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When i was 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 truth behind the lyrics. >> i had my own escort service called eye candy....

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...

>> danyle robinson, better known as dru down, may have found a rap partner in ellis williams, but today he gets to spend some time with a more intimate partner. he has a visit with his girlfriend. jenny teixeira has been dating robinson for almost three years though they've known each other for more than a decade. >> always good to see some lips, pretty lips instead of a man all the time. you know what i'm talking about? >> you heard of him? >> i think so. i don't know. >> though she's experienced some of the oakland street life that her boyfriend raps about, that's all in the past. >> i have ...

You know what i mean, i'm easily influenced. i've done some [ bleep ]. but i ain't the only one. this is the bay area. this is where crack was invented. i'm just needle in a haystack. >> coming up -- >> just let me see girl ♪ ♪ >> celebrity inmate known as dru drown keeps the inmates entertained and talks about his -- >> in l.a. i ran for like eight years. >> later -- >> the truth is, there's four other killings out there that i'm suspected of. they can come talk to me any time. >> i don't care about suspected. did you do it? >> eugene protsman's homicidal confessions.

He's a good person. you know, he's made some decisions in the past that catch up with you. "pimp of the year." that's a song. that side of him doesn't exist in our world. that exists on records. in videos. just for the record, too, like i'm not a prostitute and never have been. so i chose to still look past the image and see the man inside. he's a beautiful person. ♪ pack your bags let's go on tour ♪ hey, baby, what's happening? >> how are you doing? >> oh, you know, survival tactics. >> i miss you. >> i miss you, too, baby. you know that automatically. oh, look at you. you're so beautiful...