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  • @TheTabooRoomWithAaron
    @TheTabooRoomWithAaron  Рік тому +102

    Link Patreon For Extended Interviews: www.patreon.com/user?u=81055086
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    • @jspl109
      @jspl109 Рік тому +6

      Was not ready for this - uncut videos raw asf 🤯

    • @pigeoncampbell5185
      @pigeoncampbell5185 Рік тому +3

      Isaiah 51:20
      “Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.”
      King James Version (KJV)

    • @populisttrope9385
      @populisttrope9385 Рік тому +2

      Those dudes were half fuckin with him

    • @Jack-hv3uj
      @Jack-hv3uj Рік тому +2

      The video reminds me of the old style Vice videos that were actually fun and great to watch

    • @westie420uk
      @westie420uk Рік тому

      So where are all the hoods that are filled with poor white people in gangs, shooting each other?

  • @pauliedibbs9028
    @pauliedibbs9028 Рік тому +8914

    America doesn't have a homeless, drug, or even gun epidemic... it has a mental health crisis never seen before.

    • @curbyourshi1056
      @curbyourshi1056 Рік тому +113

      It's a different epidemic. Instead of freedom, repatriation back then.

    • @absurd_patience
      @absurd_patience Рік тому +368

      It has all 4

    • @damongrayson9287
      @damongrayson9287 Рік тому +193

      An it comes from drugs an poverty

    • @cathal3020
      @cathal3020 Рік тому

      100% must be in the food or something over there americans are batshit crazy

    • @Oatmilk345
      @Oatmilk345 Рік тому

      @nigelmcgiver2275use critical thinking to understand why that is. when a kid sees extreme violence and death at a young age they’re going to most likely develop mental health issues, on top of that most of these kids have no positive father or mother figures to look up too and no support networks. Of course most of these young men are turning out hateful and stupid. Stop being racist It’s not a race problem it’s a cultural and economic problem.

  • @nastytryfe1350
    @nastytryfe1350 Рік тому +2294

    As a black man in America that was raised in the streets of Cleveland. I hate to see people settle and not seek out a better life. Smh shits sad to me

    • @dynodyno6970
      @dynodyno6970 Рік тому

      And I don’t see any other reason why you feel to need to announce that you are a black man other than to try and label yourself as “better” than someone to all these white cave dwellers on UA-cam. Yeah you’re a pick me for Capitol Hill rioters my guy.

    • @Mma-basement-215
      @Mma-basement-215 Рік тому +12

      Yeah same

    • @mikebb1000
      @mikebb1000 Рік тому

      I agree, sir all these wasted lives just settling for what they have instead of going out there and getting what they want. Lots of smart, very educated people living in ghettos that just never push themselves who knows the cure for cancer might just be in one of their brains that’s being wasted on thug life.

    • @itypethetruthnobshere8975
      @itypethetruthnobshere8975 Рік тому +1

      its black american culture. Either you with it or you aint. And if you aint you are seen as a coon or acting white in the community.

    • @koolwis9413
      @koolwis9413 Рік тому +104

      The really crazy thing is that 90% of America is really peaceful and all you have to do is move an hour or two away from those Hotspots of crime and get a job and start over.
      But I already know, it's too hard to move. All these guys acting like they are so strong, but are afraid to move or get a job.

  • @ArchieCrypto
    @ArchieCrypto Рік тому +4293

    From my own personal experience it’s mostly ignorance, stupidity, substance abuse, and peer pressure that keeps these cycles going.

    • @noahe_vlogs9381
      @noahe_vlogs9381 Рік тому

      stfu u not know nothing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @CartierBryzzy
      @CartierBryzzy Рік тому +59

      Spot on

    • @matthews852
      @matthews852 Рік тому

      Being “proud” the be in the murder capital says it all…

    • @codeninja1
      @codeninja1 Рік тому

      Peer pressure is huge. Imagine being 8-10 years old kid going to school and you got some 15 yr old whos with 20-30 year olds "yall n****r dont need to be doin that white boi sheeeet...come gang wit us make some bank".
      Same thing that happens on reserves. The older generation harassing the kids for trying to do better for themselves. "You leave us dont come back".

    • @jameshhenderson8243
      @jameshhenderson8243 Рік тому +21

      @@CartierBryzzy1000% correct.

  • @BeeChris504
    @BeeChris504 6 місяців тому +292

    I am born and raised in New Orleans 7th ward and lived in the east for 20 years until hurricane katrina came through.. and when I tell y’all I didn’t understand why I had to relocate but understand how it’s a blessing now… these people are beyond saving they are stuck on murder and drugs and it will never change… I’ll never move back and won’t even visit again

    • @mrd6869
      @mrd6869 5 місяців тому +18

      @@BeeChris504 Never apologize for escapin neeeee gahs!

    • @BeeChris504
      @BeeChris504 5 місяців тому +2

      @@mrd6869 lmmfaooooo

    • @mrd6869
      @mrd6869 5 місяців тому +22

      @@BeeChris504 .I did. I live wasaaaay out on the suburbs with the whyt folks. I don't even care. we got trees,wifi, everybody got they teef and late at night its quiet.the biggest issue I got is deer chillin in the backyard. That's ok though,I'm cool with that

    • @MrBroderickg14
      @MrBroderickg14 5 місяців тому +8

      I’m born and raised in New Orleans, 7thWard St. Bernard. Moving to the East used to be a sign of success. It ain’t like that now tho! New Orleans is all about respect not gangs

    • @Oxibase
      @Oxibase 5 місяців тому +14

      An interesting fact that few people know about New Orleans is that the same political party has occupied the Mayor’s Office for 150 years straight.

  • @Lazaven
    @Lazaven Рік тому +3269

    As a black person watching this it’s a sobering reality to realize that there is a large portion of your people who are beyond redemption

    • @smartwerker
      @smartwerker Рік тому +274

      Can't save the world but you can raise your family.

    • @YuckFou0x0FFFF
      @YuckFou0x0FFFF Рік тому +354

      But those aren't "your" people. They're not even "our" people. I'm tired of people grouping *me* together with people based on this ideology. I can't walk down the sidewalk without being stereotyped. Idk you, I'm not related to you, then you're not my people.

    • @KaiTakApproach
      @KaiTakApproach Рік тому +173

      It's not your people. If a White person said other White people were his people they would call him a racist.
      I grew up in a nasty neighborhood in the wrong part of town and a lot of my friends and neighbors were like this too. Poverty and ignorance are a wheel that keeps feeding into itself.
      The ideal is that all Americans are our people, but we know that isn't quite true. In reality if your dad and my dad had the same jobs and we grew up in similar neighborhoods, you are my people and I am yours.
      People need to stop confusing class issues with race issues. The reason the politicians and media keep feeding this BS is to keep us confused.
      Once we realize the truth we can end the problem.

    • @thebasics705
      @thebasics705 Рік тому +45

      Generalizing a group based on others actions is never ok. From the “other side of the aisle” as a white person i believe in equal opportunity and give every person an individual fair chance. Your people are Americans and we stand together we stand with you as long as you are fair and honest. Those who aren’t will be pushed aside and recognized as such. We all need to stand together regardless of race, sex or beliefs. No more division!

    • @OfKingsXI
      @OfKingsXI Рік тому +14

      large? Id say around less than half personally

  • @NaomiEudora
    @NaomiEudora Рік тому +1708

    As parents it is important to expose your kids to the world...as grown men it is sad that they think this is all that life has to offer.

    • @MaineDinero313
      @MaineDinero313 Рік тому +17

      I agree well said

    • @candy12355
      @candy12355 Рік тому +11

      exactly

    • @robnduhcut
      @robnduhcut Рік тому +4

      Exactly I tore up my suburban apartment neighborhood because I was held hostage for 18 years

    • @azerjinn9160
      @azerjinn9160 Рік тому +5

      Sungle mother problem first and foremost

    • @WWonclips
      @WWonclips Рік тому

      This the most ignorant and crab in the barrel minded shit I ever seen…these niggas happy that people the same color as them is dying and they wonder why the black community is the way it is..glorified ignorance

  • @georgeclyde7904
    @georgeclyde7904 7 місяців тому +490

    Fun fact. If you’re talking to someone and they’re rocking back and forth…. Watch yourself! 😂

    • @johnnykurplutzo8347
      @johnnykurplutzo8347 7 місяців тому +7

      Rock & Roll Hall Fame

    • @juliadixon8465
      @juliadixon8465 6 місяців тому

      They could just be autistic. No need for paranoia

    • @rj5801
      @rj5801 5 місяців тому +6

      Lmao nah fr, they'll mess around and see a fly on you. 😅

    • @lisalasers
      @lisalasers 4 місяці тому +7

      not if they’re autistic. we do that a lot. it’s called stimming.

    • @user-bn4np2qz3t
      @user-bn4np2qz3t 4 місяці тому +1

      Fr!!! 😂😂

  • @og_toad_4300
    @og_toad_4300 6 місяців тому +25

    My uncle was a cop in New Orleans for 30 years, I grew up in CA I’d visit a lot to New Orleans as a kid and he’d take me to these trenches for a reality check and I’d meet a lot of men like these guys. Some of the realest dudes on the planet. I learned about real food and how to act from men like these guys in the early 2000’s. Times have gotten worse there but New Orleans is a battle grounds it’s stuck in a culture war. Be safe out there boys find peace and get New Orleans back to the amazing beautiful city it truly is.

  • @likeabrd9074
    @likeabrd9074 Рік тому +315

    The first house I lived in here was near the Fairgrounds. We had a shooting at my driveway literally 15 yards from where I had just opened the door to let my dogs outside. My neighbor (retired New Orleans native) saw the whole thing. He knew the kid. Later, when I asked him if he told the cops he just smiled at me and was like "Nah. I don't talk to cops." I was floored. This man took a ton of pride in his neighborhood-- he cleans the street as he walks every morning, helps other neighbors help clean up after storms, will work odd jobs for you in exchange for a 6-pack. I had never encountered that attitude before. Yet when it comes down to actually trying to help keep the neighborhood safe, the natives slide back inside their houses. It's an odd and fascinating dilemma. I love my city, but we definitely need help.

