Ayyyye I am the son of the black chef who got that rock thrown through his window. I went on to win third and first place for the Ramona gardens projects in a spelling bee with ALL LA projects, and I am now in school for social work. I graduate in one year. I’ll always be thankful for my experiences in east LA.
I grew up near Charlotte and Soto. I avoided the lure of stupidity and temptation. I went onto graduate for Cal State Registered Nursing. Now I'm saving lives and making a difference in my community.
I was a lucky Asian kid in my neighborhood. Blacks and Mexicans would actually escort me back home at night since it was dangerous. Frequent shootings and helicopters were the norm where I grew up.
At Ramona Gardens we had a few Asian Families and from India as well but they were always minding their business I'm sure that is why we watched over them too.
I remember growing up in the Ramona Gardens in the 90s. It was bad. I used to have a Afro American friend back in Elementary. One day at elementary school, he was in tears that he was moving out of the projects due to the fire bomb. I used to live on Crusado Ln for 2 years and Lancaster for 3 years. Just watching this video got me flashbacks. Most of my project life is good. But the neighborhood gang was bad. I’m glad mom raised me right or I could’ve been somewhere worse in my life.
Yep......mothers have to keep you busy. Lots of hobbys.....lots of school, sports, bowling leagues on the weekends......maybe even some piano lessons or some $hit. Me and a friend of mine who grew up in stop 6......we bowled, played sports and we rode dirtbikes outside of school. I also spent alot of time learning to play guitar, sax, learned how to read sheet music, drums.....a bit of piano. Thats how our mothers kept us busy......and it worked. Well for a little while anyway......for me. My problem was once I became an adult I started living it up......lived it up a bit too much. Suprised I'm still here though. Died twice from ODs, got shot once and stabbed on 3 seperate occasions......1 of which was 7 times. I made it though. I'm still alive and now I just try to live it down a little......or alot.
As a Chicano I do acknowledge and accept that a lot of my people can be racist. I tend to call it out when I see it happen. To be fair though, the “Wash Me!” on dirty cars happens to everyone that has a dirty car. It’s a Mexican prank that will certainly get pulled on you if your car is that dirty 😂
Yeah I didn’t take the wash me thing as inherently racial especially if they were just doin it to dirty cars but all the racial slurs and firebombin shit was hella outta pocket
The reason La Emme (Mex Maafia) lashed out for the release of "American Me" is because it depicts the origin story of Mex Mafia based on real people, and the main character was based on a founding member. And in the movie they show him young gang member in juvee and is raped in a scene causing him to turn the tables on the rapist and kills him resulting in his continuation of being locked up due to being charged with (1st) murder and now is incardinated from juvey till 18 then goes straight to prison. for aa significant time.(resulting in MM formation eventually) The issue is in MM no members can be homosexual in any manner especially being raped. So MM mad that in real life this never happened and it is disrespectful to their code of conduct, not to mention being portrayed in an national big time movie. They pressured and tried intimidating movie company after failing to get it's creator Edward James Olmos to agree to remove/change the scene. This scene which Mr.Almos' made the decision to keep in (even after harsh warnings & threats by the gang) was what some say, caused (in consequence of this creative decision) the deaths of all the people (that had worked on the film). There is more detailed stories online possibly RU-vid as well, about this specific part of the story. (If I am incorrect please feel free to add or let me know TY / @HOOD WAR STORIES -Great stories BTW Good Job ! )
You can’t blame em, that is disrespectful. Hollywood has disrespected Mexicans since the beginning. Another reason why I don’t really care to watch much movies anymore
They’re also responsible for a very violent and heinous crime that took place three years ago in 2019 in Sunland, Ca. Three men hazard gang members with two female hazard gang accomplice’s cornered a pregnant elementary school teacher while she was turning unto her street to go home. They proceeded to open her door and car jack her. They stabbed her repeatedly even though she was screaming and begging for her unborn child. They ignored her pleas and instead they all laughed and as the one pos gangster was stabbing her repeatedly was laughing and saying die b*tch over and over again. That sweet lady lives right around the corner were I used to live. Thank God she survived and gave birth to a healthy child.
I think the member who stabbed the pregnant woman is going to have problems because of the fact of the baby being a victim as well. That will not sit well with any active general population Hispanic gang. Especially in prison
Back in 2004, some girl told me to pick her up at her place in Ramona Gardens. I don't know if I was in danger, but I left the car running just in case.
