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Of crooks up in here. >> among the nearly 3,000 male 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. really, i mean i'm just the person that i am. you see, i could be pc he'd up but no, that's not me. 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 ...

Even though i'm up in the cell ♪ ♪ it's like [ bleep ]. santa rita. for one inmate, doing time at the santa rita jail offered an opportunity to find both a collaborator and an inspiration to compose a new rap rap about his circumstances. >> yeah, i'm in lockup ♪ ♪ sitting in county jail ♪ i'm a star i'm on lockup ♪ ♪ i'm in santa rit state should be playing tennis with serena ♪ ♪ but i should be in my own damn room. i'm a rocker in a cage like a parakeet ♪ ♪ they holler chow time but i don't eat. i wouldn't feed three dogs ♪ ♪ i'm in lockup ♪ lock u-p ♪ on msnbc...

>> robinson says there's one woman who holds a special place in his heart. he's been dating his girlfriend jenny for the past three years. i'm trying to graduate and do something different. i'm older now. you know what i'm talking about. there's just a situation i want to do when i'm here. she the one. ♪ let me show you what a fella can do ♪ ♪ ♪ my last name down, girl, my first name dru ♪ >> just as pimping is a running theme in his music, so is jenny. >> i can have a whole lot of women ♪ ♪ but i love the one that i got, she hot ♪ ♪ ♪ she looked at me and said stop, baby l...

Has angered ezekiel. >> me and him, we bump heads a lot because i find myself with 100 bucks in my pocket and i'm about to go give 80 of it to one of our baby mamas. where you at? you know what i'm saying? but i mean, he's my brother. can't hate him. you know what i'm saying? he's my brother. >> check. >> check. >> and down goes frazier. >> coming up -- >> ♪ let me see girl exactly who you be girl ♪ the rapper has a visit from the woman behind his lyrics. and eugene protsman's chilling confessions. >> word got around that somebody had to take care of her and i volunteered. [ male annou...

The lyrics often glorify criminal activity, so it should come as no surprise that many of the inmates at the nearby santa rita jail consider themselves to be rap artists. [ rapping ] >> i used to -- >> santa rita is a sprawling jail complex located 30 miles outside the city. but many of the nearly 3,000 men and women incarcerated here were arrested in oakland. most have only been charged with crimes and are awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases and one of them is a bay area rapper who is more than a wannabe. [ rapping ] >> we have an inmate come in a couple days ago, international ra...