Perhaps the most under-appreciated artist in all of my years. I play old Dro mixtapes to this day. Nobody ever gave him enough credit as a lyricist or an artist.
That's how life be...I'm REALLY happy that this man is still here to share this wisdom and experience...my head be feeling like he said when he was a kid and I know there's mad people like me that need to hear this shit
I ALWAYS had the biggest crush on Dro from the "Shoulder Lean" days, but THIS man is so CLEAR about who he is! Being able to see him be successful for 17 months at fighting that monster is such a blessing!
Now this is an interviewer not that mess Shirley Ju was doing.... This is how you interview someone and get the real real out of them...big up to Shawn Prez and Dro.
Listen to Young Dro song "hear me cry" from his "best thang smoking" album... he tells this story. "I got shot up, guess who did it? My partner.... I had to wear a sh*t bag... BUT I FORGAVE HIM" 😓 Dro ain't all fun raps. Love Dro 💯
Got nothing but love and respect for Dro. My folks and I used to play the Hell out of Dro, Raheem the Dream and Fabo "Tight for life" way before he got with Tip. Much respect brother Dro.🙏💪🏿🔥
Man was just listening to Hear Me Cry!! My dog 🐶 was killed today! I listened to hear me cry the whole time burying him... sad as hell... but that dro made the burial perfect!! Rip peter(petey p)!!
Damn bro. This one of the deepest interviews ever on this channel. Just to see the growth. Just to know I was that young reckless kid at one time & right now there is young dudes in the streets going through that who may possibly get killed or go to prison for life but if they can survive long enough they will have a chance to mature & be a grown man. Any young dude in the streets just be smart & try to survive.
He should make a documentary and call it the evolution of Dro. I have watched this man come full circle. Congrats and good luck on your sobriety. I’m about to check out that “shoulder lean”! Brilliant! Cheers mates!!
He always rapped bout gettin popped. He got hit in Kimberly Court. They’ve since been remodeled and been thru a few diff name changes but dem apartments still standing to this day. FYI I’m a 80’s baby (1984) born n raised in da city. Dro a real Atlanta legend
He older now. Shid, he ain't sound like this when he was on 85 south, a couple years. It might jus be him being professional or him on a different path, eitha one is gangsta.
"I was the one that saw Young Dro doing the shoulder lean when he saw his first drug deal. Told him he should put that in a song when he got older." -TK Kirkland
damn, he was a parents nightmare, to go from singing in the choir for your grandmother, to selling drugs at 11 and getting shot at 15, and you didn't have to be in the streets at all. its a miracle he survived. SMH
Damn, I can’t lie, once I tuned in and watch the sexy lady from BMF, I decided to tune back in, and just like that, “we have another one,” in my DJ Khaled🗣️🗣️🗣️ very exclusive, mind blowing, real, and heart felt interview so far!!! 💯🙏🦾🦾🦾🙏💯 I might be late tuning in after all the hard work you done put in thru out your career, but I’m most definitely right on time with for the Jewels thats been consistently flowing thru your timeline, from you and most definitely your guest!!! Keep up the good work Boss, and keep ‘‘em coming, I’m locked in now💯💯💯🙏🦾🦾🦾
In Taneheisi Coates Book "Between the World and Me" he talks about in every inner city you go as a kid you have to navigate "the cousins" the danger that comes with living in every hood. He also says if you make it out the hood, and you have to face the rest of the world you get to learn that America (Corporate, Criminal Justice, Healthcare, Education, etc..) Has cousins waiting for you too. SMH.
I swear Dro told a different story about getting shot! Where he said he was running and jumped over the fence and all! I know I’m not the only one who seen him explain it differently in an old interview!
Dro doesn’t get his respect as a pure lyricist and I think its partly because he’s from the south, partly because being overshadowed by TI and because he’s so animated and charismatic and funny his personality outshines his bars
You can tell Dro just wanted the shine and didn't know what came with the streets. Big ups for him admitting that. If had guidance as a teen, probably wouldn't have gotten shot or been in the dope game. Someone could've helped him focus solely on his music
Yo I was stabbed nine times and wore a bag for two years I cried when I got mine too and I cussed the nurses out too but at the end they all liked me I told them I was sorry and they understood that I was going through a traumatic experience and I too was skinny racist doctor insulted me by asking if I used heroin and I cussed him out it’s been it’s been 15 years and I’ve been bag free for along time and I look healthy young dro is a real 🥇
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Low-key one of the nicest lyricists in the past 15 years. No capp
yes brother. he is
Major facts I remember back in high school him and chamillionaire would be comin out with the most witty lyrics in the south
20 years Fr
Dro was the Drake of 04 but didn't put in the work cause of the drugs Ti and him both said that
“I lean and get lit, lima bean 6
I take breath, the opposite of Primatene Mist”
I had asthma that bar hit hard af for me in high school 😂😂😂😂 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Perhaps the most under-appreciated artist in all of my years. I play old Dro mixtapes to this day. Nobody ever gave him enough credit as a lyricist or an artist.
