“I am the epitome of the underdog. By societies standards I should have been dead a long time ago, and I was nobody's gangster, I wasn't a thug, I wasn't selling drugs on the corner - I was scared of that.” ShouldLongHas BeensDrugLong TimeStandardsShould HaveScaredCornersSellingLong Time AgoShould Have BeenGangstersUnderdogThugEpitomeSelling Drugs Author:Michael K. Williams
“A lot of rappers want somebody to always sing on their records. If you can hold a note, they're gonna' ask you to come and be apart of their creativity. At that time, they were eager and on the streets selling drugs or in the studio making music. That was a big part of our lives were I grew up.” IfsWantBigsAsksCreativityRecordsOur LivesStreetsGrewDrugGrew UpNotesStudiosSellingRapperSelling Drugs Author:Nicki Minaj
“If football wasn't a part of my life, there were three things that could have happened, and they were all bad. I would have likely been selling drugs, in jail or dead.” IfsThreeHappenedFootballDrugSellingJailThree ThingsSelling Drugs Book:Ocho Cinco: What Football and Life Have Thrown My Way Source: Ocho Cinco: What Football and Life Have Thrown My Way
“David Simon [the creator of The Wire] and I have a running controversy for years. It all stems from a telephone call I made to KPFA [Pacifica radio] when he was a guest there in the 90's on Chris Welche's show. He was going around the country with a Black kid from the Ghetto to promote something called The Corner - it was all about Blacks as degenerates selling drugs, etc.” YearsMadeCountryShowsRunningKidsBlackDrugRadioCreatorCornersSellingEtcGuestsStemTelephonesControversyWireGhettoDegeneratesSelling Drugs Author:Ishmael Reed
“Hip-hop culture is deeply rooted in the wrong things. Hip-hop is about drugs right now. It's more so about drugs - about selling drugs, about using drugs - it's bad for kids.” KidsCultureRight NowDrugHip HopSellingHipsHopsRootedWrong ThingsSelling Drugs Author:Vince Staples
“It would be crazy for me to come out now talking about selling drugs and doing all this stuff I never did for the sake of A&R or records or trying to keep the street buzz or whatever.” TryingWould BeStuffTalkingRecordsCrazyStreetsDrugSakeSellingBuzzBeing CrazySelling Drugs Author:Chamillionaire
“I didn't know my dad for a long time. My dad was on drugs and my dad was at the VA Hospital, my dad was off in his own world selling drugs or using them or there would be crack heads in the house or whatever it would be.” KnowsWorldLongWould BeFatherHouseDadDrugLong TimeMy DadSellingCracksHospitalsSelling Drugs Author:Shia LaBeouf