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♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ right now were in the middle of downtown jackson. farish street.

♪ never gonna fall from my spot, i move all this, in september ♪ ♪ black eye october, so you be thankful the partys not over ♪ ♪ we won the race because they ran a lame campaign ♪ im cooking victory, you want a taste ♪ >> pyinfamous is a proud son and resident of mississippi, a youth mentor in jacksons church and public school systems, owner of a marketing agency and hip-hop artist. this town it feels empty, but where is everybody? >> i think one thing is a lot of people think that...

♪ black eye october, so you be thankful the partys not over ♪ ♪ we won the race because they ran a lame campaign ♪ im cooking victory, you want a taste ♪ >> pyinfamous is a proud son and resident of mississippi, a youth mentor in jacksons church and public school systems, owner of a marketing agency and hip-hop artist. this town it feels empty, but where is everybody? >> i think one thing is a lot of people think that you have to leave mississippi to be able to do something great, but ...

I was surprised how sold i was off the bat. if you want to write, come to oxford. >> you think thats true? well, apparently, yes. >> like that line in barton fink, you cant throw a rock without hitting a writer? then he says, do me a favor, throw it hard. >> its easy to look at mississippi and go that just happens down there, so were good, our hands are clean. its a totally misperceived place. when i came, i fell in love with the place. i never thought that i would. theres something to it, but y...

Getting at some of the serious stuff weve been talking about. >> as i told you before, i didnt know what a cool job or what a cool restaurant i had until you showed it to me. im just making a living, you know, just like a lot of folks around mississippi. were not trying to make history. were not trying to increase tourism. all were doing is doing what we do. >> there is a discomfort level about exploring southern food ways or particularly mississippi food ways. >> right. >> when youre talking ab...

>> i just got into it. something i like to do. everybody come in and enjoy themselves, no problem. >> please explain this policy. no hats backwards and no pants hanging down. what is that? >> thats right. you dont like my rules, dont come. >> what are the rules here? no rap music. >> no. bump-a bump-a bump-a. i dont like that stuff. that gives me a headache in the brain. i love all blues. all of its good to me, as long as its blue. >> good r&b? >> thats right, thats right. >> but no rap. >> no, ...

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>> if not more. >> and hopefully -- if not largely. you know, music and all the other cultural expressions of the south. i think food is a sneaky way of getting at some of the serious stuff weve been talking about. >> as i told you before, i didnt know what a cool job or what a cool restaurant i had until you showed it to me. im just making a living, you know, just like a lot of folks around mississippi. were not trying to make history. were not trying to increase tourism. all were doing is doin...

Business? >> i just got into it. something i like to do. everybody come in and enjoy themselves, no problem. >> please explain this policy. no hats backwards and no pants hanging down. what is that? >> thats right. you dont like my rules, dont come. >> what are the rules here? no rap music. >> no. bump-a bump-a bump-a. that gives me a headache in the brain. i love all blues. all of its good to me, as long as its blue. >> good r&b? >> thats right, thats right. >> but no rap. >> no, no. >> never. ...

Is going on, where artists, entrepreneurs, movement workshops, performance spaces, set up something new and good in formerly abandoned and neglected parts of town. ♪ yeah, you know the name already ♪ ♪ so theres no need for intro ♪ gather round, because thats exactly why the hoods here ♪ ♪ and if youre trying to find, dont look here ♪ >> this is a deeply, deeply conservative state, to say the least. >> right. >> this is a tough question because i have my own opinion. is it more rac...