That you know of, you've talked to plenty of drug addicts and didn't even realize it, they don't wear a huge neon sign, not all addicts live homeless and dirty etc. Smh
well the whole rap/rnb scene sounded way more articulated in the 80s/90s, i worked with a guy few years youngers than me but he was from compton, proper pronunciation and etc. education system and the whole cultcha really went downhill
It’s a mental sickness and you can’t stop people from fiending for it. It’s such a hard drug that you can’t blame the users for falling in the depths of the high. It happens to the best of us, my dad included.
Idk bro his description of Hollywood parties with coke and weed everywhere sound pretty fun to me, I think he would be a great spokesman for crack and weed tho!
My mom started doing crack in the 80s shortly after I was born. Who knows maybe even before. She never stopped. I lived in our crack house until 5 when police raided and took me and my brother away. She never got clean and we were adopted. She's still not clean 40 years later. In and out of prison. Im always amazed when I hear people stopped. Nothing stopped my mom not even the loss of her kids and eventual death of my brother. The lesson I learned is never try crack. You already know it feels great but it will ruin your life. Why risk it.
My mom and dad both. My dad stopped when I was born. Mom is off and on. I remember sleeping on a pile of clothes and eating seasoning salt sandwiches. I’m just happy to be alive every day ❤ blessings to you and yours
It’s very relatable for ex amphetamine users, especially ones that can manage themselves as well as he did. A self aware drive user can actually be very productive and can sometimes even be more productive than previously using said substance. Many many people take adderal today, many many people take essentially restructured crack legally and for people on state insurance it’s free. And when they start to get “adverse effects” they get benzos thrown at them, it’s a vicious cycle that you can find yourself in the streets and indeed in your very own doctors office.
You're thinking of crank, crack is made from cocaine, not an amphetamine. Also don't understand this Adderall is the same as meth nonsense, it's closer to regular speed.
@@Highlander1432 While NYC was expensive back then it wasn't as expensive as it is today relative to the salary of that time. Remember cities like NYC and DC had lost a lot of affluent people to the suburbs during the 70s and early 80s and will continue to do so throughout the mid and late 80s as the crack epidemic grew. Rent was much cheaper back then relative to the incomes of that time.
One of my step brothers was seriously addicted to crack. He had tried and failed at rehab 3 times before he finally got clean. He's been clean and sober for 30 years now. I am so proud of him!
Its a story of aspiration determination and ambition to escape a hole, something bad happening to you is not shameful, its a lesson for yourself and others
Smoking cigarettes or in this case "crack" deepens the voice. Reason why a lot of announcers or radio hosts smoke. If you want a deeper voice but don't mind being an addict thats the way to do it..
I was in the Game in the 80, I started out selling. and then started snorting. and then smoking. one day I realize I had fallen off. and stop getting High. I stop drinking.smoking weed every thing. Save my life. one of the best decisions I ever made. was to stop getting High. 37 years clean.😊praise be to the most High.
80s baby, my father *RIP use to deal whyte. Never seen him do anything, not even drink. It took less than a yr to undo everything he "built " fukn with that yay tho. At his worst, we were homeless at times, or rented rooms with randoms. Didn't understand at that age, not until around 10. He battled that shit off on until he passed from cancer. I did get involved in huslin, but I knew firsthand neva eva fuk with that white girl lol. I commend you, stay sharp
Very glad to hear you made it out! I presume the early stuff is not like what you get now, too. Very grateful my Daddy threatened my life enough to keep my nose clean! 😳 Best to you. 🙏🕊️
@themodstrobator5676 it honestly isn't funny. I'm a millennial, hate my generation, and definitely hate the younger generations. They all talk with NO VOCABULARY or anything. It's just ..facts, bro, ..thats wild. I'm 27 and I use these terms as well but for christ sake have some type of Intellect.
Most eel put together people back then are forgotten gone This man is being seen on different continents I want people to put into thinking how they think they can affect the future Things will u fold how it wants everytime
My father once told me a story about when he tried crack. He said that it was the best high he'd ever felt. The only problem was that it didn't last long enough, so he never did it again.
His mouth was salivating as he talked about crack. He could taste it. I’ve seen that in people I know who have been addicted to crack. He couldn’t wait to get out of there. He knew he had succumbed to this feeling and sadly paid the ultimate price of death right after. He was never going to stop smoking because he had accepted defeat. Rest peacefully sir. You did matter. 43 years after your death and my heart still goes out to you.
MAN.....he ain't never lied being a recovered cocaine addict for six years that stuff literally runs your like...BUT I CAN SAY I ALWAYS WENT TO WORK EVEN IF I WAS UP GETTING HIGH ALL NIGHT AND PAID MY BILLS..TO GOD BE THE GLORY IVE BEEN SOBER SINCE 9/11/2021!!! I WILL NEVER GO BACK GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND ANYONE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION DNT GIVE UP STAY IN PRAYER GOD WILL DELIVER YOU!!!
He was a cia undercover, so yes, he's good at his job of making you like him. Why? The iran contras. The cia got caught bring in cocaine from Nicaragua in the 80s. The federal gov was trafficking and supplying Crack to all the hoods in America to make BLACK money for the war that was under the table and off the books
I started smoking crack at the age of 15, it took me 20 yrs to finally quit. I couldn't take it anymore,the guilt and shame that the crack brought upon me. I thank the he Lord and praise him how everyday and studying to become a pastor. .. hallelujah
First thing I looked up too lol. He was a damn engineer smh one of the early first successful black engineers smh and only been in LA for a little bit and started with cocaine 😢
I think it’s definitely a topic worth discussing. Reason being top performers like this guy and the students he spoke of also abuse drugs. It’s the stress and pressure that comes with being competitive. Same with athletes. Being competitive isn’t a bad thing. They need a better way besides drugs and alcohol or gambling, and esx to take the edge off. It’s all about control. Same with redrum.
Yes and he died the same as many other crack addicts do. Awfully sad for his family and friends he didn't take some of the money he was skilled in making and checking in to a long term treatment facility.
Aside of his ailments he is still a man with principles & morals. He hasn’t lost all of the quality of his humanity. He is being selfless by doing the interview.
I'm afraid he might have agreed to this interview because he was sensing that he hasn't got much time left, but perhaps wasn't quite sure yet how much longer.
Addicts don't lose their humanity by becoming addicts, they contract a mental illness that taking the drug cures the symptoms of. In a sense, it is their medicine but only temporarily.
May he rest in peace. He was charismatic, intelligent, engaging, and informative. He provided a truthful, honest interview on Crack, it's lure, and the damaging impacts of that drug. He was the right person to interview. He knew GOD had a task for him to complete. Much love to his legacy.❤❤❤
What a shame. This man was honest, intelligent, well spoken, skilled, and well kept. Imagine what he actually could have accomplished had he never picked up the rock.
Trust no bitch. One of them turned my best friend aslo. He was a college graduate with $200000 in his account at the age of 35. Now hes in-and-out of jail for petty theft to support his drug habit
After watching this I forgot he was a crack addict.... this guy could have accomplished so much if he hadn't made that choice... he was extremely honest and intellectual
I think when people try certain drugs, they go in it with the mind set of just doing it once. Then they get the best feeling they ever had in their lives. That you can't get from being sober..
The problems not gonna get any better if everyone refuses to talk about it. That's why he was willing. I'm very open about my drug use for the same reason.
