I'm from SoCal and I lived in the hood back in the 90's. I was never a gang banger because killing your own people is lame shit. I got into wrestling and one of the coaches was born and raised in Salinas. He had SALINAS tattooed across his stomach in old english letters. He used to be a gang member in Salinas but can't remember the name of his gang. All the guys respected him because he always told the squad to never join gangs. He said he used to get into trouble and when he finally got his act together, he joined wrestling in high school (in his time) and made it to state championships. He always credited wrestling with saving his life. I will never understand why Chicanos kill each other over a piece of concrete that doesn't belong to them and never will. When I lived in the hood, the people who robbed me was my own, Raza. My father left Mexico when he was very young to give his kids a better life. I graduated high school and went to college. Gangs are stupid.
Bro I’m literally reading your comment while sitting up in my 2 daughters’ wrestling class. Wrestling is a good sport to teach kids discipline and overcoming challenges. Also a good way for them to learn to kick ass if they ever need to defend themselves!
Born and raised in Salas,70’s-90’s. At that point my family wanted me out and the homeboys pushed me out. I’m thankful for them pushing me out and away. I have a 5th grade picture of my classs. In that picture 16 Boys only 4 of us are on the outside or alive. Salas is no joke never has been!
The homeboys looked out for you back then and they're glad they did that whether they're no longer with us or alive. May the homies who died rest in peacen
I actually grew up in Salinas (I now live in Monterey☺) and remember being told not to wear certain colors in some parts of the city because of gang violence. Hard to do as a Dodger fan who wore blue a lot but even as a white guy you had to be aware of your surroundings in certain neighborhoods. Amazing that something as innocent as a colored jacket or shirt can get you killed in some areas.
I grew up there to but left right before high school to Fresno. Ur right I'm white too but I remember being told this or we were also aware n told if the same car passed u by 3 times its time to leave. I remember hearing that in the 3rd grade. We were all just very aware of wat was happening around us Also one of my best frens who I spent the night at all the time, lived in a not so nice part of town. the house 2 doors down across the street was fire bombed one night. Crazy shit man
I love the comment about staying inside. Growing up my cousins lived in that type of neighborhood (3 families living within 2 apartment units kinda thing), so the parents in the building pooled their money together and bought a SNES (this was back when the latest video game was PS2/GC/Xbox generation). I firmly believe this is one reason why hood kids fall into extreme extroverts or introverts and why gaming during the early to late 2000s became such a big thing in boys in communities of color (think that Mos Def line "They can't do math but they can rock you at playstation"). Out of concerns for safety many children (and families) turn inward based on their accessibility to technology
That shit worked for me 😂 but not sure if they did it for that reason or because it’s something I wanted for xmass and honestly it was kind of beutiful feeling of escaping the reality of living in Compton having to deal with bullies at school and I mean deal with fight I couldn’t just back down I had to always end up swinging at someone trying to press their luck I’m not saying I was tough or anything I hated fighting but I had to just to not get treated like a bitch but it was draining and at home it wasn’t any better my parents I never seen them be happy together my dad was just mentally and physically abusive to my mother my whole childhood so playing video games was for me at least Therapeutic and a way escaping the reality of what life was for me at the time sorry for this long ass reply no one ask for but yea video games are cool
Dman you broke it down perfectly. We used to have so many programs for kids to prevent gangs or at least try to intervene. A lot of my younger cousins are huge video game nerds I love video games too but they didn't keep me out the streets enough.
I grew up in Salinas. Had many good but wild memories there. You dont have to be involved in gangs but everyone is street savy. It is the Norteno breeding ground and they are on every block. When living there for so long you never realize how bad it is because its stuff you see every day and just seems normal. Once you move out and look back you think to yourself how bad it really was. I no longer live there but love the town and when I go back to visit I always keep my head on a swivel. You can feel the tension in the air!
California dudes are just simply built different. If you live outside of Cali and have Crips, Hoovers, Bloods, Sureno gangs, Nortenos gangs, Hell's Angel or even Aryan Botherhood members in your state or city that simply proves my point.
Foreal it's not that theyre no down but Cali is something else honestly, I had a friend tell me that his friend from Colorado was a real Sureño, I was like bro the real Sureños are in Cali.
Really saddens me that the hardworking parents or granparents of everyone involved moved there to try & start a better life for them and their kids, only for them to take it for granted, get into trouble or kill each other over territorial disputes…
Why do we assume they had "hard working parents" their parents could have been on dope, lazy, or just born here. Not everyone is a first or 2nd generation Latino in Southern California.
@@kellyrenee2173 you would NOT say that to any of our faces all the guys in the video are real killers 😂you would tremble in fear 😂😂 lmfao funny ASF you think you tough let people be and do what they want
When I was working at Intel a few years back one of my managers had a tattoo on his left arm which I could barely see under his sleeve. It wasn’t until one day we were at lunch when he took off his jacket and I saw his sleeve rolled up to reveal it was a pretty large 14 in an old English looking font. I asked him what it meant and he explained he got it in 2014 when his team at the time was responsible for a successful launch of the 14.009 cryptographic firmware for the Z573 chipset. BUT! I'm a project manager and know for a fact that product does not exist! I then nervously took a long hard sip of Capri Sun and said that’s cool” 😳
I really dig your channel just started listening about a week ago. I have watched a lot of your vids now.Great style, you got a meta thing happening. A place where one can grasp the bigger picture. good job
its weird that he says its safe now cus numbers are similar to places like SF... those stats are so fixed. If your going by stats then Chicago is considered a safe city if you count residents to crime rate. Because all the crime happens in one place so its not safe if your in the place. Same with SF... or NYC... or LA. These stats these ppl read be hella off
when you live in salinas knowing your streets is a must, u gotta know where to and not to go and you’ll be just fine.. i was in high school when salinas was hot, nowadays it’s been smooth and everyone’s laying low but who knows for how long, the cycle always tends to repeat itself.
Salinas is beautiful and full of hard working people who are working their asses off to survive in one of the most expensive areas in the country. Sucks that the gangs are preying on them and making it such an unsafe place to live.
Yea bro,, I lived in Salinas for 8 years from 2013 -2021, I grew up in Seaside CA which is like 25 minutes away. Moved out of Cali all together and don't miss it at all. Came to a Red state and love it
@@baglifemike1535 I guess if you compare it to Oaktown for sure. But where I'm at now blows all of that in Cali out of the water as nice town and low crime go.
Norte been knockin them guys down everywhere just like Stockton,Oakland,Modesto and many other Northern Cali cities….Norte still runs Northern Califaz dont let them 13s fool you.
I was born in Salinas and grew up there up until 8th grade my parents didn’t want me to go to high school there cause it was a breeding ground for gangs I lived by east market and down the block was Hebron and growing up there that shit was wild crazy. But living there gave me somewhat of street smarts I knew what not to do, wear and what areas to avoid most of my childhood friends either died to street life or got locked up for murder. It was tough growing up in Salinas.
fake check stubs, using tradelines to boost a zero credit score to a 750 within a few weeks, CPNs to conceal their true identity, co-signers, knowing the landlord. There are a lot of ways
@@tehuti112 so ralo didn’t buy an entire apartment complex with dirty drug money in a republican state? You ignorant sheep jsut say anything nowadays 😂😂
I remmeber going up there in all blue Dodger gear not knowing how serious you can be ended just by wearing the wrong colors. We done have Norte (red) in So. Cal and my cousin's son put me on game. Next day i didn't wear blue and while at the store a few guys wearing red came in. I think i was pretty lucky that day.
