ST. LOUIS — The idea of hitting the jackpot someday was something St. Louis rapper Chingy put into the universe early.
He named his 2003 debut album "Jackpot," so the message was loud and clear.
In his first Post-Dispatch interview that same year, Chingy told me: "I stuck with it and stayed focused. Eventually, I knew I would make it, that I would hit the jackpot. I kept moving ... and hoped it would pay off."