That’s not accurate at all… 🤦🏽♂️ this movie was targeted by the mafia because of the scene portraying the character of Cheyenne cadena getting raped and that never happened in real life, among other offenses committed by ex members who were hired by olmos as technical advisors… come on bro we have the internet for this exact reason, if you don’t know something look it up… 🤦🏽♂️
@@CGoldmill-dz4gk I know the whole story. Dude, I had a J number. I’ve been doing time in California since the 90’s. I’m glad you enjoyed your RU-vid education though, Holmes. 🤙🏻
Yeah I used to be cruel,careless and destructive in my local community,what a fool I was.I had to learn the hard way Multiple prison terms,and life altering injuries fighting.Nowdays I agree it's such a waste of young people with all the potential in the world in front of themselves but will throw away their youth doing things I now see as selfish,stupid and self destructive
Man watching this makes me thankful that I grew up in an area of the United States that I was able to have friends of all races without having to worry about some asshole trying to kill any of us for the color of our skin. It's nice being able to have enough land to enjoy it by planting a garden, hunting fishing, and providing for my family. I've lived in several cities but there's nothing like living in the peaceful,quite countryside where you can listen to packs of Coyotes at night. There's nothing like sitting on the porch listening to the birds sing and the sounds of the forest at night. It's calming and peaceful. I feel for anyone living in those gang invested areas.
Having grown up in Boyle Heights and being familiar with the surrounding area, I never went into Hazard. Everyone knew everyone there, so if they didn't recognize you, you were gonna get hit up. Lancaster is the main point of entrance. The way I saw it, there was one way in, and one way out. Nah, I'm good.
One thing I'll be Real about I'm from West Side CLANTON I moved to Hazard's neighborhood in 1997 I was barely married and about to have my first kid and they treated me with dignity and respect and actually I have a older homegirl that her brothers are from Hazard and they were very respectful and I got respect for Hazard. We've always been good relations with big Hazard. And I lived on Tremont right at Lancaster. The last thing I want to say is how many true neighborhoods have their own projects flats Aliso village they share there's. In Hazard projects it's just Ramona Gardens Hazard and that's it.
I’m Mexican and I don’t respect any type of racism that isn’t provoke. Now we all talk shit here and there, but that far different from trying to hurt people for no reason.
Sad dude imagine ruining your family life over bs in sure all this kids parents worked super hard to have a home and food on the table. These little pricks force their own to move and live in even worse situations.
@@mrkilo-g8794Military members are fighting for their countries. Not 3-4 blocks of property that none of them owned. Gang members brought down property values and made their families targets.... real losers.
Going to school in the early 2000s from city terrace to wilson hs the dash or mta wouldn't go inside the pjs. It was scary going through there especially when u see atleast 20 gangster hanging out.
We need to get a Clantone St video as well. Only gang to be able to use the 14 without getting pressed. Not a GangBanger myself but as a History lover, I love hearing the History of Los Angeles whether good or bad.
Clanton used to be the name of a street where the hood started. Because of how active and the city thinking they'd solve the gang problem by changing the name to 14th st would help, it obviously didn't. They embraced the change. Therefore Clanton 14th st. Nothing to do with being a Norteño
I`ll be walking home from the Variety Boys Club on Cincinnati St. and more than once I ran for my life down Brooklyn, well know Cesar Chavez Avenue because it was brutal during the late 70s and early 80s.
Growing up in the 70's, and born in Los Angel and living in some pretty bad Ghettos; el sereno was one of the worst! those beast were hell to be among! going to local jr. high school, el sereno jr.high, was like going to a gladiator stadium! not sure if i was going to make it back home or not! needless to say was time to leave that living hell!
I love your research in this story. You have allot of accurate information up to the T with names. One thing I did want to say for the record. It was honestly not just about being black. The reason I know this is because my step dad was black, we lived in the heart of BH right next door to ground zero. This was back at the start of 1988 till his passing in 2008. Never did we have an issue because he was a good man that kept to himself. Something to know about BH is that if you don't bring your gangs or start claiming hoods outside of BH, regardless if your skin color...no one cares. But the moment you do you are now representing the rest of your skin tone. That's as much as I can say because I can't share the "behind the scenes" details. But yes, for the record, it wasn't because the families were black.
