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Costa Mesa's GB Drako on OC Fair fades: 'There was never little kids around'

This is an 80-second clip from a sit-down interview. GB Drako, in a white graphic tee, sits across from an interviewer in a white cap and sunglasses in a studio set with a potted palm. The interviewer brings up the earlier viral clip and the critics in the comments, and Drako explains that the fights happened late at night and says he keeps them away from kids. The clip cuts briefly to crowd footage at the fairgrounds, beside a churro and funnel cake stand.

Costa Mesa's GB Drako (@gb_drak0) went viral for talk of "catching fades" (street slang for fighting) at the OC Fair. In an interview with the Foo Community (@foocommunity), he answered the people who called him out for it.

The Juice Unlocked Clips page posted the exchange on Dec. 5, 2025. The caption called him a Costa Mesa "Factor" and said he explains "why it doesn't matter if kids are present." In the clip itself, Drako said he tries to keep fights away from children.

The question

The interviewer brought up an earlier viral clip, which he said his outlet posted, where Drako said he goes to the OC Fair on purpose to fight.

Commenters pushed back on that, the interviewer said, because "there's kids there" and families. He asked Drako what he had to say to them.

“There was never little kids around ... It was always towards the end of the fair, like 11:30.”

GB Drako

His answer

Drako said every time it happened, it was late, toward the end of the fair, around 11:30. He said there were never young kids around.

He added that he tries to keep it away from kids because "that's not a good look." He also said he would not let himself get hit.

“I try to keep that away, 'cause that's not a good look, you know.”

GB Drako

“I'm not gonna let myself get smacked.”

GB Drako

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