![]() My girl don’t got to worry about crazy stuff like getting those calls like, ‘Dro up here spazzing, you know. When it comes to creating music now that he’s sober, the rapper asserted, “It’s still the same kind of music it just takes a minute.” He added, “It’s actually a better trip. The remorseful father said he checked into rehab roughly one year ago and has been clean ever since. Although he didn’t go into too much detail, he said he offered to go to rehab with his child but to no avail. “When it most counted, I wasn’t available.”ĭro explained that addiction runs in his family, noting that his father and several of his siblings have all battled some form of substance abuse and, in some cases, succumbed to the disease.įor him, the push to get clean came after his 19-year-old daughter started using. When it came to “the business part,” the rapper said, “it kinda went left.” “Sometimes I be available, sometimes I won’t,” he added. Dro admitted, “I indulged but by the grace of God, I was able to make it through and keep myself up.” He wasn’t so lucky with his career, however. “And once it becomes a habit, you get to feeding that monster, and it gets bigger, and that talent becomes secondary because you’re mostly into drugs at that point,” he continued. The “Ain’t I” emcee revealed that he was introduced to drugs by a peer, noting, “When we’re introduced to these drugs, we don’t have an idea that it could really spazz out.” He went on to admit that one night of fun soon turned into an ongoing habit for him. During the interview, the “Shoulder Lean” rapper gave a little insight in to his seemingly frequent breaks from the spotlight. Still, it’s been a while since fans have gotten bars from the Atlanta native. Young Dro is perhaps one of the few rappers with the ability to remain relevant without consistently releasing music. Then I was like, ‘I want a permanent one now.’ Then, you know, it went on from there,” he explained. And by the time that I had got through singing, I had a mouth full of them. Then I sang another song - got another one. “It started in church singing with my grandmama and she was like, ‘Baby, if you sang, I’ma get you a gold cap.’ So I got one gold cap. “I was already introduced to music through my grandmama in the choir and stuff like that … in the church,” Dro shared. The rapper revealed he was in the same class as Kriss Kross’ Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith, recalling that the legendary emcee “used to sit right in front of me” and that he also did “the backward thing” that was popularized by the hip hop duo with his jeans. Young Dro’s passion for music dates back to middle school. Please keep reading to find out what the rapper had to say about overcoming his addiction, rebuilding himself as an artist, the artists he’s inspired by, and more. However, a battle with substance abuse threatened to ruin everything the “Strong” emcee worked for. Since coming on to the rap scene in the early 2000s, the ATL trendsetter has released several studio projects and over 20 mixtapes. On this week’s episode of the “Big Facts” podcast, co-hosts Big Bank, DJ Scream and Baby Jade sat down with veteran rapper Young Dro.
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