El Debarge talks about picking up a crack pipe at age 25 and not putting it down until 22 years later. He discusses getting “untrapped” after spending 13 months in prison, and recounts what the first thing he did when he got out of prison was. He didn’t do any writing while he was locked up, but spent his days praying, exercising and eating. El admits that he was the last one in his family to start using drugs, and warns about the perils of experimenting:

El Debarge recalls how he became the lead singer of Debarge. He admits that while recording his latest single, “Second Chance” he broke down in tears during the first verse: