DJ Yella on Sleeping With 40 Different Girls on NWA Tour (Part 16)

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @shawncarter5540
    @shawncarter5540 3 года назад +276

    "I throw myself under the bus, nobody else"
    More people need to live by this.

    • @raulmacias8407
      @raulmacias8407 3 года назад +1

      Big facts

    • @Niners4Lyphe
      @Niners4Lyphe 3 года назад +5

      Danny Boy and Reggie Wright Jr wouldn't have anything to talk about.

    • @kjbugz15
      @kjbugz15 3 года назад

      💯💯💯

    • @RealDonfromBroward
      @RealDonfromBroward 3 года назад +5

      Real talk. But most of our species is wired up to be narcissistic, self-centered, vile creatures who put self-interest above all else whenever given a chance. This is a display of an exception to the rule -- unfortunately.

    • @musafawundu6718
      @musafawundu6718 3 года назад

      Most men have done some crazy shit at some time in their lives, whether they began in their teens or heck even in their mid of late thirties...
      Once a guy has got a fair bit of money, even if he ain't got status or game, and he wants to get himself something fine along that fine thing's service from time to time, he can get it...

  • @erronking7783
    @erronking7783 3 года назад +170

    Picturing eazy e rolling down a hallway laughing his ass off

  • @Stratsrule
    @Stratsrule 3 года назад +51

    Vlad acts like he’s as popular with the girls as all the rappers lmao

  • @JM1993951
    @JM1993951 3 года назад +249

    If Yella was bagging 40 imagine how much the others were getting. That’s rhetorical. Don’t actually imagine that shit.

    • @JM1993951
      @JM1993951 3 года назад +9

      @High Roller thanks. Stupid ass autofill

    • @frosty2.010
      @frosty2.010 3 года назад +63

      Besides the potential pregnancies and STD's, it sounds like a fuckin dream.

    • @tomibally6546
      @tomibally6546 3 года назад +53

      Eazy and Dr.Dre defo between 100-300.

    • @frosty2.010
      @frosty2.010 3 года назад +15

      @@tomibally6546 You low ballin

    • @Zaevo
      @Zaevo 3 года назад +51

      If you know y’all history, they say Eazy & Yella was neck & neck 😂

  • @marvinstrong9374
    @marvinstrong9374 3 года назад +147

    Even Vlad notice how consistent the fake TK Kirkland comments are

    • @dickmccarthy9496
      @dickmccarthy9496 3 года назад +17

      That TK Kirkland is everywhere and he got some subs aswell. 😂

    • @ghyprh
      @ghyprh 3 года назад +9

      I just enjoy how Vlad let's that account keep making comments.

    • @alanpina9128
      @alanpina9128 3 года назад +5

      Vlad has that fake tk account

    • @crews-lj3ph
      @crews-lj3ph 3 года назад +4

      That fake TK troll need go away

    • @crews-lj3ph
      @crews-lj3ph 3 года назад +2

      @@dickmccarthy9496 and he not funny

  • @WatchMilesTV
    @WatchMilesTV 3 года назад +55

    I’m honestly shocked. I figured Yella would’ve said “40 shows, 120 girls” lmao

  • @vladtv
    @vladtv  3 года назад +1

    Watch the full interview now as a VladTV RUclips Member: ruclips.net/channel/UCg7lal8IC-xPyKfgH4rdUcAjoin

  • @Goated1992
    @Goated1992 3 года назад +15

    Lol vlad includes himself im every interview it’s funny as hell🤣🤣🤣

  • @FernandoRiley
    @FernandoRiley 3 года назад +25

    DJ Yella made some solid adult movies as a director back in the day

  • @thetvbaby83
    @thetvbaby83 3 года назад +197

    TK is the Forrest Gump of the game!

    • @gregoryporter8627
      @gregoryporter8627 3 года назад +7

      Damn Skippy!!!

    • @jayste9334
      @jayste9334 3 года назад +3

      😂😂😂

    • @fuqonyobitch8831
      @fuqonyobitch8831 3 года назад +2

      Yooooooo😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @box5bastard277
      @box5bastard277 3 года назад +1

      Forest gump was the tk of cinema yell

    • @mackandbewick2733
      @mackandbewick2733 3 года назад +5

      TK Kirkland actually turned down the part of Forrest Gump so that Tom Hanks could further his career......

