Rafer Alston (Skip 2 My Lou) on Growing Up in Queens, NY During Crack Epidemic (Part 1)

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Streetball legend and former NBA player Rafer Alston -- also known as Skip To My Lou -- sat down with VladTV to discuss his life and career. In the first clip, the former player described growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens during the height of the crack epidemic. He described his mom working two jobs to support him and his siblings while his father battled drug addiction. Alston said he was forced to grow up early but described basketball as his sanctuary.

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@SayCheeseTV 2 года назад

good shit!

@lilbounty 2 года назад

Come to Atlanta

@malcolmthompson9555 2 года назад

Aye u been on fire too @SAYCHEESE!

@lilbounty 2 года назад

Interview lil bounty, a new artist onna rise

@vladtv 2 года назад

Thanks Shawn!

@2solid4tv48 2 года назад

Gz up mysonna keep talkin on ak

@wtfdamnshit 2 года назад

Rafer was my guy when he played for the Rockets. Vlad been on fire lately

@kasemalin3293 2 года назад

He played better in the magic

@smonster9807 2 года назад

Man stop lying

@HandsomeMofoJo 2 года назад

Bout time somebody gave vlad his props we all watch and enjoy these interviews

@bloodlinemaddmann534 2 года назад

His name in the streets been involved in And1 wit hot sauce, spider, the professor n plenty more he was so good he had to transition.. literally the first from the streets to the NBA.. the first generation of Xbox he was in that game nba streetz or the And1 game whatever it was called a true Xbox player know even tho ima PlayStation dude.. that shows how much of a impact her had ..

@elipav484 2 года назад

@@bloodlinemaddmann534 first from the streets? he was well known in high school and recruits knew who he was, scouts knew who he was. his grades where so bad he couldnt make college. stop acting like he came out of nowhere from the playground and made it.....

@Djrhayne 2 года назад

Dudes like this aren't celebrated enough. These guys stories are just as important to the game of basketball as the shaqs and Jordan's ect. Skip definitely carried the culture for years.

@Logic7 2 года назад

Yessir, then Hot Sauce came

@chrism6714 2 года назад

@@Logic7 disgusting that guy ruined the game I think

@bigbadtrapalot. 2 года назад

@@chrism6714 no sauce slander will be tolerated. He inspired millions. His story is important too. organized and streetball are both alive and well no one ruined anything.

@ADG.Est.1988 2 года назад

What culture?

@Djrhayne 2 года назад

@@ADG.Est.1988dude is a street ball legend. First and 1 mixtape was his highlights

@IsaiasMGPalafox 2 года назад

Rafer might never get into the Hall of Fame, but he is one to all the ppl he made believers. To go from And1 to the NBA was unheard of. He did it though. Just incredible. 🤲🏼🌹🤲🏼

@FatGirlsSmellLikeBreakfast 2 года назад

He was never apart of And1

@clarkjonathan702 2 года назад

@@FatGirlsSmellLikeBreakfast not the team he got a lifetime deal with them

@eddyband026 2 года назад

@@FatGirlsSmellLikeBreakfast he helped them rise cause I remember him in some street videos doing dunks and tricks

@migety111 2 года назад

AND1 pushed me to love basketball even more. The tricks I pulled against guys in school while everyone was watching and their reactions....priceless😌😌

@rds801 2 года назад

He went from And1 to Fresno State to the NBA

@exclusivebarber405 2 года назад

To all my real hoopers out there! This man is a living lengend

@cubi2610 2 года назад

I remember when Skip 2 my Lou made that insane 3 pointer winning shot when he play for the Heat in 2004... Amazing

@illsim 2 года назад

the AND1 forums that night was on fire

@poppingpete7277 2 года назад

Remember staying up all night to watch the And1 tour as they started to select people to join... The Professor and Spider was the 1st two to get selected....

