Murder in a Moncler: The Bronx's Deadly Gang War 

Thanks for your patience on this one. I know it took me a while and this was highly requested. I wanted to take a little extra time to get this one right. If you want every detail missing from this version of the video, I'd highly reccomend the uncut version of this video on my Patreon - patreon.com/traploreross

Pretty absurd when you realize just how young & closed off these kids are throwing away their entire lives. The 15 year old saying he beefs with “older people” and then saying “18 19 20 21” is just plain sad. Nobody is thinking any further than a few years in this documentary.

I was told a lot when I was a kid "You'll either be dead or in prison" by all the adults around me. So much that on my 16th b'day I remember a woman who was like a mother crying cos she couldn't believe I'd made it to 16 alive and out of juvie. When you've got no options, untreated ptsd, you're left in dangerous situations and no-one cares to help and you're told constantly that you're going to die - It gets in your brain. Why bother planning to live or trying when everyone you have around is so confident there is no reason for you to. Watch what you say to the young people around you, because they're picking up what they hear the most and believing it. In that situation making it through, and living for that day is a win. They're not 'throwing away their lives' when they're told and shown they won't have lives to live and plan for anyway.

I’m from the Bronx and I remember being depressed and believing that there was no way out and there was nothing out there, until my mom decided to pull me and my brothers out to a new state and I’ve been so greatful since, there is so many opportunities out there in the world and I thank my mom and God for bringing me out to see what else is out there than just this

Damn bro we need an update to this documentary fr. The death of Chii wvtzz, The RPT indictment, The death of notti and the notti bop trend then the killer eventually getting his charges dropped, the death of Edot, Dthang sentenced to 3 years in prison, PJ Glizzy locked up for sh00ting at somebody on a dirt bike, The nas ebk, set da trend, and dougie b and b lovee beef, the drillies vs yus gz and motthaven, the RPT and Motthaven YGz vs 800 YGz, the OY's Vs OGZ, Nas EBK facing charges for 2nd degree murder in times square, the death of john glo and doowop flocca, the new appearances of a lot of drill rappers, the murda b fight in miami, the DOA rico charges, and kay flocks rico charges and being transferred into federal jail, etc

Salute for the shoutout homie💯💪🏻

I’m from the Bronx. I worked at a high school as a mental health therapist and majority of the students struggled to see life outside the Bronx all the different things they could achieve. Every day life and day money would get in the way and they were really focused on surviving. It’s very sad

I find Kay Flock genuinely intimidating, he just seems so filled with hatred, pain, anger and is a straight up nasty piece of work.. it's too late for some

you gotta do an updated version of this video i still come back to watch this every week, with notti and edot dying, the rico being added to kay flock charges, the ygz getting they sentences, all the new rappers from oy and other crews along with the rise of sugar hill mainly dd osama after notti’s passing, and the rise of the sweepers and m row, giving manhattan more rappers besides the sugar hill crew, also the inner conflicts within the gangs like c blu and setty, yus gz and sha gz, the oyogz split up, ik you can do another 1hr video on it

Didn't know you could go past Netflix quality in terms of documentary, but if it was anyone to do it, it'd be Ross.

Kay Flock was trying his best to get life in prison and he succeeded.

Rest in peace to all those young men and that young woman. What hurts the most is that they all died so young. 😫

Trap you’re a real legend… hats off bro, this is great work. The detail, the presentation, and the sheer amount of extremely accurate material.. Respect to you and thank you for real for all your dedication and hard work. It’s evident that your heart is in it 💯%

He's back! Been a minute. It's worth waiting for the best drill content creator in the game.

This is mad depressing to watch a lot of these youngins just throwing their lives away.

This behavior is pure idiocy. We are all much more reckless at this age, but this is an inexcusable desire to crash out. Not considering the inevitable years in prison seems almost special needs like to me.

Being from the Bronx, I can happily say that my teenaged son, while still in the Bronx, gets to grow up in a much nicer, safer area than his mom and I lived in. He's got a much better childhood and goes to a much better school than either of us had too. The BX isn't just all straight up pandemonium, like any other place. So I'm glad for that, but it's not like he's out of the woods yet. Yeah, we keep him occupied with things that'll keep him out of the streets, but kids are kids. We've all been there... That rebellious era. Chasing & tryna impress the wrong type of girls put me in some precarious positions unnecessarily when I was coming up. I survived by a combination of common sense and luck. I just tell my kid all the time to make good choices and never be afraid to hit me up if he finds himself in a crazy position. *Edit to Add:* As an adult, I've run into cats that I used to beef with. Once at work, and another time while taking a class at my union hall. And it's all love. Both times we've talked about how senseless a lot of the shit we used to be involved in was. Like I told someone else in the comments, cooler heads usually prevail with maturity, but so many impulsive ass kids don't live to make it to that point, smdh.

