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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. in l.a. i ran for like eight years. i was doin...

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 probation by driving under the i...

♪ 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 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...

♪ alligators and horses ♪ lamborghinis and porsches >> ellis williams, who went by the name e-dub, on the left, daniel robinson, known as true down, were two of the more memorable rappers we ever encountered. ♪ i smell like a bunch of money ♪ ♪ they think it's a cologne ♪ we don't get along >> and their rap, alligators and horses, made an impression on one of us. >> it was the most entertaining songs i'd hear while filming "lockup." it was clever and it really stuck with you to the point where i find myself singing it quite often. ♪ alligators and horses ♪ alligators and horses...

He's a good person. he's made some decisions in the past that catch up with you. that's a song. that side of him doesn't exist in our world. it exists on records and 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 insideand he's a beautiful person. ♪ >> hey, baby. what's happening? >> how you doing? >> i'm here, survival tactics. >> i miss you. >> i miss you too, baby. you know that automatically. look at you. you're so beautiful. you're so beautiful. what shoes you got on. okay. hello. there we go. lo...