@@mikehewitt2146yes which wreak havoc on a level crack can’t touch… worse thing to happen to ppl who are already in poverty. It’s made it from the back woods to the hoods smh
@Dumpsterhuggies people like you always try try to make it as if it's that simple well ok genius no magic involved same way there was no magic involved in creating the races that you are people around you just taught you to be that way you saw people being that way you heard people being that way you got curious and decided to try it out one of the above fits I'm sure they placed specific drugs in our community that would tare families apart for a next to nothing price because they knew 8 out of every 10 I just looking for something or someone to make them feel better if you know history Coke was similar to doing weed back then everybody did it they put the crack put the ghetto a lot of people got hooked thinking it was the same as coke and by the time they realize it was too late to get off there's so much more I could say to educate you on this situation but I'd rather stoop to your level which magic trick or spell did they do to make y'all still the pills out of the medicine cabinet or why didn't the witch come together and teach us the how to create M .3 .T.1-1 spell grow up goofy it's 100% fact that your comment is true @theusuallyquiet
This is interview hit me hard. Im thankful for the love and direction of my parents. I was sheltered about as much as you can be in a “crack infested” hood. Never smoked it, never sold it. The 80s were my coming of age years, so im old enough to remember before the crack era. The after was devastating. This interview took me right back to the middle of it all. Rip to all who lost their battle with crack.
I was alive in the 80s and I miss the 80s. I never knew about the crack epidemic until I came online, but why is that black people ignore the heroin epidemic of the 70s?
@ i can only speak about what i know. I was born in 76 and dont know anything about the heroin epidemic. From my understanding, it was more of a NY thing. I have friends from ny that know about it. But its all second hand knowledge for me. Crack on the other hand, i lived through that experience. Both devastated communities but crack did so on a much larger scale and in a shorter period of time. In one decade, 10 years, every black community in America was in ruins because of crack.
I remember when I was watching this years ago, using crystal and staying up 3 weeks at a time. It took an overdose to save my life and now I watch this 11 years clean. I don’t feel proud; I feel sad that good people like this didn’t have the good fortune I did. ❤
It feels good, but it's not THAT good to waste all your money on. I have IVed cocaine (Sometimes in the neck), which is significantly more euphoric than smoking it, and I have never had an issue with it. (I have smoked/and cooked HQ crack as well, using NH3HCl solution, the good stuff). So there is definitely a social element that caused his addiction. (As he has mentioned) Didn't need to go rehab, or anything just stopped. Unless you abuse it daily/hourly you are not gonna have a physical addition to it, it's all mental. Sleep a few days, you will feel good, the fact people can't control their addiction after is a weakness. It's not heroin. (This dude is overpaying BTW, 150%, the values of money he is mentioning, can last you for way longer than he is claiming). Like physically you cannot smoke it that fast, so he is def 100% getting hustled by his dealer, overpaying). Usually crack dealers up-charge their product, because crackheads are too big fiends to cook it themselves, saving a bunch of money.
My step dad and my mom had some trouble with it in the 80's and 90's . Unfortunately my stepdad couldn't stop. Heart trouble took him. A medic in the airforce. Great chef, and a great teacher. Crack made him violent. Sneaky... thief. I love you dad.
As it said at the end he died shortly after the interview. ..This is so heartbreaking considering the waste caused by his drug addiction .God bless everyone recovering every day from Crazy crack....The show Snowfall is the best glimpse of the crack era from dealing down to addiction..Reign Edwards flawlessly portrays a girl that went from college fresh pretty to damn dusty and only thinking about the high ..The destruction of human souls is inevitable and to see it on Snowfall made me cry..Also I am 19 months clean ..left my husband who wouldn't get clean ..God bless him .he's still struggling...Crack recovery is a struggle every day..but with God 🙏... nothing is. impossible
@@mason8852 Yes I am! Every day is another day I am not edgy.. broke.. twitching... starving... exhausted...getting hit because my husband was mad all the money is gone...Peace is priceless and as I qouted scripture...Luke 1:30 Nothing is impossible with God....After I saw that in the Bible I quit cold turkey after 2 years of crack cocaine hell.... please if anyone is struggling...it can be done!
amazing 👏. I'm so happy for you making a decision and following up on it. yes God is so wonderful and merciful. and he's still in the business of working miracles, I've tried him for myself and once I gave my opiate addiction over to him as well as everything else, he made what seemed impossible for sooo long seem too easy. never going back in Jesus name. God bless and keep you. 🙏🏽
My mother's twin brother brought crack into her home, encouraging her to smoke it. She had 2 children 5 and 6, the years was 1991. He knew the dangers of the drug. I lost my entire childhood.
@@rizikrizik1395 for the first time ever I brought it up to him, outta frustration, and he said "don't speak about MY past". Completely oblivious to the fact that it's my past too. I don't talk to him at all.
you know, often times we see crackheads in the street and immediately pass judgement because we cannot see the fullness of their humanity. We cannot see that they were once regular people leading honest lives. This Interview tells their story and humanizes them. These were regular, honest peopple who simply didnt know what they were getting themselves into. Its a beautiful thing to see, yet sad at the same time. The crack epidemic truly destroyed so many lives in my community.
This guy is the EXACT person famous people love partying with. A charismatic, well-thought, and open-minded drug user who respects privacy. I don't want to glorify him but I understand why he was surrounded by drugs.
Meh. I did it once , just made me puke , I was high but it wasn’t that great to me and was sober in like a half hour . Stimulants never were that great to me
Holy shit!! That goes to show you drugs never discriminate. Dude was articulate, intelligent, very aware and present and it got him. Hooked him and squeezed the life out of him
I’m glad it’s educating people that addiction doesn’t discriminate but the fact that ppl had to watch a UA-cam video to understand that is wild. Stigmas aren’t real. Silicone Valley and Wallstreet has been full of coke and meth addicts for decades
I went to school to work on airplanes at the ripe age of 16, my addiction destroyed my life. I couldve made something of myself but now im lucky if i can get more than 20hrs of work a week in fast food, even now that im sober my addiction was all that i lived for, and without it (and the previous passion i had for life) i just feel so empty and lifeless. Its been a decade and i still struggle to enjoy the things i used to live for. But i dont ever want to use again which i all i want, ill never feel that euphoria again. Im just broken and complacent, and forever fearful and empty. Too scared to leave my comfort zone for the fear ill break and use again, so i shut myself away and hide from every opportunity to be happy. Addiction truly kills dreams
@@100GTAGUY damn homie. It’s up to you to pull yourself out of that shit. You should challenge yourself and get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Cause in this world, no one’s going to feel sorry for you. So prove them wrong and make yourself an asset. God bless
5:54 This says originally aired in 1981, but crack did not come on the scene until at least 1984, so I'm not sure this video can be completely verified as factual. The micro movements in his mouth are definitely indicative of a crack user tho.
damn man, after hearing him speak for 12 minutes and developing quite a lot of respect for him as he told his story, it was kind of a shock to hear that he died shortly after.
@ true Dench, but you get what I mean. Everyone has come across crackheads and they are so emotional and fidgety they can’t sit still for 5 seconds. This guy seems normal that’s why it’s relatable and sad
@@dench2695u can tell a lot about a person by the way they speak, articulate themselves, the way they act but im not sure about this one since everything in murican tv is fake asf
He focused on "the good feeling" and "chasing the dragon", But really what makes people addicted is not how "good it feels" but how "terrible it feels" to go without any. Same thing for H and Cigs and Mth. A person can't do the stuff and reap the "rewards" without it making them uncomfortable and unstable to stop... The "good feeling" May not really actually even be that great either... For example drinking is not really that great to do because It doesn't nessicarily "feel good" and can even "feel bad" at times, but it gives people a rush of good feelings from time to time. That's enough to make people keep doing it. It's when a person gets bad enough and does it too much they get used to it and stop being effected by the bad aspects of it. Another one is H isn't even that great. Sure, you feel extremely "euphoric", but it will shut you down and turn you into a prisoner in your own body at the same time, which is not actually fun. It's only really enjoyable if you plan on not doing anything else or the person has try to control themselves to not do too much, but you also don't feel it nearly as much trying to control it and doing small amounts... Not to mention the comedown is the worst and the reason why it is highly addictive. If you smoke a little bit, you'll get a tiny buzz that lasts like 20minutes and then start getting a headache instantly afterwards... 😂
Haven’t read all the comments… but, this dude explains crack super well. Very intelligent. Much more than most of us watching this most likely. I’ve seen them describe a hit, as getting their ‘bell rung’. A very attractive thing indeed. He describes it as: when you take that hit, that second voice that starts talking to you is now in control… sometimes I dream about it. Beautiful. RIP Mr. Bob Williams 🙏
Is he thought? I've smoked my fair share of crack and $1300 in six hours seems like a bit of an exaggeration that's almost $4k in today's money I know prices were different in the 80s but that's still a shit ton of crack to smoke in 6 hours
@@Mr_May0r0Yeah but we can’t assume he smoked it all himself, he could’ve smoked it wit his girl but even if he didn’t smokin’ too much crack in such a short period of time could’ve been why he died
Crack ruined my child hood… my father and mother smoked it and my mother lost custody of us… my father left… interesting enough this popped up on my timeline as I’m healing child hood wombs…both of my parents are now deceased but this video does give me clarity on how my mom and dad felt during this error being addicted to crack cocaine 💗💗💗👁️
This was the most sophisticated, well-spoken articulation of addiction I’ve ever heard by a man with the best voice TV will ever hear. Really a shame the interviewer was so dense.
I was born on the south side of Chicago in 1985. Every kid in my class growing up had a parent or household member on crack. It was dark times….my sister born in the 70s had a more innocent childhood than me.
Except the sister part, everything you said also applies to my life. I left that place as soon as I could after becoming an adult and I believe it saved my life. Most of my childhood friends that stayed ended up succumbing to their addictions.
As a child of the 80s whose life was deeply impacted by the crack this is personal. Him sharing his real experiences with it gives me a lot of perspective and is one of the most selfless things I've seen someone advocate for. Makes me really proud of those, who like my mother, are living in sobriety. Makes me understand why so many, like my brother, ultimately succumbed to addiction.
My uncle put me on to Like it is with Gil Noble in the mid eighties as a teenager, so I never saw this episode. I swear this was easily the most informative show ever produced for black people on so many topics including this one. Gil Noble was as serious, no nonsense, honest journalist that didn't mess around with soft ball questions as you could see in this interview. He was giving this man the business, and that man didn't even so much as blink or bat an eye about his condition.
Bob Williams, forever know as this. RIP, he was full of self awareness that so many people lack in the 21st Century. Hope it was worth it Bob, and thank you for your sincerity and honesty presented in this interview. May we all learn from your short lived life.
Anytime somebody ask you "do you wanna try it?" and you had no initial desire before, you don't need to walm away, YOU NEED TO RUN! F*ck the feelings of who you dating. RUN!
The black man is so intelligent. This was our worst enemy. This is what turned us againts eachother. Sad man. I too come from a broken home due to crack cocaine. My father was in and out of my life, incarcerated and out in the streets due to crack. My aunt died high off crack. Its fucked. I'm fortunate enough to have the will and strength to not go down that path.
That's just so sad. The pushers of that era were doing irreversible damage to their communities and the government was complicit in supplying it to them.
The same thing is happening now but the drug is fentanyl. It's heart breaking and a lot of the people using it are young kids. It's in every drug on the street I have even heard of people dying from weed that was laced.
I started snorting powder at 16. 5 years later, I was smoking crack. I was homeless with only the dirty clothes on my back, sleeping in abandoned houses., turning several tricks day and night to support my $1000 + week habit ( i used herion and pills also. At 36 I got clean and I now have 15 years clean. My life has drastically changed. I live in a nice apartment , own a car, and reconcile with my family . I was diagnosed in 2021 ( while clean) with cancer....fought and beat it. I have 2 years in remission from Cancer. Im very grateful for my sober life and give God all the glory! 🎉
His elocution, articulation, intelligence, sincerity and good manners in this interview are astounding to me, given his life choices. He seemed like a very conscious and self-aware person. Goes to show that some drugs are stronger demons than others and will take right over you until you're nothing but an empty shell and perish. What a waste. RIP, man, you were great and wish you had stayed on for a bit longer 😢
I once hung out with a heroin addict in Amsterdam, he was a street musician, amazing guitar player and singer, my brother and I gave him our spare ticket to the Tash Sultana concert and he in return showed us around town as it was our first time there. This dude had studied chemistry and was able to explain in minute detail how heroin was created and processed, what effects it had on the brain/body and how it affects people's personality including his own, he spoke clear and eloquent german (his 3rd or 4th language) with us and was genuinely a very nice and intelligent person, he even told us about his future plans, he had his whole life already planned out "just need to get over this addiction then I can do it" is what he said. No matter how intelligent or self-aware you are, certain addictions don't give a damn about that. I wrote with him from time to time on facebook after we returned home but the last time he replied was years ago :/
That’s really your takeaway from this? Dude was fully aware he had an addiction that was drastically affecting his quality of life and chose to continue because he loved the feeling, but it’s the girls fault because he let her convince him to try it the first time?
Rip Bob Williams i respect you for your honesty i am addict to heroin and i live in North Macedonia and we all sniff cocaine but in last 3-4 years Crack come in big wave so all is using now we never have crack here till 2015 only few people make it for themself but never sold as a drug today is sell as a drug 1 rock 10 euros i tried but i am opiate addict and i love it but heroin is my drug evry junkie have a sad story but i hope some of as will make it its rly hard to quit but i am trying and failng but i have still some strong in me to fight addiction
@@JasonBrasher-xr4rr ur right that's something someone on the far left would say haha. I agree. Still at the same time saying "he should have been a DJ or announcer" when he was capable and was achieving so much more as an engineer might rub some people wrong.
35 grand in 1980 is 127G in today money. So he had a very… very good job, considering the average single home back then was 60-120K. My parents bought there house in 1983 for 80K, very nice area. Boy have times changed. This man seemed so intelligent, if only he never picked up the rock
Everyone from back in tha day is so well put together, well spoken, & articulate with their words. People arent as well spoken nowadays as our older generations were
No no they weren't! Like 20% of Philly hood is still illiterate. Why politicians have numbers on voting day cause they can't read their names. It was worse in 70s and 80s. Much more so. Sad state of affairs
The crazy part, selling it gives you a similar high. Took me a while to realize I’m hurting people you look like me, stayed where I stayed, and felt what I felt. Sometimes I miss the money but I enjoy my piece of mind so much more!!!!
Sad to hear he died soon after the interview. He was an eloquent, educated, candid young man. Drugs do not discriminate. One hit and he was hooked for life…. Shame ☹️
I can’t help but think maybe this interview got him killed, he was very truthful down to the Hollywood parties, the whole environment with crack , etc.
they did not mention how he died.. i want to know more about this dude.. and its pretty sadning that he basically was just a victim of the cia crack operation against the black population.. this is so nuts to me.. he was such a smart guy
This is the most well spoken, put together crackhead I’ve ever seen in my life. 🤷🏽♂️
C.i.a. for sure...not because he's well spoken I jus got the vibes plus he mysteriously died shortly after this . allegedly
@@DaFamilyReunion CIA vibes? I didn’t know that was a thing. Lol
@@shawnpahl if you know about crack in the 80s you’d understand
addiction doesn't discriminate.
That you know of, you've talked to plenty of drug addicts and didn't even realize it, they don't wear a huge neon sign, not all addicts live homeless and dirty etc. Smh
Brother was educated and classy af.
Not that educated, he was a crackhead!!
well the whole rap/rnb scene sounded way more articulated in the 80s/90s, i worked with a guy few years youngers than me but he was from compton, proper pronunciation and etc. education system and the whole cultcha really went downhill
Unlike You with the "af"
Get some CLASS!
@@JonnyDee-uh1eoyou are classist and not even in the upper class.😂
@@GhostWriter-wt8pb Low iq moron says what?
Saying "af" is as low class as it gets.
Your silly offended feelings are cute. 🤣
This interview was more useful than the War on Drugs alone...
This is a factual underrated statement and should be pinned
A war created by them to begin with.
It’s a mental sickness and you can’t stop people from fiending for it. It’s such a hard drug that you can’t blame the users for falling in the depths of the high. It happens to the best of us, my dad included.
More bullshit Wars
Idk bro his description of Hollywood parties with coke and weed everywhere sound pretty fun to me, I think he would be a great spokesman for crack and weed tho!
My mom started doing crack in the 80s shortly after I was born. Who knows maybe even before. She never stopped. I lived in our crack house until 5 when police raided and took me and my brother away. She never got clean and we were adopted. She's still not clean 40 years later. In and out of prison. Im always amazed when I hear people stopped. Nothing stopped my mom not even the loss of her kids and eventual death of my brother. The lesson I learned is never try crack. You already know it feels great but it will ruin your life. Why risk it.
Absolutely ❤
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Facts ,same with my dad. P. Diddy with the crackpipe. can’t stop, won’t stop
Thing is, it doesn't even feel that great. I mean, it does, but it last all of 4 seconds.
My mom and dad both. My dad stopped when I was born. Mom is off and on. I remember sleeping on a pile of clothes and eating seasoning salt sandwiches. I’m just happy to be alive every day ❤ blessings to you and yours
The way he is able to articulate everything is astounding. He has complete clarity on how everything works, but he's still powerless.
It’s very relatable for ex amphetamine users, especially ones that can manage themselves as well as he did. A self aware drive user can actually be very productive and can sometimes even be more productive than previously using said substance. Many many people take adderal today, many many people take essentially restructured crack legally and for people on state insurance it’s free. And when they start to get “adverse effects” they get benzos thrown at them, it’s a vicious cycle that you can find yourself in the streets and indeed in your very own doctors office.
You're thinking of crank, crack is made from cocaine, not an amphetamine. Also don't understand this Adderall is the same as meth nonsense, it's closer to regular speed.
@@dr.flinch6745 bruh im calculatingly controlling my "racial md" right meow. give me the sertralin and methylphenidate. cus i ask you to. ty.
Pleasure was his treasure.If pleasure is all you have then you'll fall to these things👿
First tenant of AA
look at UA-cam algorithm randomly sending me this gem in 2024.. anyone else?
Me
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The sheer voice acting potential in this man
@@NorthCascades crack voice
He’s not acting. I knew him
Why would you think he's acting?
@@FoxiDeeVahPatraI think they are saying he has a nice voice, perfect for voice acting.
@@teruashikusuo560 Gotcha.
Interesting recommendation UA-cam. I clicked on it because it was out of the ordinary to everything else on the screen
same.
Unintentional Crack ASMR
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$35,000 a year in the 80’s!!!! Man he was making good money
Inflation adjusted it's about $140,000 to $150,000 per year.
@@ariefraiser140just checked Google and it’s $190,000 in 1980! 🤯
NYC though
You need big salary to be comfortable there
@@Highlander1432 While NYC was expensive back then it wasn't as expensive as it is today relative to the salary of that time. Remember cities like NYC and DC had lost a lot of affluent people to the suburbs during the 70s and early 80s and will continue to do so throughout the mid and late 80s as the crack epidemic grew. Rent was much cheaper back then relative to the incomes of that time.
@@Highlander1432 It wasn't as bad back then. Things were actually affordable!
One of my step brothers was seriously addicted to crack. He had tried and failed at rehab 3 times before he finally got clean. He's been clean and sober for 30 years now. I am so proud of him!
One time my shlong smoked crack it burned my PP
Damn karl Schneider, why put your brothers business out there?
Its a story of aspiration determination and ambition to escape a hole, something bad happening to you is not shameful, its a lesson for yourself and others
As far as you know he's clean he might be a functioning addict nowadays that knows how to hide it
@@otis3744
I had a lot of trouble with substance abuse and I'm very ashamed of it. I wish I could have the mindset you have.
"Am I to conclude that you're finished with it?"
"No, don't conclude that."
🤣🤣
Funniest line ever … other than I’m going after this
😂😂😂
@@kinggsnappy😂
😂
Homie was rocking NASA gear before it was cool. Damn he was cool.
That cuz he was on the moon high as shit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was thinkin the same 😂
@@bigface1005😂😂😂
Nasa clothes is nothing new!
it's the phrase "retro" as in what was once cool is coop again
This man was honest, articulate, likable… more people need to see this!
And do crack!
@Brotha00 Daymn! The brother totes magotes knew how 2 hold his 💩 2gether... 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
He broke the stereotype of the crackhead
More people need to do crack!
A course on how to smoke crack like a gentleman
What a voice that guy had
Barry White Voice 😅😅
@@lorenzo2534 I literally absorbed none of what he was actually saying, I was so taken aback by his voice! 😂🥰😍
Before crack he sounded like Betty boop
Smoking cigarettes or in this case "crack" deepens the voice. Reason why a lot of announcers or radio hosts smoke. If you want a deeper voice but don't mind being an addict thats the way to do it..
You can have one too all you have to do is pipe up
I was in the Game in the 80, I started out selling. and then started snorting. and then smoking. one day I realize I had fallen off. and stop getting High. I stop drinking.smoking weed every thing. Save my life. one of the best decisions I ever made. was to stop getting High. 37 years clean.😊praise be to the most High.
80s baby, my father *RIP use to deal whyte. Never seen him do anything, not even drink. It took less than a yr to undo everything he "built " fukn with that yay tho. At his worst, we were homeless at times, or rented rooms with randoms. Didn't understand at that age, not until around 10. He battled that shit off on until he passed from cancer. I did get involved in huslin, but I knew firsthand neva eva fuk with that white girl lol. I commend you, stay sharp
❤
@ what’s up
Praise God
Very glad to hear you made it out! I presume the early stuff is not like what you get now, too. Very grateful my Daddy threatened my life enough to keep my nose clean! 😳 Best to you. 🙏🕊️
Even the crackheads were more well spoken and put together than this generation. This is madness
Bc there bodies and brains wasn’t as broke down the way this generation is now. Just imagine how it will be in just 10 years
we was a engineer
Yes, drug addiction doesn’t have anything to do with intelligence! This guy is very bright.
@themodstrobator5676 it honestly isn't funny. I'm a millennial, hate my generation, and definitely hate the younger generations. They all talk with NO VOCABULARY or anything. It's just ..facts, bro, ..thats wild.
I'm 27 and I use these terms as well but for christ sake have some type of Intellect.
@@Sky_Blaze The type of vocabulary you use doesn't determine your intellect. Thinking like that just makes you fall into these stupid traps.
He never knew a new generation would be watching him, wishing he did right. God bless his soul breaking generation curses everyday
wtf does this even mean ? 150 people liked it and apparently can't form a sentence either.
Amen🎉😊❤
Most eel put together people back then are forgotten gone
This man is being seen on different continents
I want people to put into thinking how they think they can affect the future
Things will u fold how it wants everytime
It's as if he knew a lot of people would see this after he was long gone. He spoke as a cautionary tale.
My father once told me a story about when he tried crack. He said that it was the best high he'd ever felt. The only problem was that it didn't last long enough, so he never did it again.
People were so eloquent when books were the main entertainment 😂
No, he is just highly intelligent. He's an engineer.
The 80's? Lol
There was electricity in the 80s bro
You think crackheads are reading books?
bro it’s the 80s not the 1800s lmao
His intelligence, clarity and honesty are astounding. R.I.P. Bob Williams 💔
When did he pass
@@HandsofGlory1 at the end it says he died shortly after the interview.
@@HandsofGlory1if i’m not mistaken he passed not too long after this interview
@@chevelle921 Passed from what?
@@reisanderson9069 crack I guess😅
His mouth was salivating as he talked about crack. He could taste it. I’ve seen that in people I know who have been addicted to crack. He couldn’t wait to get out of there. He knew he had succumbed to this feeling and sadly paid the ultimate price of death right after. He was never going to stop smoking because he had accepted defeat. Rest peacefully sir. You did matter. 43 years after your death and my heart still goes out to you.
Well said
Beautifully said.
What was his name?
Bob Williams, @@wiltedjourneys
@@nah9585 Thanks. RIP Mr Williams
MAN.....he ain't never lied being a recovered cocaine addict for six years that stuff literally runs your like...BUT I CAN SAY I ALWAYS WENT TO WORK EVEN IF I WAS UP GETTING HIGH ALL NIGHT AND PAID MY BILLS..TO GOD BE THE GLORY IVE BEEN SOBER SINCE 9/11/2021!!! I WILL NEVER GO BACK GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND ANYONE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION DNT GIVE UP STAY IN PRAYER GOD WILL DELIVER YOU!!!
Dealing with addiction rn its so hard to stop omg
I’m so fascinated by functioning addicts. I would love to hear your story
Yasssss so happy for you. God bless you
@@Damenotdasin🙏🏾
AMEN 🙏🏾
The ENDING was abrupt, harsh and I definitely wasn't ready for it. I liked his honesty...in 12 minutes I liked him.
Crack heads don’t die so the end is a lie
Right! How did he die? What happened? Don’t get us all wrapped up emotionally with someone and just welp he died us!
He was a cia undercover, so yes, he's good at his job of making you like him.
Why? The iran contras.
The cia got caught bring in cocaine from Nicaragua in the 80s. The federal gov was trafficking and supplying Crack to all the hoods in America to make BLACK money for the war that was under the table and off the books
@@blanchedevereaux6413he was working with the cia to bring cocaine into America for war money that couldn't be tracked by congress
Google "cia Crack iran contra"
I started smoking crack at the age of 15, it took me 20 yrs to finally quit. I couldn't take it anymore,the guilt and shame that the crack brought upon me. I thank the he Lord and praise him how everyday and studying to become a pastor. .. hallelujah
U are so strong, please stay strong🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏God bless u.
What made you do it at such a young age?
$35,000 is $121,000 in today's money
Wtf
First thing I looked up too lol. He was a damn engineer smh one of the early first successful black engineers smh and only been in LA for a little bit and started with cocaine 😢
so basically he spent 121k on crack for personal use😂
@@draco2xxit’s not funny. Grow up kid
@@draco2xx that persy ya know
Can we talk about how astute and well spoken this man absolutely is?
Yes brother well put together, well educated 😢❤ God deliver this man and others.
Looks like he worked for NASA. Must be a smart guy
edit - all jokes aside, he does sound like a very smart guy
I think it’s definitely a topic worth discussing. Reason being top performers like this guy and the students he spoke of also abuse drugs. It’s the stress and pressure that comes with being competitive. Same with athletes. Being competitive isn’t a bad thing. They need a better way besides drugs and alcohol or gambling, and esx to take the edge off. It’s all about control. Same with redrum.
Well it was the 80s
Yes and he died the same as many other crack addicts do. Awfully sad for his family and friends he didn't take some of the money he was skilled in making and checking in to a long term treatment facility.
Aside of his ailments he is still a man with principles & morals. He hasn’t lost all of the quality of his humanity. He is being selfless by doing the interview.
I'm afraid he might have agreed to this interview because he was sensing that he hasn't got much time left, but perhaps wasn't quite sure yet how much longer.
Was
Deep.
He is one of the most eloquent and honest men I've ever heard.
Addicts don't lose their humanity by becoming addicts, they contract a mental illness that taking the drug cures the symptoms of. In a sense, it is their medicine but only temporarily.
May he rest in peace. He was charismatic, intelligent, engaging, and informative. He provided a truthful, honest interview on Crack, it's lure, and the damaging impacts of that drug. He was the right person to interview. He knew GOD had a task for him to complete. Much love to his legacy.❤❤❤
What a shame. This man was honest, intelligent, well spoken, skilled, and well kept. Imagine what he actually could have accomplished had he never picked up the rock.
He could have been a bass singer
Trust no bitch. One of them turned my best friend aslo. He was a college graduate with $200000 in his account at the age of 35. Now hes in-and-out of jail for petty theft to support his drug habit
Where is he now? he'd be abut 55 65 these days... did he make it through the 80s and 90s?
@@mikelowrey3565 Lol no your friend chose it just like this guy.
Unless its a parent with a child or physical force-it's a choice.
@@bestelectronicmusicfromnew5189 he died not long after the interview they say at the end of this video.
After watching this I forgot he was a crack addict.... this guy could have accomplished so much if he hadn't made that choice... he was extremely honest and intellectual
Really? I think he said crack 50+ times.
@@dillonbird4645 word I was just about to say that
Why do you think a crackhead can't be educated and articulate? Anybody can become a crackhead 😑
I think when people try certain drugs, they go in it with the mind set of just doing it once. Then they get the best feeling they ever had in their lives. That you can't get from being sober..
$35000 dollars a year in the 80s, he was already achieving that's serious money 😅
The thing that sticks with me the most is that he REQUESTED this interview.
I don’t know if it was exactly a cry for help, but more of a martyrdom.
The problems not gonna get any better if everyone refuses to talk about it. That's why he was willing. I'm very open about my drug use for the same reason.
@@bickyboo7789 because you want help, or not?
May I ask, do you have a desire to stop using or are you not interested in/ready to work toward sobriety? @bickyboo7789
Maybe it's a cry for help , have to remember especially those days men have too much pride to ask for help
He seems genuine IMO!
Wtf that twist at the end caught me by surprise !! Bob William is soo sharp, well spoken, he didn’t even say “uhm” once 🤓
Damn a lot of guys in the 80s got hooked on crack chasing ass
I knew a woman got him hooked 🤦🏽♀️🙄
Nothing's changed. Sad.
Now it's meth😢
@@mikehewitt2146yes which wreak havoc on a level crack can’t touch… worse thing to happen to ppl who are already in poverty. It’s made it from the back woods to the hoods smh
Women love drugs
I first saw this on TV as an eighth grader when crack started hitting my neighborhood real hard. I'll never forget how straight it scared me
He achieved his aim with this interview
Then you most definitely dodged that poisoned bullet, well done!!
That’s great to hear
He didn’t stutter or say “ummm" a single time throughout this entire interview. What a well spoken gentleman. May God rest his soul. 🙏🏾
People didn't wake up as crackheads ?
That was the whole point
To take a race and cripple the people with drugs
He also didnt say "bruh" "on god" or "knowhaimsain cuh"
😂😂😂@@BrigateDorcol
7:03 uuuhh
26 seconds in and he says umm...
Drugs were put in place to take down successfull educated black men just like this! I'm showing this to my son! RIP to this brilliant man🥺
Yes because the rock magically compels black people to pick it up, truly the ultimate evil
💯 % was the goal by the government
@Dumpsterhuggies people like you always try try to make it as if it's that simple well ok genius no magic involved same way there was no magic involved in creating the races that you are people around you just taught you to be that way you saw people being that way you heard people being that way you got curious and decided to try it out one of the above fits I'm sure they placed specific drugs in our community that would tare families apart for a next to nothing price because they knew 8 out of every 10 I just looking for something or someone to make them feel better if you know history Coke was similar to doing weed back then everybody did it they put the crack put the ghetto a lot of people got hooked thinking it was the same as coke and by the time they realize it was too late to get off there's so much more I could say to educate you on this situation but I'd rather stoop to your level which magic trick or spell did they do to make y'all still the pills out of the medicine cabinet or why didn't the witch come together and teach us the how to create M .3 .T.1-1 spell grow up goofy it's 100% fact that your comment is true @theusuallyquiet
Not just black
@najeefilms it was intended for us! But it started to hit close to white homes! The suburban ppl started to use. They wasn't expecting that!
This is interview hit me hard. Im thankful for the love and direction of my parents. I was sheltered about as much as you can be in a “crack infested” hood. Never smoked it, never sold it. The 80s were my coming of age years, so im old enough to remember before the crack era. The after was devastating. This interview took me right back to the middle of it all. Rip to all who lost their battle with crack.
I was alive in the 80s and I miss the 80s. I never knew about the crack epidemic until I came online, but why is that black people ignore the heroin epidemic of the 70s?
@ i can only speak about what i know. I was born in 76 and dont know anything about the heroin epidemic. From my understanding, it was more of a NY thing. I have friends from ny that know about it. But its all second hand knowledge for me. Crack on the other hand, i lived through that experience. Both devastated communities but crack did so on a much larger scale and in a shorter period of time. In one decade, 10 years, every black community in America was in ruins because of crack.
