Tom isn't the only poor kid who became a non-poor adult because of the record industry. Rudy escaped the communist regime of Cuba and made it big as a songwriter in America, because his life is a Lifetime original movie except real. More literally, his life is a book called The Latin Hit Maker. The Latin Hit Maker: My Journey from Cuban Refugee to World-Renowned Record Producer and Songwriter Book- amzn.to/2YtrX5D