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What do you have to say to the
people who say that all lives
matter
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in response to
Black lives matter?
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They don't know how
it feel to be Black
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and dealing with the type
of stuff we gotta deal with
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when we walk outside the house,
you know what I'm saying?
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Today I'm talking to a
platinum-selling artist, actor,
and entrepreneur.
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Recently, he stood at the
forefront of one of the most
powerful protests
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for social justice.
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I'm so happy he's here--
Compton's very own YG.
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Hi, YG.
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Thank you for having me.
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- Your outfit popping, the
green. - Thank you.
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- That's tight.
- I'm so honored and excited
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to get to talk to you because
I respect you so much,
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and you're such an activist, and
that brings me to my first
question.
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You helped put together protests
where 50,000 people
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showed up to march
together in Hollywood
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against police brutality
and injustices.
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Can you describe what that
moment was like for you?
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I mean, I just feel like I did
what I was supposed to do.
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I've done stuff like that in the
past. Me and my friend Nipsey,
rest in peace,
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we did a song called "FDT."
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You know what I'm saying is,
me who I am as an artist
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and me representing the streets,
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I wanted to do--you know,
I feel like I gotta speak up.
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Was there ever a time in
your life where you just knew
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that it was so important to you
to make a difference?
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You gotta, like, stand for
something. You gotta represent
something.
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That was always in the back of
my head. Since I was, like, 20,
21,
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when I'm in the game,
I'm seeing how this stuff goes,
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and I'm studying the people who
I used to look up to and all
that.
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And I'm just like, it's bigger
than music and songs, you know?
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So once you know
that you got a community,
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people that's following you,
your family, your homies,
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you can't just be regular
and just do music
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and don't have no substance
and meaning with nothing to do
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so I represent the streets, but
it's bigger than that, though,
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you know what I'm saying? I
represent a whole community of
people.
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You actually shot your music
video during the protest.
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Some people thought that it
wasn't the right time to make
the video.
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Were you surprised?
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I was like, mad.
That's the part that had me hot.
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It's like, I'm
involved. I'm out here.
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I don't give a... if I'm
shooting a video. So what?
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I'm an artist.
Yeah, I'm documenting this time.
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- Mm-hmm. - I thought I did the
right thing.
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I understood the artistry in it
and the importance.
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- Yeah. - And I think by making
that video there,
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you are only elevating
that message even more.
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And I think that
that's what sets you apart,
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and I've always wanted to work
with you. Like, I just think
you're super talented,
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but was so excited that we have
this song together "Say a
Prayer,"
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because I knew that you would
bring the truth like you always
do,
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and you just...chills.
I cried when I heard it.
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Recently, I wrote an essay about
how Black singers have shaped me
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into the artist that I am today,
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so I feel a responsibility
to lend my voice.
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Do you think that a non-person
of color has a place or can make
a difference?
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Hell, yeah, absolutely.
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That's what making this
whole situation even bigger
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in order for the United States
or the world to change,
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like, it was for sure gonna have
to be more than just the Black
community
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and a Hispanic community
that's coming together.
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- I don't give a...what color
you is. - Mm-hmm.
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We need all that, and
it's been working.
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It's been helping, and we
all have been seeing that.
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I was watching the news when all
this first started happening.
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And I'm like,
I barely see Black people.
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You all are serious.
I was like...
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So I was like, yeah, this fire,
like, we need that, you know?
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What do you have to say
to the people who say
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that all lives matter in
response to Black lives matter?
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They don't know how
it feel to be Black
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and dealing with the type
of stuff we gotta deal with
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when we walk outside the house,
you know what I'm saying?
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So if you could put one of them
people and put 'em in the hood,
in the ghetto
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with they kids in
the same situation,
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they gon' understand why we
saying, "Black Lives Matter,"
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'cause all this shit is
happening to us. It's not really
happening to them.
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- You know what I'm sayin'?
- Mm-hmm.
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I read a horrifying story.
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The police raided your home
while you and your family were
asleep,
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and they even pointed guns
at your daughters.
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- That's a fact.
- Can you take us through that?
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Police raided my house, trying
to tie me into a situation
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that I ain't got nothing to
do with, and they go upstairs,
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and they got the AKs,
and they got 'em out to my kids.
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You feel me?
They had the gun in their face,
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and now they outside
with no clothes on.
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And then my daughter--
she turned 5 in May.
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She already got this little
traumatizing situation
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with the police, so when she
see the police, she hide.
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And it's become normal to us.
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I don't think that's right.
It ain't 'posed to be like that.
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It shouldn't be.
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You tweeted that,
"When they see me,
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they don't see the
proud Black man.
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They see the kid from Bompton,"
which is Compton for anyone who
doesn't know,
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and they expect violence."
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Is it difficult knowing people
expect violence from you?
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People be trying to put me
in a box a lot.
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"He's just a gang
member, a rapper."
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They use that as the reason why
I can't do these type of shows,
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or I can't get these type of
deals because of my
"perception,"
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you know what I'm saying?
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All that stuff that I've been
through with my perception
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turned me into the
businessman I am today.
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I started my own shit.
I said, " ,y'all.
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I'm-a start my own brand."
- Yes.
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You feel me? So I'm like, "Okay,
y'all turned me who I am today."
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I recognize that when people are
able to see the bigger picture,
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it's because they
have struggled.
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And the person that I see
in front of me is an artist
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that uses his platform and his
message to literally change the
world.
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I've made mistakes in my past or
choices that I'm not proud of
necessarily,
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and I sometimes get frustrated
that people only see me as,
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you know, the girl that OD'd.
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But I've chosen to
rewrite my narrative,
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and it sounds like
that's what you've done.
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- Yeah.
- I admire you getting past
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those struggles and becoming
the mogul that you are today.
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- I appreciate that.
- Yeah, absolutely.
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Yeah, congrats on everything
you overcame, too.
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Thank you. I just appreciate
you so much coming on this show
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and sharing your experiences.
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- Thank you.
- Yep, thank you for having me.
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