Young Dro: My Skin Tone Used to Bother Me Until I Saw Biggie, 2Pac, Puffy & Mase (Part 6)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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In this clip, Shawn Prez started off asking Young Dro about taking music more seriously after he was shot, and Dro explained that he saw the downfall of living a criminal life and doing drugs. Young Dro added that he was addicted by the time he was 17, and he added that he was taking rapping seriously with Biggie as his idol. Dro added that Biggie, 2Pac, Mase, and Diddy being dark-skinned gave him hope that he could be successful when he was a teen.
Interview by: Shawn Prez
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You never really hear guys open up and talk about their insecurities, being bullied, or colorism experiences as much as women do and how it affected them growing up and even affects them as adults. I’m glad his self esteem became healthy after seeing guys who look like him become successful. ❤
Yes u do thru lightskin woman that says alot
We think alike!
You niggas are straight up vagina. Soft as fuck
I never hated my skin, that’s someone who don’t have a soul. if you hate your skin, you hate your conscious. You are in control of your own mind.
@Duke Maine ironically hearing them open up about this stuff makes them tougher/stronger imo, been thru hell and still standing.
It's truly a night and day difference between when this dude is high as a kite and truly sober. Salute to him for digging himself out of that pit.
I was just gone say that
Representation matters! Especially for Black people on this anti-Black world.
I'm glad he spoke about this because many dark skin men like myself have these insecurities but don't like to talk about it
Yea back then but now they love us but I still have a hard time believing they like me
You guys just take it out on black girls!
@@jennalud4748 I personally don't but you're right many do
@@jennalud4748this is sadly true
We beautifull! Dont you forget thad bro ❤
Wow that's incredibly sad that we as a society have made children feel insecure about their skin tone in our own communities.
Funny to think that Big, Pac, Puff were able to influence him for the better just because they were darker, probably not something that's ever been talked about before.
Sometimes it be your family members. I am the darkest out of my siblings. I have dark skin with light eyes. Therefore, my family teased me for my dark complexion.
@@1Haitian That's exactly my point. It happens at home, in the neighborhood etc. I get playful teasing, it happens, what's more worrisome is when it's said in a demeaning tone, when it's said by parents or people of authority(teachers, older adults in the child's life). Our children don't deserve that.
@1Haitian their jealous possibly ? Dark skin with light colored eyes makes a beautiful contrast.
@@darrellpasion8925 I don't know if it's jealousy (might be, but some people put others down thinking it makes themselves look better or other times a projection of their own insecurities) either way you're right about dark skin and light eyes.
It's really normal. People tend to sway towards people they have most in common with.
Yeah bruh if you grew up in the 80s early 90s the sistas we're into the light skin pretty boy Al b sure looking kats. Us dark skinned brothers wasn't in style till Wesley snipes came on the scene in the mid 90s 😆
lol I told my homegirl this and honestly we still not really in style unless you like an edris or Kofi
@@TyWerks exactly
And now it’s endless light skin jokes for specifically light skin men NOT women so I guess it’s an eye for an eye mentality
Although it does nothing but make other races laugh at us like usual
what about bobby brown ?
😳😳😳 My skin tone is my badge of honor.👊🏾✊🏾
It should be that way for us all. I'm white as hell and I'm proud of it. Not on no racist shit. But that's just who I am. No one should be treated differently based on skin color! Be proud of who you are and your heritage!
"I wanna live like Pac, I wanna shine like Big, and I wanna rap like Nas" Deep
I felt that shit
@@naeemtull2026 word
That is an ill combo
@@jonbois9802 can't go wrong with influences like that 💯
That a demi God rapping😂
As a dark skin man, I totally understand what he saying….btw Dro verse on *Top Back Rmx* is still fya 🔥
2Pac said Marvin Gaye had him feeling like BlaCk was the thing to be 💪🏾
2pac is just Gaye 🌈
That so fucked up to hear man. Glad he got to embrace his skin tone.
For me it was when Wesley snipes stepped on the scene and became a global super star. He let it be known. I got this! Salute to wesley snipes.✊🏿
Wesley was more of a man than pac ever was
Love chocolate brothers
Wesley Snipes was that dude.He made Blade a popular marvel comics character on top of the other movies he was in.
I’m dark skin and never felt insecure but everyone different, did I hear jokes yes but so did every kid in school
Same here but I’m light skin so we always joked on 😂
@@That_one_introvert. As a light skin brother we got joked on a lot lol, don't remember black guys getting joked on though, aside from having peppergrains or ashy knees, we all went through it in some way or other
2Pac, Puff, and Mase have a regular brown skin tone, and some times beige when they're photoshopped, under bright stage lights, or covered in powdered makeup that Hollywood insists they wear. They're not dark. Biggie was, but not them.
