Musclemen

My name is D. Anthony Cooper and I'm sure my journey to here is different from many others. I discovered my interest for writing when I was 12 years old in Brooklyn New York at a time before smartphones, social media, and flat screen televisions. But growing up where I did, writing was more of a hobby than a future reality. My reality was a mother who worked many hours a day to keep food on the table, a roof over our heads, and tried her best to keep her oldest son (me) out of the violent streets. However, I remember part of a lyric I first wrote for a local, around the way rapper that went, "In the streets of New York where these bad guys walk, holding heat that spits flame that leaves you... Go to bio