Legendary Mistah FAB has an in-depth conversation with Adam about his legacy in music, doing good in his community, helping the youth, being a supportive father, and more. ----- 00:00 Intro 0:05 Mistah F.A.B. on being imprinted into hip hop history, speaks on the his role in the hyphy movement and doing a commemorative tour 3:00 Mistah F.A.B. speaks on his upbringing, growing up in Oakland, and his perspective on the streets 6:20 Mistah F.A.B. tells a story about gaining a new perspective on life from a positive role model 9:20 Mistah F.A.B. explains what he means when he says, "Some people are so broke, all they have is money" and overcompensating when it comes to parenting 12:40 Mistah F.A.B. talks people hating on others for no reason and seeing the good in that sometimes 14:00 Mistah F.A.B. on his mother, speaks on her s*bstance use and losing his father to A*DS 17:30 Mistah F.A.B. on feeling like he finally became an adult when he had to say goodbye to his mother, plus battling his ****ction with lean and not sm*king weed for years 22:50 Mistah F.A.B. on NBA players coming to his basketball games when he was 15 24:40 Mistah F.A.B. on if he would be making a living illegally if he never found rap and the discipline he demonstrated when he was young 27:10 Mistah F.A.B. on participating in The Source battles, battling rappers at house parties and just loving the art of rap 29:00 Mistah F.A.B. on dropping an album every week and breaks down his love for making music 29:50 Mistah F.A.B. on owning a nightclub, a clothing store and opening up his own museum 32:30 Adam asks Mistah F.A.B. if he's a born entrepreneur and if he could see himself working a 9-5 job, Mistah F.A.B. speaks on mentoring the youth and the backlash he got for taking a picture with the police chief 35:00 Adam asks Mistah F.A.B. on how do you begin to stop the violence, says "It's all good until it comes to your doorstep" and how gang culture has infiltrated Oakland 38:50 Mistah F.A.B. on getting pulled over with a g*n with Chopper from Making The Band and says it was the luckiest day of his life 41:30 Mistah F.A.B. on if the police recognize his contribution to the community 44:00 NBA Youngboy turning over a new leaf when it comes to his content and having to explain to his daughter what a pimp is 47:00 Mistah F.A.B. on how hip-hop wants to keep you in a box and the need to allow artists to change for the better 49:30 Living in the "Opp Era" and you're not cool if you don't have opps and being blessed with not having to worry about people doing something bad to him because he's never wronged anybody 51:40 Mistah F.A.B.: "in our neighborhood, we know serial k***rs", and how it's normalized in the hood 55:10 Mistah F.A.B. on his daughter being a straight-A student, speaks highly of his daughter's mother and how social media can destroy the confidence of young people 57:45 Mistah F.A.B. on how you have to be careful with your words, how language shapes us all and how influential the story of an underdog is 1:01:00 Mistah F.A.B. on being supportive of anything his daughter does and her expressing that she wants to build something of her own 1:04:00 Mistah F.A.B. says that no little girl should be locked up for p****ion and there's no rehabilitative state for these young women that have been victimized by the system and their environment 1:07:00 Mistah F.A.B. says that child support doesn't support your child and the importance of being present in all aspects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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