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What do you do? You consume drugs, no end.
I don't, but I know a lot of people who do.
Crystal?
No, no way.
Welcome to Candy Trips. I'm Melissa,
and I'm in Gropiusstadt today
which is still part of Neukölln.
We're meeting rapper Crystal F.
What do you do here when you're young?
Gropi is nice. Gropiuspassagen in Gropi.
Is there nice stuff to look at?
No, nothing.
Nothing at all?
It's spring now. It's more friendly
than in winter now.
There are lots of flowers now.
I think the reason why there is nothing much
here is that Gropiusstadt was meant to be
a large-scale housing development
where people live and go to work.
You can have fun elsewhere.
It's the most boring district of Neukölln.
Is there nothing good about it?
There are forests.
And you know everyone.
The nice blocks in Gropiusstadt
have bloody long, eerie hallways.
But we're nearly there. Let's ring the bell.
For those who don't know,
who are you and what do you do?
I'm Hauke, I'm Crystal F, I rap
and I make music and collect shoes.
Are there different rap styles?
Which one do you do?
It's hard to say
because I've never really thought about
what I do until someone came up to me
and said, you make horror music.
To me it was just, well, I talk crap
and I turn my kind of humour into rap music.
Why don't you rap about beautiful things?
My mum used to ask me the same thing.
My mum was very unhappy
when she heard my music years ago.
She doesn't listen to it any more now.
She said, why would you do stuff like this?
I said, coz it's fun. It's my kind of humour.
And if you're in an environment
where it's normal to talk about stuff like that
or to crack stupid jokes like that
you don't notice that it's weird.
But if you look at it in a sober way
you can understand
why no-one wanted anything to do with you
some eight years ago
or that it's not cool to talk about certain stuff
and that it's not funny.
When I'm out, I often get dissed
by 14-year old youths
who look like they would listen to hip-hop.
Then I get to meet hip-hop musicians
who make the music they listen to
and I think, but you're so nice
and intelligent and you're very eloquent.
Why is it that the people
who consume your music turn weird?
It's usually the case
that the people who make this music are nicer
and that they say, I wasn't actually serious.
When I say, I kill you, I'm not being serious.
I wouldn't want to kill you. But...
Good thing we cleared that one up.
But the people who listen to it,
they're like, wicked, we'll kill them and stuff.
It's that role model function
many people don't want.
It's not really intelligent music.
I myself find intelligent music too strenuous.
And I like using a lot of swear words.
Maybe it's the 16-year-old in me.
When you're 16, you treat your girlfriend badly,
all you say is 'son of a ***', 'victim',
and 'retard' or stuff.
Do people comment on you a lot?
In a dissing way?
Yes, both. It's funny, grannies
and little girls are my biggest fans.
Sure, you look like a princess.
This is not my half. This is my half.
But I'm out of room.
All these are yours?
Is there a pair you won't wear?
This one. I only wore them once
to take a picture.
Do you know the Berlin Shoe?
I'm terrible, because when I have a hobby,
I'm like, I have to give it my everything.
I was fanatic about sports for a while
and worked out a lot and spent a lot of money.
You can spend money on supplements.
When I was working out a lot,
I only read body building magazines.
And when you sit on the train
and look at pictures of competitions
with like ten guys in strings,
and you study them, and people think,
what a moron. It must look
like a gay fetish magazine.
I think it is.
Have you seen one?
What's wrong with his veins?
It's what the anabolic drugs do to you.
The stuff they say, masculine, power.
As thick as the bread
in a special needs school lyric.
Do you do freestyle, too?
No. I'm as bad at it as with doing graffiti.
I'm completely untalented in everything.
I tried everything for a bit,
like drawing and stuff.
I'm happy I manage to sign my name by now
in a way I don't think is totally embarrassing.
Some people asked for my signature
because they wanted a tattoo of it.
Seriously?
I was like, sure, cool. No problem.
I sent it to them.
They never replied because it looked crap.
But it's OK now.
Do you ever want to become a full-time rapper?
No? Not your thing?
It's moronic.
It'll just be your hobby.
Well, you think,
it's so wicked to be a musician and stuff,
you can do what you like, but it's stupid.
I think Berlin is very sobering.
You see people you saw three years ago
on a train busking and asking for money
because they have nothing. I mean,
most rappers can't live off their music.
They're either on the dole or live with their mum.
And... It's difficult.
It's just a few who can actually live off it.
Besides, it's a cool hobby.
That's why most rappers are so angry
and aggressive. They're worried about food.
I can understand that.
It's like in nursery school.
Most rappers are like 16-year-old boys
who just want to play video games, smoke pot,
and watch The Simpsons. And...
When they worry about their purpose in life,
they get hysterical.
There is an ashtray in the hallway?
It's like with rubbish chutes.
You have those, too?
You put it in here and...
It's like Star Wars.
I just asked if Princess Leia
of Star Wars has a family name.
It would be daft if her last name was Skywalker
because it would ruin the story of the film.
I was thinking about that today.
Do you know?
There must be people who do.
Do you know Trivial Pursuit?
We learned a lot about hip-hop.
You can win great stuff. A poster,
the now unavailable album,
a Panzerzeit shirt, size L,
If you want to win all this,
you need to answer this question. Don't google.
What's the name of the Imperial space shuttle
seized by the rebel alliance?
TOO EASY FOR YOU?
We'll check if you googled it.
We'll come to your house
and check your computer.
If you want to win this, comment on this clip.
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whom we should meet, write it up. Make me happy.
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The only highlight here, not for me,
but for many of my friends, are the chicks.
Are Rudow women prettier?
No, but they're easier.
So if it's not easy for you...
Come here.
Subtitles by Stephanie Geiges