Michael Franzese Reacts to Gambino Mafia Forcing Raekwon to Change Album Title (Part 20)

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  • @floridaman7
    @floridaman7 Рік тому +467

    Vlad was in the computer lab playing Oregon trail intrigued by NWA.

  • @biggpanch
    @biggpanch Рік тому +271

    Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is a better title anyways

  • @Cultureking_23
    @Cultureking_23 Рік тому +146

    You hear how happy he was about the loud records connection. He gasped for air. 😂

  • @pasoldier9304
    @pasoldier9304 Рік тому +236

    It hit different when the Gambino family start calling.

    • @kidkiw
      @kidkiw Рік тому +47

      Do ya homework on the Gambino Family pressing you

    • @learsinamorrellik1655
      @learsinamorrellik1655 Рік тому

      @@kidkiw what do they do

    • @ronpl8473
      @ronpl8473 Рік тому +37

      @@learsinamorrellik1655 they prepare you some good lasagna and pasta, gelato, arancini.

    • @jukkapalmu412
      @jukkapalmu412 Рік тому +1

      @@kidkiw 😂😂

    • @jordancarlin9687
      @jordancarlin9687 Рік тому

      They don’t want the recognition . They are opposite of dumb loud biker gangs . They are forbidden to have tattoos which are identifiable marks

  • @blaxalpha_boxing
    @blaxalpha_boxing Рік тому +34

    “we can settle this like you got some class or we can get into some gangster sh*t,” - Goldie from ‘The Mack’ 1973 -

  • @SHEK110
    @SHEK110 Рік тому +86

    ‘They aint having that and if they’re having that, you know what they’re having’ 😂

  • @raventalks2776
    @raventalks2776 Рік тому +286

    Oh god! We will now have Vlad telling stories about being entangled in the mob now 😂

    • @captaincoon_
      @captaincoon_ Рік тому +13

      “We have another connection” 😭😭

    • @catdaddy2643
      @catdaddy2643 Рік тому +2

      Russian Mob.

    • @Ah_Yote
      @Ah_Yote Рік тому +11

      “Ya know I’m actually very very good friends with Sammy the bull”

    • @Melloman1995
      @Melloman1995 Рік тому

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Realtizzy100
      @Realtizzy100 Рік тому +2

      Y’all always find something to complain about

  • @EliteBlackSash
    @EliteBlackSash Рік тому +59

    Mafia was popular for the same reason Shaolin flicks were - it’s the structure and the strength. If only people keyed in on the principles of respect and family more than the strength or the money.

  • @r.d4577
    @r.d4577 Рік тому +88

    For alot of us who grew up in NYC during the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's that lived in certain neighborhoods like the Wu, that has a big Gambino/mafia presence on Staten Island. Just like my area of Brooklyn North, East NY/ Cypress Hill, Canarsie, Brownsville, Queens South neighborhoods of Ozone Park, Howard Beach, are literally right next door to each other. We lived next to the Italian American neighborhoods. Most of these hoods in Brooklyn were Italian neighborhoods first anyway. We went to school with these guys and their kids. It would not be hard to run with and have connections with these guys especially because of street shit, Hip Hop and the love some Italian Americans have for Hip Hop. Trust me there is a heavy influence on both sides.

    • @npc2k
      @npc2k Рік тому +9

      It was a ny thing and anyone from ny couldnt help be influenced by it from 70s-90s

    • @sammymobs3889
      @sammymobs3889 Рік тому +1

      And never left lol

    • @sammymobs3889
      @sammymobs3889 Рік тому

      Still idk why back then blacks wanted to act Italian

    • @thesupervisor3270
      @thesupervisor3270 Рік тому +1

      Makes perfect sense

    • @Rockoslab
      @Rockoslab Рік тому +3

      I cosign this statement from accross the conduit. Ozone Park⬆️. Atlantic ave, Jamaica ave, Liberty ave, Fulton street. 101st. Rockaway Blvd, Pitkin, Sutter, Linden, Franklin K Lane, John Adams. City Line and the hole too. ✌️

  • @mjov6655
    @mjov6655 Рік тому +33

    Michael thinking “what a stupid conversation.”

  • @Alivirgo8.24
    @Alivirgo8.24 Рік тому +75

    If somebody named Gambino calls u not to do something, U dont do it 😂

    • @godofthisshit
      @godofthisshit Рік тому +8

      @Olivirgo8.24 Not really, it’s just make no sense to fight over someone else name. Now if the Gambinos said all Wu revenue belongs to us, then there would’ve been a fight.

    • @citypopFM
      @citypopFM Рік тому

      @@godofthisshit It actually does make sense considering they will look to extort you for using their name against their wishes and otherwise paint a target on your back. Whether they would've actually done anything is another question but I have no doubt they would've sent some dudes to try and press Raekwon. These guys tried extorting Steven Seagal, after all lol.

    • @jerrybandz9164
      @jerrybandz9164 Рік тому +30

      Even childish gambino?

    • @godofthisshit
      @godofthisshit Рік тому +2

      @@jerrybandz9164 😂

    • @johnapplegate4020
      @johnapplegate4020 Рік тому +3

      @@jerrybandz9164 80s-90s gambino we’re strong.. Especially In NY. Childish Gmabini is from a city far away and the wise guys Rico cases started popping up..

  • @zroy9263
    @zroy9263 Рік тому +6

    I'm a middle-aged Haitian American man from Flatbush, Brooklyn, during the early 1970s thru the 1990s. I'm also a Mob historian as a result of being from the epicenter of gangsterism and the popularity of both Godfather films.
    Hollywood and the media helped romanticize and popularized Cosa Nostra.
    However, the reality in New York City is that there were all kinds of ethnicities involved in organized crime, such as the Jewish Mob, Irish, Black American, Chinese, Jamaicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Russians, etc.
    Organized crime was never exclusively an Italian outfit. However, they were the most organized and powerful. And they certainly were the most charismatic!
    Italian gangsters were also heavily influenced by Black American culture as well.
    Think about the jazz era, blues music, Doo-wop, soul, and later hip-hop. The mafia was involved in the music industry since the inception of record labels, night clubs, and jukeboxes, as well as radio stations.
    And of course, the talent, style, swagger, and brilliance of Black artists and musicians, had a lot to do with how Italian, Jewish, and Irish hoods carried themselves.
    And don't ever forget. There have ALWAYS been Black gangsters in the streets of all urban cities throughout the United States that worked alongside European American thugs and influenced their swagger as well!
    Research Black gangsters such as Samuel Christian, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Matthews, Caspar Holstein, Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, Frank Lucas, the Jones Brothers, Ted Roe, Jeremiah Shabazz, Chester Campbell, The Supreme Team, and Jeff Forte along with his army THE BLACK P STONE RANGERS.
    These cats were ruthless, organized, and cold-blooded true gangsters as well!

    • @gonk4793
      @gonk4793 Рік тому +1

      Didn’t know most of this. I’m more closely what would be a white suburban male but I’ve read about bumpy Johnson, a little on Frank Lucas and of course supreme team cuz of 50 cents beef. I became a little bit of a mob historian from Oliver Stones movie about the jfk assassination and other documentaries

  • @WillSmith-wb1wv
    @WillSmith-wb1wv Рік тому +133

    Can’t believe this guy is over 70 years old !!! His dad lived to be over 100!! Something good in those genes ❤

    • @MCaul21
      @MCaul21 Рік тому +4

      That's not his Biological father

    • @bulletmotorsports4714
      @bulletmotorsports4714 Рік тому +2

      It wasint his biological dad

    • @IH8Sprinkles
      @IH8Sprinkles Рік тому +1

      ​@@MCaul21 he looks more like Sonny than his brother

    • @tupacwallace3113
      @tupacwallace3113 Рік тому +2

      Sounds like you wanna 😮 him

    • @semyaza555
      @semyaza555 Рік тому +1

      He looks no older than 60. That’s crazy.

  • @xavierjames8085
    @xavierjames8085 Рік тому +31

    There’s so much that nobody has asked Michael , but vlad did a whole interview asking him the same shit

    • @happytrailsgaming
      @happytrailsgaming Рік тому +13

      Michael has told his full life story over 100,000 times on UA-cam 😂 BUT I’ve never heard this story

    • @xavierjames8085
      @xavierjames8085 Рік тому +3

      @@happytrailsgaming I’ve heard this story a 100 times but it’s not a Michael story’s that’s why you ain’t hear it , n I think Michael has tons of stories left ppl jus not asking the right questions in my opinion but I do feel you Lmaoo

    • @GreggSagge-lt6le
      @GreggSagge-lt6le 7 місяців тому

      ​@@xavierjames8085blow

  • @franklinmohlala955
    @franklinmohlala955 Рік тому +12

    Vlad legit tried to connect himself with the mob😂😂😂
    Stop it now Vladimir😂

    • @hiramclarke88
      @hiramclarke88 Рік тому +1

      Gladimir

    • @slide5039
      @slide5039 Рік тому

      He almost fainted when he found out they know the same people 😂😂😂

  • @bxnyc8298
    @bxnyc8298 Рік тому +9

    Vlad,you say some wild things bro, Bumpy Johnson,FrankLucas,Nicky Barnes,Guy Fisher,Stanley Williams!!!all black gangsters

    • @raymonbristol9628
      @raymonbristol9628 Рік тому

      That become Gangsters due to Italian people and the Mafia committee. Goofball

  • @thoneybadger95
    @thoneybadger95 Рік тому +48

    Micheals face says I can’t believe this guy is older than me.

    • @Camme69
      @Camme69 Рік тому +5

      Michael is 72 years old

    • @thoneybadger95
      @thoneybadger95 Рік тому +8

      @@Camme69 Vlad is still older

    • @B-Reel420
      @B-Reel420 Рік тому +4

      @@thoneybadger95 Vlad is 49 lol

    • @B-Reel420
      @B-Reel420 Рік тому +15

      @@thoneybadger95 he was born in '73 not that he is 73 yrs old lawd help you lol

    • @nicab1990
      @nicab1990 Рік тому +2

      I think your meant to say I can’t believe this guy looks older than me 😅

  • @shilowaters6082
    @shilowaters6082 Рік тому +9

    I really like how the camera is focused on Michael and not back and forth with the interviewer..Michael is quite a handsome fellow!

  • @vonpoevii
    @vonpoevii Рік тому +120

    This one clip explains why so many labels push Black violence. Imagine the scene in Godfather, where they are talking about pushing drugs into the Black and Brown communities, but not allowing it in their own. Take that same scene, and apply it to violence that they are allowing to be spread in the music industry.

    • @SWOTHDRA
      @SWOTHDRA Рік тому +7

      I always hated that scene, and francis ford brokekola kept that racist shit in his movie

    • @chasenickles260
      @chasenickles260 Рік тому +4

      ​​​​@@SWOTHDRA why not leave it in, it was true to the core, the Italians didnt like or fuck with blacks.........it is what it is, which is another reason why hip hop in the 90s looked foolish when they went through that mafia era, emulating dudes who didnt mess with them.... from nas and the firm, to raekwon and his wu Gambino, to even hov early on with reasonable doubt album cover..... even B.I.G with junior mafia, however at least with big he emulated himself off a fictional mob boss that actually messed with blacks....frank white....
      They were a few other rappers who was on that mafia wave also that I cant remember

    • @stollinroned5090
      @stollinroned5090 Рік тому +50

      ​@@SWOTHDRA It's realistic.This was in the 40s if I remember correctly

    • @funkpill
      @funkpill Рік тому +2

      And yet, its called an "iconic" film.

    • @martinvanburen4578
      @martinvanburen4578 Рік тому

      it explains why Black culture loves Black violence, aggressive behavior and glorifies "thug" behavior. Black consumers don't like soft music and you don't see gospel music being bought by Black people. If it was outsiders, you would hear Black people push back against Gospel music being pushed. What you also see is Italians punking Black artists like Raekwon. He wanted use Italian names and they told him "no". Violence is loved by Black people, you can hear it in Black women who set the tone. They don't like nerds or guys who get good grades. You hear Black women wanting thugs.

  • @keyceandreas9254
    @keyceandreas9254 Рік тому +11

    Every community has their members who earned their living from the streets like Michael said. Irish gangsters, asian gangsters, black gangsters of course, Italian gangsters got to film first so of course the influence is heavy with them.

  • @deesee2051
    @deesee2051 Рік тому +50

    Vlad trying to get in the mob 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @anthonylawson3914
    @anthonylawson3914 Рік тому +12

    Gangster Disciples started in 1969. Sometimes Vlad needs to keep his opinion to himself.

    • @BossmanRR7
      @BossmanRR7 Рік тому

      I mean in his defense.. he is white and the biggest gangster since the 20s was the Mob. Movies and tv showed mobsters. Godfather came out 1971..

    • @TheMonstar1981
      @TheMonstar1981 Рік тому

      Did you not watch American gangster?

    • @BossmanRR7
      @BossmanRR7 Рік тому

      @@TheMonstar1981 😭bro that shit came out in 2007… we talking long before that bud

    • @TheMonstar1981
      @TheMonstar1981 Рік тому

      @@BossmanRR7 the movie came out in 2007 the actual events that the movie was based on happened in the 60s fool smh 🤦🏿‍♂️ you can’t be that slow cmon man

  • @malcolmxpanther
    @malcolmxpanther Рік тому +36

    I wonder what the Gambino family thinks of Childish Gambino

  • @rockyyoung8268
    @rockyyoung8268 Рік тому +6

    It’s wild cuz the Wu ended super cool with a lot of them Mafia cats

  • @busterhikney6936
    @busterhikney6936 Рік тому +11

    Steve Rifkind doesn't need editing out unwanted information, he does it himself!

  • @xennialsavants8226
    @xennialsavants8226 Рік тому +41

    I would tend to think NWA was thinking differently when they thought about the term "gangster".... I mean California already had a deeply entrenched gangster culture that wasn't that influenced by the mafia. But I'm not from Cali so I could be wrong

    • @NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot
      @NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot Рік тому +7

      Also it was ‘gangsta’ not ‘gangster’

    • @apraew20
      @apraew20 Рік тому +8

      There's Mexican Mafia on the west coast, not Italian.

    • @domosito4472
      @domosito4472 Рік тому +16

      Mafia is an Italian word it's the name of the gang from sicily, like Camorra is the name of the gang from Naples (in Italy) and Ndrangheta from Calabria (also Italy) so anytime you hear Mafia it's copied from Italians

    • @reyerik8240
      @reyerik8240 Рік тому +3

      They were calling themselves gangstas way before nwa theres literally a term called OG BG which means original and baby gangstas in the 70s early 80s but it is from italian gangster its derived from

    • @bigsmokemerseysideredynwa4198
      @bigsmokemerseysideredynwa4198 Рік тому +9

      So what was frank lucas/Nicky Barnes/Frank Matthews if black gangsters didnt exist until the late 80s? Vladimir need to stop brown nosing

  • @L.C1993
    @L.C1993 Рік тому +45

    Raekwon realised that the real heavyweights pulled the plug and they weren’t his average enemy that hustled nicks and dimes and accepted what they said.

    • @trigfizzle6876
      @trigfizzle6876 Рік тому

      Of course they're an average enemy. They are a bunch of old white guys who tell on eachother when they get caught. That's about as average as you can get with white folks.

    • @jumahbrady670
      @jumahbrady670 Рік тому +1

      Facts 💯

    • @sabot4ge
      @sabot4ge 8 місяців тому

      😂😂 rae probably would have gave them an interest in the album

    • @tripmcneely6519
      @tripmcneely6519 2 місяці тому

      You're mistaken because raekwon is mafia material but he ain't Italian, if he were he could've gunned his way up to the top, him and ghost face are on another level.

  • @christopherdejarnett2152
    @christopherdejarnett2152 Рік тому +25

    It's says another about the influence of European images that they wanted to name their album after some Italian criminals, as though they epitomized street players. It's quite sad, in my opinion.

    • @fairviewgreensmade
      @fairviewgreensmade Рік тому +13

      Very sad. Those same Gambino's would be quick to call their ass a n***er or mooly(however you spell it)

    • @semyaza555
      @semyaza555 Рік тому

      Nggas have lost the plot completely.

    • @wilsonfisk4741
      @wilsonfisk4741 Рік тому +4

      What your European images it's a street thing a society of oppressed people of honorable men a money power respect structure nothin to do with colonial influence nor the same people African Americans share last names with last time I checked black people don't have last name like Gotti or Genovese

    • @semyaza555
      @semyaza555 Рік тому

      Some of you guys need to start spell-checking before hitting the reply button.

  • @daviddelgado6411
    @daviddelgado6411 Рік тому +3

    The slight grin/smile on Franzese'a face when Vlad brought up "Wu-Gambinos."

  • @em3dtv
    @em3dtv Рік тому +4

    Guess Vlad never knew that black people were known as gangsters back in the 1920’s and 30’s… 😐

  • @goodjawn610
    @goodjawn610 Рік тому +46

    The word gangster is derived from the word gang.. gangster just meant the member of a criminal gang.

    • @ep_got_the_sauce
      @ep_got_the_sauce Рік тому

      Big negative, square.

    • @goodjawn610
      @goodjawn610 Рік тому

      @@ep_got_the_sauce thats the origin of the word dick head. 2 seconds on google is all you had to do.