@ILL89 2 года назад

Spider got picked the following year even tho helicopter shoulda got pick but they signed them both because And 1 players was loyal and real dudes. Some played overseas and tried to make the league and some had real jobs like Shane the drilling machine

@ljwilliams4662 2 года назад

Rafter is intelligent, introspective, and humble. I really enjoyed this entire interview…all parts. Great job!

@2cleeng 2 года назад

Street ball legend. Made ever kid wanna be a street baller especially here on the west coast shout out to Skip.

@ILL89 2 года назад

We loved him in Chicago but New York was still New York then. Every city try’s to be the same same besides Houston and LA in the present. I miss my era because it’s not about what was better but individuality is what made my time special . Variety in everything from music, video games, movies and tv. Competition in sports was iller also.

@barackobolo626 2 года назад

Southside JAMAICA Queens ! Stand up 💪🏼💪🏼🙏🏼

@kato_sga 2 года назад

Never forget how many times I played those And1 tapes back to back trying to learn those moves

@derekallen4669 2 года назад

Facts! Those were the days

@omarcharles9420 2 года назад

Bruh….That tape still does something to us.

@kato_sga 2 года назад

@@omarcharles9420 exactly bro

@heavyhitter3543 2 года назад

Neva 4get how Eddie House was given him the business durin that 08’Celtics title run n he slapped House upside his head lol😂😂😂

@kalifiga3196 2 года назад

Big Facts!!!!!!

@From193rd 2 года назад

Rarer is the first player I seen who was “As Advertised” meaning you heard about him but when you seen him play it was show, regardless of the competition

@danielbyas348 2 года назад

I remember this dude when he came to my middle school Sarah Scott in Milwaukee when he played for the Bucks. He a real dude 💯

@TWIZZTHEWHIZKID 2 года назад

Rucker Park, AND1, & the NBA... man Skip is a street ball legend, & the only one that actually made it to play professionally.

@HarlemSuitz 2 года назад

Had Harlem in a frenzy when he stepped foot on Rucker.

@unclericky5850 2 года назад

And then AND1 niggas use to hate on him cause he made it….

@cmoneyno5 2 года назад

Most of the older And1 members played professionally overseas

@cmoneyno5 2 года назад

Kareem Abdul Jabbar was a streetball legend 1st... then he became the best high school and college player in history... He became a top 5 NBA player all time...

@davidp3787 2 года назад

Interview Hot Sause, AO, The Professor, Highrizer, Main Event, Sik Wit It, 1/2 Man 1/2 Amazing

@ArtSchoolParis 2 года назад

A real NYC HOOPS legend‼️

@sadieg3264 2 года назад

I watched him play at the Rucker in 95. That game was AMAZING. Ricky Parker was playing and Brian McKnight (who was shooting 3's all day). It was awesome. Skip was breaking ankles the whole game.

@bruhman909 2 года назад

I was happy when the nba finally gave him a chance

@TheLt900 2 года назад

Hearing more oohs than seeing skip to my Lou move at the Rucker --lloyd banks

@keithminnich4017 2 года назад

God damn I'm pumped for this interview. Rafer was a hero of mine as a kid. Skip To My Lou!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@SimusSays..... 2 года назад

I was so happy when the Ruker Park legend came to FRESNO STATE. Man them games were everything for us!! From South Side Queens to Fresno, Ca to the NBA!! Such a legend!!!! (Won me alot of money too....ALOT!!!)

@bigstone1293 2 года назад

Too bad Alimoe turned down Fresno State. That would've been a crazy backcourt.

@cmoneyno5 2 года назад

@@bigstone1293 That Fresno State team was the biggest underachieving college team I've seen in my life... The entire starting 5 was legit NBA talent... NBA talent on their bench....

@GLang90 2 года назад

My favorite player… can’t lie this one caught me by surprise. I appreciate this ✊🏾

@williest1 2 года назад

Immediately one of vlad's top 10 interviews! Mad props for this one

@unclericky5850 2 года назад

Anybody remember AND 1 mixtapes in the late 90s early 2000s?

@mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412 2 года назад

Who doesnt? Wasnt that long ago.