    • @johntowns8964
      @johntowns8964 Рік тому +57

      So he suppose to put his life in Danger to talk to police. You wouldn’t tell the police nothing yourself if the possibility of losing you life was involved

    • @easymoney8754
      @easymoney8754 Рік тому +39

      It’s a rock and a hard place. I’m from new orleans born and raised and I understand perfectly. You want to help by giving information on what you saw but it can and usually does put a target on your back. So at that point it boils down to your own safety or helping others, and 9/10 it’s gonna be your own safety. It’s sad but what choice do you really have?

    • @likeabrd9074
      @likeabrd9074 Рік тому +12

      @@johntowns8964 That wasn't where my thought process went at all! I was attempting to highlight the fact that as someone who grew up in a very different suburban environment, it's a little jarring to see people who love their city, recognize there is a problem, and yet don't really want to improve it.

    • @likeabrd9074
      @likeabrd9074 Рік тому +3

      @@easymoney8754 I definitely get that! It was just definitely a different outlook for me when I moved here.

    • @stevenalfred573
      @stevenalfred573 Рік тому

      A bunch of mental illness followers with big egos isn’t gonna change anytime soon

  • @MCD_OCD
    @MCD_OCD Рік тому +577

    I had a job interview there, and they’re like “you’ll probably get carjacked, but they usually drive it till it runs out of gas and you’ll get it back” - they said it so casually like it’s no big deal 😂

    • @ashleymeggan
      @ashleymeggan Рік тому +46

      District Attorney got carjacked a few weeks back with his elderly mother. It’s very true. Carjackings in NOLA are insane.

    • @Htownguera26
      @Htownguera26 Рік тому +9

      Bro that shit is a big deal.. that sh!t is fr out there.. I’m from there

    • @theartistcherrypi6454
      @theartistcherrypi6454 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, no lol 😂

    • @olafharoldsonnii4713
      @olafharoldsonnii4713 11 місяців тому +11

      @@ashleymeggandamn district attorney? Lol. I would call the national guard after that

    • @Fer-b1d
      @Fer-b1d 9 місяців тому +1

      😮😂👍👍

  • @JackTavern629
    @JackTavern629 Рік тому +783

    Prime example of why America is going downhill and will continue to go downhill. The mentality our inner city community has is a virus.

    • @bluntfruntac9981
      @bluntfruntac9981 Рік тому +65

      And it has been created by our society. We would rather spend money on war and building walls rather than building up our communities.
      Instead of helping people with drug problems we pretend punishing them is the answer, so that the few can get rich, prison makes a horrible rehab.
      We pay cops to play in this game and cops lose their lives.
      Our society is so scared of becoming a socialist nation that we can't even help our own people with our own tax money, with our own government. we pay for it too, in many ways.
      We believe in helping out the rich man though, we believe in regainomics, we believe in the trickle down effect. My question is why is it that you trust rich people so much to do the right thing?

    • @ZZENITHH22
      @ZZENITHH22 Рік тому +19

      I would not say all of America. We understand why some parts are going downhill. Majority of it being in popular inner (major) cities, but there is a correlation we should not blind an eye too. America all around seems to be flourishing. The cameras are just being pointed in one direction.

    • @jessespad
      @jessespad Рік тому

      This isn't nothing new for New Orleans. Always one of the highest murder rates in the entire world. 70's, 90's...never really was a safe city. Probably not even back in 1850.

    • @gabefields9072
      @gabefields9072 Рік тому +6

      These pockets don't affect the country it's the politics these places have always been here, u actin brand new

    • @Technics19
      @Technics19 Рік тому +2

      @@bluntfruntac9981 why would you strip rights from everyone to help a few? maybe the municipality could declare an area a state of emergency in the area, then use emergency powers on that area.

  • @mrelmo5164
    @mrelmo5164 7 місяців тому +54

    Fathers present in the home caring for thier offspring being the spirit leader of the home would help a lot.

    • @khristionlouvatin6874
      @khristionlouvatin6874 4 місяці тому +4

      Too many single black moms

    • @LegaciesRetrieval
      @LegaciesRetrieval 4 місяці тому +1

      Church isn’t doing their job in equipping men spiritually to lead the household and overcoming the adversity of a woman who wants to do what she feels is right. Faith in modern medicine and politics is pulling apart what is necessary to keep the family stable.

    • @mrelmo5164
      @mrelmo5164 4 місяці тому +1

      @@LegaciesRetrieval the man is the spiritual leader of his home.the family looks to the father for direction. It is not the church .

  • @brettgivner593
    @brettgivner593 10 місяців тому +516

    As a black man this is sad. What happened to our people? Us as a community, our parents, our parents parents have failed. Sad reality but true. A lost cause. They are and will remain on my prayer list.

    • @matthewp9156
      @matthewp9156 9 місяців тому +13

      The question is, how does the cycle break? When youre born into this and its all you know, how can things change?

    • @AdamBazille
      @AdamBazille 9 місяців тому

      Democrats happend to your parents. Government welfare over a nuclear family.

    • @DrMatthewHudson
      @DrMatthewHudson 9 місяців тому +50

      ​@@matthewp9156 Seems like part of the problem is that some of these people, at least the guy at the beginning, don't want to leave and seem to enjoy this lifestyle. And if he is considered "cool" and if younger kids/people look up to him.... It's just continuing the cycle

    • @TA-tf5lr
      @TA-tf5lr 8 місяців тому

      The US guber mint flooded the streets and neighborhoods with drugs. Both political parties, and people do whatever they tell them to do. MRNA medical intervention the new death.

    • @zeki99zeki99
      @zeki99zeki99 8 місяців тому

      I'm from europe and I believe its the general black culture media transports...just look:
      Black Music = violence/drugs/crime
      Black Music = obscene/shameless
      You allow your children listening that shit and grow up with that.

  • @brayanhernandez7427
    @brayanhernandez7427 Рік тому +714

    Pride an ignorance is what keeps them in this self induced cycle. Everyone is capable of saying "This isn't what I want for myself", but not everyone is willing to create that change for themselves.

    • @madmike1973
      @madmike1973 Рік тому +49

      No it's just black culture.

    • @littv1610
      @littv1610 Рік тому

      @@madmike1973 What yall brains cant comprehend is that it don’t matter how much you want better for yourself.... if you’re surrounded by lions you will become one..... u have too in order to even survive ....... maybe if these guys were like most Dweebs in the comments with good parents.... nice home.... very privileged... than maybe you could judge them.... but these guys are literally living in the WORST conditions in America..... in one of the POOREST most CROOKED, WORST EDUCATED States in America..... Who tf are yall to judge them ?

    • @Rodogg7787
      @Rodogg7787 Рік тому +31

      I personally think it's got something to do with the music... Call me crazy..... But, just look into what I'm saying, then call me crazy.

    • @KJ-gr6ho
      @KJ-gr6ho Рік тому +20

      @@madmike1973you don’t sound to smart it’s not just black culture

    • @JinnTwinn
      @JinnTwinn Рік тому +12

      @@madmike1973braindead

  • @RobertCollins-fq5tw
    @RobertCollins-fq5tw Рік тому +579

    I feel sorry for the local shopkeepers and the innocent residents.

    • @CondaCorneri
      @CondaCorneri Рік тому +14

      Same.

    • @MsTygame
      @MsTygame 11 місяців тому +12

      Just avoid it. Including the French Quarter, especially the French Quarter.

    • @morrisyoung2682
      @morrisyoung2682 10 місяців тому

      There are no innocent civilians over the age of 4 .

    • @fredajordan5704
      @fredajordan5704 7 місяців тому +10

      Me too, how horrific to be exposed to these animals.

    • @michaelcavallacci2945
      @michaelcavallacci2945 6 місяців тому +5

      There are no local shopkeepers. How could you have a store in this place.
      With these monsters.
      No way.

  • @nicoleselsky7273
    @nicoleselsky7273 6 місяців тому +65

    Dude you could’ve got got just standing there, your dedication to these docs are crazy. Thank you for this content, it’s almost unbelievable

    • @fawnnahh7438
      @fawnnahh7438 6 місяців тому +4

      You’re silly!

    • @nicoleselsky7273
      @nicoleselsky7273 6 місяців тому +11

      @@fawnnahh7438 and you have absolutely no grasp on reality lmao

    • @LandrySeafood
      @LandrySeafood Місяць тому +1

      Dude could have definitely got got! You don’t play around in NOLA

  • @user-pc7ef5sb6x
    @user-pc7ef5sb6x Рік тому +372

    When i moved out of New Orleans, it was almost surreal how much my life improved. It's almost like the city is cursed and when i moved the curse was lifted.

    • @alexf9381
      @alexf9381 Рік тому +72

      It's crazy but I've heard the same thing from others. That N.O has like a 'black cloud' over it.

    • @DaRoyalQueen
      @DaRoyalQueen Рік тому +20

      Ppl think I'm crazy when I say that,,

    • @RedPhoenixMusic
      @RedPhoenixMusic Рік тому +26

      I’m trying desperately to escape, it’s hard to leave(family, finances and constant setbacks it’s cursed frfr) but I’m almost there.

    • @ofairnsea5968
      @ofairnsea5968 Рік тому +19

      Nah, you just moved to a whiter area is all.

    • @gwatson8255
      @gwatson8255 Рік тому

      Get Away from the blue controlled cities, that's where the problem is.

  • @MarinaJBoyd
    @MarinaJBoyd Рік тому +195

    Amanda broke my heart. My mother was schizophrenic, and I have no doubt were it not for my dad, she would have either killed me and my siblings, or caused our death. I believe my mother loved all her children, but schizophrenia takes your mind similar to drug abuse. Their delusions are as real to them as reality is to the rest of us. They believe in the delusion that they are "special" because they can see and hear things that others can't and this belief in their own superiority, makes them behave like a Narcissist, who thinks they are better than everyone else. My mother on Medication was able to control her behavior, but I learned in the last few years of her life, it ONLY moderated her behavior, her thoughts were exactly the same. Thye feel oppressed that they have to suppress what they believe are their superior gifts, by taking medicine, thus the reason they stop taking it. Yet for Amanda, all she could talk about was how much she loved her kids, even though (love being a verb) she is incapable of loving her kids. Sad.

    • @bunk95
      @bunk95 Рік тому +2

      Your mother was a fictional thing? What behavior are you trying to generate with the sharing of that [marketing material]?

    • @shanellerosado63
      @shanellerosado63 Рік тому +5

      How is she incapable of loving her kids?

