to. now senator, you were an elected official from new jersey. you represented new jersey. i did. and havoc, you represented queens bridge. what s better to represent? i believe we produced more music. oh, you think so? i do, i do. who s got the best rapper? whitney houston, the four seasons, frank sinatra. i think queens bridge wins. as a journalist, i am biassed. the last thing on music that i did want to ask you is many people in the music industry and in the community were saddened, of course by your partner, prodigy s death. how are you reflecting on that? and is there more music? because we ve heard there may be another album. the way i m reflecting on it is trying to keep the legacy
evolution, because you are from the queens projects and in 2011 the highest number of queens-related stop and frisk dintss were in queens bridge. new york city changed. the gent triification has been swift, unapologetic. for black people in america, people in low income neighborhoods, you know, what do you say to them in terms of how the world has shifted? in many ways without a glance backwards, without a look to their struggles? the struggle is real. it s a thing that s been going on since there was an america. but you know, when you talk about evolving we have to evolve as a people if we realize, you know, what s out there, what s out there, the traps that are out there, no matter who s laying the traps, no matter how many traps there are, we have to challenge that, we have to become swifter, we have to become smarter and get above and
mental health. we sit down with the nba s ron artest. from the queens bridge housing project in new york he made it to the nba. always wanted to win a game. that s a three. how many times do you think you ve seen that moment? at least a hundred times. reporter: we sat down with los angeles laker and aspiring rapper ron artest at his hollywood recording studio and watched his first nba world championship on youtube. that s a three! reporter: all of a sudden we see this exuberant ron artest. he is just like bouncing across the court. yes, yes. reporter: a reporter catches you. what did you tell that reporter? i told her i was feeling great and i wanted to make sure to my success that i humble myself before i party like a rock star. reporter: and he went through it. i want to thank my doctor, my psychiatrist. she helped me relax a lot. i was watching the game and i thought i wonder what he means by that. my psychologist was the first
on wall street. i believe we ve got to get people back working again. we have record high unemployment in my district. my district includes the largest public housing in the country, queens bridge. unemployment there is 47%. i believe we need everybody to help get new yorkers back working again. that s a good campaign slogan, but what should we do in terms of lending a hand to wall street? i think, look, we need to make sure we continue to hold wall street accountable, we continue to hold regulators accountable and that we have an adequate bill and transparency and accountability on wall street. but we also, you know, at a time where we have record unemployment rate, we need to make sure that the private sector is included in getting new yorkers back to work. so let me ask you this. i m looking at, you have attacked your opponent for special interest money, right? yes, have i. i m looking at the money in your financial statement comes from people that work at deutsche banc, m
on wall street. i believe we ve got to get people back working again. we have record high unemployment in my district. my district includes the largest public housing in the country, queens bridge. unemployment there is 47%. i believe we need everybody to help get new yorkers back working again. that s a good campaign slogan, but what should we do in terms of lending a hand to wall street? i think, look, we need to make sure we continue to hold wall street accountable, we continue to hold regulators accountable and that we have an adequate bill and transparency and accountability on wall street. but we also, you know, at a time where we have record unemployment rate, we need to make sure that the private sector is included in getting new yorkers back to work. so let me ask you this. i m looking at, you have attacked your opponent for special interest money, right? yes, have i. i m looking at the money in your financial statement comes from people that work at deutsche banc, m