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Peekaboo. bunch of crooks over here. >> among the nearly 3,000 male inmates at the santa rita jail in oakland, celebrity rapper dru down considers himself just another one of the guys. >> come on. >> and 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 up but no, that's not me. i'm walking the main line at all times. >> watch this. this is how i rock elm sock elm. talk to him. hello. >> robinson is currently in jail for violating his pro...

International rap artist named drew down. >> my kids know his songs, my daughters. they're all into the rap. >> drew down was around when you know, pocket map was around. he's been around for a while ♪ >> in the 90s i listened to a lot of his music. i was a drew down fan. ♪ >> so we've got a celebrity here. >> and i'm right here right now. i don't have all day, though, so you will see me back on the street. you will see me doing my music again. you will see me doing movies because this ain't going to stop me. i'm a boss. dru down's real name is daniel robinson. arrested for driving you sho...

Evading police. but he says run-ins with the law inspired his music. >> i started rapg when i was probably 16 when i got out of juvenile hall. it was just like if you wasn't on the streets and i couldn't make music, what would i rap about? you need to be in 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 has never been arrested for the subject of his best known song. >> well, as they say, he was e pinch of the year. >> robinson's biggest hit was this 1994 song pimp of the year. and he says...

Were pifrpg, honest? >> i mean, you know, a few months ago, but i'm just saying, you know. >> robinson says there's one woman that holds a special place in his heart. he's been dating his girlfriend jenny for the past three years. >> trying to graduate and do something different. i'm older now. it's just a situation that i'm going through right now. she's the one. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and just as pifrpg is a running theme in his music, so is

The influence and evading police. violations of his probation for a prior dui. now he must serve the remainder of his sentence, three years in the santa rita jail. >> hello. >> i never really run into too many people that don't know me. >> hello. >> me, i'm distinctive to me. i have this certain look and aura about myself. i'm the kind of guy -- you know, i'm always dressed to impress. >> there's been other celebrities and people of fame that have come in here. most of those people have been put in the protective custody. not only for themselves but also the other people. in dru down's case he...