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Justin Mohrle drives through the streets of Sherman Oaks, California, Snoop Dogg playing faintly on the radio as the sun begins to set. The 23-year-old Garland native\u2014JT to his friends\u2014is behind the wheel of a rented high-end Hyundai sedan he definitely didn\u2019t pay for. His last job, at Macy\u2019s, barely paid enough to cover his rent. Riding shotgun is Thomas Biggars, his best friend and personal videographer. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s Biggars\u2019 second night in town from Dallas, but Mohrle has been here since earlier in the summer. That\u2019s when he was summoned to California by Dr. Dre.<\/p>\n
Dre had heard a demo the young rapper made with the help of Dallas hip-hop legend The D.O.C. Now Mohrle is in a spot previously occupied by Snoop, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar: under Dre\u2019s wing. Since making what he calls an \u201cindefinite\u201d move to the West Coast, he\u2019s been spending marathon 13-hour writing and recording sessions at Record One, the cutting-edge studio complex in Sherman Oaks that\u2019s been Dre\u2019s second home for much of the past decade. As far as Mohrle is concerned, that means Record One is his second home now, too.<\/p>\n
Tonight is a rare night off from the studio, and Mohrle and Biggars want to make the most of it. It\u2019s almost 9 pm, but they are determined to get in a little sneaker shopping. Mohrle says he\u2019s kind of starting to learn his way around, so he\u2019s pretty sure we\u2019ll make it to the mall in time. When we get there, however, the mall is closed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n