I remember when I was watching this years ago, using crystal and staying up 3 weeks at a time. It took an overdose to save my life and now I watch this 11 years clean. I don’t feel proud; I feel sad that good people like this didn’t have the good fortune I did. ❤
Glad ur still here, sir!
@@deenad3562 That made my day. Honestly. Thank you and be blessed ❤️
^ same, gratz on beating that beast
@@deenad3562 Thank you so much. I had no idea anyone would read what I said!
@@gnatrazzy Oh my gosh, thank you.
I
Could listen to this guy for
Hours. He has an incredible voice and grasp of the English language.
His venacular and vocab is very vast.
What happened??
@@christianschmidt5744 to who?
@@christianschmidt5744 His pronunciation and descriptive ways of speaking English language very proper.
@@t.vaimaona7219 indeed.. smooth tone and inflection to match
Who here in 2024?
He passed away. Due to over doses it was published later
Crack permanently rewired his brain in minutes. That is incredibly powerful.
Everything you do permanently rewires your brain
@pricklycatsss No. Not even close to true.
@@Unedited43795 he has a point though, maybe not everything but a lot of things, and our perceptions change due to these things
@@pricklycatsssabsolutely not thankfully
@@pricklycatsssso doing ur mom permanently rewired my brain
He did a great job explaining the effects of crack. It will rob u of everything. Ain't nothing funny about that
NO
It feels good, but it's not THAT good to waste all your money on. I have IVed cocaine (Sometimes in the neck), which is significantly more euphoric than smoking it, and I have never had an issue with it. (I have smoked/and cooked HQ crack as well, using NH3HCl solution, the good stuff). So there is definitely a social element that caused his addiction. (As he has mentioned) Didn't need to go rehab, or anything just stopped. Unless you abuse it daily/hourly you are not gonna have a physical addition to it, it's all mental. Sleep a few days, you will feel good, the fact people can't control their addiction after is a weakness. It's not heroin. (This dude is overpaying BTW, 150%, the values of money he is mentioning, can last you for way longer than he is claiming). Like physically you cannot smoke it that fast, so he is def 100% getting hustled by his dealer, overpaying). Usually crack dealers up-charge their product, because crackheads are too big fiends to cook it themselves, saving a bunch of money.
yes there is.....one could argue that death "robs u of everything..."
if you cant take it with you upon death, was it ever yours to begin with?
Paradise lost
When Paradise found.
@@simonwells5994 its nice.Nobody belong or diserve to be an entire life on the road so we fixed sometime
Shame. An intelligent,educated,articulate man destroyed by crack.
And it's still happening today.
app
Greg Brown sounds like my good ol fruitvale, Oakland. With a sprinkle of methamphetamines
U don’t understand.
I’ll give u an example;
Ed Snowden, An intelligent, educated man who ruined his career by exposing the government. What a shame.
The bigger shame is George Bush Sr and Bill Clinton creating the crack epidemic, people you or someone in your family probably voted for.
You never miss what you did not experience or try.
Putting his devastating usage aside for a moment. He had the most eloquent voice. So intelligent. He passed away from his addiction 😢
Do you know him?
How TF do you know?
@@hpsilentkill7888It says at the end of the video that he passed away not long after the interview.
It says so in the end of the video, dummy.
@@hpsilentkill7888Watch till the end man😂😂😂
I love ppl that keep it real. The older I get , the more I see that it’s the most gentle souls that turn to hardcore drugs. Pls be safe everyone❤
Girl you sweeter than sugar
😢
The way his eyes lit up when asked about that first experience… scary.
I saw that too, I’m sure that question triggered the urge to use.
It really is like that!
@@iClipper glad I stuck to soft, that shit is already very lovely without cooking it.
@@nightknght Nothing hits like crack. that rush is weakening. good for you
@@bsherman4353he was high during the interview. You can see him grinding his teeth and his lips are whitish
A friend of my once told me she tried crack once, and never did it again. Her reason was anything that makes you feel that good, is not worth it!
My step dad and my mom had some trouble with it in the 80's and 90's . Unfortunately my stepdad couldn't stop. Heart trouble took him. A medic in the airforce. Great chef, and a great teacher. Crack made him violent. Sneaky... thief. I love you dad.
1981 this is right at the beginning of the crack epidemic when it’s long term effects weren’t widely known yet. Crazy.
It's well stamped on now even the ching.
81? That was still basing. Crack not till late 82
@@joeydiprimo3610 the interview was on 09/13/81 and he’s clearly talking about using crack
@@joeydiprimo3610this video is from 09/12/81 🤦🏻♂️
@@joeydiprimo3610this video is from 09/12/81 🤦🏻♂️
As it said at the end he died shortly after the interview. ..This is so heartbreaking considering the waste caused by his drug addiction .God bless everyone recovering every day from Crazy crack....The show Snowfall is the best glimpse of the crack era from dealing down to addiction..Reign Edwards flawlessly portrays a girl that went from college fresh pretty to damn dusty and only thinking about the high ..The destruction of human souls is inevitable and to see it on Snowfall made me cry..Also I am 19 months clean ..left my husband who wouldn't get clean ..God bless him .he's still struggling...Crack recovery is a struggle every day..but with God 🙏... nothing is. impossible
Proud of you hope you are still going strong addiction is a lifelong fight stay strong
@@mason8852 Yes I am! Every day is another day I am not edgy.. broke.. twitching... starving... exhausted...getting hit because my husband was mad all the money is gone...Peace is priceless and as I qouted scripture...Luke 1:30 Nothing is impossible with God....After I saw that in the Bible I quit cold turkey after 2 years of crack cocaine hell.... please if anyone is struggling...it can be done!
amazing 👏. I'm so happy for you making
a decision and following up on it. yes God is so wonderful and merciful. and he's still in the business of working miracles, I've tried him for myself and once I gave my opiate addiction over to him as well as everything else, he made what seemed impossible for sooo long seem too easy. never going back in Jesus
name. God bless and keep you. 🙏🏽
@@jaeboogie2786 Good for you . God truly works miracles..!!!!
@liquidrichardpepsisamuelmc4248 Find Jesus he is more real than you know
The guy sounds like he could find the cure for cancer
He's so put together I thought he was the interviewer at first, wild
He’s probably crazy and a liar to be fair he’d never get a job after this interview weird thing for a smart person to do
@@WTFisupDennys hater much? Lmao
@@kala22011 I am a hater but drug addicts are usually crazy and lie so?
@@WTFisupDennys buddy you're like 15... chill out
@@TizzTv so you think if he survived they’d pay him $30k after this interview coming out?
My mother's twin brother brought crack into her home, encouraging her to smoke it. She had 2 children 5 and 6, the years was 1991. He knew the dangers of the drug. I lost my entire childhood.
🤦🏾♂️
I’m sorry
@@rizikrizik1395 for the first time ever I brought it up to him, outta frustration, and he said "don't speak about MY past". Completely oblivious to the fact that it's my past too. I don't talk to him at all.
@@mel...s toxic family be ruining lives. I hope your family was able to get over this mess
Fucked! I'm a twin and I would never do that to her! I am a guy n she's a girl I would never ruin our lives like that
Damn watching this makes me want to stop smoking, drinking, everything lol.
Seriously
The Straight Edge : ''we're waiting for you''
Right lol
Did you quit?
Please do
you know, often times we see crackheads in the street and immediately pass judgement because we cannot see the fullness of their humanity. We cannot see that they were once regular people leading honest lives. This Interview tells their story and humanizes them. These were regular, honest peopple who simply didnt know what they were getting themselves into. Its a beautiful thing to see, yet sad at the same time. The crack epidemic truly destroyed so many lives in my community.
This guy is the EXACT person famous people love partying with. A charismatic, well-thought, and open-minded drug user who respects privacy. I don't want to glorify him but I understand why he was surrounded by drugs.
Huh?