Salinas has always been an NF stronghold and has bred some of the most firmest believers in the cause. I’m not glorifying at all just saying, Salas don’t play around.
Damn foo on the dead hynas that I smacked the cucumber foo free the big homie dancer loco homie I out here working full time at subway you know the homies get the munchie for free foo much respect foo foo
One of the murder squad members is my ex wife's son, his father was in/out of prison so he had no worthwhile father figure. The younger son has also been locked up for 8 year's for an unassociated attempted murder. Luckily I was able to go to court and take custody of my two kids with that woman and their both productive members of society who have never done time. As for her she hides under the umbrella of the Victory Outreach Church 🤷🏻♂️
@@gonzaboy0072 😭 Not only did you bail on her but her other kids too. You said lacking a worthwhile father figure but all that time you could of stepped in and at least tried.
@@its_that_Buster_Beater says you. emeros shot a baby in the face. surenos fired into homes and killed Brownside Tokers little sister. salinas sur was on Americas most wanted for killing a 6 year old boy. and after that they killed a lil Paisa Girl. no respect for your people. traitors to your people
@@its_that_Buster_Beater that's the whole reason Nuestra Familia Started. Eme abusing its own RAZA. and guess what scrap? Most of the people Eme hurt were SOUTH Cali people. orange county and all them. all the socal people coming into prison Eme would abuse
I remember growing up I use to think gang bangers looked cool then I grew up and joined the rest of the world and realized they all see gangsters as losers 😂
I feel this. I remember as a kid gangsters looked cool. Then I grew up and see 25-30 year old cholos riding bicycles because they don't have car or DL. You realize how pathetic they really are.
@@realgsdontdie5095nah fam you’re talking about wannabes. Don’t confuse a hoodlum for a gangster, a real Gangster will live in a big house, drive real nice expensive cars , and further their influence by any means, usually will have a local politician pulling strings on behalf of his interest
People don't choose to be gangsters your born into it based on where u grow up and who you're around... in these neighborhoods you got no choice ..If your brown you don't just where white and say peace upon you lol.. you get rolled up on jumped etc if u ain't you will be once you try ans stand on your own as a kid or teenager.. guilty by association..people don't aim bullets at 1 person they spray and pray and you will catch lead just living in the vicinity
Growing up in Salinas as a young teen in the 90's, I quickly learned a valuable lesson. If a Northerner approaches you and asks this simple question, "Where you from?" RUN! Because if you give any answer other than "big bad Norte" or something similar, you just gave the wrong answer and it's about to go down. It didn't matter if you said, I'm selling bibles. It was the wrong answer.
Damn i love Salinas ❤️...one of the most beautiful places I've been in my trucking career...im from Maryland and use to go to Salinas and Watsonville weekly in 16-17 to bring back produce...had a weed plug out there that always had good ⛽️ 🔥 it was definitely parts of Salinas that got tricky tho
This was a great video, but you should have covered when bill Clinton went to salinas In the 90s and spoke about the gang violence plaguing the city. Good job and you really stepped it up and your videos are getting better with every drop
This has always been home for me and it’s hard living here when you lose too many loved ones over a lot of bs. But that’s how it always was to be honest it’s been really quiet for a few years thank God because now I’m a dad and life is in its proper perspective. Anyway for anyone still in Salinas stay blessed glad your still alive and it’s up to us to make it better from here on out stay blessed all of you
No, EME did not become Surenos and NF Nortenos. Surenos became supporters of EME by the late 1970s and Nortenos suppporters of NF in the mid-1970s. But few of them, less than 1%, ever rise up to become prison gang members. You did a good job of covering some of the major SNE & Murder Squad vs. SS Beefs in Salas.
yeah, one time i dated a female from salinas, never again. its a wild place down there along with watsonville, watsonville locos take it to santa cruz and back and forth.
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾 Prayers out for those trying to recover from the passing of their loved ones 🕊️ Prayers out for those incarcerated and those on that path 🕊️
I’m from Watsonville, really cool to see the video! If people don’t know, because Salas was the “hottest to watch” back on LivePD (show has different name now) some certain people didn’t like how it showed more of California then they wanted and had it pulled from the tv show. I remember when a beer spot opened in Watsonville. First few weeks were rough. Lotttttta salinas boys came around and plenty of fights etc happened. It’s all been figured out/patrolled out now though.
Grew up in Salinas and been all around live pd was lit and with all the crime it makes it worth it for the food 😂😂nothing better then seeing places u hang on tv and live pd
@@kellyrenee2173 nice try, no thats not what I meant. I mean sure try that every now and then at any and all business that serve, and ofc its bs when they do, and they legally cant. Happened where I used to worked at alot, and destroyed business for awhile. Nobody would come since theyd be down the street like 4 of em waiting. Till we had some lawyers send the sherriffs office a letterhead.
Its said that no matter how far you run from this lovely town called salinas youll always find yourself called back .for those who made such choice in making a better life and apply the common ground of change youll always find yourself with the same talk, the same walk ,and the mindframe that is instilled within this here environment with the darkest memories ,truama and whatever else that suits one to his figure .however,it is not an aspect that shall not be taken lightly but a freindly reminder of the facts of what is .....
There really is no border never has been. If you really think about it there's norteños gangs that used to report to mexican mafia members way back then before the NF got militant/structured and started to recruit every norteño gang that was from northern california. And the sureños have been established up north for over 30 years now. So that border you're talking about has never been its just seems that way because of the number of members and cities that norteños have
Growing up in the late 90's early 2000's was hard for a first generational Latino. The gang they left out doing a lot of the work was actually Acosta Plaza (Nortenos) also known as AP. They also left out La Posada another Sureno gang who was out doing dirt. Good watch though good info.
That’s a good point, yeah they did leave that out..they also didn’t mention the names of the sureños that fired back n killed norteños, well except for one..Salas ain’t no joke
I was sliding from LA to San Jose in 2007. I was low on gas when I saw the Salinas exits. I already knew to stay on point. It took me bout 10 mins to find a gas station & When I pulled up to get gas there was probably 10 Nortes posted up . They asked me where I was from & I told em LA n all that. They was cool on the real but I knew it could get ugly!
@@jrjr8738 It was probably a couple years back because most hoods in Cali dont post up anymore….Everyone has a whip and be mobbin deep nowdays instead of posting up… couple years back the homeboys use to post up onna block but cops would always harass now the homies just be riding around but still keeping it active ::
Been to Salinas and Soledad many times, you don’t want to be snooping anywhere around any of those places. I drove trucks and worked construction throughout California and as long as I didn’t stray from my intended path I never had much trouble but there was plenty if you wanted it.
@@its_that_Buster_Beater so quick to diss on the net. go slide for your dead homies. your criminal career will never take off. you will never be an Emero because you are a coward. you'll stay a broke foot soldier living in moms
@@quetzalcoatl9993 Like I said its Norte land…Norteños are the deepest and most active hispanic gang in Salinas and they run it along with their allies…Sureños aint nada there even though some are there
@@LittleSalex if they not making the community a better safer place. They can stay home with that imaginary child's play. Maybe sharpen those sign language skills too.