  • @TheChynoD
    @TheChynoD 3 года назад +20

    Yellla the most unassuming playa ever lol

  • @macnastee
    @macnastee 3 года назад +81

    Lol. Vlad always has to relate @3:15 I’m sure he got all the girls lol.

  • @mustafas278
    @mustafas278 3 года назад +126

    VLOD ACTING LIKE HE GOT GROUPIES WHEN HE WAS A UNKNOWN WACK SOVIET DJ PLAYING PAC AND BIGGIE INFUSED WITH EMINEM REMIXES IN CAL STATE FULLERTON

  • @demvids8833
    @demvids8833 3 года назад +91

    Ice Cube must've seen some nasty shit that scared him...😂 because he settled down in a relationship almost immediately after NWA Blew up, he's been with the same woman since he was a teenager, I think that's great!

    • @diamondprincess7021
      @diamondprincess7021 3 года назад +15

      Right he must’ve got burnt before it sum😂😂

    • @dominicbrogsdale3348
      @dominicbrogsdale3348 3 года назад +10

      @@diamondprincess7021 right lol wouldnt doubt it that life do it old fast. Aint always what its cracked up to be aint no love on the fast life!

    • @ReyHugoTelevision614
      @ReyHugoTelevision614 3 года назад +7

      He did have a song Look Whos Burning

    • @davidjean-louis8885
      @davidjean-louis8885 3 года назад

      I agree

    • @GinoBlackOfficial
      @GinoBlackOfficial 3 года назад +7

      @ScAnDeLeZ no controversy reported or proved .

  • @dutch-ovenmaster1415
    @dutch-ovenmaster1415 3 года назад +34

    Yella in his own lane been there since the beginning

  • @intenseninja82
    @intenseninja82 3 года назад +8

    Way to go DJ Yella!

  • @mgeorge1269
    @mgeorge1269 3 года назад +14

    Lucky mfs, I’m struggling trying to get a text back from one girl. Y’all was knocking down 40 broads in 40 nights 🤣

  • @AllStarCompilations
    @AllStarCompilations 3 года назад +13

    The whole clip is so damn funny 😭😭😭

  • @robgee8187
    @robgee8187 3 года назад +8

    Vlad gets a kiss on the cheek and thinks he experience it like Yella 😂

  • @george._sir._gemini.175
    @george._sir._gemini.175 3 года назад +35

    Vlad you paid for 40 women...

    • @kevindube7096
      @kevindube7096 3 года назад +7

      You fooling yourself if you don’t think local 4s and 5s weren’t trying to go through “DJ” Vlad just to get to Keak or whoever it was he was touring with

    • @wtfdamnshit
      @wtfdamnshit 3 года назад +4

      @@kevindube7096 local 4’s and 5’s damn lmao

  • @marmack451
    @marmack451 3 года назад +19

    That means a lot of moms and grandmas was getting them cheeks slap ALOT!!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @imnotavingthat6813
    @imnotavingthat6813 3 года назад +15

    When i see the NWA guys, i always think of Eazy, a crying shame he got killed like he did.. NEVER be forgotten, E was the MAN

  • @stephann777s14
    @stephann777s14 3 года назад +9

    TK is The Goat 🐐

  • @djdannyd816
    @djdannyd816 3 года назад +3

    DJ Yella 👑

  • @Significant7rapsongs
    @Significant7rapsongs 3 года назад +4

    NWA was an incredible story. they only did one tour

  • @phillylegend215
    @phillylegend215 3 года назад +11

    3:27 Vlad: "I got to experience a little of it". Hey Vlad, unlike you, the guys from N.W.A. didn't have to pay for sex while on tour.

