It's people who are products of their environment. Being gangster seemed cool because you never had to live life like that. People who are in gangs don't want to live like that but it's what they know.
Tommy I just wanted to say I am a social worker in Boston and I work with kids and teens all across Eastern MA who battle with a lot of the things mentioned in this video. Thank you for shining a light on what these kids grow up seeing. I’m originally from NYC so seeing this here opened my eyes.
Exactly!! South End, North End, Mission Hill, and West Roxbury are also official Boston neighborhoods. If no one is actually from any of those these neighborhoods...then they're not true Bostonians. So annoying when other towns want to claim being from Boston.
@@BReelProductionz tbf I been writing music and I want to record it one day. It's easier to tell the world youre from Boston instead of Brockton. Nobody knows Brockton unless you from round here.
in around 2011, i ran into Millyz handing out mixtapes on burned CDs in Boston at Hempfest. People don't understand, he's really been grinding a long ass time. His success wasn't overnight, or luck. I'm happy for him, hes as real as they come. We used to take the train in to North Station and skate / BMX the city, then take the train home later in the day. Round trip was $7.50. What a dope era, ill always remember it
@Allen667sjja Boston has alot of black history. We've all been in the city a long time, just our city is now starting to break more of the racial lines we had in our communities.
That’s why I loved the book of eli. Forget about the Bible part. Knowledge is key. If you don’t have knowledge and the ability to think for yourself you’re easily influenced of persuaded by people who do have the knowledge.
As I get older I look back. The things I thought were important when I was 20 don't mean shit now. I wish I wouldn't have taken it for granted back then
'They grown up. 13, 12, and 3 years old. They grown up.' Yeah, a child and 2 young teens. Growing up without a father that's been behind bars, and still on the block acting dumb after he got out. What a wonderful father figure and role model.
J-roc was hilarious 😂 I never thought of Millyz as Jroc but he does remind me of him. Only difference Millyz can rap and he's rich and touring the country
I was gonna say I respect and appreciate you so much Tommy, but I was starting to question how much certain parts of the culture are being celebrated. The way you *immediately* told the young guys what's up reminded me why I like you so much.
The dude that said rents in Boston are so high right now is spitting straight facts I got my first 1 bedroom apartment just outside the city this year and I pay like $2,200 a month for it’s crazy
OMG is that crazy high and not even inside Boston. I can only imagine what that costs now. When i was in Boston 15 yrs ago it was massively expensive to own a home.
And Bostonians ruined their city with politics and now is moving into Providence, RI buying up property and taking the train back to Boston for work. Providence was the 8th highest rent cost increase, beating Boston at 9th. They run from the city they ruin, and bring their politics with them to ruin another city. It caused me to move out. The good thing is, the demand for homes because a lot of Bostonians are moving in just brought my property value from $300,000 to $398,000 in 2.5 years.
Millyz actually seems like a good dude. Has put on hella people from portland & let them open for him at his shows. From what I heard he’s a genuine dude
I've never went into Dorchester or Mattapan with bad intentions in my life. If I go there it's driving through to get somewhere else. People from there traffic drugs to my community. They're killing us
Never been to the 617, but I gotta say, much respect to those guys. All positivity, didn't hear any promotion of gang bangin, just bros chillin out. Totally different from most 'hoods', these are grown men with a lot of respect.
I can tell you it gets way worse than this, Boston is just one of the smart cities in the way that people here won’t self incriminate. Look up the gun laws in MA they are crazy, they can charge u per round of ammo in ur clip. That’s y u don’t see guns in a lot of Boston rappers vids, and the one who do got guns in they vids are either already in jail or I can guarantee are being plotted on by the state or even a fed rico if it’s big enough
@supershayloman961 lmfao california is a joke. Bet you've never been to Boston in your life. Must suck being that much of a loser you hop on yt comments to talk shit. Scrub
Boston was crazy in the late 80’-90’s during the crack era. Come full circle now and it’s the dope and I’ve experienced that first hand as an addict who spent time in Dudley Mass Ave. people don’t know Boston has very big minority populations like Haitian, Cape Verdean etc. and some of these neighborhoods been gang banging for 40+ years. It’s not new here just the new generation. Boston is an amazing city but it gets busy like any other urban area. Also some of the cities in MA like Lawrence, Lynn, New B, Brockton are the trenches as well. I know they’re going where Millyz tapped in but would love to see H Block, Heat, MHP, Geneva etc. on here. Ayy and shout-out Dudley my bro used to stay off Warren and we spent a lot of time out there, on kitty two white kids you were gona see late night in Dudley. RIP Joey. Great episode 💪🙏💯
You’re certainly not wrong but certain places will never be safe. Every states got trenches and MA def no different but as for standard of living, education, healthcare, what most normal people care about is here too. I’m not normal people though so I’m gona stay in my lane 😂
@@mattdavison284 yeah idk about that man. Long Beach had one of the deadliest gang war in history during the 90’s. Two gangs were accountable for 56 drive by shootings in the span of 8 months is crazy.