Grew up in the El Dorado Park / Calaveras area of Salinas. One my earliest memories of the Park was a mob fight that broke out. I was about six year's old and about 12 vehicles pulled up to the park. It looked like everyone having their bbq's ran towards the groups leaving their vehicles. I just remember the sounds that the bats were making when people were getting hit, the screaming of people that were stabbed and the ladies who were watching. My mom came running down the road after a few minutes, swooped me up and chewed me out for not leaving when that started. I couldn't though, was just stuck staring at all the chaos. About ten year's later two gangster's who ended up being from LA were killed while sitting in a car that was parked in front of my house for a few hours. Neighbors said it was two teenagers on bikes who came up and started shooting through the windshield. The neighborhood was crazy from the 80's & 90's. Our house was right next to a chop-shop, but they were hella cool. After the 89' earthquake they were the only spot with power. They loaned my parents a generator, a cell phone that looked like a brick and would drop off groceries. We moved a while after most of the chaos, today there are about nine guys I grew up with that are either serving life or died being active. All together, I'd say about two dozen people I grew up with through just after HS and my twenties have died due to the gang culture. Some weren't even gangbanging, were the wrong person entirely, one had bought s hooptie from a guy who people were after, another was dating a shot callers ex, even a couple females that were active. Salinas may be small in population compared to larger cities at only +125k people, but the issues are the same and at times seem like they have been more brutal. You get through it and you either live to navigate with the awareness, or people leave for areas that are more chill. Either way, you come out of it stronger if you're lucky or traumatized if you or your family were directly affected.
Dang I never knew this video was even uploaded, but thank you for making a video about my own city man Salinas is often an ignored city and no one (not even cali) knows about us lol
@@calidawg510Nah foo Norte started in Africa we was 14’s straight up than we split up into 4 gangs the MS14, BullDogs, Northern Riders which is the original and deepest Mexican gang up north, and the chihuahuas mafioso.
Maaaaaan I remember one summer I wanted to stay with my cousin out there and he was down and when I told my parents they’re were like “NO!!!!” But that “no” was like a real concerned parent type of No so I never questioned and as I got older I realized why, but Salas always gets my love and respect a lot of my favorite rappers are from the Dirty. 💯
I would think the trial was done again due to the fact that the judge sent out letters to the jury’s “thanking” them for the not guilty 😅 just know if the judge did that to a guilty verdict we would see another trial as well
I haven’t been in the 831 in forever, I had to get out but will never forget that place, I miss it every day but fear going back :/ that place is a black hole *edit Wow I’m reading the comments from people and dang I’m glad everyone is good right now I’m also glad I’m not the only one who still loves the 831. Love really does hurt y’all
put some respect on salinas and stop calling it a black hole. even if it was super violent if you arent in gangs it won't affect you. you disrespecting on the internet but wouldnt talk negative about it in person coward
Your videos are great man! I promise this is truly only constructive criticism. Just talk in your normal voice and talk with your natural inflections. Again, your videos are great and I like how you found the perfect middle ground with the animations and cutaways 👌 keep up the good work brotha!
My coworker lived on market street and he always told me crazy stories and he said don’t ever go through there at night lol but salinas has some of the best weather ever I went to the mall one summer and it was 100 degrees in hollister and then you go over the hill to salinas and it’s cold and foggy which is awesome
I know about this story. I was young, my ex now, but at the time had an older brother in marine county juvenile facility. And he was locked up with the guy that did this. Told me about it, interesting to me. Took me to that moment, lol I was in the parking lot with his sister, while his mom visited him.
@@salas831 I was about to say same thing definitely wasn't from East market but a Southsider did do that to him on East Laurel the day after one of they most popular members and rapper named lil dreamer got turfed in front of his house while he was on phone with his girl . Wild af
Bro shits crazy me and my dad were with franky (lil dreamer) the day it happend I remember him saying “ay juan me van a matar wey “ he felt it …if it wasn’t for my dad that had to take a dump (it was his gut feeling cuz he actually couldn’t shit when he was in the restroom ) we prolly would’ve got hit too cuz moments after we went upstairs you hear when he got shot ..shit was wild
I grew up in Santa Cruz/Watsonville but we would go to salinas often to go to Mexican stores etc. I remember we were eating by Sanborn and my parents would tell us to not go past that street and I never knew why. I saw this dude walking down the street wearing hella blue and I thought that’s probably not good, 30 sec or so later a car racer by and pulled a drive by. That’s how I remember salinas. Nowadays it isn’t that bad.
Salinas has been and will always be a Norteño stronghold. That goes the same for any city out there under the control of any given entity. If anybody thinks they just poofed and disappeared, think again. They’ve only redirected their attention to more important things and have learned to clean up after themselves. Hollow points and machines can lead to greater, more inconvenient expenses than paying off business accountants.
Even our raps evolved. Listen to these Northern Cali Scraps and all they rap about is Nortes in every other bar. Buster this chap that. Even the wannabe scraps at work don't say nothing to all the Nortes in the buildin they know they'll get handled 😂
That hardly surprises me bro. I stopped paying attention to their rap a long ass time ago. Sounds like ain’t much changed. Northern Cali rap is way different now compared to when speedy loc and Louie Lou was being slapped. Crazy thing is they get looked at as being lesser or not even legit by sets in socal for living up north. All while they beef with each other down south. Make it make sense. I understand everybody’s had their hiccups in the past but most hoods in NorCal have all eventually squashed shit for one reason or another unlike the shit that stays happening down south. Those are the same characters that’ll try to befriend you later on in life when they realize shit only gets more serious as time passes.
@@BustahK it's been like since the 80s🤷 makes sense when your big homies were established in San Quentin and Folsom before Upstaters became a "movement". Norteños still here and probably won't go away because of some foos that bang soo trese
I lived in salinas most of my childhood but left in 2005. One of my childhood best friends ended becoming a south sider. His murder story is wild two nortenos pretended to be surenos got into a car with 4 of them shot and killed 2 of them (1 being being my friend) and injured 2 others. He was only 14
I grew up with shocky went to middle school and high school with him too. We used to play Xbox back in 2010. Back in middle school he was nothing like that, we did kick it with homies but he looked nothing like a gangster at all. It was around sophomore year were he completely changed
@@Flyinglion028 ncal831 / x platinum .. i played mw2 and black ops 1 with him. i actually live by his pad. we went to high school together but i got kicked out and didnt see him for a few years. i started going to the gym around 2016 and he was also going. we would have small convos here and there
I was born n grew up in Salinas. Lucky for me my Father got a better job offer and we moved right before i started high school. Part of the reason we wanted to leave was cuz the violence was already getting out of control
I'm not a gangster, but I live in Nor Cal and have a lot of Norteno friends. In high school a group of Surenos would pick on me, and I tried to fight but it was like 5 guys. One day a I saw a group of Mexicans coming up all in red, they were Nortenos and they saw them messing with me and we all went to work and beat up the Surenos. They knew I wasn't in gang shit and they thought it was a bitch move for them to mess with me, and they became close friends of mine til this day. Not all gang members are bad people.