    • @forgottenstreets
      @forgottenstreets Рік тому +1

      Some say that but the truth is a gangster is a member an organized crime group. Not just a gang member.

    • @Tuelz...
      @Tuelz... Рік тому +1

      ​@@forgottenstreets gang member and gangsta is the same thing... turn out to snitch by the end

    • @gradychristopher8454
      @gradychristopher8454 Рік тому

      Vlad clearly showing how he knows nothing about street culture. The term gangster isn't exclusive to the Mafia.

  • @ThrowedoffLo
    @ThrowedoffLo Рік тому +16

    Bruh got pressed by gelato makers 😂

    • @Hr-dy1xv
      @Hr-dy1xv Рік тому +2

      Second hand embarrassment

  • @therealdjx214
    @therealdjx214 Рік тому +12

    Michael is a real Boss!!!

  • @502gurl
    @502gurl Рік тому +7

    The look of pride on MF's face talking about the mafia gangsters 😂. Once a wise guy always a wize guy 💯

  • @fyreleomh1896
    @fyreleomh1896 Рік тому +11

    The Crips and Bloods are classified a a gang. So I'm assuming that's why they can be called gangsters. That's what common sense would suggest anyway.

    • @markraposo8076
      @markraposo8076 Рік тому +2

      Gangsters… when I think of gangsters, I think of organized crime not street dudes on the corner

    • @dboi4952
      @dboi4952 Рік тому +7

      @@markraposo8076 there's gangsters and gang bangers. Even though there's levels of gangster, technically they're all gangsters.

    • @lerobshow6300
      @lerobshow6300 Рік тому

      The crips and bloods (and other street gangs) are at the bottom of the food chain. You have the mob up there and then the bikers and then the street gangs. That's just how it work.

    • @fyreleomh1896
      @fyreleomh1896 Рік тому +1

      @@markraposo8076 they are still classified as a gang though. They are the literal definition of a gangster.

    • @fyreleomh1896
      @fyreleomh1896 Рік тому

      ​@@lerobshow6300 What does that have to do with the definition of the word gangster??? I didn't say anything about the Peking order.

  • @cbcampbell7307
    @cbcampbell7307 Рік тому +2

    Vlad....there are all kinds of gangsters from every ethnicity. Jewish, Russian, Black, Latin etc...

  • @KingStone-so1yl
    @KingStone-so1yl Рік тому +4

    Every rapper is gangsta until the real Mafia shows up.

  • @adrianmask394
    @adrianmask394 Рік тому +11

    Lol vlad lowkey be fanned out by these mob guys 😂

    • @slide5039
      @slide5039 Рік тому

      He’d hit the track in a New York second if they told him to 😂

  • @Jrlegit608
    @Jrlegit608 Рік тому +5

    I wouldn’t say “FORCED” more like they changed it out of respect for the Gambino’s💯

    • @slide5039
      @slide5039 Рік тому

      Settle threat is more like it

    • @Jrlegit608
      @Jrlegit608 Рік тому +1

      @@slide5039 naw it was out of respect it

  • @jordancarlin9687
    @jordancarlin9687 Рік тому +28

    Notice Vlad never talks over Franzese like he does other guests

    • @pravinsingh1466
      @pravinsingh1466 Рік тому +7

      He did earlier on the Biden/Trump part

    • @waynebarry2597
      @waynebarry2597 Рік тому +7

      There’s plenty of guests Vlad done had where he just shuts up.

    • @47hundo86
      @47hundo86 Рік тому

      Yea he does😂

  • @streetlevels
    @streetlevels Рік тому +1

    Vlads eyes started twinkling like Steven Universe over that connection 🤩 1:51

  • @izzythomas848
    @izzythomas848 Рік тому +7

    Vlad is surprised that NWA had a song called "Gangsta Gangsta." Did you forget they're from Compton? Bloods, Crips ring a bell? Are Italians are the only gangsters?

    • @chris-cy5ed
      @chris-cy5ed Рік тому +3

      Them dudes ain't no real gangsters because real mob dont exist!
      Meanwhile: wackster100 on piiiRUu ,on pieeeRu🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️clown

    • @chris-cy5ed
      @chris-cy5ed Рік тому

      God bless you

    • @dboi4952
      @dboi4952 Рік тому +5

      @@chris-cy5ed they're street level gangsters, but they are still gangsters. Even big time mobsters interact with street guys. When you actually enter their world, that's when you realize. People forget there's levels to everything. Too many movies.....

    • @mr.x653
      @mr.x653 Рік тому

      Not all Blck crime organizations are on street level. Mafia has been kicked in the ass by Black drug cartels in the 70s and 80s. It‘s not just stupid ass La Gang Bangin only. And even the Gang Bangin culture in La or Midwest has high tiers. Chicago gangs were at one point consudered a national threat because of how much influence, control and power they had.

    • @omariorou1339
      @omariorou1339 Рік тому

      @@dboi4952Mobsters are street guy 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ the very first gangsters were the Camorra in the 1800s of Naples, Italy. Camorra was considered a clan, gang, street dudes and thugs. All the same sh*t just different words. Like whore, slut, thot, treesh, ho and loose

  • @JL-by6ce
    @JL-by6ce Рік тому +2

    Hip hop changed the way mobsters dressed too. Track suits and sneakers came from hip hop late 70s and 80s. Changed what their kids listen to and how they talked too.

  • @mrfabulous17
    @mrfabulous17 Рік тому +5

    It bothers me how little about black culture Vlad knows outside of pop

  • @abrakadabra9033
    @abrakadabra9033 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for doing gangster shit so we can be entertained by the movies

  • @therichardgravesgroup4747
    @therichardgravesgroup4747 Рік тому +9

    Black Gangsters and Gangster Disciples had those names in the early 70s. Bumpy Johnson and Frank Lucas called themselves Gangsters.

