1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,400 There's a car that's driving down the road. 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,000 There's a frog and there's a little toad. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,000 I'm actually just making stuff up. Is that allowed? 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,000 I mean, I didn't see a frog or a toad. 5 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,000 New Orleans, Louisiana. 6 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,000 I'd heard about an extreme form of gangster rap, 7 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,000 that claimed to mirror violent ghetto life, 8 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,000 here in America's so-called dirty south. 9 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:50,000 My mission, to make it as the first white, middle-class gangster rapper, 10 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,000 is to make it a world-class gangsta rap. 11 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,000 I'm not going to be a gangster rapper, 12 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:00,000 my mission, to make it as the first white, middle-class gangster rapper. 13 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,000 First off, a rap label called Forefront Entertainment. 14 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,000 They specialize in hardcore. I wasn't sure what that meant. 15 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,000 My contact won cutie pie. 16 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,000 I smell something that smells like fish, niggas want a bitch, 17 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,000 hos want a snitch, take that shit raw, get your wig split, 18 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,000 niggas grab your dick, bitches pussy wet. 19 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Tess, tess, tess, tess. 20 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Are you cutie pie? 21 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,000 Oh, yeah, I'm cutie pie. How you doing? 22 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000 Yeah, I'm Louie from the BBC. How you doing? 23 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Oh, yeah, how you doing? 24 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Yes. 25 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 I'm in the middle of recording. 26 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,000 It's sounding good, actually. 27 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Tess, tess, tess. 28 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,000 I miss you get a rap me, put your balls out through your throat, 29 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,000 have you suckin' on your own, it's like a risk on a clean love boat, 30 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,000 but I can't believe you're trying to play me like that. 31 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Now you sweating like you're with the sauna on the beach, 32 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,000 it's like a dick's total. 33 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Tess, tess. 34 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Did you say you're going to give someone a ghetto rap to me? 35 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Oh. 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Yeah, what is that? 37 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Yeah, I'm going to give them a ghetto rap to me, 38 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,000 pull their balls out through their throat, 39 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,000 have them suckin' on their own, 40 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 dick like Louie's on a clean love boat. 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Yeah. 42 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000 That's me getting revenge. 43 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Quite gruff. Isn't that tough on your vocal chords? 44 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Oh, no, I'm used to, you know what I'm rapping for, 45 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,000 I'm used to what I've been doing since I was about 13, 14, 46 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,000 something like that. 47 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 I'm hoping to maybe learn a bit about rap, 48 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000 get involved a little bit. 49 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 I like some rap, you know, and... 50 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,000 I don't know. 51 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Is that something I could, you could teach me about, you know? 52 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Come right here, you have to come right here. 53 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Whoa, that might be too much. 54 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Right now. 55 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Right. 56 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Yeah, that's why you say it, Louie. 57 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 I smell something that smells like fish. 58 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 I smell something that... 59 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 I smell something that smells like fish. 60 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,000 That's what I was just doing. 61 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,000 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 62 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 I smell something... 63 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Hold on, hold on, hold on. 64 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 What was wrong with that? 65 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Okay, you give me a run through. 66 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Are you giving me a run through? 67 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,000 No, you give me... 68 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 I smell something that smells like fish. 69 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Melon thumbs wanna, bitch hoes wanna. 70 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Wait, wait, wait. 71 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Play that shit. 72 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Well, get your wings split. 73 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Fellas grab your dick. 74 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Bush it pretty with... 75 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Do you think I'm not doing that well? 76 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,000 You know, just let me know. 77 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 No, I'm not. 78 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 All right, I'm gonna let you know. 79 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Okay. 80 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 I don't have my shoes on, so... 81 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 You know, I'll put them on. 82 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,000 I'll recall without shoes. 83 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Okay, do you? 84 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 I'll put them here. 85 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Let me put my shoes on, Louie. 86 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 I'm fine with it. 87 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Put your shoes on. 88 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Take your time. 89 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,000 If someone said to you, well, it's really good, but actually, you're gonna sell a lot more 90 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,000 records if you go a bit soft for him. 91 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 No, that's... 92 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 And you would say... 93 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,000 You would say yes or no? 94 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,000 No, that can't happen, because if I rap, sound like, what my name is, you know. 95 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 That's not me. 96 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 That sounds pretty good. 97 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Nah, you want me to... 98 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 What my name is, cutie pie? 99 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 No, that's me. 100 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 You see what I'm saying? 101 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,000 I know my name is cutie, and I'm getting on. 102 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,000 That's what I... 103 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 How you doing? 104 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Hey, uh... 105 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Oh, she got a little bit... 106 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Hey! 107 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,000 How you doing? 108 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 How's it going, pal? 109 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,000 You're sparky. 110 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Yeah, how you doing? 111 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,000 You're the man's sparky. 112 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Yeah, I'm the man's sparky. 113 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,000 You were talking to my little earphone. 114 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Right, right, right. 115 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 I'm Louie. 116 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Yeah, you're doing pretty good. 117 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Yeah, thank you. 118 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Yeah, look at that right hand. 119 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Look at this one. 120 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Louie, that's good. 121 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Quite hardcore. 122 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Yeah, well, that's life. 123 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 That's life. 124 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 That's life, you know. 125 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 At forefront entertainment? 126 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Pretty much. 127 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 What about, do you do gangster rap at all? 128 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Yeah, I mean, bro, I'm like, everything that we do is... 129 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 What do you mean, what? 130 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Everything that we do is gangster rap. 131 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Because what do you say, gangster rap, sometimes you think, like, high crime areas, violent 132 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:25,000 background, but you, sparky and cutie pie seem very well spoken. 133 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 And what are your backgrounds like? 134 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,000 College? 135 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Yeah, four years. 136 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Four years at college? 137 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Yeah, yeah, so... 138 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Did you go to college, cutie pie? 139 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Yeah, four years of college, you know, graduated, got a degree, a whole little, send a go, 140 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,000 whatever, but I'm just saying, my middle class and your middle class, totally different. 141 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Forefront aren't just about hardcore gangster rap, they also produce hardcore gangster porn 142 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 films. 143 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Cutie Pie took me to company director Kim. 144 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 How are you doing? 145 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Good, how are you doing, Kim? 146 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Forefront entertainment. 147 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 It's an exciting project. 148 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Porn and sex and the whole thing has always been a part of, like, the hip-hop culture, 149 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,000 so I think that, yeah, it's always been there. 150 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Do you use your rapists in the porn films and to the porn stars rap as well? 151 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,000 For example, The Vicious Pussycat is a movie that we're working on. 152 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:21,000 She's starring in a movie, but with the sex scenes, we'll have our porn, our movie that 153 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,000 do porn come in and actually perform. 154 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Really? 155 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,000 And if you're the main character, though, won't people be expecting to see you in the hardcore 156 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 scenes? 157 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Well, you wouldn't have to see the movie, but if they expect that, they expect that. 158 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,000 What am I telling you? 159 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 I'm telling you, I'm going to the movie. 160 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 After you. 161 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Are these some of your movies? 162 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Yeah. 163 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Forefront movies. 164 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:44,000 These are our movies that we've done, you know, over the years. 165 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Black Southern Freaks. 166 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Black and Wild, Generation Triple X. 167 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 And Platinum Pussies. 168 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Platinum Pussies. 169 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Yeah. 170 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 And they're all black themed, aren't they? 171 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Right. 172 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,000 That's what, because they're such a shortage of black, or dark entertainment films. 