It's only when you finally get out the hood that you realize just how bad things were, how bad your surroundings truly were.
when ur there its just normal life everything just flows, soon as u leave & look back ur like damn how did i make it
Facts dawg
Not a lie told
Its just everyday. Then you move out of state to the middle of Minnesota and you're like "damn so wasn't normal life"
@@jkephart4624 I take pride in my ability to adapt
I'm from SoCal and I lived in the hood back in the 90's. I was never a gang banger because killing your own people is lame shit. I got into wrestling and one of the coaches was born and raised in Salinas. He had SALINAS tattooed across his stomach in old english letters. He used to be a gang member in Salinas but can't remember the name of his gang. All the guys respected him because he always told the squad to never join gangs. He said he used to get into trouble and when he finally got his act together, he joined wrestling in high school (in his time) and made it to state championships. He always credited wrestling with saving his life. I will never understand why Chicanos kill each other over a piece of concrete that doesn't belong to them and never will. When I lived in the hood, the people who robbed me was my own, Raza. My father left Mexico when he was very young to give his kids a better life. I graduated high school and went to college. Gangs are stupid.
It's for the bitches
Nobody cares wtf you talkn bout lol
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Bro I’m literally reading your comment while sitting up in my 2 daughters’ wrestling class. Wrestling is a good sport to teach kids discipline and overcoming challenges. Also a good way for them to learn to kick ass if they ever need to defend themselves!
Glad that you found a way out of the hood life!
Born and raised in Salas,70’s-90’s. At that point my family wanted me out and the homeboys pushed me out. I’m thankful for them pushing me out and away. I have a 5th grade picture of my classs. In that picture 16 Boys only 4 of us are on the outside or alive. Salas is no joke never has been!
That's a blessing
The homeboys looked out for you back then and they're glad they did that whether they're no longer with us or alive. May the homies who died rest in peacen
@@explosivereactionstv7414 yeah rest in pecan pie
Are there hot girls there
The sad part is that it’s your own rasa to kill you same hoods close to you instead of helping getting each other out ..
I actually grew up in Salinas (I now live in Monterey☺) and remember being told not to wear certain colors in some parts of the city because of gang violence. Hard to do as a Dodger fan who wore blue a lot but even as a white guy you had to be aware of your surroundings in certain neighborhoods. Amazing that something as innocent as a colored jacket or shirt can get you killed in some areas.
yeah bro its true
Seems like you could even be shot for standing outside in the wrong neighbourhood no matter what colour you’re wearing especially during hostile times
@@rileygally2967 wearing purple tho
I grew up there to but left right before high school to Fresno. Ur right I'm white too but I remember being told this or we were also aware n told if the same car passed u by 3 times its time to leave. I remember hearing that in the 3rd grade. We were all just very aware of wat was happening around us
Also one of my best frens who I spent the night at all the time, lived in a not so nice part of town. the house 2 doors down across the street was fire bombed one night. Crazy shit man
This is also true in NY. The colors you wore could get you clapped.
I love the comment about staying inside. Growing up my cousins lived in that type of neighborhood (3 families living within 2 apartment units kinda thing), so the parents in the building pooled their money together and bought a SNES (this was back when the latest video game was PS2/GC/Xbox generation). I firmly believe this is one reason why hood kids fall into extreme extroverts or introverts and why gaming during the early to late 2000s became such a big thing in boys in communities of color (think that Mos Def line "They can't do math but they can rock you at playstation"). Out of concerns for safety many children (and families) turn inward based on their accessibility to technology
That shit worked for me 😂 but not sure if they did it for that reason or because it’s something I wanted for xmass and honestly it was kind of beutiful feeling of escaping the reality of living in Compton having to deal with bullies at school and I mean deal with fight I couldn’t just back down I had to always end up swinging at someone trying to press their luck I’m not saying I was tough or anything I hated fighting but I had to just to not get treated like a bitch but it was draining and at home it wasn’t any better my parents I never seen them be happy together my dad was just mentally and physically abusive to my mother my whole childhood so playing video games was for me at least Therapeutic and a way escaping the reality of what life was for me at the time sorry for this long ass reply no one ask for but yea video games are cool
Dman you broke it down perfectly. We used to have so many programs for kids to prevent gangs or at least try to intervene. A lot of my younger cousins are huge video game nerds I love video games too but they didn't keep me out the streets enough.
Video games such as gta San Andreas is the reason I thought drive bys were fun 😂
These are like my night time stories before bed😂! Keep up the good work!
Lol bro stg idk 🤦🏿
For me it's history documentaries (mainly UK monarchs) and ww2 and mafia LCN documentaries 😂
Used to be serial killers tho
facts hahaha
Bro lol 😂 fr
I grew up in Salinas. Had many good but wild memories there. You dont have to be involved in gangs but everyone is street savy. It is the Norteno breeding ground and they are on every block. When living there for so long you never realize how bad it is because its stuff you see every day and just seems normal. Once you move out and look back you think to yourself how bad it really was. I no longer live there but love the town and when I go back to visit I always keep my head on a swivel. You can feel the tension in the air!
There ....not their ....3 times ...
No one cares about your story
@@wtf-losangeles-review 😂
@@wtf-losangeles-reviewtheir are just some peeple that don’t know what there typing. We can’t judge them for there misspellings
@@kyle896 remember this there is for something their is for someone and they’re is they are
California dudes are just simply built different. If you live outside of Cali and have Crips, Hoovers, Bloods, Sureno gangs, Nortenos gangs, Hell's Angel or even Aryan Botherhood members in your state or city that simply proves my point.
Shhh Black Guerrilla Family is outside of Cali 🤦🏿♂️
@@blvdskino9363 cause they couldn’t hang in Cali
@@familyfirst2888 lol there a prison gang so they didn’t have a presence on the streets
Foreal it's not that theyre no down but Cali is something else honestly, I had a friend tell me that his friend from Colorado was a real Sureño, I was like bro the real Sureños are in Cali.
They have none of those where I’m from we have organized mobz
Really saddens me that the hardworking parents or granparents of everyone involved moved there to try & start a better life for them and their kids, only for them to take it for granted, get into trouble or kill each other over territorial disputes…
All while not owning any land of their own, but willing to die or kill for it
Streets of neighborhoods they don't even own.
Why do we assume they had "hard working parents" their parents could have been on dope, lazy, or just born here. Not everyone is a first or 2nd generation Latino in Southern California.
@@kellyrenee2173 you would NOT say that to any of our faces all the guys in the video are real killers 😂you would tremble in fear 😂😂 lmfao funny ASF you think you tough let people be and do what they want
@@dynaryda8857 you wouldn't say that to our face you would tremble in fear
When I was working at Intel a few years back one of my managers had a tattoo on his left arm which I could barely see under his sleeve. It wasn’t until one day we were at lunch when he took off his jacket and I saw his sleeve rolled up to reveal it was a pretty large 14 in an old English looking font. I asked him what it meant and he explained he got it in 2014 when his team at the time was responsible for a successful launch of the 14.009 cryptographic firmware for the Z573 chipset. BUT! I'm a project manager and know for a fact that product does not exist! I then nervously took a long hard sip of Capri Sun and said that’s cool” 😳
This made me laugh pretty hard 😂
I really dig your channel just started listening about a week ago. I have watched a lot of your vids now.Great style, you got a meta thing happening. A place where one can grasp the bigger picture. good job
Never lived in Salinas but I knew a bunch of people who parents that are migrants and stories they would tell about that city was crazy
its weird that he says its safe now cus numbers are similar to places like SF... those stats are so fixed. If your going by stats then Chicago is considered a safe city if you count residents to crime rate. Because all the crime happens in one place so its not safe if your in the place. Same with SF... or NYC... or LA. These stats these ppl read be hella off
when you live in salinas knowing your streets is a must, u gotta know where to and not to go and you’ll be just fine.. i was in high school when salinas was hot, nowadays it’s been smooth and everyone’s laying low but who knows for how long, the cycle always tends to repeat itself.