    • @5milemacc737
      @5milemacc737 Рік тому

      She said I pedophiled my children and I have AIDs so I’m honest I thought she was doing a comedy sketch 😂

    • @MarinaJBoyd
      @MarinaJBoyd Рік тому +6

      @@shanellerosado63I believe love is a verb. Schizophrenics live in their own head, very much like addicts. They very much believe that engaging their delusions is the most important (if not existential) thing in the world, and this leads to the neglect, if not outright abuse of others, including their own children.

    • @Tttaucan
      @Tttaucan Рік тому +2

      You need help bro. I lived your life my mom was diagnosed when I was an adult. The damage was done by the time we knew why she acted the way she did. It's something you live with, you know you won't be normal but you can still function in society.

  • @dankemusico5878
    @dankemusico5878 Рік тому +393

    Those first guys are what’s the problem. They say that they find the lifestyle fun even while seeing their friends die in front of them and they don’t want to leave the area even if they could. We live in a perpetual cycle of violence, that is American society.

    • @LetsTightenUp
      @LetsTightenUp Рік тому +19

      Facts

    • @slxcelxfegaming
      @slxcelxfegaming Рік тому +12

      Yeah they are disturbing they'll stop when they're dead or in jail sad case but it'll never end with them

    • @TonyMoze
      @TonyMoze Рік тому +22

      Violence has been around since Ghengis Khan
      It’s a human thing 🧬

    • @bennyce5430
      @bennyce5430 Рік тому

      🎯 People like you are the issue, The Politicians are the real problem. The fellas are a Product of it.

    • @RiverRat6996
      @RiverRat6996 Рік тому +51

      This is not an American thing it’s an African American thing big difference.

  • @charliee5970
    @charliee5970 8 місяців тому +59

    Dude really said "I was surprised to hear MG Top for arrested for double murder charges. He was the nicest guy I met while I was there". We were clearly not watching the same person.

    • @maganalia
      @maganalia 7 місяців тому +4

      That's exactly what I was thinking. If that's his idea of nice .........

    • @ringofasho7721
      @ringofasho7721 5 місяців тому +12

      Why do all these little punks wanna freestyle everytime a camera turns on?😂

    • @austinthomas1465
      @austinthomas1465 5 місяців тому +2

      I grew up in a neighborhood similar to this when you have no role models and the only ones you can look up to are bad you tend to grow up to be a villain like them are y'all too simple you can't understand the other side of the fence if you're on the opposing side

    • @charliee5970
      @charliee5970 5 місяців тому

      @@austinthomas1465 I understand it completely. Still doesn't change the fact that it's not difficult to see he isn't a good person

    • @gideonworship6124
      @gideonworship6124 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@ringofasho7721 because that's free publicity 😂😂

  • @alvarorios8473
    @alvarorios8473 8 місяців тому +75

    I grew up in South Central LA but there was always a voice maybe my conscience or God guiding me. Happy to still be alive.

  • @mark821ification
    @mark821ification Рік тому +313

    Alot of people blame the system or “its all they know” but its all in the mindset of you wanting to better yourself. I grew up in the hood in Houston. Cousins currently locked up for murder some of my closest friends currently in locked up for theft and trafficking. Until you put yourself first and step away from that shit you aint never gonna end up nowhere in life but in jail or 6ft under. I took a step back and had to cut off close friendships and family because all they knew was street life and started bustin my ass. I was 18 years old stealing cars partin em out even got into some highspeed chases. Thankfully now im 25 with a clean record and my own house away from that lifestyle only because i finally started to think to myself that the shit i was doing wasnt gonna put me nowhere but a tshirt. Stop making up excuses and sayin “thats all i know” or blaming others for you being a fuck up and start taking shit like a man and realizing that you can better your own life if you put the work in and put your mind to it.

    • @livefreeordiehard8898
      @livefreeordiehard8898 Рік тому +3

      This

    • @I-was-once-a-krabby-patty
      @I-was-once-a-krabby-patty Рік тому +18

      You’re completely right about all of but I’m not goin say the system hasn’t played a roll in this part at least once

    • @henry5118
      @henry5118 Рік тому +22

      The system definitely has a lot to do with it, not 100% though. But I agree with your points on the importance of personal responsibility.

    • @shannonpickens7695
      @shannonpickens7695 Рік тому +1

      I completely agree. I’m from Houston as well. Still live down here and you HAVE to choose your own path in life. PERIOD I have my house/ husband and 2 chikdren❤ I work hard and make it happen everyday for them. I commend you for doing your own thing and not following the crowd!!

    • @tonyjones1560
      @tonyjones1560 Рік тому +7

      I was in the army with a brotha from Houston. He was the youngest of six boys. His next oldest brother (whom he described as a shot caller for a local crew) drove him to the recruiting office. He was the only one that hadn’t been to prison or been shot. “My brother probably saved my life…”

  • @amatthews9231
    @amatthews9231 Рік тому +137

    I’m appreciative for the lessons and grit I learned and obtained growing up in New Orleans, it has prepared me in so many ways on my journey in life. With that being said I’m glad to have made it out and never plan on going back 🙏🏾

    • @QuantumEffectResidue
      @QuantumEffectResidue Рік тому +2

      Me too! Don't go back if you want to live. It's a sub culture and not about race that much; I mean I'm White but Black People in other areas are nowhere near like these People! They obey the law, work, and are successful.

  • @DS-mh5hb
    @DS-mh5hb 7 місяців тому +7

    Honestly, it's an endless cycle of feeling hopeless until it becomes learned-helplessness and a way of life. Then Illicit drugs enter the picture to make them feel less hopeless and then the mental illness and poverty get even worse. Have to try and give children hope before they too give up and cycle continues. My heart goes out to them❤️

  • @black0614.
    @black0614. Рік тому +243

    The black man in todays time is filled with Pride and emotion. A simple argument, having nice things, looking to hard can lead to gunfire smh. We once blamed poverty but I think it has became culture .

    • @deanivan3951
      @deanivan3951 Рік тому +14

      This ain't new!

    • @tremegirlnola2834
      @tremegirlnola2834 Рік тому +19

      It's definitely not emotions.. Because a person with emotion have Emphaty and Sympathy and they have neither 1

    • @StopTellin
      @StopTellin Рік тому

      Black culture is garbage🗑️🗑️

    • @RelentlessDjango
      @RelentlessDjango Рік тому +18

      Prideful and emotional. Feminine traits, that are learned/taught from growing up in a single mother home. These are grown son-husbands who THINK they are men,
      . I’ve deployed twice and watch boys like this literally cry because being a man at war isn’t what their mother told them it was.

    • @southside1975
      @southside1975 Рік тому +8

      @mineyboy-ef9tb Nah that comment is correct this is the culture. I was trapped until I went to prison and changed my life.

  • @glengarbera7367
    @glengarbera7367 Рік тому +91

    I met a guy in Panama who was Special Forces. He lived in New Orleans and said if he didn't join the Navy, he'd be dead or in prison like all his friends. Said he could never go back.

    • @kevingeorgeii6421
      @kevingeorgeii6421 7 місяців тому

      SFA IS ARMY

    • @glengarbera7367
      @glengarbera7367 7 місяців тому +2

      @kevingeorgeii6421 he wouldn't tell us what branch he was in. I meant to say he wasn't "regular forces" he could of been a navy seal, all I know.

  • @gust9464
    @gust9464 Рік тому +231

    You hit the nail on the head when you said the mainstream media never reports this stuff. I have seen this type of life style growing up, the only way out is if they want to change their life, most will never take the opportunity, some will. It either ends dying in prison or on the streets. Sad to see that lady live her life like that, it’s almost like she has a demon inside her. If you haven’t already filmed in these places…you should also try filming in cities in LA, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Alabama Tennessee, Arkansas, Cleveland, Maryland, etc…

    • @WhiteenViewer
      @WhiteenViewer Рік тому +4

      Very interesting saying: “Its easier to get a noble prize or being a successful person than coming back to normal life from the hood” you are exposed to such peer pressure, poverty, fear (from the enemies and closest ones as well for leaving).
      Being talented out there means nothing, because you have no support to go to school or pursue your dreams. Its insane to think about it compared to average person living in a city, who has incredible amount of options if talented.

    • @gust9464
      @gust9464 Рік тому +3

      @@WhiteenViewer I understand what your saying with your quote. However, that is not true about being talented. You have to keep trying & never give up. I have seen the most talented people ruin their lives or take that other step to pursue that talent & take it to the next level. It definitely helps if you have both parents around, especially having a dad to support you. You have to trust in God & keep the faith of whatever religion you believe in. 🙏🏾

    • @WhiteenViewer
      @WhiteenViewer Рік тому

      @@gust9464 I am not saying its impossible brother, I wish them all the best.. its just ridiculously difficult and sad reality of young guys possibly trying to live better life but no education or opportunities and this being the only thing they know since they are born is just insanely different world.

    • @BroccoliHead7
      @BroccoliHead7 Рік тому +5

      Not a single b1m activist

    • @brianandrade4522
      @brianandrade4522 Рік тому +3

      Come to Mexico none of these gangsters in us will act like this in sonora lol

  • @Keeping_It_Wheel
    @Keeping_It_Wheel 7 місяців тому +26

    I grew up on the north shore of New Orleans and it is two different worlds. Literally drive 30 minutes and you go from the safest place in Louisiana to the most dangerous place in the country.

    • @Saints.fan09
      @Saints.fan09 7 місяців тому +7

      Fax Mandeville and Covington is relaxing gated communities

    • @buttcheeks985
      @buttcheeks985 6 місяців тому +1

      But they keep getting closer and closer to us. Remember when Mandeville was a sleepy little bayou town? Was the best place in the world to grow up.

    • @Aaron-ex8kv
      @Aaron-ex8kv 5 місяців тому +1

      Milwaukee isn't as bad, but same thing basically about the drive.

    • @Nicole-gb3vl
      @Nicole-gb3vl 26 днів тому

      Right!!

  • @Frank7489
    @Frank7489 Рік тому +323

    I tend to believe they do want a better life elsewhere and that them saying they’re having fun is a cope. They know leaving isn’t realistic for them and to say they want out would be showing vulnerability.
    Acting hard all the time is a defense mechanism

    • @swervsplatt9672
      @swervsplatt9672 Рік тому +27

      But what we need to understand is that eventually becomes who you are. The ways you act, things you think and say will overtake you, whether it be good or evil.
      Darkness has overcome me, and don't know how to escape.
      Don't let it overtake you.