173 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Yeah. 174 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 You know, we know what we want to see. 175 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Hot new Ebony Honey's from all over the US doing the nasty stuff like the prose. 176 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 The nasty stuff. 177 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,000 It's called Keeping It Real. 178 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Keeping It Real. 179 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 This is where we do songs and edits in this as well. 180 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Yes. 181 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Yeah. 182 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 How you doing? 183 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 How you doing? 184 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 What's your name? 185 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Dick McGee. 186 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Dick McGee. 187 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Louis. 188 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Yeah, he does. 189 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,000 This is Dick McGee. 190 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 He's actually, he's the one that writes the script for the movie. 191 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Is that you? 192 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Yeah, that's me. 193 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 This is a new movie that we have out right now. 194 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,000 It's a funny combination, isn't it, doing rap and porn. 195 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Right. 196 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 You know what I mean? 197 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 That's a good, it's a unique combination. 198 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Right. 199 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,000 This something that's never been done before. 200 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 This is the first time that it's actually been combined. 201 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 You're making what you would like to see. 202 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 That makes a lot of sense. 203 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Just like the music. 204 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,000 There's nothing that's watered down about it or whatever. 205 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Who's that, who's that, who's that on there right now? 206 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Oh, that's cupcake. 207 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 That's cupcake and that's snake. 208 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Sam, you gonna roll with us? 209 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 I'm gonna say glue it and rehearse it. 210 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:57,000 QDPI was off to join forefront's porn stars at a run-through for her new movie, 211 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Vicious Pussycat. 212 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,000 The film ties in with the release of her album of the same name. 213 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Oh, Ben, what the fuck's going on? 214 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 You ain't telling me it's supposed to be all this shit. 215 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 You're telling me it's just supposed to be a robbery and that was it. 216 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000 I'm sorry, Lex. 217 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 I gotta do some personal shit. 218 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 I really can't get into it right now. 219 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 What's going on? 220 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 I'm sorry. 221 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Sparkey, what's happening in this scene? 222 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Simone and Lex had, it was kind of like they stood up here. 223 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Simone? 224 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Simone and that and she's playing Simone. 225 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Something that has to do with that. 226 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Louie, pleased to meet you. 227 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 That was looking good just now. 228 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Oh, thank you. 229 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 And is that, oh, is that a real gun? 230 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Yeah, it's real. 231 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Make sure there's no bullets in it. 232 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Yeah, no bullets. 233 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 And is that in place? 234 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Simone. 235 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Simone who is Cutie Pie's sidekick. 236 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Sidekick, yeah. 237 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 And they're kind of like in a relationship together. 238 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Yeah. 239 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 And she's going to actually kill her friend in this scene. 240 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Hello. 241 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Sparkey, why did Saturn just take her top off? 242 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Oh, which is rehearsing this part, you know, just to make it look unnatural. 243 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Yeah. 244 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 You know, like she would be at home in a home setting. 245 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 And a bit sexy. 246 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Yeah, that too. 247 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000 That doesn't hurt. 248 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,000 No, it doesn't hurt. 249 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 That doesn't hurt. 250 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 I'd enjoyed my time with Cutie Pie, 251 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:09,000 but I was getting the impression that gangster rap was more about playing at being tough. 252 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 What the fuck are you going to do? 253 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,000 So far, so good. 254 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 But now I wanted to meet the real things. 255 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:29,000 I had a lead in Jackson, Mississippi about a gangster who was turning his back on crime 256 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,000 in order to pursue a rap career. 257 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Yeah, you can get out of mine. 258 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 How you doing? 259 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,000 How you doing? 260 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,000 You must be Mello T. 261 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,000 No doubt. 262 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,000 I'm Louis, Louis Theroux. 263 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,000 No doubt. 264 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 I heard a lot of bucks. 265 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Good. 266 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 A lot of bucks. 267 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Yeah, you're looking very, very smart. 268 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,000 You know, this is just Mello style. 269 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:53,000 You know, this is like a worldwide international Godfather-gaster-pimp style. 270 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Yeah. 271 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Yeah. 272 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 That's why I'm bringing it, you know. 273 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Is this your residence here? 274 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 This is one of the residences I got for one of my groups. 275 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,000 This is nice. 276 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 I mean, it's quite dark in here, isn't it? 277 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Yeah, they like it that way. 278 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,000 What is this? 279 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 It's the work out area. 280 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,000 It's like they eat a work out here, they work out in the prison, y'all. 281 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,000 You feel them? 282 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Yeah. 283 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Who's this gentleman right here? 284 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 It's Big D. 285 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Big D. 286 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Big D. 287 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,000 All right. 288 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Big D. 289 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Louis. 290 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Every dog. 291 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,000 You know, me and this man right here, you know, I'm in the music business, but you know, 292 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,000 my number one economic contributors always been the pimp business. 293 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 You know what I'm saying? 294 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:37,000 The Skripper business, the prostitution business, that's been my business for the last three, 295 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,000 four years. 296 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,000 That's not you do. 297 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Right. 298 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Now. 299 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Right, but it's the money. 300 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 It's the money behind my music. 301 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:52,000 It's the money that finances the studios, that finances the music business. 302 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Because in Britain, to be a pimp would be considered definitely illegal, just like, you know, drug 303 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,000 dealing. 304 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Illegal, and maybe immoral. 305 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Well, immoral, yeah. 306 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Same thing here. 307 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Yeah. 308 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000 It's the same thing here. 309 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000 It's the same thing. 310 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Even stronger here. 311 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Because you know, Mississippi is known as the Bible built state. 312 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 So it's a bad thing to do. 313 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Yeah, no doubt. 314 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 For sure. 315 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 And you can go to the pimp attachment for doing it. 316 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 And you can get killed for doing it. 317 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Mello had a session booked with his producer, Derek. 318 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,000 He invited me to tag along. 319 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,000 And one of the things that's interesting about Mello is that he's not just rapping about it, he's living it. 320 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Right. 321 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000 You know what I mean? 322 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 He's a real pimp. 323 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:37,000 He uses it to get himself out of a situation, and at the same time to bring a certain story, 324 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 or the reality of what it's about. 325 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Because you got a lot of people out there that's talking about pimping and a lot of these gangster 326 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000 things, but they've never pimped. 327 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000 They've never, you know, sold drugs. 328 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,000 They don't know what it's about. 329 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Studio gangsters. 330 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Mello had invited me to rap with him. 331 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 This would be my debut performance, so I was a little bit nervous. 332 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 This time it's been him's son that I'm gonna be doing on my new album. 333 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Really? 334 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 You know, I just don't want to be at no mo. 335 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 You know what I'm saying? 336 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 I don't want to be at no mo. 337 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Is this for? 338 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 This is for. 339 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,000 This goes out to young folks, you know what I'm saying? 340 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Young kids, thinking you want to get into this gang and pimping. 341 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 True testimony. 342 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 That's where I want to be, man. 343 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Youngs, I'm off the rails. 344 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,000 You came from London just to hear my story. 345 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,000 I'm in the hood with the Nuts be the glory. 346 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Now I'm a pimp, and I gots to break a hope, man. 347 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,000 And then get no education, but that's the way I make my domain. 