What role did music play in the other Wes Moore's life?

Being a rapper was one of the goals that the other Wes Moore had for himself; music gave him a sense of purpose and direction.
The other Wes didn't want to be a drug dealer; he didn't intend to live the kind of life his brother Tony did. When he was young, he had two goals in mind: being a football player and a rapper. He thinks that he can just use selling drugs to make some pocket money while he waits to achieve one of those goals.
When he goes to the Job Corps, one of the assurances he asks for is that he can bring his music. He thinks that he'll use some of the time to work on the lyrics. Job Corps does change him, but returning to Baltimore reminds him of the pressures and stresses he has, including supporting four children.
He hears a Jay-Z song about the streets when he gets home and then goes back into the kitchen and begins to make drugs.