- FIRST UP TONIGHT ON LOVE & RESPECT, A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN CRIME AND MENTAL HEALTH.

- MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN STIGMATIZED SO MUCH, AND WE AS A COUNTRY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH IS AS IMPORTANT AS OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH.

- PLUS COMEDIAN AND INSTAGRAM STAR, DRUSKI.

- I CALLED MY MOM AND (LAUGHS) SHE HUNG UP ON ME WHEN I CALLED, I SAID, "HEY, I'M DROPPING OUT AND I'M GONNA DO COMEDY," HUNG UP, CLICK.

IT WAS JUST NOTHING.

SHE'S LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU, NUTS?"

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I'M NOT DOING COMEDY 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS SO GOOFY.

- THAT'S ALL COMING UP RIGHT NOW.

- LOVE & RESPECT WITH KILLER MIKE, IS MADE POSSIBLE BY... (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) - WELCOME TO LOVE & RESPECT SEASON 2.

I'M KILLER MIKE ALSO KNOWN AS MICHAEL RENDER, AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY.

MY NEW YEAR STARTED OFF GREAT, RIGHT?

I MADE IT, I DIDN'T DIE.

SHOUTS OUT TO 2021, THEY TOOK MY GIRL, BETTY WHITE.

BUT I WOKE UP TO SOME BAD NEWS A FEW DAYS IN.

I GOT A TEXT AND A CALL FROM MY OLD BARBER THAT MY SHOP HAD BEEN VANDALIZED.

WHEN HE SENT ME PICTURES OF THE SHOP, I INSTANTLY KNEW WHO HAD VANDALIZED IT.

I INSTANTLY KNEW THE PERSON, WHO THEY WERE, I KNEW WHY THEY DID IT ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN THINKING, AND I WAS VERY, VERY ANGRY.

IT WAS A YOUNG MAN, WHO'S ALSO A RAPPER AND HE'S MENTALLY DISTURBED, MENTALLY ILL.

I REALLY, REALLY HAD AN AFFECTION FOR THE KID AS ASPIRATIONALLY I THOUGHT HE COULD BE A VERY GOOD RAPPER ONE DAY, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS WITHIN MEETING HIM A FEW TIMES THAT SOMETHING WAS A BIT OFF.

I WAS ANGRY ENOUGH TO HURT HIM TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU AND I COULD HAVE MADE SOME CALLS AND MADE THAT HAPPEN, BUT I THOUGHT IN HANGING UP THE PHONE WITH THE PERSON WHO INFORMED ME ABOUT MY ANGER.

AND I REMEMBERED THAT MY MOTHER SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, BIPOLAR AND MANIC DEPRESSION.

I REMEMBER THAT MY COUSIN WHO WAS VERY MUCH LIKE A BROTHER TO ME, SUFFERED FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA, AS HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM HAD, AND IT BROUGHT A SENSE OF EMPATHY AND COMPASSION.

THE LAST TIME I SAW MY COUSIN, WHOSE NAME WAS JIMMY, HALF OF HIS FACE STILL LOOKED VERY NORMAL TO ME, LOOKED LIKE THE COUSIN I HAD GROWN UP WITH, AND THE OTHER SIDE OF HIS FACE, HE HAD BROKEN TEETH AND HE HAD BEEN BATTERED AND BRUISED, SO I KNEW THAT SOMEONE HAD HIT MY COUSIN AND SOMEONE HAD HURT MY COUSIN.

I KNEW THAT THE WORST THING I COULD DO IN THAT MOMENT WAS TRYING TO FORCE MY COUSIN TO BE NORMAL.

AND MY WIFE REMINDED ME THAT MICHAEL, "YOU'RE TALKING TO HIM, BUT HE'S NOT ALONE," IS WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.

THAT THERE'RE VOICES AND OTHER PROJECTIONS THAT HIS MIND IS DOING THAT WON'T ALLOW HIM TO HAVE CLOSE CONTACT WITH YOU IN THAT WAY.

AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE KID THAT HAD VANDALIZED MY SHOP AND I DECIDED TO MOVE WITH A SPIRIT OF FORGIVENESS AND GRACE.

I CALLED SOME OTHER RAPPERS WE KNEW FROM THE UNDERGROUND CIRCUIT, I GOT IN TOUCH WITH HIS PARENTS, NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY FELT HORRIBLE.

THEY WERE DISTRAUGHT TO A DEGREE, BUT AFTER ABOUT TWO TO THREE YEARS OF THIS, THEY WERE ALSO USED TO THESE PHONE CALLS.

I'VE BUILT NOW RELATIONSHIP AND TALKING WITH THEM, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THIS YOUNG MAN HELP.

ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY HARD.

TODAY, I BROUGHT IN SOMEONE WHO'S AN EXPERT ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND HOPEFULLY SHE'LL HELP ME, NOT ONLY SORT THROUGH MY OWN ANGER, PAIN AND EVENTUALLY PATH TO COMPASSION.

SINCE 2015, MS. KIM JONES HAS BEEN GEORGIA'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME HER TO LOVE & RESPECT.

- THANK YOU MICHAEL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.

- THANKS FOR COMING.

- THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

- I WAS MAD AS HELL.

(LAUGHS LOUDLY) - I BET YOU WERE.

