--- title: "The Marine Rapper will make you shake your Citizen Rump" date: "2020-02-05" modified: "2020-10-22" authors: - name: "Ben Weaver" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/bweaver/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-trending/the-marine-rapper-will-make-you-shake-your-citizen-rump/" categories: - "Entertainment" - "Music" --- # The Marine Rapper will make you shake your Citizen Rump ![]() Look, it is easy, and deeply enjoyable, to give *Oscar Mike* host Ryan Curtis boatloads of crap for the shenanigans and mannerisms (shenannerisms?) he regularly deploys in the line of duty. It's easy because he's a good sport. It's enjoyable because, well: ![]() --- But credit where credit is due, it is no easy thing to drop in on a recording studio unprepared, be played a brand new beat, compose a non-wack verse and then get into the booth and spit your best whiteboy flow in front of a hot producer and a rapper at the top of his game. And that's exactly what Curtis had to do when he paid a visit to Louden Beats recording studio to catch up with [Raymond Lotts aka TMR]() aka [The Marine Rapper](). ### Need more TMR? [That time Linda Hamilton asked a Marine to the ball]() TMR served 10 years in the Middle East as a Marine Corps combat correspondent, ala Joker from *Full Metal Jacket*. Though he started rapping young, he found he had to put his passion on ice during active duty — no time to think, let alone rhyme. When he finally left the service, the transition was rough. "It was a reality shock. I didn't know where to go. You're like, 'I have all this time on my hands,' and you get to thinking... 'I was such a super hero in the military, but now I'm just a regular civilian. Nobody cares about me. I'm nothing now. Why should I even live?'" Finding himself in a dark headspace familiar to many vets exiting the military, TMR did a hard thing: he asked for help. With the assistance of the VA, he was able to reorient, finding an outlet in his long-dormant passion for rap. He now lives in Hollywood, CA, cutting tracks and shooting music videos to support his budding career as a musician. And, no joke, in a single day of working together, TMR, producer Louden and the Artist Formerly Known as Ryan Curtis may just have succeeded in dropping the U.S. military's first ever chart-topping hip hop track: ![]() *Mic drop. (Go90 Oscar Mike screenshot)* It's a lock for New *Oscar Mike* Theme Song at the very least. Watch as Curtis looks for lyrics in a Magic 8 Ball and TMR proves there's no room in his game for shame, in the video embedded at the top. ### Watch more Oscar Mike: ### [This Green Beret will make you a mental commando]() ### This Iraq vet kayaker will make you rethink PTSD ### [This is why the future of motocross is female]() ### [This is what happens when a Navy SEAL becomes an actor]() ### This is what happens when a SEAL helps you with your lady problems ## Author Check out the stories written by Ben Weaver. Engage with thought-provoking content that offers unique perspectives on military endeavors.