@unclericky5850 2 года назад

@@mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412 them mixtapes came out in 1998….some of thes mf wasn’t even born yet.

@mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412 2 года назад

@@unclericky5850 yeah that's true. Shit my son wasnt born til 2000. It still feels like yesterday for me. 🤗 great comment uncle Ricky 💯

@rebel4792 2 года назад

Wot!!! Rip the black widow, that skip vs Alimoe mixtape was awesome.

@omgbreezy4707 2 года назад

Street Ball legend and one of the first questions Vlad ask is “How was it growing up in the crack era” like someone going to have a positive story or any different

@mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412 2 года назад

Vlad said "fuck you". Dont get mad at me. 🤣

@gc4479 2 года назад

He's wack as fu*k‼️

@cashgordon3598 2 года назад

That wasn't even the first question lol 🤦🏾‍♂️

@joejoe-on9fg 2 года назад

He didn't ask him that. Skip to .47 seconds in and he ask "what was it like growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens?" And Rafer answers with "it was the height of the crack era". Please learn comprehension!!!

@omgbreezy4707 2 года назад

@@joejoe-on9fg Sheesh Joe Joe is was a Joeke. How was the crack era for you tho?

@tylers6611 2 года назад

I remember when he slapped the back of Eddie house head lmao

@QthAgR8 2 года назад

😀😀

@davisworld5078 2 года назад

Lmfao I was looking for someone to bring this up before I made the comment lmao I knew I couldn’t have been the only one to remember this iconic moment. Lol

@akaspon1 2 года назад

Finally! Skip was my guy since the first And 1 mix (VHS!) tape! Influenced my game as a kid. Then years later as a coach, went on to meet him in Houston when he played for the Rockets and then he coached and still lives here. Definitely a bball legend and this was due!

@Discipleofyeshuahamaschiach 2 года назад

Much love to all the Alston’s!!! We deep as hell!!! Every city in America!!!

@retiredtidepodeater3339 2 года назад

Unexpected but much appreciated guest!! Vlad is leveling up in 2021!

@desmondhoward6253 2 года назад

Legend balled on the blacktop an hardwood we need hot sizzle on here next

@bradkennedy8350 2 года назад

One of the best point guards I've ever seen and never gets his props

@tannerboy34 2 года назад

For a second I thought he was Shotti

@chadjones6313 2 года назад

Damn now that u say that he does look like shotti

@qmoorman 2 года назад

True legend, can't wait for all of this interview to unfold

@abm_mik6945 2 года назад

Skip is 1 of the most emotionally aware & conscious

@Poppa_Reed 2 года назад

Ok Vlad. You get some points for this one. Already!

@unclericky5850 2 года назад

Skip to my Lou! AND 1 streetball LEGEND!

@sheeeeeeesh54 2 года назад

You a real one for this Vlad.

@JettVues 2 года назад

The interview we All been waiting for

@Tero92 2 года назад

Of fuk yes! My favorite player as a child. This was a great surprise Vlad!

@StockTalkDavid 2 года назад

aight GLAD, you stepping it up with the interviews lately. I can't front. Saw Skip a few years ago in New Orleans coaching his son AAU team.

@dutchgilmore3567 2 года назад

Trust me the hardest thing about growing up with a single parents is going to school and teachers asking why your parents can’t make a trip? or just going to games being the best on the team but no support in the crowd cause moms gotta work. Next thing you know streets calling your name 🤷🏾‍♂️

@mrtravismarley 2 года назад

💯

@drehicks505 2 года назад

Aye… finally somebody I know on Vlad!! I miss the And1 mix tape days, shit was dope AF!!

@Unk.214 2 года назад

Damn this a good left field interview vlad know how demographic well ..bringing back our childhood nigga stayed playing that and 1 mixtape

@ttke39 2 года назад

I felt him when he said he was one of the best basketball player on the team and no family there to support him been in that position

@knowledgesuncere7786 2 года назад

I felt that

@NOCDIB 2 года назад

The richest baller to come out of And1. The greatest streetball legend as far as I'm concerned.

