Rapper 4200Kory, 24, has always embraced where he’s from. As a matter of fact, his stage name is directly tied to the Indianapolis neighborhood where he was born and raised.
“I’m a product of the Far Eastside,” the rapper said. He grew up on the 4200 block of Indianapolis, at 42nd Street and Post Road. “I tend to wear that on my sleeve and just about everywhere else on my body for the world to see.”
Born Chauncey Kory Graham, 4200Kory is the oldest of seven children. He has released several projects in recent years, but his debut full-length, “Cobra Son,” comes out Wednesday, Aug. 20.
From homelessness to healing through rap
In “Cobra Son,” Graham reflects on coming of age and how trauma has made him into the man he is today…