At this point Trap Lore Ross can very well be the host of unsolved mysteries. His research skills are impeccable.

This is one of the saddest documentaries you’ve made yet. Considering the young age of all these kids, and seeing their live videos committing crimes wanting to smoke each other - just sheeeesh. It’s so depressing to see how lost they are in this crazy world. No direction, just fueled by violence lost in beefs that are older than most of them.

I’m glad my parents were able to keep my siblings and I out of this B.S. . Now we all have been able to keep our children. Away from so much if this painfully gang mentality. So generational wealth has been growing within our family.

This was definitely one of the most educational insightful docs you've done to date imo. Bronx drill music hasn't sounded the same since watching this

Thanks for dropping yet another feature length documentary for free, TLR. This is why I support you on Patreon. You're not making easily disposable content at a rapid pace like most of RU-vid. You're dropping straight 🔥 that eventually gets cited by fans, music historians, social commentators, and anyone interested in the stories and situations that gave rise to the music they listen to. In a world full of low effort, hastily thrown together content designed to appease the almighty algorithm your channel remains a bastion of scholarly research for hip hop fans the world over. Keep up the outstanding work.

It's really disturbing how much of this stuff plays out live on social media. We aren't just hearing stories or reading reports, we're seeing it happen nearly in real time.

You need to do a part 2 or a “update” so much has changed in the last 2 years so many people mentioned in this video have passed

Glad I got my daughter and myself out the Bronx , but the memories tho

Just started the video, but as someone who grew up in the Melrose projects, and who lost a homie to the gang shit going on thank you for bringing light & attention to this area / situation. RIP Moises Lora.

Born and raised in the Bronx and all I gotta say is it’s a lot of dudes scared to shoot the fair one out there, quick to jump, stab or shoot you if they feel like they can’t beat you! Blessed to have made it out 💯

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

The RahGz death video was so disturbing...you can just literally see his body slump over. Its so sad

I was suppose to go sleep bro it’s 3:55am, no I’m up watching this 😭

This is sad, I’m from the Bronx and have hung out in these areas, and I’m sure I’m not the only one to have friends and family from some of these places. But an unpopular opinion and even unspoken truth is that for some of these individuals, this is an escape for them and possibly fun. For some, conforming to street life is better than having nothing. Home situations are most likely terrible, financially unstable, parents aren’t around… It’s an ideal situation to come up with someone who has similar struggles to you, there’s comfort in Misery. These guys really do form Strong bonds, they hustle together they fight together, even wear each others clothing..it really does go that deep. A lot of my friends I grew up with didn’t care about school because they made enormous amounts of money from scamming and other forms of hustling . They could virtually do whatever they wanted. That lifestyle is very enticing, that’s not even including the popularity from the occasional rapping. It’s sad but A lot of these kids do feel untouchable

Ross really putting in work on this research. I’m here for it!

that is an interesting "full-circle" the bronx and hip hop....to the bronx and drill, phenomenal work

Any young person reading this need to learn to leave the streets alone. You only going to end up dead or locked up for life. It’s better to be a square out here than a street person 💯

Ross really one of the most consistent content makers regardless of genre at this point. Not just the length but the detail and effort is staggering to me. The only RU-vidr that I am completely okay waiting as long as it takes for the next vid bc u know it won’t disappoint when it does come.

This was one was the hardest to watch so far; like they didn’t even have facial hair yet!

a sad thing about this is that the way things move today a lot of these kids will be forgotten by everyone except their close families pretty quickly whether they lost their life or are spending the rest of it in prison. People still talk about a couple rappers from early Chicago drill but not much and trends come and go even faster now. Not saying it's worth losing your life if people remember you (it's not.) But 2 years from now not a single person is going to be saying Kay Flock or Rah gz was a legend. That's really sad man, don't throw your life away for nothing.

