Name's Poet aka Odyssey from Murdasoda, Saint Paul. I started rappin' around the age of 12 to 13 after hearing that song by Kai? I think his name was? Well anyway, he did a track titled, I'm sure everybody knows called "Got Rice" using Tupac's Change's instrumental. That song was everywhere! From that day on after hearing that song, I was changed forever. Not that he was my influence to rap, the one that influenced me from the very beginning was Tupac.