i ain’t from LA but jus kno it ain’t all mexicans on that racist shi. lotta that shi stems from gang beef. the racist cholos look stupid when they on that typa shi cuz they all like bumping oldies and rap but racist? man u don’t know how that makes the rest of us look dumb
Bro I'm coming to LA june 14-19 and I was wondering if you would wanna do a collab about East LA to show the positives of these hoods and the positives of the Chicano movement..Regardless thanks for all these amazing videos I'm learning a lot
As a Hispanic Black man I've experienced racism by my own Raza just because I'm not full Mexican. My sister and I used to get called the "N" word and the Mexican slang word for blacks because we were darker and our hair was curlier. Growing up on the Mexican side of town I always had to fight just because I'm mixed so I was always taunted and picked on even in school. I'm proud of my Cuban, African, and, Italian roots I inherited from my Dad but ashamed of my Mexican side because of everything I went through growing up by them. To this day I still don't have Mexican friends even though most my family is Mexican since my mom's side is Mexican. I've always been the biggest and tallest besides my brother and sister on my moms side of the family so we always knew we was different. I'm proud of my African roots and even in prison the only people who accepted me were my brothers cause even the Mexicans there knew I was mixed and would ask what my race was. Black is beautiful but we all the same inside. It's sad to see how so many Mexicans from here are so racist against blacks. Where I'm from we were always out numbered but we were never outsized.
I'm just gona add this. I grew up in Hawthorne and blacks were racist to Mexicans quite often . So I guess it just depends what part of LA you grow up in. If it's not blacks on Mexicans or Mexicans on blacks it's police on everyone
I went through the same Homie. I'm African American, Cuban, Mexican, & Native American. I speak Fluent Spanish 100% Puro!! But always hated by Eses & Paisas because I'm too dark skinned!! I've been called Mayate so many times it's not funny!! I'm a Piru (so I got more accepted by Blacks & Mixed Blacks than Mexicans. My Grandmother on my Dad Side is from Culican,Sinaloa so I have Mexican Family down there, but it's all racial when you from Compton & Carson it's always been Black vs Brown it's sad!! Uno Amor ✊🏾✊🏼🇺🇸🇲🇽
I’m Dominican used to live out there on Marengo and Tremont with my ex who was chicana and her family.Its crazy Dog to see how much history gang and non gang related there is BH I really fuck with that side of town a lot respect to those cats out there.
Varrio Hazard ain't no joke I seen there hood off the 10 Fwy in East LA not to far from Primera Flats and all over there is 99% Mexicans. They ride hard for the Dodgers & Raiders and there Sur 13 🖤🏈💙⚾️😎🇲🇽
Thousand Stand12 them VNE boys had some clackers. I remember I met this cat called Caps from there. He had a small Nike swoosh tatted above his ear. " Just do it"
@@unknownsource4359 In the movie "Blvd Nights" the gang Chuco belongs to is called VGV (Varrio Grande Vista). Grande Vista street is one of the main streets going in and out of the Estrada Courts housing projects. Estrada is the E in VNE (Varrio Nuevo Estrada).
Even though Mexicans are racist I used to love their LA street culture back in the day. Dress codes, mannerisms, graffiti, lowriding, tattoos, language, slang and etc. Till this day I own two pair of Nike Cortez's.
@@johndavis9321 but east coast Crips were commiting hate crimes and racially motivated murders against Hispanics in Florence don't sit here acting like black gangs ain't commiting hate crimes
@@daedaealmiighty8183 that’s fair I’m not gonna sit here and act like the black gangs in LA don’t b on a lot of the same bullshit the Mexican gangs be on the Mexican gangs especially the ones in north east and east when the black populations are much lower seem to push that racial shit a lot harder than the black gangs do in the past anyway I have heard race relations have improved a bit
They were both legends from my housing projects. I grew up with both of these men. They were both familia. Unless you were born and raised in my projects and were related to someone then you have no idea what you're talking about. God bless.
@@ashleegarcia3798 Wassup hometeam. ACHES UP. Thank you for the warm response. I appreciate it. My jefa grew up with CB, Robert and Rocky. I'm from the projects. That's right Ashlee rep up. There's nothing wrong with reppin where we come from. Vanegas Ln.
I hung out with some guys from Hazard back in the late 80s and would visit them sometimes. I am shocked to see some of them in this video. Lucky for me I was not affiliated with any clique and never disrespected any of them. Reason they were always cool.
I Remember these guys when I use to stay out by City Terrace. There was always Clash between alot of the gangs out there n shots busting out in the evenings.