I think you used to rap back in the day if im not mistaken. Stay up bro
Speaking facts my boy 💪🏻
where would you tell wanderers not to go?
cycles starting again now, u can feel the tension rising again and its crazy... Its even pushing down to Monterey again
Salinas is beautiful and full of hard working people who are working their asses off to survive in one of the most expensive areas in the country. Sucks that the gangs are preying on them and making it such an unsafe place to live.
Are we talkin about the same salinas?
Yea bro,, I lived in Salinas for 8 years from 2013 -2021, I grew up in Seaside CA which is like 25 minutes away. Moved out of Cali all together and don't miss it at all. Came to a Red state and love it
Salinas is not that beautiful at all.
@@PAC_84compared to Oakland it is 😂
@@baglifemike1535 I guess if you compare it to Oaktown for sure. But where I'm at now blows all of that in Cali out of the water as nice town and low crime go.
This dope as hell broski!! I grew up in SEASIDE which is like 20 mins away from Salinas!! 831 in this thang boi!!!💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥🔥
My nigga Cam you know who it is!!!
@@ImManley bruh what's goodie!?!?!💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥 u see this video!? Shit is crazy bro!! We grew up here!!💪🏾
Hell yeah it’s 831 GBG ( Gay Boy Gangstas 14/13 clicked up ese!
@@koonyeezy6433I'll let them know u wanna join their click ASAP!!!
The clip of T.I. at 14:33 when a confidential informant is mentioned is hilarious 😂
I laughed
I was going 2 write the same thing. Shit had me laughing and couldn't stop!!!!!
lol right
They put TI on spot. Lmao
I saw that too lol
I am a truck driver and I have picked up oranges in Salinas for years. Never knew it had a scene like this.
Ya back in 2009 it was like top 5 murder per capita
Norte been knockin them guys down everywhere just like Stockton,Oakland,Modesto and many other Northern Cali cities….Norte still runs Northern Califaz dont let them 13s fool you.
Oranges? We don't grow Oranges here..
Cap
Salinas is Nuestra Familia headquarters man.
I was born in Salinas and grew up there up until 8th grade my parents didn’t want me to go to high school there cause it was a breeding ground for gangs I lived by east market and down the block was Hebron and growing up there that shit was wild crazy. But living there gave me somewhat of street smarts I knew what not to do, wear and what areas to avoid most of my childhood friends either died to street life or got locked up for murder. It was tough growing up in Salinas.
Move back there
Okay I’ll start packing up
did you go to loma vista elementary school?
@vertzwrld432 I went there to Loma vista and el sausal
I lived on Fremont st and hebbron
Real estate agents probably send this guy hate mail
*every episode*
THIS ONE is the wildest one EVER!!! 😂😂😂😂
And I always believe him 🤣
ANYTHING FOR SALIINAAASSSSS!!!!
of course shout out the 831 SHAOOOW!
Every title: the NEW MOST DANGEROUS gang
Those jobless gang members sure can find a nice house with no credit and no employment history. How is that possible 😅😅
fake check stubs, using tradelines to boost a zero credit score to a 750 within a few weeks, CPNs to conceal their true identity, co-signers, knowing the landlord. There are a lot of ways
Democrats lol
Listen to the rap songs... "All on my momma name" LOL 😂😂😂
with section 8 anything is possible
@@tehuti112 so ralo didn’t buy an entire apartment complex with dirty drug money in a republican state? You ignorant sheep jsut say anything nowadays 😂😂
I’m from Oakland but I got love for Salinas and the 831
Same 🇲🇽🔴🔴🔴🔴
This video tripping Salinas was never worst than Richmond or Compton.
I remmeber going up there in all blue Dodger gear not knowing how serious you can be ended just by wearing the wrong colors. We done have Norte (red) in So. Cal and my cousin's son put me on game. Next day i didn't wear blue and while at the store a few guys wearing red came in. I think i was pretty lucky that day.
If you from Northern California you know Salinas is not talked about a lot but you know it active asf with the homeboys 👌🏽
Salinas has always been an NF stronghold and has bred some of the most firmest believers in the cause. I’m not glorifying at all just saying, Salas don’t play around.
Damn foo on the dead hynas that I smacked the cucumber foo free the big homie dancer loco homie I out here working full time at subway you know the homies get the munchie for free foo much respect foo foo
Damn y’all proud of being InnocentK???
Shout Out From Gonza Ca
@@El_Guero_925Any Black Nortes in Salinas?
One of the murder squad members is my ex wife's son, his father was in/out of prison so he had no worthwhile father figure. The younger son has also been locked up for 8 year's for an unassociated attempted murder. Luckily I was able to go to court and take custody of my two kids with that woman and their both productive members of society who have never done time. As for her she hides under the umbrella of the Victory Outreach Church 🤷🏻♂️
Haha sounds like the common 831 syndrome.
U sure know how to pick em
@@WINDSORTOWNSAV My kids are older and we're out of her home when she married the other kids father so ur comment has no bearing 😉
@@gonzaboy0072 😭 Not only did you bail on her but her other kids too. You said lacking a worthwhile father figure but all that time you could of stepped in and at least tried.
@@WINDSORTOWNSAV how do you know he didn't? Can't save people that don't want to be saved
Do a second part on the years where Salinas broke its homicide records
@@its_that_Buster_Beater says you. emeros shot a baby in the face. surenos fired into homes and killed Brownside Tokers little sister. salinas sur was on Americas most wanted for killing a 6 year old boy. and after that they killed a lil Paisa Girl. no respect for your people. traitors to your people
@@its_that_Buster_Beater that's the whole reason Nuestra Familia Started. Eme abusing its own RAZA. and guess what scrap? Most of the people Eme hurt were SOUTH Cali people. orange county and all them. all the socal people coming into prison Eme would abuse
I live in Oakland and use to mess with a female who lived in Salinas. I had no idea how mob Salinas was the first time I went out there.
I remember growing up I use to think gang bangers looked cool then I grew up and joined the rest of the world and realized they all see gangsters as losers 😂
I feel this. I remember as a kid gangsters looked cool. Then I grew up and see 25-30 year old cholos riding bicycles because they don't have car or DL. You realize how pathetic they really are.
@@realgsdontdie5095 But REAL GEES AINT DYIIN
@@realgsdontdie5095nah fam you’re talking about wannabes. Don’t confuse a hoodlum for a gangster, a real
Gangster will live in a big house, drive real nice expensive cars , and further their influence by any means, usually will have a local politician pulling strings on behalf of his interest
Well said
People don't choose to be gangsters your born into it based on where u grow up and who you're around... in these neighborhoods you got no choice ..If your brown you don't just where white and say peace upon you lol.. you get rolled up on jumped etc if u ain't you will be once you try ans stand on your own as a kid or teenager.. guilty by association..people don't aim bullets at 1 person they spray and pray and you will catch lead just living in the vicinity
Growing up in Salinas as a young teen in the 90's, I quickly learned a valuable lesson. If a Northerner approaches you and asks this simple question, "Where you from?" RUN! Because if you give any answer other than "big bad Norte" or something similar, you just gave the wrong answer and it's about to go down. It didn't matter if you said, I'm selling bibles. It was the wrong answer.