348 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,000 Not Louis. 349 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 I'm in this shit trying to be good. 350 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 I'm on my way. 351 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,000 They say to Hollywood I beat pimping all night long. 352 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Trying to make my paper. 353 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 If my bitch come and start, I got to break her. 354 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 This game is real, man. 355 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 I ain't no lie. 356 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 This from the top of my head, man. 357 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Every night I can die, damn. 358 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 People in London, when they see this tape, 359 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:01,000 they see stories of toughness and rape and ugliness and damage 360 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,000 and plain miscarriages of justice. 361 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,000 I must guess that... 362 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Oh, God, I lost it. 363 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000 I lost that case. 364 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,000 What are the things that living on the streets do to you? 365 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Maybe you shouldn't be a baller anymore. 366 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Maybe it's time to get away from wealth and stop being poor. 367 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,000 Don't wanna be a baller no more. 368 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 I hate to see it, but Louis, I'm about to go. 369 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Now I'll always be a G, but I can't let these streets get the best of me. 370 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 I feel you, Louis. 371 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Feel where you coming from, man. 372 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Stay down, you understand? 373 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Yes. 374 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,000 I feel you coming from. 375 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Thank you. 376 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 I know where you speaking up on. 377 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 We both want out this thing. 378 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Yes, well, I'm not actually in it, but I know you mean it. 379 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Stay down. 380 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,000 I know. 381 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Yeah. 382 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,000 You're about to see what the BBC is coming to a stop near you, 383 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000 you feel what I'm saying? 384 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Yeah. 385 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 You're so... 386 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Hopefully in four or five more months, 387 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,000 my music can be so far off the ground. 388 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 And, you know, I wouldn't have to... 389 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,000 I don't have to really, you know, be associated with that lifestyle no more. 390 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Right. 391 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 But, you know, right now I'm still in it. 392 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Yeah, so you actually want to make a legitimate business out of the rapping. 393 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Right. 394 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,000 And leave pimping and prostitution behind you. 395 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,000 Really? 396 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Oh, God. 397 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,000 God lives used to be crack houses, you know, so we used to roll over here. 398 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,000 I'm gonna take you a couple of neighborhoods we're gonna get out, you know. 399 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,000 You might really meet some of the people. 400 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,000 We all the same, you understand what I'm saying? 401 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Yeah. 402 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 What we write about is what we've come. 403 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Which is where? 404 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 I mean, definitely. 405 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Are we in the hood now? 406 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Right. 407 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Definitely. 408 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Yeah, definitely. 409 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,000 It's part of it right here. 410 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,000 In the heart. 411 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Really? 412 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Yes, sir. 413 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 I mean, we just keep moving, man. 414 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 I just want to, you know, take my boy ahead. 415 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Well, you were talking about credibility, right? 416 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,000 This is where the stories come from that you rap about. 417 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Oh, definitely. 418 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Everybody around here got a story to tell you. 419 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Yeah. 420 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,000 And we're gonna keep moving though, because we won't mess up nobody's spot tonight. 421 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Okay. 422 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 We'll be around here at house. 423 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,000 That seemed to get a little bit edgy towards the end there. 424 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Yeah, you know, because like right now they're working. 425 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,000 What are they doing? 426 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Selling drugs. 427 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,000 So that's why we had to keep moving, you know what I'm saying? 428 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Why? 429 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 Because we're messing up their business. 430 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,000 Really? 431 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,000 People ain't gonna stop when they see them camera. 432 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,000 They think we're police. 433 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Camera people, sir. 434 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 So I thought they were rappers mainly, you know? 435 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,000 You know, you don't, you don't be, you don't be just a rapper here, you know? 436 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,000 See, I may be interested in getting a little bit involved in rap myself, 437 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 but I don't really have that kind of a background. 438 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 But you know what I'm saying? 439 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:46,000 What I, what I don't care to realize, man, every individual got something to say, 440 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 you know what I'm saying? 441 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:51,000 It's like your lifestyle, see, me and you being from two different lifestyle, 442 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 your lifestyle might interest me. 443 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 You know what I'm saying? 444 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 I might hear you rap about London and things that go on now. 445 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:02,000 And you know, I'm saying is that it's just your cuts, whatever your cuts will be. 446 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Hanging out with Mello, I was beginning to feel maybe I couldn't get away with posing as a gangster rapper myself. 447 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,000 So I was pleased he was interested in hearing about my life in London. 448 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Thank you very much. 449 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 You're welcome. 450 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 You're welcome. 451 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,000 All right, Louis, have a good trip. 452 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000 It was lovely. 453 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Still, I felt I needed more help before I wrapped about my own experiences. 454 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:40,000 I'd come to Houston to meet the hottest image makers behind the dirty South's rap scene, 455 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Pen and Pixel. 456 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,000 I had an appointment with their top designer, Sean Brock. 457 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,000 How are you doing? 458 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000 Are you Sean? 459 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Yes, I am. How are you? 460 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,000 I'm Louis. 461 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,000 How are you doing, Louis? 462 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Pleased to meet you. 463 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,000 How are you doing? 464 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,000 I'm good. 465 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 How's that sound? 466 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,000 This piece in particular that you're looking at here, he's shooting a 45 caliber slug out 467 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:03,000 of the gun at you and the victim's face is reflected in the bullet before it hits him. 468 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Oh, that's your face? 469 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,000 That's your big thing. 470 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 So you're being shot by what's his name? 471 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Exactly. 472 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000 This is a hard head record. 473 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000 He's in jail right now. 474 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,000 He's in jail now. 475 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000 But what? 476 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 He's shooting someone. 477 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000 I think he was shooting someone. 478 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 And his manager died last year. 479 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,000 He's in jail now and he'll be there for the next 25 years. 480 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 This guy's in jail. 481 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 He's in and out of jail like crazy. 482 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,000 When he makes money, he comes back, spends it here and then goes back to jail. 483 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Greenway doesn't jail for shooting a police officer through the door. 484 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 These people are back in jail. 485 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000 That's 187? 486 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Right, that's 187. 487 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:40,000 This whole gang was indicted on torture, murder of a young lady. 488 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000 They taped her to a chair and set her on fire. 489 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 All of them are in jail for life. 490 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:50,000 There's someone from Britain that's quite shocking to see how much kind of death and legal problems 491 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 there is in these artists' lives. 492 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Do you feel like in your responsibility, like in as much as these pictures do glamorize that? 493 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,000 A little bit, yes. 494 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,000 My major concern for my clients is to make sure that it sells. 495 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 That's what I'm here for. 496 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 I make sure that the stuff sells. 497 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Is there anything on the walls that tickles your fancy? 498 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000 It's kind of grim and somber. 499 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,000 I want to sort of go for something a bit realer and a bit more to do with me if possible. 500 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 Okay, we'll start the sketching process up. 501 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Okay. 502 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,000 We'll see what you can do. 503 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Okay. 504 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,000 All right, well, what are you trying to promote? 505 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,000 I'm trying to promote me as a rap artist. 506 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Okay, what kind of rap do you have? 507 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Is it gangster rap? 508 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Is it soft? 509 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,000 I think it's going to be something a little softer. 510 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:38,000 A little bit more about having fun and being not someone you want to mess around with, 511 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:46,000 you know, because you might come unglued, but someone who looks after the self. 512 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 What's the name of your promotional piece? 513 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000 What do you want to call it? 514 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 You want to call it MC Louie Ice Louie? 515 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 MC Louie. 516 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,000 MC Louie, I mean, is that that's a little lame, doesn't it? 517 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 What about, I mean, we just brainstorming on it. 518 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Sure, absolutely. 519 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Louie Lou. 520 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Louie Lou? 521 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,000 I don't know if it's hard enough. 522 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,000 That's the issue. 523 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 I think you got to be concerned with being a little bit harder. 524 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Is there any way I could just be Louie Theroux? 525 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 I don't think you'd make it in this game. 526 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 You have to have something that sticks. 527 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 You have to have something that's monumental. 528 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 When you walk out on stage, it has to be monumental. 529 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,000 How do you mean? 530 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Where would your danger come from? 531 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Are you connected to the IRA? 532 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Are you connected to the British mob? 533 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Are you...where's your danger? 534 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:33,000 I mean, I would call the police and I'd say get out of my house or whatever, or leave me alone. 535 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 I'll get a restraining order. 536 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Okay. 537 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,000 We're going to keep away from that item. 538 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Why? 539 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Because we're not going to be able to project that with enough force. 540 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 How about this? 541 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Maybe I'm not that dangerous. 542 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 I would shoot more for the television thing. 543 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,000 I think the television element is something that we could really work with. 544 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Maybe some multiple televisions behind you. 545 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,000 But also, you know, the microphone to indicate this is what I'm going to do. 546 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Right, exactly. 547 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 I enjoy glasses of red wine. 548 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Oh, I have a nice computer. 549 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:07,000 I wear glasses, a little bit of a trademark. 550 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,000 Cats. 551 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,000 I like cats. 552 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Stroke your cat. 553 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Tickling your cat. 554 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Stretching its ears. 555 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 That's nice. 556 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,000 I notice you're steering me towards something a little harder. 557 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Right. 558 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Why? 559 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Because that's a demographic that's going to buy this stuff. 560 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:31,000 White 14-year-old girls at the shopping mall spending their $40 every weekend on rap music to piss off mom and dad. 561 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 That's who's making these men millionaires. 562 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Are we going to have much of the way of props? 563 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 No, we have nothing. 564 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 Totally computer generated. 565 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Completely computer generated. 566 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 It's a pure baby. 567 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Right. 568 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,000 I'd like to do maybe some jolly ones. 569 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,000 I like jolly or very jolly ones. 570 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Like this. 571 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Yes, see that's not going to sell on the stands. 572 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,000 There you go. 573 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 That's what I'm looking for right there. 574 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000 That's what I'm looking for. 575 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 That's it. 576 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 That's it. 577 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,000 That's it. 578 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:13,000 I'd like to meet some other clients, some people who are getting that photo taken, some up in comments. 579 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Okay. 580 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,000 What's the album about? 581 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Bro, it's just bro. 582 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 There ain't nothing to smile about. 583 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,000 That's why I'm not smiling. 584 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Really? 585 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Yeah, when you hear the songs, you're not going to smile at them. 586 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Why? 587 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,000 If I rap about I'm going to shoot somebody. 588 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 I'm not going to shoot them with a little girl. 589 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,000 I'm going to shoot them with something like an AK-47 or something like that. 590 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 But that isn't something you really do, is it? 591 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 I've never shot at people before, yeah. 592 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,000 You have? 593 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Yeah. 594 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Really? 595 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Yeah. 596 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Yeah. 597 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:51,000 And yet you seem like such an easy going guy, you know. 598 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:58,000 So you have guns then, that you aren't even running the risk that you'll wind up in prison 599 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,000 or get shot yourself, Trey? 600 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Yeah. 601 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Oh, I'm not worried about it. 602 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 I went to jail a couple of times before. 603 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Really? 604 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Yeah, jail on Skippet. 605 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000 And I didn't shot them. 606 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Yeah. 607 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Yeah, really? 608 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,000 Yeah, if I get shot, it's meant for me to get shot, I guess. 609 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:21,000 If it happened, then it happened, but I'm not worried about it. 610 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,000 It don't make me no difference. 611 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,000 How are you getting on, Sean? 612 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Almost finished. 613 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Almost done. 614 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Where's my customer? 615 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Can I? 616 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,000 Oh, yes. 617 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Yes? 618 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000 Look at that. 619 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 We've got the wine. 620 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 We've got the women. 621 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 The cat. 622 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000 The cats now become kind of a James Bond villain motif. 623 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Yes. 624 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,000 He's overtaken your villainy. 625 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,000 You've actually managed to take my elements, which were kind of like, sort of like, supposed 626 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:56,000 to be sort of cuddly and sort of gentle, and turn them into sort of a mafia don figure, 627 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,000 haven't you? 628 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Yes. 629 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 And with a sort of new cat-loving gangster is what you want. 630 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Yeah. 631 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Right, exactly. 632 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 In all seriousness, that's just what the market demands. 633 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000 It's what works. 634 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 It's what works out here. 635 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Got that down? 636 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Thank you so much. 637 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:13,000 The rap chronicle continues. 638 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Despite all my best efforts, I felt I'd been manipulated into a tough image that just wasn't 639 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,000 me. 640 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000 I needed advice from the top. 641 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,400 I'd heard that the South's most successful gangster rapper was giving a press conference 642 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:36,000 in town to launch his own telecommunications company. 643 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:42,000 Ghetto-born Master P has made $361 million through his own rap label No Limit. 644 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:48,120 I'd heard he runs his expanding empire like a private army, treating staff like his personal 645 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:51,000 platoon of soldiers. 646 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:57,000 I'd been told that a local rap DJ might be able to help with an introduction. 647 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,000 I look like a wild Wayne. 648 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,000 A wild Wayne. 649 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Are you a wild Wayne? 650 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,000 I would be wild one. 651 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,000 I'm Louie. 652 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000 How do you do? 653 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,000 I'm Louie. 654 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,000 This is the infamous Louie. 655 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,000 BBC. 656 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,000 BBC too. 657 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Come on, man. 658 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000 Can you maybe introduce me after the event? 659 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,000 You want to meet P? 660 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,000 Yeah. 661 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,000 I'm hoping to maybe go back to his mansion as well and get a tour of his place. 662 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Nice. 663 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Is it? 664 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Very nice. 665 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 I have a great opportunity for you. 666 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,000 What's that? 667 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Well, on my radio show, I have this segment called The Nine O'Clock Props. 668 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Are you inviting me to rap on your program? 669 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Yeah. 670 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 How are you doing? 671 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 How are you? 672 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Are you Swarf Bob? 673 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,000 Yes, that's me. 674 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Louie. 675 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000 How are you, Louie? 676 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Pleasure to meet you. 677 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000 You've got a No Limit medallion there. 678 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 May I take a quick look at that? 679 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Yeah, no problem. 680 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,000 What does that signify? 681 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:44,000 I'm a No Limit Chief Finance Officer, CFO of the company, handle accounts payable and 682 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 receivable. 683 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Most people who wear it are real soldiers for No Limit. 684 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,000 I want to talk to Monster Pepe, but he's looking a little bit unapproachable. 685 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Can I just go up and grab him? 686 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 How's he going? 687 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 That was my chance. 