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Young Dro

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296 total appearances

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Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

I was on before Tip. I was on before Tip. It was a dope thing. That's what's up. And I knew what he wanted to do with music because in the beginning, He didn't really even do, he didn't rap. He used to produce. And you know, he did beats and hustled. And I couldn't, he was, so I was like, one day I was like, you know, what are we doing? He was like, I'm gonna do these beats.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

I was on before Tip. I was on before Tip. It was a dope thing. That's what's up. And I knew what he wanted to do with music because in the beginning, He didn't really even do, he didn't rap. He used to produce. And you know, he did beats and hustled. And I couldn't, he was, so I was like, one day I was like, you know, what are we doing? He was like, I'm gonna do these beats.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

You just kick that rhyme, you kick, you know what I'm saying? But we wasn't even no rappers though, you know what I'm saying? When we first got around each other, you know what I'm saying? And we just was fond of each other, of our hood antics because we lived in Riverdale, you know?

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

You just kick that rhyme, you kick, you know what I'm saying? But we wasn't even no rappers though, you know what I'm saying? When we first got around each other, you know what I'm saying? And we just was fond of each other, of our hood antics because we lived in Riverdale, you know?

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

coincidentally his mom got her section a voucher and moved out there and my mom got hers and moved in the same okay yeah so that's where we was at and you know and and we started out just being friends and you know being i was actually i was healing up from wearing a colostomy bag because i had been shot yes talk about that i i saw that on on porsche you did an interview with porsche and um whoa like i can't imagine at 15 getting shot tell me about that audience to hear more about it

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

coincidentally his mom got her section a voucher and moved out there and my mom got hers and moved in the same okay yeah so that's where we was at and you know and and we started out just being friends and you know being i was actually i was healing up from wearing a colostomy bag because i had been shot yes talk about that i i saw that on on porsche you did an interview with porsche and um whoa like i can't imagine at 15 getting shot tell me about that audience to hear more about it

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

It was crazy, man. I was supposed to go to summer school this day because I was real bad in ninth grade, you know what I mean? And so we was at Atlanta Area Tech, and I was going to summer school, and I really didn't like that I had to go to summer school. We out, we go, we get off the bus, we go to school. And next thing you know, we were supposed to got something to eat after we went on break.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

It was crazy, man. I was supposed to go to summer school this day because I was real bad in ninth grade, you know what I mean? And so we was at Atlanta Area Tech, and I was going to summer school, and I really didn't like that I had to go to summer school. We out, we go, we get off the bus, we go to school. And next thing you know, we were supposed to got something to eat after we went on break.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

So we was going on break. I was like, nah, man, I'm finna go sell me some. I'm finna go sell me some drugs, man. I'm finna go hustle. I ain't got no money. And they were like, no, let's just go get something to eat, bro. And I had the polo on. I had the polo sport on. the white and blue polo sports shirt with the white and blue trunks on, with the white and blue socks on, with the Reeboks.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

So we was going on break. I was like, nah, man, I'm finna go sell me some. I'm finna go sell me some drugs, man. I'm finna go hustle. I ain't got no money. And they were like, no, let's just go get something to eat, bro. And I had the polo on. I had the polo sport on. the white and blue polo sports shirt with the white and blue trunks on, with the white and blue socks on, with the Reeboks.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

You were like the first polo influencer before there was influencers. And my outfit wouldn't let me stay still, so I was like, I'm gonna go. So I went to the hood, man. So when I went to the hood, I got into some stuff. This guy tried to bully me and take advantage of me being alone and fresh. And I had a pair of expensive Armani shades on.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

You were like the first polo influencer before there was influencers. And my outfit wouldn't let me stay still, so I was like, I'm gonna go. So I went to the hood, man. So when I went to the hood, I got into some stuff. This guy tried to bully me and take advantage of me being alone and fresh. And I had a pair of expensive Armani shades on.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

He was saying he was going to take them and stuff like that. I was in a position to where this could have been controlled by conflict resolution. I could have came up with a better decision than I came up with. The decision I came up with at that age was to go get my cousin, and we finna come back, and we gonna get you about what you just tried.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

He was saying he was going to take them and stuff like that. I was in a position to where this could have been controlled by conflict resolution. I could have came up with a better decision than I came up with. The decision I came up with at that age was to go get my cousin, and we finna come back, and we gonna get you about what you just tried.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

But it was premeditated, and that's the reason why I believe I got what I deserved in a way. You feel what I'm saying? Because I was smart enough to know that by the time I got to Bankhead Court and got my cousin, I could have had a different thought. I could have been like, you know what? My feelings changed. I don't even feel the same way. I'm not even mad as I was.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

But it was premeditated, and that's the reason why I believe I got what I deserved in a way. You feel what I'm saying? Because I was smart enough to know that by the time I got to Bankhead Court and got my cousin, I could have had a different thought. I could have been like, you know what? My feelings changed. I don't even feel the same way. I'm not even mad as I was.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

And I almost cried at that point when he tried me. But when I got out there, my cousin, it was later on that day. We hadn't been smoking and all that. He was like, hey, what that was you were talking about? Because I came over there and told him, man, I need you. We got to go handle some business. But some time passed. He was like, what that was you were talking about? I was like, oh, yeah.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

And I almost cried at that point when he tried me. But when I got out there, my cousin, it was later on that day. We hadn't been smoking and all that. He was like, hey, what that was you were talking about? Because I came over there and told him, man, I need you. We got to go handle some business. But some time passed. He was like, what that was you were talking about? I was like, oh, yeah.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

Home tried me and woo woo. We finna go over here. And we went back and we did what we had to do and I ended up shot. When I got shot, man, after we handled the boy that I got into it with, you feel what I'm saying? Another dude came up And I thought that was my friend, you know what I mean? When I'm looking at him and my cousin was like, who that? I'm like, oh, that's my guy.

Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Joy, Pain & Purpose w/ Young Dro

Home tried me and woo woo. We finna go over here. And we went back and we did what we had to do and I ended up shot. When I got shot, man, after we handled the boy that I got into it with, you feel what I'm saying? Another dude came up And I thought that was my friend, you know what I mean? When I'm looking at him and my cousin was like, who that? I'm like, oh, that's my guy.