Street TV podcast episode 16, Alex Alonso interviews Judson Bacot and Bobby "Big Bob the Hawk" Crear about their experience as first generation Westside Crips in Los Angeles. Although the Crips started on the Eastside by Raymond Washington, it was the Westside Crips making the news headlines in 1972 with the murder of Robert Ballou at the Hollywood Palladium. Judson and Bob were arrested for that murder and became the Crips to ever go to prison for murder.    Video portions of this interview: https://tinyurl.com/y3odhuev Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine #streetTV #gangster #StreetGangs #MobPiru #BloodAlley #AlexAlonso #AlexAlonsoInterviews 

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Murder at the Hollywood Palladium: first Crips go to prison

In Episode 15 of the Street TV podcast, Alex Alonso interviews London "Zel" Carter (b. 1954 -) who was a member of Blood Alley, an old gang from Los Angeles active during the 1960s and perhaps late 1950s. London came into Blood alley in the late 1960s when they were fading out. But by 1969, he transitioned into a new group, the Hoover Park Family.  Madd Ronald from Rollin 20s is also included in this interview.   Video portions of this interview (London Carter): https://bit.ly/2MY9a2g Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine #streetTV #gangster #StreetGangs #MobPiru #BloodAlley #AlexAlonso #AlexAlonsoInterviews 

Blood Alley gang to 1st generation Hoover Park Family

Alex Alonso interviews Studder Box from Pueblo Bishop Bloods in episode 14 of the Street TV podcast. Studder Box first got acquainted with street gangs when he was living in Compton in the Lueders Park Piru area, then he moved to the Pueblo Del Rio Housing Projects and became a member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods. The Pueblos have been around the projects for decades, but Studder Box was from the era that seen the Pueblos become Bloods.  Video portions of this interview (Studder Box): https://bit.ly/3b8FMAb Video portions of the Twins from Pueblos: https://bit.ly/2X6bxSm H-Crown documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCrmIrAysOA Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine #streetTV #gangster #StreetGangs #MobPiru #DeathRowRecords #AlexAlonso #AlexAlonsoInterviews 

Studder Box: from Lueders Park Piru to Pueblo Bishop Bloods

Alex Alonso interviews CJ from Mob Piru in episode 13 of the Street TV podcast. He is an early Mob Piru member from Compton and from the generation that saw Stockton Street Mob morph in Mob Piru around 1977. Also present in the interview is Gangster Nate from Lueders Park Piru and together they talk about the early Eastside Piru history which come out of Lueders Park Piru. And all the other Piru neighborhoods came out of Lueders including Mob, Lime, Elms Lane and Cross Atlantic Piru.   Video portions of this interview: httphttps://bit.ly/3aIDp77 Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine #streetTV #gangster #StreetGangs #MobPiru #DeathRowRecords #AlexAlonso #AlexAlonsoInterviews 

CJ from Mob Piru: Death Row Records and the Eastside Pirus

Alex Alonso interviews Donna "Cheeta" Graham in episode 12 of the Street TV podcast. She is an original Crip that came up with Raymond Washington, Craig Craddock, Kevin "Crazy Crip" Williams, Michael "Fastblack" Tobin, Stanley "Tookie" Williams, Gerald "Pistol Pete" Cavitt, Mack Thomas and many other original Crips.  Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/2K6OOmv Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine #streetTV #gangster #StreetGangs #DonnaGraham #AlexAlonso #AlexAlonsoInterviews #Q102 

Donna "Chita" Graham: an Original female Crip

On episode 11, Alex Alonso interviews Poo from Acacia Blocc Compton Crip. This audio podcast version of the Poo interview includes an additional 50 minutes of content never released. Poo grew up in Compton and became a member of the Acacia Blocc Compton Crips.  In 2007 he was featured in a National Geographic Documentary entitles "LA Gangs Wars."    Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/37bFExJ Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine #streetTV #gangster #StreetGangs #AcaciaBloccCompton Crips #Poo #AlexAlonso #AlexAlonsoInterviews 

Looney Poo from Acacia Blocc Compton Crips

On episode 10, Alex Alonso interviews Pretty Boy from Rollin 60s Crip. This audio podcast version of the Pretty Boy interview includes an additional 50 minutes of content never released. In this interview we are driving in his car to visit his childhood home on East 76th Street in South Los Angeles which happens to be right next to Raymond Washington's home. Then we go to his home on the westside when he became a member of the Rolling 60s Crips and we visit his junior high school, Horace Mann, and his High School, Crenshaw High.    Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/3q6YQ76 Tony Craddock and Lil Perry interview: https://tinyurl.com/y4ypxq3t Rayshanna Washington interview: https://tinyurl.com/y2wet8cn Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine #streetTV #gangster #StreetGangs #PrettyBoy #RaymondWashington #AlexAlonso #AlexAlonsoInterviews 

Pretty Boy: From the Eastside to the Westside Rich Rollin' 60s

On episode 9, Alex Alonso sits down with Lil Pierre and Tony Craddock who grew up on the Eastside of South Los Angeles with Raymond Washington, the founder of the Crips. Tony's older brother, Craig Craddock is considered co-founder of the Crips with Raymond. Lil Pierre and Tony Craddock explain everything they remember about the early history of the Crips and their direct role in the formation of the Castle Crips. If you remember watching the Pretty Boy interview, he mentions a guy that was Raymond Washington's driver when Pretty Boy was living next to Raymond on 76th Street. That was Pierre.  Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/2VoLCVn Pretty Boy interview: https://bit.ly/3q6YQ76 Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine #streetTV #gangster #StreetGangs #CraigCraddock #RaymondWashington #CraigMonson #EastsideCrips #DeathRow #PrettyBoy #AlexAlonso #AlexAlonsoInterviews 

