I've broken it down to three basic types of people in gangs. You have the first type, the most dangerous, which are the glory seekers. They just want to be popular, they want to be stars, and they can do that in gangbanging. Then you have the one that I think is the worst, which is the one that's expected to be in the gang. Then you have the ones that were like me; they had to be.
The normal kid can differentiate between various aspects of life, but a kid with dyslexia has to connect all those dots, and they have to link it lik… - Malik Yusef
The normal kid can differentiate between various aspects of life, but a kid with dyslexia has to connect all those dots, and they have to link it lik…
- Malik Yusef
I see myself as the oldest griot tradition of speaking to truth out here. There's a dark side that people don't even know is there. - Malik Yusef
I see myself as the oldest griot tradition of speaking to truth out here. There's a dark side that people don't even know is there.
I let them [Kanye and Pharrell] be them; they let me be me. I'm just a little boy that does poetry whose friends got famous, and I like it that way. … - Malik Yusef
I let them [Kanye and Pharrell] be them; they let me be me. I'm just a little boy that does poetry whose friends got famous, and I like it that way. …
So the only way I could stave off any of these assaults was to become a gang banger, and to excel, so I could quell the behavior. If I excelled, then… - Malik Yusef
So the only way I could stave off any of these assaults was to become a gang banger, and to excel, so I could quell the behavior. If I excelled, then…
I've broken it down to three basic types of people in gangs. You have the first type, the most dangerous, which are the glory seekers. They just want… - Malik Yusef
I've broken it down to three basic types of people in gangs. You have the first type, the most dangerous, which are the glory seekers. They just want…
The stories circulating that Kanye West's laptop has been stolen are completely false. His laptop has never been out of his possession. Hence, the la… - Malik Yusef
The stories circulating that Kanye West's laptop has been stolen are completely false. His laptop has never been out of his possession. Hence, the la…
Administrators tend to lump Asians in Chicago into one group, not understanding that these kids would be fighting each other, the Cambodians and the … - Malik Yusef
Administrators tend to lump Asians in Chicago into one group, not understanding that these kids would be fighting each other, the Cambodians and the …
Being a father is the hardest job on the planet, because we don't have parental instincts like women have. You have to learn how to be a father befor… - Malik Yusef
Being a father is the hardest job on the planet, because we don't have parental instincts like women have. You have to learn how to be a father befor…
It's all economic. Soda is easier to sell than orange juice because its costs less. Water, some coloring, some fizz, and this can, and we can sell th… - Malik Yusef
It's all economic. Soda is easier to sell than orange juice because its costs less. Water, some coloring, some fizz, and this can, and we can sell th…
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