G Herbo On Growing Up In Chicago, Dealing With PTSD, & Fatherhood | Truth After Dark (Part 1)

**G Herbo** (0:00)
I seen my first murder when I was nine years old. I got shot when I was 16 years old.

**Azar Farideh** (0:04)
I was in the streets.

**G Herbo** (0:06)
I've been through a lot, you feel me?

**Paul Pierce** (0:07)
I grew up, and somebody asked me, what do you wanna do when you grow up? You know what my answer was?
My answer was, I just wanna make it to 21

**G Herbo** (0:19)
Like, I'm gonna count how many dead names on here. Like, one, two, three, four, five, six.

**Paul Pierce** (0:29)
That's horrible.

**G Herbo** (0:30)
Seven, eight. All right, so y'all got eight dead names on here, and I was 16 years old. Who influenced me in my life and what I was going through? It was Wayne, and then when I got like 17, 18, Meek Mill just changed my life for me. Like, you know what I'm saying? I think I'm still here today because every day I always felt like somebody was gonna kill me. Every day I walked out the house. Hey, son.
What's up, man? I was about to text you. I'm working right now. I'm right here doing a podcast.

**Paul Pierce** (0:58)
Hey, what's up, dawg? Paul Pierce in the house.

**G Herbo** (1:00)
What's happening, The Truth? It's Paul Pierce, man, the legend. What's up?
What's the question? You are on camera. Don't say nothing crazy, bro.

**Paul Pierce** (1:08)
I'm gonna be on stage on my song.

**G Herbo** (1:11)
Yeah, I told him I'm gonna bring you out. For sure, I got you. We can't say the date because I'm being recorded right now. It's a surprise. Yeah, I got you. He wanna be a rapper, so it's okay. What? What did you say?
I'm gonna give you some of my back end. I give you a little something. I got a little something.

**Azar Farideh** (1:29)
He got his money.

**G Herbo** (1:30)
I got a little something. I'm gonna call you when I'm done, man. I love you.
Oh, my God. He's different, bro.

**Paul Pierce** (2:05)
All right, everybody, welcome to Truth After Dark.

**Azar Farideh** (2:09)
Do you think that men or women are more toxic?
Hello, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the Truth After Dark. I am your host, Azar Farideh, and of course, we have Paul Pierce here in the building. What's up? What's up? And we have a very special guest straight out of ChiTown. He's a platinum selling artist, a devoted father, and one of the most authentic voices in hip hop. Fresh off his powerful new track, Survivor's Guilt with Meek Mill. Please welcome the one and only G Herbo.

**Paul Pierce** (2:44)
Appreciate it. G, what up, baby? Yeah, that was in our intro.
Hey, ChiTown finest. I swear, my momma from Chicago, I just, I swear, Lord from Chicago, some of my best friends and family members from ChiTown, Tony Allen.

**G Herbo** (3:00)
One of my cousins just asked, was he from Chicago?

**Azar Farideh** (3:02)
I'm like, no, he ain't from Chicago. I was born here.

**G Herbo** (3:04)
They see you so locked in with Big Bro for sure.

**Azar Farideh** (3:07)
That's probably why they're seeing that.

**Paul Pierce** (3:08)
He got me talking like him. But that's dope. It's good to have you, dog.

**Azar Farideh** (3:12)
For sure appreciate it, man.
And you want to know what else? Are you into astrology at all?

**G Herbo** (3:17)
Yeah.

**Azar Farideh** (3:17)
Okay, so you're a Libra, right? When's your birthday?

**G Herbo** (3:20)
October 8th.

**Azar Farideh** (3:21)
He's a Libra too.

**Paul Pierce** (3:22)
October 13th.

**G Herbo** (3:23)
Man, that's crazy.

**Azar Farideh** (3:24)
My mom's a Libra.

**G Herbo** (3:25)
I'm a 16th.

**Paul Pierce** (3:26)
Oh, wow.

**G Herbo** (3:27)
So you're a mom.

**Paul Pierce** (3:28)
My mom was 15

**G Herbo** (3:30)
That's crazy. Yeah.

**Paul Pierce** (3:31)
Man, that's crazy.

**Azar Farideh** (3:33)
That's wild.

**Paul Pierce** (3:34)
I'm attracted to Aries.

**G Herbo** (3:36)
That's crazy.

**Azar Farideh** (3:37)
I'm an Aries.

**Paul Pierce** (3:38)
Yeah, that's crazy.

**Azar Farideh** (3:39)
Yeah.

**Paul Pierce** (3:39)
I got two kids that are Aries and my brother is Aries. And my baby mama Aries.

**Azar Farideh** (3:44)
Yeah, mine too.

**G Herbo** (3:45)
Taina Aries, my son, my oldest son, your son here, Aries too.

**Azar Farideh** (3:49)
That's crazy.

**Paul Pierce** (3:49)
Ain't that crazy? Yeah.

**Azar Farideh** (3:51)
That's wild, right?

**G Herbo** (3:52)
Yeah, that's crazy.

**Azar Farideh** (3:53)
They do say that Aries and Lieber get along and we balance each other out because we're opposites. Like, y'all are really chill, and y'all kind of let Aries do what they do because we so extra.