Shout-out to Father G from Homeboy industries. I remember his spills at church in Los padrinos juvenile Hall. He actually went to court for me when I got sent to Y.A. Bless that man, Father Greg helped out so many young men and women from the communities.
When my brother was killed, Father G came over our pad and then had a prayer with my jefita, along with everyone else that came over to support us at this point in time... May The Lord bless Father G and everyone else that came through this day...
I lived across from his church and the bakery in the 80, early 90s father Gregory is a legend and well respected! He really fought for the Barrios near by
The amount of research that goes into each video is Astounding. It's almost like the author of this channel knows each gang personally. For someone who does not know the gang life (me), None of this Ever makes any sense but, the stories are Fascinating !
I grew up in this hood but my mom was here from the 70’s to this day & the amount of traumatic stories my moms tells me about is insane. A lot of my family are traumatized & deal with a lot of mental health issues from living in this area for a long time. My grandpa, REST IN PEACE BUDDHA CxF was killed in the middle of the Pico Gardens projects. I have family from every hood in Boyle Heights. They’re stories are insane. Some of the realest people I know. Blessed to be brought up here and now I just want to give back to the youth here because they still glorify this gang culture. It’s a never ending battle we still fighting to this day
Sorry for what happened to your family bro that’s fkd up. I definitely can say that the area has had a profoundly negative experience on my life as a whole. I lived all over LA through out my 30 years of being alive but the period of time that I stayed in this part of Boyle Heights was the most traumatic & dark. That was most i had ever been around that level of violence. I know it’s gotten a little better now but still
Yes..i can only imagine the things that happen there..some ppl have NO clue of how intense things can get there...lets not forget about the things the public doesnt hear about
This channel tells real raw stories that only some will truly understand. It’s the life we lived. Thanks for sharing your channel. Great work bro! I 🫡 salute you!
I work in LA from downtown south to san pedro and 110 freeway west to LAX...Ive been thru all the territories you've covered in all your videos....interseting to know the back stories of the gangs....great content my man.
@@NelsonTexas1 a lot on the eastside/boyle heights area, NELA. Real estate hard to come by so they are buying lower income areas and building a bunch of apt's with business on the ground floor, also by SOFI stadium what used to be pretty hood and not that great to live is expensive now and new development.
You definitely do the best of all these hood channels. You have a solid voice for this type of content and keep a purposeful narrative flowing. Good job!
I love the pics I use to go to Utah Street back in the 70s and 80s. I had some of them guys in my class. I aimed for Penn State and others aimed for State Penn. I did not get into either.
I remember when I used to go to the Greyhound Bus Station in Downtown L.A. with my cousin Billy to play the pinball machines there. He lived in East Los Angeles we would have to run in certain areas because he was in a gang, and we had to go to different locations to catch the bus. I was not and I was 14 at the time. ELA had many rival gangs in the 70's. It was crazy then.
Newbie from Baltimore, MD!! I would love to see updated prison I.D.’s on the ones who are serving time!!! Cali seems to sentence many of the guys to 49-life!! Thanks for your diligence giving an insight on the wars in Cali❤
@@Northampton.12 I know someone who is a 6 time felon in california, most of his charges are gang related, but somehow, he only gets sentence to about 2 -4 years for each offense. Not sure how.
1st ECC was the last black gang in the ELA area. It wasn't ELA proper, it's Boyle Heights, but still the ELA area. As far as I know, there's never been a black gang in ELA proper
It sounds unreal but it is all so REAL. I was born and raised in Pomona, CA. Most of my classmates and some of my friends were gang affiliated. I lived off mission in P12 territory and then across the street from Cherryville park and even made friends with many members, however, I never experience any direct violence or animosity. Oddly enough I felt protected whenever I was with my friends. I was caught in so many drive-bys while running errands for our mom that (I am 44 now), I do not know how I made it out alive and not in a gang. On many a hang out, there were times I was around all type of guns, drugs and violence but it was the norm, scary but the norm. Thinking back- even though they were all in a bad way-my friends-they always encouraged me to make my way out of there and I did. They were very protective. Growing up there prepared me for anything the world threw at me.
My grandfather was from flats but then it was called premara iron flats in the 1950's i think i they were on 1st street but the housing projects got torn down. So they moved
California breeds a different type of men. I have also noticed many African Americans posting in pictures with Mexican gangs, you should do a whole video of black members in Mexican gangs.
They won’t do that, if that was done, people would realize the truth and feel stupid for how long they got played on a much bigger level than people realize.
My uncles use to chill hard with the 18th street in the 80s u had black and a few white members but not Carter put an end to that but the hood suppose to be anyone that grew up in the same area so it shouldn't matter who joins it's use to be a brotherhood
The Mob Crew gang was supposed to get into Primers Flats. When we were growing up Primers Flats was low, so TMC started their own gang in 1984. TMC only Last Mohicans left. La Primers Lives!
You have some real information about the projects, I grew up in Aliso Village man, the projects was a real war zone with shootings practically daily till the projects were demolished around 1998-1999...
I still remember that 8 year old child that got shot in Trinity Park, shortly after that is when the green gates that surround the park today were built.
We need to help our youth. I hate gangs. Most of my friends couldn’t go anywhere outside their hood and now most are dead or locked up. Including ones you’ve mentioned and shown in your videos
I was born in LA, My Dad was getting into these gangs and selling PCP for them. Our freezer was full of PCP, My parents got robbed and couldn't pay back the gangs so they moved.....Magically here I am. Glad I didn't go back to LA.
