dru down might have found a rap partner in ellis williams, but today he gets to spend some time with a more intimate partner. he has a visit with his girlfriend. jenny has been dating robinson for almost three years. though they ve known each other for more than a decade. it s always good to see some lips, some pretty lips instead of a man all the time, you know what i m talking about? have you ever heard of him? i think so. i don t know. though she says she s experienced some of the oakland street life that her boyfriend raps about, that s all in the past. i have a masters degree in counsel, so i studied psychology and all this stuff, so i changed my life a long time ago. so whatever street life i had, i let that go years ago. i help youth and help them turn their life around, and it s just kind of ironic, i guess, that i would end up with someone like him, but, you know, he has a big heart.
jesus himself couldn t strike that man without having to strike me. i know my i had the best intentions. i m a follower. you know what i mean? i m easily influenced. i ve done some [ bleep ] but i ain t the only way. this is the bay area. this is where crank was invented. land of thugs. i m just a needle in a haystack. coming up celebrity inmate known as dru down keeps the inmates entertained and talks about his other career. i had my own escort service called eye candy in l.a. i ran for like eight years. and later. the truth is there s four other killings out there that i m suspected of, and they come to talk to me anytime. i don t care about suspected. did you do it? eugene prots man homicidal confession.
i wasn t a corner guy. robinson has memorialized his former career. it says pimp. you know, roux by and diamonds. are you proud of that. i m very proud. i m a proud man, period. are you proud of being a pimp. i m proud of being who i am, who i became period. i never did no harm to nobody being a pimp. did you have any daughters? yes. how would. mine is eight and and one stepdaughter is 19. so how would you feel if your eight-year-old decided she wanted to be a prostitute. we re going to have a long. real long talk. why. because i know the game, so i m going to tell her the game before she get in it. but once they walk out the door, how can i so it s okay if she get in it. no, it s not okay. hell no it s not okay. but at the same time i ain t really been pifrpg lately. when was the last time you
even though i m up in the cell it s like [ bleep ]. for one inmate, doing time at the santa rita jail offered him an opportunity to find a collaborator and an inspiration to compose a new rap about his circumstances. yeah, i m in lockup sitting in county jail i m a star i m in the santa rita should be playing tennis with serena but i should be in my own room i wouldn t feed three dogs i m in lockup lock u-p on msnbc l-o-c-k-u-p on msnbc. dru down might have found a
but he says run-ins with the law inspired his music. i started rapping probably when i was 16 when i got out of juvenile hall. it was just like if you didn t know the streets, i couldn t make music. what would i rap about? you know, you need to be on the streets to rap about something. you need to know what s going on. robinson has been in and out of jail most frequently for dui convictions but he s never been arrested for the subject of his best known song. well, as they say, he was the pimp of the year. robinson s biggest hit was his 1994 song, pimp of the year. and he says there was some truth behind the lyrics. i had my own escort service called eye candy. in l.a. i ran for like eight years. i was doing illegal. i wasn t just on the street. i wasn t a corner guy. robinson has memorialized his former career with a bejeweled grill. says pimp. rubies and diamonds.