  • @MrWORK123
    @MrWORK123 Рік тому +2

    Bro dude a real gangster real murders in corrupt stuff he not worried about some rappers calling them
    Selves some name bro got real stuff worrie about

  • @biggie23ag.84
    @biggie23ag.84 Рік тому +16

    Gangsters are all over the world no one race owns those words

    • @nuevomex8734
      @nuevomex8734 Рік тому +9

      Yeah but Italians started it

    • @U.S.Dept.ofHoeflation
      @U.S.Dept.ofHoeflation Рік тому +5

      😂 The word in question is the family name " Gambino " not the word "gangster" . Goddamn reading comprehension 😂

    • @RazPerignon
      @RazPerignon Рік тому +1

      @@nuevomex8734 lol Italians didn’t start it, gang culture and organized crime in America was started by the Irish and jews

    • @biggie23ag.84
      @biggie23ag.84 Рік тому

      Actually it was the black moors of Sicily

    • @biggie23ag.84
      @biggie23ag.84 Рік тому

      If you can’t communicate without insults stay the fuck outta my comments! Always on line tuff people

  • @ramessessportscast5178
    @ramessessportscast5178 Рік тому +1

    Eight Tray Gangsters was calling themselves Gangsters in 1974-75. That’s just the first time you heard it Dude.

  • @ducklife420
    @ducklife420 Рік тому +11

    i wonder if childish gambino has to pay for that name

    • @nicolumens3311
      @nicolumens3311 Рік тому +5

      Probably paid something to someone.. but he's not using it in a reference to a crime life.

    • @chris-cy5ed
      @chris-cy5ed Рік тому

      Not if it's his name

  • @Jd-eq3ul
    @Jd-eq3ul Рік тому +13

    Vlad is so intolerable

  • @aurelioisreal7964
    @aurelioisreal7964 Рік тому +2

    Gangster never exclusively meant Italians. Gangster only meant member of a gang or engaging in gang activity and gangs have been around before the foundation of America. There were Black, Mexican, native, Irish, German, Jewish, Chinese gangs in America before Italians showed up in any significant number
    The Italian Mafia was glorified through Hollywood movies but gangster never was an exclusive Italian thing nor organized crime

    • @goldenage
      @goldenage Рік тому +1

      True, but the Italian system of Organized crime was unique and has been adopted by other groups afterward. They were also the first International gang.

    • @Amidat
      @Amidat Рік тому

      Mexican Mafia calls themselves that for a reason. They have no problem saying they patterned it after the Italian Black Hand.

  • @craigpetties1476
    @craigpetties1476 Рік тому +9

    Bumpy Johnson, Nicky Barnes, Frank Mathews etc.. were gangsters

    • @Bigmommashouse317
      @Bigmommashouse317 Рік тому +8

      *drug dealers

    • @craigpetties1476
      @craigpetties1476 Рік тому +1

      @@Bigmommashouse317 Bumpy was like mobster . Drug dealers are gangsters and back then the Mob was deeply involved in the drug game

    • @FazsterHQ
      @FazsterHQ Рік тому +2

      They were drug dealers they were not gangsters.

    • @lexg3607
      @lexg3607 Рік тому

      Do not forget Frank Lucas.

    • @craigpetties1476
      @craigpetties1476 Рік тому

      @@FazsterHQ Like the Mob back then in the heroine. Nowaday every major big organization or Mafia like the Ndrangheta, the Camorra, chinese, russians, albanians or nigerians are in the drug business. These are all gangsters

  • @UniversalStand
    @UniversalStand Рік тому +2

    Only Built 4 Cuban Links was so strong that it’s an anthem for any and everyone. They would be right to reject this new age Wayne/Cheef Keef nonsense. It’s disgraceful.

  • @TheRayInPV
    @TheRayInPV Рік тому +21

    Every since I was a kid I heard O.G. Original Gangster being used around S. Central L.A., back in the 70s and I found this ..."the term first started being used in the early 1970s by the LA-based Original Gangster Crips. The term original gangster was derived from the gang’s name and initially stood for “we’re the first.” Crips members would use the OG abbreviation as a shorthand when writing which part of the gang they belonged to (e.g., Original Eastside Crip or OG Eastside).

    • @AlexD-cu4pu
      @AlexD-cu4pu Рік тому +12

      Yes but the word gangster derives from irish and Italian mafia gangs in the early 1900's you lot just put an original on the front of it and used it for yourselves

    • @TheRayInPV
      @TheRayInPV Рік тому +2

      @@AlexD-cu4pu My point was that it wasn't N.W.A in the early 90s that started using the term that wasn't mafia related. It was being used outside of the mafia since the 70s

    • @rkk578
      @rkk578 Рік тому +1

      ​@@TheRayInPVI think what Vlad meant was that for the general public the term gangster was associated with the Italian - American organises crime groups.

    • @semyaza555
      @semyaza555 Рік тому

      @@TheRayInPV it’s almost as if you didn’t read what you replied to.

    • @UndergroundMonk
      @UndergroundMonk Рік тому +2

      @@rkk578not sure what cave Vlad was living during the 80’s. The term street gangs and gangsters has been used for the longest.

  • @ChuckGnarlyTV
    @ChuckGnarlyTV Рік тому +1

    This man is 72 years old. Looking like he in his 50s

  • @dimensionaluniverse5215
    @dimensionaluniverse5215 Рік тому +7

    I’m glad they didn’t name the album that because it wouldn’t have been a classic like it is now

    • @ceenuz
      @ceenuz Рік тому +2

      How you figure that!? Same songs same lyrics, same beats, same guestverses, same albumcover =same classic. It coulda been called Wu-bananas and still slap just as hard 💯

    • @dimensionaluniverse5215
      @dimensionaluniverse5215 Рік тому

      @@ceenuz easy the name itself sounds more sellable than the original it was a blessing he changed it for the culture

  • @DizzyMakavelli
    @DizzyMakavelli Рік тому +1

    Everything changes when Lenny Trumpet and Johnny RoastBeef are at your doorstep.

