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T.I.:
You kinda have to go back
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to the origins of hip hop,
the purpose of hip hop,
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and the home of hip hop,
you know what I mean?
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Hip hop was started
in the ghetto
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by people
who didn't have anything,
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and the purpose of it
was to tell their stories
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and to speak truth to power,
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to galvanize the efforts
of the community
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and‐‐and to fulfill the need
of the community
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while inspiring
and entertaining the community
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all at the same time.
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And nobody‐‐I repeat, nobody‐‐
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could teach us how to do
what we're doing right now.
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So we learned this shit
by trial and error.
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We went out there,
bumped our heads,
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learned our lessons,
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eventually worked our way up
to a place of success
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to change
the standard of living
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for us and our families
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for generations
and for years to come.
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♪♪ ♪♪
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[wind whistling]
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[car door slams]
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[indistinct chatter]
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‐ [speaking Spanish]
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‐ What you miss
about the States, man?
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JORGE: I miss a lot
about the States, bro:
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sunshine, naked beach
on Sundays I miss the most.
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‐ [laughs] ‐ How about you?
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‐ Family, my people,
you feel me?
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JORGE: I don't blame you.
‐ That's it, in that order.
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The rise and fall
of Haitian Jack,
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when you say fall, it either
means dead or dead broke.
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I've been down here 12 years.
I lived in mansions.
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I had Maseratis, Porsches,
Range Rovers,
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still wearing
a $160,000 watch.
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That's not a fall,
but it's a reality check.
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It's not where I used
to be either.
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The thing about living
in Dominican Republic,
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I miss my family a whole lot.
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I got a lot of people that
I can't see when I wanna see‐‐
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my little brother,
my sisters, my daughters,
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my son, my granddaughter‐‐
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but I definitely want to be
with my moms
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for‐‐for her last golden years,
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you know,
what they call jubilee years.
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As you get older,
you start realizing
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you can't be
a 75‐year‐old stick‐up,
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even though I've seen it done,
though, you know what I mean?
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If I knew now
what I needed to know then,
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I'd have a lot
of property, man.
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I'm getting ready
to start that process now
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which I should have started
20, 30 years ago.
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You don't wanna be
old and broke.
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Believe me,
it's not pretty.
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Salud. ‐ My brother.
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PIERRE: I don't glorify
the streets.
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You know,
I made a lot of money,
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but was it worth the‐‐the lives
that were lost?
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Is it worth all
the other people that I lost
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and the people
who didn't make it?
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I just had to apply
the same hustle
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that was in the street
to this right here,
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and I can help him
get in the door,
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but what I'm expecting
for him to do
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is, whatever I did for you,
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you gotta transfer that energy
down to the‐‐to the next.
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‐ And plant that seed.
‐ You gotta plant that seed,
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and then that's how we,
you know what I'm saying,
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empower other people
and‐‐and keep it going,
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you feel what I'm saying?
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‐ When I run the street hard,
my little girl got sick.
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I'm telling the doctor, like,
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"Bro, I can give you
a million dollars right now,
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like, if you just get
my little girl right."
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I had, like, three big old
little duffels full of cash.
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"I got a million dollars
right here
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if you think I'm jiving,
you feel me?"
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Like, he just told me
straight‐up, like,
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"It really ain't nothing
I can do,"
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so I had to bury
my own little‐‐my own child
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and‐‐and realize, like,
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the money ain't‐‐ain't
the problem, you feel me?
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Like, when it's that,
it's that.
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‐ Shit, that would have broke
most motherfuckers.
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I know it would have broke me,
you know what I'm saying? Like‐‐
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‐ I used that pain
for the drive.
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From then on,
soon as my kids were born,
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I bought them a house
and put it in they name,
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and I might be
the head person right now,
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but what if I take a fall?
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REPORTER: An ambush shooting
turning deadly,
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and the victim is reportedly
a famed rapper...
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REPORTER:
By the name of Pop Smoke,
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shot here in his home
in the Hollywood Hills.
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REPORTER: Shot and killed was
rapper King Von from Chicago.
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REPORTER: Known as FBG Duck.
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REPORTER: Up‐and‐coming
Atlanta rapper Lil Marlo
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died over the weekend.
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BIG U: Rest in peace, Marlo.
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Man, he was an impressive
youngster.
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He just got killed.
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‐ This is a sad situation
that he didn't begin to live.
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Know what I mean?
We lived.
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MALCOLM: The fact that
the number one cause of death
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for a young rapper is murder,
it's a little bit deceptive
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in that young Black men deal
with that statistic anyway.
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DR. DRE: You know, you hear
about somebody getting killed.
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It's fucked up,
but it's not unusual.
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More and more people
are starting to fucking die.
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If you got a fucking OG
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that can fucking clear
the streets for you,
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that definitely helps.
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‐ The importance of a Big U,
a Trick Trick, a Mugs,
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uh, or any of us like that,
life and death, just that simple.
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BIG U: Pop Smoke was in LA,
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but who was Pop Smoke with
in LA,
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you know what I mean?
Like, he never embraced nobody.
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He never affiliated
with‐‐with me.
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He never affiliated
with Wack 100,
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with Blu, with Wacko.
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He never affiliated with Tone
from the Jungles,
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with Magic.
It's a whole slew of people
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that he could have
affiliated with.
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People don't understand
that sometime
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if I don't answer the phone,
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it could be death
for somebody else.
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‐ Is it, um, like,
a solid science? No.
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You're never gonna be able
to make that perfect.
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You still gonna have
your fucking knuckleheads.
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BIG U: Everywhere
is somebody like me
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where you can't put
a monetary value
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on his touching hip hop.
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We on Hollywood Boulevard.
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Let me take y'all
by where most people, um,
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are thinking that I went viral.
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When I went viral, uh,
I had a altercation
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with the security guards
at the Supper Club up here.
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[hip hop music]
We was going in.
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It's only 30, 40 minutes
left in the club.
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This dude high or something.
PERSON: Your homeboy high.
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BIG U: Yeah.
They won't let him in.
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But I'm like,
"I'ma stay out here with him."
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He just get off
on the security guard
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for no apparent reason!
PERSON: Get off meaning?
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‐ He just fired on the dude.
‐ Oh!
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‐ Hey, get off the dude, go!
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BIG U:
All the security together,
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it's me by myself.
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PERSON:
Big U, you straight, cuz?
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‐ So I made the assessment.
There's 15 of them.
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You fixed to get
your ass whooped.
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but how the rules go,
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I'm gonna get at
who I'm mad at. I took flight.
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‐ Ooh!
‐ Whoa!
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‐ Hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey!
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BIG U:
So when I'm on the ground,
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I'm wrestling
with the one dude,
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came and kicked me.
He looking to [indistinct],
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kicked me
in the side of the face.
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‐ Back up.
‐ Come on.
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Hey, you [indistinct],
over here.
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‐ Back up. Back up, guys.
Come on.
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BIG U: So the blood's‐‐
I'm on my back,
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wrestling with the blood
filled up in my eyes,
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so I couldn't see shit.
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‐ Hey, guys, back up. Come on.
What are you doing?
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‐ I think I did pretty good,
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me versus 15,
you know what I'm saying?
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Other niggas would have said,
"Fuck it," then went back home
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and went and got they homeboys
and tell them,
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"Come on, let's go."
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That's the difference
between Big U
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and 90%
of these motherfuckers.
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That night, probably
about 200, 300 dudes
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came to Hollywood,
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and dudes from every set in LA
really stood up
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and was offended
by what they had seen.
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My little homeys is Bloods.
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There's Cuz, there's‐‐
from every set was upset.
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[siren wailing]
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There was a lot of violence
against just clubs
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and security against clubs,
and people expected
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four or five people to die.
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We got so many people
dying over bullcrap,
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I didn't really
wanna add to that.
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That's not the legacy
I wanted to have.
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It was a misunderstanding,
you know what I mean?
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Went too far, so we ended up
shutting Hollywood down.
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We had to meet
with the powers that be.
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You know, we had, um, sat down
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with the owners
of the Supper Club.
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They wrote me a check
for over $200,000.
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We used about $70,000, $80,000
to do a food giveaway, toys.
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It was amazing.
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REPORTER: The Supper Club's
giving all these free toys
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and food
to the underprivileged, right?
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And so I start
talking to Big U,
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the organizer of the event.
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How come now Supper Club
was so keen to be involved?
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For me, being able
to take something bad
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that happened for me
and turn it into a positive
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instead of continuing to‐‐
continuing
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to let it be a negative,
that's what I'm all about.
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DAIROLD: It's so many dynamics
to Big U
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and what he does with the kids
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and development options
and things like that.
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I mean,
I always tip my hat to bro.
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PROBLEM:
Because he went through
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all the angles of gangbanging,
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it's important for him
as a man and as a Crip
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to do it the right way
before he go.
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TRICK TRICK: Detroit
has become a No Fly Zone,
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so a certain majority
of the artists
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are not allowed here, right?
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[laughter]
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‐ This motherfucker
done got me in so much trouble.
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[laughter]
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This man done got me
in trouble, man.
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JERMAINE:
Yeah, I wanna hear this,
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'cause I‐I heard about it.
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I wanna hear about this‐‐
‐ Trick Trick No Fly Zone?
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‐ Yeah, I wanna hear
about this.
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‐ It was never
at artists directly.
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It was always
with record labels.
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Like, I chose to take on
with you in the first‐‐first.
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Y'all record labels
don't see y'all people here.
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I'm sending them home
ass‐naked,
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with no jewelry, no clothes,
and I'm keeping they wallets.
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I've had artists
come to Detroit
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and be mistreated by promoters,
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and I've had to go
and see people in my own city
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and say,
"Hey, come on, now."
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"Hold on, Where are we
winning here, guys?"
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MONIQUE: He felt like
other rappers and entertainers
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would come here and disrespect
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Detroit rappers
and entertainers
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by not giving them
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the opportunity
to be on the stage with them,
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or they wanted to charge them
to be on, you know, the show.
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He made a stand, and yes, he
looked like the troublemaker,
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and that's how
the No Fly Zone came to be.
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‐ Black people coming
from our community,
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um, a lot of people
aren't gonna take care of us.
252
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We can't depend on the police.
253
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We can't, you know,
depend on people
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to get us our money
from promoters sometimes.
255
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They have to know
what the reputation is
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or who they're dealing with,
and they come correct.
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‐ Oh, shit, Trick Trick.
Trick Trick damn ass
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tried to stop us
from coming to goddamn Detroit.
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You had to pay your dues
to Trick Trick when you come,
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when you step into the D.
‐ To check in.
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Whenever I go to the D,
I'm hitting up Trick Trick,
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"Hey, Trick, I got a show
in, uh, January the 26th.
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What you doing, my nigga?
264
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Come out
and get down with me."
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That's the check‐in.
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It's a mutual respect
amongst Gs.
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‐ I knew the politics
of this game,
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and when I came to LA,
first person I called was U.
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BIG U: I could tell you
what side of town to go in,
270
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what side of town
not to go into.
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I could save you
a lot of problems
272
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that you may run into
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with not knowing
who you dealing with.
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‐ You might have a show
in that market,
275
00:12:57,374 --> 00:12:59,184
but you're gonna go
to the club that night.
276
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There's gonna be some
real dudes in that corner
277
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that might say, you know,
278
00:13:02,027 --> 00:13:03,367
"I don't give a fuck
who they are.
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We're gonna rob 'em."
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So you have to know
the right people
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when you check in
and go into these cities.
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‐ It should work out
for everybody, right?
283
00:13:12,261 --> 00:13:14,731
Well, the record labels
at first was like,
284
00:13:14,734 --> 00:13:19,254
"Pfft, whatever."
So they sent me a victim.
285
00:13:19,249 --> 00:13:22,029
[dramatic music]
286
00:13:22,028 --> 00:13:25,438
‐ What is going on
with you in Detroit?
287
00:13:25,435 --> 00:13:27,535
‐ Yo, we, uh, went out
to Detroit, you know?
288
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We had a gig to go to.
289
00:13:29,050 --> 00:13:32,230
Someone has locked the gates
to the venue.
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00:13:32,229 --> 00:13:35,099
‐ We have Rick Ross
right outside here.
291
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He's in fear of his life,
292
00:13:37,376 --> 00:13:40,386
and that nigga is not
performing here tonight,
293
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and he may never
come back to Detroit.
294
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REPORTER: Over the weekend,
rapper Rick Ross,
295
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he was turned back
from a performance in Detroit
296
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by a local rapper
and a gang of 100 thugs.
297
00:13:50,454 --> 00:13:52,164
There's a rapper
called Trick Trick.
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He's instituted
a No Fly Zone in Detroit.
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Any performer that goes there
must pay homage to him first,
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00:13:58,015 --> 00:13:59,515
and this sounds like
an out‐of‐control
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third world nation.
♪♪ ♪♪
302
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MOUCHETTE: Rick Ross
didn't get off that bus.