- I GOTTA BE HONEST, I WAS REALLY MAD, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE TO REALLY TURN TO AND SAY, DID I DO A GOOD JOB?

BECAUSE IT REALLY WASN'T ABOUT DOING A GOOD JOB, IT REALLY WAS FOR ME.

I WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO DO THE SAME THING FOR MY COUSIN OR MY MOTHER IF THEY WERE IN AN EMERGENCY.

DID I DO A GOOD JOB?

- YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB.

WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE THAT THE MENTAL ILLNESS IS AN ILLNESS.

AND THAT IS SO MUCH WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN STIGMATIZED SO MUCH AND WE AS A COUNTRY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH IS AS IMPORTANT AS OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH.

SO YES, I WISH MORE PEOPLE THOUGHT LIKE YOU AND MORE PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO BE LOUD AND PROUD ABOUT THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES AND THOSE OF OTHERS.

- AND I GOTTA TELL PEOPLE OUT THERE, BESIDES IT HAPPENING ONCE, HE CAME BACK AND DID IT AGAIN (LAUGHS) SO TRULY MY PATIENCE WAS TESTED, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT I'D HEARD ABOUT IN HISTORY CLASSES OF HOW THE MENTALLY ILL WERE ONCE TREATED.

THEY WERE LOCKED AWAY.

- ABSOLUTELY.

- BY THE CHURCH.

THEY WERE TREATED AS THOUGH THEY WERE POSSESSED AND OFTENTIMES PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED, NOT IN GOOD WAYS.

WHAT'S IN THIS COUNTRY BEEN OUR LEGACY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND HOW DO WE HANDLE IT?

I HEARD IN THE '80S THAT REAGAN CUT A LOT OF FUNDING AND AFTER THAT, WE STARTED SEEING A HUGE OUTPOURING OF MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREET.

- ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, IN THE PAST, WE HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, IS DEFINITELY DO A BETTER JOB IN TREATING THE MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS AS A TRUE ILLNESS, A PHYSICAL ILLNESS.

WE WOULD NEVER LOCK SOMEBODY AWAY UP FOR A HEART ATTACK OR DIABETES OR ANY OF THAT, AND WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT WHEN IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.

SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ACROSS THE NATION, MOVING TO MORE CARE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND MORE OF A RECOVERY-BASED CARE SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

- WHAT CAN PEOPLE LOOK FOR, NOT ONLY IN OTHERS BUT IN THEMSELVES, IN TERMS OF BREAKDOWN?

SO IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE SHORT-WINDED THAT I SHOULD GO TO THE DOCTOR, TO SEE IF SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH MY HEART AND LUNGS.

BUT WHAT ARE SOME CUES FROM A MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE THAT I CAN SAY, MAYBE I NEED TO SIT WITH A THERAPIST, PSYCHIATRIST OR MY DOCTOR AND TALK ABOUT MAYBE MEDS, I SHOULD BE ON A TREATMENT, SHOULD I BE SICK.

- ABSOLUTELY.

SIMILAR TO PHYSICAL HEALTH, LIKE DEPRESSION OR OTHER TYPES OF CONDITIONS, THOSE ARE COMMON THINGS.

IF SOMEBODY PASSES AWAY IN YOUR LIFE, YOU MIGHT FEEL DEPRESSED, BUT WHEN IT STARTS IMPACTING YOUR LIFE, WHEN YOU ARE BEING PICKED UP BY THE POLICE, BECAUSE OF SOME OF YOUR BEHAVIORS, OR WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOTICING IT'S LASTING TWO WEEKS OR LONGER, AND YOU'RE AWARE THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPACTING MY RELATIONSHIPS AND MY LIVES AROUND ME, THAT'S WHEN A MENTAL CONDITION MAY BECOME A MENTAL ILLNESS AND YOU NEED TO REACH OUT FOR HELP.

- SO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS IN TERMS OF COMPARABLE TO PHYSICAL HEALTH.

WE KNOW THAT SEPARATING HUMAN BEINGS FROM ONE ANOTHER, 'CAUSE WE WERE KIND OF PRIMARILY, WE WERE MADE TO LIVE IN TRIBES, SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE.

IT GETS A LITTLE CRAZY WHEN YOU GET OVER 10, 20 OF US, BUT WE WERE MADE TO BE IN THESE SMALL GROUPS, BUT COVID HAS PUT US IN EVEN SMALLER GROUPS AND SOMETIMES ALONE.

I'VE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS, IF NOT WITH MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY, NOT VERY FAR FROM.

AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED AND ALONE, HOW HAS THAT AFFECTED MENTAL HEALTH IN THE LAST TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS?

- ABSOLUTELY.

WE ARE SOCIAL BEINGS AS HUMAN BEINGS AND BEING TOGETHER AND CONNECTIVENESS IS ONE OF THE CORE THINGS OF RECOVERY.

SO YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR LOVED ONES AND REACHING OUT, AND THE ISOLATION FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION, IS NOT A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM, AND DEFINITELY NOT FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY STRUGGLING WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.

- WE'RE IN GEORGIA.

MY MOTHER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD.

HER AND MY SISTER WERE ARGUING LIKE A THOUSAND LOT OF ARGUMENTS THAT HER AND MY SISTER HAD.

MY MOTHER WALKED DOWN THE HALLWAY.

SHE WALKED BACK UP AND SAID, "I'LL SHOW YOU."