It hurts to know that my generation has paved this path for these youth. I'm a born and raised Bronx kid, not even 30 yet. And I was there when crip and bloods was on the rise, I was there when OY/YG started but I didn't care for anything other than being 74 Hoova since I was cool with Black Mob Tribe and BHB. Growing up in pelham but molded by university/e Tremont. We did our dirt, did shady things, but we let the younger ones believe it was cool, thus making them more savage then we were. Growing up I always had OGs try to mentor me and teach me things other than gang banging but when they started moving, dying getting locked up...no one had the mentality to mentor the youth you see now. That's why they are beyond reckless. Kay Flock starring shit in other opps hoods, if he was under my OG at the time, Kay would've gotten the shit slapped out of him by OG and the whole block.

This video needs a sequel, lots of other gangs/artists needs to be mentioned and more events happened after this video

I’ve watched this 3 times now. It’s a really good doc lol

Wow this guy does his homework. I’ve never seen somebody explain the layout of how gangs work out here so well. I’ve tried to explain this to people and everyone just ends up scratching their head. The only people who know and understand this sort of stuff is those who are or were actively involved.

Nothing better than some TLR on a Saturday night while the world is going bat shit crazy.

They're all using the same 20 words, and about 2 metaphors in every single song. It's repetitive. It's like watching Barney, but with guns.

Great work, of information. Thank you

These kids are so lost, that shit is sad forreal. It was wild when I was younger but social media makes shit so much worse smh!

Sad to see it this way. I grew up in the Bronx for the first ten years of my life, but I never imagined it to get much worse. I knew it was ramping up again in the Bronx , when my dad was walking to his car after work, to find that someone had broke into his car, stole hundreds of dollars worth of high quality barber equipment, and to top it all off, a shattered window. I can't even say I'm from the Bronx without someone from a different borough, or hell even state, assuming I'm "dirty" because i grew up there, even though I now live in a quiet town across the GWB. Lucky are we to have proper guidance to prevent ourselves from falling into this never-ending circle of violence. But yes, at the end of the day, everyone is responsible for their actions. I fear for my dad, a hard working man, working in the Bronx. A few weeks ago, there was an active shooter at his job - fired bullets but thankfully no one got hurt. Dangerous times we live in. It makes you feel for all the hard working people who are trying to make a living, while having to see the city around them grow heavy with crime again.

The closing remarks were so well said.

U my dear friend deserve a lot of success for the quality of work u do and also the quality of the presentations. Kudos²² to u

“If a friend smokes with a opp by mistake you gon get shot by mistake”. Smh

I thought the Jacksonville documentary was sad but this is equally as bad. So many young children dying. KayFlock is disappointing. I hate seeing rappers who have talent and can leave the life but still make stupid choices. It’s utterly sad.

You did a great job at being unbiased and keeping the fact they are children as the only factor that really matters. They don’t have the tools to make the proper choices and also for the elders are to blame for their lack of trying to guide the youth. I have met many of them and they aren’t bad people actually really cool and funny to be around they really are just kids

Yo that conclusion though. Thank you dude that is the right message forsure. Respect.

Wow. An hour and a half documentary and I still want more. You really have a gift in this bro. Keep gettin after it.

Can we all just appreciate the effort he puts into these videos, of course there’s going to be mistakes if it’s over an hour long, the fact that he even is fixing them shows his work ethic, props to you Ross

This is why having a father is important. Disciplining and correcting these young brats before they end up dead of in jail.

Just subscribed I need that heat!! I love street documentaries

the effort you put in these videos are unmatched! you are such a gem and i’m so glad i came across your channel. we love u TLR

Dude is wearing designer clothes but couldn't even tell him apart from a hobo.

Trap lore has been helping me during this JBP vacay 😭

thanks for going hard with the details. I've been listening to k flock for the past week or so but i had no idea who he was rapping about half the time lol this broke down a lot about the beefs he raps about so i'm a lil more informed.

Ross you are hands down the best "street" documentary maker in the game. Each one gets better and better. At this point I am honestly surprised that you have not heard from Netflix.

Ross, this content is insane. Thank you for the dedication and depth of these videos

I think the lockdown is being overlooked. That's when all this stuff was really popping off. It makes sense. Felt like end of the world for most.

Usually just quietly enjoying the videos but I really have to give probs to you. Amazing content. I think I’ll join the patreon!

I Appreciate your videos for the fact you make a point to show how truly sad these kids experience really is. Poverty, lack of opportunity, failing school systems, peer pressure, no guidance.. imagine having all that stacked up against you? Don’t take anything for granted. Great video as always 🙏

Great vid @Trap Lore Ross 🔥 just reacted to this on my YT

who watching this again cause dthang got out and looking back at all the stuff

I’ve been listening to this while falling asleep. At least an hour has been listened to while asleep, and it feels like half of what I heard has been a movie script. So much so that I don’t know if I’ve been hearing what I think I’ve been hearing, or if my brain has been making its own story. What a ride.