303
00:14:05,505 --> 00:14:09,205
Now, my brother got lambasted
in the media for doing that.
304
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I praise my brother
because he showed the world
305
00:14:13,029 --> 00:14:16,539
that with Detroit's unity
in the hip hop community,
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nobody's gonna come
and suck the blood of Detroit
307
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and then just leave the city
308
00:14:22,126 --> 00:14:25,706
and then play us like
we're Twinkies [indistinct].
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‐ Trick Trick has a lot
of leadership energy
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in him, you know.
311
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I can't think
of anyone else here
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that could do that
and people follow.
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‐ For the No Fly Zone,
Rick Ross thing,
314
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I was actually there
at Chene Park at that time,
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00:14:40,319 --> 00:14:43,399
and, um, what Trick Trick
asked people to do
316
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was do a peaceful protest,
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so I don't know how it got to
where it got on the Internet.
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DJ AKADEMIKS:
Rappers come to Detroit.
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When they check in
with Trick Trick,
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Trick Trick's gonna give them
the fee,
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sort of like a commission
for the hood.
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If this is extortion
that's going on,
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then kudos to Rick Ross
for not being taken a fool
324
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even if it meant
don't perform.
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When you have to pay
for "passes,"
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you're being extorted.
Is that hip hop?
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ROYCE DA 5'9": Everything
is about perspective.
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If you look at the No Fly Zone
329
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as something where rappers
need to be afraid
330
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and call Trick Trick
when they come to Detroit
331
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or they gonna get fucked up,
332
00:15:17,847 --> 00:15:20,947
then it's‐‐that's what
it's gonna be to you, you know?
333
00:15:20,953 --> 00:15:24,473
If you look at it like,
"Wow, he's taking steps,"
334
00:15:24,465 --> 00:15:27,505
because we've been overlooked
for years.
335
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We're, like, a B or C market.
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‐ Work with our artists, man,
you know what I'm saying?
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Show love.
We trying to get this money
338
00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:36,113
and put the whole city
on the map.
339
00:15:36,107 --> 00:15:39,947
DEB: Trick Trick was that guy
that he held his city down.
340
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That was some G codes.
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00:15:41,522 --> 00:15:43,202
Y'all wouldn't know nothing
about that 'cause y'all live
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00:15:43,196 --> 00:15:44,996
in this little
effed‐up world today.
343
00:15:45,004 --> 00:15:47,814
That was some boss stuff shit
that was going on back then.
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PREVAIL: I don't even think
people here
345
00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:52,864
give him the full respect
or the props he deserve.
346
00:15:52,863 --> 00:15:54,413
Trick Trick is like
our Nipsey Hussle.
347
00:16:00,319 --> 00:16:02,429
PERSON: Nipsey, what's up?
348
00:16:02,427 --> 00:16:04,337
How you been?
‐ What's up, man?
349
00:16:04,335 --> 00:16:07,505
PERSON: What's up?
‐ Y'all quit playing.
350
00:16:07,508 --> 00:16:09,278
POON DADDY: Nipsey's spirit
was so strong.
351
00:16:09,282 --> 00:16:12,232
even, like, as a young kid,
he was the bright eye.
352
00:16:12,227 --> 00:16:14,397
He was ready.
"I got a plan, bro.
353
00:16:14,399 --> 00:16:17,909
I got a plan, I'm telling you,"
and he kept saying that.
354
00:16:17,912 --> 00:16:21,222
Plan A was always taking care
of your own,
355
00:16:21,224 --> 00:16:22,804
keeping the hood.
356
00:16:22,796 --> 00:16:26,536
We would have conversations
about Black Wall Street.
357
00:16:26,539 --> 00:16:27,779
JAY: When Black folks started
358
00:16:27,776 --> 00:16:29,146
the Black Wall Street
in Tulsa,
359
00:16:29,150 --> 00:16:31,860
when Black folks started
rocking in Harlem,
360
00:16:31,862 --> 00:16:34,572
those were targets
of white communities.
361
00:16:34,565 --> 00:16:36,765
There was racial violence.
362
00:16:36,773 --> 00:16:39,123
They burned down
Black Wall Street.
363
00:16:39,117 --> 00:16:42,317
They literally arrested almost
everybody in Harlem, right,
364
00:16:42,323 --> 00:16:45,373
because it was bustling
of Black entrepreneurship,
365
00:16:45,369 --> 00:16:47,179
Black wealth.
366
00:16:47,177 --> 00:16:49,887
Like, we've been working
since we got here, right?
367
00:16:49,889 --> 00:16:51,749
We've been working,
and we've been thriving,
368
00:16:51,754 --> 00:16:54,034
but every time Black folks
have advanced,
369
00:16:54,032 --> 00:16:57,752
there has been a visceral
response from America
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00:16:57,745 --> 00:17:02,785
to say, "No, you cannot."
[dramatic music]
371
00:17:02,792 --> 00:17:03,902
NIPSEY: I mean,
I got big plans,
372
00:17:03,898 --> 00:17:06,468
you know, for the future.
Like, I got my‐‐my feet
373
00:17:06,474 --> 00:17:08,284
in the business world also.
374
00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,790
BIG U: Nip invested
in the community,
375
00:17:10,785 --> 00:17:12,585
and I was the one teaching him,
"Get stuff,
376
00:17:12,593 --> 00:17:14,803
buy stuff in the neighborhood,
and build that."
377
00:17:14,801 --> 00:17:16,441
‐ Yeah.
‐ Yo, B.
378
00:17:16,441 --> 00:17:17,841
BIG U: It's about our push.
379
00:17:17,841 --> 00:17:19,921
It's about that brand.
It's about Crenshaw.
380
00:17:19,917 --> 00:17:21,457
It's about our community,
you know what I mean?
381
00:17:21,455 --> 00:17:23,325
KENNETH: It's always been
a tight‐knit Black community
382
00:17:23,330 --> 00:17:24,540
that's been socially,
politically,
383
00:17:24,535 --> 00:17:25,935
and financially conscious
384
00:17:25,941 --> 00:17:27,241
that we have here
in the Crenshaw District,
385
00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,450
and Nipsey was definitely
the embodiment of that
386
00:17:30,452 --> 00:17:31,992
in every aspect.
387
00:17:31,993 --> 00:17:33,503
REPORTER:
Nipsey says businesses
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00:17:33,498 --> 00:17:35,728
are only part of the change.
389
00:17:35,734 --> 00:17:37,884
For true change,
he's starting with kids
390
00:17:37,876 --> 00:17:42,286
at 54th Street Elementary,
an area plagued by violence.
391
00:17:42,294 --> 00:17:44,604
NIPSEY: Yeah, I think
this is about offering
392
00:17:44,598 --> 00:17:47,878
a new identity, you know?
It's not weak to be strong.
393
00:17:47,877 --> 00:17:50,117
It ain't weak to be‐‐
to make smart moves.
394
00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:51,930
ICE‐T: I started to hear
about what he was doing
395
00:17:51,926 --> 00:17:54,556
in the community.
I heard he bought the corner.
396
00:17:54,564 --> 00:17:58,354
My play little brother Crush
is a 60, so they telling me,
397
00:17:58,346 --> 00:18:00,856
"Yo, Nipsey bought this,
and whoopty‐whoop."
398
00:18:00,855 --> 00:18:03,555
‐ You actually own
half of this lot?
399
00:18:03,561 --> 00:18:05,701
‐ Yeah, me and my‐‐my family.
400
00:18:05,702 --> 00:18:07,882
DAIROLD: If you break down
who do we as Black people
401
00:18:07,878 --> 00:18:09,278
spend our money with,
402
00:18:09,284 --> 00:18:11,094
you're not spending
with a Black company.
403
00:18:11,091 --> 00:18:13,431
You're not buying from
Black people with your clothes.
404
00:18:13,427 --> 00:18:15,937
You're not buying from
Black people with your food
405
00:18:15,937 --> 00:18:19,847
or anything else that we do.
We're helping our own demise.
406
00:18:19,852 --> 00:18:21,322
‐ We playing a long game.
407
00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,960
We don't wanna‐‐the money
to stop when we go.
408
00:18:23,963 --> 00:18:27,443
We want it to be generational.
STEVE: Nipsey never changed.
409
00:18:27,444 --> 00:18:29,854
All he did
was elevate and grow.
410
00:18:29,847 --> 00:18:32,327
Was there bumps in his journey?
Yes.
411
00:18:32,325 --> 00:18:36,735
There's rumors Nipsey and Big U
got into a fight.
412
00:18:36,742 --> 00:18:38,642
I was overseas
when I heard about that.
413
00:18:38,644 --> 00:18:41,364
♪♪ ♪♪
414
00:18:41,355 --> 00:18:42,955
BIG U: When I left
the music industry,
415
00:18:42,961 --> 00:18:47,411
me and Nipsey had a fallout.
He had my equipment,
416
00:18:47,408 --> 00:18:50,118
and I wanted
to use my equipment.
417
00:18:50,117 --> 00:18:53,527
He got mad because
I got my equipment back.
418
00:18:53,531 --> 00:18:56,341
So then that's
when our conflict started.
419
00:18:56,338 --> 00:18:59,008
I end up getting
the equipment back and said,
420
00:18:59,013 --> 00:19:00,993
"I'ma move it right here
421
00:19:00,987 --> 00:19:03,157
"in my shop
on 43rd and Crenshaw,
422
00:19:03,163 --> 00:19:05,373
"and then everybody
can get there all the time.
423
00:19:05,368 --> 00:19:08,248
Nip, you can get to it
when you want to." So he got mad.
424
00:19:08,245 --> 00:19:09,445
‐ You ain't gonna get
out of my way?
425
00:19:09,449 --> 00:19:12,759
You in my way, bro.
BIG U: He didn't like that.
426
00:19:12,762 --> 00:19:16,142
He's supposedly made
a diss song about me.
427
00:19:16,136 --> 00:19:19,676
Well, I ain't no rapper.
I'm a scrapper. ♪♪ ♪♪
428
00:19:19,684 --> 00:19:24,804
So we end up having
to come talk about that.
429
00:19:24,798 --> 00:19:26,538
♪♪ ♪♪
430
00:19:26,539 --> 00:19:29,819
Pull up to homey's,
and Nip admitted his wrong,
431
00:19:29,818 --> 00:19:32,418
but still it's some
consequences to your wrong.
432
00:19:32,424 --> 00:19:35,304
I came to pick him up
that morning
433
00:19:35,301 --> 00:19:38,051
so he could get
his discipline,
434
00:19:38,045 --> 00:19:39,985
and his brother
got in the way,
435
00:19:39,986 --> 00:19:42,486
talking about, "My brother
not going nowhere."
436
00:19:42,490 --> 00:19:44,470
♪♪ ♪♪
437
00:19:44,465 --> 00:19:46,365
If I was his brother,
I'd have did the same thing.
438
00:19:46,373 --> 00:19:48,013
Like, "You're not going‐‐
you're not going nowhere
439
00:19:48,012 --> 00:19:49,252
with these niggas."
440
00:19:49,250 --> 00:19:52,860
I didn't‐‐I would have did
the same shit. ♪♪ ♪♪
441
00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:54,628
But I mean, you not
from [indistinct], though,
442
00:19:54,633 --> 00:19:57,013
and you not from the hood,
so, you know,
443
00:19:57,009 --> 00:19:58,719
you can't really speak
on our business,
444
00:19:58,716 --> 00:20:01,116
and really, that's really
what happened.
445
00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:04,230
Me and Nip talked that night.
We went and chopped it up,
446
00:20:04,232 --> 00:20:06,442
and it was never nothing
after that.
447
00:20:06,441 --> 00:20:08,281
STEVE:
Nipsey was still associated
448
00:20:08,277 --> 00:20:10,347
to who he was as a 60.
449
00:20:10,351 --> 00:20:11,721
We're all men
at the end of the day.
450
00:20:11,722 --> 00:20:14,132
Whatever happened
between them was men.
451
00:20:14,132 --> 00:20:17,412
Nipsey was growing on his own,
wanted to be a leader,
452
00:20:17,407 --> 00:20:18,777
wanted to do things
his own way.
453
00:20:18,778 --> 00:20:20,148
DJ: We got you, though.
‐ Yeah, you know.
454
00:20:20,150 --> 00:20:21,050
DJ: We got you.
‐ They nabbed me there,
455
00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:22,163
you know what I'm saying?
456
00:20:22,158 --> 00:20:23,398
DJ: Yeah.
‐ Yeah.
457
00:20:23,397 --> 00:20:26,067
‐ Victory Lap,
preorder right now. ♪♪ ♪♪
458
00:20:26,071 --> 00:20:27,571
BIG U: When he did his deal
with Atlantic,
459
00:20:27,574 --> 00:20:28,984
he had called me, and I'm like,
460
00:20:28,979 --> 00:20:30,449
"All right, man,
congratulations."
