Mystikal

Mystikal\'s family moved to New Orleans when he was young. His father, who ran a small neighborhood store, died when he was seven. As a teenager he got caught up in the fads of the breakdancing and toyed around with rudimentary rhyming and rapping calling himself "Mystikal Mike". He attended Cohen High School, and was an average student fond of science, especially astronomy. LL Cool J became one of his idols as he grew more into rapping. After graduation, Mystikal joined the United States Armed Forces enlisted as a Combat engineer where he served in the Gulf War during combat. While in the Army, he took psychology and business classes, but spent more time performing raps in NCO clubs. After being discharged, he came home to New Orleans and was hired as an undercover security guard at the Woolworth\'s in the Carrollton Shopping Center. Before going into the service, he had laid down som…