SLIT BOTH OF HER WRISTS.

- OH MY GOODNESS.

- RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

I IMMEDIATELY SAID, OH, GRABBED MY MOTHER'S WRISTS, ATTEMPTED TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER AS WE CALL 911 AND GOT THEM OVER.

MY GRANDMOTHER HAD WANTED MY MOTHER TO SEEK SOME TYPE OF HELP WITH THERAPY FOR A LONG TIME, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A NURSE.

MY MOTHER ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO, YET WHEN MY MOTHER WENT IN FOR THE SUICIDE, THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS ESSENTIALLY HER CUSTODIAN AND HAD RIGHTS TO SAY IF SHE STAYED, I THINK IT WAS ONE OR TWO WEEKS AT THE TIME TO BE OBSERVED.

WE GOT THERE.

THERE'S A PICTURE I PUT UP MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY MOTHER.

MY MOTHER JUST LOOKS LIKE A HAPPY LITTLE GIRL NEXT TO HER MOM.

MY MOM LOOKS TO HAPPIER THAN ANYBODY I'VE EVER SEEN 'CAUSE MY GRANDMA'S LIKE, "FINALLY I GOT HER SOME HELP AND SHE CAN'T REFUSE IT."

BUT MY MOTHER, AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF BEING IN THERE, YOU COULD TELL HIM BEING ON MEDICINES, SHE HAD KIND OF NORMALIZED.

AND SHE WAS LIKE, "MOM, I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE."

LIKE THIS ISN'T NORMAL.

SO SHE HAD TO ACCEPT THE NEW HER.

SHE HAD TO ACCEPT HER WITH THE DIAGNOSIS.

SHE HAD TO ACCEPT THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE MEDS.

SHE HAD TO ACCEPT THAT SHE WAS IN A FACILITY TO TREAT THAT.

DO PEOPLE ONCE DIAGNOSED HAVE THE RESOURCES ON THE OUTSIDE WITHOUT INTERVENTION OF SUICIDE INTERVENTION OR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OR WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHERE ARE THE RESOURCES?

BECAUSE THEY SEEMED TO BE THIN THEN AND SEEM TO BE NON-EXISTENT NOW, AND GEORGIA RANKED 49TH IN TERMS OF BEST, AND THAT'S PRETTY LOW CONSIDERING WE ONLY GOT 50 STATES AND A COUPLE OF TERRITORIES.

- WELL WE WERE 51ST BACK IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR... - OKAY, OKAY.

- ...SO.

ABSOLUTELY, GEORGIA'S RANKING FOR ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTHCARE FOR ADULTS IS DISMAL, AT BEST.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE CARE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT PEOPLE NEED TO ADDRESS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE WORKFORCE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, COUNSELORS, THERAPISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, THEY'RE NON-EXISTENT.

PEOPLE AREN'T GOING INTO THAT FIELD ANYMORE.

AND SO THERE ARE VERY FEW RESOURCES THAT PEOPLE CAN TURN TO AND THAT PROBABLY IS WHY YOUR FRIEND ENDED UP VANDALIZING YOUR SHOP.

THERE WASN'T ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR THEM TO GET HELP THAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEMSELVES.

- I, FIND THERE'S A GRAND IRONY AND THAT THE BEST MENTAL HEALTHCARE YOU CAN GET IN THE STATE IS IN PRISON, IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE GOING THROUGH CRISIS AND CAN'T AFFORD, OR DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF SEEKING THEIR OWN CARE.

BUT ONCE YOU GO TO PRISON, NOT JAIL, AND NOT JUST COUNTY, BUT PRISON, AND WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE FOR A LONG TIME, THAT'S WHEN YOU GET THE CARE YOU DESERVE.

HOW CAN WE GET THAT CARE OUTSIDE IN YOUR OPINION?

- WELL, IT IS ACTUALLY THE PRISONS WHO ARE THE NUMBER ONE PROVIDERS.

I WOULDN'T ALWAYS SAY IT'S THE BEST CARE.

- BUT THEY PROVIDE CARE.

- BUT THEY PROVIDE CARE.

- GOTCHA.

- AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT POPULATIONS HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, ALSO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROVIDER FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BECAUSE HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RESOURCES, MANY PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS END UP IN THE JAIL SYSTEM.

- IDEALLY, WHAT WOULD, IF YOU HAD CONTROL, IF YOU WERE THE CZAR... - MM HMM.

- ...AND WE COULD CALL GOVERNOR KEMP AND SAY, "GOVERNOR KEMP, KIM JONES IS THE CZAR.

NOT LIL' KIM, BUT THE OTHER KIM JONES.

SHE'S THE CZAR, AND THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT."

WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR HELPING PEOPLE?

- YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO FIX MENTAL HEALTH HERE IN GEORGIA IS HAVE IT AT THE TOP OF THE LEVEL.

ALL THE LEADERS IN THE STATE GET ON BOARD TO TALK ABOUT AND RECOGNIZE THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO OUR LIVES.

AND TO BE LEADERS IN THAT, AND BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE DO, INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING MENTAL HEALTH A PRIORITY.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO FUND IT, QUITE SIMPLY.

WE HAVE TO FUND IT.