Hell nah bro the homie Mousey From Latin Kings Smashed on a whopper n left him with 21 stitches in his face lmao he snitched n got less time🤦🏻♂️😂 seen him later on n I let everyone kno he was a ratK
My uncle use to talk about them , Hazards , White Fence , Playboys , Florencia , Rude Boys , Venice , Bounty Hunter Crips , Avenues and grape street watts he is from Wieghand Colonia Watts Young Gents use to tell me all These crazy stories of them going at it I would be amazed as a kid growing up
@Soldier of Jehovah it happened in 2014 bruh hazard Florencia 18st Longos all still target black people don’t even get me started on the Far East side or Torrance
These cats have had a chapter in Centralia WA for at least 30 years. I have friends who were directly involved with them right out of high-school. Between there clique and the gangs that came about due to there presence has forever changed that small town forever. I had friends who counted themselves as members and also friends in there biggest rivals clique as well. Most of my friends are dead or in prison now.
@@skippyboy88 my thoughts exactly when they came to town. Most of the guys they beefed with started a rival gang called the "losers" and started tagging over there big hazard tags with losers and that made them think that they were being called losers and the fight is still going on today.
Do one on Maravilla most fearless gang in East LA the hood went again the Mexican Mafia and turned the colors green for Maravilla green light gang vs Everybody.
😂tf u talm bout Latino gangs beef with each other as blacks do too both end up killing innocent people in the process sad but 🤷🏽♂️das how shit goes sumtimes
@@dennislizarraga7574 she lives there for years like 40 years or more , her house was the 2 story on the left with da garage under it right at da corner , I wanna say it was white n it had a house behind it
@@dennislizarraga7574 my great grandpa owned a video store Ina hood called don juans video store if I’m not mistaken my dad used to talk bout it all da time
frightening and very real.......after the release of the movie it was green light on Edward James Olmos and I think everyone involved with the making of the movie.
They should have transferred all the residents out of that housing to set a tone. They should have condemned those projects. Growing up, starting in middle school, I didn’t get along with the Hispanics. We would fight daily. However, when I met my wife, although she looks Dominican, her mother is black and her father is Mexican, from Guadalajara. They showed me that we could get along, and love each other. We’ve been married 23 years with 4x kids. They embrace/love the Latino side of their multicultural family. My wife’s brother is married to an Italian women, her other sister is married to a Puerto Rican man, and her other sister is married to a Caucasian man. Our family looks like the United Nations. I realize we probably will not get along as long as those whom want to eradicate us both still exist. But just respect each other’s hustle and don’t turn it racial when you have a dispute.
Idk man lol The current racial tensions are because the young black and brown youth are circling race issues higher than ever before It’s getting outta hand
My great grandma lived a acrossed da street from when dat woman got murder for dat movie , my great grandma remembered the night she got shot. She heard da shots
So he’s assaulting a officer who’s doing his job and Because he doesn’t stop assaulting the officer he’s then shot and killed I’m guessing they thought the other officer was supposed to watch his kill his partner play stupid games win stupid prizes
I'm not from BH or associate with anyone from there but I have a lot of respect for that neighborhood. It's a varrio rich in the Chicano gang culture. You can't think of east L.A. gangs or any gang for that matter without thinking of Big Hazard as well as a few others.
@@Im_telling_on_your_asses pony boy messed up and showed weakness when he got in the car and was talking with Randy. He did it right in front if Two Bit that just stood there and watched. I guess that's how they do it in Oklahoma lol
@@chrish1297 I remember growing up in Eagle Rock in the early 80s and 90s around a lot of Mexicans and Asians. I was one of the poor white families sprinkled into that neighborhood. The best memories I've ever had was running around this hills, streets, and alleys with no shirt and no shoes and some change in my pocket to hit the candy store and the public pool.
Is LA really this racially motivated? I live down here by sac so idk shit about up there. Shits poppin but fuhh I’m Mexican and I fuck with my black ppl y’all honestly some of the funniest ppl I ever met. Be roasting tf outta one another 💀💀💀
@Soldier of Jehovah Shit that’s a lie, Every Hispanic in So Cal talk like blacks and call each other nigga today !!!! Now the older generation was for sure on they own tip..
Oh yes that's where my mother was living there when it was brand new Ramona Gardens 1940s and Boyle Heights but she never got into that gang culture and she did not like that and she beat up one gang banger try to steal her father's car. Years later she would drive by there so she can reminisce about her past she went to Roosevelt High School where she met my father and they got married and they had seven children I miss my mom she passed away last year she was 95 I wanted to take her back to her high school but she got dementia.
Couple years into my 18-year sentence big hazard took me under his wing I still remember the published poetry book you wrote with you sitting on the steps right there in big ass for everybody to see some good years with my brother