    • @Frank7489
      @Frank7489 Рік тому +43

      @@swervsplatt9672 I’m not saying these dudes aren’t tough or whatever. They’re definitely bad dudes, hard dudes, I don’t think that part’s an act. But that’s not the totality of their being. They’re denying the parts of themselves that feel fear and wish for a better life. Ultimately it’s their fear for survival that won’t allow them to show fear. Also, they don’t want to diminish themselves by admitting how much of this life was forced upon them because again, to admit that they’re victims of circumstance would make them appear powerless in an environment that preys on weakness.
      It sounds like you’re in a similar situation yourself. But I do believe if you really want to change, you can, so don’t give up. I think what you said is very true about how thoughts become words, words become action, action becomes character, and character becomes identity. So if you’re having thoughts about changing your life for the better, speak them, and then act on them. When you do you’ll notice every time you take action it becomes easier. Then that momentum of actions becoming habit will shape the new you.
      I bet you know this^ already, but sometimes it helps to hear it from someone else. Either way I wish you the best man. Good luck

    • @yungnizzle4792
      @yungnizzle4792 Рік тому +7

      Well said

    • @Jamar.Evangelist
      @Jamar.Evangelist Рік тому

      ​@@swervsplatt9672 tell you the truth brother you don't have to stay in that darkness there is one whos light shine so bright the darkness can't comprehend it he's the life of all is Jesus don't laugh but take my serious seek Jesus and you will be glad he loves you brother Jesus is real.

    • @EddieMurray-u8c
      @EddieMurray-u8c Рік тому

      Wtf is u talking ah defense mechanism 😂no it not 😂lol it's ah lifestyle this all we no outche if u was born in it then most likely u going to adapt to it

  • @dcastro5551
    @dcastro5551 Рік тому +160

    Imagine going thru life never knowing what an honest day's work feels like, always looking over your shoulder, never enjoying a vacation or leaving this world a better place

  • @SheScreamsWhoDat
    @SheScreamsWhoDat Рік тому +140

    This is really how it is in New Orleans as someone that’s born raised and still lives here - people are immune to it something that isn’t normal is deemed as normal to us sad but true…

    • @nicoparise-jc5fs
      @nicoparise-jc5fs Рік тому +10

      I grew up in Chicago, a city that gangbanging originated in. What you said is true, I grew up on the westside Austin neighborhood. 87-99 and it was death, darkness and smell of burnt flesh everyday. But I did have some good times too. But gang violence has been a Chicago thing since way before prohibition.

    • @504ttop3
      @504ttop3 Рік тому +4

      Facts.. is it all we see so is the only thing we know. I was lucky to get to move to baton rouge for a while and got to see they have a whole different world out. Most of the people here never get that chance.

    • @bunk95
      @bunk95 Рік тому

      New Orleans is fictional. You/others think and act as if thats untrue? As if it is true?

    • @BrandonL5150
      @BrandonL5150 Рік тому

      Sad Man I love it there such a beautiful place with so much history and the government has literally just turned their back on it as a whole no one cares what happens to the people there or how shit goes we seen that with Katrina

    • @HalfDigit
      @HalfDigit Рік тому +1

      @@nicoparise-jc5fsshoutout to you. Chicago native as well raised on keeler and Augusta

  • @AxeMan808
    @AxeMan808 6 місяців тому +6

    "...especially if you just told me about myself." That's that nugget of gold.

  • @Rebel_808
    @Rebel_808 Рік тому +173

    Is crazy watching the first group of guys. That mentality they have about everything is just sad. I understand you’re the product of your own environment, but it doesn’t help when you’re in your late 30s and still doing the same things. You don’t have to move out of your community because it’s dangerous, make your shit better.

    • @dark12ain
      @dark12ain Рік тому

      That's better said than done 1 person can't do shit to change the hood when the whole hood has the same mindset. It will take man honestly I don't know what it would take but it's fckd up out here. Especially them in the head they fckd up forever stuck until they die

    • @Tokyo_Marshall_Official
      @Tokyo_Marshall_Official Рік тому +28

      This is the results of 50 years of single raised kids by queens,,who don't need a man...good job queens 😂

    • @Brazybrunae
      @Brazybrunae Рік тому +4

      Sad thing most of them don’t make it to 30 alive or free.

    • @youngbenfranksinatra
      @youngbenfranksinatra Рік тому

      You ain't showing them no better Following behind a Demon trend @@Tokyo_Marshall_Official

    • @rawestmani2880
      @rawestmani2880 Рік тому +12

      They look broke lame & dirty too , those the ones that got no money just guns

  • @dustybowling1695
    @dustybowling1695 Рік тому +261

    Dude times have changed so much people used to be In the streets to get money and now no one is getting money they just killing to be killing shits crazy

    • @Los334_
      @Los334_ Рік тому +3

      That’s a lie niggas getting money but wars still gone on .

    • @Commasoncommqs
      @Commasoncommqs Рік тому

      @@Los334_nah not as much most the gangs used to be organized and focused on money. Look at Larry Hoover he was selling crack and all the ogs. Once all the ogs we’re gone the youngsters had no direction but pickup a gun

    • @Thejuice1998
      @Thejuice1998 Рік тому +51

      @@Los334_ most street dudes don’t even have they own house or apartment these days

    • @dustybowling1695
      @dustybowling1695 Рік тому +29

      @@Los334_ bruh I seen these dudes flex a Glock with a switch didn’t see no wads of cash or even a chain on they neck 😐

    • @Heavensentシ
      @Heavensentシ Рік тому

      @@Thejuice1998Cuz most niggaz dont sit at one spot

  • @mickeyratt29
    @mickeyratt29 Рік тому +61

    This is so heart breaking to watch. As a New Orleans native this is really sad!

  • @KeepIt1HuniTT
    @KeepIt1HuniTT 7 місяців тому +7

    I truly feel the pain New Orleans is going through. To be honest they've BEEN going through it for decades like the rest of us. Brothas and Sistas PLEASE stay safe. As a Detroiter we had to deal with having the murder capital title for over 25 years. I'm GLAD it's gone. I'm SAD another city now has this woeful mantle. The city is still extremely dangerous in many hoods and blight still shows its barren face. There is a little hope. Billions are invested Downtown and surrounding areas but the neighborhoods and many main streets are neglected. After 60+ years of decay, at least there is a little light trying to shine in the D.

  • @betweenbrothers6458
    @betweenbrothers6458 Рік тому +270

    Mentors, positive role models, education, good parenting, opportunity for a decent living, food, money,etc..when you’re missing all of these essential things you get poverty and a survival mindset. Imagine being a young kid seeing things like death, violence, murder, drugs being normalized. Then that kid becomes a parent the cycle continues. The chances of anyone breaking free is very very small. Those that do are legendary.

    • @paintup46
      @paintup46 Рік тому +31

      They have all of that available to them. They just don’t care about anything, and “not caring” is a lazy way of not dealing with troubles around you. The problem in American ghettos is that people don’t think they’re responsible for their community. In our suburbs and rural areas, people do care and do feel responsible for their community. Too much government assistance has led us to people feeling no ownership and so no pride in anything.

    • @paintup46
      @paintup46 Рік тому +21

      @jasminerobinson5466 I’m just a poor Mexican from the middle of the Arizona desert…but okay.

    • @mrridicci4873
      @mrridicci4873 Рік тому

      @jasminerobinson5466I’m from estl and agree with em

    • @lindar6326
      @lindar6326 Рік тому +10

      ​@paintup46 NO, THEY DO NOT HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM SHERLOCK, I KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT.

    • @betweenbrothers6458
      @betweenbrothers6458 Рік тому +21

      @@paintup46you sound ignorant. So everyone has good parenting? Access to mentors? Opportunity to make a decent living without leaving the area that they currently reside? Remember we’re talking about people who had parents that struggled who had kids born in that same struggle that learned from that struggling parent and community. This is a cycle that takes one strong person in that cycle to break. Which is very very hard to overcome without some type of help from someone such as a great parent or a mentor. These men were once innocent children. How do children learn? How did there parents learn who were once children? The 504 has some that make it but many don’t. If you don’t agree cool.

  • @terriseddington8219
    @terriseddington8219 Рік тому +80

    As a woman from New Orleans this is heartbreaking

    • @youtubeblachblach
      @youtubeblachblach 11 місяців тому

      just point the finger and blame some conspiracy to hold black people back lol

    • @Nicole-gb3vl
      @Nicole-gb3vl 26 днів тому

      Right!!

  • @FireChickenTA99
    @FireChickenTA99 Рік тому +206

    The fact is that these people have accepted this lifestyle as part of their culture. They enjoy it. They teach it to their kids. The ones that want to get out, get out. It’s a game to them. Dealin, drinkin, & Smokin is livin to them. They make more money thuggin then they do in a real world job. They couldn’t survive outside the hood.

    • @justinb7740
      @justinb7740 Рік тому

      Them niggas ain't making no money bruh lol. Less than 5k a year I guarantee u

    • @ClashxClipzz
      @ClashxClipzz Рік тому +49

      ​@@Medieval1-1 You're wrong dude. Most are renters. Only reason I sold drugs was to provide for myself at 15. A lot of bs comes with the streets and a lot of people never make it out alive or that mindset. I've been working since 17 and been out of the streets since 19. Everybody don't get food stamps. My Medicaid stopped at 19 when I got a good job. This video doesn't represent every hood and every individual living in the hood. Everyone has a different story. You don't generalize a race for the behavior of a few. If that's the case then I should assume every white neighborhood has a mass shooter or a racist.

    • @burdawg3000
      @burdawg3000 Рік тому +2

      nice hood ya got on there, brother.

    • @jerrymitchell8666
      @jerrymitchell8666 Рік тому

      Man you don't know what you talking about..the culture is being stolen by rich folks

    • @jwild666
      @jwild666 Рік тому

      @@ClashxClipzzusually when i see a shooting or robbing its always an african american because they glorify guns killing drugs in music and then worship that lifestyle, thinking it looks cool because of clout when realistically its mental stupidity 😭😂😂 out here living like animals, throwing up hand ls and shit at the camera thinking they chief keef when they broke as hell 😭😂

  • @paulwells579
    @paulwells579 7 місяців тому +8

    Very interesting interviews with everyone. Personally, the interview with MG TOP stands out. He definitely has a ton of talent with his rapping, and he is brutally honest about his life. I’ve worked in south Louisiana several times, in Garyville, and I’ve also been in New Orleans. Something kind of jumps out at me, and it’s that the people who were interviewed don’t seem to have the accent in their speech that is prevalent in that area of the country. I’m wondering if their families came to that area from up north. Overall, I love the interviews in this documentary of the most dangerous places in New Orleans that most of us have never seen. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!!!