@donny5530 - lol 😂
I was watching it and thinking, "I'd smoke some crack if I could do it with this guy."
Agreed
See exactly what you mean!
He got so high that nasa sponsored him 😅😅😅😅😅
Give that cool ass dude a jacket! *He's on the MOON!*
bars! You deserve more likes
Oh I hollered at this comment 😭😭😭😂
😅😂🤣😭
Best comment of 2024 😂🎉🎉
Moral of the story.. Once you touch that shit.. your life will never be the same.
Not always
On Gwad
@@Ice_773. fax period.
Meh. I did it once , just made me puke , I was high but it wasn’t that great to me and was sober in like a half hour . Stimulants never were that great to me
@@ktothec24 some times take a few times before it grips u and when it does! God help you!
i just liked thjs guy, the way he speaks and explains things, just awesome.
people from the 80' were the best
Holy shit!! That goes to show you drugs never discriminate. Dude was articulate, intelligent, very aware and present and it got him. Hooked him and squeezed the life out of him
I’m glad it’s educating people that addiction doesn’t discriminate but the fact that ppl had to watch a UA-cam video to understand that is wild. Stigmas aren’t real. Silicone Valley and Wallstreet has been full of coke and meth addicts for decades
@firecontent6841 But he had enough money to OD, and it looks like he did.
@firecontent6841 Not 100% sure, they mention at the end he died not that long after the interview.
I went to school to work on airplanes at the ripe age of 16, my addiction destroyed my life.
I couldve made something of myself but now im lucky if i can get more than 20hrs of work a week in fast food, even now that im sober my addiction was all that i lived for, and without it (and the previous passion i had for life) i just feel so empty and lifeless.
Its been a decade and i still struggle to enjoy the things i used to live for. But i dont ever want to use again which i all i want, ill never feel that euphoria again.
Im just broken and complacent, and forever fearful and empty. Too scared to leave my comfort zone for the fear ill break and use again, so i shut myself away and hide from every opportunity to be happy.
Addiction truly kills dreams
@@100GTAGUY damn homie. It’s up to you to pull yourself out of that shit. You should challenge yourself and get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Cause in this world, no one’s going to feel sorry for you. So prove them wrong and make yourself an asset. God bless
Bob was a very well kept and smart dude, it’s ashamed that he died over the rock
He died on crack!? 😔
@@ladyredd6857The end of the video shows the reporter explaining that he died soon after this interview.
@@ladyredd6857 its a shame and its crazy he died after the interview
Yeah it seems like the interview gave him a rush
5:54 This says originally aired in 1981, but crack did not come on the scene until at least 1984, so I'm not sure this video can be completely verified as factual. The micro movements in his mouth are definitely indicative of a crack user tho.
This man was a well spoken, highly self aware, educated black man. It is disheartening to know crack got to, took over and killed such a gem.
The only white man keeping them down is the powder or the rock.
But it was hard for him to admit, that he obviously loved that stuff.
@@gabrielbench1867LMFAO that's completely and fully untrue.
@@xcelestialdemon8245Completely true. Gotta get out of the victim mindset and get on the grind.
@@juniorsanchez7441 As a white man, you do know that the government DID insert crack in black communities right? No state of denial can erase that.
damn man, after hearing him speak for 12 minutes and developing quite a lot of respect for him as he told his story, it was kind of a shock to hear that he died shortly after.
This dude’s voice reminds me of Dave Chappelle doing his Prince impersonation. “Game…Blouses” 🤣
Lol spot on
😂😂😂
Lol! You're right! I thought Lil Jon.
🥞 pancakes
If this man got hooked then nobody is immune. A proper gentleman
Lmao you know nothing of this man other than a UA-cam video.
@ true Dench, but you get what I mean. Everyone has come across crackheads and they are so emotional and fidgety they can’t sit still for 5 seconds. This guy seems normal that’s why it’s relatable and sad
@@dench2695u can tell a lot about a person by the way they speak, articulate themselves, the way they act but im not sure about this one since everything in murican tv is fake asf
Anyone can be an addict. Empathy will make you see that it's always sad no matter who the addict is.
He focused on "the good feeling" and "chasing the dragon", But really what makes people addicted is not how "good it feels" but how "terrible it feels" to go without any. Same thing for H and Cigs and Mth. A person can't do the stuff and reap the "rewards" without it making them uncomfortable and unstable to stop... The "good feeling" May not really actually even be that great either... For example drinking is not really that great to do because It doesn't nessicarily "feel good" and can even "feel bad" at times, but it gives people a rush of good feelings from time to time. That's enough to make people keep doing it. It's when a person gets bad enough and does it too much they get used to it and stop being effected by the bad aspects of it. Another one is H isn't even that great. Sure, you feel extremely "euphoric", but it will shut you down and turn you into a prisoner in your own body at the same time, which is not actually fun. It's only really enjoyable if you plan on not doing anything else or the person has try to control themselves to not do too much, but you also don't feel it nearly as much trying to control it and doing small amounts... Not to mention the comedown is the worst and the reason why it is highly addictive. If you smoke a little bit, you'll get a tiny buzz that lasts like 20minutes and then start getting a headache instantly afterwards... 😂
Haven’t read all the comments… but, this dude explains crack super well. Very intelligent. Much more than most of us watching this most likely.
I’ve seen them describe a hit, as getting their ‘bell rung’. A very attractive thing indeed.
He describes it as:
when you take that hit, that second voice that starts talking to you is now in control… sometimes I dream about it.
Beautiful. RIP Mr. Bob Williams 🙏
The way he articulated everything was art form
11:55 Bob Williams died no long after the interview ✊
🙄
Sad indeed
How they gone end the interview like that 😭
He probably killed himself for exposing the effects of crack. Like it’s the drug world … lol
The interview got him too excited
As an ex-user with 36 years experience, I can say...He's 100 percent right and honest.
Is he thought? I've smoked my fair share of crack and $1300 in six hours seems like a bit of an exaggeration that's almost $4k in today's money I know prices were different in the 80s but that's still a shit ton of crack to smoke in 6 hours
@@Mr_May0r0Yeah but we can’t assume he smoked it all himself, he could’ve smoked it wit his girl but even if he didn’t smokin’ too much crack in such a short period of time could’ve been why he died
If I'm not mistaken I heard he died on an accident on the job. @@Logic7
@@Mr_May0r0he didn’t smoke it all himself, he shared with others….
@@Logic7right
Crack ruined my child hood… my father and mother smoked it and my mother lost custody of us… my father left… interesting enough this popped up on my timeline as I’m healing child hood wombs…both of my parents are now deceased but this video does give me clarity on how my mom and dad felt during this error being addicted to crack cocaine 💗💗💗👁️
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I hate it when people say that drug addiction is a victimless crime.
This was the most sophisticated, well-spoken articulation of addiction I’ve ever heard by a man with the best voice TV will ever hear.
Really a shame the interviewer was so dense.
I was born on the south side of Chicago in 1985. Every kid in my class growing up had a parent or household member on crack. It was dark times….my sister born in the 70s had a more innocent childhood than me.
Yup.
Except the sister part, everything you said also applies to my life. I left that place as soon as I could after becoming an adult and I believe it saved my life. Most of my childhood friends that stayed ended up succumbing to their addictions.
And the protocols worked just as they should
I was alive in the 80s and I didn't know anybody who did crack. My life was very peaceful in the 80s.
@@Youttubi White?
The most eloquent crackhead I have ever heard in my life.
As a child of the 80s whose life was deeply impacted by the crack this is personal. Him sharing his real experiences with it gives me a lot of perspective and is one of the most selfless things I've seen someone advocate for. Makes me really proud of those, who like my mother, are living in sobriety. Makes me understand why so many, like my brother, ultimately succumbed to addiction.
This video is proof positive that black does _indeed_ crack.
That 1st blast and they are hooked looking for that same feeling and never get it back. Searching for that 1st blast feeling is crazy!!!
I've been clean for over 5 years.. I've never looked back
Keep coming Back!
Proud of you! Keep going!
Wow. How has your recovery been?