@victorsmith4537 2 года назад

Those AND 1 tapes was like gold!

@aaronsmith2310 2 года назад

I love Skip. He was Dope.

@zzinkk 2 года назад

Every time I hear "Jamaica Queens", I think about the song "The Bristol Hotel" (♥️Old school HipHop🎤)

@HustlevilleNews 2 года назад

Great interview by far the best

@hollywoodpeezie1 2 года назад

This interview is dope got to go back to see if I can find some of those old and1 clips

@313chizz4 2 года назад

I love this interview already, 5 mins in

@Damien.Parker 2 года назад

Absolute legend man. Those And 1 tapes changed my life for real

@dammitdannie215 2 года назад

Wow! This is golden fam. And 1 was everything to us coming up. One of my good friends use to be out there with them in King of Prussia, PA training and because of him I got to wear some fire kicks that never even got released.

@lagbaja3735 2 года назад

I pressed LIKE and I started watching. Legendary guy right here!

@kevinahn8640 2 года назад

Mannn I remember when he played for the raps and when he made the cover of slam, legend, period

@cp205cte 2 года назад

This is a great interview! Skip to my Lou

@jjohnson3203 2 года назад

Talks like a Queens cat. Same cadence and tone as Kenny "the Jet" Smith

@blakerussell228 2 года назад

Hell yeah I def hear it you not lying 🤣 😂

@michaelcarter2537 2 года назад

100

@markosclark 2 года назад

I’m not a New Yorker. So I don’t think i ever would’ve heard it if you didn’t point it out. But now that i know. It’s all i can hear!

@oceancycloneblue5356 2 года назад

Perfect example that you dont have to be what others around you are, he knew he had to make a choice of what kind of man he wanted to be and he adjusted to the world he was given. He could of easily blamed his surroundings n gave in but he didnt, he worked hard and avoided the pitfalls all around him.

@ikewilson4500 2 года назад

At the same time don't blame his peers around him that failed..

@Maurice_773 2 года назад

One of my favorite street ballers/legends and my favorite point guard in the league at the time

@newhaven22 2 года назад

Didn’t know I needed this interview but I did

@vontelildude 2 года назад

Skip🙌🏾🙌🏾 man AND1 made a big impact on my life back then. Chicago was lit every time they came here💯💪🏾 AND1 definitely brought the community together.

@AntonioRocha-em9os 2 года назад

Huge interview

@RiseoftheChampions 2 года назад

I remember watching the And 1 vhs tape with skip to my lou on it in. He real life started that tour. Straight 🔥

@forgivemeifidontshakehands1650 2 года назад

It hit home when he was talking about parents not being at games. I'm about to be 40 & my mom seen me play maybe three times. It's crazy how not having a lot growing up is just a footnote to something like parents not being at games...

@TheSstretch68 2 года назад

DAMNNNNN VLAD, it’s like that? You on your basketball ish for real FOR REAL. You interviewing a BASKETBALL LEGEND here.

@SlickNickFBT 2 года назад

Good to see Skip make it and provide for his Family 💪👍👍👍

@5LeafClover12 2 года назад

One of my favorite players to watch when I was younger

@matthewmcgahey3852 2 года назад

The greatest streetballer to ever live. This might be your best interview yet!

@jrminor2408 2 года назад

This a good 1 glad

@cedricfontenette9187 2 года назад

2 hr interview wit a first time guest.....I know this gone be 🔥

@Bl0cc83 2 года назад

Skip from my blocc 118/119th Sutphin Bullie shout to DOG who really kept him on his Ball Skills and off the streets of southside. Seen him play and practice his moves wayy before NBA and And1. To the masses he a legend to us he showed us you could be from the hood and make it!

@joseyeastwood 2 года назад

Certified streetball legend he went to Cardozo i went to John Adams High South Jamaica 149th Street Baisley Park and he is right we had to grow up fast but I wouldn't change a thing loved growing up there.