That I am legend mixtape was legendary
@@cmoney2004y2c I was just going to post the same thing 🔥 🔥 🔥
Big wheel rider yall sitting on chicken nuggets/Tropicana whip ion ride nothing but it/my beat shake my seat make my hoe think she done nutted
On god
Same ✊🏾
Every Youth living the street life should hear this. Respect 🙏🏿 Dro!
stop with this lame comment. They are listening and they think its cool.
@@blackslav1497 let's pray they don't find shitting out your intestines through a bag cool. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Keep reaching the youth fam!
@@ThirtyThreeHipHop you know they love these stories, it hypes em' up. look at the comments.
Thirty -Three Hip-Hop
RT (Real Talk)
Dro was one of the few true punchline niggas from the south. Should've been a huge star.
Hell yeah. Dro descriptions of colors was so dope
@@BrodieLTW That shit was his trademark 🤣
@@nickelbus7596 "...pimpin and leanin in salamander sandals " lol
He still had success underground king
Him n LA had the stupidfrooty swag
That's how life be...I'm REALLY happy that this man is still here to share this wisdom and experience...my head be feeling like he said when he was a kid and I know there's mad people like me that need to hear this shit
He is a real man to acknowledging his misguided thoughts and actions!!!!
Big props to grown mature men. Growth is a beautiful thing
I ALWAYS had the biggest crush on Dro from the "Shoulder Lean" days, but THIS man is so CLEAR about who he is! Being able to see him be successful for 17 months at fighting that monster is such a blessing!
Outstanding for sure.
You ain’t the only one. I was in love with him before. But now, after watching his interviews, this side of him make me admire him more.
Facts I love a good 🍫 handsome man..him and Dolph were my "in my head husbands" lol
Now this is an interviewer not that mess Shirley Ju was doing.... This is how you interview someone and get the real real out of them...big up to Shawn Prez and Dro.
🙄🙄🙄
He’s very very well spoken
Dro never been a dumbass, jus a heavy ass accent lol
@@nickelbus7596 right😂
Gotta respect dro turn around from where he been to now.. he always been on a top lyricist list for me.. dope to hear his story
DROOOO, I’m clean n dis Bih!
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Naw I'm finna shoulder lean in dis bih
Bihhhhhhh 😂
I met dro back in the day man that Escalade on 32s was nuts! Man miss them days
Dro might need to leave those braids alone....
These youngins really need to hear this!!!!
🗣This is a very enlightening interview. I pray for much success for this king especially for his Sobriety. 💯🙏🏾💯
*Sobriety 💯
There are no "kings" here, its dro. Hes a rapper/producer
Listen to Young Dro song "hear me cry" from his "best thang smoking" album... he tells this story. "I got shot up, guess who did it? My partner.... I had to wear a sh*t bag... BUT I FORGAVE HIM" 😓 Dro ain't all fun raps. Love Dro 💯
Man love this song
That cash helped him forgive him, it was a punch no pistol whipping.
That's was my shit
Shoulder lean still slaps
That shit on 2K23 & its a brand new game..then boys put a classic on that game
This the most underrated lyrical ATL Rapper
Naw it's Luda
@@jasonmoses7785 he’s had more mainstream success but I agree he’s criminally underrated as well
@@Pizzle0529 criminally is the perfect word.
Dro explained this perfectly, respect for him being so honest and sharing the story to others. This is a testimony!
This dude should drop another album. Dro flow is dope
I really loving the vibe from the sober Dro
Got nothing but love and respect for Dro. My folks and I used to play the Hell out of Dro, Raheem the Dream and Fabo "Tight for life" way before he got with Tip. Much respect brother Dro.🙏💪🏿🔥
Introspective Dro is dope af
I was throwing up and it look like "Yellow Grits"....... Only Dro😂😂😂
I gotta share this wit my boys.."I wasn't listening I was being a bad child" tell em all tha time what we saying could save ur life
Man was just listening to Hear Me Cry!! My dog 🐶 was killed today! I listened to hear me cry the whole time burying him... sad as hell... but that dro made the burial perfect!! Rip peter(petey p)!!