  • @carlosgomez-sc1fm
    @carlosgomez-sc1fm 3 года назад +4

    Yella the dude u want as your lawyer bro.. His energy is sick 🤌🏽

  • @remywinans1575
    @remywinans1575 3 года назад +45

    In every vladtv interview..he has to directly put himself in every situation... no matter the situation...in some way or another 2 feel like he can relate and it gets old...just let your guess talk bruh

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 3 года назад +3

      Ive met ppl like him. He’s a one upper and he constantly has to talk himself up like he’s a big shot.
      I take up for Vlad a lot bc i think ppl are too hard on him. But he says a lot of douchey things and the ppl I knew who were like Vlad would constantly get made fun of and if they ever caught wind of it, theyd say, “people are just jealous of me.” Id wanna say, no theyre not. You come off like a fool. Bear in mind, the dudes im referring to had money. So they assumed everyone wanted to be like them when they were actually clowns.
      He could’ve easily worded it in a way without coming off like such a douche, like saying, “When youre a part of the late night party scene. The women come with it. I can definitely see the allure. I mean, nothing on the level of an NWA tour. But I was attracted to it. I can only imagine how crazy it was for that tour.”
      He’s basically talking like he has experienced the same thing on their level. He has no humility. He brags about himself instead of letting others do it for him, not realizing how silly he comes off.

    • @igotthejuice2090
      @igotthejuice2090 3 года назад +1

      Who cares

    • @Dansupreme
      @Dansupreme 3 года назад +1

      I @ him some pic meme on Twitter once about don’t make everything about yourself and he just replied with lol.

  • @bOmBAsTiK
    @bOmBAsTiK 3 года назад +15

    Damn, soon as Yella said, "Well, this one time in Atlanta..." I thought he was about to share a he/she encounter..."He pulled a fast one on me, yo'!!" 😂😂

    • @tripponly3338
      @tripponly3338 3 года назад +12

      Nah, this was the 80’s. 🤣

    • @Etnad85
      @Etnad85 3 года назад +4

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @jaymoney6233
      @jaymoney6233 3 года назад +3

      @@tripponly3338 It wasn't as many but it was he/shes around then too

  • @AllStarCompilations
    @AllStarCompilations 3 года назад +5

    TJ stories be funny as Fawk 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Iamlove116
    @Iamlove116 3 года назад +16

    Collecting Bodies and Spirits

    • @uglyass9084
      @uglyass9084 3 года назад +12

      Too many fucked up soul ties

    • @Iamlove116
      @Iamlove116 3 года назад +3

      @ugly ass I agree wholeheartedly!!!

    • @sand216
      @sand216 3 года назад +6

      Yes; He has given away all his essence , he isn't any good for any woman

    • @audiofeinz5754
      @audiofeinz5754 3 года назад +3

      And STDs, soul ties and distractions it's no wonder he had a short and shitty career

  • @vykkihale6742
    @vykkihale6742 3 года назад +3

    I love DJ Yella

    • @AAAA-nv5cf
      @AAAA-nv5cf 3 года назад +5

      You look like an unlicensed daycare provider

  • @ImissHostess
    @ImissHostess 3 года назад +14

    Sleeping with 40 different women? Hahaha. That sounds like a slow season for a U.S. Navy Sailor.

  • @DMalltheway
    @DMalltheway 3 года назад +1

    Remember Too $hort talking about his tour with NWA and how lit it was.

  • @juangutierrez7251
    @juangutierrez7251 3 года назад +14

    TK needs a bio pic

  • @krackmommy
    @krackmommy 2 года назад +1

    that eazy e story got me rolling 😭

  • @fhernandez6589
    @fhernandez6589 3 года назад +16

    GOAT MAN GOAT MAN! 😂💀

  • @numai2peu
    @numai2peu 3 года назад +5

    Any footage on the internet where Vlod touring international? 😄 🤣 i thot so

  • @Velveteenslim
    @Velveteenslim 3 года назад +13

    40 is pretty light for an entertainer.

    • @sharonjo7630
      @sharonjo7630 3 года назад

      40 sounds like 1 girl a night.

    • @audiofeinz5754
      @audiofeinz5754 3 года назад

      Sir you are a cornball

    • @beachboi6196
      @beachboi6196 3 года назад

      Ya facts David Lee Roth monthly crew ran about 3 4 night on tour

  • @neverwantedtotalk8414
    @neverwantedtotalk8414 3 года назад +2

    them boyz was living life

  • @CarlooooV
    @CarlooooV 3 года назад +5

    TK THE BLACK BENJAMIN BUTTON 👀

  • @alescalante491
    @alescalante491 3 года назад +40

    Yella was still trying to forget and correct what happened to him at that city pool.

