Robnhood Tra

 Less than 20 miles south of Downtown Atlanta lies a College Park neighborhood so vastly different from the increasingly gentrified and tourist friendly Georgia capital, that it might as well be another world. A place unseen by news cameras, where most can’t find a way to feed their families without turning to the streets. This is the place newcomer ​Robnhood Tra​ calls home. And with the release of hisdebutmixtapeE​ xit66​,heemergesasastreetreporter,bringinghisgrittyrealitytolifethrough music. All while fulfilling a promise made to his father hours before he died, sacrificing everything to make sure that he would never return to the streets.During​Tra’​steenyears,fallingrightinthemiddleofhisparents’combined17kids,theallureofthe streetswashardtoresist.Notonlywerethealternativeslimited,butwithhismotherraisingT​ ra​and six of his siblings on her own, life made it a necessity. As only one of two sons on his mother’s side, Tra​ also felt responsible for taking care of his family to the best of his ability. By the time he landed in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail on an 8-month robbery bid, he had truly earned the nickname “Robnhood” - stealing from the rich to feed the poor. But he knew that he had to find a better way to take care of his loved ones. In an hour long conversation with his father, nearing the end of his sentence, ​Robnhood Tra​ made the decision to focus on the hobby that had served as his therapy for years as he navigated the harsh reality of the streets: music. It was a decision his father fully supported,andoneT​ ra​hadbeenpreparingforallalong,writingthreefullprojects’worthofsongs during his time in jail. Sadly, the next day, just hours before finding out he was being released, Robnhood Tra​ received the devastating news that his father had passed away from a brain aneurysm. “That last conversation I had with my dad is what keeps me going man, for real,” he says. “When I told him I was gonna leave the streets alone, he was so proud. He told me he believed in me and that he knew I could do anything I put my mind to. That’s why that promise I made to him, to stay out of the streets? I knew when I got out, I couldn’t break that. I did whatever it took to keep the promise, I even slept in a bando, just to make sure I could pay for studio time without having to go back to the street.”Since his release, ​Robnhood Tra​ has put all of his time, efforts and energy towards honing his craft andlayingthefoundationdownforalastingcareer.Ayearlater,thereleaseofE​ xit66​​arrivedas proofthathe’sjustgettingstarted.Beyondhisunapologeticallyhonestlyrics,T​ ra​showsofftheinnate ability to capture the emotion of each song in such a way as to make the listener truly feel what he’s lived.E​ xit66​​alsoshowcasesR​ obnhoodTra​’srange,withsongsliketheangstfilled“​8Different Drugs”​standinginsharpcontrastwiththeheartfelt“F​ atherseed”​and“​SouthOnMyBack,​”all proving that ​Robnhood Tra​ will have plenty to say on behalf of the Southside for a mighty long time.