@mattdavison284 Massachusetts is also my hometown too. Boston was never a hoods. And that the bottom line. It even rank 14th worst crime in Massachusetts. Specially Cambridge.
Beautiful messages from some beautiful people, I love how Tommy can go to a place with so much going on and he turns it into a great outlook and some good vibes, another great video mah boi
I grew up in the 80s and Columbia street was going crazy with the drug market it’s crazy to see people talking about this side of Boston that the world don’t know good job Tommy G
100% bro! You got the idea that the majority seems to just waive off. Whoever takes all you’ve just mentioned, and pride themselves on it. But unfortunately that’s deep in the entire nation, you’re either going to college to bankrupt yourself and barely survive, or you’re surrounded by the ghetto mentality folks that you could barely form a sentence throughout a 24-minute video.
Millyz seems like a chill guy. Love these types of documentaries. Been listening to Millyz for years, but never really seen like an interview with him or anything.
Growing up here my entire life, college and now a business owner employing the Boston youth this video is 100% real and Tommy lol bro we all chill here in Boston 😂
That was dope. As someone from the 508 who has spent tons of time in the 617 thru out my life, I have supported Millyz music for nearly a decade and have followed Harvardseye for a minute that was fawkin 🔥 thank you TommyG
Shout out to the Cape Verdean brother who didn't fall for that color struck point of view from the culture vultures. The beautiful people are dark skinned brown people too, just like he said. 14:51
Back to back Boston doc’s nice work Tommy appreciate the love MA fr get no love and we deserve it Edit: I wasn’t aware people didn’t know wat Cape Verdeans are Brockton is like their 11h island lol that’s all I knew was Cape Verdeans growing up
This video was on my Feed, watched the entire 24-minutes. Super impressed by the flow of the questions, def had me thinking about my roots in Boston: from Dorchester, Dudley, Hyde Park, Murdapan (Mattapan), Roxbury, Field's Corner, Chez Vous, "Yum Yums!*" aka Yummy Yummy, The Carnivals, Blue Hill Ave, Columbia Rd., Cambridge, Berkley College of Music, Love my hometown Beantown 617 all day errday stand the fuk Up!!! No matter where you at in Life, never forget where you came from. Bless, shoutout to Tommy G and the crew for putting this gem together.
I grew up in the outskirts of Boston in the suburbs my whole life with my aunt uncle and cousins but my mom was constantly moving around so I was always switching schools so I experienced everything especially when I started running around the streets. I am far from a gang banger but I have met a lot of people in my 39 years and I have to say that living in Dorchester a couple times that Dorchester definitely has its hoods. There's streets that you just don't go down unless you're driving through not bothering anyone. The one dude I went to school with moved to Dorchester and was the head of one of the neighborhood gangs. He ended up shooting his "best friend" in the head and back leaving him paralyzed for life for dropping out of the gang. On thanksgiving night too. Dude said if I didn't see it with my own eye I would have never thought he shot me he was a brother to me. The dudes in jail serving life and from what I've heard he already had a body or two. I only found out because I searched him on google years later because I always thought he'd end up doing something crazy. He was a skinny ass dude but he was an absolute lunatic even just in elementary school. Crazy how I knew he'd end up with a murder charge just from going to elementary school with him 🤦🏻♂️
Tommy G the man spreading the positive message. Its hard to resonate with those boys when they grow up watching the adults around them act the opposite. I grew up in 617/978, theres alot of beautiful places and people down there.
