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TONIGHT WE'LL GET THEM ON
TOMORROW NIGHT YOU GREW UP WITH
RICHARD DOWN THERE IN SOUTH
CENTRAL L.A., I KNOW THE AREA
WELL.
IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE IN MANY
WAYS, SERENA WILLIAMS CAME FROM
THERE.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST RAP STARS
HAVE COME FROM THERE.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP DOWN
THERE WITH YOUR BROTHER, AND
WHAT KIND OF ADVERSITY DO YOU
THINK HE HAS OVERCOME TO GET
WHERE HE HAS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TOUGH.
IT WILL BE TOUGH FOR THE AVERAGE
KID, THE WAY OUR PARENTS RAISED
US TO BELIEVE IN GOD AND HAVE
CONFIDENCE AND FAITH IN WHAT IT
IS WE BELIEVE, WE WERE ABLE TO
MAKE IT OUT.
KEEPING A POSITIVE MIND, AND
HAVING GOALS IN MIND, TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE THEY WOULD CONSIDER IT
TOUGH, VERY, VERY TOUGH.
WE WERE ABLE TO STAY FOCUSED AND
MAKE IT OUT.
>> YOUR FATHER WAS 18, HE WAS ON
A PORCH IN SOUTH CENTRAL L.A.
WITH THE WRONG TYPE OF GANG AS
HE PUT IT HIMSELF, AND HE WAS
SHOT AT.
AND HE VOWED AFTER THAT INCIDENT
THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO HIS
CHILDREN, AND HE INSTITUTED
ALONG WITH YOUR MOTHER SOME
RULES, NO GANG INVOLVEMENT, NO
DRESSING IN GANG COLORS, NO
HANGING ON STREET CORNERS OR
DODGY PORCHES.
NO EATING OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN,
NO POOR GRADES, NO TOLERANCE FOR
TALK BACK, YOU WERE BARRED FROM
TAKING THE BUS OR WALKING TOO
FAR FROM HOME.
YOUR MOM WOULD CHAUFFEUR YOU TO
PARTIES AND WAIT OUTSIDE.
>> YES.
>> AND YET ALL THIS CREATED WHAT
WE SEE WHICH IS A BRILLIANT
SUCCESS STORY.
YOU ARE IN YOUR OWN RIGHT
SUCCESSFUL.
TELL ME WHY AT THE HEART OF ALL
THIS IS PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I'M
A PARENT MYSELF, I UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING OUR PARENTS PUT US
THROUGH.
I HAVE A LITTLE GIRL, SHE'S 7
YEARS OLD AND I TRY TO IMPLEMENT
ALL THE THINGS THEY DID, WHEN WE
WERE GROWING UP.
YOU KNOW, GROWING UP WE THOUGHT
A LOT OF THE RULES THEY GAVE US
WERE TOUGH BECAUSE SOME OF THE
THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO DO AND
WEREN'T ABLE TO DO, OUR PEERS
DID SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
GROWING UP WITH THOSE RULES IT
WAS SHAKY TO US, WHEN WE WERE