    • @shannonh2976
      @shannonh2976 6 місяців тому +1

      The New Orleans accent is very different from the typical Southern accent. It's called Yat, as in "Where Y'At?" It sounds similar to NY/NJ and probably has similar roots, but no one's figured out exactly how it evolved. Hollywood usually portrays New Orleans as if its citizens were neighbors of Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind, but natives here do not speak with a Southern drawl.

    • @DL-fl5ul
      @DL-fl5ul 5 місяців тому

      ​@@shannonh2976 Blacks in New Orleans do not have a Yat accent. That is white New Orleanians. Black accent in New Orleans is perfectly represented by Tyrann Mathieu and Leonard Fournette. Look them up (any male will know who they are). The way they talk is very representative of that area. Not a Yat. A Yat is causcasian....

    • @willisattack
      @willisattack 4 місяці тому

      Regarding the accent part. I was just there for two months. I would run into about three or four varieties of accents within New Orleans. And when people had the same accent, it was sometimes very similar. I knew these best friends that sound so similar that it has fooled their own mothers. The biggest one you hear is the baby’s and ya heard me one, like juvenile and the other one I heard a lot is from the east, sounding more like curren$y

  • @Swim-M4
    @Swim-M4 Рік тому +69

    Went to New Orleans and did the usual touristy stuff. Stayed in canal street and that kind of area, and I never would have thought this existed. Great work man.

    • @JoseBloodthurst
      @JoseBloodthurst Рік тому +23

      You wasn't paying attention then. Bourbon street is the most dangerous street in the city.
      I've lived her all my life and i never go downtown after dark.

    • @tswagg504
      @tswagg504 Рік тому +23

      You were about a 5-10 walk away from the neighborhood of the last guy in the video lol. Don’t assume you’re safe when you visit, BE safe.

    • @LyndonJohnson-xt4do
      @LyndonJohnson-xt4do Рік тому +1

      It's not as bad as this video is trying to expose, AT ALL

    • @jamescash887
      @jamescash887 Рік тому +9

      @@LyndonJohnson-xt4dodude NOLA is a dump. I lived on the north shore and didn’t step foot in NO.

    • @MyKeeP81
      @MyKeeP81 Рік тому

      bourbon is very dangerous. shootings all the time@@JoseBloodthurst

  • @jamescash887
    @jamescash887 Рік тому +69

    I lived in Louisiana for a year. I worked several days a week in a place called Hammond. I felt like I was in the twilight zone with some of things I was seeing. Rampant poverty, drug use everywhere, and violence like you wouldn’t believe. Truly caught me by surprise because Hammond isn’t much of any thing. I got the hell out of there and went back to Texas as fast as I could.

    • @sweetla4750
      @sweetla4750 Рік тому +9

      Hammond a war zone😂u clearly don’t get out much🤣

    • @jamescash887
      @jamescash887 Рік тому +9

      @@sweetla4750 you obviously have never been in Hammond after dark. If you have been there and you think that’s normal then you are too far gone to help. Hammond ranks number 9 most dangerous city in Louisiana just two spots under New Orleans so tell me again how safe it is.

    • @brianandrade4522
      @brianandrade4522 Рік тому +4

      @@sweetla4750 you call this warzone lol this Disneyland come to Los mochis Sinaloa we will the real warzone 😂lol

    • @sweetla4750
      @sweetla4750 Рік тому

      @@brianandrade4522 sweet❤️ I said quite the opposite;)

    • @sweetla4750
      @sweetla4750 Рік тому +5

      @@jamescash887 Hammond is not that serious bless ur❤️

  • @YTALPOOL
    @YTALPOOL 9 місяців тому +154

    You were skating on thin ice when you said you would talk to police. They did not like that 😂

    • @doctordoggo9464
      @doctordoggo9464 6 місяців тому +21

      I swear he was asking to get shot 💀

    • @AngelRivera-de1lq
      @AngelRivera-de1lq 6 місяців тому +11

      ​@doctordoggo9464 this guy and Tyler oliviera are so clueless bro. They literally get so close. Especially tyler, dude was walking closer to a group of cars parked outside a gas station in a circle while they said don't put the camera on me 😂

    • @doctordoggo9464
      @doctordoggo9464 6 місяців тому +3

      @@AngelRivera-de1lq No way bruh im the whitest mf that ever lived and even I know you don't walk up to a car circle at a gas station unless I want to fuckin die 😭😭😭

    • @khristionlouvatin6874
      @khristionlouvatin6874 4 місяці тому +1

      He is sheltered and from the suburbs

    • @AngelRivera-de1lq
      @AngelRivera-de1lq 4 місяці тому +1

      @@doctordoggo9464 man I stg it's common sense 😭😭😭

  • @nyobu73
    @nyobu73 5 місяців тому +3

    I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras this year and mostly visited and stayed in the more touristy areas but still something about the city felt off. I just did not feel safe walking the streets. It felt really tense. As an African visiting for the first time you get to see a side of America that blows your mind.

  • @PrinceCharmingNY
    @PrinceCharmingNY Рік тому +95

    Amanda’s story was honestly heartbreaking.

    • @kenyatamay6633
      @kenyatamay6633 Рік тому +28

      Yes it is she has given up but God has not given up on her I'm gonna pray for her ❤

    • @CanaRollcreations
      @CanaRollcreations Рік тому

      @@kenyatamay6633same!! We need to pray for all of them.

    • @Exitsing
      @Exitsing Рік тому +7

      So be her boyfriend and marry her

    • @ShotByGarchy
      @ShotByGarchy Рік тому +1

      Facts I couldn’t even watch it i had to skip it

    • @Michaela-ub4ue
      @Michaela-ub4ue Рік тому +6

      She said she pedophiled her kids I do not feel bad for her at all

  • @Peasant_in_a_tree
    @Peasant_in_a_tree Рік тому +256

    Its nice to see all these young scholars and professionals using their time on earth for the good of humanity. Diversity is truly our strength. What a open minded and flourishing community of loving people.

    • @LetsTightenUp
      @LetsTightenUp Рік тому

      Thanks we appreciate your pointless comment that also didn’t help shit 😂

    • @licktin1091
      @licktin1091 Рік тому

      Lmaooooo. Not much diversity in their though. They’re alll black. They all have the same mentality and wanna blame everyone but themselves

    • @rndmprsn3532
      @rndmprsn3532 Рік тому

      Diversity is a disease

    • @purpleirklegrovestreet
      @purpleirklegrovestreet Рік тому

      I have one question. Do u think a majority of black people are out committing crimes and promoting lawlessness?

    • @bboynitro
      @bboynitro Рік тому +9

      america is a corporation

  • @MrHerks
    @MrHerks Рік тому +141

    Living in Philly, Kensington/Frankford area through the 90’s I can tell you this was a tame video. If you haven’t witnessed or been a part of that life, you can’t even begin to imagine the stress of being in fight or flight mode 24/7 365! Never resting for even a half a second, there’s no holidays there’s no time off no taking a break, they will get you in your house if sleep without a watch. It’s no movie, it’s a live nightmare.

    • @LordOfSweden
      @LordOfSweden 10 місяців тому +5

      So why do you live like that? Nobody forces you to

    • @SethKodner
      @SethKodner 10 місяців тому +8

      Yep. I lived in East Kensington and later Kingsessing. Couldn't stand how I had to constantly inconvenience myself to avoid danger...so I moved

    • @MrHerks
      @MrHerks 10 місяців тому +6

      @@SethKodner same, I went out one morning just to stand in my stoop and there was a guy bleeding in the sidewalk just next to me. That was it for me

    • @shellydrelly
      @shellydrelly 9 місяців тому +4

      @@LordOfSwedenI guess if you’re too broke to affford anywhere else you’re just kinda screwed

    • @LordOfSweden
      @LordOfSweden 9 місяців тому

      @@shellydrelly Nah, bunch of spoiled brats with no morals.

  • @PhucYuBich
    @PhucYuBich Місяць тому +2

    10:32 this was a good move to ease the tension. All a man wants is to be told they did a good job. That made him open up. That smile was genuine l.

  • @dreamup8431
    @dreamup8431 Рік тому +57

    Glad there were subtitles… I’m from Louisiana and sometimes I have a very hard time understanding certain people when they speak. It leads to mutual frustration usually.

    • @Qelai
      @Qelai 11 місяців тому +2

      prolly from up north la (aka south arkansas)

    • @dreamup8431
      @dreamup8431 11 місяців тому

      @@Qelai Toledo bend lake area lol.

    • @peacefuljourney4994
      @peacefuljourney4994 7 місяців тому +6

      I didn't understand most of what they said :(

    • @northgambit
      @northgambit 7 місяців тому +3

      I loved the bits where there were just no subtitles. Like the guy typing it in just sat back in his chair, hands over his head and a big sigh like... "what the fuck?!"
      haha

    • @OHHHHUSBANT
      @OHHHHUSBANT 7 місяців тому

      ​@@peacefuljourney4994seems like a certain test during the 60's was correct

  • @nikn1250
    @nikn1250 Рік тому +37

    Wow it’s absurd that there are people out here living life like that. Not to mention how they lock themselves in it and don’t agree that there’s a life outside of it.

  • @psychokittytv4530
    @psychokittytv4530 Рік тому +123

    Dude, clearly, living like this makes people completely lose their minds. Everyone is totally crazy. Every other dude they talk to is so figity and dramatic. They'll talk to anyone holding a camera like they're in a music video. All these weird poses and hand movements. Too many crazy things happening to these people. Now they're all completely insane.

    • @stanclark8824
      @stanclark8824 Рік тому +18

      that is poverty for you. everyone that is stuck in the hood as gang life, that is all they will ever know. it sucks for them, but they threw their life away.

    • @shighmoney9326
      @shighmoney9326 Рік тому +14

      Hell yeaa, Everybody madd paranoid.

    • @Fillippogino
      @Fillippogino Рік тому +4

      Real talk

    • @menotyou6560
      @menotyou6560 Рік тому

      30 years of pop culture glorifying the savages

    • @jamaalg9906
      @jamaalg9906 Рік тому +21

      ​@stanclark8824 its not poverty its mentality. Being poor in this country is no comparison to poverty in other parts of the world. Ppl leave these places come here and live successful lives..