I'm glad you made this video, I can recall when I was homeless and faced with many things in Life until $75,000 biweekly began rolling in and my Life went from A homeless nobody to a different person with good things to offer!!!!!❤️
Yeah sounds impossible, yet with Maria Luisa Clare, I've come to the conclusion that financially anything is possible. I got my self my dream car 🚗 just last weekend and a whooping $320k in savings already, My journey with her started after my best friend came back from New York and saw me suffering in debt then told me about her and how to change my life through her. Maria Luisa Clare is the kind of person one needs in his or her life! I got a home, a good wife, and a beautiful daughter. Note!:: this is not a promotion but me trying to make a point that no matter what happens, always have faith and keep living!!
I grew up next to that gas station on Quincy and blue hill. My mom used to collect welfare checks at that abandoned building behind the BK. Rode thru dudley station every day to get to school. As some folks mentioned in the comments, there are legitimate trenches in Boston. As a young kid, I had the guidance and support to be able to avoid getting caught up in the BS, but some do not. Glad you shining a light on us, Tommy G. Showing the world what the REAL Boston is like.
Honestly, i give props to Millyz. Everything was against him and hes made a name for himself in the rap game. With GOOD MUSIC too. Not no lame shit, yeah hes still on the block but hes doing much more than anyone of us are doing to get bread and hes EARNING IT.
Nice to hear some Boston Accents once again, born and raised outside of Worcester, Mass in Sutton. I think you should do a vid on the hardcore scene, and punk scene of the state of Mass.
@ I moved to CT way back when for a job, and just moved to San Antonio , still with same company. Tired of how expensive it is and the weather. I still got my accent according to my friends . Comes out more when I drink.. well when I used too
Boston one of the safest cities in the country lol tommy should’ve went to Hartford or new haven shit even Springfield got more hoods than Boston he went past all those hoods to go to Boston 😂
Yeah I’m from Roxbury. Roxbury doesn’t deserve this hype. I just moved out of Cambridge. Every corner of Cambridge feels way safer than Mission Hill. Cambridge goons make me giggle
Nowhere in Boston is like that its just wannabes. Boston is full of prestigous college kids and the kids from the lesser-middle class neighborhoods think they in the hood lmao i always tell them come to atlanta or philly and see how good you really got it
Boston's an interesting place because of all of the yuppies and colleges around. Most people don't know this side of the city, and the suburbs are having to deal with it more and more now too
gotta come to east boston man you’d like it big change of pace when it comes to the city and highlight the difference in perspective of Boston as a whole
My dad grew up on Porter St. His mom and dad came over from Italy, and that house stayed in the family for over 100yrs. My mom's parents, Irish, Beachmont. Thr Duffy"s and Devingo's. I bet it's changed a lot from when I was a kid. I haven't heard a true East Boston Italian Accent mumble, grunt, ect lol since my dad died 12 yrs ago and sadly probably never will again. The stories I'll never forget.
Tommy and the movement he has popularized in RUclips journalism is educating the public. This is a revolutionary way to make the next generation realize this is not the life they want.
@@devonforsure260not a lot of opportunities in those neighborhoods honestly. Thats the whole issue. They had a study in boston on the wealth disparity between the black and white neighborhoods. For the white neighborhoods the avg net worth was over 200k for the black neighborhoods it was only 8 dollars. Not 8000 or 800 but literally 8 dollars. Its an expensive place to live and not a lot of means for ppl working a regular job to get the training/education they need to make the improvements they want to see in their lives. Ppl gotta realize for the ppl who get sucked into this lifestyle it starts at childhood and by the time their old enough to carve their own way they often already messed their life up to the point where they feel like they cant turn back. Its hard enough making it out these neighborhoods even if you dont get involved in that lifestyle. If a teenager gets sucked into that way of living in boston its basically a wrap for them
I would say most places are that across the United States - also many people don't care to identify themselves as gangsters just regular and simple folk who lives everyday living and just so happen to take care of business when necessary. Not everyone is trying to identify or be labeled as gangsters. At the end of the day, people do what they do to strive and support themselves and their family. Just my perspective and general perspective.
Sorry but I don't see Cambridge as the way you are portraying it. Very few murders here and when there is one it typically goes unsolved and stays out of the media. Have close friends here all of which said it was much tougher in the 80's and 90's. This doesn't compare to places you have been such as Louisville KY. If you want to visit a low income areas I suggest Springfield or Worcester not one of the most wealthy cities in America.