Sorry for your loss
Young Dro lived a crazy and volatile life. By the grace of God he still alive.
I love this guy,and I pray you prosper brother,we need your testimony!!
This why I like interviews
best interview by prez on here
Young dro one of the greatest lyricist of all time
Who's Young Joe?
@@Handsoffblackgirls joe budden
Facts
Lies
Damn bro. This one of the deepest interviews ever on this channel. Just to see the growth. Just to know I was that young reckless kid at one time & right now there is young dudes in the streets going through that who may possibly get killed or go to prison for life but if they can survive long enough they will have a chance to mature & be a grown man. Any young dude in the streets just be smart & try to survive.
Dro a legend
He should make a documentary and call it the evolution of Dro. I have watched this man come full circle. Congrats and good luck on your sobriety. I’m about to check out that “shoulder lean”! Brilliant! Cheers mates!!
Sean Perez has now became my favorite interviewer. He’s better than Vlad for these black men from the culture!
Bro that’s a crazy story!! Count your blessings!!
Young Dro and Field Mob should have been on a song together
FM is soooooo underrated!
@@ogpupu first time I heard Shawn Jay was on “all I know” with t.I. And cee lo… 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@diegotheyorkie1420 my homeboy from Duval put me on their 1st album... them boys go HARD!
@@ogpupu you can listen to light poles and pine trees all the way thru no skips
In 96 we was running up to cars I got that butter 😂
Wow.. this is a horror story.. one notch past war story. I respect Dro cause' I had no idea he went through this.. salute 🪖
Facts fam
Lol what?? Worse than war? That's a joke right?
We live in a 1st world country get real
@@user-pm4zg2mw5b not literal war.. war story as in street life. You're taking my words out of context. You don't understand street slang.
He always rapped bout gettin popped. He got hit in Kimberly Court. They’ve since been remodeled and been thru a few diff name changes but dem apartments still standing to this day. FYI I’m a 80’s baby (1984) born n raised in da city. Dro a real Atlanta legend
It’ll be situations like this the media would say it’s gang or drug related…. Instead of just admitting a bruised ego cause this.
I didn’t expect him to talk this way.
He older now. Shid, he ain't sound like this when he was on 85 south, a couple years. It might jus be him being professional or him on a different path, eitha one is gangsta.
The brother is sober too...
Im from Atlanta and around his age.. After all this time I didn't expect him to speak like that eithet
I mean, it’s nothing wrong with him sounding like he has sense, but I was really shocked lol. I have to go watch older interviews.
Go look at his breakfast club interviews. Shit be funny as hell. He just don't wanna sound southern.
My nicca Dro trying to tell the saddest story in history based off hood tells and poems 😂 My nicca tho 😂
I totally understand the feeling..Cause I had to wear one for a year...It was so weird..
I think Dro mentioned the gettin shot incident on that “Hear Me Cry” song. Best Thang Smokin album
His music was responsible for a lot of ass shaking in the clubs back in the day
Man that whole album road I was in college freshman year when’s that shit dropped good days at famu
“Shhh shawty that n***a shot me up I couldn’t take it…plus I had to wear a sh** bag but I forgave em”
Got shot up and guess who did it my partner...
Dude had the most colorful wordplay..
"I was the one that saw Young Dro doing the shoulder lean when he saw his first drug deal. Told him he should put that in a song when he got older." -TK Kirkland
“Hear Me Cry” by Young Dro speaks on this situation a bit. Shoutout Dro!
Shoutout to dro!!🙏🏽💯🙏🏽 Been my guy since shoulder lean no 🧢
But God bless him for overcoming everything he went through.
His life could be a movie
This a new Dro here ✊🏽💯
Dro on my top favorite rappers
Had to sneak some funny Sh!t in there “yellow grits”😂
Best Thang Smokin Was Riding So Hard❗️❗️❗️
Young Dro gonna be forever relevant..
Underrated for sure.Dude is 🔥
Never seen this side of him.......He actually a intelligent guy, but ive always like Dro style and swag tho
I remember when he explained how he was about to get robbed when he got famous
This is the type of person we need to lead the hip hop community… i elect young dro!
Drooooo im cleannn N diz bihhhh!! First thing came to mind
A lot of dudes be capping in they interviews but this right here is an authentic story.. you can tell
Shawn is doing a good job with the interviews.