All bad 😟💀
If you run win’t they still just shoot you?
@@jimbaker5110They jumping you either way.
Wow. I spent my teenage years in Salinas. This video definitely brought back some memories.
Damn i love Salinas ❤️...one of the most beautiful places I've been in my trucking career...im from Maryland and use to go to Salinas and Watsonville weekly in 16-17 to bring back produce...had a weed plug out there that always had good ⛽️ 🔥 it was definitely parts of Salinas that got tricky tho
Do you still have the weed plug
@@youngdrey1 I’m him tap in for some Cali
@@youngdrey1 tappin fam i stay closeby shippin and everythin
i’m from hollister which is like 30 mins from salinas but my uber drivers would always mention how beautiful the drive is 😂
I'm from watsonville I gotchu 😂
"So bad, everybody stares at the ground" 😂😂
This was a great video, but you should have covered when bill Clinton went to salinas In the 90s and spoke about the gang violence plaguing the city. Good job and you really stepped it up and your videos are getting better with every drop
This has always been home for me and it’s hard living here when you lose too many loved ones over a lot of bs. But that’s how it always was to be honest it’s been really quiet for a few years thank God because now I’m a dad and life is in its proper perspective. Anyway for anyone still in Salinas stay blessed glad your still alive and it’s up to us to make it better from here on out stay blessed all of you
No, EME did not become Surenos and NF Nortenos. Surenos became supporters of EME by the late 1970s and Nortenos suppporters of NF in the mid-1970s. But few of them, less than 1%, ever rise up to become prison gang members. You did a good job of covering some of the major SNE & Murder Squad vs. SS Beefs in Salas.
Eme and nf created norteno and surenos
Sur and Norte became a thing when Eme and NF got out of la pinta
Bruh what the hell are u saying lol…
Also no such thing as El dorado 13, and sieber is vagos.
😂😂😂😂 DO YOUR HOMEWORK opinions are like assholes everyone has one 😂 none of what said is true 😂
yeah, one time i dated a female from salinas, never again. its a wild place down there along with watsonville, watsonville locos take it to santa cruz and back and forth.
nerver date a salinas chick and esp if she from east salinas
@@zaywop5978 😂😂😂 oops
Norte runs them cities
@@zaywop5978 salinas females are up there with bay area female’s theyll play you 🤣🤣
@@calidawg510 not Santa Cruz scraps got that mf on lock lol
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
Prayers out for those trying to recover from the passing of their loved ones 🕊️
Prayers out for those incarcerated and those on that path 🕊️
Chapete killa
I’m from Watsonville, really cool to see the video! If people don’t know, because Salas was the “hottest to watch” back on LivePD (show has different name now) some certain people didn’t like how it showed more of California then they wanted and had it pulled from the tv show.
I remember when a beer spot opened in Watsonville. First few weeks were rough. Lotttttta salinas boys came around and plenty of fights etc happened. It’s all been figured out/patrolled out now though.
Bro i love watsonville. I work in moss landing sometimes. Always hitting sunset beach up! Lol
@@AlexanderTheGreat1000 same I love the beaches here! Check out Zils Road beach sometime next time you’re around.
Grew up in Salinas and been all around live pd was lit and with all the crime it makes it worth it for the food 😂😂nothing better then seeing places u hang on tv and live pd
Patrolled out? You mean the police just sit outside and wait to catch drunk drivers or anyone that looks suspicious?
@@kellyrenee2173 nice try, no thats not what I meant. I mean sure try that every now and then at any and all business that serve, and ofc its bs when they do, and they legally cant. Happened where I used to worked at alot, and destroyed business for awhile. Nobody would come since theyd be down the street like 4 of em waiting. Till we had some lawyers send the sherriffs office a letterhead.
Its said that no matter how far you run from this lovely town called salinas youll always find yourself called back .for those who made such choice in making a better life and apply the common ground of change youll always find yourself with the same talk, the same walk ,and the mindframe that is instilled within this here environment with the darkest memories ,truama and whatever else that suits one to his figure .however,it is not an aspect that shall not be taken lightly but a freindly reminder of the facts of what is .....
You ain't never lied it's a curse lol
You should do a story on luljaime he’s a very interesting and active og in the bay area
😂😂
San Jo legend
Can’t if he’s active anything will just incriminate him
@@poloreyes5614 everything’s alleged
😭😭😭😭
My bro in law is a Salinas PD. Salinas is the border for Nortes y Surs. Been a battleground for ever.
It's actually quiet for years now.
There really is no border never has been. If you really think about it there's norteños gangs that used to report to mexican mafia members way back then before the NF got militant/structured and started to recruit every norteño gang that was from northern california. And the sureños have been established up north for over 30 years now. So that border you're talking about has never been its just seems that way because of the number of members and cities that norteños have
BORDER IS BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD & DELANO
Bakersfield Delano and Soledad greenfield on the other side of the mountain
@@mrloko9664So many prisons between in Central Valley
Watson in the house but got family and friends from Salas! I’ve never felt the brown on brown violence though. We have to do better.
WVN al day man I miss my town now I'm always from the bay to Fresno back n forth oh yeah fuck Fresno only the west is good
Upon the same token I am the only salas boy from a deep family of watsoneros .saludos!
@@chicobling shauuuu!!!
@@getminesallday24 may all the original Northsiders rest easy and commence to the afterlife.
This deserves a part two
Growing up in the late 90's early 2000's was hard for a first generational Latino. The gang they left out doing a lot of the work was actually Acosta Plaza (Nortenos) also known as AP. They also left out La Posada another Sureno gang who was out doing dirt. Good watch though good info.
That’s a good point, yeah they did leave that out..they also didn’t mention the names of the sureños that fired back n killed norteños, well except for one..Salas ain’t no joke
If u know,u know
Lpt founded by the Flores Brothers they used to be salinas jokers
True..
@@mistersalas4604lp is dead now
I was sliding from LA to San Jose in 2007. I was low on gas when I saw the Salinas exits. I already knew to stay on point. It took me bout 10 mins to find a gas station & When I pulled up to get gas there was probably 10 Nortes posted up . They asked me where I was from & I told em LA n all that. They was cool on the real but I knew it could get ugly!
😬🙏
I live in riverside county no one posts at the stores out here I never see scraps 😂
@@jrjr8738 It was probably a couple years back because most hoods in Cali dont post up anymore….Everyone has a whip and be mobbin deep nowdays instead of posting up… couple years back the homeboys use to post up onna block but cops would always harass now the homies just be riding around but still keeping it active ::
@@calidawg510 I’m from Modesto it’s active out there I’m in SoCal lames out here 😂😂
@@jrjr8738 get a life dog it's 2023 😂
That clip of TI when you said confidential informant Is outta pocket 😂
Been to Salinas and Soledad many times, you don’t want to be snooping anywhere around any of those places. I drove trucks and worked construction throughout California and as long as I didn’t stray from my intended path I never had much trouble but there was plenty if you wanted it.