  • @stephanezat
    @stephanezat 3 года назад +4

    The real TK is probably smiling right now !

  • @bookerforte
    @bookerforte 3 года назад +7

    That ending was one of y’all’s moms 😭😭

  • @stevenramirezmistersmokes6379
    @stevenramirezmistersmokes6379 3 года назад +1

    OG DJ YELLA#1 N.W.A.#1

  • @mojaave
    @mojaave 3 года назад +10

    Yella is the goat man

  • @mccolycoken
    @mccolycoken 3 года назад +12

    Vlad is a Trick no woman a mess with u if it wasn't something to gain

  • @AAAA-nv5cf
    @AAAA-nv5cf 3 года назад +16

    Only one chick per night?
    And of course Vlad got to insert how he used to get women as a DJ, smh

    • @musafawundu6718
      @musafawundu6718 3 года назад

      He ain't bullshitting, though... You know, one does not even need to have the status of these guys to be able to get chicks every night or at least a few times per week...
      One a guy has got a fair bit of money, even without status or game, one can bag all manner of fine chicks if one wants to...

  • @yourlocalbossman1359
    @yourlocalbossman1359 3 года назад +2

    Dont sleep on DJ Yella lol he was trying it with the nightclub managers girl in the Straight Outta Compton movie hahaha

  • @carlosgomez-sc1fm
    @carlosgomez-sc1fm 3 года назад

    On time baby 🦿

  • @THEHIPHOPFIENDS
    @THEHIPHOPFIENDS 3 года назад +7

    he def got the monster. you can have the monster and still be alive.

    • @cadencarlisle3772
      @cadencarlisle3772 3 года назад +3

      Dave Lopez, how do u know??? Smdh.

    • @kevindube7096
      @kevindube7096 3 года назад

      Do you realize how rare it is for a man to get HIV from straight sex?

    • @THEHIPHOPFIENDS
      @THEHIPHOPFIENDS 3 года назад

      @@kevindube7096 Ask Eazy E

    • @biggz48aperry54
      @biggz48aperry54 3 года назад

      @@glumboy4229 nothing came up under “seven hunnid”

    • @KD400_
      @KD400_ 3 года назад

      @@kevindube7096 yh exactly if that actually happened people wouldn't have babies

  • @korbensemaganis
    @korbensemaganis 3 года назад +1

    "You gotta go" haha

  • @stackheads
    @stackheads 3 года назад +6

    Shit I did that without a tour or fame😂

  • @copusmultimedia
    @copusmultimedia 3 года назад +1

    Vlad: me too, lol

  • @marquesmurray
    @marquesmurray 3 года назад +12

    TK definitely wasn't a "young kid" in the 80s

  • @thomasbooker1996
    @thomasbooker1996 3 года назад +3

    Vlad reads the comments

  • @Chowdawg562
    @Chowdawg562 3 года назад

    That is wild af 😂😂😂

  • @BoutItOutHere
    @BoutItOutHere 3 года назад

    Yella is a real one

  • @OldHeadWarVet
    @OldHeadWarVet 3 года назад +1

    Man everytime i see tk i think of baller blockin the movie😂😂😂😂

  • @talesfromthehoodtv503
    @talesfromthehoodtv503 3 года назад +2

    Ive been dre at the hotel room after slayen a girl telling my friend "i dont know" 😂😂😂

  • @connoisseuroftigolbitts
    @connoisseuroftigolbitts 3 года назад +1

    Imagine being the worlds first young gangsta rappers to get fame I bet so many girls were moist at the confident alpha black male back then especially light skin yeller

  • @lowdown4444
    @lowdown4444 3 года назад

    T.K. is everywhere

  • @jxniorszn8223
    @jxniorszn8223 3 года назад +3

    Has yella ever had a verse on an nwa track?

    • @jaym.1106
      @jaym.1106 3 года назад +1

      I think the song straight outta Compton.

    • @j.symone
      @j.symone 3 года назад +1

      @@jaym.1106 no on straight outta Compton it was cube, ren, and Eazy.

    • @JunniorRooks
      @JunniorRooks 3 года назад +1

      No, but he did have like a 2-bar talk rap on "Real Niggaz" after Eazy's verse.

