CABRINI GREEN WAS NOT LIKE GOOD TIMES-- NATE JONES 

I grew up with Nate, great interview, he ain’t lying

When I think of the Cabrini-Green I think about Candyman

much respect, I wish much success for this cat.....he made it through some shit and stayed humble....

This man is speaking the best truth as he knows it! .... if you don’t feel this your a lie

Grew up in 364 and went to Byrd. Our family was respected. God definitely placed a hedge of protection over us. Heard and saw alot of drama. School fights in the field between Byrd and Jenner school, snipers trying to kill police and rivals from the roof, gangs, drugs, poverty. Crazy times

Nate, is a good guy and trainer. Intresting stories.

“I’ve seen people get kicked out of their funeral” 🥴🤣

Nate Jones is the truth

@Laughatfirstsight Bro. I deeply respect your interview skills. I know I can count on you, for lack of a better phrase,a real ninja perspective. I was born in Atlanta as card carrying member of the NOI- Brother Leonard 2X- and raised in Philadelphia by a family with deep boxing roots. So I enjoy your channel immensely! I can 100% confirm what Nate is saying about Don King. He is a man's man and doesn't suffer fools lightly,but is generous to friends and strangers. Too often as a community we let our heroes get torn down by biased sources. Was boxing a clean business when the the Mob ran things? It's been full of scoundrels long before Tex Ricard. Definitely before our brother Don King! My father, who managed a few fighters including Leon Spinks, told me,"DK can get you the money. He can't help you keep it." You don't hear Holmes or Foreman crying about Don. Who did Tyson make more with, Shelley Finkel or DK? Who broke all of PT Barnums records for gates/paid attendance? Who put on the most epic fights of my lifetime- Rumble in the Jungle,Thrilla in Manila,Arguello vs Pryor, I could go on all day. Hell you can even throw in the Victory Tour! HBO used his habitual conjuring of superfluous hyperbole,that Nate talks about,as grounds for ruining his business model and in the long run theirs. Hey that might even make a great documentary!

I swear, if you go to downtown Chicago, you wouldn't think Chicago was like that. I was there back in April, and downtown Chicago is so clean and nice!!! And the women are thick and look good. But I noticed who was the majority in downtown too. Anytime I saw one of my own they were working or was about to get on a bus. I really liked Chicago!!! I want to see more of it. The radio stations were pumping more New York hip-hop than New York radio stations do these days. It reminded me of how Red Alert and Marley Marl use to get down on the radio in New York back in the day. But it was cold as shit out there in April!!!

Anyone in their right mind already knew this and didn't have to be from there. We knew that it was just a show and not based on real events bruh. People in Detroit Had the Brewsters, Jeffries, Herman Gardens, and Cass Corridor, so we KNEW what Cabrini Green in Chicago would really be like because we knew how we were.

Im from the wild hundreds, southside. And everyone knew back in the 80s and 90s that the greens was the worst part of Chicago. And trust me that's saying something cause we lived in was zones as well.

Peace...from Brooklyn 🙌🏾

My Mother used to go up there in the 60's we had family that lived up there. She said people had metal bars over there front doors in the projects ! She said it was bad in the late 60's.

In real life Nate I was right there! "Everything is mean in a Cabrini Green you can try to walk through but you won't get far cause you might get hit with an egg or a jar" -Sugar Ray Dinky

He aint lying

Where did sweet daddy Williams live?

OG said niggas had two garbage cans of loose cigarettes ... I'm weak 😂 haa I'm from Sacramento CA born in 1992 these them old school stories way b4 my time cold

I like that cliffhanger ending, well done lol Great interview BTW

I got my ass handed to me in the Cabrini green!!😂😂😂😂

What was Cabrini like in the 70s? That's when Good Times was set.

Mayor burns didn't live in that building she use to come there take pictures get her video and then she would leave it was all for show

In the late 80’s early 90’s we used to go to a club called the Warehouse on Saturday. After the club 4am we would got to a spot called Farmer Browns for BBQ chicken. I think that was by Cabrini. I know everything in there was bullet proof.