@@its_that_Buster_Beater so quick to diss on the net. go slide for your dead homies. your criminal career will never take off. you will never be an Emero because you are a coward. you'll stay a broke foot soldier living in moms
Not gonna lie This was a good one. A lot of things correct but missing info (as far as my generation). I'll be doing a video on this one real soon..
Damn my dad grew up in Acosta plaza back in the early 1990s, salinas was wild in those times!
Salinas is like boot camp for Northerners. Even the Southsiders are militant.
Salinas is Norte land
Salinas is definitely Norte land and there ain't no scrap that f****** come outside in that b****
@@calidawg510 it's got both
Surenos are not militant here 🤣
@@quetzalcoatl9993 Like I said its Norte land…Norteños are the deepest and most active hispanic gang in Salinas and they run it along with their allies…Sureños aint nada there even though some are there
Theres no such things as el dorado 13 . Eldorado park is NSL territory
There is no such thing as "our territory." Show some property deeds, and then we can talk. 😂😂
Facts
@@ThailandEnthusiast metaphorically
@@LittleSalex
if they not making the community a better safer place. They can stay home with that imaginary child's play. Maybe sharpen those sign language skills too.
@@ThailandEnthusiast yeah sadfully we can say our opinions n all but at the end of the day theyll still will kill you for nothing
Grew up in the El Dorado Park / Calaveras area of Salinas. One my earliest memories of the Park was a mob fight that broke out. I was about six year's old and about 12 vehicles pulled up to the park. It looked like everyone having their bbq's ran towards the groups leaving their vehicles. I just remember the sounds that the bats were making when people were getting hit, the screaming of people that were stabbed and the ladies who were watching. My mom came running down the road after a few minutes, swooped me up and chewed me out for not leaving when that started. I couldn't though, was just stuck staring at all the chaos. About ten year's later two gangster's who ended up being from LA were killed while sitting in a car that was parked in front of my house for a few hours. Neighbors said it was two teenagers on bikes who came up and started shooting through the windshield. The neighborhood was crazy from the 80's & 90's. Our house was right next to a chop-shop, but they were hella cool. After the 89' earthquake they were the only spot with power. They loaned my parents a generator, a cell phone that looked like a brick and would drop off groceries. We moved a while after most of the chaos, today there are about nine guys I grew up with that are either serving life or died being active. All together, I'd say about two dozen people I grew up with through just after HS and my twenties have died due to the gang culture. Some weren't even gangbanging, were the wrong person entirely, one had bought s hooptie from a guy who people were after, another was dating a shot callers ex, even a couple females that were active.
Salinas may be small in population compared to larger cities at only +125k people, but the issues are the same and at times seem like they have been more brutal.
You get through it and you either live to navigate with the awareness, or people leave for areas that are more chill. Either way, you come out of it stronger if you're lucky or traumatized if you or your family were directly affected.
Salad bowl
Salad bowl
Dang I never knew this video was even uploaded, but thank you for making a video about my own city man
Salinas is often an ignored city and no one (not even cali) knows about us lol
Definitely need a part 2 so many stories Salinas is wild born and raised
Born and raised in Salinas and I’m glad out of that area.
FINALLY A NEW EPISODE OF SWAP STORIES
This my town lol didn't realize it was the most dangerous you covered also please make one on Soledad I grew up there to
U must be a house kiddo. Cuz I'm from the bay and don't kno anyone from Salinas but i kno yo ass will get smoked there and it ain't no joke
Salinas is historical its where Nortenos first hood started and also where many surenos died
He says that about every hood tho lmao
@@calidawg510Nah foo Norte started in Africa we was 14’s straight up than we split up into 4 gangs the MS14, BullDogs, Northern Riders which is the original and deepest Mexican gang up north, and the chihuahuas mafioso.
What’s there to talk about in Soledad? Lol that’s a ghost town. Salinas, Watsonville, King City, have always been the wildest in the 831
Love this channel ,much love for everyone out here 🔥🔥💯💯💪💪
Maaaaaan I remember one summer I wanted to stay with my cousin out there and he was down and when I told my parents they’re were like “NO!!!!” But that “no” was like a real concerned parent type of No so I never questioned and as I got older I realized why, but Salas always gets my love and respect a lot of my favorite rappers are from the Dirty. 💯
Uhhh, how can you be tried again for the same crime after being found not guilty? Double jeopardy?
Right I thought u can’t be charged twice for the same crime
@@YungMigo24 if you quit it on charge is you can’t be charged again. Hung jury, you could be charged again.
I would think the trial was done again due to the fact that the judge sent out letters to the jury’s “thanking” them for the not guilty 😅 just know if the judge did that to a guilty verdict we would see another trial as well
@@timmypham5918 thats why the second trial happened. It made it look like maybe the judge had a hand in the decision.
they have 12 months 2 refile, but NORMALY they do it on the spot b4 u leave the court room
Just rolled up and swamp stories dropped and my birthday tomorrow I’m watching now and rewatching tomorrow night when I get back from the club 😂
HBD next light!!!! be safe at the club and hoe you enjoy your day!!!!!!
Happy birthday dawg stay safe
Raised in Salinas mostly my whole life. From Killbreth, to Hebron, to China town. Seen a little bit of everything.
I love living here shoutout Salinas and Montery County, keep up the great work!
God damn They got hella bodies. Best swamp stories yet. 🔥.
Salinas is wild then. Alot of youngsters from Salinas in Cya back in 2001' . Salinas, San jose, and Modesto , had alot from those cities
Free the hometx4m !!! Shout out Salas homies! Rich city checking N! 🤞🏼☝🏼✌🏽💯
Da Rich buster free📍
Keep the homies locked up they in there for a reason
I WAS IN SALINAS ALL WEEK, NO SCRAPS IN SIGHT. THE EAST IS FLOODED WITH NORTEÑOS. RED IS ALL YOU SEE.
Busters
@@Mexmike-lh1fx OK SURAT
The home team 🇲🇽🔴🔴🔴🔴
Homies in Salas be wearing red sometimes to be low key u never know who can be wearing red
@@User-yz7wm BECAUSE YA SCRARD TO WEAR BLUE
Sad how this is put up with instead of being put out! Cali should bring back the death penalty! Why do we put up with this California?
the whole 831 be crazy
I haven’t been in the 831 in forever, I had to get out but will never forget that place, I miss it every day but fear going back :/ that place is a black hole
*edit
Wow I’m reading the comments from people and dang I’m glad everyone is good right now I’m also glad I’m not the only one who still loves the 831. Love really does hurt y’all
put some respect on salinas and stop calling it a black hole. even if it was super violent if you arent in gangs it won't affect you. you disrespecting on the internet but wouldnt talk negative about it in person coward
some of the 831 is actually good to live in
Lol most of the 831 is a blessing to live in! But very expensive these days! Ugh!! Too expensive the Monterey & sf bay’s
That Ben Simmons cameo saying nobody got hit 😂
Your videos are great man! I promise this is truly only constructive criticism. Just talk in your normal voice and talk with your natural inflections. Again, your videos are great and I like how you found the perfect middle ground with the animations and cutaways 👌 keep up the good work brotha!
