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>> 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 truth behind the lyrics. >> i had my own escort servic...

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....

Dru down might 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 shall that's all in the past. >> i have a masters degree in counseling....

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. [ male

Gangster rap. the lyrics often glorify criminal activity, so it should come as no surprise that so man inmates 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 is a bay area rapper who is more than a wannabe. >> we have an inmate come in a couple days ago, international rap artist named drew down. >> my kids know...