Didn't know he was from there. When I first saw him I was like ain't this Floyd Mayweather Jr boy?

and just so people know...for real for real the Candy Man tale was a thing,,,,NOBODY did it....lol My aunty stayed in 1230 building

I heard Cabrini Green had different gangs in different buildings??? That same shit goes on in New York now. Bloods in one building and 10 to 20 yards away, Crips in the next building, and they would be at war with each other!!! SMFH

When he said Charlie he talking about Charlie Smith Chi-Town Legend!!!

Shout out to my boy Nate I love u man 1800 he taking that life I'm so from cabrini green oak st *1121 n larrabee cabrini gone but never forgotten!!

great interview need a part two

In the 70's there was unity, damn near everyone was related. The thing that separated us was a street called Division.... Hmmm...

He reminds me of Tracey Morgan.

I from Cleveland and in 80 90s it was alot of money and alot of murder but it seems in sum citys like the chi it was a war zone foreal alot of murders

Daym nate from the money team was from Cabrini-Green? Madness

Lol dam this the place leon talkin bout that jayson forgot were he came from god dam.. he wall st now sittin up in the boomdocks reporting.. hahha great interviews nate the man

Don King is a legendary mover shaker. #fact

R.i.P / Kamiki Pitchford , Elmer Boyd/ Rocky Boyd/ Willa B. Peterson and many others that has ever lived on that side of Chicago !

Nate Jones is funny as hell. 2 garbage cans of cigarettes. Lmao

Nate Jones, REAL ONE 💯💯

Nah when I think about Cabrini-Green I think about Candyman

What is that noise?

is that shrimp spot that was close to cabrini green still there

DK gets a bad rap but he did a lot for boxers.

Haha Davis Sr.

Damn that's crazy you can tell it got real bad in the early 80s all the way to the 90s

You go to a Funeral and flip the casket over with the Body (that was probably Murdered)still in it, In front of the friends, family and especially the grieving Mother...Yup!! that's exactly how a "CURSE" is Manifested. smfh!.. The pain ALL those grieving Mothers' in Chicago have been thru, Some Mothers' have even buried ALL of Her sons'.. That's how Chicago got "CURSED" You can call me a Crazy Nut and tell me"GTFOH" but it is what it is!! All these young Black folks Losing their Lives by the hands of each other over NOTHING, It ain't the Govt, It ain't over no money, not no Dope or Poverty, the police killing niggaz and nothing happens to them. All this shit happening in a country like the U.S??.. the shit is just not Natural.... That's exactly how curses do!! I'm sorry, but that "ENERGY" is really REAL!!

Na things people can do to each other... In mínn culture, we believe our Gods demand a price for our glory. Alle na circumstances we go through in life do Not define us, it's alle just what we must personally face to bícome whom we ar bícomming. May your Gods smile upon you hon.

See how far the mighty has fallen. See the debased level that our oppressors and our lack of humanity has placed the black man on the level of the beast. This is why history was and is so important. As Brother Malcolm (May the Divine Creator be pleased with him) stated, "History rewards all research". If you dont know where you come from how can you how far you can go. We had love in our community and we got through the hardships of life as a community. Now its basically every man for himself and nobody seems to give a damn. That is a lot of hate for oneself and others when you to the funeral home and knock over the coffin.

I grew up with this guy...Da Greens, Byrd school, Wild End to the Roc...DJ NATE the SNAKE JONES...

Larry Hoover's headquarters

Real Chicago shit

Bless his heart I had a auntie that stayed at the Greens & so glad Muhammad Ali sidestepped Don azz and went w/ NOI 4 protection from Mob

Great interview

I'm from the Henry Horner buildings aka the (Hornets)

He ain't lying state st GD's

These people must’ve really hated one another. Tell the truth. The mayor was there for a publicity stunt but the truth is for a short time there probably was some peace for the non criminals. He just said it they could conduct criminality. That was his man issue.

Projects, Jimmy Carter😡 funny how you never hear folks from the streets speak or have stories about KWest🤔

What about your daughter named Judy she kind of got hands like you. And she still on the Block my niggaa

So what they supposed to do just show gangs in every episode shit i didnt need to see that to know gangs was seriousin chi..from 1st episode (mention) to michael in gang to jj getting shot that was enough..it was the projects every pj pretty much the same gangs or not and it was some Good Times in da PJ's that was the concept being from da PJ's i got it

If our people would have accepted Elijah Muhammad,Cabrini Greens would have been a safe place to live.

