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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...

♪ it's like [ bleep ]. for one inmate, doing time at the santa rita jail offered him an opportunity to find a collaborator and an inspiration to compose a new rap about his circumstances. >> yeah, i'm in lockup ♪ ♪ sitting in county jail ♪ i'm a star ♪ i'm in the santa rita should be playing tennis with serena ♪ ♪ but i should be in my own room ♪ ♪ i wouldn't feed three dogs ♪ ♪ i'm in lockup ♪ lock u-p ♪ on msnbc ♪ l-o-c-k-u-p on msnbc. dru down might have found a rap partner in ellis williams

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....

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 a needle in a haystack. >> coming up -- ♪ just let me see girl exactly who you be girl. >> celebrity inmate known at dru down keeps the inmates entertained and talks about his other career. >> i had my own excourt service called eye candy in l.a. i ran for 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 ...

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. you feel me? i have this certain look and aura about myself. i stay in 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 for themselves but also the other people. in dru down's case, he wouldn't ne...