  • @cameron818
    @cameron818 7 місяців тому +26

    And people are disgusted by Racial Profiling when groups of People take pride in acting like Criminals

    • @FreeBlacky
      @FreeBlacky 6 місяців тому +7

      Goofy, there are many white, asian, hispanic, etc gangs/ crime groups that do the same shit.

    • @apriljefferson43
      @apriljefferson43 6 місяців тому

      Hell yeah people are disgusted and rightfully so. My husband is a fucking Marine vet, we own a 600k home, take nice vacations multiple times a year, etc., but because he’s black, he’s automatically treated like a criminal. Foh!

    • @apriljefferson43
      @apriljefferson43 6 місяців тому +8

      Hell yeah people are disgusted and rightfully so. My husband is a Marine vet, we own a brand new 600k home, we take nice vacations multiple times a year, etc., but because he’s black, he’s automatically treated like a criminal. Foh!

    • @tosdamayan
      @tosdamayan 4 місяці тому

      Yea dummy a percentage doesn’t represent everyone even if that percentage is put in the spotlight

    • @TheOne-rz7qg
      @TheOne-rz7qg 4 місяці тому +3

      That's no excuse to racially profile people though. Do you understand what you're talking about?

  • @rjflores438
    @rjflores438 Рік тому +97

    New Orleans is much more dangerous than Chicago, the hoods in New Orleans have even less resources and everybody lives very close together so it is harder to avoid the beef as New Orleans is much smaller. I remember the last Taboo Room video saying Chicago was the most dangerous city in America, it isnt. Even small cities that are in the mid West like Cincinatti, Indianapolis and Milwaukee are just as dangerous as Chicago, but some of the Southern cities like New Orleans and Memphis are much more violent than Chicago. And Chicago has some very violent neighbourhoods on the South and West Side.

    • @joeythekid5042
      @joeythekid5042 Рік тому +8

      I’m from New Orleans bro so I agree with you the other day 4 people got shot in front of my job

    • @jammnefu4950
      @jammnefu4950 Рік тому +14

      St. Louis MO dangerous asf too

    • @joeythekid5042
      @joeythekid5042 Рік тому +4

      @@jammnefu4950 I got some potnas from there it’s like another Louisiana with the killings

    • @jammnefu4950
      @jammnefu4950 Рік тому +9

      @joeythekid5042 it's real out here in the Lou New Orleans ain't no joke for real the whole state of Louisiana ain't no joke I been there a couple times

    • @rctradezz7884
      @rctradezz7884 Рік тому +10

      Factz . I’m from Savannah GA an it’s wicked outchea as well. NO is definitely a jungle too. Got family out dey in 7th Ward. The news always glamorize Chicago being super dangerous but compared to St. Louis, New Orleans , Memphis, etc .. hell even Savannah per capita. It’s a whole different world dawg

  • @clutchxzz6567
    @clutchxzz6567 Рік тому +34

    That murder scene you came across was a girl I knew and her little brother that got shot…she was inside a vehicle with her older brother while he was arguing with some dudes and they ended up shooting up the whole car. She and her little brother was innocent.

    • @glorgau
      @glorgau Рік тому

      "were" innocent - the subjunctive mood of "to be" when the shooting occurred. Now they're just dead.

    • @djuanaroberts3482
      @djuanaroberts3482 18 днів тому +1

      Sad

  • @sk83rl00k1nb0y
    @sk83rl00k1nb0y Рік тому +224

    Can’t help the environment you’re born in but you can always change the way you think and move.

    • @topdog8678
      @topdog8678 Рік тому +7

      If u truly control your mind in which most don’t🤷🏽‍♂️ violence is celebrated in the music and folks have nothing to live for!! Fckn sad 😢

    • @rhondae8222
      @rhondae8222 Рік тому +1

      @@topdog8678Right! And I blame the so-called Black rappers and hip hoppers for that as well as their ungodly supporters (male and female alike). Smh

    • @Ayyeeeooo
      @Ayyeeeooo Рік тому +4

      Easier said than done

    • @jeremiahr.6482
      @jeremiahr.6482 Рік тому

      Except it's usually the innocent getting hit.

    • @ChaosBeforeOrder
      @ChaosBeforeOrder Рік тому

      The streets ain't trynna hear this

  • @matt_FUGA_UGC
    @matt_FUGA_UGC 8 місяців тому +20

    Damn... Amanda is insanely sad. He asked if she wanted anything in life and she mentioned "friendship" - WOW... that was sad

  • @shanedallmeyer176
    @shanedallmeyer176 Рік тому +95

    I use to be a big time gangbanger from 9 to 30 years old and brothers would off you for even talking on camera or even mentioning any gang activity to anyone I thank God for Jesus and what he did on that cross for us because now I live for him and walk in his ways and I choose to do the fathers will and go out and share the hope to others in the place I use to be thank you Jesus for making me new and giving me a sound mind and a new heart we all have a choice all I can say is Jesus saved my life for anyone reading this may God bless you and your family’s

    • @rage508cardsngrails
      @rage508cardsngrails Рік тому +2

      Ty 🙏🏼 right back at ya 🙏🏼 #godblessu

    • @miguelc1992
      @miguelc1992 Рік тому +1

      A big time gangbanger huh. Woah off someone for speaking on camera. Thank Jesus Christ for toning down your gangbangerness. I’m sure gta is a much safer place without you. Streets of Los Santos 🎮🤓🥸🤥🤡

    • @imn0tgarbage
      @imn0tgarbage Рік тому +1

      I'm glad you are out. I'm curious though, why did you join? I've also came from a hard background but never did. I'm trying to understand the mentality. God bless.

    • @SmallAndSoft
      @SmallAndSoft Рік тому +1

      gobbless😂

    • @SeekTheLordJesusChrist7
      @SeekTheLordJesusChrist7 Рік тому

      Amen

  • @ToA504
    @ToA504 Рік тому +24

    Being a resident of New Orleans i can say this is definitely true...but it's not the only road here...there are prosperous positive people here...New Orleans does have light that shines through the darkness

  • @hanlrr
    @hanlrr Рік тому +105

    Your journalism is great man, you handled all this very well.

  • @sergkondenko4684
    @sergkondenko4684 7 місяців тому +6

    Bro you make the realist dopest videos I seen and I watch alot of documentaries!

  • @TheNattMan
    @TheNattMan Рік тому +256

    much respect to you bro absolutely insane the way these people live. The schizophrenic lady was scary way she talks about her children but also seems to think she might have killed them... absolutely insane.

    • @foulock2188
      @foulock2188 Рік тому +54

      Nah she ain’t kill her kids, ima be so real I wouldn’t be surprised if she never even had kids.. if she did they definitely got put into the system

    • @nicanonn6840
      @nicanonn6840 Рік тому +8

      Man I live here there’s a million people like here these mfs beinf saying shit to just say shit

    • @realife1542
      @realife1542 Рік тому

      I did years in prison and I met mfs they think they gods son and have apps built into their brains with 4 million listeners every time he talks. Crackheads n junkies are in a constant state of psychosis and delusions after a while

    • @xAlphaSpiderx
      @xAlphaSpiderx Рік тому +21

      @@foulock2188look at her stomach. She had kids or lost a lot of weight really fast.

    • @michaelcleary5205
      @michaelcleary5205 Рік тому +6

      My mother was a schizophrenic drug addict but did not have aids. 😂 I just disconnected myself and use harsh humor to cope.

  • @tailirrenepeoples2074
    @tailirrenepeoples2074 9 місяців тому +154

    I grew up on the east no man’s land and in 2007 my family was brutally killed … 4810 savoie ct I was 15 … home invasion they busted in robbed them and shot them , I’m 31 now and it still haunts me til this day ! I’ve never been back and plan to never come back !

    • @Whoiisteezybo1st
      @Whoiisteezybo1st 7 місяців тому +20

      Damn…stay up if you can..

    • @s1n-n3d
      @s1n-n3d 7 місяців тому +7

      sorry to hear this. were the murderers caught?

    • @Iykebreezyofficial
      @Iykebreezyofficial 7 місяців тому +7

      Sorry dear. Stay strong

    • @Chiiisecake
      @Chiiisecake 6 місяців тому +5

      I’m so sorry to hear that. ❤🫂

    • @edwinrodeo
      @edwinrodeo 6 місяців тому +4

      That’s some serious stuff, hopefully you find what ever you’re looking for. Peace 🙏

  • @jamiestanton9491
    @jamiestanton9491 Рік тому +18

    This is wiiiiild. Love the content, keep it cooking taboo room 🙌🏽

  • @user-uq7ti8yi1m
    @user-uq7ti8yi1m 14 днів тому

    I was homeless in Atlanta 10 years ago. I'm in New Orleans now, I'm street smart. This is next level, I've never felt more unsafe anywhere.

  • @justinx_x3439
    @justinx_x3439 Рік тому +36

    This is amazing doc man it really opens your eyes to how the trenches really are while rap glorifies it. Alot of people have alot to say about them and this and that but I like what the guy with the backpack told you. "Nobody wants to live this lifestyle forever but we in it, wake up every day to it."

  • @RichardGatlin-uh6nr
    @RichardGatlin-uh6nr Рік тому +18

    Man I live in New Orleans and I live on Iberville but you did a wonderful job man. You said you was going to go get a piece of New Orleans and you certainly did. Congratulations that was great.

  • @michaelsteding7720
    @michaelsteding7720 Рік тому +61

    Pure ignorance on display. These clowns think living the gang life is being a man. Nothing like having a dream in life of death or prison.

