No it’s not it’s a mindset all of them choose to live this lifestyle and set themselves up for prison or death.The amount of candles I’ve seen on sidewalks is absolutely messed up.
One dude saying "she ain't do shit for us" while the other nonchalantly just drops a plastic bottle right there where he is standing. Dude, start with yourself and your surroundings. Why must people "do the shit for you" when you can't get your own shit together.
Be nice you don't know what's it's like not having teachers that care or nutrient dense food growing up you don't know what they've been through you don't know anything about them there family's there upbringing so instead of spreading hatres get the facts and spread love
@@bdawg3942 of course they have to help themselves but the stakes are much higher and more difficult for Urban Black Men. This society is tough for them. There’s so many underlying issues behind why our communities are the way it is and it’s not just us - it’s a set up. Unfortunately so many of our beautiful Brothas are walking into it. I could give them a hug because they haven’t been dealt the Good part of the card game. ❤️
🙄👍❤️Respect. I’m in Australia and I’m sick off so many victims carrying on over here. Our country helps everyone in anyways at the cost off us tax payers ( which I don’t mind), but those people, have too make the first move themselves in seeking help.
I live in Newark currently, born and raised there. It’s crazy for sure but damn the fact that he’s proudly saying murder capitol smh 🤦🏾♂️ that’s why the city is fked .
Exactly me too! Right down the street from mlk and Clinton ave and this shit is sad.and I can’t front,the city actually does try to make it better..but it’s people like these are the reason why we’ll never be more than a “dangerous place”🤦🏻♀️ I love the hood.but I’m also smart enough to know this is not the way we should be living.and to see they had a older man with them who instead of speaking knowledge was talking about drugs ?🤦🏻♀️
@KSG Flow - Topic Are you unaware that the democratic party were the supporters of Jim Crow laws, strong supporters of slavery, the bulk of the Confederacy and founders of the Ku Klux Klan??? By the way Abe Lincoln was a Republican. How did Ronald Reagan hurt minorities? By limiting welfare? Government programs in many ways are a soft form of slavery by encouraging the poor to be dependent on government and causing some to be complacent and lack initiative and self sufficiency because they know a check and EBT funds are going to show up at the beginning of each month. That is in of itself a form of slavery.
It’s not all like this though. In different parts dudes be playing ball for fun, slap boxing, trapping, regular shit having fun. These older dudes so they not doin shit but if you go Mid East or anywhere in Numbas really you’ll see the difference. This spot just look boring af. And of course at night that’s when dudes really pop out and do whatever
Love the blunt smoking, while mixing lean in front of a strip mall and then just tossing the bottle on the ground even though there was a trash can just off to the right. Why would anyone do something for you when you can't even put a plastic bottle in a trash can?
Some states used to give you like a dime or something back in the day if you dropped a plastic bottle in a return receptacle. That was back when a dime meant something though.
I tell ya what tho... As crazy as it sounds he's the only one with any Sence... I was raised next to Newark and its definitely not the murder capital ( it once was)... It's watered down like he said... In the 90s and even early 2000 u cudnt walk around there if they didn't know you... They cleaned up especially that specific area alot... Unfortunately Newark is more bad if you actually live there... There killing there own people out there it's crazy...
What's sad is that these aren't kids trying to look cool, these are fully grown middle aged men who have probably spent a good portion of their lives living like this.
I’m from Ireland Nigerian descent and I used to go visit my cousins in Newark every Christmas, one time when I was there I was in a hair store and just opposite it us we saw a man getting shot and killed , very surreal because in Ireland nobody carries guns
I grew up in Newark and walked those same streets of clinton ave on my way to clinton place jr HS back in the day. we moved from Belmont Ave to Ridgewood ave, to Peshine Ave, to 19th St. to Irvington trying to stay ahead of neighborhood going down. In fact I graduated from NJIT (Newark College of Engineering) But for the grace of God and my mother who raised 8 of us, I would probably be dead now. I feel for these brothers as this could've been me...but for the grace of God
I understand that life can be tough and you need to make choices, but why you gotta brag about being in the worst hood in the best city in the state is beyond me.
As a Jersey guy who now lives in Central Jersey - now 30 mins south of Newark - but this part of Newark is NOT the Worst - West Ward , the number block area - connected to Irvington - is BY FAR THE WORST - Newark per 100,000 (per capita) is sadly the murder capital - and i know its only like 7 or something but what people dont understand is Newark is BIG - and even the nice parts are included while 80% of the murders happen in the West Ward area - which if you count that alone it blowsssss away any area in America - and its not COOL … its sick and sad
There are plenty of warehouse jobs out there that pay well even if you have a criminal record. I've seen brothers right out the box and in a years time turn shit around. Can't empathize with those who want others to solve their issue which is themselves.
Didn't you know working is not cool.?In Chicago you'd be called a bitch nigga for going straight. I've known dudes who actually tried to hide that they had a job..they wanted people to think the money they had was from dealing..and they'd work on a 60hr week and flash a wad of cash. That's because we're so backwards dealing is cool working is not..Only the black man thinks like that
“Whitney Houston... she was spending a lot of money in the hood fellas, but she didn’t do shit for us neither “ man that shit took me out when he said that 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Thanks for sharing. This is my home, I love the people of Newark, and It took a very very long time to realize; You don't need to check your bags while shopping! The conditioning is real, and unnecessary!
@@makeouthill.jxh9994 Chicago never got as bad as Newark once was. Jersey City and Newark used to be one big warzone. Slums throughout the entire city. Chicago is 10 times bigger than both but those cities used to have half the amount of murders. Once the street lights were on,it was fair game during those days. Then you got Camden which was like a 3rd world country and Trenton wasn’t much better. Let’s just say Camden in the 90s made any other hood look like a walk in the park lol.
@@BLACKSTA361 What you expect from the USA a country that has been considered the #1 for past couple of centuries smh plus you can get bagged in both anyway.
I remember standing on similar blocks pointing at street saying "this is ours". But the truth is it wasn't ours.. We aint own shit out there... Didn't get to own my first property until I left Newark... I hope one day they can do the same... 🙏
Everywhere you go it seems like it’s the same story , especially in the “hood” urban areas . I love Newark , brick city , born and raised . I think it has a lot of potential to be a great city . However if you continue to think people that made it out of a bad situation suppose to come back and rescue or “ do shit for you” , you’ll never make it out with that mentality.
They're giving you the overhyped version. Try asking people from there who aren't "in the streets". Don't ask the ones who act like being from a rough area is something to brag about. Many people grew up in that city and did very well while living there
Lately he's been in contact with local rappers who are looking for exposure. I think they reach out to him and say if he ever comes through then they could show him around. So yea rappers are always dramatizing things or trying to act like they're the hardest. At the same time he's talked to some drug addicts who really aren't reliable sources either. He needs to just find some randoms and ask if they're cool with doing an interview. I've known some good people from Newark but at the same time they didn't really leave the house because they had good adults to keep them out of the streets. Once they were old enough they got jobs and would go to work and then go home and stay home. Not hanging out outside where you're a target. They kinda block out all the nonsense. The hood dudes will exaggerate and think its cool because thats how they were brought up in that environment. Kinda why you have to talk to multiple groups of people as they have different experiences. You can have someone who lives across the street but its like they're not from the same world.
Unfortunately its not overhyped. Thats a rough ass part of Newark. Central Ward is well known to be the most violent ward. Thats literally the part of Newark responsible for its nickname Brick City because of the housing projects back in the day. Now for the mentality? Thats a whole different convo. Its sad, but it continues...
@@que3527 it actually is over hyped. The area that they're in isn't central ward, it's the beginning of the south ward right next to the riviera hotel. It's not the way they're trying to make it seem and never was. I know this to be true because I grew up in newark from the early 80s up until just a few years ago. Lived in the west, central, south and north wards. Even though I moved I still go often to see certain people who I know that still live. It's not a cupcake city but it's definitely not some type of mythical jungle with danger lurking all over the place either
Had a Uber ride to Newark in the summertime at night, block had 20 dudes in the street thought I was gonna get hit up no lie stayed my ass in manhattan since 😂
You mean they do f##k around because this place looks terrible ...I don't know what your definition of not messing around means because I see laziness , dysfunction , trash and 3 grown ass men failing in life ....