    • @oz1330
      @oz1330 3 года назад

      Not a NWA song but he said something to pay tribute to Eazy on Eazy’s song “Eternal E”

  • @jonasjustblaze6383
    @jonasjustblaze6383 3 года назад

    DJ Yella 👌

  • @agmcroom2374
    @agmcroom2374 3 года назад +8

    Tk Kirkland: I’m the real evangelion ending.

  • @danielx8
    @danielx8 3 года назад

    Antibiotics- Mike Epps 😄😄

  • @RedRedDaDon
    @RedRedDaDon 3 года назад +3

    @0:20 FINALLY!

  • @roderickminor6165
    @roderickminor6165 3 года назад

    Classic example of ROTFL‼️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @GreenEyez
    @GreenEyez 3 года назад +11

    She gotta go, after he knocked her off😂🤣🤣

    • @audiofeinz5754
      @audiofeinz5754 3 года назад

      He didnt find out until after you goofy

    • @Gracebann
      @Gracebann 3 месяца назад

      Why care if they both got hoes so weird guys stink they did too much fr as a group

  • @CrapsNRoulette5766
    @CrapsNRoulette5766 3 года назад

    Vlad Was Sayin Some Bout A Fake TK Kirkland ., I Scroll down 4 comments an see TK Kirkland 🤣🤣🗣

  • @Frenchy.
    @Frenchy. 3 года назад +6

    Folks doesn't even know Yella was producing porn in the 2000's. He got some classic films, facts !

    • @rahsaanthomas7030
      @rahsaanthomas7030 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, I had a couple of them. They were..ok.

    • @macbaeboi
      @macbaeboi 3 года назад +1

      Drop the titles my boy...

    • @Frenchy.
      @Frenchy. 2 года назад

      @@macbaeboi Oh man, there's too many... Google it

    • @macbaeboi
      @macbaeboi 2 года назад

      @@Frenchy. give a couple help a brother out

  • @mg19cal
    @mg19cal 3 года назад +3

    2:54 that was when Will Smith booked Ashley for the tour. "Naw see I got *DATES* in all these cities"

  • @averydarkguy5296
    @averydarkguy5296 3 года назад +1

    I really wanna know who got knocked the fuck out in that room lol 😆😂🤣

  • @bobbyalexander1860
    @bobbyalexander1860 3 года назад +3

    He'll probably catch a grape case behind this interview ...weird times to brag about past conquests

  • @jordandorantes8694
    @jordandorantes8694 3 года назад +1

    This whole time i thought that was the real tk kirkland lol

  • @JuneGirl35
    @JuneGirl35 3 года назад +1

    Smokey Robinson and DJ Yella look like brothers

  • @GRH_Roadhouse
    @GRH_Roadhouse 3 года назад +6

    Wait that ain't the real tk wtf
    Roadhouse

  • @BoneDoggMusic
    @BoneDoggMusic 3 года назад

    He Soup 🍜 😭😭😭

  • @MrGillie12
    @MrGillie12 3 года назад +5

    Vlad tk wasn't at your DJ tour

  • @deejayy8303
    @deejayy8303 3 года назад +1

    And that’s just an estimate lol

  • @RGMX92
    @RGMX92 3 года назад

    Now that’s some fuckin fuckin’!

  • @frosty2.010
    @frosty2.010 3 года назад

    '"Hide ya wife, and hide ya women, cuz DJ Yella fuckin everybody outchea"

  • @courtnking8363
    @courtnking8363 3 года назад +6

    Wasn't no girls waiting on you Glad. Stop the 🧢

  • @realgfolifekillnigga
    @realgfolifekillnigga 3 года назад +13

    Vlad grown adults don’t think that fake TK Kirkland account is funny by the way.

    • @greenjebadiah
      @greenjebadiah 3 года назад +2

      Dude is so out of touch. No self awareness.

    • @dawolf856
      @dawolf856 3 года назад +3

      I don't. But some idiots do

    • @Dwynislow50
      @Dwynislow50 3 года назад +1

      It was kinda funny at first but after a little while it got old.

    • @ckaiborbor
      @ckaiborbor 3 года назад

      Thank you bruh

    • @dawolf856
      @dawolf856 3 года назад

      @MANSQUITO I'm not a TK fan. But at least he's on HIS own shit.
      This fake cat is trying to shine off TK. It may or may not have been funny from jump (nah) but it's proof people are always gonna steal someone else's shine. Pathetic.