    • @Kissingmetal
      @Kissingmetal Рік тому

      bro you’re obviously white to call these people “clowns” notice your own ignorance first before you call out anyone else your incompetence is disgraceful

    • @jameshhenderson8243
      @jameshhenderson8243 Рік тому +2

      Self hatred perdonified

    • @LorenzoAlpo-hs2ly
      @LorenzoAlpo-hs2ly 8 місяців тому

      Yet they been fucked up since kids....literally they told you about seeing ppls head busted open as a KID....even if you got over that and could change everything good for you. Others get caught and stay trapped in this shit. I'm sure they get hired for a job making over 100k and it would require to relocate and choose a better life....none of them would b there. Chill tf out its billions of ppl on this planet with shit designed to keep them where they at literally....everyone doesn't think of the next big plan Einstein

  • @The_Fit_ness_monster
    @The_Fit_ness_monster 26 днів тому +2

    Grew up Calliope 3rd ward, joined the navy and then army, 6 trips overseas Afghanistan and Iraq/Syria and it was safer than NOLA. Back in Louisiana but no where near New Orleans, off grid living in peace ✌️

  • @GameOnHondo
    @GameOnHondo Рік тому +33

    Man this a good video you are in the real trenches.
    I grew up there since birth for 19 years. The best thing that happened to me was hurricane katrina which gave me a second chance at life. All these dudes you interviewing I had they same mindset because New Orleans is all we know and the way of life. I grew up on 6 and B during the beginning of the cash money days. Rappers like tec 9, Ya Fat, and Yella boy use to kick it at our house. Every day gun shots rang I seen a lot of people die. Then I moved to the 13th ward and when BG was beefing with Wayne and cash money out hoods inherited they beef. So it’s was war with my hood the 13th against the 17th I lost a lot of homies and they lost a lot as well. I almost lost mines at the bus stop on Louisiana ave and at Charles I think like 30 shots rang out when I was HS coming home from a basketball game still got the grazed bullet wound for memory. I do not miss this lifestyle and glad I’m on the other side looking in. I wish I could help these dudes but from experience you can’t.

    • @1_foot_in_the_grave
      @1_foot_in_the_grave Рік тому +3

      damn homie, thats wild. happy to hear shit turnd round for u

    • @frankcastle4435
      @frankcastle4435 Рік тому +3

      Glad you got out

    • @themetalfusionologist
      @themetalfusionologist Рік тому +2

      “Blocks inherited their beef”…from some people who had got out…so you realize how stupid that sounds?
      I seen the same shit, called it ignorance then, still just as ignorant now. Maybe worse.

    • @foulock2188
      @foulock2188 Рік тому

      @jasminerobinson5466you do understand women’s opinions about the street mean absolutely nothing right?

    • @GameOnHondo
      @GameOnHondo Рік тому

      @@foulock2188 cap and this comment sexist AF. Only non street dudes would make a comment like this

  • @KDG1H
    @KDG1H Рік тому +100

    We used to glorify joining the military, becoming a tradesman, graduating college, now it's glorifying felony charges. We all got to pray for the world, no matter who you pray to, or believe in they're needed big time...

    • @jeremy4600
      @jeremy4600 Рік тому +15

      Who is “we”?

    • @690409
      @690409 Рік тому +5

      People with a brain.

    • @lindar6326
      @lindar6326 Рік тому +7

      ​@@jeremy4600EXACTLY, WHO IS WE , THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT ALL AMERICANS

    • @KDG1H
      @KDG1H Рік тому +10

      I never said "Americans" I said we, as human beings. We as in the world. You are seeking ANYTHING to argue with the comment just for the sake of commenting. You took a simple statement, tried to dissect it into something weird like "who is we". People? Just the human beings roaming the earth? Can we not want BETTER for people without trying to insert hidden meanings? @lindar6326

    • @lindar6326
      @lindar6326 Рік тому

      @@KDG1H WELL...I GUESS YOU SET ME STRAIGHT, OK, YOU WON THIS ONE.

  • @kB-wj3ld
    @kB-wj3ld Рік тому +59

    the Amanda clip made me really sad bro. Just thinking that once upon a time she was a little girl, someones baby. One day i hope all this evil shit in the world ends.

    • @jibicusmaximus4827
      @jibicusmaximus4827 Рік тому +6

      it's heart breaking, unfortunately this affects all families, it would seem (i mean even if one member use's, it causes misery for untold members)

    • @jibicusmaximus4827
      @jibicusmaximus4827 Рік тому +3

      i know 100's that have used for decades a quarter are dead maybe 2 people kicked it.. i always tell people 'stay far away from that stuff' if they still think its cool they get a real life story they won't ever forget and they will be crying and never touch it again..

    • @Kevenant
      @Kevenant Рік тому

      Don't worry, the jews are working on it. The thing is they must destroy the world first and only a small percentage that survive will have peace. Your hope will come true, just not for you or me.

    • @cwaters4504
      @cwaters4504 Рік тому +14

      Interesting that you only thought Amanda was once a little girl... every single person in this video was once someone's baby and did not ask to grow up in these surroundings. It's very sad to see

    • @javanbenji7191
      @javanbenji7191 Рік тому +2

      Shout to my young bloods tryna make it to the next day love you all and shout out and love to Amanda she’s also got things troubling her mind god bless her

  • @jacobsimmons2764
    @jacobsimmons2764 7 місяців тому +1

    why was Wayne P shown uncensored then he was randomly covered up? @ 1:35

  • @Payz1st
    @Payz1st Рік тому +69

    Taboo really dropping some gems lately, we should all appreciate the hard work and consistency 👊🏾❤️

  • @ds.3577
    @ds.3577 Рік тому +47

    Dude with the drum and dreads killing me with his facial expressions 😂

    • @dannywilson3226
      @dannywilson3226 Рік тому +14

      Bro look 22 and 70 at the same time

    • @v3rde776
      @v3rde776 Рік тому +8

      He got shot in the mouth what you want him to look like 😂😂😂 people don't realize that when you get shoht or stabbed in the cheek you lucky if you could even open your mouth again the muscle and nerves get destroyed is ova

    • @aaronruffin2364
      @aaronruffin2364 Рік тому +2

      Traumatized and demonized

    • @aqca82
      @aqca82 Рік тому

      @@v3rde776facts I got stabbed through my hand and I can barely make a fist, too much nerve damage

    • @ds.3577
      @ds.3577 4 місяці тому

      @@A1NYCBKLYNGIRL-tc5ot yeah your right why would anybody want to drive through that dump

  • @edwardzajac6092
    @edwardzajac6092 Рік тому +17

    Thank you for doing this. Not enough truth comes out about how it really is. 10 years of EMS here

  • @jeffreybohne1465
    @jeffreybohne1465 3 місяці тому

    I was born and raised in NOLA and before 2020 I wasn’t afraid to go to any part of the City but now the only time I’ll go into the City is to go to the VA hospital breaks my heart to see how bad it is now.

  • @Leeno65
    @Leeno65 Рік тому +67

    14:15 some people see just rap but honestly these dudes are some of the craziest poets. Their word structure and way of speaking is something entirely unique. I pray these folks can see a brighter and more positive future for themselves and family.

    • @johnnybronco9118
      @johnnybronco9118 Рік тому +1

      It's called broken English and their a plague to our society...they benefit it in no way.

    • @AlexandreGhost
      @AlexandreGhost Рік тому +3

      well said

    • @AR15andGOD
      @AR15andGOD Рік тому +3

      lol

    • @oioi8745f
      @oioi8745f 9 місяців тому +2

      When i grow up i want to be poets just like them... :-/

  • @bruhstoise
    @bruhstoise Рік тому +103

    Some artists bring so much life to the crews they run it’s so sad to see such bright lights in dark corners fr. MG Top earned my respect, look at the way all his bros are behind his music, the way he can sing and everyone smiles and vibes. So sad the actual lyrics being said

    • @lgbfjb7849
      @lgbfjb7849 Рік тому

      That shit was garbage 🗑

    • @Blindstraight
      @Blindstraight Рік тому

      Your a fool

    • @bruhstoise
      @bruhstoise Рік тому +4

      @@We-Wuz-Great-201 yeah if you’re not from the south then this is probably the equivalent of an American trying to understand a deep liverpool or even Scottish accent

    • @Darkregen9545
      @Darkregen9545 Рік тому +7

      Good music masking terrible lyrics from these raps is why I'll never like rap as a whole. It's a connection to people to say "hey look at me and my shitty way of life and I'll murder everyone who I feel like." Also getting paid for rapping trash btw.

    • @marloaffical6516
      @marloaffical6516 Рік тому

      @@bruhstoiseNew Orleans dialect isn’t southern its creole.

  • @sheshinesbright
    @sheshinesbright Рік тому +53

    I’m not ashame to be a New Orleans native. I’ve recently thought of moving back but this was very eye-opening as to why I should not

  • @JamMasterKae
    @JamMasterKae 2 місяці тому

    ill never forget - i’m from south Louisiana and went to New Orleans for a friend’s birthday. we were partying near the FQ and turned down the wrong street and the police had shut the whole damn neighborhood down because there was a shootout. sobering reminder to have fun but remember where tf you at!!

  • @ysav3236
    @ysav3236 Рік тому +8

    bro i dont really know how to put it in words but after watching your own interview im glad to see you winning

  • @sgoodz8463
    @sgoodz8463 Рік тому +115

    Great footage but I don’t think you made the most of meeting these people, going to the murder capital of America and meeting a guy with a machine gun and asking “Is it dangerous here?” Or meeting a drug addict with aids and asking “What are you going to spend that $20 on” cmon bro? Just some honest feedback but meeting gang members and asking “are you in a gang?” Isn’t interesting to me it’s cookie cutter - props and respect to you for putting yourself in these situations

    • @gwopele
      @gwopele Рік тому +11

      I agree but with that being said, what more could he have asked ? (For next time)

    • @KiloTray
      @KiloTray Рік тому +4

      Ikr what a total waste

    • @onetripmoversotm9279
      @onetripmoversotm9279 Рік тому +1

      Hell yea... dude came out looking unlikeable asking stupid questions

    • @mrrolldownthewindow7425
      @mrrolldownthewindow7425 Рік тому +16

      He did he say he heavily amended it for UA-cam guidelines. I’m sure on the patron it’s more in depth

    • @SMOOVKILL1
      @SMOOVKILL1 Рік тому +1

      I mean that's how it is there's lots of people walking around in different hoods all over the world. It's reality.

  • @michaelb2388
    @michaelb2388 Рік тому +67

    The thing is, all those gang members complain about how shit the area is but they're the ones perpetuating that violent culture.

    • @ogkingbj7089
      @ogkingbj7089 Рік тому +2

      No gang members there are no gangs

    • @kahlilasson2407
      @kahlilasson2407 Рік тому +2

      No choice, no unity, no respect.

    • @johnnybronco9118
      @johnnybronco9118 Рік тому +5

      It's what cockroaches do...

