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>> are you proud of that? >> i'm very proud. i'm a proud man, period. >> are you proud of being a pimp? >> yeah, i'm proud of being who i am. you know, who i became, period. i never did no harm to nobody being a pimp. >> do you have any daughters? >> yes. >> how old? >> mine is eight and a stepdaughter 19. >> how would you feel if your 8-year-old decided to become a prostitute? >> we're going to have a talk. we're going to have a real long talk about it. because i know the game. so i'm going to tell her the game before she get in it. but you know, once they walk out the door, how can i stop an...

Inmates at the santa rita jail in oakland, celebrity rapper danyle robinson or dru down considers himself just another one of the guys. >> come on. >> that's why he's chosen to turn down the jail's offer to house him in protective custody or pc. >> i don't want to be treated no different. i'm just the person that i am. i could be pc'd up but no, that's never going to be me. i'm walking the main line at all times. >> watch this. this is rock 'em sock 'em dano. >> what you going to do with it? you see that. talk to him. >> like that. >> hello. >> robinson is currently in jail for violating his p...

>> he was around when 2 short was around and pocket man was around. he been around for a while. ♪ >> in the '90s i listened to a lot of his music. i was a fan. so we got a celebrity here. >> i'm right here right now. i don't have all day, though. so you will see me back on the street. you will see me blow my music again, you will see me doing movies because this ain't going to stop me. i'm a boss. dru down's real name is danyle robinson. he was arrested for driving under the influence, violations of probation for a prior dui. he must serve the remainder of his sentence, three years, in the s...

But he says run-ins with the law inspired his music. >> i started rapping probably 16 when i got out of juvenile hall. it was just like if you didn't know the streets, i couldn't make music. what would i rap about? you know, you need to be on the streets to rap about something. you need to know what's going on. >> robinson has been in and out of jail most frequently for dui convictions but he's never been arrested for the subject of his best known song. >> well, as they say, he was the pimp of the year. >> robinson's biggest hit was his 1994 song "pimp of the year." and he says there was some ...

Probation for a prior dui. he must serve the remainder of his sentence, three years, in the santa rita jail. >> hello. >> hello. >> i never really run into too many people that don't know me. me, i'm distinctive to me. i have this certain look and aura about myself. i'm the kind of guy that stays in the ocean ways for the bays and i might have shorted curls for the girls. i stay -- i'm always dressed to impress. >> you know what i'm talking about? >> there's been other celebrities and people of fame that have come in here. most of those people have been put into protective custody, not only fo...