>> Chicago rapper Adam Kelly better known as Adam Kayla has been going viral for his videos on social media in the post.

Kelly trolls, local law enforcement by daring them to arrest them and then dancing to his song fall on.

>> he did >> That rented land him in hot water is earlier this month when a Chicago police officer handcuffed and briefly detained Kelly.

He was really so without charges and is back at it again saying the videos are part of his larger message.

Joining us now is Adam Kelly.

Better known as rapper Adam Kayla, thank you for joining you have to start off like that.

have to ask.

Where did this idea spark to start, you know, going front of a National Guard and arrest me, daddy.

So actually I was in New York swore off.

>> And I saw off a surreal use hand on his And I just did all Arrest needed even quarter to post with our own stock doing I mean, did you expect that that was going to go viral?

Like did you reaction?

I not that want do is post viral post like 20 times a day.

So whatever does good.

I just keep doing 20 times a That's a lot just to see.

Like what hits and what doesn't what I found interesting is some have seen as a unique former protest for you, though, is that having fun?

>> Or for you?

It hasn't been also a way of protesting his current of both like the guy that I did, too.

He carded Eli, listen up after he was like laugh.

so it was like I'm not a 3.

And that's deserves laugh right you.

But you don't so many of these videos most don't do or I walk away?

We got to tame, but I want yeah talk to some of the officers after you just walk away and just like laugh it off.

Others walk off with some of They talked to me.

They told me they got a group chat about, you like him.

A people were were all.

So you're popular.

You among among the now, say here he comes >> Now you posted a video where your stepmother was shouting at ICE agents when they were checking ID's for Uber drivers at O'Hare.

You know, why has it been important for you to post at and talk about that?

Because I don't agree with it, but I feel like we should have global citizen honestly here.

I don't believe anyone is illegal.

So as that important free, what has it been like for you to speak out on that?

Have you any type of like?

>> Good or bad backlash or I mean, mostly good.

But, you know, it's always going to be banned from certain people because everybody has different opinions.

But that's why I believe yeah.

And do want to over the line is not because I mean, I'm pretty sure you have to have a work for Uber.

so you're really just wasting everybody's So important for you to like, say something I think I read where retire before, you love.

And it was terrible.

a job or Because I know that you've been in the music industry for 15 years coming a little bit about your career.

So I started music for fun because I played baseball in high school, believe, is going coast to full baseball scholarship to Illinois Central.

So I doing music for fun.

And then he started doing will not drop Went on a world tour.

care.

Doing music.

>> So baseball is also I love the It was option to argue crew music.

What was what is it about music?

always always like group in.

The music has always into music.

So going to baseball as race Missouri.

>> Do you feel like this recent?

I know you've been doing it for so long, but feel like this recent like spiking in fame and all these views and they have over 9 million views and like different platforms.

>> Has helped your career.

You right now argue around like 520 million views about online TikTok dance So it is definitely pushing on you right now.

My face is a little bigger than my music.

showed a summer favorite Yeah.

I'm gonna talk about that.

But how does it make you feel that you're getting like?

>> All these like Pete feedback people following you like in your videos have also seen trends were there's a group young people doing it with and I agree on TikTok along, I think it's a right.

930 million individual viewers.

So if I were one.

>> April the world Yesenia on think are all over the world.

Isn't crazy?

Pretty crazy.

Like somewhere somewhere around the world at night, they're like schooling looking at your video recruiting.

stopped everywhere constantly.

Yeah.

And you love your fans right here what is that about?

Like what is it about your fan base?

I feel we're so nice to me because I always talk to CV more like a frendak yes, we pretty crazy.

And I think that makes you like really double pretty really my fans.

somebody be like a 6 They comes with a like of 50, 60 year-old my fan base is pretty.

I brought.

do think like during this political climate that's just kind of brings a different type of joy.

Like, have you noticed that?

people are happy for Happier when they see me.

Yeah.

Like make their day facing because out there.

But also you're bringing this type of entertainment news entertainment and flight people's dislike.

Whatever I do so for all kinds of videos.

going back to your music.

>> Who are some of your biggest influencers by Caitlin says like probably will wane.

>> our group on the way with warning or a company camera.

>> What would you say in this 15 years has been some of your biggest challenges.

>> biggest challenges is the money aspect.

Their first could you rights slow-down seem I have to get a job I had to do the first job I ever was over with.

And then I was like picking of fans then they will be like what happened where you go over UV lighting.

But I mean, but that's of So right, we consider Do you consider some us learned >> Because, I mean, kind of have to be to do this, especially as an independent artist independent.

like I don't have a label.

all the funding, everything indoors figuring it out.

>> And now it feels like it seems like you found a formula for something that worked for you on social media and you ran with it.

You also do these trendy video shutting a very specific groups.

Let's let's take a look.

>> I'd like every time I hear the song like a body like you need to you need to do you know why this approach sauce are going to college I started.

I just thought about like, oh, what if like when I was younger and say, like Lil Wayne, what if you do like a free?

Meet up in May?

I don't know if you probably due to largest.

All right.

It will make people happy.

Saw started doing it and also chance the rapper whose to do We've been in place to do it while still taking it.

So I kind of thought about how these to do it and it because you can just do everything on the Internet like you had a light show people real they like it, I mean, you're doing it all types of of like demographics and videos.

And it seems like people are like reacting.

>> Good to it.

You know, like a year 2 years ago, my first that idea had 2 people.

And now is 4,000 people.

like that says a lot about you.

And just like you or like it was very like Very serious >> may be serious.

>> That series still finding breaking off, Tony, by concert.

>> Mark on Thursday, December readies its almost sold out.

I think there's a few tickets love.

It's going to be fun going around to get people to buy these tickets, government police So it's a red these underage youth.

food.

I hearing him around.

Also want receive fans last week.

OK, so you're going to tell them I-75 tickets.

I have.

Therefore, we may be like 30.

Okay.

You got a minute.

I love that.

Well, I wish you all the success and I