- SOMETHING I THOUGHT WAS GENIUS THAT YOU GUYS DID WAS, ESPECIALLY FOR MY COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THERE'S A STIGMA ON BEING STRONG AS A MAN FROM A PATRIARCHAL SENSE, PERIOD.

MEN NEED TO BE STRONG.

BUT THERE'S AN EVEN STRONGER STIGMA IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ABOUT BEING ALMOST IMPERVIOUS TO PAIN.

TUPAC WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERS, RAPPED ENDLESSLY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, AND PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE IT, BUT HE TALKED ABOUT DEPRESSION, HE TALKED ABOUT ANXIETY, HE TALKS ABOUT FEELINGS OF WORRY AND PAIN PROBABLY MORE AND BETTER THAN ANY OTHER RAPPER.

AND IN THAT, HE ACKNOWLEDGED FROM A VERY MASCULINE PLACE THAT I CRY, THAT I AM BROKEN, THAT I AM HOPELESS.

YOU GUYS, OR THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN TO PUSH IT THROUGH BARBERSHOPS, AND BLACK BARBERSHOPS IN PARTICULAR.

- ABSOLUTELY.

- I HOPE THAT CAMPAIGN CONTINUES, I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER THE SWAG SHOP TO BE ONE OF, AS WE GROW SITES, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE SITES.

BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AMERICAN MEN, ALL MEN, BLACK MEN IN PARTICULAR, HAVE THE RESOURCES THERE THEY NEED.

I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE LIKE CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD, WHO'S BEEN ON THIS FOR THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS, AND MAKING SURE THAT BLACK MEN KNOW THAT THAT'S THERE FOR US AS WELL.

AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OTHER BARBERSHOPS TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED IT IN OUR COMMUNITY VERY BADLY.

- ABSOLUTELY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT'S SO KIND.

YOU'RE JUST INCREDIBLE PERSON YOU ARE.

BUT ABSOLUTELY, BARBERSHOPS WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE A TRUSTED PLACE.

- YEAH.

- AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU'RE SITTING THERE FOR 30 MINUTES, YOU'RE CAPTIVIZED, PEOPLE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION.

AND TRAINING BARBERS TO KNOW HOW TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, AND HOW GIVING THEM RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN SEND PEOPLE TO IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

- SO, WE'LL GET THAT DONE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY.

- OH, NO, THANK YOU.

- APPRECIATE THE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION YOU'VE GIVEN ME.

I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW EMPATHY, THAT WE SHOW GRACE, AND WE SHOW COMPASSION BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR FAMILY THAT HAS SUFFERED FROM OR IS SUFFERING WITH A CRISIS.

I'D LIKE TO WISH THE PERSON THAT VANDALIZED OUR SHOP THE BEST, AND HOPE HE GETS HELP.

I'D LIKE TO SEND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THOSE THAT ARE OUT.

AND LET'S MAKE SURE UNDER THE GOLD DOME, NO MATTER WHO YOU VOTED FOR, FOR GOVERNOR, THAT WE'RE THERE UNITED AS GEORGIA, MAKING SURE WE GET BETTER POLICY.

I APPRECIATE YOU- - THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

- ...UNTIL WE SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

- THANK YOU.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) - WELCOME TO LOVE AND RESPECT, DRUSKI.

- MY GUY.

(CLAPS) - MAN.

- HEY.

- MAN.

GWINNETT COUNTY'S PRIDE.

- YEAH MAN.

YOU SEE IT, YEAH.

- SO LET ME GET PEOPLE SOME, LET ME QUALIFY THIS.

SO GWINNETT COUNTY... - YES.

- ...WHEN MY GRANDPA FIRST LET ME DRIVE HIS PLYMOUTH VOLARE- - YES.

- HE GAVE ME INSTRUCTIONS.

- OKAY.

- DON'T TAKE YOUR BUTT TO DOUGLASVILLE, COBB, OR GWINNETT.

- DAMN RIGHT.

- RIGHT?

SO- - DEFINITELY DON'T GO TO COBB.

- SO IT WASN'T EXACTLY A SUNDOWN TOWN, BUT THERE WAS A DON'T MESS AROUND TOWN.

- YEAH, YEAH.

- THE MIGOS HAVE DEFINITELY QUALIFIED IT AS "DA NAWF".

IT OFFICIALLY IS APART OF THE CITY NOW.

- YES.

- BUT GWINNETT, IS THE COUNTY WHERE PEOPLE LEFT THE CITY TO ESCAPE TO FOR BETTER EDUCATION, FOR BETTER HOUSING, FOR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE WHEN I WAS A KID.

IT WAS SCARED, THE COPS STILL SCARE YOU OUT THERE.

BUT YOU ARE FROM GWINNETT.

- YES.

HOW DID GROWING UP IN GWINNETT, COMING DOWN HERE AS A ONE YEAR OLD FROM MARYLAND, YOU GREW UP IN GWINNETT.

HOW HAS THAT INFLUENCED YOUR COMEDY?

BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IF YOU'RE FROM ZONE SIX OR THE WEST SIDE OR SOUTH SIDE.

- WELL I TELL YOU ONE THING, THE POLICE DIFFERENT.

- YEAH.

(LAUGHS) - YOU DEFINITELY, WAY NOT IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

BUT YOU, ARE STILL IN THE URBAN AREA OF THE CITY.