Nah, the roughest part of Newark is the Westside (number blocks) hands down...and I grew up in the Weequahic section (Southward) but lived on 18th Street and 18th Ave. It was the wild west over there
Thats the only part where shit get wild at though. Numbers and BCP. Ivy Hill not like that. But Southward is wild overall, shit be goin up in every single section of it
YEP ITS STILL CRAZY I WAS BORN AND BRED ON HOWARD STREET -I MOVED OUT THE WHOLE STATE YEARS AGO AND RARELY VISIT!! -ITS A OVERPRICED DRUG AND CRIME INFESTED DUMP!! GENTRIFICATION HAS TAKEN OVER!! 🤬🤬😡😡😡
No, Worst place is Georgia king VILLAGE apartment complex, had 15 murders just this year, actually close to half of Newark's homicides happen in those two towers alone, look it up.
Let's talk about the good area's where decent hard working people live . Jesus Christ, Enough with the ghetto bs. & and the people who don't respect themselves. I am truely tired of seeing people stand next to a trash can and still throw their shit on the ground, those type of people.
Only us brothers would get on camera and take pride in having the most violent failing neighborhood lol ....Living in a trashy hood is equivalent to riding in a hoopty ...I refuse to believe we're this backwards and dysfunctional ....
Right and thats understandable but y even try and I'm a young black male with dreads and I'm from the hood and hang around places like this but I'm in college and work but I also smoke weed drink nd do all the extra stuff no lie nd I know I shouldn't my common sense is good but sometimes its jus life for us blacks we honestly only care when things are good and when they are not well ur watching this so....... You fill in the blanks.....god bless u beautiful 🙏
When you have guys like these get in front of a camera they get what's called selective amnesia and they forget all the things that Shaquille O'Neal did for Newark.
Thank you, Charlie for risking your life for us (your subscribers) to be able to view the back hood. And see how people are and behave behind the scence.
Let's all please take a moment to respect the fuck outta Charlie for doing these interviews with locals from the hood in all these states by DRIVING TO EVERY HOOD IN THE COUNTRY STATE BY STATE!!! This dude doesn't fly to these states, he uses his own car to drive over to them. That's ALOT of driving for our knowledge that we're gaining from these videos
There's nothing wrong with scrubbing toilets, making a living any way you can get it.. better than standing in front of a laundromat doing nothing like these bozos.
Basically that is true!! Philly should not even be considered being in Pennsylvania since the vast majority of PA don’t look nothing like Philly. This is coming from someone’s who lived in NJ, and been to PA, OH and all the northeastern states except Maine.
I'm from Georgia, but alotta my fam moved to Newark, East Orange, and Irvington during the Great Migration. It's rough up there but I had some good times.
What you want to do today, man? I know, why don't we stand around outside the store, smoke blunts, drink lean and bullsh*t as we shift our weight from foot to foot? Wait. Didn't we do that yesterday?
Yeah, that dummy made it sound as if all of Essex County is like Newark. When you got places like Montclair and Glen Ridge where all the Yuppie/Hipsters be at. Then there's Italian-American enclaves like Verona, Cedar Grove, Caldwell, Essex Fells, ect,. Then more Family oriented places like Bloomfield, South Orange and West Orange. The Eastern part of Essex County i.e. Nutley, Belleville, East Orange, ect, is much more urban than the Western part of Essex County i.e. Maplewood, Livingston, Millburn, ect,.
@@Roqvito if you listened to the guy in the video he bunched Essex County in one group. I live in Essex County n know that's not true. You can be in 1 town that has regular homes and 5 minutes away it's multi million dollar homes. Newark is not all 1 big ass ghetto either. I have family that lives in the Weequahic section closer to Union county n it's not like this. Certain parts of downtown Newark has expensive apartment buildings with indoor pools, gyms, whole foods within walking distance where the rent can go up to $4k a month.
