author of The Illness, Rodney is on a mission to save the next generation from the same cycle.
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