SO, WE'RE NEAR, LIKE, I GREW UP NEAR LIKE STONE MOUNTAIN.

I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH STONE MOUNTAIN.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT.

YOU GET TO SEE LIKE, THE WHITE SIDE OF THINGS, THE BLACK SIDE OF THINGS.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES GOING UP.

SO I THINK IT WAS GOOD FOR ME AND COMEDY 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE, YO, I GET TO SEE EVERY SIDE OF THIS.

SO FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, I HAD FRIENDS, ALL DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES.

MAN, I HAD FRIENDS, I HAD A MEXICAN FRIEND, HE IN JAIL NOW.

BUT- - SHOUTS OUT TO THE VATOS.

- YEAH, SHOUT OUT TO THE VATOS, MAN.

BUT YEAH, MAN, HE, I GREW UP WITH HIM.

THEN I HAD A COUPLE OF WHITE FRIENDS.

I HAD A COUPLE OF BLACK FRIENDS, SO I GOT TO SEE THE BEST OF ALL THE WORLDS MAN.

BUT IT DEFINITELY, IT DEFINITELY TAUGHT ME A LOT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

'CAUSE I GOT TO SEE THE GOOD AND THE BAD.

- YOU'RE FROM A FAMILY OF HIGH ACHIEVERS.

I WORE THIS A DAY IN HONOR OF YOUR DAD.

- YEAH, I SEE.

- AND BECAUSE YOU LIKE ME, A COLLEGE DROPOUT AND DISAPPOINTED YOUR CLAN.

- WELL, YOU KNOW, WE AIN'T TALKING 'BOUT THAT.

WHO PUT THAT ON THE SCRIPT?

NOW... - (LAUGHING) WHEN I WAS READING MY RESEARCH, - I KNOW IT WAS HER RIGHT THERE.

I SAY, "OH, WE'RE JUST ALIKE."

- WE SAID F EDUCATION, WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR HAND AT ENTERTAINMENT.

- YES.

- SO YOUR FAMILY'S FROM A FAMILY OF HIGH ACHIEVERS.

HOW DID IT GO WHEN YOU COME IN AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT, DESPITE ALL THIS INVESTMENT AND Y'ALL MOVING TO QUINNETTE AND Y'ALL COMING DOWN FROM THE NORTH HERE- - YEAH.

- FOR GREATER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO?

I'M GONNA BE FUNNY."

- YEAH, YEAH.

- WELL, HOW'D THEY TAKE IT?

- THEY DEFINITELY DIDN'T TAKE A GOOD, I TELL YOU THAT BROTHER.

- GIVE ME THE CONVERSATION.

WHEN YOU TELL YOUR DAD- - (LAUGHS) IT WASN'T TOO MUCH OF A CONVERSATION.

I GOT CUSSED OUT.

I REMEMBER VERY LIKE VAGUELY, I CALLED MY MOM AND I WAS LIKE, I KNEW THAT IT WASN'T FOR ME 'CAUSE I HAD SAID IT MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE WHEN I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS LIKE "AH, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A BREAK AFTER HIGH SCHOOL."

AND SHE'S JUST LIKE, "NO, I'M NOT LETTING YOU."

SHE FILLED OUT EVERY APPLICATION TO ANY COLLEGE IN GEORGIA IT WAS.

I SWEAR TO GOD MY MOM DID, I COULD NOT LIE TO YOU.

AND, I LITERALLY- - NOT KENNESAW STATE TOO?

- NO, NO, SHE DID ALL THAT.

SHE DID WEST GEORGIA, I DIDN'T GET ACCEPTED THERE, BUT SHE TRIED.

SO I ENDED UP GETTING INTO A SCHOOL AND I WENT AND I KINDA LIKED IT, IT WASN'T TOO BAD.

AND SO I DECIDED, I SAID, "MAN, I'MA GO TO A BIG SCHOOL."

SO I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET MY CREDITS UP, GO TO A BIG SCHOOL 'CAUSE I WANTED TO PARTY.

I'M LIKE, YO, I'MA FEEL HOW THIS LITTLE COLLEGE THING IS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

SO I WENT THERE, MOST DEPRESSING TIME IN MY LIFE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

(MEN LAUGH) IT WASN'T WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

I WAS IN CLASSES OF LIKE THREE, 400 PEOPLE.

I KNEW NOBODY, YOU KNOW?

SO YEAH MAN, THAT TIME WHEN I WAS BY MYSELF, IT LITERALLY LET ME SIT AND LIKE REALLY GET TO THINK ABOUT, "OKAY, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO?"

AND A LOT OF LIKE STUFF I WOULD WATCH IS LIKE STUFF FROM LIKE WILL SMITH, DIDDY, STEVE HARVEY, JUST A LOT OF LIKE, JUST HEARING THEM TALK ABOUT STUFF AND LIKE TAKING A CHANCE WITH YOUR LIFE.

AND, WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING, YOU JUST KNOW IT'S JUST INSIDE OF YOU.

AND I HAD THE SAME FEELING THAT THEY WERE DESCRIBING ABOUT.

SO I'M LIKE, "MAN, IT'S GOTTA BE THIS."

LIKE I KNOW IT'S THIS.

AND I CALLED MY MOM AND SHE HUNG UP ON ME WHEN I CALLED, I SAID, "HEY, I'M DROPPING OUT AND I'MA DO COMEDY."

HUNG UP, CLICK.

IT WAS JUST NOTHING, JUST LIKE WHAT ARE YOU NUTS?

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I'M NOT DOING COMEDY 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS SO GOOFY.

LIKE YOU IMAGINE TELLING YOUR MOM LIKE, "YEAH, I'MA BE A COMEDIAN."

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

- I CALLED MY DAD WHO WAS A FORMER COP.

AND I WAS LIKE, "I'M GONNA DROP OUT OF MOREHOUSE."

- OH YEAH.

OH HE DEFINITELY, OH MY GOD.

- THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS BLACK MAN COLLEGE IN THE WORLD.

AND HE'S LIKE, "SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?"

"I'MA BE A RAPPER."

- OH MY GOD.

- AND HE SAID TO ME, "SON, THEY CALL IT STARVING ARTISTS FOR A REASON.

AND THEN HE HUNG UP ON ME.

- I THINK I CAME HOME AND I JUST HAD TO FIND OUT WHO I WAS.

SO, IT WAS GOOD.

I DO RESPECT PEOPLE WHO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE IT IS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, LIKE FOR YOU TO KNOW WHAT IT IS IN LIFE YOU WANNA DO.

SO EVEN IF YOU ARE THERE FOR NO REASON, YOU'RE STILL...

IT GIVES YOU TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRULY GONNA FIGURE OUT IN LIFE.

SO, I RESPECT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

- YOU EXPLORED SUSTAINABILITY IN YOUR ADIDAS SHOW.

SO WHEN I WAS YOUNG, SO I GREW UP ON THE WEST SIDE, SO YOU KNOW UP ON THE WEST, IT'S A ALL BLACK ENCLAVE.

- [DRUSKI] OH, YEAH.

- I WANTED TO GO TO SIX FLAGS, WHICH WAS LITERALLY TWO EXITS AWAY, AND MY GRANDPARENTS WAS LIKE, "SIX FLAGS?

WE AIN'T BUYING YOU NO $40 SEASON PASS.

YOU BETTER FIGURE IT OUT."

SO I STARTED RECYCLING.

MY GRANDFATHER WOULD TAKE ME AROUND IN HIS VAN, PICK UP CANS AND BOTTLES FROM ALL OVER THE WEST SIDE, WHICH WAS WHY IT USED TO BE A CLEANER PLACE.

NOW IT'S JUST A WATER BOARD.

THEY THROW THE THE BOTTLES OUT, BUT I GO TO THE RECYCLING PLACE OVER THERE, WHERE PETER STREET AND STUFF IS NOW.

YOU GET YOUR MONEY, YOU KEEP A CAN BEFORE THEY GIVE YOU DISCOUNT.

SO I WAS RECYCLING BASED ON, I NEEDED SOME BREAD, BUT YOU SEEM TO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT IN A VERY GWINNETT COUNTY KIND OF WAY, LIKE MIDDLE-CLASS.

(BOTH LAUGHING) - HEY NOW, WE AIN'T GON' KEEP PUTTING THE GWINNETT COUNTY.

- YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME MONEY.

SO, BUT THE SHOW... - OH, MY GOD, I AM SO WEAK.

- Y'ALL HAD SOME BREAD, MAN.

I'M JUST SAYING, MAN.

- HOLD ON, BROTHER.

- YOUR DAD WENT TO HOWARD, (INDISTINCT).

- NO, NAH.

I MEAN, WE WASN'T... WE WAS LIVING, ALL RIGHT.

- SO, BUT YOU COME IN THE HOUSES, RIGHT?

SO IT'S "MTV CRIBS" MEETS, WHO'S SUSTAINING, WHO'S DOING LIKE...

IF YOU CAME TO MY HOUSE, YOU'LL SEE, YOU GOT THE LITTLE GARBAGE CAN, THEN YOU GOT YOUR PLASTICS CAN.

SO, WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?

DO YOU REALLY CARE?

IT WAS OBVIOUS YOU CARE, BUT YOU'RE HELPING BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE SOMEONE APART FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU LOOK LIKE US.

I KNOW AND TRUST YOU.

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THAT SHOW AND WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THAT MENTALITY?

- WELL, HONESTLY, I GREW UP WATCHING, LIKE MY MOM, WE ALWAYS HAD A RECYCLING BIN, A BIG BLUE RECYCLING BIN.

WE ALWAYS HAD LIKE A REGULAR TRASH CAN, AND I ALWAYS WOULD BE CURIOUS, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW ME, I'M THROWING IT IN WHATEVER TRASH CAN, BUT I WOULD GET YELLED AT FOR THROWING THE REGULAR (BLEEP) TRASH IN THE RECYCLING BIN.

SO THAT JUST LITERALLY, THAT STUCK WITH ME OFF OF JUST HER YELLING AT ME.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

- [KILLER MIKE] SHOUT OUT TO MOM.

- FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK DIDDY APPROACHED ME WITH IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS...

I LIKE TO DO STUFF LIKE, FOR IT TO IMPACT SOMETHING THAT MATTERS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE NOT JUST DOING IT.

IT HAS TO HAVE A REAL MEANING BEHIND IT.

SO WHEN WE CAME IN HERE PERSON WITH THAT SHOW, I WAS AT HIS HOUSE AND HE WAS LIKE, "YO, WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING FOR LIKE THE CULTURE."

