
It was one of those days, just like any other.
I was blasting music at home, recording nonsense, and teaching lessons all day.
I thought I was locked in.
Next morning I woke up and boom.
My ear got hit with a Level 100 Gyatt straight from Ohio.
Every sound
Delulu coded.
Like nails on a chalkboard.
Like someone rage quitting and I was the actual screen they were yelling at, cranked to 6 to 7 volume.
The world went full send on my brain.
Straight chalkboard rizz.
Straight sigma pain.
Hyperacusis unlocked.
Back to the origin story.
Teaching cooked.
Playing live music clapped.
Recording music in shambles.
Everything felt like an I had pasta tonight moment.
So I did the only thing left.
Hit pause.
Meditated.
And in that silence
a new path spawned.
The books.
Level 100 goofy power ups.
The lore. The drip. The legends.
The creative freedom.
And here is the plot twist.
20 plus years of music, never once asked for an autograph.
But the first time I read one of these books to a third grade classroom
they asked.
Caught me in 4K.
That moment was a Huge W.
Shout out to Ms. Krier and my daughter's third grade classroom of legends.
You made me feel like the GOAT of all GOATS.
I even double checked the next day with my daughter.
Was I really goated in the classroom
Turns out yeah.
I told them I would write another book.
And now we are here.
Instead of coming home and making noise
I have the creative freedom I love in the silence of these books.
But here is the funny part
these might actually be the loudest books out there
thanks to all the wild interactive parts.
Even in the quiet of writing
I still ended up creating full send chaos.
I guess I can never fully escape the noise
but at least now I get to remix it
and turn the volume down on my own terms.
Stay goofy. Stay weird. Stay legendary.
Peace
Zubair
About the Author
Zubair Raymond Latib is a music educator, performer, and author based in the Philadelphia, PA suburbs. He teaches students every day, performs live, writes the Brain Rot Books series, and brings the books to life with live readings for kids in schools across the Greater Philadelphia region.
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