Y’all Leave shorty alone Get them he couldn’t have made that up

Honest vlog

What is the hole n freedom town

Yo, was the name of the bbq joint that was over there

I think Mr. T was from there too.

Im white and i lived in cabrini green.

What is that loud noise in the background? Shit annoying

My aunt lived there and I visited when I was young and i didnt know what color to wear. I use to be so scared getting on the elevator lol. I didn't know if we would get killed, robbed or the elevator would break down. I also saw a person get shot and know one batted a eye. Question, did it use to be rich there bc how did it have a elevator? It ain't funny but lol that place was like a war zone I mean scary and I didn't live there. Just the set up of that place was crazy.

Cabrini for life

Why does he keep saying 'go upstairs to get some water' i mean did they NEVER have water in their own place? That part IS like Good Times, i cant even imagine...

Wonder how people got groceries?

NO SHIT!

Good times was a fairytale tv show in real life jimmy walker didn't like Chicago 👎👎👎

12:37 i was finna fuck em up FACTS

Word up a survivor ...good man2x

Bro his storyline is all messed up...I dont know if I believe Floyd Mayweather's friend. No disrespect but it sounds fabricated because you said you never seen the other side before but then you said you got jumped in the building on the other side? So I dont know tho

He played on good times

Is this one of Floyds trainers because he looks like. Ok I heard the bell ring. It is.

I fought in the golden gloves with Nate. But he starting to sound like James Toney and the sad thing. He made no money in boxing 🥊. He made money with Floyd. But he really broke

the mayor only stayed in the apartment for less a couple weeks...with good intention..not sure why kept harping on that.

All these comments an no reallm answers ...WHO PUT THESE PEOPLE IN CABRINA GREENS ...IMAGINE IF THESE PPL HAD 40 ACRES OF SPACE ....

Were those projects worse than the NO projects of the 80s and 90s?

I still don't understand how a project like that could be in downtown Chicago and for so long at that. Can someone who knows explain that to me?

Why do people act n talk like it was ONLY LA gang bangin ever in life like chicago never existed

Is he legit??

That's only because yall didn't and probably still don't know yall rights! Like most dumb niggas!

Trash 🗑

What i got from this interview: A bunch of people on the wrong path...and people that didn't want to be on that path suffering...Fronm here on out, can our comments be condemning this bullshit...It seems to me by some of the comments, some be trying to amp these situations...Kill that noise

JANE BYRNE acted like she was doing something courageous. She had armed security the whole time. She was out of there in a week but the PR STUNT was carried on like she was there all the time.

Nate the snake was one of the Mcs from the greens

My brother is solid.. I remember Nate telling me that Don Juan had a party for him!! Real Talk

I remember the movie Heaven is a playground was filmed in the Greens. Dmx Camron Nore Nas cash money r kelly all used to come hang in the Greens. Just to name a few. The greens made you street savvy even if you didnt want to be in streets. I kinda miss it. Fun times and good learning n life experience. I remember when ballhead was filming that gangsta City Dvd and he let me check out some of the footage. I was also filming a chicago hip hop doucumentary and soaked up game from him on filming I see alot of his footage on gangland and remember like damn i remember when he showed me that in the building. So much talent came out the greens. My cuz Spank was CG crazy doe. I was so square and he would just school me and show me things. Wow so many memories.

This was a tremendous loss of potential revenue. If you have a family with kids it's not appropriate to pack lots of families with children into multistory apartment complexes. There's not enough room for kids and having places to play. However, they didn't have to tear the buildings down. Why didn't they convert the buildings into public housing for lower income elderly couples or single people in need of housing? That way the buildings could maintain a social service for the community. If you want housing projects for families have it with less population density.

That's my boxing trainer. He cold.

The greens got tore down im from South side i got some homies that live in Marshall field gardens that came from the greens

Damn Nate gotta story to tell

How were gang members able to get out of a funeral after turning over someone's casket? They would have been surrounded by the other gang members who attended the funeral.

R.i.P Wayne Huff Sr. Of the A.C.V.L.N !

What's up Nate....glad to see you doing well😊

I dont understand y niggas try to make it sound bad i grew up n them pjs an no1 messed with our family bc we were righteous and pro black i guess if u wana b a gang banger its bad but u brung that shit on yoself

Dang this is a shame before all higher powers 😒