@@Beeninsidious Yes he did but the entire video should have been centered around the gentrification occurring in and around Dudley a story that should be told. Most of Tommy G's videos are in low income areas. Cambridge in one of the wealthiest in America. So many jobs.
Lawrence or Holyoke/Springfield for sure if he wants to highlight actual disparities. Boston is cleaned up since the 90’s which is a good thing. These dudes are the little embers of bs left.
im from mass and lived in savin hill, and i also have stayed and live in rough parts of cities outside of massachusetts, you can walk down columbia ave after a night of drinking at an irish pub down the road and be alright. some places in america you really cant without avoiding trouble. also if you look up statistically springfield and holy oak are more deadly cities in massachusetts. but mattapan and roxbury definitely hold their reputation. heath st projects and the likes
Facts a lot of cities in Mass worse then Boston it's them little pockets you gotta watch out for but generally boston is one of the safest cities in America
Springfield Holyoke Top 2 in our state. New Bedford Lawrence Brockton You drive down Union St. in Lawrence, NOBODY is hanging out on the streets at night.
I'm Vietnamese American and when my high school teacher in Las vegas asked me why I'm so violent I told her I grew up in Boston that bitch laughed at me....she has no idea....@@johnrodriguez8905
@@Loudog1994 if its so safe why i got shot at 16 why i get stabbed last month why did some of my closets friends and family get murdered its not as bad now cuz all the real gangsters dead or in jail when i was growing up and hanging outside we had 50 plus murders a year and 100/150 non fatal shootings
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Preciate you shining light on the 617! We gotta do the whole Mass next 😤💪🤞
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as a teen , gangsters seemed cool , hard , something to look up to . as a grown up , they seem like people who never grew up .
Because that's exactly what happened never grew up.. lot of guys I grew up still act like they are 15-16 down right embarrassing
Seriously
Like little idiots 😂
Talking about this Burger King is special because someone got killed nearby recently.
They really think that made them look cool
@@worldwise2023I'm thinking here, damn, so glad I moved away from all that nonsense😂 Hard to change people so I changed the people around me.
It's people who are products of their environment. Being gangster seemed cool because you never had to live life like that. People who are in gangs don't want to live like that but it's what they know.
Shout out to Tommy for stopping those young kids from talking about smoking dead opps. Told them to go read a book or start a business 💯
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@ You make the world a better place lol
That’s exactly what they’re going to do once they in prison for some years
@@Telso89 critical thinker finally, stay pure
@@Telso89 facts. White boy don’t give af about those kids reading a book. He wouldn’t have any content if these gang members were reading books
Tommy I just wanted to say I am a social worker in Boston and I work with kids and teens all across Eastern MA who battle with a lot of the things mentioned in this video. Thank you for shining a light on what these kids grow up seeing. I’m originally from NYC so seeing this here opened my eyes.
Appreciate what you do for our city! God bless!
@ 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 just doing my part, encouraging everyone to do theirs
Same brother - DCF?
Thank you for doing what you do. I live on the north shore. 🩷🩷
I didn’t see any kids
Listen if you dont know yet!
Boston Neighborhoods:
Roxbury, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Forest Hills, Mattapan, Roslindale, Southie, Eastie, Ashmont, Hyde Park, Readville, Brook Farm, Allston, Brighton, Charlestown & Downtown
Boston Non-neighborhoods:
Cambridge, Somerville, Milton, Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Malden, Medford, Arlington, Belmont, Porter, Watertown, Newtown, Quincy, Braintree, Deadham, Brockton & Especially Brookline!
Avoid Dorchester and Mattapan and ur good
Exactly!! South End, North End, Mission Hill, and West Roxbury are also official Boston neighborhoods. If no one is actually from any of those these neighborhoods...then they're not true Bostonians. So annoying when other towns want to claim being from Boston.
@@BReelProductionz tbf I been writing music and I want to record it one day. It's easier to tell the world youre from Boston instead of Brockton. Nobody knows Brockton unless you from round here.