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I’m from Newark NJ and actually “down the hill” applies to anywhere not just CLINTON AVE…. Clinton Ave starts in Irvington and runs all the way to downtown Newark. Springfield Ave runs parallel to Clinton Ave. He should of turned down High Street. That’s where it gets crazy at. High street is where the church that Whitney Houston’s funeral was at. It use to be an open air drug market but maybe?? they cleaned it up. Where that apartment building at on Clinton and Stafford Ave is where Lauren Hill shot one of her videos. Anyway those guys know what is and I’m sure they could of showed Charlie alot more.
YEP I WAS RAISED IN THE CENTRAL WARD HOWARD STREET,, LIVED ON BARCLAYS, THE BULLY ETC YES THAT AREA WAS ROUGH GROWING UP BUT ITS OUT OF CONTROL NOW I LEFT THE WHOLE STATE YEARS AGO AND RARELY VISIT!!
Crazy..I was basically living at the hotel across the street from that store...I walked that area all the time...I am from Newark but I moved to the south Bronx 2 years ago...I'm stuck living in these rough areas...I try to get out but I can't make enough money to afford living in a nice area....but I can tell you they aren't lying...I lost a lot of friends to shootings in Newark...but Newark really is a city with a lot of potential it just needs the support to build it up....
3:30 - _"You don't see that many burned-up houses out here!"_ Nowadays, it's getting to be that no matter _where_ you are in America, you're within driving distance of some run-down, burned out, vacant, potentially dangerous neighborhood or even town that commerce, industry, politics, _and community growth_ - has forgotten about!
My your channel has grown, good for you Mr Charlie 🥳 If only those men could see how they have been socially manipulated to have bad lifestyles. This is sad on so many levels.😥
My brick city hurts me man 😭 the youth is so lost! It was my first home in the US.. Lots of friends there also lot of people trapped into the projects mentality so sad hearing these dudes saying proud that Newark is the murder city.. Why would you feel proud of that? Respect? Reputation? Ok then what? None of that will put you in a good place for you and your loved ones.
@Michael Seriously I've been to Whole Foods. It is on Broad St not too far from Rutger's University Medical/Dental School. Gentrification has happened.. all over in many parts of the city.
It's actually sad that camden was once a city and not just shit like today. Burnt houses, drugs, needles everywhere, condoms on the sidewalk. Rats in the fields. Urine smells when you walk around downtown. Random junkies walking around with the needle still stuck. Or walking around holding there small intestines after getting shanked looking for 5 dollars to cop a bag rather than go to the e.r. camden in all ways is the definition of a different city. It's incomprehensible.
Seeing this whole area brings back bad memories. I used to go up the hill everyday to cop dope. got robbed only once I was lucky I know people who were jumped and stuck up
Crazy to think you just approached these dudes and had a whole conversation with them. They’re humans, they’re capable of great things. They’re just selling themselves absurdly short and wasting their lives. Shameful honestly . They could be whatever they wanted to do, just choose not to 🤷🏻♂️
I was born and raised in Newark, and I’ve never felt like anyone who moved away got rich or famous owed me anything, i helped myself, I’m praying for all those who needs it, Newark is and always will be home to me, even tho i don’t live there anymore, Newark was a blessing to me, i learned a lot while living there, being raised there, Newark will forever be in my heart, and yes i still frequent Newark
There's a while section filled with mostly Portuguese and Brazilian immigrants called the ironbound that reps close to 40% of the population. The ironbound is relatively safe and they have really good restaurant s but no one really discussed this part of Newark. There's also the section I lived in the historical section downtown that was a small close knit community.
Because it’s so distinct that it might as well be a whole another small town. I used to live there and when I mention I’’ from Newark and show pictures of ironbound no one would believe me that it’s actually Newark and they tried so hard to convince me it’s another place.