461
00:20:30,452 --> 00:20:32,032
He's like,
"Unc, we gonna go celebrate,"
462
00:20:32,025 --> 00:20:34,765
and I never got with him.
[hip hop music]
463
00:20:34,769 --> 00:20:37,369
You know, I'm already
doing my own thing now.
464
00:20:37,373 --> 00:20:40,923
I wasn't in music.
♪♪ ♪♪
465
00:20:40,921 --> 00:20:44,461
Nipsey is the reason
why I came back to music.
466
00:20:44,464 --> 00:20:47,314
‐ Special, Special ENT
from Brooklyn.
467
00:20:47,307 --> 00:20:49,847
My bro Big U told me
they was coming out here.
468
00:20:49,850 --> 00:20:57,310
Yo, Nipsey, what's up? ALL: Oh!
‐ He like, "Let's go, Unc.
469
00:20:57,308 --> 00:20:58,648
"I need you to come back
and manage me.
470
00:20:58,647 --> 00:21:00,017
We gonna do this.
We gonna get this money."
471
00:21:00,019 --> 00:21:02,929
And he was just refueling
my‐‐my uh‐‐my energy
472
00:21:02,925 --> 00:21:04,355
to come back and do music.
473
00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:07,443
It goes to show that people
can have problems
474
00:21:07,442 --> 00:21:10,562
and then move past that.
475
00:21:10,556 --> 00:21:12,416
‐ Yeah, man, top of the top.
You see how we doing?
476
00:21:12,422 --> 00:21:14,702
I ain't left yet,
you know what I mean?
477
00:21:14,699 --> 00:21:15,899
‐ And I'm eating breakfast.
478
00:21:15,903 --> 00:21:17,443
‐ My shirt drunk,
yeah, all that.
479
00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:18,682
I've been working. Fuck it.
480
00:21:18,682 --> 00:21:20,322
I ain't shaved,
everything, man.
481
00:21:20,316 --> 00:21:24,026
Victory Lap coming soon.
‐ He wasn't gonna shave anyway.
482
00:21:24,030 --> 00:21:26,570
‐ I wasn't, but I was gonna
change my shirt, though,
483
00:21:26,574 --> 00:21:28,524
and I'm going to,
you know what I'm saying?
484
00:21:28,515 --> 00:21:30,915
But I working, fuck it.
485
00:21:30,918 --> 00:21:34,628
‐ We would let y'all hear
some music, but... ‐ It's coming.
486
00:21:34,634 --> 00:21:36,074
‐ You gotta wait to pay for it.
‐ It's coming.
487
00:21:36,072 --> 00:21:38,012
‐ Ain't no free shit no more.
NIPSEY: Buy the album.
488
00:21:38,010 --> 00:21:39,910
'Cause I gave y'all
a free mixtape.
489
00:21:39,914 --> 00:21:43,704
‐ And every time he dropped
a project, he shouted me out.
490
00:21:43,697 --> 00:21:46,637
RAPPER: ♪♪ Oh, y'all blasting ♪♪
‐ "Oh, y'all Crips now.
491
00:21:46,642 --> 00:21:51,022
I'm Big Draws.
I'm J Prince now." I'm Big Draws.
492
00:21:51,020 --> 00:21:55,040
ICE‐T: Thanks to social media,
I was seeing his shit rise,
493
00:21:55,036 --> 00:21:58,276
and truthfully, Nipsey Hussle
had not broken nationally,
494
00:21:58,276 --> 00:22:01,886
not like a Kendrick,
you know what I'm saying?
495
00:22:01,890 --> 00:22:03,900
He was known,
but he was still underground.
496
00:22:03,898 --> 00:22:07,238
He was due to have
that 5 million record sales.
497
00:22:07,239 --> 00:22:09,109
♪♪ ♪♪
498
00:22:09,113 --> 00:22:10,693
PROBLEM: He was one of
the ones that made it through,
499
00:22:10,687 --> 00:22:12,387
like, being independent.
500
00:22:12,393 --> 00:22:16,043
We was the ones that started,
like, early, like, 2007, 2006.
501
00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:18,305
We out putting up posters
and shit,
502
00:22:18,311 --> 00:22:19,551
selling mixtapes
in the street.
503
00:22:19,549 --> 00:22:21,189
Like, that era was us,
504
00:22:21,189 --> 00:22:23,629
so I'm like,
"Damn, them niggas
505
00:22:23,626 --> 00:22:24,896
"just got nominated
for Grammys.
506
00:22:24,898 --> 00:22:26,198
"This nigga cracked New New.
507
00:22:26,203 --> 00:22:28,313
It's going up.
Like, it's really happening."
508
00:22:28,312 --> 00:22:29,922
♪♪ ♪♪
509
00:22:29,918 --> 00:22:32,218
PERSON: I'd like to call
to the stage
510
00:22:32,223 --> 00:22:33,933
one of the most loved
511
00:22:33,928 --> 00:22:36,738
and respected rappers
in the industry.
512
00:22:36,740 --> 00:22:40,760
My friends, y'all give it up
for Nipsey Hussle!
513
00:22:40,755 --> 00:22:41,915
BIG U: We came up
for the banquet
514
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,430
for Developing Options,
515
00:22:43,426 --> 00:22:45,496
and I'm like, "Bro, I'ma
honor you at the banquet."
516
00:22:45,502 --> 00:22:46,842
Nip like, "I'ma be there.
517
00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,310
I wouldn't miss it
for the world."
518
00:22:48,312 --> 00:22:50,382
So let's give this man a hand
and clap a little for him.
519
00:22:50,382 --> 00:22:51,992
[cheers and applause]
520
00:22:51,989 --> 00:22:54,159
NIPSEY: Hey, first of all,
521
00:22:54,163 --> 00:22:55,973
I appreciate that,
and I love you, big bro.
522
00:22:55,971 --> 00:22:57,341
'Cause I remember he like,
you know,
523
00:22:57,343 --> 00:22:59,013
"It's not gonna be one room
I walk into
524
00:22:59,014 --> 00:23:01,424
that my homeboys
can't walk into with me,"
525
00:23:01,420 --> 00:23:03,260
and I always respected
526
00:23:03,260 --> 00:23:05,970
and‐‐and‐‐and looked up to him
as a leader
527
00:23:05,972 --> 00:23:08,612
and as somebody
that was just a real man.
528
00:23:08,609 --> 00:23:09,809
[cheers and applause]
529
00:23:09,814 --> 00:23:11,624
And, uh, like I said,
I love you, bro.
530
00:23:11,621 --> 00:23:16,141
We gonna keep pushing, day one.
Thank you all.
531
00:23:16,139 --> 00:23:18,009
BIG U: That, I will always
hold dear to my heart
532
00:23:18,008 --> 00:23:20,518
because if you don't give
a person thank‐you
533
00:23:20,518 --> 00:23:23,728
or say thank you and I love you
while they're here,
534
00:23:23,730 --> 00:23:28,440
what does it really mean?
[dramatic music]
535
00:23:28,443 --> 00:23:34,433
ALL: Ten, nine, eight,
seven, six, five,
536
00:23:34,434 --> 00:23:40,254
four, three, two, one!
[people clamoring]
537
00:23:40,251 --> 00:23:45,931
♪♪ ♪♪
538
00:23:45,934 --> 00:23:49,214
THE GAME: Over here
driving down Slauson, man,
539
00:23:49,214 --> 00:23:52,234
driving down Slauson,
4:00 in the morning, man,
540
00:23:52,226 --> 00:23:55,426
'cause I can't sleep behind
what happened to Nip, man.
541
00:23:55,433 --> 00:23:57,743
Why niggas do the homey
like that, man?
542
00:23:57,742 --> 00:23:59,852
At his own motherfucking stop,
543
00:23:59,850 --> 00:24:02,220
on his‐‐in his own
fucking hood, man.
544
00:24:02,222 --> 00:24:05,432
He was trying
to do good for niggas, man.
545
00:24:05,434 --> 00:24:07,784
REPORTER: Breaking news now.
Rapper Nipsey Hussle...
546
00:24:07,776 --> 00:24:09,046
REPORTER: Nipsey Hussle...
547
00:24:09,049 --> 00:24:09,949
REPORTER:
Rapper Nipsey Hussle,
548
00:24:09,952 --> 00:24:11,452
who was Grammy‐nominated...
549
00:24:11,452 --> 00:24:13,662
REPORTER: Has been shot
and killed in Los Angeles.
550
00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:15,401
He was 33.
551
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:22,060
♪♪ ♪♪
552
00:24:22,055 --> 00:24:24,455
‐ Keep the lights on, y'all.
553
00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:27,644
Before we got on the stage,
we got word that our brother,
554
00:24:27,644 --> 00:24:32,294
our warrior, our soldier,
Nipsey Hussle passed away.
555
00:24:32,289 --> 00:24:34,629
PERSON: Boo.
PERSON: No.
556
00:24:34,633 --> 00:24:36,773
KENDRICK: Repeat after me.
We love you, Nipsey!
557
00:24:36,774 --> 00:24:41,024
ALL: We love you, Nipsey!
♪♪ ♪♪
558
00:24:41,019 --> 00:24:42,629
‐ I think, uh,
I'm disheartened,
559
00:24:42,625 --> 00:24:48,905
disappointed, um, and disgusted.
♪♪ ♪♪
560
00:24:48,910 --> 00:24:51,860
‐ Nipsey passing was fucked up.
561
00:24:51,855 --> 00:24:56,195
Like, there's no other way
to really say that.
562
00:24:56,202 --> 00:24:57,542
It was just fucked up.
563
00:24:57,540 --> 00:24:59,980
‐ When Nipsey passed,
I was in my room.
564
00:24:59,981 --> 00:25:03,801
‐ I was in Miami Beach
at the Ultra Music Festival.
565
00:25:03,797 --> 00:25:08,037
‐ I was having lunch. Um...
I was crushed.
566
00:25:08,043 --> 00:25:09,753
I was crushed at that time.
567
00:25:09,749 --> 00:25:11,189
‐ When somebody tell me
something like that‐‐
568
00:25:11,188 --> 00:25:13,528
even with Jam Master Jay,
I got the call for that‐‐
569
00:25:13,530 --> 00:25:15,200
I don't believe they dead.
570
00:25:15,198 --> 00:25:17,578
It's something like
a superhero.
571
00:25:17,575 --> 00:25:20,715
Like, I don't‐‐I don't believe
these guys can die. ♪♪ ♪♪
572
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,360
‐ We all, you know, Black men
striving for the same thing.
573
00:25:23,357 --> 00:25:25,727
We trying to find a way out.
574
00:25:25,734 --> 00:25:28,754
We coming
from these inner cities
575
00:25:28,746 --> 00:25:32,516
looking to find hope,
and we found music.
576
00:25:32,522 --> 00:25:35,772
The fact that you could reach
that far and then die
577
00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:39,818
in the same streets
that you grew up on
578
00:25:39,817 --> 00:25:40,847
almost is, like, ironic.
579
00:25:40,852 --> 00:25:43,332
Like, you almost,
like, never‐‐never left.
580
00:25:43,325 --> 00:25:44,275
♪♪ ♪♪
581
00:25:51,778 --> 00:25:53,398
BEAR CLAW: Nipsey's death,
582
00:25:53,397 --> 00:25:55,867
to the Crenshaw community,
was a tragedy.
583
00:25:55,868 --> 00:25:57,308
TRICK TRICK:
You know, I think about it,
584
00:25:57,307 --> 00:25:59,617
how unfortunate it is
that a young man
585
00:25:59,617 --> 00:26:01,857
can be assassinated
in his own community
586
00:26:01,858 --> 00:26:05,668
where he's trying to build
better and teach better
587
00:26:05,668 --> 00:26:08,548
and taken down
by one of his own,
588
00:26:08,546 --> 00:26:12,386
one of his own people.
We need him.
589
00:26:12,393 --> 00:26:15,003
We need another one,
590
00:26:14,999 --> 00:26:18,549
now, that's gonna talk
about investing,
591
00:26:18,547 --> 00:26:21,017
buying land,
building up your community,
592
00:26:21,023 --> 00:26:24,973
setting your children up,
ownership, credit,
593
00:26:24,966 --> 00:26:28,376
the importance of your
presence in the community.
594
00:26:28,380 --> 00:26:29,750
It's like,
if you live in this house,
595
00:26:29,752 --> 00:26:32,262
you gonna wash the dishes too,
God damn it.
596
00:26:32,256 --> 00:26:33,696
‐ When I see that, I'm like,
597
00:26:33,696 --> 00:26:36,136
"Wow, he learned that
from somebody."
598
00:26:36,138 --> 00:26:39,518
You know what I'm saying,
he got that from somebody,
599
00:26:39,517 --> 00:26:43,387
and the world
should take a look at Big U
600
00:26:43,394 --> 00:26:47,654
'cause he got it from him.
He got it from him.
601
00:26:47,646 --> 00:26:52,216
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
602
00:26:52,223 --> 00:26:54,533
PERSON: How did you feel
that day you got the news?
603
00:26:54,533 --> 00:26:56,213
‐ That was my kid, bro.
604
00:26:56,206 --> 00:26:58,436
I loved him like‐‐you know,
I loved him like a son.
605
00:26:58,442 --> 00:27:00,822
♪♪ ♪♪
606
00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:03,459
His music and the fact
that he was up for Grammys
607
00:27:03,463 --> 00:27:05,003
and all them awards,
608
00:27:05,003 --> 00:27:07,213
and then for him to die
and you actually see it‐‐
609
00:27:07,205 --> 00:27:10,245
we never seen Biggie die.
We never seen Pac die.
610
00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:14,170
We never seen, uh, none
of the legends who died.
611
00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:16,736
You always seen the aftermath
or the carnage.
612
00:27:16,738 --> 00:27:18,748
‐ I saw that kid kill Nipsey.
613
00:27:18,746 --> 00:27:22,256
I saw the video,
and my‐‐my take on it was,
614
00:27:22,259 --> 00:27:24,829
"How fucking dare you?"
you know what I'm saying?
615
00:27:24,832 --> 00:27:28,342
Like, "You just took
one of our prophets
616
00:27:28,344 --> 00:27:29,554
like it was nothing."
617
00:27:29,549 --> 00:27:36,669
♪♪ ♪♪
618
00:27:42,726 --> 00:27:45,766
‐ Hip hop.
619
00:27:45,769 --> 00:27:48,279
I love the platform
that it's given me...
620
00:27:48,278 --> 00:27:50,858
♪♪ ♪♪
621
00:27:50,856 --> 00:27:54,326
But I hate the shit that's been
taken away from me also.
622
00:27:54,329 --> 00:28:01,289
♪♪ ♪♪
623
00:28:12,792 --> 00:28:14,032
When Rah Rah was killed,
624
00:28:14,031 --> 00:28:15,971
that just didn't sit good
with Kayo at all.
625
00:28:15,971 --> 00:28:19,181
Him and Rah Rah were so close.
626
00:28:19,178 --> 00:28:23,798
Kayo, there was so many signs
that I paid no attention to.
627
00:28:23,797 --> 00:28:31,147
My son ain't gonna commit
no damn suicide. ♪♪ ♪♪
628
00:28:31,153 --> 00:28:36,373
Yup, December 29th, he did it.
629
00:28:36,371 --> 00:28:38,441
Every time you look
at this shit, you look at it,
630
00:28:38,442 --> 00:28:41,762
and people glamorize it
and make this shit look good.
631
00:28:41,756 --> 00:28:42,926
That's bullshit.
632
00:28:42,928 --> 00:28:48,278
It was not all glitters
and gold. I lost two sons.
633
00:28:48,276 --> 00:28:52,656
Two sons I lost, and that
didn't feel good at all.
634
00:28:52,661 --> 00:28:55,571
♪♪ ♪♪
635
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:58,477
BIMMY: If my pop was alive
today, you know,
636
00:28:58,478 --> 00:28:59,718
all‐‐all I can do is,
you know, hug him,
637
00:28:59,716 --> 00:29:02,556
tell him I love him.
♪♪ ♪♪
638
00:29:02,561 --> 00:29:04,461
I think my pops'd
be proud of me
639
00:29:04,462 --> 00:29:06,542
'cause the one thing
I didn't do, you know,
640
00:29:06,537 --> 00:29:09,617
I didn't leave my children,
you know what I'm saying?
641
00:29:09,617 --> 00:29:12,687
He left his children.
I didn't leave my children.
642
00:29:12,691 --> 00:29:15,001
♪♪ ♪♪
643
00:29:14,998 --> 00:29:16,638
It's very important
to have a strong
644
00:29:16,639 --> 00:29:18,649
Black figure in your life,
645
00:29:18,647 --> 00:29:21,057
because he teaches you
how to walk.
646
00:29:21,056 --> 00:29:23,326
He teaches you
how to ride a bike.
647
00:29:23,325 --> 00:29:24,925
I learned
how to ride a bike on my own.
648
00:29:24,932 --> 00:29:26,572
I fell and I kept getting up,
649
00:29:26,572 --> 00:29:28,252
falling, getting up, falling,
you know what I mean?
650
00:29:28,245 --> 00:29:32,685
So I didn't have that father
to push me. ♪♪ ♪♪
651
00:29:32,691 --> 00:29:35,301
When you grow up with fathers
and mothers
652
00:29:35,301 --> 00:29:37,441
and uncles and aunts
like how we lived,
653
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:40,982
it's gonna test them kids.
♪♪ ♪♪
654
00:29:40,984 --> 00:29:48,384
That bloodline is in them.
♪♪ ♪♪ ‐ Ah!
655
00:29:48,378 --> 00:29:50,118
‐ That hurt?
‐ Yeah.
656
00:29:50,115 --> 00:29:53,825
DEB:
Ethan is my older son's son.
657
00:29:53,829 --> 00:29:58,979
Sometimes I think about
if there's curses on families.
658
00:29:58,978 --> 00:30:01,418
♪♪ ♪♪
659
00:30:01,420 --> 00:30:06,210
‐ Done.
‐ Fuck! Mm.
660
00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:07,935
BIMMY: My nephew gets shot.
661
00:30:07,941 --> 00:30:09,781
It's normal to me.
I lived it.
662
00:30:09,781 --> 00:30:11,391
DEB: You can't keep testing me
like that.
663
00:30:11,387 --> 00:30:12,857
What, am I supposed
to stay here
664
00:30:12,860 --> 00:30:15,340
to just keep watching
people suffer,
665
00:30:15,335 --> 00:30:17,805
people that I love,
people that I have direct con‐‐
666
00:30:17,807 --> 00:30:21,857
No. No.
667
00:30:21,857 --> 00:30:29,207
♪♪ ♪♪
668
00:30:29,214 --> 00:30:30,854
BIG U: Today we are having
a vigil
669
00:30:30,853 --> 00:30:32,563
for Nipsey Hussle at 3:00,
670
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,670
3:00 to 5:00 for all
the different gangs in LA,
671
00:30:35,666 --> 00:30:37,266
Eight‐Treys,
Rollin' 60s,
672
00:30:37,273 --> 00:30:40,253
Hoovers, East Coasters,
um, Bounty Hunters,
673
00:30:40,252 --> 00:30:42,562
and, uh, everybody of like mind
to come together
674
00:30:42,557 --> 00:30:45,727
that wanna come out
and support.
675
00:30:45,734 --> 00:30:48,184
When Nip passed, we was
getting inundated with calls
676
00:30:48,178 --> 00:30:49,548
of people wanting to come
pay their respects
677
00:30:49,550 --> 00:30:54,200
because it was so big,
and prior to him dying,
678
00:30:54,196 --> 00:30:55,666
we had already been
sitting down
679
00:30:55,668 --> 00:30:58,008
with different gangs
about different stuff
680
00:30:58,011 --> 00:31:01,791
'cause I run a gang
intervention program in LA.
681
00:31:01,786 --> 00:31:03,126
‐ Good to see you.
682
00:31:03,126 --> 00:31:05,126
We want to initiate the walk
the brothers gonna go through.
683
00:31:05,134 --> 00:31:06,414
BIG U: They was trying
to get it together,
684
00:31:06,405 --> 00:31:07,805
but they was like,
685
00:31:07,810 --> 00:31:10,380
"Nobody from these other gangs
is gonna come to the 60s
686
00:31:10,381 --> 00:31:11,991
unless you say it."
687
00:31:11,988 --> 00:31:14,528
‐ Thank you, community.
Thank you, Nip.
688
00:31:14,532 --> 00:31:16,542
Thank you, Hannibal.
‐ Yes, sir.
689
00:31:16,540 --> 00:31:20,990
‐ Thank you,
Crenshaw community. ‐ Nip Hussle.
690
00:31:20,985 --> 00:31:23,825
SNOOP DOGG: I wanna give
a shout‐out to Big U,
691
00:31:23,828 --> 00:31:26,268
to all of the gangbangers
in Los Angeles.
692
00:31:26,273 --> 00:31:29,383
Thank you, brothers, for coming
together in peace and love
693
00:31:29,379 --> 00:31:32,759
and representing Nip
the right way.
694
00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:39,708
‐ Doing it for the Hussle.
♪♪ ♪♪ ‐ OG.
695
00:31:39,714 --> 00:31:42,794
BIG U: That was only
less than a block walk
696
00:31:42,792 --> 00:31:45,072
from the shopping center
to the other shopping center,
697
00:31:45,067 --> 00:31:49,507
but it was a‐‐
it was a billion‐mile walk
698
00:31:49,514 --> 00:31:50,954
in my heart.
699
00:31:50,953 --> 00:31:53,963
‐ Eight‐Treys and 60s
is in the same area walking.
700
00:31:53,964 --> 00:31:55,434
Why y'all didn't do that
when he was here?
701
00:31:55,431 --> 00:31:57,771
He was saying that too.
702
00:31:57,774 --> 00:32:00,224
You don't know what we had
till he was gone.
703
00:32:00,218 --> 00:32:02,628
BIG U: I'm honored; I'm
overwhelmed for‐‐for Nipsey,
704
00:32:02,627 --> 00:32:04,227
for his family,
705
00:32:04,228 --> 00:32:06,168
and, really,
for this community.
706
00:32:06,169 --> 00:32:07,509
I'm so happy.
707
00:32:07,508 --> 00:32:09,548
I'm so overwhelmed
by‐‐by all the brothers
708
00:32:09,549 --> 00:32:10,719
that came out,
you know what I mean?
709
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,060
‐ Yeah, definitely.
710
00:32:12,057 --> 00:32:14,197
‐ We gonna make this big.
We gonna make it last.
711
00:32:14,195 --> 00:32:17,805
Gonna make it long. ♪♪ ♪♪
712
00:32:17,808 --> 00:32:19,278
MALLY MALL:
Because of social media,
713
00:32:19,282 --> 00:32:20,592
because of the Internet now,
714
00:32:20,587 --> 00:32:23,957
I feel like Nipsey's death was
bigger than anybody's death,
715
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,180
uh, and the stats in the social
media speak for itself.
716
00:32:27,175 --> 00:32:29,675
Bigger than Tupac,
bigger than Biggie's.
717
00:32:29,684 --> 00:32:36,814
♪♪ ♪♪
718
00:32:43,561 --> 00:32:46,771
[dramatic music]
719
00:32:46,773 --> 00:32:48,643
REPORTER:
The rap singer Tupac Shakur
720
00:32:48,643 --> 00:32:50,153
was killed
in a drive‐by shooting
721
00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:56,409
over the weekend in Las Vegas.
♪♪ ♪♪
722
00:32:56,406 --> 00:32:58,036
HAITIAN JACK:
The Internet, to me,
723
00:32:58,038 --> 00:33:02,458
is a cesspool of drama
and lies.
724
00:33:02,458 --> 00:33:05,998
People on the Internet
feel like they know me
725
00:33:06,002 --> 00:33:08,412
or they know Pac
or they know the story.
726
00:33:08,409 --> 00:33:10,849
When I look at their age
and their comments,
727
00:33:10,851 --> 00:33:14,371
they weren't even alive
when Pac got killed.
728
00:33:14,366 --> 00:33:16,396
You got people
that was in the car saying,
729
00:33:16,401 --> 00:33:19,981
"I'm with the shooter,
I passed the shooter the gun,
730
00:33:19,981 --> 00:33:21,391
and Jack wasn't in the car,"
731
00:33:21,388 --> 00:33:24,098
but there's some idiots
out there that's still saying,
732
00:33:24,095 --> 00:33:26,235
"Man, I‐I believe
Jack killed Pac,"
733
00:33:26,235 --> 00:33:28,205
or, "That was Jack
they was stomping out,"
734
00:33:28,210 --> 00:33:29,750
when everyone know
who they was stomping out
735
00:33:29,748 --> 00:33:31,148
in Vegas wasn't Jack.
736
00:33:31,154 --> 00:33:32,934
I mean, I've heard
all the stories, bro,
737
00:33:32,925 --> 00:33:35,055
you know what I'm saying,
all the stories.
738
00:33:35,062 --> 00:33:38,042
Only real niggas
know it's bullshit,
739
00:33:38,041 --> 00:33:40,551
but these clowns
start talking about it
740
00:33:40,553 --> 00:33:45,433
on the Internet,
it can take life, you feel me?
741
00:33:45,433 --> 00:33:49,113
It can take life.
742
00:33:49,112 --> 00:33:50,892
TRICK TRICK: I don't even
address the Internet shit, bro.
743
00:33:50,885 --> 00:33:53,355
That's what I would say to you,
like, really to keep it 100
744
00:33:53,359 --> 00:33:55,699
because niggas can get
behind these keyboards
745
00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:58,111
and say and do
the most asinine,
746
00:33:58,109 --> 00:34:01,349
silly shit that they want to.