THE 831 made it to SWAMP STORIEZ AHHHHH
Salinas is a Crazy! They don’t play in the 831
My coworker lived on market street and he always told me crazy stories and he said don’t ever go through there at night lol but salinas has some of the best weather ever I went to the mall one summer and it was 100 degrees in hollister and then you go over the hill to salinas and it’s cold and foggy which is awesome
Nah it get tricky in salinas fasho 😂 gotta navigate the tweakers and bangers everyday lmao
I know about this story. I was young, my ex now, but at the time had an older brother in marine county juvenile facility. And he was locked up with the guy that did this. Told me about it, interesting to me. Took me to that moment, lol I was in the parking lot with his sister, while his mom visited him.
My uncle got shot in the head at a party in salinas when I was like 6 years old. RIP uncle Marco 🙏
fucc that foo
sending Love and strength to you and your family...
Was he a scrap?
@Gstaxz nah I'm Samoan, he just got into a fight with some guys and lost his life.
@@user-kz9yq6ci6u I was just playen i dont gang bang I ain’t bout that life. Rip tho
Now do a video on Latin counts vs Surenos 13 and gdz in southwest Detroit people need to know the history
Salinas has always been a breeding ground for NF and they're deep at Salinas Valley State Prison.
You should do one on varrio Horseshoe in San Jose 2006 Jack-in-the-Box incident on Tully Road
its like all of the 831 area is stuck in the 90s sometimes I swear times have changed but good damn never thought to see Salinas tyty! man
My homie was from east market and was gun down at a park in salinas. RIP Brian
RIP 🙏
Brian zamudio? He wasn't a norteno. His brother is a sureno. Brian was just a mistaken identity.
@@salas831 I was about to say same thing definitely wasn't from East market but a Southsider did do that to him on East Laurel the day after one of they most popular members and rapper named lil dreamer got turfed in front of his house while he was on phone with his girl . Wild af
@hustleordie391 ya I remember. I think the female driver started to rat. The gomars were involved.
Bro shits crazy me and my dad were with franky (lil dreamer) the day it happend I remember him saying “ay juan me van a matar wey “ he felt it …if it wasn’t for my dad that had to take a dump (it was his gut feeling cuz he actually couldn’t shit when he was in the restroom ) we prolly would’ve got hit too cuz moments after we went upstairs you hear when he got shot ..shit was wild
All i can say is those Barrios are freaking clean yo. Props to those that keep it clean
Crazy how your hometown makes its name for this. It’s more than just a violent city man. Hidden beauty. Miss it
I grew up in Santa Cruz/Watsonville but we would go to salinas often to go to Mexican stores etc. I remember we were eating by Sanborn and my parents would tell us to not go past that street and I never knew why. I saw this dude walking down the street wearing hella blue and I thought that’s probably not good, 30 sec or so later a car racer by and pulled a drive by. That’s how I remember salinas. Nowadays it isn’t that bad.
Watching these videos is my version of pulling a Ja Morant
Salinas has been and will always be a Norteño stronghold. That goes the same for any city out there under the control of any given entity. If anybody thinks they just poofed and disappeared, think again. They’ve only redirected their attention to more important things and have learned to clean up after themselves. Hollow points and machines can lead to greater, more inconvenient expenses than paying off business accountants.
Even our raps evolved. Listen to these Northern Cali Scraps and all they rap about is Nortes in every other bar. Buster this chap that. Even the wannabe scraps at work don't say nothing to all the Nortes in the buildin they know they'll get handled 😂
That hardly surprises me bro. I stopped paying attention to their rap a long ass time ago. Sounds like ain’t much changed. Northern Cali rap is way different now compared to when speedy loc and Louie Lou was being slapped. Crazy thing is they get looked at as being lesser or not even legit by sets in socal for living up north. All while they beef with each other down south. Make it make sense. I understand everybody’s had their hiccups in the past but most hoods in NorCal have all eventually squashed shit for one reason or another unlike the shit that stays happening down south. Those are the same characters that’ll try to befriend you later on in life when they realize shit only gets more serious as time passes.
Yes! Most people don't know or ignore to do so. There's vatos in Sacramento & Stockton, but Salinas is the patriarch.
Except Richmond and other parts of the Bay Surenos will always be up Snorth
@@BustahK it's been like since the 80s🤷 makes sense when your big homies were established in San Quentin and Folsom before Upstaters became a "movement". Norteños still here and probably won't go away because of some foos that bang soo trese
Lmaooo having TI show up during “confidential informant” is hilarious
As a resident at Salinas, everything has been calm, and there’s been a lot of late night events. If there’s gang activity it’s super lowkey right now.
I lived in salinas most of my childhood but left in 2005. One of my childhood best friends ended becoming a south sider. His murder story is wild two nortenos pretended to be surenos got into a car with 4 of them shot and killed 2 of them (1 being being my friend) and injured 2 others. He was only 14
Yup that’s the Archor murder that hit was highly calculated
@@rompgee5233Yup
Yup I remember that that's all bad g..rip to ya folks
That was crazy I remember that 2 killed 1 paralyzed..& when shown the videos in court the dudes were laughing & smiling the whole time
I grew up with shocky went to middle school and high school with him too. We used to play Xbox back in 2010. Back in middle school he was nothing like that, we did kick it with homies but he looked nothing like a gangster at all. It was around sophomore year were he completely changed
Yeah I remember him from 360 Halo 3 days. What was your gamer tag? One of my good friends on Xbox live.
@@Flyinglion028 ncal831 / x platinum .. i played mw2 and black ops 1 with him. i actually live by his pad. we went to high school together but i got kicked out and didnt see him for a few years. i started going to the gym around 2016 and he was also going. we would have small convos here and there
@@Flyinglion028 he used to boot people off their internet while playing bo1 lol
@@ju4n831 I taught him how to pull IP’s and I guess from there he went crazy lol
Crazy the paths people decide to take.. probably good kid making bad decisions or being badly influenced
El Dorado 13? Tf non existent hood 😂😂 if anything the closest northside southerners were Parkside 13 by Laurel or La Posada
Never heard of parkside 13 must be newer gang
It's like a kick it spot for them I'm not sure if they're official. It's actually a lil older
it literally is dude lol watch the video
@@macias7125 El Dorado is NSL hood tf are you talking about 😂
Monterey, about an south of San Francisco. These videos are great, by the way!
I was born n grew up in Salinas. Lucky for me my Father got a better job offer and we moved right before i started high school. Part of the reason we wanted to leave was cuz the violence was already getting out of control
Shout out salas the mother land of the northern raza 🇲🇽🤝🏽
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😂fake raza you mean. More like tilins stilo 😂😂😂
@@mannyboyaztlan5127 Have you seen the stilo of everyone nowadays? Y'all barely catching up,we 20 years ahead
Salinas born and raised. Been wondering when you'd make a video about Salas.
I'm not a gangster, but I live in Nor Cal and have a lot of Norteno friends. In high school a group of Surenos would pick on me, and I tried to fight but it was like 5 guys. One day a I saw a group of Mexicans coming up all in red, they were Nortenos and they saw them messing with me and we all went to work and beat up the Surenos. They knew I wasn't in gang shit and they thought it was a bitch move for them to mess with me, and they became close friends of mine til this day. Not all gang members are bad people.
wow
Growing up in the SaladBowl in the 90's was like living in the Bahamas! Santa Rita 2000BLK is where I called home from preschool to 8th grade
Salinas crazy af . If your outside and wearing blue or red your life is LITERALLY at risk !