I'm a hippy on a bicycle. I ride thru this neighborhood on my bike at least once every week for treatment at the East Orange veterans hospital. Nothing but love every time
The 90s was way worse. The knocked down those high rise projects and things got better. Shout out to Prince ST. Hayes homes, Howard St and Stratford. Newark in the early 90s was the most dangerous place to raise a kid. Do your research.
That’s not the roughest side in Newark it’s Numba blocks (West Side) And Overall Southward hoods !!! But you can still get ya shit split anywhere in the city tho 💯
I was born n raised in Kearny NJ, it's connected to both Newark and Jersey City. I went to QP and this was a private school and most of my friends are from Newark, I ALWAYS knew and still do where I will n will NOT go. Newark does have beautiful areas with beautiful history.
I moved to Newark as a teenager. At the time Prince St was the area that I was warned not to visit. Dare I say that I didn’t listen. I went there with the police to get my out of control niece. Those mofós was shooting at the police that were with me. I we had to run into the building to escape the bullets. They called for back up to get us out of there. Even though that situation was bad. You can’t really judge people by the city to which they live. I know so many intelligent people living in Newark. That want better for the residents of Newark. I brought the Girls Scout program to Bradley Courts in the 90’s and was the assistant Scoutmaster to the Boys Scout. I knew these programs would benefit the children there. For me moving into the projects was frightening. I came from the city burbs of Delaware into and environment that was a culture shock to me. I grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood. My family was one of the very few black families in the area. Your family had to have money to live there. When it came to Bradley Courts I made a choice to move into the hood. My family was livid with me for taking my and my sons there after my divorce. I just felt it was some place that I needed to be. I believe that it takes only one person to make the different in others lives. Doing that time I met some amazing people. Mothers, fathers and grandparents that wanted better for their families but just didn’t know nor have the means to do so. I made it my goal to teach my scouts that there was a better life outside of the hood. That they could achieve for themselves. Some of those kids were living really hard lives. They were fun and so full with dreams of a life beyond the hood. Their families were so proud to see them participate in the Scouting programs. I just loved teaching them and showing them that their education was the way out of the hood. That you could start by keeping where you live clean. Once we gotten started keeping the courts clean. The adults would follow along. I understood that those that dealt drugs were the ones that society had turned its back on. The injustice system made it hard for these guys and girls to get jobs after they made mistakes. They weren’t given those second chances as promised by the justice system. It was worse with getting our children educated. Unlike white parents our people don’t involve themselves heavily in our children education. You can have a school with over six hundreds students. Yet on parents and teachers nights only 10 or 20 parents show up ,no matter what hours we have these events. I learned early that children with parents that stay involved in their school lives. Are the ones that seem to make it both in and out of the hood. When our people decide that they’re tired of struggling and want better. That’s when you’ll see really big changes in Newark. I see Newark coming out of its darkness. Everywhere the city coming alive. New homes are being built and businesses are popping up all over Newark. Unless we change the mentality of those living in Newark. We’ll just end up with a beautiful violent city.
these videos are great man. This is high quality content, showing people around the world iconic places and areas where most would not dare venture. I hope RU-vid is paying off for you because this is reality and I love to see it.
@@lmn6440 well this video isn’t a representation of Newark as a whole. It’s a small section of a large city that literally have mansions and high rises with a normal middle class.
I haven't been to Newark in years but it looks the same as I remember it then.Newark was never just one bad area but all over the city was bad spots mixed between good areas plus other towns on the edge of Newark are notorious for crime too.I think some of the worst spots from a long time ago are the projects that were filled in with concrete to keep people away, Baxter projects near Frelinghuysen ave comes to mind.
Yeah the only "good" spot in Newark is East Newark(if you can count that), Ironbound and some parts of Broad St are safe during the day because high police activity but mostly near Ironbound now. There's actually some luxury apartments and restaurants and now near Ironbound, around the sections near PNC center that want 1700$+ a month
@@dman644 Just an excuse , How about the people born into that type of environment that have overcome it an gone on to live a productive life. You see what's around you & you want better for yourself.