    • @user-rk4hl4fr8l
      @user-rk4hl4fr8l Рік тому

      How do you think it got to that point in the first place? do you think the black community was just originally a bunch of hoodlums? No, however, the perpetuation is caused by themselves, but still, they're just perpetuating what was inherited by them. So they have every right to complain about how shit the area is because the main people in power who caused this epidemic of killings in the first place aren't doing anything to stop it... what so many people forget is that the country could so easily solve this issue of needless killing but choose not to because... well there are multiple conspiracy theories and some hold some truth. The point is it's not our fault it's like this, and it should be an even 50% split between the country and the people tryna to fix this, stop blaming solely one group for the shortcomings of a literal global superpower.

    • @Devinn504
      @Devinn504 Рік тому +3

      Ain’t no gangs in New Orleans bruh, just cliques. I’m tellin you this as a New Orleans native born and raised.

  • @jiayajones9145
    @jiayajones9145 19 днів тому

    as someone who is born & raised in new orleans, currently still staying here it’s actually quite sad to see this ngl. my city is so cursed, hate that for us.

  • @SMOOVKILL1
    @SMOOVKILL1 Рік тому +75

    So many people seem angry. Welcome to America this is nothing new. Happens all over the world. Keep up the good work and showing the reality of whats going on. Not every place in America or any country is bad. Youll probably meet the nicest people in the hood to be honest and eat some good food. Plus New Orleans is open carry at 18yrs and concealed carry at 21yrs.

    • @queenofthebutterflies5212
      @queenofthebutterflies5212 Рік тому +4

      That's what I thought. Who wants to live like that? We have a choice in how we live despite our circumstances

    • @ssc3360
      @ssc3360 Рік тому +6

      ​@@queenofthebutterflies5212
      This is an ignorant statement, no?
      Do you think people wish to live in poverty? That's ultimate disrespect to the people who struggle on a daily basis, across the world.
      Folks who struggle for the basics are doing it out of choice, and you expect them to live better when they cannot live for the bare minimum?

    • @rickjames6902
      @rickjames6902 Рік тому

      This what happens when you feminize a male we see this same effect take place in men prisons. When you take away and simply get rid of female interactions with males they usually become overly sexually with each other and extremely violent

    • @7996hobguy
      @7996hobguy Рік тому +7

      ​@@ssc3360So they choose to stand around and shoot each other? Smart.

    • @evoids
      @evoids Рік тому

      worse stuff are happening in Mexico or Latin America then USA

  • @edwardturner1282
    @edwardturner1282 Рік тому +16

    Thank you for sharing your experience. Courageous of your team.

  • @moedinyu7172
    @moedinyu7172 Рік тому +85

    If you care, even a little. You know the ENTIRE GHETTO is traumatized!! Hands down! Anyone who "makes it out" of the ghetto is extraordinary!!! I appreciate all of the hard workers who finally do make it to an upward trajectory!✌🏿

    • @justincbryant
      @justincbryant Рік тому +6

      my mom grew up in the st thomas projects in new orleans. made it out and moved to atlanta. my fam really from the bottom

    • @moedinyu7172
      @moedinyu7172 Рік тому

      @justincbryant thas whas up tho! Ma made it jus a lil easier for her babies! I can't knock that at all

    • @dark12ain
      @dark12ain Рік тому +3

      ​@@justincbryantone thing momma is going to do is make sure we are brought up right. I'm from Memphis we grew up in the projects, but I remember every time we moved it was slightly better than the last place we lived till we finally ended up with a house when I was in highschool

    • @martingraham8757
      @martingraham8757 Рік тому

      No wonder people view the black community the way they di

    • @martingraham8757
      @martingraham8757 Рік тому +1

      Do

  • @heyitsmyTeeTa
    @heyitsmyTeeTa 3 місяці тому +1

    Born and raised in New Orleans. After Katrina, the invisible barriers that most of these people respected were just gone. But also, the politicians wanted New Orleans the way that it is right now. They didnt address any of the lingering issues from Katrina. The focus will always be tourism. I barely visit home anymore.

  • @justcharlotte_
    @justcharlotte_ Рік тому +43

    Are you wondering, “What has led to this?” I did too.
    Both sides of my family helped to settle Louisiana. I’ve spent and enjoyed every moment learning about our history, contemplating our present, and thinking about how we’ve come to this. The crime is out of control right now especially because of the 2017 Justice Reinvestment Act (what a name…) they passed, but if we go deeper, It’s just two words that no one thinks about and none of our politicians care to mention: Generational Poverty. It’s a vicious cycle that many people cannot drag themselves out of, and our state has done nothing to help them do so. Our politicians choose to instead focus only on keeping the “important” numbers low, like the prison populations. Look up median or average household income by New Orleans ward and then look up a crime map.
    Edit: Also, I really wondered where BLM was these last few years. We have the highest population of black Americans in the country, and our people are suffering greatly.

    • @BrightResultsMedia
      @BrightResultsMedia Рік тому

      I mean where is BLM…? Where were they ever? Besides spitting racist venom and parading black suffering for swindled donations, I can’t recall a single thing they’ve done for anyone besides themselves. I know accountability is a difficult word to comprehend and even harder to enforce but at a certain point even the densest of skulls must realize they’ve been played a fool.

    • @ch33.tah.
      @ch33.tah. Рік тому +1

      This!

    • @Ryan-wx1bi
      @Ryan-wx1bi Рік тому

      BLM was nothing more than a cash grab.

    • @johnfontenot7861
      @johnfontenot7861 Рік тому +3

      What has the state done, free education, free hospitals, free this and free that, if these people had to work to survive they wouldn’t have time for this buffoonery.

    • @vatican6666
      @vatican6666 Рік тому

      @@johnfontenot7861 Wake up. With the Republican Party controlling the offices of attorney general, secretary of state, and both chambers of the state legislature you can bet your ass there is nothing free unless of course you are rich.

  • @KingKai133
    @KingKai133 Рік тому +12

    You’ve come so far from where you started bruv. So good 👏

  • @thomashribar5092
    @thomashribar5092 Рік тому +50

    It's really sad to see these young dudes so lost.

    • @JamiarynWallace
      @JamiarynWallace Рік тому +7

      they lost they fathers failed them tremendously!

    • @clockspacefilms3025
      @clockspacefilms3025 Рік тому +14

      @@JamiarynWallaceI didn’t grow up with a father yet here I am. Welding, making a crap ton of money and about to move up north.

    • @QuadriviumNumbers
      @QuadriviumNumbers 6 місяців тому +1

      @@JamiarynWallace Their single mothers failed them tremendously!

  • @TypeSKendrick
    @TypeSKendrick 5 місяців тому

    Yo was that a freestyle at the end of the video or a song cause i want it lol 21:18

  • @scottal
    @scottal Рік тому +5

    Raw. Real. Great work man. Love seeing the 'real' America. Top channel.

  • @beeirving783
    @beeirving783 Рік тому +52

    Anytime someone goes to interview a person on this type of environment, there's always another person trying to intervene with their "alleged" life story. I say alleged because it usually can't be verified because they're unknown. Those really putting it work don't usually want to be known nor seen and I stress the word "usually" unless they're seeking attention and ready to crash out over fame. The perfect example is the guy in blue 4:50 the interview is with the guy in white, but the one in blue can't stand not being recognized.

    • @frankiep.5827
      @frankiep.5827 Рік тому +8

      Bruh thas NOLA, it's its own country within the state of Louisiana. Its own accent, laws, etc. Separate from the rest of The Boot. Evvvvvvvvry one has a life story that to the outside world seems exaggerated & fanciful, but if u from The Boot it's not surprising or suspect in any way shape or form. In Southern Louisiana (below I-10) there's seriously smn deep in that Bayou that brings an energy you've never experienced. There's an energy in that swamp water. & it's a totally different world from the rest of America. Everyone below the poverty line out there cud write multiple best selling Factual autobiographies. IYKYK 🎯
      #CajunBloodLikeTheRiverFlood💯

    • @inoyvst6786
      @inoyvst6786 Рік тому +9

      New Orleans one of them places where the killers wanna be known as killers.

    • @frankiep.5827
      @frankiep.5827 Рік тому +4

      @@inoyvst6786 can't argue w that. I'd say the 60 day rule encouraged alot of that.

    • @SOLOworld16
      @SOLOworld16 Рік тому +1

      HE WAS ASKED A QUESTION BY THE DAMN INTERVIEWER.
      U WORRIED ABOUT THE LAST THING U SHOULD BE IN THIS VIDEO

    • @Flint-Dibble-the-Don
      @Flint-Dibble-the-Don Рік тому

      ​@@frankiep.5827It's a beautiful culture and needs to be glorified.

  • @charlesh1735
    @charlesh1735 Рік тому +26

    When you find yourself in a life and death situation you have to stay calm,keep a level head and adapt to the situation at hand. You can’t show a weakness,but you must be able to deescalate a situation,by not provoking the opposition and keeping yourself out of harms way. You almost have to put yourself in that situation and lifestyle in order to navigate your way through the tense situation. People who have put themselves in that situation whether it’s been through drug addiction,gang violence or where you live know exactly what I am talking about. When I was young I put myself in those situations way to many times,but because I am street smart and can keep a level head I always walked away unharmed and alive! I look back on it now and think,what the hell was I doing??

    • @lethalhotbox3778
      @lethalhotbox3778 Рік тому +1

      Same man

    • @ofairnsea5968
      @ofairnsea5968 Рік тому

      What does any of this have to do with a bunch of losers who just sit in the porch all day?

  • @Dickies22
    @Dickies22 4 місяці тому +2

    I live in New Orleans and why does this still shock me 😭😭

  • @PFuntom
    @PFuntom Рік тому +13

    Even the interviewer himself was anxious looking around.😂 But I really feel for them for this lifestyle.

  • @JamesMalcom396
    @JamesMalcom396 10 місяців тому +17

    Amanda's story brought tears to my eyes.

    • @QuadriviumNumbers
      @QuadriviumNumbers 6 місяців тому +1

      Ssssssimp!!

    • @AngelRivera-de1lq
      @AngelRivera-de1lq 6 місяців тому

      She's schizophrenic, alot of it was paranoia and delusion

    • @poppyseed1000
      @poppyseed1000 5 місяців тому

      @@QuadriviumNumbers Having empathy for a woman makes someone a simp?

    • @kensley94
      @kensley94 5 місяців тому

      @@QuadriviumNumbers such a toxic mind you have right there, please change

  • @JuanManriquez-s3u
    @JuanManriquez-s3u Рік тому +17

    Fighting for streets that dont even belong to them, and getting murder for plain stupidity.😮😮