Flashback: Kevin McCall on Growing Up in Watts and Having a Gun Pulled On Him

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Yesterday, Kevin McCall was shot in his hometown of Watts, CA. Before this event, the crooner sat down with VladTV to discuss growing up in the city around gang violence and how that influenced him to be different. In the course of growing up in that environment, Kevin says he learned to be tough, and he shares a story about how a man pulled out a gun on him as he walked the streets on his return from college.

Listen to the full story above.

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