On the surface, rapper Dominic Fike’s rise reads like a modern myth: SoundCloud uploads recorded while on house arrest, a multimillion-dollar record deal, global tours, and a breakout role on the show Euphoria. Behind the success is a childhood shaped by addiction , violence, and incarceration. His early life required him to grow up fast while adults unraveled around him, a story more common than we admit. Many people with similar histories will recognize themselves in this trajectory, whether or not they ever stood on a stage or held a microphone.

1) You learned to parent yourself because adults could not.

Fike grew up in Naples, Florida, the son of a mother who was in and out of jail and a father who was mostly absent. Without stable parental figures, he took on adult responsibil

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