688 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Wildway. 689 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Wildway, plus the BBC. 690 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Plus the BBC team. 691 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Plus the BBC team. 692 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,000 All right. 693 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000 How's it going? 694 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 All right. 695 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,000 The BBC team. 696 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000 How do you do? 697 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Good, good, good, good. 698 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Do it through. 699 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Come on in, come on in. 700 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,000 Hey, you'll check it out. 701 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000 He's so boy. 702 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Wildway put it down with my dog right here. 703 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Matt, the people are so... 704 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Are we all going in this branch? 705 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:29,000 The press conference was over, but I still hadn't spoken to Monster Pepe. 706 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Swarth Bob told me to wait at a local garage for news of a meeting later that day. 707 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Just when I was on the verge of giving up, word finally came through. 708 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Monster Pepe would see me at his home in a suburb of Baton Rouge. 709 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,000 I'd been told he might go by his birth name, Percy. 710 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 How are you doing? 711 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,000 I'm doing fine. 712 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000 How are you, sir? 713 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000 Good. 714 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Did Percy Miller also know as Monster Pepe? 715 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Yes, sir, he came through. 716 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 He went on by... 717 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Can we go through? 718 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Yes, sir. 719 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Thank you very much. 720 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:05,000 I was wondering what a tough rapper like Monster Pepe was doing in this exclusive gated community. 721 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:10,000 I was curious how this conservative environment tied in with the ghetto life he rapped about. 722 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,000 Hello? 723 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Here comes someone. 724 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 Hey, how's it going? 725 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 This place is amazing. 726 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 So we can come in? 727 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 Yes, go ahead, walk around the sides to the back over there. 728 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Is this your place? 729 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 No, this is Pease House. 730 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 This is Monster Pepe's house. 731 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 This is the house that Rap built? 732 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Definitely. 733 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 It's an American dream and we live in it. 734 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,000 We're in it. 735 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 You're standing on it. 736 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 That's the mansion. 737 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:44,000 Is it weird for like, you know, Kremjula Krem with like white bourgeoisie, you know, living here. 738 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Right. 739 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,000 And then basically someone like Monster Pepe, a rapper, comes in. 740 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 Was there any friction there at all? 741 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 At first, yeah. 742 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:59,000 But then when they understood and, you know, saw that Pease is a law-abiding legitimate citizen too, 743 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000 even though he's a rapper, but Pease bigger than a rapper. 744 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,000 He's an entrepreneur, you know, clothing, film, travel. 745 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000 So is he quite popular here now? 746 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Yeah. 747 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,000 They love him. 748 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:17,000 I'd hope to find Monster Pepe relaxing, but even here he was busy running his empire. 749 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,000 But then finally, Monster Pepe agreed to see me. 750 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,000 See, I think I'm, are you about 30 years old? 751 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,000 Yeah. 752 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,000 I'm 30, I just turned 30 myself. 753 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:34,000 Okay. 754 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:43,000 And I just can't imagine what it feels like to have a, an empire and, you know, all these material possessions at such a young age. 755 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:49,000 And to be, you know, basically to be into the bargain, a black man from a difficult background, you know. 756 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 May I introduce myself? 757 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,000 I'm Louis. 758 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,000 Louis Theroux. 759 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,000 BBC Two. 760 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,000 Alright, nice to meet you. 761 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,000 Pleased to meet you. 762 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:04,000 And you, of course, are Master Pepe, rap impresario, entrepreneur, and one of the richest men under 40 in America. 763 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,000 Yeah. 764 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,000 Is that right? 765 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,000 Something like that. 766 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Yeah. 767 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,000 And you've got gold teeth. 768 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Do you want to shoot some hoops? 769 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Yeah, I'm not very good. 770 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,000 I don't even know why I suggested to do this. 771 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Oh yeah, you horrible. 772 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,000 Now I started right here with this tank right here. 773 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,000 You've got to be a soldier. 774 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Yeah. 775 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 And being a soldier, you've got to be able to keep it real. 776 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,000 Now what does that mean, keeping it real? 777 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,000 Keeping it real, being yourself. 778 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,000 Being yourself? 779 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:33,000 Being yourself, I mean, some people take keeping it real where they've got to be the baddest person in the world, the hardest person in the world. 780 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Yeah, like a gangster. 781 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000 That ain't keeping it real. 782 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 No. 783 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,000 Keeping it real is being real to yourself. 784 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,000 Well, why do you think it is that it's mostly black people involved in rap? 785 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Well, I mean, you've got to imagine, people got to get, get behind that, you know, and get behind that whole racist thing. 786 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 I mean, that stuff is over with now. 787 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 You know, how do you get caught up in the color? 788 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:57,000 I've wondered sometimes whether I, whether I could be a rapper, you know, and, and then some people find that laughable. 789 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,000 I find that laughable too. 790 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,000 Why? 791 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,000 Because you ain't got what it takes. 792 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Why, what does it take? 793 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Hard. 794 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,000 Hard. 795 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,000 Hard. 796 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,000 You sure you're hard. 797 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,000 Right, I'm gonna take off your shirt. 798 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,000 You want to show them my heart. 799 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,000 You want to know what a heart is? 800 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,000 I want to know what a heart is, yeah. 801 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000 That's a heart right there. 802 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,000 It looks like muscles, not heart. 803 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,000 It's hold underneath that. 804 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,000 Hold underneath that. 805 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,000 What is TRU? 806 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,000 True. 807 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,000 That's the whole clique together. 808 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 That's the whole No Limit family. 809 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,000 It's true. 810 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,000 Does it stand for anything? 811 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,000 Yeah. 812 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,000 What? 813 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,000 The real untouchable. 814 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,000 You can't really tell just from looking at me whether I've got a heart or not. 815 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Yeah, I can. 816 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 Aren't you just trying to hurt my feelings? 817 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,000 I think you got a heart. 818 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Yeah. 819 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,000 You got to have a heart that come out here. 820 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,000 Why is that? 821 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Come way out here to deal with me. 822 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,000 Oh yeah, well, also. 823 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,000 You got to have a heart. 824 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,000 Yeah. 825 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,000 Most people wouldn't do that. 826 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Why not? 827 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,000 I don't know. 828 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Are the neighbors friendly? 829 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:58,000 Yeah, I knocked on all of them doors and told them that I'm here and I'm not going nowhere. 830 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000 Did you seriously? 831 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,000 Yeah. 832 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000 And that doesn't sound reassuring. 833 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000 That sounds almost like a threat. 834 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000 Take it how you want to. 835 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,000 Things weren't going too badly. 836 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000 Master P offered to give me a tour of his mansion. 837 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,000 It's just a lounge area. 838 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000 Yeah. 839 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,000 Wow. 840 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,000 Wow. 841 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,000 What? 842 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,000 Surveillance monitors here. 843 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,000 How much would you say you owe to, you know, the rat game? 844 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000 All over to the rat game. 845 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,000 Who's this on this one, Master P? 846 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,000 That's me. 847 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,000 These porches are all in me. 848 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,000 This is my home records for you. 849 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,000 Look at this. 850 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:41,000 Eight hundred thousand dollars and I was standing there and I said, wow, I'm made. 851 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,000 These are your papers. 852 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Do you ever worry that you'll be perceived as losing your credibility on the streets because you're so comfortable now? 853 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,000 Let me tell you something. 854 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,000 That's what I'm telling you about being a soldier and keeping it real. 855 00:29:55,000 --> 00:30:03,000 If you came from the ghetto, your main focus should be making it out, taking your parents out and being something with yourself. 