is that the bigger issue here? reporter: well, on the face of it, vladimir putin says no. he says, look, for him drugs are the big issue. he said he said he believes that people rap also, as far as the sex issue is concerned, a lot of their body parts is not something he wants to necessarily hear, but it s not necessarily something he says that he wants to restrict. but, of course, here in russia there is a track record of trying to rein in protests and trying to stop at least public protests. certainly there are a lot of people, husky probably being one of them, this rapper, who believes that the protest part of it is the actual real problem. and if you look at some other popular culture acts like, for instance, the band of pussy riot who have very much been restricted, members are in jail, they accuse the russian government of poisoning a band member. they deny they have. there have been a problem with bands in the past that have lyrics contradictory to some of the things the sta
and they often use one particular technique to tell us about themselves. very good. there s a tendency for inmates to approach us, wanting to rap for us on camera. 10 to 20 to life got so much [ bleep ] i can hardly sleep at night it s a constant theme wherever we go. and oftentimes we ll be happy to hear people rap, you know, sometimes put them on camera, sometimes not. i can t wait to get home to my family reply retry no lie we hear a lot of rap music going inside a jail for extended stay. it could just be the banging on the wall in the cell of someone making a beat. it is important to take the time to listen.
apollo. so for creed it was about, you know, taking a piece of this myth, this sports myth, this american myth, and looking at it from our point of view. in that film black folks were always there. we were always there in apollo and apollo has reverence in our community. you ll hear people rap about apollo and talk about him, saying if he dies he dies. thinking about that character. it was a window in. with panther, you know, it s a similar kind of pressure. people like to have ownership of it. people have been reading these books for decades, and they don t want to show up and see it not represented in a way that they hoped. so you feel that pressure. but listen, oakland. you ve got woody allen, he always blows kisses to new york city. spike lee always blows kisses to brooklyn. you keep blowing kisses to oakland. from fruitvale to the black panther.
got so much [ bleep ] i can hardly sleep at night it s a constant theme wherever we go. and oftentimes we ll be happy to hear people rap, you know, sometimes put them on camera, sometimes not. i can t wait to get home to my family reply retry no lie we hear a lot of rap music going inside a jail for extended stay. it could just be the banging on the wall in the cell of someone making a beat. it is important to take the time to listen. it reveals things about them. sometimes they re rapping about their personal life. not just about life inside. it s like they re sharing their story with us through their music. if i had if i had 100 grand lord that s all i need for one good chance i don t blow it all be damned it might be enough to take me out of the gutter keep the law off my back and get me out of trouble
to rap for us on camera. 10 to 20 to life got so much [ bleep ] i can hardly sleep at night it s a constant theme wherever we go. and oftentimes we ll be happy to hear people rap, you know, sometimes put them on camera, sometimes not. i can t wait to get home to my family reply retry no lie we hear a lot of rap music going inside a jail for extended stay. it could just be the banging on the wall in the cell of someone making a beat. it is important to take the time to listen. it reveals things about them. sometimes they re rapping about their personal life. not just about life inside. it s like they re sharing their story with us through their music. if i had if i had 100 grand lord that s all i need for one good chance i don t blow it all be damned it might be enough to take me