Over 90 minutes HELL YEAH 🔥not that 8 minute crap. I love long format!!! Thanks TLR, you are the Ken Burns of drill docs 🌟

You gotta do an update on this vid so many mf died and so much crazy shit happened

1:21:57 the unholy wheezing that came out of me listening to these phone call disses. What the hell?! 🤣 But in all seriousness, as usual, great documentary🙏

Honestly brother, some of the best music documentaries that have come out for a long while have been yours, keep up the great work

Bought your patreon when I was bored the other day, first time I’ve ever gave money to a RU-vidr and it was worth every penny. The video on switches was way better then I ever expected. I did my own deep dive on switch related crime before I watched your video and it was cool to hear your take on the same news stories as well as brining others I didn’t read about to light.

but why does the music slap so hard 😭

The fact Kay flock was buzzing and still strolling through the Bronx drippy was Crazy

spinning the block on live is crazy. what happened to moving in silence. kay threw his life away clout-chasing

Bronx resident here. I don’t keep up much with gangs so thank u for putting me on lol but the Bronx is getting worse, this summer will be wayyyyy more ruthless than ‘20 and ‘21. May God protect us 🙏🏽

Imagine losing your life bc you're obsessed with having ops..... Like they're literally so obsessed with other people it's wild.

Happy 1 million subscribers

You are really official with the content. I have learned so much about the backstory of the lyrics I listen to mostly every day from watching your videos. Don't pay attention to the haters. The breakdown is always great and I like how you throw in positive messages. I wish you much success. Keep doing your thing.

Despite all the ads, which felt like there were hundreds of em, still a high quality documentary! Well done TLR, as always. Legitimately the only channel, where I watch every single video, no matter how many ads would pop up. You deserve every penny you will get thru YT, geez

Good commentary and I don't listen to them often

Your videos are so in depth, how the fück do you find all this info?

TL ROSS!! you Deserve a Pulitzer for this work! I am born and raised in the Bronx NYC and no one has covered our hood in this detail EVER!!! your work is serious! much respect (been a fan for a HOT MINUTE)

Already know this is gonna be a classic. This is what tlr does best

Im 17 minutes in and i already got a MIGRAINE.

This is a great documentary

THE TRAP really tries to give you all angles of the story. He never shows bias towards anyone and he actually has empathy and sympathy for the people whom he is telling the story about. MORE LOVE , LESS HATE.....

Trap you have done it again! Your research is unparalleled and you deserve more than just a RU-vid award. Please keep up the good work!

We need a part two

U need to make vids on the dmv music scene we been the littest for years

Can’t wait to watch this, last ones have been unbelievable documentaries. Fair play 👏

Holy 💩 This Brothers information, story telling, timeline and content creator skills is out of this world!!! Very impressive!!! This was so we'll documented and I want to solute you personally from one content creator to another. This had to take lots of patience, investigation, research, planning and knowledge to break all of this down highlighting the history of the topic while logically breaking it all down into particles! You have a gift and a heart for this... You were made for this Bro! Real talk...It's been a good while since I've been impressed with such well documentation. I'm proud to be a new loyal follower & supporter. Patreon here I come!🙏🏾💪🏿💯

Man, growing up in The Bronx was wild. I was from Soundview but went to school in Castle Hill. Things were popping off everyday with stabbings, jumpings, and just general gang activity. It really was like living in an open air prison. You either get down or move out the way, but you gotta know someone. I ended up getting stabbed 5 times (I had just turned 15) and that's when my mom had enough and sent me to FL. I wasn't even in a gang, but I got caught up between my friends in the Ruff Ryders and Crips beefing with this Dominican gang that was a lot bigger before the Trinitarios took over the Dominican scene. There is no such thing as being neutral once you are seen hanging with certain groups.

These kids aren't petrified of jail

Let's go! Love the documentary style long-form content. Worth the wait for sure

38:38 RIP my MAKK🐝 JB love u broski we ballin 4 JB ❤️💙 YGK OYK on CRIP ♿️💙

Imagine going to the Bronx with trap lore Ross and having a arthritis attack on the wrong block where your hands lock up in a rival gang sign

I think small update on this video would be amazing.

Dude I LOVE your channel! Being from the Bronx and growing up on that gang shit I can tell you this is highly accurate. Good work as always!