856 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,000 You can't understand that. 857 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,000 Then you ain't real. 858 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,000 Yeah. 859 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,000 Final words of advice for me? 860 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:13,000 Like, if I want to not, I don't know, make it in the rat game or just sort of travel through it? 861 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,000 Be yourself and keep it real. 862 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,000 Yeah. 863 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,000 There ain't no limit from now. 864 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,000 Yeah. 865 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:23,000 So don't, you know, make up any stories about seeing murders or coming from the projects. 866 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,000 And that ain't your life. 867 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,000 Yeah. 868 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,000 And you are interested in maybe hearing a solvable tape? 869 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,000 If you know how to rap. 870 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,000 You think you can rap? 871 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,000 I'm going to go on Wild Wayne's show. 872 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,000 Okay. 873 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,000 You're going to go on Wild Wayne's show? 874 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,000 Yeah, I'll check you out on Wild Wayne's. 875 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,000 Will you listen to it? 876 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,000 Yeah. 877 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,000 I'll listen to you on Wild Wayne. 878 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,000 I'll have that. 879 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,000 Okay. 880 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,000 All right, Wally. 881 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,000 Yeah. 882 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,000 Thanks a lot, Wally. 883 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,000 All right. 884 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,000 Yeah, excellent. 885 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,000 See you later. 886 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,000 All right. 887 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:58,000 I was impressed by Master P's loyalty to his ghetto roots, even though his life was now divorced from the street image he projected. 888 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:04,000 I knew I had to rap about my own life, but I still wanted help writing my lyrics. 889 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:09,000 I'd heard that two rappers back in Mississippi called Reese and Bigelow might be able to help. 890 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:15,000 I'm supposed to be going on Wild Wayne's radio show to throw down some lyrics. 891 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,000 And I hope you might be able to help me write some lyrics. 892 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,000 We are lyrics. 893 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,000 Yes. 894 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,000 Oh, this would be no problem. 895 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:26,000 When you're doing a rap song, do you write your lyrics down or do you just make them up 896 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,000 off the top of your head? 897 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,000 No, we write them down. 898 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,000 You write them down. 899 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,000 Right. 900 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,000 When you're doing lyrics, you want everybody to hear your music to understand and feel where 901 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,000 it's coming from. 902 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,000 So it's best if you sit down and think about it and bring it from the heart and you write 903 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,000 it like that. 904 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:43,000 I mean, what is a good topic for a rap, for a rap track, you know, like what kinds of things 905 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,000 do you normally rap about? 906 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,000 What kinds of subjects? 907 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,000 It really depends on what the track is. 908 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:51,000 If you listen to the music and it's an upbeat tempo and you'll be like, yeah. 909 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,000 Okay, let's do it. 910 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,000 Good track. 911 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,000 Listen, he's already got, look, he's already got some. 912 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,000 Yeah, he's already got some. 913 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000 He's already got some. 914 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,000 He already, he's already got some. 915 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,000 He ain't over there with the paper. 916 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:11,000 I gotta make this happen, this is all on me. 917 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:17,000 We gotta make this loop. 918 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,000 It's all on me. 919 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,000 This is all on me. 920 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,000 This is you and we speaking, doing it with the BBC. 921 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000 So we're talking about making money, Lord. 922 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,000 That's not a bad start. 923 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,000 Yeah, that's not a bad start. 924 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,000 We gotta give it... 925 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,000 Can I pause it a second. 926 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,000 That burns your... 927 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,000 In the shower. 928 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:38,000 I am this morning. I had a couple of things come to me. Can I share them with you? Sure. Jiggle jiggle. 929 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:47,000 I like to see you wiggle. It makes me dribble. Fancy a fiddle? Man. We might use jiggle jiggle. 930 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:56,000 Man, Louis Thore. In the back of my feet. I don't know if you can see it. You know what I mean? 931 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:03,000 See, it's a car. I drive a Fiat. See, it's not popular over here. So that's on TV. Everybody's on. 932 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:11,000 Why? You've got to keep it real. I don't drive a Lex. I drive a Fiat. True. You've got to keep it real. 933 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:18,000 I don't know if you can see it. You know, like, I've got... I'd like, you know, if you were on a boyfriend, I could be it. 934 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:25,000 You've got a little rabbit ability. Yeah. Yeah. But we're going to help you out a whole lot. 935 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:31,000 You've got to make this money. It's all on me. We've got to get this cheese. That's all we need. 936 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,000 Ridin' in my Fiat. Looking for a Fiat. 937 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:43,000 Ah! I don't think I can say Fiat. Ridin' in my Fiat. Really, I'm just fiat. 938 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:52,000 We want to do more. That's good. That is good stuff. My money don't jiggle jiggle. It bodes. I want to see you wiggle wiggle. 939 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:57,000 For sure. When you say it, it actually makes you feel kind of tough saying it. 940 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:06,000 I mean, rap is like an extension of reality. When you say, my money don't jiggle, it folds. They're going to know exactly what you're talking about. 941 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:11,000 It's not going to be any guy in their mind. They're going to know you don't have quarters and dives and nickels. 942 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,000 You have dollars, hundreds, and whatever you have. But whatever you have, it folds. 943 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,000 Oh, no. I quite like... Oh, no. 944 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,000 You don't even have my height. You don't be crushed up in that compact, do you? 945 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,000 Yeah, no, the seats go back down. You got something to say? 946 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,000 It's done over. 947 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,000 Six feet two. The seats go back. 948 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,000 Yeah, it's a compact. Yay! 949 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,000 It's a compact. 950 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,000 See? Be a true to yourself. 951 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,000 Luckily, the seats go back. That's not working. 952 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,000 You got to put that in there. 953 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,000 Paul? 954 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:44,000 I'm six feet two in a compact. No slack. But luckily, the seats go back. 955 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,000 Ah, you got this. 956 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,000 You got almost counted. 957 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:52,000 I'm six feet two in a compact. No slack. But luckily, the seats go back. 958 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,000 A retina. 959 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,000 You know what a true... 960 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,000 A vagina. 961 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,000 No way. 962 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,000 Can't say vagina here on the radio. 963 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000 Can you not on the radio over here? 964 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,000 I've crashed it quite a few times. 965 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,000 Maybe I like red wine. 966 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:13,000 I've got, you know, some, you know, I like relaxing. 967 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,000 Okay. 968 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,000 Got the neck. 969 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,000 To sip on some red, red wine. 970 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,000 Oh, neck. 971 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,000 See, that was a song. 972 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,000 Red, red wine. 973 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,000 Yeah. 974 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,000 You remember that? 975 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,000 I mean, I could go into that. 976 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,000 Red, red wine. 977 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,000 I like some cheese for that wine, yes, please. 978 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,000 No, nothing there. 979 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,000 Got a neck to relax in my mind. 980 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,000 I'm feeling fine. 981 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:42,000 And I'm sipping some red, red wine. 982 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,000 Hey, Lluis. 983 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,000 Hey, Lluis. 984 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,000 That's right. 985 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,000 That was good. 986 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,000 You think Wild Wayne's gonna like it? 987 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,000 Yeah, you're loving it, man. 988 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,000 And, you know, you asked us, could you come and could you, could you rap? 989 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,000 You rap. 990 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,000 Yeah. 991 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,000 Hey, man, much love. 992 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,000 Yeah, see you later. 993 00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,000 Much love. 994 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,000 See you later, Lluis. 995 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,000 You know it's gonna be a success. 996 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000 You know what I'm saying? 997 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,000 We just hope that, you know, you get your lyrics right, get your lyrics squared away. 998 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,000 Yeah. 999 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,000 Make sure you practice. 1000 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,000 Stay out the rain, Lluis. 1001 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:11,000 All right, Lluis. 1002 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,000 See you later. 1003 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,000 See you later. 1004 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,000 Drive it in your feet, I... 1005 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,000 Ha ha ha. 1006 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:25,000 Despite all the encouragement, I wasn't sure how my rap would go down on the streets of 1007 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,000 New Orleans later that evening. 1008 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,000 I was feeling rather nervous about performing live on Wild Wayne's show. 1009 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,000 Lluis! 1010 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,000 Wild Wayne. 1011 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,000 How the hell are you, Lluis? 1012 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,000 Good. 1013 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,000 How are you doing? 1014 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,000 You been all right? 1015 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,000 Yeah, not too bad. 1016 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,000 I'm just outing. 