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>> i've been in this place 58 years. i'm 74. >> how did you get into this business? >> i just got into it. something i like to do. everybody come in and enjoy themselves, no problem. >> please explain this policy. no hats backwards and no pants hanging down. what is that? >> that's right. you don't like my rules, don't come. >> what are the rules here? no rap music. >> no. bump-a bump-a bump-a. that gives me a headache in the brain. i love all blues. all of it's good to me, as long as it's blue. >> good r&b? >> that's right, that's right. >> but no rap. >> no, no. >> never. if kanye west wants...

Set up something new and good in formerly abandoned and neglected parts of town. ♪ yeah, you know the name already ♪ ♪ so there's no need for intro ♪ gather round, because that's exactly why the hood's here ♪ ♪ and if you're trying to find, don't look here ♪ >> this is a deeply, deeply conservative state, to say the least. >> right. >> this is a tough question because i have my own opinion. is it more racist than new york? >> so i think there are some deeply ingrained problems in mississippi that are connected to a very ugly past that we share with some other southern states. how...

♪ ♪ never gonna fall from my spot, i move all this, in september ♪ ♪ black eye october, so you be thankful the party's not over ♪ ♪ we won the race because they ran a lame campaign ♪ ♪ i'm cooking victory, you want a taste ♪ >> pyinfamous is a proud son and resident of mississippi, a youth mentor in jackson's church and public school systems, owner of a marketing agency and hip-hop artist. this town it feels empty, but where is everybody? >> i think one thing is a lot of people think that you have to leave mississippi to be able to do something great, but i think a lot of it ...

>> the mississippi i perceived is not the mississippi that i've had in my head. i was surprised how sold i was off the bat. if you want to write, come to oxford. >> you think that's true? well, apparently, yes. >> like that line in barton fink, you can't throw a rock without hitting a writer? then he says, do me a favor, throw it hard. >> it's easy to look at mississippi and go that just happens down there, so we're good, our hands are clean. it's a totally misperceived place. when i came, i fell in love with the place. i never thought that i would. there's something to it, but you can't put y...

Roll, r&b and soul all came out of this place, one state, mississippi. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