The Many Jobs of Bruce Leroy

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KEXP’s Martin Douglas speaks to the Tacoma MC Bruce Leroy about his many places of employment.


 
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Before finding the balance between his rap career and his personal training business, Darnel's Barbells, Bruce Leroy held an entire lifetime's worth of jobs. He worked at shoe stores, bagged cannabis for a medical dispensary, engraved headstones, and even donned the Chuck E. Cheese suit. KEXP’s Martin Douglas speaks to the Tacoma MC about his many places of employment, working with community youth in addition to on bars in both the gym and the studio, getting fired from Dairy Queen, and much more. 

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