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Add Allston/Brighton to Non-Boston Neighborhoods
in around 2011, i ran into Millyz handing out mixtapes on burned CDs in Boston at Hempfest. People don't understand, he's really been grinding a long ass time. His success wasn't overnight, or luck. I'm happy for him, hes as real as they come. We used to take the train in to North Station and skate / BMX the city, then take the train home later in the day. Round trip was $7.50. What a dope era, ill always remember it
Success?! lol😂 he’s a white dude probably not even a good rapper, he isn’t rich and he won’t be giving away all his money
Mannn, that was when hempfest was great back in high school😂
Same here. Purple line from needham.
@@kodylaclair961 You ain't lying!
Millyz is solid af he really had to thug it out to make it
16 years in the navy and people still ask me "there is black people in Boston?" And here is Tommy G with a Haiti flag on his shoulder.
There are much more in recent years unfortunately but I cant figure out if they’re just passing through or if they live there
@Allen667sjja Boston has alot of black history. We've all been in the city a long time, just our city is now starting to break more of the racial lines we had in our communities.
@@Everybodyhates_jack cape verdans have lived in Massachusetts since the 1780s
Lotta niggas in brockton too
@@Allen667sjjau in the wrong place and it aint more u not in the black neighborhoods u not gon find the black ppl downtown but boston is 25% black
Shout out to these guys talking about reading. Illiteracy is a real problem in our country today.
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It’s Massachusetts even tho we ghetto we got the best school systems in the country
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That’s why I loved the book of eli. Forget about the Bible part. Knowledge is key. If you don’t have knowledge and the ability to think for yourself you’re easily influenced of persuaded by people who do have the knowledge.
Tommy G inside Supreme Liquors and Yummys in Dudley is something i thought i would never see
Best Mai Thais!
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Haha right it's wild but then again he was recently on mass ave so I guess he had to explore 😂
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As I get older I look back. The things I thought were important when I was 20 don't mean shit now. I wish I wouldn't have taken it for granted back then
Like what??? Id love to hear more, Real talk. Spill it boy , wise up da youth
“Crash out for yourself, crash out for ya dreams” is the hardest quote I’ve heard in a minute.
What about, if it ain’t crusty don’t wash it
Tommy shutdown that smokin dead ops nonsense real quick 😂😂
The projects he was talking about are active too since i was kid it’s sad the cycle never will end
@@beantownd3172franklin hill is so dead bro wat are yu talkin abt
@UrnotGettingyouraccback They are living off of tales they were told
Definitely dropped a quick jewel on em
It’s dead out there. Nothing happening. 💯
'They grown up. 13, 12, and 3 years old. They grown up.' Yeah, a child and 2 young teens. Growing up without a father that's been behind bars, and still on the block acting dumb after he got out.
What a wonderful father figure and role model.
Not disagreeing with you, but in his defense, he said "they are growing up" not grown ups, Much love
@@mykillmatic why you defending such behavior lol. straight trash.
Peeped that too.. he must not see them much u can tell by his body lang smh. Time to grow up and be an actual man instead of being right there..
"growin up"
Thank you for putting Cape Verde on love my people 🇨🇻🇨🇻
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🤞🏼🇨🇻We are here to stay ! I was blessed with this opportunity so it was only right
cape verde been in the map in mass ma boy💯 they overshadow the rest of us lol
CV Love ❤️ From Rhode Island, Massachusetts back to Cape Verde!!
Asked kid about the highlight of his week at school n he said “Respecting this other kid….” 🤯 That’s a good little dude right there, he going places!
I'm glad to see that J-Roc is still doing good after all these years. Loved him on Trailer Park Boys
For real.....LAWRENCE need to be up on here with Tommy G. Bring M-Bully to the spotlight. 🙏💪🏻🔥978 LAWTOWN
@massassassin978 nawwwwmmsayin'! We gotta get J-Roc, Bubbles, Ricky, and Julian back together. I'm surprised Tommy G didn't ask him about them.
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J-roc was hilarious 😂 I never thought of Millyz as Jroc but he does remind me of him. Only difference Millyz can rap and he's rich and touring the country
I was gonna say I respect and appreciate you so much Tommy, but I was starting to question how much certain parts of the culture are being celebrated.
The way you *immediately* told the young guys what's up reminded me why I like you so much.