  • @TheThetaMan
    @TheThetaMan Рік тому +8

    I agree with the fact that mafia is more glorified as far as "gangster" goes. But I think the hidden sentiment that other ppl (like street gangs, rappers, etc.) aren't as "gangster" as the Mafia is based on bias and false. Because the idea of the Mafia is "cleaner" and definitely more organized. It deserves it's credit. But if gangster is a word defined as the ability to commit murder, instill fear, participate in illegal activities.. that does not SOLELY belong to the Italian Mafia.. there are many young blk rappers and gangster members today, hispanic also, that will kill someone in a heartbeat.. many rappers who have been brought up on charges of murder and extortion.. just like the mafia. It's not something to glorify but it's true.. it can be argued the tactics of street gangs today is even more ruthless because they operate with no code and without restraint. And the brutality of the Cartels... so if gangster means you do all these things but you wear a suit, sure.. the Mafia...
    But if it's the true meaning of the word gangster, then no... ppl need to stop fanboying over a time period that has long since passed.. that's just the truth..

  • @robdawson5835
    @robdawson5835 Рік тому +2

    Its still a title song on the album win for wu tang

  • @MrOneWay5000
    @MrOneWay5000 Рік тому +3

    Vlad just subliminally sonned all you black rappers and gangsta rap fans lol

  • @DaYoungestVet
    @DaYoungestVet Рік тому +2

    I thought Vlad would've mentioned The Gambino Family that was on No Limit back in the late 90s

  • @shooz4unme
    @shooz4unme Рік тому +5

    Wu-Tang thought about it.....smart choice!! It would have ended Wu- Tang. Facts!

    • @Tuelz...
      @Tuelz... Рік тому

      Lol no it wouldn't have lol doing a hit on a major music star by the 90s would of been dumb af over a name. They was getting hit with RICOs left and right back then. Tbh they wouldn't of did anything it was a bluff. Why even risk putting the whole family down

    • @shooz4unme
      @shooz4unme Рік тому

      @@Tuelz... Why didn't Wu-Tang just go against Rifkin n label the album" Wu-Gambinos?" Wu-Tang knew better. Facts

    • @lerobshow6300
      @lerobshow6300 Рік тому

      @@Tuelz... it would've been a big problem. A problem that Wu tang wanted none. Trust me. Especially at that time.

    • @PhoenixRising82672
      @PhoenixRising82672 Рік тому

      A bunch of suckas

    • @omariorou1339
      @omariorou1339 Рік тому

      @@lerobshow6300not really cuz some of ‘em were street dudes also and we all know that the mafia don’t enter black neighborhoods

  • @LESURELOVE
    @LESURELOVE Рік тому +1

    The word Gangster been in the black gang culture for years way before the 80s. Like Gangster Disciples and Gangster Crips

  • @mikegreen5502
    @mikegreen5502 Рік тому +2

    That's the difference between then and now people had respect if that was to happen today one of these new rappers now would still name the album that and end up missing

    • @dlrowmotemoclew
      @dlrowmotemoclew Рік тому

      No they wouldn’t. Technology too prevalent. Mob been stopped moving like that for the most part anyway. They merged into corporate world shit. They not trying to have someone catch 30 over some ignorant kid. Cameras are everywhere now and everyone pulls their own personal cameras out all day long.
      But if all this wasn’t enough, couple it with you possibly having an issue with this person publicly…yea nah. Rico laws ended the mob’s violent spree.

  • @ShaqsBlurryVisionNetwork
    @ShaqsBlurryVisionNetwork Рік тому

    LOL I been waiting like two Mike Vlad visits for this to be answered

  • @Atl_Boi_73
    @Atl_Boi_73 Рік тому +5

    Anybody affiliated with a gang is a gangster. Cube and the guys were affiliated by where they stayed not sure they had options. Only things become a problem when you use a family name. It's kind of sad to see black guys use Italian families' last names because they're famous from the movies. If you research, there are Black, Hispanic, and even Asian family names but not televised.

    • @cryptocaesar8972
      @cryptocaesar8972 Рік тому

      It wasnt just because the movies, it was because they had big time sway

    • @dboi4952
      @dboi4952 Рік тому +1

      Jamaican, Nigerian, Russian, Albanian, there's gangsters all over the world. People think life is the movies. When they actually cross paths with these individuals, that's when they know. I'm quite sure a lot of people didn't think Mike was a gangster when they met him, until they found out.

    • @TheMrHavish
      @TheMrHavish Рік тому +1

      Indian (as in Indians from India) gangs are also found throughout India where the mob controls everything from local politics to Bollywood movie productions. Canada also has a lot of Indian-origin gangs with Punjabi Indian roots.

    • @cryptocaesar8972
      @cryptocaesar8972 Рік тому +1

      @@TheMrHavish All of these words, the mob, came from the Italian mafia. People have just adopted them to other cultures.

  • @onlyJCknows
    @onlyJCknows Рік тому +1

    No limit records had a whole group called the Gambino Family

  • @wingedinfinity6715
    @wingedinfinity6715 Рік тому +17

    I lost all respect with one piece of knowledge. Thank you Michael Francese, for letting us know. At least you were honest about that part.

    • @robliberachi
      @robliberachi Рік тому +3

      What you talking bout WingedInfinity?

    • @SWOTHDRA
      @SWOTHDRA Рік тому +1

      🤡

    • @christoph1596
      @christoph1596 Рік тому

      Lol shutup what you talking about?

    • @wingedinfinity6715
      @wingedinfinity6715 Рік тому +2

      @@robliberachi I'd rather leave it up to the ones who need to know to deal with my statement. Just know that there are way more deceivers in this world than most can even imagine. They continue to expose themselves more and more. They have to, because The King is returning.

