How a Flawed Justice System Inspired Detroit Star 42 Dugg to Rap
[ad_1] Show & ProveWords: Peter A. BerryEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.If it hadn't been for a flawed justice system, 42 Dugg the rapper might not exist. While behind bars for carjacking and felony firearms charges he caught at age 15, Dugg wrote his first raps in solitary confinement after getting into a fight with an inmate. A mix of boredom and instinct powered his initial forays into the genre. “I just wanted to get my story out,” he says, reclining in a chair in XXL’s New York office on a cold February afternoon. Four years after his prison release, Dugg’s...