The dude that said rents in Boston are so high right now is spitting straight facts I got my first 1 bedroom apartment just outside the city this year and I pay like $2,200 a month for it’s crazy
Breh facts
get outta there bro i just moved down south last december and its fire
The yuppies did that
OMG is that crazy high and not even inside Boston. I can only imagine what that costs now. When i was in Boston 15 yrs ago it was massively expensive to own a home.
And Bostonians ruined their city with politics and now is moving into Providence, RI buying up property and taking the train back to Boston for work. Providence was the 8th highest rent cost increase, beating Boston at 9th. They run from the city they ruin, and bring their politics with them to ruin another city. It caused me to move out. The good thing is, the demand for homes because a lot of Bostonians are moving in just brought my property value from $300,000 to $398,000 in 2.5 years.
Passing out 20's to those kids almost made me cry. Respect brother
Lmao bro wtf why would that make you cry?! They are regular ass kids … they’re about to go buy snacks and play PlayStation🤣
Boston hoods have been active since the 80s, it’s not just now emerging
They always focus on the white side of Boston but as soon they go to Roxbury Mattapan Dorchester and Jamaican plain its a WHOLE diff story😂😂
Focusing on garbage is crazy....
@@Babyboybullseye facts
No hire powered hoods in Boston .
Never heard of em 😂
That 20 to those kids meant a lot. Kids in the hood are actually appreciative of what you give them
Every single one of these places always got a dude who REALLY thinks they can rap
man the few second sample really had me questioning my choices
guy at the very end is correct
It's true but Millyz really can rap if he couldn't then I don't think Jadakiss would have put him on.
Millyz can fasho rap
@@Alienspecies635yall trippin none of those ngas that put dis guy on r even known😭😭
Millyz actually seems like a good dude. Has put on hella people from portland & let them open for him at his shows. From what I heard he’s a genuine dude
@@steelokey this is facts
I heard his gay and likes long tootsie rolls( uncircumcised)
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Millyz been doing that. Always shouting out the 617 and putting on new england artists.
Millyz a top tier person. Watching bro hand the kids some change as often as he does is beautiful.
"crash out about your dreams" - Miillyz
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Means a lot coming from him🤡
Or you could work hard and actually achieve them
He said they dont let us live in pace 😂you guys be killing each other,you dont let yourself live in peace
As a Boston native I thank you for that comment 😊
Even while the aggressors they will ALWAYS play victim. It’s in their DNA
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🤣🤣 chill bro u gonna make the bots crash out
I've never went into Dorchester or Mattapan with bad intentions in my life. If I go there it's driving through to get somewhere else. People from there traffic drugs to my community. They're killing us
Never been to the 617, but I gotta say, much respect to those guys. All positivity, didn't hear any promotion of gang bangin, just bros chillin out. Totally different from most 'hoods', these are grown men with a lot of respect.
I can tell you it gets way worse than this, Boston is just one of the smart cities in the way that people here won’t self incriminate. Look up the gun laws in MA they are crazy, they can charge u per round of ammo in ur clip. That’s y u don’t see guns in a lot of Boston rappers vids, and the one who do got guns in they vids are either already in jail or I can guarantee are being plotted on by the state or even a fed rico if it’s big enough
Were pretty chill out in Boston. We just got a bad rep
@@MADMANMoB617California has tougher gun laws but they actually have real hoods at there. Not this make belief hoods lmao
@supershayloman961 lmfao california is a joke. Bet you've never been to Boston in your life. Must suck being that much of a loser you hop on yt comments to talk shit. Scrub
@@supershayloman961 mf said make believe hoods 😂😂😂🤣🤣 heath st projects, Dudley square Mission Hill blue hill ave etc etc ain’t no make believe hoods
Boston was crazy in the late 80’-90’s during the crack era. Come full circle now and it’s the dope and I’ve experienced that first hand as an addict who spent time in Dudley Mass Ave. people don’t know Boston has very big minority populations like Haitian, Cape Verdean etc. and some of these neighborhoods been gang banging for 40+ years. It’s not new here just the new generation. Boston is an amazing city but it gets busy like any other urban area. Also some of the cities in MA like Lawrence, Lynn, New B, Brockton are the trenches as well. I know they’re going where Millyz tapped in but would love to see H Block, Heat, MHP, Geneva etc. on here. Ayy and shout-out Dudley my bro used to stay off Warren and we spent a lot of time out there, on kitty two white kids you were gona see late night in Dudley. RIP Joey. Great episode 💪🙏💯
Massachusetts is generally safer now and better than most States in the US
You’re certainly not wrong but certain places will never be safe. Every states got trenches and MA def no different but as for standard of living, education, healthcare, what most normal people care about is here too. I’m not normal people though so I’m gona stay in my lane 😂
@@mattdavison284 bull. Boston was never bad.