Been a fan of and listening to Dro since 1998… alotta mfs outside da city don’t kno he been rapping dat long
Dro needs a movie 🎥
damn, he was a parents nightmare, to go from singing in the choir for your grandmother, to selling drugs at 11 and getting shot at 15, and you didn't have to be in the streets at all. its a miracle he survived. SMH
This a real well spoken brother
Dro always been a favorite of mine
Young Dro - Hear Me Cry 🙌🏾
Sober and humbled 📶
The Best Testimony to start telling people how Great God IS!💜
Amen that is true
Joker was my top 5 favorite artist in my college years in the 2010s. His first drop of mixtapes were down south mixtape classics 🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾
Whatever happened to dude? He used to go in lol
@@nickelbus7596 idk. I guess like all rappers the style and that particular generation of rap fades out to the new mainstream
@@Chris_Da_Prince A shame 😔
Search joker see what pops up
@@NewRUclipsr1111 I'm too lazy, tell me
Damn, I can’t lie, once I tuned in and watch the sexy lady from BMF, I decided to tune back in, and just like that, “we have another one,” in my DJ Khaled🗣️🗣️🗣️ very exclusive, mind blowing, real, and heart felt interview so far!!! 💯🙏🦾🦾🦾🙏💯 I might be late tuning in after all the hard work you done put in thru out your career, but I’m most definitely right on time with for the Jewels thats been consistently flowing thru your timeline, from you and most definitely your guest!!! Keep up the good work Boss, and keep ‘‘em coming, I’m locked in now💯💯💯🙏🦾🦾🦾
Outstanding interview 👏
In Taneheisi Coates Book "Between the World and Me" he talks about in every inner city you go as a kid you have to navigate "the cousins" the danger that comes with living in every hood. He also says if you make it out the hood, and you have to face the rest of the world you get to learn that America (Corporate, Criminal Justice, Healthcare, Education, etc..) Has cousins waiting for you too. SMH.
Young dro - Hear me cry 👌🏾
One of the most clever lyricists hip hops ever seen
Dro is one of the reasons why I wear Polo
Dro was my favorite back in 06…
Like best thang smoking I still bump that today….
They don’t really know about what they really know about dro!!!!!!
Blame it on the dro ft. Fabo best young dro song 🔥🔥🔥
I swear Dro told a different story about getting shot! Where he said he was running and jumped over the fence and all! I know I’m not the only one who seen him explain it differently in an old interview!
I think you talking about the story he got robbed and had to run and leave his car
Maybe he was high at the time
@@olajawanmagee768 yeah i think u might be right!
Yeah that was the second time when he was on Simpson
Two different scenarios bro
Blackboy whiteboy swag with dro n Yung LA 🔥🔥🔥
Dro doesn’t get his respect as a pure lyricist and I think its partly because he’s from the south, partly because being overshadowed by TI and because he’s so animated and charismatic and funny his personality outshines his bars
He raps about that on “hear me cry”…… good a** song
Man I used to ride past Bankhead listening to I am legend..... dro definitely had me rocking nautica in high school, because moms couldn't afford polo
You can tell Dro just wanted the shine and didn't know what came with the streets. Big ups for him admitting that. If had guidance as a teen, probably wouldn't have gotten shot or been in the dope game. Someone could've helped him focus solely on his music
It’s crazy how some people just blow and I’m over here grinding go out of town and everything and still nothing shit crazy
Yoooo bro yung dro moncler jacket too fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dro, to hear you tell this story is fascinating but don't get yourself caught up going into too much detail.
You mfs need to hear this shit.
He’s well spoken
Dro, sounds like he is ready to be called to preach!
I still slap shoulder lean till this day 😎
Let's start a thread of all of Dro's to
smoothest lyrics
“Inside look like pork n bean” Shout out dro
Yo I was stabbed nine times and wore a bag for two years I cried when I got mine too and I cussed the nurses out too but at the end they all liked me I told them I was sorry and they understood that I was going through a traumatic experience and I too was skinny racist doctor insulted me by asking if I used heroin and I cussed him out it’s been it’s been 15 years and I’ve been bag free for along time and I look healthy young dro is a real 🥇
Yeah doctor is racist for doing his job. You poc are really something
Damn this interview makes me wanna subscribe to the channel.
Hot damn! He experienced a nightmare.
One of my Favorite rappers 💪🏾💯💯 the Best Thang Smoking
I saw the newspaper article on this incident online.
A real dude❤️
He’s very detailed
This is the most transparent I've ever seen dro . Great interview Sean
Real Capricorn-Atlanta shit!!! I missed the old days and impluses... Way better than the normal hell, minus the jail time...