I WAS LIKE, "YO, LET'S DO IT."

AND I WAS LIKE, WE CAN MAKE IT FUNNY AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE BROUGHT HIM TO ADIDAS, AND IT WAS HONESTLY A GREAT IDEA.

- I WANNA TALK ABOUT YOU BEING ADEPT AT SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOCIAL MEDIA, AGAIN, WHEN I SAY MY FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE, WE WERE COMING OUT OF WHAT WAS A DATA PROCESSOR OR WHATEVER, THE LITTLE TYPEWRITER SLASH THINGS USED TO BE UNTIL LIKE LAP... ONLY THE RICH KIDS, LIKE COULD GET LAPTOPS AND WHATNOT.

BUT SOCIAL MEDIA STORMS IN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS A FILTER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN AGENT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A RECORD COMPANY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THESE THINGS.

YOU CAN HAVE DIRECT LINK TO YOUR AUDIENCE AND BUILD AUDIENCE.

YOU WERE NOT ONE OF THE FIRST, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BEST AT IT.

WHAT MAKES YOU COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO DO IT, TO BE TRANSPARENT, TO SHOW YOURSELF, TO BE GOOFY AND FUNNY AND TO KNOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, I'M GONNA GAIN AUDIENCE.

I'M GONNA GAIN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY GAIN A LIVING OFF OF IT.

WHAT SAID TO YOU INTUITIVELY, THIS IS WHERE I SHOULD PIVOT INTO?

- I THINK HONESTLY, JUST KNOWING HOW TO MANEUVER IN A BUSINESS TYPE WORLD.

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY MOM ALWAYS PUT ME IN SO MUCH DIFFERENT... MAN, THEN I'M LIKE, "IT'S JUST POINTLESS, MAN."

SHE'S SENDING ME TO GEORGIA TECH, WHAT DID YOU CALL THOSE CAMPS?

- LIKE THE SUMMER PROGRAM.

- IT'S LIKE SUMMER CAMP.

- IT'S LIKE A GEORGIA ENRICHMENT CAMP AND WHATNOT.

- YEAH, IT WAS LIKE A GEORGIA TECH TECHNOLOGY CAMP.

AND I'M LIKE, "ALL RIGHT, WHY AM I DOING THIS?"

AND SHE HAS ME DOING PIANO.

I'M LIKE, "WHY AM I DOING THIS?"

GOT ME PLAYING IN THE ORCHESTRA.

"WHY AM I DOING THIS?"

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

- SO JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF, 'CAUSE I WAS JUST WANTING TO PLAY FOOTBALL.

I'M LIKE, "MAN, I'M A GO TO GO TO NFL.

I'M A GO TO NFL, MAN.

I'M A GO TO NFL."

BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD ME DOING SOMETHING LIKE KARATE OR SOMETHING.

IT JUST ALWAYS WAS SOMETHING AND SHE WANTED ME TO SEE ALL THIS STUFF AND LIKE FIGURE OUT, OKAY, YOU CAN'T BE SATISFIED WITH ONE THING.

IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, ALWAYS CONTINUE TO FIND LIKE A NEW WAY.

YOU CAN DO IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

IT CAN HAPPEN.

SO I THINK JUST STUFF LIKE THAT, ALWAYS LIKE JUST LIKE SAT WITH ME AND I THINK THAT HELPED A LOT OF MY SUCCESS BECAUSE I'M NEVER REALLY SATISFIED.

LIKE IF I DO SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO GET TO THAT NEXT NEW THING THAT IT IS.

SO, I THINK TV AND MOVIES CURRENTLY NOW IS LIKE MY NEW MAIN GOALS, BUT MY GOALS HAD JUST BEEN GROWING, MAN.

- SO YOU CONQUERED THE NET AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA CONQUER MAINSTREAM, IS YOUR MENTALITY.

- [DRUSKI] YEAH, 100%.

100%.

- SO I WAS GONNA ASK YOU THAT, SO YOU ALREADY ANSWERED.

SO WE GOING, I'M A GET THIS LIKE THE ROCK.

10 MILLION, 20 MILLION.

- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I'M COMING FOR THAT.

- JUST GIVE ME FREE PASSES TO THE SHOW, PLEASE.

- YO, I GOT YOU.

COME ON, MAN.

- DON'T FORGET YOUR FOLK, MAN.

- I JUST GOT OFF A TOUR, WHERE I DID SOME STAND-UP.

- [KILLER MIKE] REMEMBER UNC, MAN.

- I GOT YOU.

YOU SHOULDA CAME TO THE... DID YOU SEE, I TALK LIKE THIS ONE, YOU FEEL ME?

(MIKE LAUGHS) YOU SHOULDA CAME TO THE LAST SHOW I HAD AT... NAH, I WAS ON A J. COLE TOUR AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

- WHO HAS MENTORED YOU AND DID YOU SEEK MENTORSHIP OR DID MENTORSHIP JUST KIND OF FIND YOU?

'CAUSE HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH PUFF IS A HELL OF A MENTOR.

- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, 100%.

HE ALWAYS HAD RESPECT FOR ME AND LIKE, I THINK HE JUST WAS SO OPEN TO... AND EVEN ANY OTHER MOGUL THAT I'VE LINKED UP WITH, HAS ALWAYS JUST SO IN LOVE AND LIKE GIVING ME TIPS ON STUFF I MIGHT ASK, 'CAUSE I'M OPEN TO ASKING, I DON'T CARE.