@@mattdavison284 yeah idk about that man. Long Beach had one of the deadliest gang war in history during the 90’s. Two gangs were accountable for 56 drive by shootings in the span of 8 months is crazy.
@mattdavison284 Massachusetts is also my hometown too. Boston was never a hoods. And that the bottom line. It even rank 14th worst crime in Massachusetts. Specially Cambridge.
Beautiful messages from some beautiful people, I love how Tommy can go to a place with so much going on and he turns it into a great outlook and some good vibes, another great video mah boi
23:26 10 toes down! 👇🏼
I grew up in the 80s and Columbia street was going crazy with the drug market it’s crazy to see people talking about this side of Boston that the world don’t know good job Tommy G
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Sad people take pride in crime drugs shootings. they love talking about it too, you can tell.
100% bro! You got the idea that the majority seems to just waive off. Whoever takes all you’ve just mentioned, and pride themselves on it. But unfortunately that’s deep in the entire nation, you’re either going to college to bankrupt yourself and barely survive, or you’re surrounded by the ghetto mentality folks that you could barely form a sentence throughout a 24-minute video.
Nah fr😂 lame ahh foos
imagine humping the ground at a chinese spot.
Cultural conditioning… arguably the cause of all that’s good in the world, and all thats bad.
We are all Human, We All make Mistakes. What if we encouraged each other to Be the best versions of themselves?
Millyz seems like a chill guy. Love these types of documentaries. Been listening to Millyz for years, but never really seen like an interview with him or anything.
"Big dog has to munch a little bit" has to get clipped. Adlib in a song.
with millyz on it 😂😂💯
Growing up here my entire life, college and now a business owner employing the Boston youth this video is 100% real and Tommy lol bro we all chill here in Boston 😂
"You can tell when that flags up the area has been gentrified" LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Lmfao I knowwww. Based TommyG
It aint a lie though..
That was dope. As someone from the 508 who has spent tons of time in the 617 thru out my life, I have supported Millyz music for nearly a decade and have followed Harvardseye for a minute that was fawkin 🔥 thank you TommyG
Yo I’m from Boston and this shi trippy af seen our city that is mad underrated and over looked on popular yt n shi. Good lookin tommy
Why would you want ya city to be looked at? That shit just like nyc it would forever be labeled as sweet.
I'm from Massachusetts just did a video with Peter Santenello. Grew up with friends in the "hood" in Worcester and Boston, good kids tough backrounds
Ey my guy I saw that vid !
Worcester is pretty bad too but they are booming right now
@@dercioferreira6169 Worcester is starting to comeback. I actually texted Tommy about maybe doing a video with me in the Woo
@kangarojack3814 thank you man I hope you enjoyed it. We went Into filming very last minute
@@GladAndBoujeeMain south in Woo needs a vid shits lit out there 💯
It is VERY easy to avoid all of "this" in Boston, so DO NOT be deterred.
Yeah go to work everyday 😂 and stay out the hood
Literally lol they’re so goofy
Out of all the people/celebs I’ve met millyz was hands down the coolest and most down to earth.
Shout out to my Irish in Boston from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪
Slainte
No not really they funded the IRA. It was terrible during the 80s. Never forget. London England Queen and country for life
Tommy G steady produces HEAT ⚡️
Each time I see a new video, I'm excited!
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Shout out to the Cape Verdean brother who didn't fall for that color struck point of view from the culture vultures. The beautiful people are dark skinned brown people too, just like he said. 14:51
Thank you I appreciate you fr 🤞🏼
I Had to make that real clear we love and embrace and appreciate em all 🫶🏼🇨🇻
@@bjballer98 Much love Brother, we need more men just like you in our community. ❤️☺️
@@bjballer98that was real shit Brodie. Let them know from light to dark we move as one
Fr fr... you don't hear that often especially from the younger generation. RESPECT!
