A.O. Records Single over Jail Phone
By: Frank D’Alessandro, Free Agent News Syndicate
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The song “Rock Tha Chains” was said to be started on the second day of Ong’s sentence, according to security guard Ali Muhammad Abdul Al Hussein. Ong asked Hussein for three sheets of paper, a pen, and six pieces of Bazooka Joe chewing gum, which Ong says is necessary for him to chew while he writes a song.
“Yeah this dude, this dude says he’s a hip-hop dude and wants some writing stuff to write a paper. So I get his stuff, but then he says he wants Bazooka James gum. So I remember there’s a stash of that stuff that belonged to John Mark Karr when he was staying here. So I gave him his gum and he started writing,” says Al Hussein.
After Ong recorded the song, he stated that he wished to record an entire album over the jail phone, if he had enough Bazooka Joe gum, and if the jail warden let him.
“Like I remember there was a rapper named Shine or something, who recorded a verse over the phone. So I thought I could do it to. So like, I’ll try another song or something and them maybe I’ll make an album over the phone,” says Ong. “I talked to the warden, and he said if I give the jail a small percentage of my earnings, they’ll let me do it, which is cool.”
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Bazooka Joe bubble gum is so overrated!
And, so would A.O.’s music, if he were an actual
rapper/felon. What is fact though is the setting for this fictitious story: the