Rapper Jeezy on how music helped him become a better man

Garin Flowers
·National Reporter and Producer
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Jay Jenkins, better known as “Jeezy,” joins Yahoo News to discuss the musical influences that shaped his view of the world ahead of the release of his new memoir, "Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe."

Video Transcript

JEEZY: I just always loved music. I loved-- when I was coming up I loved The Masterpiece, 8Ball, 8Ball MJGs, The Brat. You know, it was just my thing was to listen to music before I went to school every morning. And it was just like, but instead of like a lot of people were just like listen to it because they liked it, I would listen to it because I was learning things from it.

So those were my books early because I hated reading back then. So those were like my books. And when I stumbled up on Tupac, it was like, that was a game changer. Because now you got somebody that you're listening to that actually has values and morals. And he stands for something. And I ain't never seen no shit like that. So this is like oh, you know, so this is really-- I really cued in on that.