G Herbo is not any stranger to being strategic. He is needed to be calculated each within the streets and in his profession as a multiplatinum-selling rapper. That is why the Chicago native finds frequent floor with the characters who must play a psychological sport of chess in Energy Guide IV: Drive, a part of Starz’s extremely well-liked Energy Universe, which makes its return for its remaining season on November 7.

Herbo, whose new album, Lil Herb, additionally arrives the identical day, connects with Energy 105.1 radio persona Angela Yee to dive into what’s to return on the brand new season of Drive. For almost 10 years, followers have been tuning in to the high-stakes motion and drama surrounding Tommy Egan, performed by Joseph Sikora, within the streets of New York and now at his dwelling base of operations in Chicago.

The present and the Energy Universe as an entire have been a supply of inspiration in hip-hop, in keeping with the Chi-town MC. “It gave us one thing to do, rap about, like metaphorically, saying songs or placing stuff in your lyrics about Ghost character, Tommy character or Kanan character, Tariq,” G Herbo shares.

Tommy’s combat to outlive by any means essential within the upcoming remaining season mirrors the mindset G Herbo’s lived along with his entire life. His personal experiences and survival abilities out and in of Terror City, a nickname for the East Aspect of Chicago the place Herbo is from, have helped form him.

“I feel that is simply the sport within the streets and life as effectively,” G Herbo says. “I used to at all times say the rap trade, you gotta deal with it just like the streets. The one distinction is the streets is morals and ethics. Solely distinction between the music trade and the streets I felt like after I first received into it’s that you could’t bodily do nothing to no person. It is the identical stuff occurring, betrayal. You possibly can’t take it private.”

The 30-year-old rhymer additionally weighs in on the dynamic between Diamond and Jenard Sampson, two brothers on Drive, in addition to road codes in relation to snitching, which got here to mild by character Vic Flynn, and extra.

Try the remaining season of Starz’s Drive on November 7.

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This editorial is introduced by Starz.