“Heartthrob never, black and ugly as ever however I stay COOGI down to the socks
Rings and watch filled with rocks” - Man Big was that dude. Swag was on a million WITH his lazy eye 😂
PAC said “biggie is not a playa”. Remember when I used to let you sleep on the couch and beg a bitch to let you sleep in the house. PAC was there, why he gotta lie for?
@@crackheadbiden7269 it don’t get more gangsta than shooting two white off duty officers going trial and beat the case. He shot at them for harassing a Black driver in Atlanta and it had nothing to do with him, how many times have you seen someone get pulled over by the cops and people drive bye like “it’s none of my business”. That’s what a real one will do and stand up for his people. Google the story of Tupac shooting two off duty officers and you receive your “L” because you deserve it. Who’s the real gangsta now?
@@crackheadbiden7269 is it not gangsta to shoot two off duty officers for harassing another black man? You no the answer, which is why there is no rebuttal when I brought up that trial. You have to go straight to name calling which is the sign of a sensitive man. Who says to another man “get your nuts out his mouth”, where yo mind at? Stuck in the ghetto life, it’s cool I get it. It’s not your fault.
@@crackheadbiden7269 didn’t he ride for his homies when he was in Vegas and straight put hands on boy. The dude who got jump was crip and like reals one dude, they ride for their homies. Tupac payed the price by being shot later on the same night. This is all STG related, “Security Treat Group”, no witnesses and no snitches. That’s how a gangsta goes out if you are really in the streets like that.
@@crackheadbiden7269 young thug wear dresses and color his hair pink and come to find out he really is one of them guys. So to judge a man for taking ballet lesson doesn’t mean nothing. A lot of people thought young thug was moist, but people were wrong!!
My girl got a girlfriend 😂😂😂 dro still one of da hardest
I love the dark skinned support in the comments. As a light skinned brother my father is a 6'8 dark skinned man. So I have a natural affinity and kinship with darkskinned brothers but I find this kinship is not reciprocated and I am met with hate or at the very least weird comments about "lightskinned niggaz" SOMETIMES. And those same dark skinned men have babies with white girls or lightskinned girls never dark-skinned girls. So I just wanna say if your So proud of your dark skinned community make more dark skinned babies with dark skinned girls. And stop creating so many of these lightskinned niggaz you hate.
First of all these dark skin women not feeling us let alone give you a chance to have a child with them 😉
a lot of blk folk feel like him. from regular to celebrity. the celebs just have enough money to change themselves, while fans who also dislike themselves, live thru the celebs & support their morphing 💯
factual
like a lot of my black sisters obsessions with the rappers bms & influencers. it’s all an unhealthy cycle
Rubber Band Banks
*BO-E-O-E-O-E-OING*
Always thought Dro was underrated.
1 of the Best to come out the south ,I was just listening to rubberband banks in my car 😂
Rest in peace Tupac condolence to the family your Soul live on
He’s not dead when is y’all gone realize it’s all entertainment
@@dchodge9910 you're a dummy
@@bkyungplaya Fam u in the matrix u ever heard of that it’s a difference in being a fan and a fanatic and I guess your the fanatic because u believed and still don’t see he worked for the government
@@dchodge9910 He is on an island somewhere working on a new album with Elvis Pressly,said album will be the soundtrack to the new movie starring Bruce Lee.
@@dchodge9910 Yeah he was a CIA agent working undercover as a rapper,before that he was working for INTERPOL.
The colour issue needs to be talked about often because most black people have gone through this
This guy is more intelligent than half the rappers
Representation is in important. If you can see it you can be it.
I’m so confused. How did he not realize most rappers were dark skinned in the first place lol
He’s so well spoken.
Black is beautiful brother our skin color means strength 💪🏿 dominance and shows masculinity all color combined makes black remember that
I’m 30 , I’ve never been bullied in school but I had insecurities and it was really for nothing but I was so young , one I got to high school and start grooming myself etc I became popular and my insecurities became forces which was my lil gap and my full lips, them shits became sexy lol.
Yeah my own gave me shit about being dark and other races never did. Sad
Dro still the best thing smoking
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Live like PAC but Shine like Biggie & rap like Nas 💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥🤔🤔 that’s real life living like that
Mathematically with a pistol I do trigonometry 🤯🤯🤯
I could see Puffy & Biggie yes, but Pac & Mase weren’t that dark lol
Pac was wearing makeup
@@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862 this dude mad that he walked in on Pac smashing his mom's. You troll Pac fulltime without no pay. Str8 lame.
@@rcc019 u big mad that your slaving 9-5 not even paying more than my 1099 troll hustle 🤣 make it make CENTS
@@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862 "troll hustle" 😂😂😂😂😂 maaaaaan grow up!!
@@rcc019 you gross up 😄
Same, here! But, when Rakim & Big Daddy Kane took over the show!
Wow! This is one of the few times I have heard a BM talk about skin tone this way. Most of the time, it's referenced in bravado...without insecurity.
Damn Dro you never heard of Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Kool Moe Dee, KRS1 or just MC Ren
Thank you!!! Why tf is his goof’ ass talking like Wesley Snipes didn’t exist?
He said what he said, weird ass niggas.
@@isaidwhatisaid5369 Shut ya’ ho’ ass up
bruh thats not his era 😂 he literally named 90’s Top Rap Stars(Pac, Biggie, Mase, Nas & Cream Puff) as the ones he watched comin up
@@Mo1683 You wouldn't dare say this to my face, soft ass RUclips nigga. Come to Florida and make me shut up pu$$y!
Same here, when I was 12, my homeboy sister and her friend said I was too black, I didn't see a problem with my skin before that. I remember going home washing my face hoping my skin would get lighter 😂. Now as an adult I embrace it, but I still have scars on my face til this day from washing my face until it bled.
Chevy blue like whirlwind.
Black is black at end of day.
Thought bro was bobby brown in the thumb ngl
Pac was not dark skin lol
Hell no even mase , but dro isn’t even darkskin based of his skin tone in this itw at least
@@keezemojito1278 Mase aint Big’s level “black and ugly as ever” but he’s definitly a dark skin dude everyone but pac I agree
But before these niggas crucify me for nothing, we love all creeds and colors over here ❤️
@@keezemojito1278 what do y'all consider darkskin like biggie or puffy?
Yes he was..he was not as black as his mother but he definitely was a chocolate brother...
@@Chiraqfan. biggie and puff darkskin, nas and jay and cam are light brown , dro pac asap rocky offset Travis Scott are BROWN ghost face rza
Nas and Biggie, are still the GOATs
same here...when i was a kid i hated being darker cuz ppl made fun of me....till i saw NWA and i was like "man fk this im proud to be born darker we set all the trends in america"
Incoming: new generation Pac haters in 3,2,1 👇
Well done dro
That's sad how TI did dro after years of holding him down 👇 and being with him since day 1 just because of a made up street code ...you never turn your back on FAMILY REGARDLESS!!!!
I recommend people also watch dane calloway's channel,black americans are the true american Indians it's time to reclaim this land.
My fellow blacks out there, never be ashamed of your skin tone or your natural hair. That darker skin means you have dominant genes. We can go outside in the sun and don’t have to worry about wearing sunscreen! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Still wear sunscreen. There are skin cancers that affect people of darker complexions also. But i get what you're saying!
King Solomon was black and proud. That's the Yah in you King.
What was he addicted to?
Black men need to get professional help with these issues. Also black men need to listen to black men that deal with these issues.
Black men and women, it's not your skin complexion, it's your features! If you're ugly, your skin tone has nothing to do with it!
Dro's first verse on Shoulder Lean is one of the GREATEST VERSES OF ALL TIME!!!!
He went crazy
I use to play that to death in high school before games and meets
It is
"100 Karats had em Froze for an Eon" 🤯
Felt that. Pac made me feel like I was something as a jit, but once Ma$e dropped it gave me all the confidence in the world.
Not gone lie I would love to here dro redo more money more problems freestyle in his own flow that shit would be stupid hard 🔥🔥🫡
The importance of representation. It’s very common for non-white kids to wish they were white when they’re young and growing up in this western world. I remember myself being ashamed of being Asian and Muslim until I saw people like me. Representation is such an important thing for young people
He didn't say you wanted to be white, he's referring to colorism. Which is something that affects communities of color. He wanted lighter skin, but not another race
Damn I’m early
Glad dro overcame and thank god and yeah us brown or dark skin brothers are in we never left out
I've personally watched racism within the African American community my whole life. Never have understood why African Americans can hate other African Americans. For some reason this matter is not discussed.
I’ve ALWAYS LOVED being dark skinned. In my older age I realize how blessed I was to not have a complex about it.
