Dwayne Johnson Reflects on His “Craziest” “Nashville” Experience, Growing Up on Traditional Country Music While Chasing Dreams at 15 Years Old

Dwayne The Rock Johnson wore many hats in his career. From a marquee WWE superstar and an iconic business mogul to one of the most sought-after Holywood hunks, DJ has displayed his gift in every field. But it seems, as a youngster, The Great One wanted to follow a completely different career path based on music.

The Rock spilled a unique story that many of his fans might not be aware of until now.

The Rock shared a backstory on his musical endeavors

In the entertainment world, Dwayne Johnson has become a household name. And by the word ‘entertainment’ here, we don’t only mean Holywood and WWE. The multi-faceted superhero also had enough vocal prowess to flaunt. Johnson’s creative pursuit expands beyond the horizon and in the case of music, he put it into play on various occasions. In 2007, he made his singing debut in the Disney film “The Game Plan,” where he performed a soulful rendition of the Elvis Presley classic, “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”

Ever since then, he continued his singing streak in a few more projects. His song in the movie ‘Moana’ and his voice-over in the character ‘Maui’ cemented his status as a credible singer.

None of these are unknown to Johnson’s regular fans. But they might have missed out on an interesting backstory behind Johnson’s music mojo. The wrestler-turned-actor explained his childhood dream of being a country music star in his latest IG post.

”I apologize in advance to @thechrisjanson & @officialhankjr for singing in keys that sure as hell don’t exist, but I sing from the heart + I got tequila so that always helps 😂🥃

I got the craziest stories out of Nashville when I was a broke 15yr old kid, hanging out on Music Row looking for a job and drinking (diet coke:) in those honky tonk dive bars- with this wild hair of an idea that I was gonna be a country music star.” he wrote.

This story came out after Chris Janson dedicated a song to The Rock announcing their music collaboration the next year.

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Johnson also brought his singer self around to wish his Mama Ata Johnson on her last birthday.

Johnson took to music to make his mom’s day special

Dwayne Johnson didn’t end up where he wanted to in his sweet sixteen, but that doesn’t mean that he let his passion for singing die. He kept it going very much, even from his drawing room.

Months ago, Johnson made an Instagram post to celebrate his mother’s 75th birthday. In the post, we saw a splendid mother-son gig where the Hollywood star sang his mother a beautiful birthday song with Ata Johnson giving the perfect ukelele assist.

He jokingly took jabs at his singing skills by saying, ”Before I even start singing to my mom her special Happy Birthday song, she starts to cry 🥹, probably because I always sing in keys that don’t exist 🤣”

But those who are familiar with his success know that Johnson is an absolute master of all trades, regardless. What’s your take on Dwayne Johnson sharing a story about his childhood dream related to music? Sound off in the comments.

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