    • @wingedinfinity6715
      @wingedinfinity6715 Рік тому +2

      @@SWOTHDRA God Bless you, even if you mock me. JESUS IS GOD.

  • @ajayayyar2074
    @ajayayyar2074 11 місяців тому

    you can tell raekwan is sharp as hell... he knows whats going on at all times... which is why him and inspectah deck were always my favourite wu tang members and i am a HUGE wu tan fan.. new york city bro...

  • @MomentumMarketingTips
    @MomentumMarketingTips Рік тому +3

    Francese well connected lol

    • @slide5039
      @slide5039 Рік тому

      His gas tax scam in the 80s was BRILLIANT 😂😂😂

  • @michaelcollins237
    @michaelcollins237 Рік тому

    "Oh really" Ha Ha luv it

  • @apintofbeer1667
    @apintofbeer1667 Рік тому +3

    The mafia have been ripping off entertainers and music performers for ever

  • @NYCHeavyHitz212
    @NYCHeavyHitz212 Рік тому +1

    Holy crap. I ain’t know Steve Rifkind was THAT paid.

  • @its_rick_james_bich2575
    @its_rick_james_bich2575 Рік тому +4

    How did Wu Tang Clan go from being the most innovative hip hop group ever in 93..but by 96 changing their names to Italian American mafiaoso?
    I’m sure Rza can explain!🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @jackstar6018
      @jackstar6018 Рік тому +3

      Yeah, Realy innovative
      They stile thier name from some karate flick. They borrowed everthing they ever done

    • @its_rick_james_bich2575
      @its_rick_james_bich2575 Рік тому

      @@jackstar6018 Karate and most modern martial arts were invented by inner city black people in the 60s and 70s. Why do you think there was so many blaxploitation films during this time showcasing these deadly moves?
      Much like Cleopatra being black, this is a known historical fact!

    • @maxfisher719
      @maxfisher719 Рік тому

      ​@@its_rick_james_bich2575you're an idiot

    • @caseycameron5370
      @caseycameron5370 Рік тому

      ​@@jackstar6018haha yeah okay I'm sure you think rza copied beats too moron

    • @raymonbristol9628
      @raymonbristol9628 Рік тому

      @@its_rick_james_bich2575🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @damirmclean5501
    @damirmclean5501 Рік тому +2

    Mafia and drug cartel members have been romanticize in cinema for decades now

  • @ianmoone6562
    @ianmoone6562 Рік тому +3

    smart.. not picking every fight doesn't make you a bºtch. For those that think otherwise ask young thug how would he feel if someone from outside were to start making drill music claiming ysl while he fights in court to prove ysl is just a label

  • @lanceellis3863
    @lanceellis3863 Рік тому +1

    Vlad, gangsta has been in the black lexicon way before 1988 my guy.

  • @davidfontes8188
    @davidfontes8188 Рік тому +4

    Would’ve been dope if they would’ve put this in the Wu Tang show

  • @echad6259
    @echad6259 Рік тому +23

    Gangsters were around before the mafia...just saying.

    • @avonfettydale9166
      @avonfettydale9166 Рік тому +3

      Water wet😊

    • @bb8942
      @bb8942 Рік тому +6

      Well it's debatable... If you call guys like baby face, Jon Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, ECT gangsters they really weren't gangsters they were just criminals / bank robbers!

    • @andyalaniz9842
      @andyalaniz9842 Рік тому +1

      😂😂 good one

    • @713collier
      @713collier Рік тому +1

      He literally says that in the interview

    • @slippinjimmy9052
      @slippinjimmy9052 Рік тому +4

      Dont get your point at all

  • @wessideconway7029
    @wessideconway7029 Рік тому +1

    That would never happen these days. Ain't no Gambino going to war with Choo and woo.

  • @tdoggsmackem7498
    @tdoggsmackem7498 Рік тому +4

    Did you snitch on the Rifkin’s

  • @inspirationunlimitedltd5814

    I too was obsessed with the Italian mob. Obsessed.

  • @markwilletts1252
    @markwilletts1252 Рік тому +7

    I fucking love MF

  • @user-et1ch4zk6b
    @user-et1ch4zk6b Рік тому

    “ why wouldn’t you copy the best?” That’s some cold game

  • @paceventura
    @paceventura Рік тому +6

    Soo did Rifkins father really ask a member of the Gambino's for permission, or had he just gossipped about it with whomever he'd been connected with in that family, and then after had been told that it's not okay to use? Or, as per my opinion, he didnt like the idea himself and so took it upon himself to put the kibosh on it,, and then told a bs story about how the Gambinos are not okay with it.. Or did I miss something?

    • @markraposo8076
      @markraposo8076 Рік тому

      He got a call from my understanding from the Gambinos

  • @nkosisibiya9245
    @nkosisibiya9245 Рік тому

    🇿🇦 I'm in South Africa & I've known about Cosa Nostra since my high school days, the likes of AL Capone & Lucky Luciano.

  • @thomasbrown3356
    @thomasbrown3356 Рік тому +5

    In Chicago, Gangster was a common term. Vlad likes to pretend he's up on Black Culture, but clearly , has no grasp of urban history.

  • @MG-wm9kq
    @MG-wm9kq Рік тому +1

    The mob had that white guy shook he just keeps stumbling over his words 😂

  • @1800BrickCity
    @1800BrickCity Рік тому +3

    Vlad is so out of the culture he says “ BLCK GUYS CALLING THEMSELVES GANGSTER”

    • @raymonbristol9628
      @raymonbristol9628 Рік тому

      He is right . They weren’t at a certain time period and culturally they aren’t.

    • @1800BrickCity
      @1800BrickCity Рік тому

      @@raymonbristol9628 he wasn’t at a what you have to speak in complete sentences

    • @raymonbristol9628
      @raymonbristol9628 Рік тому

      @@1800BrickCity That is a complete sentence! There was a certain time period only Italians, Jews, etcetera were Gangsters and Black people had not assimilated to that lifestyle yet. Therefore, Gangsters don’t come from black people so there had to be a time period when they started and Vlad is mentioning when he thinks it first started.