What I don't do is,
747
00:34:01,351 --> 00:34:03,261
I don't address none
of the shit on the Internet.
748
00:34:03,259 --> 00:34:05,899
‐ I see that, but the thing
with me, right, is that
749
00:34:05,902 --> 00:34:07,282
after a while, though,
750
00:34:07,275 --> 00:34:09,545
the reason it's the way
it is now, the Internet,
751
00:34:09,546 --> 00:34:11,246
'cause nobody's
being disciplined.
752
00:34:11,251 --> 00:34:12,891
‐ It's hard to discipline.
753
00:34:12,890 --> 00:34:14,090
You got
a thousand motherfuckers
754
00:34:14,094 --> 00:34:15,274
who create the narrative,
755
00:34:15,267 --> 00:34:17,937
and they only create
the narrative
756
00:34:17,942 --> 00:34:20,852
because they can
make money off of it.
757
00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:23,330
‐ So somebody gonna have to pay
the price for everybody
758
00:34:23,327 --> 00:34:27,237
to know this shit
is not gonna be tolerated.
759
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,209
Until a few people
pay the price,
760
00:34:30,214 --> 00:34:31,854
the nonsense is gonna continue
'cause‐‐
761
00:34:31,854 --> 00:34:33,034
BIMMY: But you know what, Jack?
762
00:34:33,025 --> 00:34:34,395
TRICK TRICK:
Yeah, what they gonna say?
763
00:34:34,399 --> 00:34:35,399
BIMMY: That ain't gonna happen.
TRICK TRICK: Yeah.
764
00:34:35,403 --> 00:34:36,473
BIMMY: Let me tell you
something.
765
00:34:36,470 --> 00:34:41,080
It's more‐‐it's more
of them than us. ♪♪ ♪♪
766
00:34:41,084 --> 00:34:44,774
PERSON: Big U
is very fucking suspect.
767
00:34:44,766 --> 00:34:47,466
PERSON: I myself believe that
he has played a major role
768
00:34:47,473 --> 00:34:49,753
in Nipsey's untimely death.
769
00:34:49,748 --> 00:34:52,628
PERSON: I know a motherfucking
hit when I see one.
770
00:34:52,626 --> 00:34:54,356
PERSON: This shit
is a straight hit,
771
00:34:54,363 --> 00:34:56,273
and Big U was all in it.
772
00:34:56,268 --> 00:34:58,068
PERSON: I thought
that nigga Big U did it
773
00:34:58,074 --> 00:34:59,554
because that's what it was,
774
00:34:59,548 --> 00:35:03,428
'cause Nipsey was really
the face of... [indistinct],
775
00:35:03,426 --> 00:35:05,126
niggas really do be jealous,
776
00:35:05,129 --> 00:35:08,179
and they really will kill you
'cause you're doing something.
777
00:35:08,175 --> 00:35:11,285
♪♪ ♪♪
778
00:35:11,288 --> 00:35:14,028
‐ I got a call from my son
all the way in Reno:
779
00:35:14,026 --> 00:35:16,236
"Mom, where's Dad?"
780
00:35:16,235 --> 00:35:19,445
It's like, "He at home.
What's wrong?"
781
00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:21,920
"Do you know what they saying
on social media?"
782
00:35:21,918 --> 00:35:23,728
And I'm like, "No."
783
00:35:23,726 --> 00:35:25,366
He was like, "They saying
that Dad had something to do
784
00:35:25,366 --> 00:35:27,136
with Nipsey being killed."
785
00:35:27,138 --> 00:35:29,878
Then I got a 13‐year‐old
at school,
786
00:35:29,882 --> 00:35:33,692
and now I'm worried about her
and what people are saying,
787
00:35:33,694 --> 00:35:34,904
so that‐‐you know,
788
00:35:34,898 --> 00:35:37,678
that kinda came in my house
and messed up my family.
789
00:35:37,676 --> 00:35:40,076
‐ The conspiracy theories
got so crazy
790
00:35:40,078 --> 00:35:45,368
where they put you as
a conspirator of killing Nip.
791
00:35:45,367 --> 00:35:46,467
BIG U: Which is the dumbest
shit in the world,
792
00:35:46,472 --> 00:35:47,842
you know what I'm saying?
793
00:35:47,842 --> 00:35:49,282
REPORTER: Tonight,
after an aggressive
794
00:35:49,276 --> 00:35:50,476
all‐out manhunt,
795
00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:52,052
authorities say
they've captured
796
00:35:52,054 --> 00:35:53,834
29‐year‐old Eric Holder,
797
00:35:53,828 --> 00:35:55,568
the prime suspect
in the murder
798
00:35:55,570 --> 00:35:58,810
of rapper Nipsey Hussle.
‐ It's obvious that you and Nip
799
00:35:58,809 --> 00:36:00,579
were on good terms
when he died.
800
00:36:00,584 --> 00:36:02,324
How did this conspiracy
theory with you‐‐
801
00:36:02,322 --> 00:36:03,392
‐ I don't know, man.
802
00:36:03,394 --> 00:36:04,574
‐ How did it take
a life like that?
803
00:36:04,566 --> 00:36:05,796
BIG U: It's about
selling numbers.
804
00:36:05,802 --> 00:36:06,942
I'm not gonna explain
to nobody else,
805
00:36:06,935 --> 00:36:09,445
all these weirdos
pop up out of nowhere
806
00:36:09,445 --> 00:36:12,055
with different stories
to sell this.
807
00:36:12,055 --> 00:36:17,765
I don't go explaining myself
to nobody. ♪♪ ♪♪
808
00:36:17,773 --> 00:36:20,013
‐ The Internet itself,
you're faceless.
809
00:36:20,014 --> 00:36:21,624
You're making comments.
810
00:36:21,622 --> 00:36:24,762
If you're a asshole,
people love you, right?
811
00:36:24,762 --> 00:36:26,372
When we talk
about these codes,
812
00:36:26,367 --> 00:36:28,107
it's behaving with honor,
813
00:36:28,107 --> 00:36:30,787
with dignity,
with accountability, right?
814
00:36:30,786 --> 00:36:34,186
♪♪ ♪♪
815
00:36:34,193 --> 00:36:37,743
Internet behavior
is the opposite of that.
816
00:36:37,741 --> 00:36:40,721
TRICK TRICK:
It's not the code we live by.
817
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,190
You don't have no OGs.
818
00:36:42,187 --> 00:36:46,397
‐ And if you have
certain knowledge and codes
819
00:36:46,401 --> 00:36:48,681
and things that you‐‐
you live by,
820
00:36:48,679 --> 00:36:51,719
you supposed to pass that
along, you know?
821
00:36:51,718 --> 00:36:59,648
And somewhere along the line,
it wasn't passed on. ♪♪ ♪♪
822
00:36:59,647 --> 00:37:02,287
‐ Today in federal court,
rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine
823
00:37:02,287 --> 00:37:05,227
took to the stand against
two members of his old gang.
824
00:37:05,232 --> 00:37:07,242
REPORTER: Tekashi 6ix9ine
has taken a plea deal
825
00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:09,610
and has been helping the feds
with their case.
826
00:37:09,612 --> 00:37:12,022
‐ Cooperating, AKA snitching.
827
00:37:12,020 --> 00:37:14,460
‐ We live by certain codes
in the street.
828
00:37:14,464 --> 00:37:16,674
Industry is the industry.
829
00:37:16,672 --> 00:37:19,042
It doesn't hold the same value
or the same morals
830
00:37:19,042 --> 00:37:20,552
and principles
that the street hold.
831
00:37:20,549 --> 00:37:23,759
The kid, 6ix9ine, look at him.
832
00:37:23,762 --> 00:37:25,742
He could front like
he was the street,
833
00:37:25,736 --> 00:37:27,066
but he's not the street,
you know what I'm saying?
834
00:37:27,071 --> 00:37:28,641
I been around the kid,
by the way, too,
835
00:37:28,641 --> 00:37:30,281
so he's not street.
836
00:37:30,281 --> 00:37:32,221
‐ I guess he gotta do what
he gotta do to save hisself,
837
00:37:32,222 --> 00:37:35,032
but, uh, snitching
ain't the way, partner.
838
00:37:35,033 --> 00:37:36,543
50 CENT:
♪♪ You say you a gangsta ♪♪
839
00:37:36,535 --> 00:37:38,165
♪♪ But you never pop nothin' ♪♪
840
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:39,210
♪♪ We say you a wanksta ♪♪
841
00:37:39,277 --> 00:37:41,117
♪♪ And you need
to stop frontin' ♪♪
842
00:37:41,118 --> 00:37:43,528
TEKASHI: Y'all didn't go
through what I went through,
843
00:37:43,529 --> 00:37:44,769
and I still came home,
844
00:37:44,765 --> 00:37:46,695
and I'm a legend
at the age of 24 years old
845
00:37:46,701 --> 00:37:48,541
because I came home,
and a rat
846
00:37:48,543 --> 00:37:52,763
is doing more numbers than you.
I would be mad too. I would.
847
00:37:52,759 --> 00:37:54,359
I wouldn't be able
to sleep at night.
848
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,170
A real nigga wouldn't
be able to sleep at night.
849
00:37:56,166 --> 00:37:58,636
‐ And he tried to repaint it
by saying he was a victim,
850
00:37:58,643 --> 00:37:59,923
but clearly he was
the ringleader,
851
00:37:59,915 --> 00:38:01,385
and he was the one
that was getting people
852
00:38:01,387 --> 00:38:02,857
to do all this shit.
853
00:38:02,857 --> 00:38:04,157
Suddenly he was
facing time himself.
854
00:38:04,158 --> 00:38:08,008
He went and told on everybody.
This was his mentality.
855
00:38:08,008 --> 00:38:09,748
CARDI B:
You choose to be in a gang.
856
00:38:09,748 --> 00:38:11,648
You choose to be
in the streets.
857
00:38:11,654 --> 00:38:12,864
So if you choose that,
858
00:38:12,855 --> 00:38:14,695
you know that you might
have a chance
859
00:38:14,695 --> 00:38:16,335
of getting arrested,
860
00:38:16,335 --> 00:38:17,905
and if you're doing something
that you might have
861
00:38:17,908 --> 00:38:19,748
a chance of getting arrested,
862
00:38:19,749 --> 00:38:21,349
if you know that
when you get arrested,
863
00:38:21,350 --> 00:38:23,730
you're going to snitch,
then you shouldn't fucking
864
00:38:23,725 --> 00:38:27,635
do it in the motherfucking
first place. PERSON: Oh, my God!
865
00:38:27,641 --> 00:38:29,381
[crowd screaming]
866
00:38:29,380 --> 00:38:32,090
50 CENT:
♪♪ The fuck happened to you ♪♪
867
00:38:32,086 --> 00:38:33,986
BIG U: Guess what happens
to 6ix9ine.
868
00:38:33,994 --> 00:38:36,744
Seven years from now,
he gonna still be 6ix9ine,
869
00:38:36,738 --> 00:38:40,278
the kid who was disrespectful.
The money is gone now.
870
00:38:40,279 --> 00:38:44,729
The labels have moved on
to other projects.
871
00:38:44,731 --> 00:38:46,141
Guess what happens.
872
00:38:46,136 --> 00:38:47,206
PERSON: People still gonna
remember what he said.
873
00:38:47,206 --> 00:38:49,876
‐ People gonna still remember.
‐ If you bump your head once
874
00:38:49,878 --> 00:38:51,148
and don't learn
from bumping your head...
875
00:38:51,150 --> 00:38:53,160
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ The next time, your head's
876
00:38:53,158 --> 00:38:56,238
gonna get decapitated
completely. ‐ Whoa.
877
00:38:56,236 --> 00:38:58,506
CHARLAMAGNE: He just has not
learned his lesson.
878
00:38:58,507 --> 00:39:01,147
‐ I would prefer not even
to‐‐to‐‐to‐‐
879
00:39:01,150 --> 00:39:05,070
to dignify a conversation
about dude.
880
00:39:05,066 --> 00:39:07,066
[dramatic music]
881
00:39:07,068 --> 00:39:08,978
BIG U: What I see in hip hop
now is different
882
00:39:08,976 --> 00:39:11,916
than what I see
in hip hop past.
883
00:39:11,921 --> 00:39:15,961
Hip hop now is not
about a great lyricist.
884
00:39:15,964 --> 00:39:20,354
It's not about a performance.
It's not about the look.
885
00:39:20,349 --> 00:39:25,159
It's really about who can be
the most shocking.
886
00:39:25,162 --> 00:39:26,872
You got dudes out here
running in the streets,
887
00:39:26,869 --> 00:39:30,349
getting hit by cars.
It's about hits and likes.
888
00:39:30,349 --> 00:39:32,159
It's not even
about music no more.