It’s amazing seeing someone cut from the same cloth ur cut from do something ur inspired to do
Guys internalize the hate for their skin into colorism and go for lighter or whiter skinned partners who can make them feel better about themselves. Sad sight to see but we can’t judge ppl for how they handle society for their own sake.
Thats major how Puff Made and Big created that sense of confidence which was truly amazing for many young brothers of a darker shade.
Here it is again a hand clap for someone that ppl don't even know. When in folks own community they won't support someone on the rise. Ppl judges folks because of clothing or what they drive, but ppl don't know the other person mindset and game plan.......
I feel that brother, I'm dark brown skin man And I love my skin tone brother . I used to hate it too until I found out that's one of the coolest skin tone and I'm Haitian so be proud brother 💯
I banged Dro Ish Outta PHL & DMV
- WHAT IT IS!
💯💥🤘👐🤙👍
I'm quite sure if you were in Africa you would be talking about skin tone, that's because this is there country, and we were placed here, I leave it at that
I know exactly what he mean I was bullied back then too, it’s funny how the tables done turned tho😏
I’m dark skinned and dark skinned men are my favorite. Ain’t nothing better if you ask me. Gods in the flesh.
Wrong title @Vladtv you should have used young dro on his heavy drug addiction and being black
Young Dro is the realest for this right here I look at him completely different this is what more black men need to do open up about their insecurities as we were growing so that we can see that we all have the same programming of the mind when We were Young also he spoke a truth that most down-south Brothers will not speak because of the chip on their shoulder they have towards New York because of how some New Yorkers treat Southern Brothers my boy kept it all the way real I love it
Vlad should of did this interview 😒
Lemme find out Dro the real Bigavell 😅
He keeps surprising me ! Love you dro ❤
I've never been real up on young dro. But this interview makes me feel like I can't help but love him
At the end of the day skin color is a very real thing but how it is perceived to others is all in ones on mind BUT it's just very complicated...
Without understanding American history, you wouldn't understand the severe mental, spiritual, systemic and Energetic strain The Americans have caused by putting so much emphasis on skin color and demonizing blackness even more so than it already was to that point because as such a young country and an even younger culture, American culture had so many opportunities to get race relations correct
But the original sin of slavery coupled with American history in itself, the "old" way of Narratives and current American Culture of Greed has manifested so much Pretending and Reactionary "mental anguish" in so many Americans that it's probably easier to continue to minimize the issue altogether...sadly...
I'm n love with him now❤️
Dro always been one of my favorite rappers. I can relate to his story and struggle with them Percs 🤣😶🌫️🫂
I wanna live like Pac, shine like Biggie and Rap like Nas... I never heard a nigga from the East Coast say some shit like this. Dro got some quotes
I mean I get it but I can’t relate. Your brain has to be running off acid pills to honestly give a damn about your reflection.
Just seems petty.
All my ninjas I grew up around were dark..we made jokes here and there but it’s a black thing. My dad used to talk sh*t about his complexion but he was/is confident than a mfkr ..so I never looked at being dark as something to be ashamed of. ✊🏾💯
Man I wish I as dark as him or darker!
I wouldn’t say Tupac was dark-skinned. More brown. People forget that brown skin still exist.
I think the point was to embrace what ever skin tone you are bro no matter how other may judge you I don't think Pac skin tone was the whole point of what he said 🤷
Junkie stories… I know he ain’t slow we had big daddy Kane, Rakim, krs1, all these guys on top of their craft dark skin brothers wtf is you talking about
The darker your skin the better protect you from the sun rays even cold weather
I hope Dro gets back to music. Cuz he was my number 1. I still bump his shit.
Damn I always said he was like the down south Camron how he rapped.. this interview making me funk wit dro more and he already one of my favorite rappers
Stay in your natural skin color and start to walk in all that God had created u 2 B he’s telling me to tell you that now Like Shania Gods not through with neither u or her yet watchful eye covers thee😊
“Dark skin, gold teeth, mane you know we in now” ~ Project Pat
Down south colorism can be pretty bad.
So proud of Dro! Been a fan since Best Thing Smoking
I wouldn't say Mase is dark skin lol 🤷♂️
Damn they just gonna skip over Rocko doing
Wow I didn’t expect him to talk so intellectual. He definitely sounds like he has some education
Kuddos for letting the other black males know they not the only ones
God made you like this..no apologies..ever..
Great interview, he’s very transparent and candid!! We’ll done Shawn and Dro!!
His skin tone is perfect!! So smooth and clear! ✨
I get what he's saying but the rapper Mace dark skin
Mase really ain't that dark tho but I feel him