Cowboy "Thundercat" Douglas talks about how he learned about gang life while incarcerated.

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Really mainly, probably from my dad and my family, but going going to prison, it taught me a lot about the gang life, you know? So, when I when I came home and I started rapping and I and I and I was making music, youngsters was coming up to me like, "Man, you know, I heard that song. That's why I wanted to be from the hood." And I like, "Man, I don't like that." You know what I mean? So, I started changing up the music and uh letting them know this about positive, so so I've been working more and more positive stuff cuz like I said, prior to going to prison, I thought that this certain section was bad people. I thought that the Hoovers or the the the Bloods I I had a certain thought in my head, but when I went to prison and I got to function with these people, I said, "Oh, the Hoovers, yeah, some of them is cool. Oh, some of them Bloods, oh yeah, they straight." You know? So, when I come home and Nipsey and them want to gang bang, I'm like, "Nah, bro, some of them dudes is solid." You know?

[00:00:52]I hate that you got to go to prison to figure that out. You know what I mean?