1017 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,000 Yeah, yeah, that's what I do at work, man. 1018 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,000 I got headphones on. 1019 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000 My name is Lluis up here from the BBC Radio. 1020 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,000 Hello. 1021 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,000 Yeah, you can say hello. 1022 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,000 Say hello to me. 1023 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,000 Hello, everyone. 1024 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,000 Hello, New Orleans. 1025 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,000 No, you gotta get closer to the mic, man. 1026 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,000 Hello, New Orleans. 1027 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,000 Lluis through from the BBC here. 1028 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,000 He's been rolling around the South. 1029 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,000 Yeah, meeting Master P, meeting some of the other rap people. 1030 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,000 You even went to his mansion, I heard. 1031 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,000 Yeah, we went... 1032 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,000 I did some... 1033 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,000 We shot some hoops at Master P's mansion. 1034 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,000 I asked him if he would sign me. 1035 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,000 He said he would think about it. 1036 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,000 Signed to No Limit Records? 1037 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,000 Yes. 1038 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,000 Get out of here. 1039 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,000 We're gonna put him on a nine o'clock prop, so when you guys out there will kind of be 1040 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,000 going like, kind of head to head with old Lluis. 1041 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,000 And it's just, it's not against professionals, they're just other listeners. 1042 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,000 So, you know, the, probably the standard isn't going to be too intimidating. 1043 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,000 Well, it'll probably be pretty intimidating because they have some really good amateurs 1044 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,000 out there. 1045 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,000 So, on your number one station, nothing but the jams, Q9, three. 1046 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,000 Are we off now? 1047 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000 Yes, we are off. 1048 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:39,000 Do you think rappers ever feel obliged to live the fast life, the dangerous life, because 1049 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,000 that's what they're rapping about? 1050 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,000 So that they can... 1051 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,000 What do they say? 1052 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,000 Rap, imitating, life, imitating, or what kind of thing? 1053 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,000 I think that some of them do, man. 1054 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,000 Because you want to live up to that image that you've created. 1055 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000 Even if they don't really want to. 1056 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,000 A lot of pressure. 1057 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,000 I wouldn't want to be a rapper. 1058 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,000 The nine props are coming. 1059 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,000 It's gonna be Lluis versus the YZ's. 1060 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,000 Let's get ready to rumble. 1061 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,000 All right. 1062 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,000 We're about to do this like you never do this. 1063 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:12,000 You guys give us a call on a ZM2609393 and vote for your favorite rapper, Will it be 1064 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,000 Lui or Will it be the YZ for that 15 words? 1065 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,000 Check the flavor as we go a little something like this. 1066 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000 I said, hey, are you all watching this? 1067 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,000 You're on the radio with your boy, Wildway. 1068 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,000 If you step up in the street, they saw I was my grandma. 1069 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,000 All right. 1070 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,000 That was rapper number one. 1071 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,000 Rapper number two. 1072 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,000 My in-house guest all the way from London to BBC. 1073 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,000 It's Lui and we're about to do this. 1074 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000 Then we go a little something like this. 1075 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,000 I gotta hate this money. 1076 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,000 It's all on me. 1077 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,000 We gotta get this cheese. 1078 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,000 Lui. 1079 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,000 It's always me. 1080 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,000 I gotta make this money. 1081 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,000 Lui. 1082 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,000 You're supposed to let me do my part first. 1083 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,000 Oh, sorry. 1084 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,000 He got... 1085 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,000 He's into this. 1086 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,000 He's into this. 1087 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,000 But that's good. 1088 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000 I said, hey, are you all watching this? 1089 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,000 You're on the radio with your boy, Wildway. 1090 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,000 Go ahead. 1091 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000 With your boy, Wildway. 1092 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000 I gotta make this money. 1093 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:17,000 It's all on me. 1094 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,000 We gotta get this cheese. 1095 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,000 It's always me. 1096 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000 I gotta make this money. 1097 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,000 It's all on me. 1098 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,000 Lui, recent big and the BBC. 1099 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,000 My money doesn't jiggle jiggle. 1100 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,000 It's both of them. 1101 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,000 I gotta make this money. 1102 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000 I gotta make this money. 1103 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000 Lui, recent big and the BBC. 1104 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000 My money doesn't jiggle jiggle. 1105 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,000 It's both of them. 1106 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,000 I wanna see you wiggle wiggle. 1107 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,000 For sure. 1108 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,000 It makes me wanna dribble dribble. 1109 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000 You know, riding in my beard. 1110 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,000 You really have to see it. 1111 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,000 I'm six feet two in a compact. 1112 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,000 No slack. 1113 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000 But luckily the seats go back. 1114 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000 I got a knack to relax in my mind. 1115 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,000 I'm feeling fine. 1116 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000 And I'm sipping some red, red wine. 1117 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,000 Lui, you did it! 1118 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,000 You did it! 1119 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,000 Hi! 1120 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,000 Hi! 1121 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,000 I gotta do my part. 1122 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,000 I said Lui is in the house. 1123 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000 And that London turned it down. 1124 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,000 A big Lui is in the house. 1125 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,000 And that London crew straight turned it down. 1126 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,000 Selfie at 9 o'clock tomorrow today. 1127 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,000 And you guys call me Tuesdays, so 93, 93. 1128 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,000 Yeah, let's hear from the people. 1129 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000 Vote for Lui or the YTs. 1130 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,000 You make the balls. 1131 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,000 The YTs were good though. 1132 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,000 We're gonna see how good they were. 1133 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,000 They were excellent. 1134 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,000 That was fun. 1135 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,000 We gotta get some callers. 1136 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,000 Yellow! 1137 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,000 Wayne! 1138 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,000 Yeah! 1139 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,000 I want to vote for number one because your boy was wrong. 1140 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000 You and he was wrong, Wayne. 1141 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,000 Lui was wrong? 1142 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,000 Yeah, he was wrong. 1143 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,000 All right, all right, hold on, all right. 1144 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,000 All right. 1145 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,000 What does that mean, wrong? 1146 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,000 I don't know if she didn't like your rapper. 1147 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,000 Wrong? 1148 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,000 Wrong about what? 1149 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,000 Wait, hold on. 1150 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,000 I want to vote for the first one. 1151 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,000 You want to vote for rapper one? 1152 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,000 Yeah. 1153 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,000 Number one. 1154 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,000 Okay, hold on. 1155 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,000 All right. 1156 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,000 I'm voting for number two. 1157 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,000 For Lui! 1158 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,000 Woohoo! 1159 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,000 Good choice. 1160 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,000 Who you voting for? 1161 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,000 Number two. 1162 00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,000 I mean, he was tight. 1163 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,000 It was tight. 1164 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,000 That means good. 1165 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,000 Yeah, that's excellent. 1166 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000 You voting for number one? 1167 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000 Wait, I was number two. 1168 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,000 No. 1169 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,000 I was number two, not number one. 1170 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,000 No, I like number one better. 1171 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,000 You didn't like Lui? 1172 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000 I want to see you jiggle, jiggle. 1173 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,000 Come on, what are you talking about? 1174 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,000 All right, I vote for number two. 1175 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,000 Hold on, I'll put your live on the radio. 1176 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,000 All right. 1177 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,000 Is that all right? 1178 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,000 Yeah. 1179 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,000 And who are you going to vote for? 1180 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,000 Number two. 1181 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,000 Yes. 1182 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,000 All right, all right, hold on, hold on. 1183 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,000 Here we go. 1184 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,000 Another but chance. 1185 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:31,000 Keep voting three. 1186 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,000 It's your boy, Wild Wade. 1187 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,000 Now is the moment that everybody's been waiting for. 1188 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,000 And especially you, I know Lui. 1189 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,000 Like I always say, somebody's got to win. 1190 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,000 Somebody's got to lose on the nine o'clock crop. 1191 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,000 It's the winner tonight. 