    • @1800BrickCity
      @1800BrickCity Рік тому

      @@raymonbristol9628 mmm Bumpy Johnson was born in 1905 … Lucky Luciano 1897 … Dutch Schultz 1901 same generation … not afraid to kill each other …

    • @raymonbristol9628
      @raymonbristol9628 Рік тому

      @@1800BrickCity yeah but here’s the thing, Dutch and Lucky are no where near the first Jewish or Italian Gangsters.

  • @refugememorial
    @refugememorial Рік тому

    Vlad, you’re such a great interviewer, man.

  • @markanthony7273
    @markanthony7273 Рік тому +1

    mike set the record straight the mob was not the only ganstas point blank period vlad don't know shit never bust a gun in his life

  • @tmac7887
    @tmac7887 Рік тому +2

    Vlad know god damn well these mob dudes don’t like hip hop

  • @unbrokend8656
    @unbrokend8656 Рік тому +1

    When 1 of the most powerful families in the world tells you no it's a no

  • @aaroncoles3112
    @aaroncoles3112 Рік тому +4

    I think Raekwon did it out of respect like ok these guys dont want us using their name im not gonna be a dick rider and do it..not out of fear

    • @williamshakespeare9815
      @williamshakespeare9815 Рік тому

      Why?

    • @ronpl8473
      @ronpl8473 Рік тому +1

      I've always been a fan of the WU, but that's the only thing I never like about them, that mafioso thing. We're not Italians, why using their names. That's one thing nobody can take from 50. At least he chose to name himself after a black gangster like him.

    • @FazsterHQ
      @FazsterHQ Рік тому +2

      @@ronpl8473 the real 50 cent was not a gangster in fact there has never been a black gangster, to be a gangster is to do organised crime. There’s nothing gangster about pick-pocketing, robbing old people, shooting up neighbourhoods and being a nuisance.

    • @ronpl8473
      @ronpl8473 Рік тому

      @@FazsterHQ So the Supreme Team that made millions and millions weren't organized?

    • @aaroncoles3112
      @aaroncoles3112 Рік тому

      @@MarkDavis007 so then why did they still name the song Wu Gambinos u goofy...zip it

  • @albertp.3893
    @albertp.3893 Рік тому +1

    Why does Vlad sound so giddy when he talks about the specifics of certain situations that involve the underworld??
    He's laughing while discussing his very distant connections to the underworld. Seriously Vlad? You know you're not supposed to be acting like this. Like a kid in a candy shop. Act like the businessman and composed interviewer that we all know you to be. You don't need to step away from that to prove something to someone.
    WE know you didn't come up IN the streets and never will be a street guy. Stop trying to project that image. It's not working.

  • @AgentSickOrange
    @AgentSickOrange Рік тому +8

    It's ironic that they say hiphop is pure black culture, meanwhile if you really study it.
    HipHop is a mix of everyculture, it was just most black folk doing it.
    From the slang to the clothes to the sound everything in hiphop was influenced by other cultures.
    Timberlands are a great example, Timb's were middle class white suburban work boots.
    Rappers took them boots and damn near made Timb's the logo of HipHop as for as shoes go.

    • @natedogg890
      @natedogg890 Рік тому

      Facts, North Face was an outdoor skiing and hiking brand for white folks in Colorado until Hip Hop styled that shit

    • @zakur0hako
      @zakur0hako Рік тому +8

      When it comes to music itself aside from Kraftwerk influence the whole hip hop movement was initially purely black from the ground up. The same goes for house music. The influence of other races was mostly either in marketing or technical production. At least until early 90s

    • @cryptocaesar8972
      @cryptocaesar8972 Рік тому +1

      ​@@zakur0hako No it wasnt lol, as someone who looks up to previous producers because I make music, a bunch of the OG producers looked to, were inspired by, and sampled, all kinds of music, many were big rock and roll fans.

    • @anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551
      @anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 Рік тому

      Here In NYC we always saw it as New York culture I'm an Italian from Howard Beach Queens speaking of the Mafia we ran it in America my exact neighborhood I grew up with one of Vlads guests Gene Borrello He dressed like a Hip hop head and is one

    • @Coreysupreme
      @Coreysupreme Рік тому

      Half way true. Whites obv owned the companies. Blacks wear timbs with leather not them other timbs. North face? Blacks wear the puffers not them bombers jackets. We take what’s unpopular and make it popular. We are American culture. Like saying with no blacks would be no VLAD stfu

  • @Amazingprophet08
    @Amazingprophet08 Рік тому +1

    Black gangsters (and called themselves that) have existed since the 1920’s. Why doesn’t Vlad do his homework before he interviews people?

  • @1017JS
    @1017JS Рік тому +11

    I hate the way Raekwon folded like that. We’ll go to war with our own people but fold when it comes to others.

    • @TonyFreeman69420
      @TonyFreeman69420 Рік тому +2

      he wouldve ended up in a trunk with his hands tied and a bullet in his head, he made the right choice.

    • @dashikibraxton5537
      @dashikibraxton5537 Рік тому +19

      We as a People are not unified or organized enough to take on the mob. Raekwon shouldn’t have been d-ridin the Italian mob anyway.

    • @kennylafortune63
      @kennylafortune63 Рік тому

      Nigga the mob bodied a president

    • @_JM-
      @_JM- Рік тому +16

      Because the “others” are a known organized crime family who’s been in that type of life for a hundred years. There not some random street gang with no affiliations

    • @tritesy
      @tritesy Рік тому

      Lmao if you don't fold to the mob you're dumb af

  • @1prodbyhd
    @1prodbyhd Рік тому +1

    I thought gangster meant apart of a gang, and a mobster was part of the mafia 🤷🏾‍♂️