I'M AN OPEN BOOK, MAN.

I WANNA LEARN MORE.

YOU CAN NEVER LEARN TOO MUCH.

- I ASKED A TWO, FIVE AND 10 QUESTION.

AND THE TWO, FIVE AND 10 IS, WHAT'S YOUR TWO-YEAR PLAN?

WHAT'S YOUR FIVE-YEAR?

WHAT'S YOUR-10 YEAR?

WHAT ARE WE GONNA SEE OUT OF YOU?

- IN TWO YEARS, I'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A TV SHOW.

- TV SHOW IN TWO.

WHAT IN FIVE?

- FIVE, DEFINITELY HAVE A MOVIE OR TWO.

- MOVIES IN FIVE?

- YES.

YES.

- AND IN 10.

- LIKE MY OWN, NOT JUST IN ONE.

- GOT YA.

- IN 10, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE SELLING OUT A HUGE ARENA FOR STAND-UP.

- LAST ONE, I LOVE COULDA BEEN RECKLESS.

- OH, MAN.

- ALL RIGHT.

SO I NEED YOU TO, I'M DRAKE, I'M DRIZZY RIGHT NOW.

I'M A LITTLE DARKER, MY BEARD SUGGESTS I'M DRIZZY.

SO HE ALWAYS BE LOOKING COOL.

I'M A FILM A DRAKE BIT.

- [DRUSKI] OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

- USUALLY, A SLEW OF GIRLS BEHIND, BUT I'M NOT REALLY DRAKE.

- AND HE A LITTLE MORE SKINNIER.

- YEAH, YEAH, HE IS SKINNIER, BUT HE GET HIS LIFTING.

HE'S LIFTING AND I'M LOSING SO WE'LL MEET IN THE MIDDLE.

- ALL RIGHT, YEAH.

- THIS CRAZY, DRAKE LOOKS LIKE HE COULD HAVE BEEN MY DAD'S KID.

I TELL MY MOM ALL THE TIME.

I WAS LIKE, "YOU THOUGHT YOU WAS GONNA GET A LITTLE GOOD HAIR LIGHT, SKIN LIGHT.

YOU GOT A LITTLE SYMBOL."

(BOTH LAUGHING) SHE NAMED ME SANTIAGO.

I WAS LIKE, "I DO NOT LOOK LIKE A SANTIAGO, UNLESS I PLAY FOR THE BRAVES."

LOOK.

NONE OF THE BRAVES PLAYING- - WE KEEP GOING.

THEY TELLING ME BACK THERE.

HE'S SAYING, "KEEP GOING."

- GIVE ME A PITCH.

GET ME TO SAY, "NO MORE OVO, I'M COMING TO COULDA BEEN."

- OKAY.

WELL, THE MAIN THING I USUALLY DO, I GO AHEAD AND JUST TALK ABOUT THE DEAL.

I'M A LET YOU KNOW STRAIGHT UP, YOU AIN'T GETTING NONE.

YOU MIGHT GET A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT YOUR MASTERS, YOU MIGHT GET 1% OF MASTERS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE IN OWNERSHIP OF YOU.

BUT THE POSITION WE PUT YOU IN, WELL, WE DON'T REALLY PUT YOU IN A POSITION TO WIN, BUT WE SEE WHERE YOU AT WITH IT.

WE SEE WHERE YOUR MIND GOING.

IF YOUR MIND MOVING AT A GOOD PACE, YOU GON' LEARN HOW TO GET UP OUT OF THAT FIGHT.

SO YOU IN THAT FIGHT, MAN.

YOU BELOW US.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CEO'S IS AN OWNERSHIP.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

SO UNTIL YOU CAN FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT THAT... - YOU SOUND LIKE IRV GOTTI TALKING TO ASHANTI RIGHT NOW.

- YEAH, MAN, I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU, I TAKE A LOT OF TIPS- - NO HATE ON IRVIN.

- YEAH, I TAKE A LOT OF TIPS FROM A LOT OF THOSE OG'S THAT WERE IN FULL CONTROL, LIKE SUGE AND THEM.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I SAY, THAT'S ONE OF MY... - WELL SINCE, I'M AT J.

PRINCE ADVANCEMENT, I'M A DECLINE.

(BOTH LAUGHING) 'CAUSE I WANT NO RAP.

- MAN, THANK YOU, DRUSKI FOR BEING AN AMAZING KID OUT OF GWINNETT, FOR REPRESENTING ATLANTA WELL.

THANK YOUR MOM FOR MAKING SURE YOU WERE EXPOSED ENOUGH, THAT YOU JUST CHOSE TO BE A DROPOUT.

THANK YOUR DAD FOR GOING TO HOWARD AND MAKING A GREAT KID LIKE YOU.

AND JUST MAN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU BRING TO THE CULTURE.

I LOVE AND RESPECT YOU, MAN.

- THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU BRING TO THE CULTURE, BROTHER.

YOU'RE KILLING IT.

- ABSOLUTELY, BROTHER.

THANK YOU FOR COMING ON "LOVE & RESPECT."

- BLACK YOUNG KINGS, Y'ALL SEE WE WINNING NOW.

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