@Greyareas27 2 года назад

Straighten that out, Jeff. John Adams wasn't in S.Jamaica. You must mean you lived there.

@joseyeastwood 2 года назад

@@Greyareas27 no i don't that's my high school then i hit you where i lived Baisley everybody knows the high school was in Ozone Park Rockaway Blvd pay attention fam.

@Greyareas27 2 года назад

@@joseyeastwood The problem is the way you said it. Read it for yourself. What you said and what you meant are two different things. Anybody who doesn't live there would think Adams is in South Jamaica. Pay attention, fam.

@joseyeastwood 2 года назад

Fair enough now that i actually looked at how i wrote it one would be confused sorry dude.

@leseanwalston7916 2 года назад

Good one here Vlad💯💯

@krkbeats007 2 года назад

Shout out Vlad!!! Big up on this one ☝️

@Ghostkilla773 2 года назад

Remember him on the Rockets and being on the Magic when they made the Finals

@manaurecasilla9000 2 года назад

You know an interview’s gonna be good when Vlad starts with the crack era questions

@chishaun8466 2 года назад

I grew up on and 1 mixtapes this is legendary

@ryanaz2246 2 года назад

This will be dope he's well spoken af

@tryrainey1 2 года назад

Vlad has some of the best interviews hands down.

@slickonehundred6947 2 года назад

Legend. Changed the street ball life in the 90's. Broke barriers💯

@cokewave2903 2 года назад

LEGEND BEYOND MEASURES 👑🍾🍾✔💯

@Dwight_Chayer 2 года назад

I look at my son all the time and think, I couldn't imagine him doing what I was doing at his age!!!!

@phillygil3422 2 года назад

My guy Skip! Fellow NYer, followed his career from the streets, to And1, & then the NBA. Super nice cat

@getmomoney90 2 года назад

Skip to my Lou interview already 🔥 🔥 🔥

@lamarlusktoo9249 2 года назад

Absolute Legend!

@essj3334 2 года назад

Im so glad I grew up watching Skip to my Lou and the And1 Mixtape team. Thumbs up if you grew up in my era.

@majhislife 2 года назад

and 1 was the shit. wish it never stop

@studlifetv794 2 года назад

Dude is so damn smart and interesting to listen too. Love Skip.

@ShahLeezy 2 года назад

Always loved watching Skip play ball from And1 to the NBA.

@JohanLWill7_ 2 года назад

Stan Van Gundy lost that finals against the Lakers when he decided to put Jameer Nelson back in the starting line up after Skip had them boys in sync

@alexthompson1592 2 года назад

💯 I think skip would have won it.

@sle3pyc17ytv 2 года назад

FACTS

@thagreatone3139 2 года назад

Maaaaaannnn we talk about it every week, I think they would've beat the Lakers if they let skip loose, and Kobe is my goat

@JohanLWill7_ 2 года назад

@@thagreatone3139 it changed the whole series bro

@thagreatone3139 2 года назад

@@JohanLWill7_ yep

@lifeofdre707 2 года назад

I will never forget that slap to Eddie house made his headband spin around 😆😆😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@TheExclusiveOne720 2 года назад

That slap was a: N**GA, I'M SICK OF YO SHIT" 🤣🤣🤣

@chris2tipsy 2 года назад

Shout out to and 1 mixtape and the Miami heat...damn I wish I could go back!!😂😂

@maineventcertifiedlegend 2 года назад

Dope interview Skip

@youngdontomm770 2 года назад

He legend.....one of my childhood idols nd he got a ring maybe 2

@Wade404 2 года назад

When he slapped Eddie House 😂😂

@MikeTurnerJr 2 года назад

Ayeee Good Shit!!! Gotta get Hot Sauce Next!!

@livebreatheeatfitnessco.4146 2 года назад

I used to put him in the starting lineup on 2k when he played for Rockets 💪🏾

@user-js7mo3wy4z 2 года назад

NY Streetball legend fr 💯

@quaniquaepps-brown6003 2 года назад

Oh snap….man I haven’t seen him in years