889
00:39:32,156 --> 00:39:34,286
PRINCESS IVORI:
And so anybody can come out
890
00:39:34,293 --> 00:39:37,773
and present their art.
The bad part is,
891
00:39:37,773 --> 00:39:41,453
is that everybody can come out
and be a rapper.
892
00:39:41,453 --> 00:39:43,293
NICK:
Internet and social media
893
00:39:43,289 --> 00:39:44,589
definitely changed hip hop.
894
00:39:44,594 --> 00:39:46,234
It made it all about
the fast money.
895
00:39:46,234 --> 00:39:48,184
It made it about the façade,
896
00:39:48,175 --> 00:39:51,015
took a lot
of the substance away.
897
00:39:51,015 --> 00:39:52,955
‐ That's what's missing
from the culture
898
00:39:52,955 --> 00:39:57,065
is‐‐is more truth
and more storytelling,
899
00:39:57,072 --> 00:39:58,312
not gimmicks.
900
00:39:58,310 --> 00:40:01,620
‐ So there's really
no connection to the street.
901
00:40:01,617 --> 00:40:04,597
It's really just about
selling to the masses,
902
00:40:04,596 --> 00:40:07,206
and it's being controlled
by a whole nother people
903
00:40:07,206 --> 00:40:10,506
that's not like us.
It's something different.
904
00:40:10,514 --> 00:40:12,464
♪♪ ♪♪
905
00:40:12,455 --> 00:40:15,425
White people got it,
and they running it.
906
00:40:15,433 --> 00:40:18,313
They took hip hop,
made it theirs.
907
00:40:18,306 --> 00:40:20,746
The biggest‐selling product
908
00:40:20,749 --> 00:40:23,959
that the United States
of America has to this day
909
00:40:23,961 --> 00:40:25,671
is our culture.
910
00:40:25,668 --> 00:40:27,898
I like to say when
Russell Simmons owned it,
911
00:40:27,904 --> 00:40:30,184
it was different.
‐ It was universal.
912
00:40:30,180 --> 00:40:33,230
‐ Now Russ don't got it
no more, and it's crazy.
913
00:40:33,225 --> 00:40:36,925
‐ MAGA '20, '20, '20,
don't forget that.
914
00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:38,544
[cheers and applause]
915
00:40:38,541 --> 00:40:41,321
MALCOLM: Right now,
America and hip hop
916
00:40:41,319 --> 00:40:43,489
are in a state of flux,
an agitation,
917
00:40:43,494 --> 00:40:44,904
and a big shift is happening,
918
00:40:44,896 --> 00:40:49,746
and it's either gonna shift
real bad or real good.
919
00:40:49,747 --> 00:40:52,787
It feels like there's a desire
to acknowledge our struggle,
920
00:40:52,792 --> 00:40:55,032
and hip hop is a huge part
of demanding
921
00:40:55,027 --> 00:40:57,737
that motherfuckers
see what we dealing with.
922
00:41:04,803 --> 00:41:06,693
‐ For 400 years, you had
your knees on our necks,
923
00:41:06,686 --> 00:41:09,296
a garden of evil
with no seeds of respect.
924
00:41:09,297 --> 00:41:12,867
[dramatic music]
925
00:41:12,871 --> 00:41:15,821
Watching that man die slow
left a hole.
926
00:41:15,817 --> 00:41:19,727
He cried for his mama
as the murder unfold.
927
00:41:19,729 --> 00:41:23,039
Being Black in a America is
like rolling a pair of dice,
928
00:41:23,039 --> 00:41:25,879
but the stakes are way higher.
You gambling with my life.
929
00:41:25,884 --> 00:41:30,304
♪♪ ♪♪
930
00:41:30,296 --> 00:41:34,036
TRICK TRICK: According to what
I can see now with society now
931
00:41:34,043 --> 00:41:35,523
and the world now...
932
00:41:35,517 --> 00:41:38,057
[exhales sharply]
933
00:41:38,055 --> 00:41:39,655
Take a deep breath.
934
00:41:39,660 --> 00:41:41,540
REPORTER: The coronavirus
has now killed
935
00:41:41,535 --> 00:41:45,175
more than 300,000 people
in the United States.
936
00:41:45,181 --> 00:41:47,691
TRICK TRICK: Any day now,
anything can happen
937
00:41:47,686 --> 00:41:51,226
with anything in this world.
938
00:41:51,233 --> 00:41:54,183
[gunshots]
939
00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:58,658
♪♪ ♪♪
940
00:41:58,658 --> 00:42:03,278
More killings are happening
of these men.
941
00:42:03,276 --> 00:42:04,446
‐ Black lives matter!
942
00:42:04,446 --> 00:42:06,316
‐ Black lives
have always mattered!
943
00:42:06,315 --> 00:42:09,725
TRICK TRICK: It's sad
that you even have to scream,
944
00:42:09,729 --> 00:42:14,079
"Black lives matter."
945
00:42:14,075 --> 00:42:16,545
‐ And then for a rebuttal
to be created
946
00:42:16,551 --> 00:42:21,001
that say all lives matter...
Well, shit, like,
947
00:42:21,001 --> 00:42:23,411
who the fuck getting
knocked off out here?
948
00:42:23,405 --> 00:42:28,655
♪♪ ♪♪
AL SHARPTON: An unarmed man
949
00:42:28,660 --> 00:42:35,350
was subjected to a choke hold.
950
00:42:35,346 --> 00:42:37,316
Mama!
951
00:42:37,321 --> 00:42:41,971
SHARPTON: And the result is,
he is no longer with us.
952
00:42:41,967 --> 00:42:43,907
DONALD TRUMP: They're under
this tremendous pressure,
953
00:42:43,909 --> 00:42:46,619
and they‐‐they don't
handle it well.
954
00:42:46,620 --> 00:42:48,730
They call it choking,
and it happens.
955
00:42:48,728 --> 00:42:52,138
[sirens wailing]
956
00:42:52,135 --> 00:42:54,705
TRICK TRICK: This world,
look what it has come to.
957
00:42:54,712 --> 00:42:57,262
Look what's going on.
Look what the leadership‐‐
958
00:42:57,255 --> 00:42:59,885
look at the examples
that they set.
959
00:42:59,894 --> 00:43:02,074
That can't be how you represent
this place.
960
00:43:02,069 --> 00:43:04,409
Look what the government
is demonstrating.
961
00:43:04,411 --> 00:43:07,491
Anybody that try to speak
on something,
962
00:43:07,488 --> 00:43:14,578
he is mowed down.
You know, fuck we gonna do?
963
00:43:14,580 --> 00:43:21,900
♪♪ ♪♪ Fuck we gonna do?
♪♪ ♪♪
964
00:43:21,902 --> 00:43:27,422
‐ Now is the time to plot,
plan, strategize,
965
00:43:27,418 --> 00:43:29,858
organize, and mobilize.
966
00:43:29,862 --> 00:43:32,942
‐ How do we change the system?
By voting.
967
00:43:32,941 --> 00:43:34,041
LEBRON JAMES:
It's all about leadership,
968
00:43:34,044 --> 00:43:36,254
and leadership
starts at the top.
969
00:43:36,247 --> 00:43:38,187
STACEY ABRAMS: For the first
time in American history,
970
00:43:38,189 --> 00:43:40,059
there are more
Black and brown folks
971
00:43:40,063 --> 00:43:42,413
who can actually change
the outcome of elections.
972
00:43:42,406 --> 00:43:44,776
REPORTER: Voters chose
to vote against chaos.
973
00:43:44,776 --> 00:43:49,626
ALL: Fuck Donald Trump!
Fuck Donald Trump!
974
00:43:49,630 --> 00:43:56,650
Fuck Donald Trump!
Fuck Donald Trump!
975
00:43:56,652 --> 00:43:59,802
[waves crashing]
976
00:44:07,690 --> 00:44:10,700
[dramatic music]
977
00:44:10,698 --> 00:44:18,488
♪♪ ♪♪
978
00:44:18,493 --> 00:44:21,133
KAHN: There's just some people
people gravitate to.
979
00:44:21,131 --> 00:44:22,501
They're a magnet.
980
00:44:22,503 --> 00:44:25,183
When he makes a call out
for something to happen,
981
00:44:25,180 --> 00:44:26,550
there are people there
that say,
982
00:44:26,553 --> 00:44:28,363
"I'm riding with Trick."
983
00:44:28,357 --> 00:44:30,697
TRICK TRICK:
I will roll up on you,
984
00:44:30,697 --> 00:44:33,637
reinitiate the No Fly Zone.
985
00:44:33,641 --> 00:44:37,251
I am patrolling these streets
daily, all day, every day.
986
00:44:37,253 --> 00:44:40,203
You could turn any corner,
east and west,
987
00:44:40,195 --> 00:44:42,135
and they'll tell you,
"I seen Uncle Trick.
988
00:44:42,136 --> 00:44:43,366
I seen Uncle Trick."
989
00:44:43,374 --> 00:44:45,754
Yeah, Uncle Trick
is patrolling the street
990
00:44:45,750 --> 00:44:47,020
'cause I'm not finna have it.
991
00:44:47,017 --> 00:44:49,557
You ain't finna
tear up my shit.
992
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,640
If you live
in a neighborhood,
993
00:44:51,635 --> 00:44:55,145
that's your community.
You have a say‐so.
994
00:44:55,147 --> 00:44:56,647
As people who want peace,
995
00:44:56,649 --> 00:44:58,289
as people who are entitled
to peace,
996
00:44:58,288 --> 00:45:01,668
and as influencers,
we have to be involved
997
00:45:01,669 --> 00:45:05,309
with what's going on
within our community.
998
00:45:05,310 --> 00:45:06,650
NISSA: He got
his own foundation,
999
00:45:06,649 --> 00:45:08,719
Christian Anthony Mathis
Foundation,
1000
00:45:08,724 --> 00:45:11,474
you know, help mothers
and children with,
1001
00:45:11,469 --> 00:45:13,539
you know, bills,
different things like that.
1002
00:45:13,541 --> 00:45:15,551
‐ In Detroit with Trick Trick,
you know,
1003
00:45:15,546 --> 00:45:18,686
I saw him give back clothes
to the‐‐to the homeless,
1004
00:45:18,691 --> 00:45:21,571
also feed the people
within the community
1005
00:45:21,570 --> 00:45:24,440
literally by just
putting groceries, uh,
1006
00:45:24,443 --> 00:45:25,983
bags in front
of people's doors,
1007
00:45:25,981 --> 00:45:30,001
you know, and giving back.
‐ That's who Trick Trick is,
1008
00:45:29,997 --> 00:45:32,437
that guy.
1009
00:45:32,435 --> 00:45:35,075
ROYCE DA 5'9":
Trick just got a certificate
1010
00:45:35,078 --> 00:45:37,218
from the United Nations
yesterday.
1011
00:45:37,220 --> 00:45:38,930
He's literally in a picture
1012
00:45:38,927 --> 00:45:41,567
with diplomats
from other countries.
1013
00:45:41,565 --> 00:45:44,635
He found out early on that
he had leadership abilities,
1014
00:45:44,644 --> 00:45:47,624
and not only did he
nurture that gift,
1015
00:45:47,623 --> 00:45:50,763
but he applied it in a way
that, um,
1016
00:45:50,762 --> 00:45:53,612
it ended up being a good story
instead of a bad one.
1017
00:45:53,607 --> 00:45:55,377
‐ Y'all getting this shit?
1018
00:45:55,381 --> 00:45:58,661
‐ What we gonna eat?
I'm hungry. ‐ Come on in, please.
1019
00:45:58,657 --> 00:46:00,957
‐ I can't think
on a empty stomach.
1020
00:46:00,964 --> 00:46:03,444
[laughter, chatter]
1021
00:46:03,441 --> 00:46:06,891
‐ I got, uh, my, uh,
1022
00:46:06,886 --> 00:46:10,496
United Nations
Peace Ambassador shield,
1023
00:46:10,497 --> 00:46:13,707
so it's, like, uh, global,
1024
00:46:13,709 --> 00:46:16,249
go out of the country
to do peace work, you know?
1025
00:46:16,249 --> 00:46:20,759
It's anti‐terrorism, anti‐war,
anti‐human trafficking,
1026
00:46:20,764 --> 00:46:24,814
you know, shit we hate already,
you know, anti‐poverty.
1027
00:46:24,812 --> 00:46:26,152
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ Right.
1028
00:46:26,147 --> 00:46:28,887
‐ You know, anti‐‐you know,
these‐‐these kids out here
1029
00:46:28,890 --> 00:46:30,730
that it's fucked up
that we have to keep
1030
00:46:30,731 --> 00:46:32,001
pulling up on all the time,
1031
00:46:32,003 --> 00:46:35,143
so that's‐‐what we do
on a regular basis
1032
00:46:35,143 --> 00:46:36,753
is what constitutes a position
1033
00:46:36,749 --> 00:46:40,029
to hold
such a prestigious honor.
