Freddie Gibbs Shuns His Gangster Rap Persona: “Im A Family Man [Video]

Freddie Gibbs has expressed his regret over making drug dealing and the criminal element central themes in his music throughout his career.

Gibbs recently spoke with students at the University of California, Berkeley, where he got candid about his desire to change his lyrical content to more lighthearted material.

“I’ma tell you the truth, man, I wish that I could get up and rap about some other sh*t,” the rapper, who hails from Gary, In., said. “I wish that I would’ve made a career of rapping about some funny sh*t or girls or comedic or any f**king thing but this sh*t,” he added.

“Every day I think about that. I wish I had a rap career… that was not gangsta. I don’t want this sh*t for myself. I don’t want this sh*t for my son. I rap about this sh*t because it consumed me, it’s where I’m from, it’s what I was doing on the daily …