Newcomer Drake White hits the airwaves with his debut single, “The Simple Life,” on Monday (March 25th). The Hokes Bluff, Alabama native was destined to become a singer-songwriter, especially since he began rhyming words at a very young age. “We laugh about it now, because I used to get in trouble rhyming,” says Drake. “I would start rhyming with duck, and you know where that ends up. That’s true, like I always rhymed at a very young age – 7, 8, 9 – but poetry always intrigued me.

Check out the video below to see an acoustic version of “The Simple Life.”

AUDIO: MCA Nashville’s Drake White says his penchant for rhyming words (and later songwriting) came at an early age.

Drake White (rhyming words) OC: …secretive-type thing. :33
“My dad worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and my mother was a cosmetologist in a garage, one-chair shop, so, I mean, it was a pretty awesome, cool, simple type of life. We laugh about it now, because I used to get in trouble rhyming. I would start rhyming with duck, and you know where that ends up. That’s true, like I always rhymed at a very young age – 7, 8, 9 – but poetry always intrigued me. And I grew up in a place where guys didn’t cry, guys didn’t, you know, so poetry was kind like, I really didn’t tap into it until I was about 14 or 15, and that was kind of a secretive-type thing.”

LINER Drake White (Simple Life intro)