  • @BobbyGeneric145
    @BobbyGeneric145 3 года назад +3

    What do you call his skin color? Just curious

    • @ContourGT500
      @ContourGT500 3 года назад +1

      Redbone

    • @lonewolfalpha4249
      @lonewolfalpha4249 3 года назад +1

      Yella like his name lol

    • @mcale8384
      @mcale8384 3 года назад

      idk, it kinda looks like a Mexican's skin. It's weird cuz it seems as his skin's been getting darker over the years

  • @DMVHOODZNDNEWZ
    @DMVHOODZNDNEWZ 3 года назад +1

    Who else in the comments looking for the fake TK Kirkland page 😂

  • @davidaustin2109
    @davidaustin2109 3 года назад

    You’re name Felicia!!!!! ????? 😂🤣

  • @Keemthedream404
    @Keemthedream404 3 года назад +1

    Wtf!?!? That’s my college freshman numbers🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @grandpahouse
    @grandpahouse 3 года назад +8

    Yella: 40 days 40 girls
    Me : 🤢

    • @jacktheripper5661
      @jacktheripper5661 3 года назад +8

      Me: 🏆

    • @KD400_
      @KD400_ 3 года назад +2

      Oh dont act like u wouldn't be with 40 different girls lol

    • @grandpahouse
      @grandpahouse 3 года назад

      @@jacktheripper5661 you like that in a guy?

    • @grandpahouse
      @grandpahouse 3 года назад

      @@KD400_ I never even slept with 10 girls lol

    • @tripponly3338
      @tripponly3338 3 года назад +1

      U gay

  • @Tommy_Gibbs_II
    @Tommy_Gibbs_II 3 года назад

    Yella right now reminds me of an uncle of mine. Looks square but is/was an entire pimp lol

  • @YoungVon22293
    @YoungVon22293 3 года назад

    40 nights 40 girls - yella

  • @jayd4ever
    @jayd4ever 3 года назад

    young men and girls are wild

  • @willl1011
    @willl1011 3 года назад

    Setting himself up for the MeToo movement

  • @slimettig8225
    @slimettig8225 3 года назад

    Bro look like a mailman rn

  • @lonnirenee7645
    @lonnirenee7645 3 года назад +7

    He slept with 40 different girls? I can believe it. Gene Simmons and that famous basketball player claimed they slept with a thousand women. I don’t believe that. Their hearts would have gave out.

    • @YoungYahtz94
      @YoungYahtz94 3 года назад +5

      I believe it lol athletes get hella 🐱One of my homies is a college basketball player and I saw two girls come up to him at the bar and say they want a 3sum. And that’s just one night, in one lil bar. You could only imagine the other nights

    • @Fuq2
      @Fuq2 3 года назад +1

      Mick Jagger says 4,000, Wilt Chamberlain got 8,000+ apparently

    • @lonnirenee7645
      @lonnirenee7645 3 года назад +2

      @@Fuq2 That’s who I was talking about Chamberlain. I don’t believe he slept with that many women. I don’t believe Jagger slept with that many. That’s about hyping their ego. .

    • @elliot2177
      @elliot2177 3 года назад +3

      Fame is alluring..I could believe it.Fame and/or being rich to woman is nice ass and tits to men.

    • @elliot2177
      @elliot2177 3 года назад +1

      @@YoungYahtz94 I could believe that.Fame and money is a mofo.Those sport players get mad ass..

  • @T.Maximus
    @T.Maximus 3 года назад +2

    Where's the fake TK account at he wants his props

  • @dimasavila2678
    @dimasavila2678 3 года назад

    Vlad - so yella you smashed 400 woman?
    Yella- oh yeah

  • @wreckagevic
    @wreckagevic 3 года назад

    Jealous of the lucky ones that got to see NWA in there prime.

  • @DariusJeffries-lm2vw
    @DariusJeffries-lm2vw Год назад

    NWA slepted w/ a lot of ladies 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @jamilharris569
    @jamilharris569 3 года назад +8

    Damn these 80s rappers look old. It shows what rappers took care of themselves.