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In the latest clip, Papoose described growing up in Brooklyn between Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville. He admitted that his environment was a "zoo" but pointed out the positives of his neighborhood. He also revealed his grandmother nicknamed his Papoose. He was called the name so much as a child that he was shocked when he later found out that wasn't his government name. The rapper used Papoose as his stage name in order to honor his late grandmother. To hear Papoose describe writing his first rhyme at eight-years-old, check out the above clip.