1192 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:46,000 My landslide. 1193 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,000 Lui? 1194 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,000 Wow, it's a landslide. 1195 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,000 Lui, a winner! 1196 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,000 I'd done it. 1197 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,000 Whether it was the novelty factor of being from London 1198 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,000 or pure rhyming ability, 1199 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,000 or just because I'd kept it real, 1200 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:13,000 I'd won the approval of the streets of New Orleans. 1201 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:20,000 My time in the Dirty South was nearly over, 1202 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:23,000 but there was one rapper I was still intrigued by, 1203 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:27,000 the self-styled international gangster pimp, Mellow T. 1204 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,000 I decided to pay him a final visit, 1205 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,000 but when I arrived, he wasn't alone. 1206 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:33,000 Hi, how are you doing? 1207 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,000 Sunshine. 1208 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,000 Are you sunshine? 1209 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,000 No, I'm Lui. 1210 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000 I'm a white, this fantasy. 1211 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,000 Hi, fantasy. 1212 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,000 Couple of my girls. 1213 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,000 How are you doing? 1214 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,000 And so are you having a rehearsal? 1215 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,000 I mean, what is happening? 1216 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,000 This is odd, isn't it? 1217 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,000 What about you, Sunshine? 1218 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:50,000 What's your story? 1219 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,000 Is the idea you're going to go full-time rapping 1220 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:56,000 and basically get yourself out of your... 1221 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:57,000 and go totally straight? 1222 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,000 Yes, go totally legit. 1223 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,000 Get married. 1224 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,000 Who are you going to marry? 1225 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,000 My baby over there, my daddy. 1226 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,000 The number one, my king, my savior. 1227 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,000 My Jesus Christ. 1228 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,000 So when is your album coming out? 1229 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,000 Next year. 1230 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:17,000 And what's it called? 1231 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,000 Sunshine the Boss, bitch. 1232 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,000 Well, would it be alright to see her do something in here? 1233 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,000 Do a rap in here? 1234 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,000 No, you're still in development stages. 1235 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,000 You know, I got a real slick style for her that she rang. 1236 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,000 Have you done any raps with her at all? 1237 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:38,000 Yeah, for sure. 1238 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,000 I was beginning to doubt just how serious Mello was about using rappers 1239 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,000 away out of pimping. 1240 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,000 Pimping. 1241 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,000 Pimping. 1242 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,000 Pimping. 1243 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,000 Pimping. 1244 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,000 I don't think you should put it down there. 1245 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,000 That's why I keep it. 1246 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,000 Yeah, it could go off though. 1247 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,000 No, it ain't going to go out. 1248 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,000 I've been doing it since 11 years ago. 1249 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:03,000 Yeah, you could shoot your testicles off basically. 1250 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,000 No, man, that's why I keep it. 1251 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,000 That's why I keep it. 1252 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,000 I believe in coercive power. 1253 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,000 That's fear. 1254 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,000 And sometimes, man, that's the best I understand in the world. 1255 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,000 It seems like when a woman got a pistol out of her head, 1256 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,000 it seems like she seemed to listen better. 1257 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,000 That's quite shocking. 1258 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,000 Not really, not to me. 1259 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:23,000 Everybody fascinated with the bad guy. 1260 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:26,000 Everybody wanted to know, man, how it is to be a chump. 1261 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,000 How it is to be a gangster, you know what I'm saying? 1262 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,000 But couldn't you just go ahead and rap about being a pimp 1263 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,000 and not actually be a pimp? 1264 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,000 No, no, it wouldn't work for me. 1265 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:36,000 You understand what I'm saying? 1266 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,000 Why? 1267 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,000 I mean, they're just like me, 1268 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,000 rapping about a bill in computers. 1269 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:41,000 You feel what I'm saying? 1270 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:42,000 That ain't what I do. 1271 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,000 You know, but I break a hoe. 1272 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,000 It's just, but I thought it was like, you know, wrestling, 1273 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,000 where, okay, they are quite strong, 1274 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:49,000 pretending to fight. 1275 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,000 You're playing a character, portraying a character. 1276 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,000 Not me, not me. 1277 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,000 You know what I mean? 1278 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,000 Not me. 1279 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,000 The character is real, you understand me? 1280 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,000 And this character who I am, 1281 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,000 might give me a kid for real. 1282 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,000 Straight up. 1283 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,000 And that's what's so real about my life. 1284 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:04,000 That's got to be a bad thing. 1285 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:05,000 No, there ain't no bad thing. 1286 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,000 There ain't nothing bad about dying, man. 1287 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,000 You understand? 1288 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,000 Especially for the cause. 1289 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:10,000 You feel me? 1290 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,000 Straight up. 1291 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:12,000 I'm going to be a hero, man. 1292 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,000 I'm going to be like the rest of them, 1293 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:16,000 like Jesse James and Billy the Kid and all of them. 1294 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:17,000 You understand me? 1295 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,000 I see you, man. 1296 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,000 Come on. 1297 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:33,000 If you put so much emphasis on rap being about reality, 1298 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,000 then in a way it becomes like, 1299 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:38,000 in order to rap, you have to be a gangster, 1300 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,000 which contributes to the lifestyle. 1301 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,000 If you want me to stop rapping about crack 1302 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:45,000 and selling drugs, then get the drugs off the street. 1303 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,000 Get the guns off the street. 1304 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,000 You know what I'm saying? 1305 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:51,760 That's the reality of it is, is that I didn't choose this lifestyle. 1306 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:52,920 It chose me. 1307 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,800 My 16-year-old brother got killed last year. 1308 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:56,800 You feel what I'm saying? 1309 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:57,800 Did he really? 1310 00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:58,800 No doubt. 1311 00:45:58,800 --> 00:45:59,800 In a dice game. 1312 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,400 He got his head, turned his back at the dude, shot him twice in the head. 1313 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:03,400 What was his name? 1314 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:04,400 His name was Keno. 1315 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,400 Well, it's been an education. 1316 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,400 No doubt. 1317 00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:10,400 Yeah. 1318 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:13,400 Good to see you, Louis. 1319 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:14,400 Yeah. 1320 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:19,400 Next time I see you, you'll be totally legitimate. 1321 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:20,400 Man, most definitely. 1322 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:21,400 I hope so. 1323 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:22,400 Most definitely, most definitely. 1324 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:23,400 See you later. 1325 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,400 Yeah, we'll go in Louis. 1326 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:29,400 I wasn't convinced Mello T would ever go legit. 1327 00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:35,400 Like the other rappers I'd met, he was infatuated with the glamour and tragedy of gangster life. 1328 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,400 But he'd chosen to live the character for real. 1329 00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:41,400 And for me, that didn't make him a better rapper. 1330 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:48,400 So can we kind of walk around and like wrap about things we just happened to see? 1331 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,400 Yeah, like the... 1332 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,400 There's a man delivering the mail. 1333 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:52,400 Yeah. 1334 00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:54,400 With things like that, you know he'll never fail. 1335 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:56,400 The guy, he's riding on a bike. 1336 00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:57,400 Yeah. 1337 00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:58,400 We should go and put him on the bike. 1338 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,400 When I'm in the Hummer, I'm gonna call some drama. 1339 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,400 Watch out for your karma. 1340 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,400 You know what I mean? 1341 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:09,400 It's London all right, it's a letter to a friend. 1342 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:11,400 Damn it! 1343 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,400 You gotta get it tomorrow now so it's fell on you. 1344 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,400 I like a pair of tits without being rude. 1345 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,400 I like a pair of tits that don't want to be crude. 1346 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,400 Nice pair of tits if they're bigger, they're small. 1347 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,400 I like a nice pair of tits in doing it all. 1348 00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,400 A nice pair of tits I can see them in them. 1349 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,400 Oh, I can't do tits, it's too rude. 1350 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,400 Also some carrots for health reasons. 1351 00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:33,400 I'd also like to top it off with some raisins. 1352 00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:40,400 Well, what about a little duck and potatoes, hog mugs and chickens and alligators? 1353 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:43,400 Come on. 1354 00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,400 Or how about some frog flakes or maybe frog corn. 1355 00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:49,400 I'd sprinkle it all over my eyes. 1356 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:51,400 Over your corn. 1357 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:52,400 Over my corn. 1358 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,400 There you go.