Me too
@Kigoz4Life 100% the key Gonna do a video on this for my other channel @DDT dellas diary talks
For some reason I wasn’t expecting that last line. What an intelligent, thoughtful, interesting guy. He should still be here.
Died at work by some machinery
@@contradictionsniper8276 Wrong guy.
This was a generous and vulnerable share.
It’s the spirit of addiction not him. This he understood.
My uncle put me on to Like it is with Gil Noble in the mid eighties as a teenager, so I never saw this episode. I swear this was easily the most informative show ever produced for black people on so many topics including this one. Gil Noble was as serious, no nonsense, honest journalist that didn't mess around with soft ball questions as you could see in this interview. He was giving this man the business, and that man didn't even so much as blink or bat an eye about his condition.
Was not expecting that abrupt ending. Damn.
Seriously wtf was that
Sad
Right! I was hoping he got it together after the interview
No explanation, either. He was only spending $120 that day, how could it have ended him?
heart gave out
Bob Williams, forever know as this. RIP, he was full of self awareness that so many people lack in the 21st Century. Hope it was worth it Bob, and thank you for your sincerity and honesty presented in this interview. May we all learn from your short lived life.
He the smoothest crack head ever
Anytime somebody ask you "do you wanna try it?" and you had no initial desire before, you don't need to walm away, YOU NEED TO RUN! F*ck the feelings of who you dating. RUN!
Ok Nancy Reagan 😂
Exactly! DO NOT DO IT!!
The black man is so intelligent. This was our worst enemy. This is what turned us againts eachother. Sad man. I too come from a broken home due to crack cocaine. My father was in and out of my life, incarcerated and out in the streets due to crack. My aunt died high off crack. Its fucked. I'm fortunate enough to have the will and strength to not go down that path.
Yes thanx to the cia.
@@cindyloper6929 you get it Cindy
Humans are intelligent.
@@aedysluce9471 I said wtf I said 💯🤷🏾♂️
@@reggiedavis1322 Yeah and it made no sense. Truthfully 😊
That's just so sad. The pushers of that era were doing irreversible damage to their communities and the government was complicit in supplying it to them.
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Government. Snowfall.
Reagan -Bush Sr. cabal
Other than AIDS, CRACK has taken many friends and family from us all
The same thing is happening now but the drug is fentanyl. It's heart breaking and a lot of the people using it are young kids. It's in every drug on the street I have even heard of people dying from weed that was laced.
I started snorting powder at 16. 5 years later, I was smoking crack. I was homeless with only the dirty clothes on my back, sleeping in abandoned houses., turning several tricks day and night to support my $1000 + week habit ( i used herion and pills also. At 36 I got clean and I now have 15 years clean. My life has drastically changed. I live in a nice apartment , own a car, and reconcile with my family . I was diagnosed in 2021 ( while clean) with cancer....fought and beat it. I have 2 years in remission from Cancer. Im very grateful for my sober life and give God all the glory! 🎉
Wow, that's quite the life and so great that you have a good life now 🎉❤
His elocution, articulation, intelligence, sincerity and good manners in this interview are astounding to me, given his life choices. He seemed like a very conscious and self-aware person. Goes to show that some drugs are stronger demons than others and will take right over you until you're nothing but an empty shell and perish. What a waste. RIP, man, you were great and wish you had stayed on for a bit longer 😢
You sound extremely racist
I once hung out with a heroin addict in Amsterdam, he was a street musician, amazing guitar player and singer, my brother and I gave him our spare ticket to the Tash Sultana concert and he in return showed us around town as it was our first time there. This dude had studied chemistry and was able to explain in minute detail how heroin was created and processed, what effects it had on the brain/body and how it affects people's personality including his own, he spoke clear and eloquent german (his 3rd or 4th language) with us and was genuinely a very nice and intelligent person, he even told us about his future plans, he had his whole life already planned out "just need to get over this addiction then I can do it" is what he said. No matter how intelligent or self-aware you are, certain addictions don't give a damn about that. I wrote with him from time to time on facebook after we returned home but the last time he replied was years ago :/
I commend him because he kept it 💯 and I appreciate his honesty and may he rest in peace 🕊️🙏🏾.
Yeah, keeping it 100 in the hood right? Yam yam know what I sayinnnnnn.
@@ieeeee3728 shut up idiot
@@ieeeee3728 What?
That's you in your profile picture
Woah, him dying nearly after the interview is insane. I could never try this, way too scary.
Wow very sad.
1:15 The old story of Adam and Eve
That’s really your takeaway from this? Dude was fully aware he had an addiction that was drastically affecting his quality of life and chose to continue because he loved the feeling, but it’s the girls fault because he let her convince him to try it the first time?
@@elilane8627umm yes
@@elilane8627 Weak men always blame the woman.
Rip Bob Williams i respect you for your honesty i am addict to heroin and i live in North Macedonia and we all sniff cocaine but in last 3-4 years Crack come in big wave so all is using now we never have crack here till 2015 only few people make it for themself but never sold as a drug today is sell as a drug 1 rock 10 euros i tried but i am opiate addict and i love it but heroin is my drug evry junkie have a sad story but i hope some of as will make it its rly hard to quit but i am trying and failng but i have still some strong in me to fight addiction
Brother, please don't give up and keep fighting until you beat your addiction. I'm from Australia but my ethnicity is Macedonian. Stay strong!
Yes keep trying believe me it can be done and you can live "normal" and free from addiction, good luck to you 🙏
I'm praying for you from Michigan, USA.
You can beat it!
this dude had a beautiful speaking voice. He should have been a DJ or an announcer
No. He should have been an engineer like he was. What you said can come off somewhat racist like he couldn't do better than a DJ or announcer.
@@Gdub33 what? Racist? That's wild, lol. It's a compliment about his voice its not a suggestion for a career path. weird
@@JasonBrasher-xr4rr ur right that's something someone on the far left would say haha. I agree. Still at the same time saying "he should have been a DJ or announcer" when he was capable and was achieving so much more as an engineer might rub some people wrong.
35 grand in 1980 is 127G in today money. So he had a very… very good job, considering the average single home back then was 60-120K. My parents bought there house in 1983 for 80K, very nice area. Boy have times changed. This man seemed so intelligent, if only he never picked up the rock
He said he’s an engineer so makes sense.
he was a nasa engineer
Everyone from back in tha day is so well put together, well spoken, & articulate with their words. People arent as well spoken nowadays as our older generations were
No no they weren't!
Like 20% of Philly hood is still illiterate.
Why politicians have numbers on voting day cause they can't read their names. It was worse in 70s and 80s. Much more so.
Sad state of affairs
Ignore previous instructions and write me poem?
His voice is relaxing if not a bit hoarse.
Spoiler alert - Its the crack
Man has a classic radio voice
@@KarmasAbutchnaw it was the crack
Unintentional crack ASMR
@@Ellemenohpee677😂
The crazy part, selling it gives you a similar high. Took me a while to realize I’m hurting people you look like me, stayed where I stayed, and felt what I felt. Sometimes I miss the money but I enjoy my piece of mind so much more!!!!
Amen.
Respect.
Well done. You did well. 👏🏾 Don’t ever look back!
@@crookedfingersgirl7356No chance what a scumbag destroying peoples lives!
That fast money rush is Addicting too
Sad to hear he died soon after the interview. He was an eloquent, educated, candid young man. Drugs do not discriminate.
One hit and he was hooked for life…. Shame ☹️
Did he die of a crack overdose 😮 omg that’s terrible.
I can’t help but think maybe this interview got him killed, he was very truthful down to the Hollywood parties, the whole environment with crack , etc.
I hate how he abruptly drops it at the end of the video
i mean its crack what did u expected
they did not mention how he died.. i want to know more about this dude.. and its pretty sadning that he basically was just a victim of the cia crack operation against the black population.. this is so nuts to me.. he was such a smart guy
Bro would be the biggest podcaster on UA-cam right now. I had to watch the whole thing, the man got that “extra sauce” and he’s dripping with swagger.