1034
00:46:40,029 --> 00:46:43,009
‐ As a parent,
when I look on the phone
1035
00:46:43,006 --> 00:46:48,116
and see my son standing in
the midst of world dignitaries,
1036
00:46:48,122 --> 00:46:51,672
that's something I wish
every parent could be proud of.
1037
00:46:51,669 --> 00:46:54,439
‐ Yeah.
‐ So the Peace Ambassador,
1038
00:46:54,443 --> 00:46:59,833
all I think of is, what's going
on today with my big baby boy?
1039
00:46:59,829 --> 00:47:02,939
‐ Yeah.
‐ And we are so proud of him
1040
00:47:02,935 --> 00:47:06,145
as a son,
a father, a grandfather.
1041
00:47:06,148 --> 00:47:08,958
‐ My man.
‐ He's amazing.
1042
00:47:08,959 --> 00:47:11,729
LESLYE: To me, he's at peace
with himself,
1043
00:47:11,732 --> 00:47:13,972
being able to now go out
into the community
1044
00:47:13,973 --> 00:47:18,693
and turn around the reputation
that the people thought of him.
1045
00:47:18,692 --> 00:47:20,702
[indistinct chatter]
1046
00:47:20,695 --> 00:47:24,875
‐ Hello.
Okay, can we get quiet?
1047
00:47:24,878 --> 00:47:27,118
Please can we get
a little bit quiet?
1048
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:29,120
PERSON: We live in a time
in society
1049
00:47:29,122 --> 00:47:31,132
where it's important to connect
with the people
1050
00:47:31,130 --> 00:47:34,750
that need our continued support
the most, our youth.
1051
00:47:34,745 --> 00:47:36,985
BIG U: You know,
I talk to kids right now today
1052
00:47:36,985 --> 00:47:39,015
on the verge
of making those mistakes,
1053
00:47:39,022 --> 00:47:41,002
I just use my life
and let them know,
1054
00:47:40,997 --> 00:47:42,907
like, you ain't gotta
go down that road.
1055
00:47:42,905 --> 00:47:45,475
‐ People don't really care
about if you lead them
1056
00:47:45,483 --> 00:47:47,953
until you feed them,
and that's what Big U is doing,
1057
00:47:47,952 --> 00:47:50,662
and that's what all these
leaders are doing in this room.
1058
00:47:50,664 --> 00:47:53,614
You can always look up
to the Big Us and OGs,
1059
00:47:53,609 --> 00:47:55,379
but when you see
that they care about you
1060
00:47:55,379 --> 00:47:58,419
and they really wanna help you
get to that next level,
1061
00:47:58,422 --> 00:47:59,832
that's a paradigm shift,
you know what I mean?
1062
00:47:59,827 --> 00:48:01,897
That's truly controlling
our narrative and saying,
1063
00:48:01,902 --> 00:48:03,612
"Yo, you don't have to do
the things that I did.
1064
00:48:03,609 --> 00:48:05,039
"You don't have
to get locked up.
1065
00:48:05,042 --> 00:48:05,952
"I'm gonna make sure
I take care of you.
1066
00:48:05,945 --> 00:48:07,585
"You can still be solid.
1067
00:48:07,587 --> 00:48:10,257
"You can still be, you know,
from the hood and all of that,
1068
00:48:10,262 --> 00:48:13,012
but we gonna give you
a different option."
1069
00:48:13,005 --> 00:48:15,405
Let me hear y'all say
Developing Options.
1070
00:48:15,412 --> 00:48:19,432
ALL: Developing Options!
BRANDY: ♪♪ LA ♪♪
1071
00:48:19,429 --> 00:48:21,099
JAMES FAUNTLEROY:
♪♪ Can't believe we found love ♪♪
1072
00:48:21,099 --> 00:48:23,369
♪♪ In the city of LA ♪♪
1073
00:48:23,370 --> 00:48:25,710
‐ You know, I came up with
the idea of Developing Options
1074
00:48:25,713 --> 00:48:26,923
when I was in prison.
1075
00:48:26,917 --> 00:48:28,987
STACEY:
He does gang intervention.
1076
00:48:28,992 --> 00:48:30,372
That's a part
of Developing Options.
1077
00:48:30,365 --> 00:48:33,165
And he goes to meetings,
and he meets with the mayor.
1078
00:48:33,169 --> 00:48:34,639
‐ Mr. Wack.
1079
00:48:34,643 --> 00:48:36,283
[applause]
1080
00:48:36,282 --> 00:48:37,592
WACK 100: One thing that got
my attention,
1081
00:48:37,589 --> 00:48:39,259
maybe about seven
or eight years ago,
1082
00:48:39,259 --> 00:48:42,299
I walked into Big U's office
on 42nd and Crenshaw,
1083
00:48:42,300 --> 00:48:46,220
and there was a dude standing
there that just did 20 years.
1084
00:48:46,215 --> 00:48:48,985
This dude was from
Eight‐Trey Gangster,
1085
00:48:48,991 --> 00:48:51,971
archenemies
of the Rollin' 60s,
1086
00:48:51,966 --> 00:48:53,466
and sitting down
in front of Big U,
1087
00:48:53,474 --> 00:48:56,354
Big U was helping him
fill out the application
1088
00:48:56,350 --> 00:49:00,630
so he can start doing the gang
prevention in his section.
1089
00:49:00,629 --> 00:49:04,179
That meant something to me.
‐ I've been home 15 years now.
1090
00:49:04,175 --> 00:49:06,315
The gang violence in LA
1091
00:49:06,316 --> 00:49:09,486
is the lowest it's been
since 1967.
1092
00:49:09,493 --> 00:49:11,163
‐ Wow. That's awesome.
1093
00:49:11,163 --> 00:49:13,213
‐ Know what I'm saying? Yeah.
‐ Yeah, that's awesome.
1094
00:49:13,205 --> 00:49:15,075
‐ Yeah.
‐ Yeah.
1095
00:49:15,079 --> 00:49:17,019
STACEY:
His reputation of the past,
1096
00:49:17,016 --> 00:49:18,886
I don't think it's ever
gonna go away,
1097
00:49:18,889 --> 00:49:21,319
but that kinda made him
be a better person for today.
1098
00:49:25,060 --> 00:49:28,590
[dramatic music]
1099
00:49:28,591 --> 00:49:32,571
‐ You know another thing
that was very fascinating,
1100
00:49:32,572 --> 00:49:36,012
that I had went to an event
at the King Center.
1101
00:49:36,013 --> 00:49:39,163
When Dexter King
came up to me and said,
1102
00:49:39,159 --> 00:49:42,969
"Don't ever stop doing
what you do for us,"
1103
00:49:42,969 --> 00:49:47,719
I said, "You know me?"
And he started laughing.
1104
00:49:47,722 --> 00:49:50,372
He said, "Who don't know you?"
1105
00:49:50,366 --> 00:49:51,966
WAKA: Like, being honored
by Jesse Jackson,
1106
00:49:51,965 --> 00:49:53,565
that was incredible,
1107
00:49:53,573 --> 00:49:55,243
but it's crazy to see people
honor you for things
1108
00:49:55,244 --> 00:49:57,424
that we didn't even know
you get awards for.
1109
00:49:57,423 --> 00:50:00,363
‐ Jesse Jackson has honored me
three times,
1110
00:50:00,364 --> 00:50:02,504
you know, in the work that
I've done in the community,
1111
00:50:02,503 --> 00:50:05,983
the work I've done
in the industry.
1112
00:50:05,982 --> 00:50:08,762
It's a man
that was on my mom's wall
1113
00:50:08,759 --> 00:50:10,529
that I got to deal with.
1114
00:50:10,529 --> 00:50:12,869
WAKA: I watched my mother
help single parents,
1115
00:50:12,871 --> 00:50:16,421
single home, abused children.
She's feeding the homeless.
1116
00:50:16,420 --> 00:50:19,760
She was just, like, a‐‐
like, a fucking female Batman
1117
00:50:19,759 --> 00:50:21,529
for the community.
1118
00:50:21,534 --> 00:50:23,444
PRINCESS IVORI:
So Debbie is a hustler.
1119
00:50:23,442 --> 00:50:25,382
She ain't trying
to get over on nobody.
1120
00:50:25,382 --> 00:50:30,732
Debbie's main focus is always,
"How can I help this person?
1121
00:50:30,731 --> 00:50:33,141
"How can I be the glue
to help this person
1122
00:50:33,139 --> 00:50:38,189
achieve whatever goal or dream
that they have?"
1123
00:50:38,186 --> 00:50:40,156
[indistinct chatter]
1124
00:50:40,161 --> 00:50:42,101
‐ Boom, boom,
you should be just riding it.
1125
00:50:42,102 --> 00:50:44,982
‐ Right.
‐ In our pockets, in and out.
1126
00:50:44,978 --> 00:50:46,778
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ Then we slow down. Then...
1127
00:50:46,783 --> 00:50:49,863
My son, he's me all over
in the making,
1128
00:50:49,861 --> 00:50:54,541
but he's more smarter
with the music than me.
1129
00:50:54,543 --> 00:50:56,583
He actually put
the beats together.
1130
00:50:56,583 --> 00:51:01,033
‐ [indistinct].
‐ [singing indistinctly]
1131
00:51:01,033 --> 00:51:06,313
♪♪ ♪♪
1132
00:51:06,314 --> 00:51:08,764
‐ ♪♪ Yo, they only know
my name now ♪♪
1133
00:51:08,759 --> 00:51:11,969
♪♪ 'Cause I'm the gunner
in my gang now ♪♪
1134
00:51:12,034 --> 00:51:14,644
♪♪ Fishy niggas gonna hang now ♪♪
1135
00:51:14,710 --> 00:51:16,790
♪♪ I got these diamonds
in my chain, wow ♪♪
1136
00:51:16,851 --> 00:51:19,561
♪♪ Sly niggas had never
got a stain on me ♪♪
1137
00:51:19,630 --> 00:51:22,230
♪♪ No drought 'cause you know
I keep the brain on me ♪♪
1138
00:51:22,300 --> 00:51:23,810
♪♪ Turnt up to the max ♪♪
1139
00:51:23,873 --> 00:51:25,283
♪♪ Got the pain on me ♪♪
1140
00:51:25,346 --> 00:51:27,856
♪♪ Came home genuine,
I'm the same OG ♪♪
1141
00:51:27,856 --> 00:51:29,256
♪♪ ♪♪
1142
00:51:29,259 --> 00:51:32,099
BIMMY:
You know, I had older guys,
1143
00:51:32,099 --> 00:51:34,309
like, Gs older than me help me,
1144
00:51:34,308 --> 00:51:37,388
so I feel as I'm supposed
to do the same...
1145
00:51:37,388 --> 00:51:38,728
‐ Right.
‐ And keep it going,
1146
00:51:38,725 --> 00:51:40,995
you know what I mean,
keep the cycle going.
1147
00:51:40,996 --> 00:51:44,276
CORY: When you speak
about guys like Bimmy,
1148
00:51:44,275 --> 00:51:46,985
the truth is,
they are hip hop.
1149
00:51:46,987 --> 00:51:50,427
There was no music platform
for them to speak their voice.
1150
00:51:50,428 --> 00:51:53,878
Hip hop was created
as a form of rhythmic poetry
1151
00:51:53,875 --> 00:51:57,115
for them to be expressive,
for them to say what they felt.
1152
00:51:57,117 --> 00:52:01,597
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
1153
00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:03,170
SNOOP DOGG:
And I always brag on him.
1154
00:52:03,172 --> 00:52:04,882
When he first got out,
1155
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:08,250
he wasn't like he is right now,
with a suit on and all this,
1156
00:52:08,253 --> 00:52:10,133
leading meetings
and being conversational.
1157
00:52:10,127 --> 00:52:15,107
That nigga real different,
real different. ‐ Hang on.
1158
00:52:15,110 --> 00:52:17,720
SNOOP DOGG: The man that he
became is rubbing off on me.
1159
00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:20,430
He's becoming a influence
to me like my big brother.
1160
00:52:20,430 --> 00:52:21,770
That's what
you're supposed to be.
1161
00:52:21,769 --> 00:52:23,679
Don't be my big brother
and corrupt the community.
1162
00:52:23,675 --> 00:52:30,965
Uplift us
and compliment me. ♪♪ ♪♪
1163
00:52:30,966 --> 00:52:34,906
BIG U: I wanna see
successful Black boys.
1164
00:52:34,909 --> 00:52:36,879
I concentrate more
on Black boys
1165
00:52:36,884 --> 00:52:40,134
because we are
the most endangered species
1166
00:52:40,129 --> 00:52:42,169
on planet Earth.
1167
00:52:42,167 --> 00:52:44,777
We're the most looked over.
We're the most hunted.
1168
00:52:44,777 --> 00:52:46,277
We're the most hated.