@@michaelmilton4829 I'm from LA and I was mainly raised in Texas and my mom and step dad don't know about the streets anymore because they raised me in a safer place all my life also my step dad is from TX. My Biological dad grew up in the streets in LA and things were different around his time he told me that all the different gangs are still active to this day mainly in the ghetto parts of LA at night.
@@user-nh6vu3qr7b No... They bussed like 30 of us to Paul Revere Jr. High in Pacific Palisades on some type of shit that they were trying out to see how us poor kids would be going to a rich kid's school. That shit didn't work out too well.
bro do u be pausing for the adds cuz every time u pause for a few seconds an add pops up perfectly and ends right before u start talking again. if its on purpose then good shit and its appreciated
First and mayers there was a print shop and I worked there and old timers used to say the people from the projects would fight and the stray bulllets would land on their cars regularly
Do one on the hoods from the WestLake/Echo Park Area CAR13 MLK13 ARC 13 Angeleno HTS 13 Echo Park 13 OBS 13 DIA 13 RWST 13 DIAMOND ST 13 HEAD HUNTERS 13 BIG TOP LOCOS 13 TEMPLE ST 13 WANDERERS 13 BONNIE BRAE 13 AZTLAN 13 CRAZYS 13 so much history on the west side...
19 year old name Vernon got killed up there.. shot in front of news cameras and all that after funeral.. it was someone who’s tended the funeral also it wasn’t a outsider shooting it up
???? It’s a real, decades old Hispanic gang from Compton… don’t understand why that’s funny??? Compton varrio tortilla flats 13… Chris blatchford of Fox News did that craxy story on chicky, woody, and midget who were literally children who were from tortilla flats, carrying guns and had their hood tattooed on them and they were legit not even hit puberty yet. They were seriously like between 8-11 years old probably ,woody and midget were blood brothers …. I heard current day chucky is dead , brothers woody and midget were both big into politics in the shu programs in prison.. not sure which brother .. but one of them got paralyzed by baby payaso from grape street watts in pelican bay shu…. (Baby Paya later commited suicide) and I’m not sure if the brother who was paralyzed , debriefed and went pc to an sny yard.. but ya.. ones paralyzed … and assuming he’s the on in pc, and one is still active…
Thos PJs were crazy AF! There was ELA DUKES, AL CAPONE, TMC, PRIMERA FLATS, RASCALS (RCS), East Coast Crips!! Crazy Cuatro Flats not too far away either
I had a few coworkers that were from TMC. They always said it was “The Magician Crew” since Chet started off as a breakdance crew.. Atleast that what they told me
When I kicked it with these cats we'd throw up signs not even realizing that what we were saying in American Sign Language was "carrot rest stop dog biscuits Jolt Cola buttplug"
Im black my family from froot town bpt. They share a hood with the LS13. I could have been from LS13 from all the ppl i knew and grew up with. I eve. Was asked by my own family was i a sureno lol. Its all about how you grow up and who you grow up with. They even nicknamed me chaparro even tho i was talk af
At 3:49 I see that mostly Mexican gang has Black members. When in prison who do those Black members hang with? Are they allowed to be Surenos in prison?
I lived most of my life on 24th and Maple Ave. The 80s were crazy. You had 18st back in that time as well as Washington Boys. It was crazy growing up back in the 80s in that area.
Man !!! This really makes me proud of the 1 street east coast crips stood solid through those wars .and my set don't even get along with east coast but y'all black and that feels good Salute
I'm proud the flats holding strong and owning parts of Compton being Hispanic makes me proud we controlling a lot of Hispanic gangs in Compton and Watts
"Corn Flakes" "Papas Fritas" "Gummy Bears" man hell naw!😂😂😂 L.A. gangs done got too creative with calling rival gangs food names word of mouth is that the Denver Lanes are the ones who started the calling rival gangs by foods back in the 80s then it became a trend the rest of the other gangs started to do it.
Yeah the Brims were the first black hood in Boyle Heights and Yeah Flats got along with the Brims my mom told me stories how they would kick it with the Brims
@@arcangelaguirre5281 we moved into Aliso at the tail end of that coast/brim beef. Both sides were dropping like flies! TMC was repping The Mexican Crips back then and all the other Mexican sets were letting them have it. Coming from the South Bronx it was crazy to us, back home everyone killed each other over chains, gear and money, here it was just colors.
@@GODWITHUS0712 💯 And a lot safer because of the structure. The homies police their own neighborhoods. In’LA just think about where you’re going before you leave the house every morning and dress accordingly; and stay out of bad areas when it gets dark. You should be alright! In NYC you couldn’t avoid it. Too damn crowded! You had more than double the population of Los Angelos and in an area that was half the size of LA. And I’m talking about New York City’s population from the 70’s verses LA’s population now. Put that into perspective. LA a huge city, has had over 50 years and is still at less than half the NYC population of the 70’s. Stick up crews, dope fiends, wise guys, homeless, pimps, hookers, drug dealers, cheese lines, mobsters, where EVERYWHERE in NYC in the 70s and 80’s. We thought we died and went to heaven flying in to LA, then you touch ground and realize they got rules/structure. But at least you know the rules there, NY was a giant free for all.
@@megustalamota4208 go and dig up the information , most do these varrios where a coalition of brown and black peeps watts is a prime example colonia and etc .
@@deexboy9333 No TF has had hoods sprung out of them PF 4F even White Fence in 1939.. Some TF dude even said Compton Chapo and Midget Loco once had a conversation on ig a while back and Midget said his grandpa was TF too
@@What-cs6jd they already messed up a few things in making of that movie but yes same gang...la primera flats east Los south central 24 street Pacoima flats and 4th street flats San diego Encinitas flats .. those r the ones I know.