Origin of the Crips in Los Angeles: Raymond Washington & Craig Craddock

On episode 8, Alex Alonso sits down with Reggie Wright Jr. who was once a Compton Police officer but then he provided the security for Death Row Records when he started to work for Suge Knight.  Reggie Wright talks about growing up in Compton, following his father into the police department and then working for Death Row Records and providing security for Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur and several other artists.  Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/335dzFT Cynthia Nunn interview: https://bit.ly/35MyBuw James "Mob James" McDonald inerview: https://bit.ly/3337A4t Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine #streetTV #gangster #StreetGangs #ReggieWright #DeathRow #SugeKnight #AlexAlonso #AlexAlonsoInterviews 

Reggie Wright Jr: Compton Living, Death Row Chronicles and Gangster Rap History

On episode 7 of the Street TV podcast, Alex Alonso has a conversation with Skipp Townsend and his life growing up on the tough streets of South Los Angeles, joining a gang, become a drug dealing in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and going to prison. Skipp talks about the history of the Avenues click of the Rollin 20s Neighborhood Bloods and the relationships he created with many Crips during his time trafficking cocaine during the 1980s and early 1990s. Video portions of Skipp Townsend's interview: https://bit.ly/36AySjx   Pretty Boy interview: https://bit.ly/2H1PmZg Judson Bacot interview: https://bit.ly/35tBIY0 Big Cool interview: https://bit.ly/35slKNV   Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine

Skipp Townsend: Gangs & Hustling in the West Adams and Prison

On episode 6, Alex Alonso travels to Bryan, Texas to meet up with Walter Watson, who grew up in South Los Angeles and became a member of Slauson Village, one of the most know Black gangs during the 1950s and 60s. After witnessing the Watts Riots of 1965 he is sent to prison, where he becomes involved in the revolutionary prison movement meeting people like Hugo "Yogi" Pinnell, Ruchell Magee and George Jackson. After prison guards killed three black inmates in January of 1970, WL Nolan, Cleveland Edwards and Alvin Miller, it kicked off a chain of events that would see several people killed including a shootout at San Marin Court House, the killing of prison guards John Mills and William Shull, then a huge prison riot in San Quentin Prison by George Jackson where he would die.  Walter Watson was charged in the murder in William Shull with 6 other inmates known as the Soledad 7.  He also became a member of the Black Guerrilla Family, a prison gang.  Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/3p1gsRk Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine

Slauson Village, Black Guerrilla Family and Revolutionaries: Walter Watson

On episode 5, Alex Alonso sits down with legendary Los Angeles radio DJ, Greg Mack of 1580 KDAY. Greg Mack came to Los Angeles in 1983 during the early years of Hip-Hop in Los Angeles and worked with several ground breaking artists during the beginnings of their career. Greg was the first DJ to play Toddy Tee's 1985 hit song, the Batter Ram, he had Dr. Dre and DJ Yella play mixes on Saturday nights in 1984, he presented Eazy-E's first song to the world and launched the career of many rappers. KDAY radio station was sold in 1990, and that marked the end of an important era in West Coast hip-hop. Check out this episode for an amazing history of Los Angeles hip-hop.  Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/37WChLB Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Call / Text: +1 (32three) 68one-997nine

Greg Mack and 1580 KDAY: Hip-Hop, Radio and the Mack Attack

On episode 4, Alex Alonso sits down with Leroy "Chico" Brown who grew up in Compton, California, specifically Corner Poccet Crip hood. Chico talks about  getting shot at 12 years old, the killing of Orlando Anderson which occurred between the Michael and Jerry Stone of Poccet Hood and how he started small time hustling with marijuana to buying kilos of cocaine with Freeway Ricky Ross.  He would eventually land in prison along with Ross when they got entrapped to buy cocaine from a Nicaraguan cocaine trafficker Oscar Danilo Blandon in 1995. Chico also talks about Gary Webb, who linked his case to the CIA in his book, "Dark Alliance" and he believes that Webb did not commit suicide.    Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/34mPEmc Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web1: http://www.streettv.net Web 2: http://www.streetgangs.com Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine

Leroy "Chico" Brown: Cocaine, CIA and Entrapment

In this episode Alex Alonso sits down with Mexican Cartel hitman who worked for the Arrellano-Felix organization based in Tijuana , Mexico.  When Martin was serving prison time in the early 1990s he linked with a contact to David "Popeye" Barron from San Diego's Barrio Logan. Popeye was connected to the Arrellano-Felix cartel since 1990 and by 1992 held a high position in the organization. When Martin was released from prison he meets with Popeye and starts working for him as a hitman.  Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/3du8laE Email Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Web: http://www.streettv.net Web: http://www.streetgangs.com  Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine 

Martin Corona, the Arrellano-Felix Drug Cartel: My Brothers on the Other Side of the Border

In episode two Alex A. Alonso interviews Big Spider from the PlayBoy Gangster Crips (PBG). They are located west of LaCienega Blvd in a community known then as Cadillac-Corning.  The City of Los Angeles has renamed this community La Cienega Heights and it has been experiencing gentrification and a Jewish resurgence. This is also the first street gangs to have a Gang Injunction imposed against them in 1987.   Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/3dnN16N Email Alex Alonso: http://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso Mailing Address: Street TV 1976 S. LaCienega Blvd, #351 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Merch: http://www.streetgangs.com/store Phone: 323.68one.997nine 

Big Spider: Ain't No Fun When the Rabbit Got the Gun

Street TV podcast is hosted by Alex Alonso who has been studying and researching street culture in Los Angeles for over 20 years. He has taken interviews from his video platform, re-edited them with some narration and added portions that have never been released before. These interviews include gang members, formerly incarcerated, authors, elected officials, activists, hip-hop artists and other influencers.

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