1169
00:52:46,281 --> 00:52:49,861
And I concentrate
my effort there.
1170
00:52:49,863 --> 00:52:52,033
With all due respect
to everybody else,
1171
00:52:52,032 --> 00:52:56,182
I wanna go help the ones
who need the most help.
1172
00:52:56,181 --> 00:53:00,801
You taking a chance on me
ten years ago
1173
00:53:00,795 --> 00:53:04,775
to be able to do a team
in the Crenshaw League,
1174
00:53:04,778 --> 00:53:06,918
I wouldn't have been able
to get everything off
1175
00:53:06,919 --> 00:53:09,659
that I've been able to do.
1176
00:53:09,659 --> 00:53:13,539
You brought football
back to the hood.
1177
00:53:13,539 --> 00:53:15,149
You took a chance
on a thug, man.
1178
00:53:15,145 --> 00:53:16,615
‐ Yeah, you did that, dog.
‐ You know what I mean?
1179
00:53:16,619 --> 00:53:18,289
‐ You did that.
‐ We ain't even finished.
1180
00:53:18,287 --> 00:53:22,297
We're not even finished.
Y'all in college.
1181
00:53:22,302 --> 00:53:24,412
‐ School start Monday,
so I ain't even had
1182
00:53:24,411 --> 00:53:25,881
to really face
the world yet.
1183
00:53:25,883 --> 00:53:27,223
‐ Proud of y'all, though.
1184
00:53:27,217 --> 00:53:29,957
Y'all give me more energy
to keep going
1185
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,640
'cause I can say to the world
that this is my class.
1186
00:53:32,638 --> 00:53:34,178
This is what I produced.
1187
00:53:34,176 --> 00:53:37,346
I'm fortunate enough to say
that I've been instrumental
1188
00:53:37,350 --> 00:53:41,230
and helpful in getting hundreds
of kids in and out of college.
1189
00:53:41,231 --> 00:53:43,211
‐ But you, you know,
showing us how to
1190
00:53:43,206 --> 00:53:45,646
conduct ourselves
in a business manner,
1191
00:53:45,645 --> 00:53:47,915
I chose to come and talk
amongst people
1192
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:49,690
whose dads are,
you know, former senators
1193
00:53:49,694 --> 00:53:51,204
or former generals
1194
00:53:51,199 --> 00:53:53,169
just to enlighten them
on the fact that,
1195
00:53:53,172 --> 00:53:56,352
you know, a young Black man
from a rough background
1196
00:53:56,347 --> 00:53:58,117
can also make it here too.
1197
00:53:58,121 --> 00:54:02,571
‐ I have far more kids
who are in college
1198
00:54:02,569 --> 00:54:06,949
and who are successful
than I ever had this in prison
1199
00:54:06,951 --> 00:54:10,971
or on the streets
just gangbanging. I can say that.
1200
00:54:10,966 --> 00:54:12,896
‐ He was supposed to be
the worst gangbanger ever,
1201
00:54:12,901 --> 00:54:16,111
but look at him now. ♪♪ ♪♪
1202
00:54:16,114 --> 00:54:19,134
‐ Most high, we thank you
for this space and this time.
1203
00:54:19,126 --> 00:54:22,196
We thank you for every mind
and heart sitting at this table
1204
00:54:22,199 --> 00:54:26,079
who have the vision
to create in our communities
1205
00:54:26,081 --> 00:54:28,731
the things that we need to be
able to elevate ourselves,
1206
00:54:28,726 --> 00:54:30,886
our families,
and our nation,
1207
00:54:30,894 --> 00:54:33,444
and it will be something
that continues to grow
1208
00:54:33,439 --> 00:54:34,939
for all the children
1209
00:54:34,944 --> 00:54:38,524
to aspire to be greater
than what they see today.
1210
00:54:38,522 --> 00:54:40,902
We thank you.
In your name, we say ashe.
1211
00:54:40,895 --> 00:54:44,575
ALL: Ashe.
‐ That was beautiful, sister.
1212
00:54:44,577 --> 00:54:47,317
♪♪ ♪♪
1213
00:54:47,319 --> 00:54:50,859
PARLAE: The leadership
in the hood,
1214
00:54:50,862 --> 00:54:53,672
people think that leader mean
that you got the most money
1215
00:54:53,673 --> 00:54:55,053
or you got the most say‐so
1216
00:54:55,046 --> 00:54:56,976
or you tell somebody
what to do.
1217
00:54:56,982 --> 00:54:58,552
That's not a leader.
1218
00:54:58,554 --> 00:55:01,164
A leader's a person
who's willing to put themself
1219
00:55:01,164 --> 00:55:04,754
in the front
in order to lead other people.
1220
00:55:04,746 --> 00:55:06,006
That's a leader.
1221
00:55:06,012 --> 00:55:08,022
‐ Those are the people
in our communities
1222
00:55:08,018 --> 00:55:10,798
that are the unsung heroes.
‐ And who's doing that?
1223
00:55:10,797 --> 00:55:12,637
JAY: That is what's needed
in our communities,
1224
00:55:12,637 --> 00:55:17,177
and a lot of times,
we demonize the approach
1225
00:55:17,183 --> 00:55:20,833
and don't look
into the value of them
1226
00:55:20,831 --> 00:55:24,111
being in those communities
1227
00:55:24,107 --> 00:55:25,577
'cause when you take
those people out,
1228
00:55:25,577 --> 00:55:28,457
when you take those
influences out,
1229
00:55:28,456 --> 00:55:30,526
chaos ensues.
1230
00:55:30,531 --> 00:55:33,001
‐ And then put the thumb up
like that,
1231
00:55:33,002 --> 00:55:34,472
and then tilt your elbow
like that.
1232
00:55:34,474 --> 00:55:40,474
There you go, neighbor.
‐ Oh, I love that. ♪♪ ♪♪
1233
00:55:40,465 --> 00:55:41,965
HAITIAN JACK: To be honest,
I just woke up one day,
1234
00:55:41,966 --> 00:55:45,176
and they said I was a legend.
I don't know who started it.
1235
00:55:45,177 --> 00:55:46,777
I don't know why it was said.
1236
00:55:46,784 --> 00:55:49,364
They just woke up and said,
"Yo, Jack's a legend,"
1237
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:51,800
and I go, "I thought you had
to be dead to be a legend."
1238
00:55:51,798 --> 00:55:54,308
‐ We all have stories to tell.
1239
00:55:54,308 --> 00:55:55,748
That's the good thing
about hip hop.
1240
00:55:55,746 --> 00:55:57,016
That's why it never dies,
1241
00:55:57,018 --> 00:55:58,858
'cause there's always
a good story
1242
00:55:58,858 --> 00:56:01,968
right next door to you.
‐ Hip hop was healing to me.
1243
00:56:01,965 --> 00:56:05,775
I listen to they lyrics,
and I listen to they struggle,
1244
00:56:05,780 --> 00:56:09,020
and I'll be like,
"Damn, I came out of that."
1245
00:56:09,022 --> 00:56:11,162
I helped birth hip hop.
1246
00:56:11,162 --> 00:56:15,212
BIG U: I have saved lives.
I have helped to make men.
1247
00:56:15,212 --> 00:56:18,422
It's not everybody who can say
they came from where I came
1248
00:56:18,421 --> 00:56:22,601
and they're able to say
that they helped other people.
1249
00:56:22,603 --> 00:56:24,683
I know God will let me
in heaven on that.
1250
00:56:24,677 --> 00:56:26,777
NAS: ♪♪ They plan was to knock
me out the top of the game ♪♪
1251
00:56:26,781 --> 00:56:29,531
♪♪ But I overstand
they truth is all lame ♪♪
1252
00:56:29,591 --> 00:56:31,501
♪♪ I hold cannons
that shoot balls of flame ♪♪
1253
00:56:31,566 --> 00:56:32,766
♪♪ Right in they fat mouth ♪♪
1254
00:56:32,838 --> 00:56:35,308
♪♪ Then I carve my name,
Nas, too real ♪♪
1255
00:56:35,379 --> 00:56:36,709
♪♪ Nas, true king ♪♪
1256
00:56:36,780 --> 00:56:38,920
♪♪ It's however you feel,
go ahead, you swing ♪♪
1257
00:56:38,989 --> 00:56:41,299
♪♪ Your arms too short
to box with God ♪♪
1258
00:56:41,366 --> 00:56:43,476
♪♪ I don't kill soloists,
only kill squads ♪♪
1259
00:56:43,541 --> 00:56:44,981
♪♪ Fame went to they head ♪♪
1260
00:56:44,976 --> 00:56:47,716
BIG U: We all did the streets.
1261
00:56:47,718 --> 00:56:51,058
The difference between me
and Al Capone, Bugsy is,
1262
00:56:51,064 --> 00:56:53,674
I gave people they dreams.
1263
00:56:53,672 --> 00:56:55,642
NAS: ♪♪ I never asked
to be top of rap's elite ♪♪
1264
00:56:55,644 --> 00:56:57,024
♪♪ Just a ghetto child
trying to learn ♪♪
1265
00:56:57,082 --> 00:56:59,492
♪♪ The traps of the streets,
but look at me now ♪♪
1266
00:56:59,493 --> 00:57:01,973
RODRIGUEZ:
♪♪ You're the man ♪♪
1267
00:57:01,968 --> 00:57:03,898
♪♪ You're the man ♪♪
1268
00:57:03,904 --> 00:57:05,184
TRICK TRICK:
Leaders ain't created.
1269
00:57:05,175 --> 00:57:08,915
They born.
You is, or you ain't.
1270
00:57:08,924 --> 00:57:14,114
Understand leadership.
It's important.
1271
00:57:14,105 --> 00:57:16,345
Watch who you following.
1272
00:57:16,348 --> 00:57:23,508
♪♪ ♪♪
1273
00:57:23,505 --> 00:57:29,525
NAS: ♪♪ Uh, uh ♪♪
1274
00:57:29,526 --> 00:57:31,626
♪♪ ♪♪
1275
00:57:31,631 --> 00:57:33,471
♪♪ Wait a sec,
give me time to explain ♪♪
1276
00:57:33,539 --> 00:57:35,209
♪♪ Women and fast cars
and diamond rings ♪♪
1277
00:57:35,277 --> 00:57:36,577
♪♪ Can poison a rap star ♪♪
1278
00:57:36,651 --> 00:57:38,791
♪♪ Was suicidal, high,
smokin' so much lye ♪♪
1279
00:57:38,855 --> 00:57:40,955
♪♪ I saw a dead bird
flying through a broken sky ♪♪
1280
00:57:41,028 --> 00:57:42,998
♪♪ Wish I could flap wings
and fly away ♪♪
1281
00:57:43,070 --> 00:57:44,740
♪♪ To where Black kings
in Ghana stay ♪♪
1282
00:57:44,810 --> 00:57:46,580
♪♪ So I can get old,
my flesh rot away ♪♪
1283
00:57:46,650 --> 00:57:48,020
♪♪ But that'll be the day
when it's peace ♪♪
1284
00:57:48,085 --> 00:57:49,515
♪♪ When my gat
don't need to spray ♪♪
1285
00:57:49,591 --> 00:57:50,661
♪♪ When these streets
are safe to play ♪♪
1286
00:57:50,728 --> 00:57:52,028
♪♪ .45 in my waist ♪♪
1287
00:57:52,100 --> 00:57:53,810
♪♪ Staring at my reflection
in the mirror ♪♪
1288
00:57:53,873 --> 00:57:55,953
♪♪ Sitting still in the chair
like Mike Concepcion ♪♪
1289
00:57:56,014 --> 00:57:57,684
♪♪ When everything around me
got cloudy ♪♪
1290
00:57:57,750 --> 00:57:59,420
♪♪ The chair
became a king's throne ♪♪
1291
00:57:59,491 --> 00:58:00,831
♪♪ My destiny found me ♪♪
1292
00:58:00,895 --> 00:58:03,095
♪♪ It was clear why the struggle
was so painful ♪♪
1293
00:58:03,171 --> 00:58:05,411
♪♪ Metamorphosis,
this is what I changed to ♪♪
1294
00:58:05,479 --> 00:58:06,849
♪♪ And, God, I'm so thankful. ♪♪
1295
00:58:06,847 --> 00:58:09,417
RODRIGUEZ:
♪♪ You're the man ♪♪
1296
00:58:09,423 --> 00:58:11,633
♪♪ You're the man ♪♪
1297
00:58:11,700 --> 00:58:14,240
♪♪ You're the man ♪♪
1298
00:58:14,307 --> 00:58:16,237
♪♪ You're the man ♪♪
1299
00:58:16,312 --> 00:58:18,792
♪♪ You're the man ♪♪
1300
00:58:18,855 --> 00:58:20,255
♪♪ You're the man ♪♪
1301
00:58:20,260 --> 00:58:23,340
[dramatic music]
1302
00:58:23,337 --> 00:58:26,837
♪♪ ♪♪