I like the fact that Tommy got the Haitian flag on his shoulders 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🔥🔥🔥
Don’t get comfortable you’re all going back soon
@@Jaypc06lmfao where 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Jaypc06gyet manman w gang
Back to back Boston doc’s nice work Tommy appreciate the love MA fr get no love and we deserve it
Edit: I wasn’t aware people didn’t know wat Cape Verdeans are Brockton is like their 11h island lol that’s all I knew was Cape Verdeans growing up
Massachusetts is a garbage dump that's why it gets no love. Period.
being from brockton it’s crazy hearin ppl not knowing cv
I go to school down the street from Dudley/Nubian station. Yummy Yummy is the SPOT once the bell rings. Thx for showing the internet our world Tommy!
💯💯
Who was rappen at the end of the song
Get away from this place lmao 😂
Yea its bussin till you have heard all the rumors about it 😭
@@tariqs.4345what’s the rumors😭
This video was on my Feed, watched the entire 24-minutes. Super impressed by the flow of the questions, def had me thinking about my roots in Boston: from Dorchester, Dudley, Hyde Park, Murdapan (Mattapan), Roxbury, Field's Corner, Chez Vous, "Yum Yums!*" aka Yummy Yummy, The Carnivals, Blue Hill Ave, Columbia Rd., Cambridge, Berkley College of Music, Love my hometown Beantown 617 all day errday stand the fuk Up!!! No matter where you at in Life, never forget where you came from. Bless, shoutout to Tommy G and the crew for putting this gem together.
I grew up in the outskirts of Boston in the suburbs my whole life with my aunt uncle and cousins but my mom was constantly moving around so I was always switching schools so I experienced everything especially when I started running around the streets. I am far from a gang banger but I have met a lot of people in my 39 years and I have to say that living in Dorchester a couple times that Dorchester definitely has its hoods. There's streets that you just don't go down unless you're driving through not bothering anyone. The one dude I went to school with moved to Dorchester and was the head of one of the neighborhood gangs. He ended up shooting his "best friend" in the head and back leaving him paralyzed for life for dropping out of the gang. On thanksgiving night too. Dude said if I didn't see it with my own eye I would have never thought he shot me he was a brother to me. The dudes in jail serving life and from what I've heard he already had a body or two. I only found out because I searched him on google years later because I always thought he'd end up doing something crazy. He was a skinny ass dude but he was an absolute lunatic even just in elementary school. Crazy how I knew he'd end up with a murder charge just from going to elementary school with him 🤦🏻♂️
Shout out to all the Capeverdeans, stay focused, work hard and stay off the streets❤One love🇨🇻 Bless🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻
Cape Verdeans are the main ones shooting shit. Google ‘HSM G Fredo’
Millyz is hard af people are starting to find his music. Dude drops albums with allll bangers back to back big talent
Found you from the Dope as Usual Pod, Love the content bro!
this is proof that every state has a hood😂
its true
lol
We got a hood on every St in Boston 😂
😂😂
I have a hood on my jacket! GTFOH
Each of us have a limited number of heartbeats. Use them wisely.
Well said❤
Tommy G the man spreading the positive message. Its hard to resonate with those boys when they grow up watching the adults around them act the opposite. I grew up in 617/978, theres alot of beautiful places and people down there.
Keep doing what your doing tommy! Been here since the beginning. Awesome to see the growth❤🎉🎉
Just got home from work in Boston what perfect timing
lol I’m starting work there next month
@ enjoy the traffic lmao
@@realMooncaf yeah I’m hoping to be on the road at 4:30 am to beat it a bit. Coming from the north to Cambridge
@@realMooncafi be leaving work at 2 still be hitting that shit 😂
@@fadedchicken I usually leave around 5:30 to get to Chelsea for 7 coming from ma/nh border directly north of Boston
I'm glad you made this video, I can recall when I was homeless and faced with many things in Life until $75,000 biweekly began rolling in and my Life went from A homeless nobody to a different person with good things to offer!!!!!❤️
I'm feeling really motivated.
Could you share some details about the bi-weekly topic you brought up?
Yeah sounds impossible, yet with Maria Luisa Clare, I've come to the conclusion that financially anything is possible. I got my self my dream car 🚗 just last weekend and a whooping $320k in savings already, My journey with her started after my best friend came back from New York and saw me suffering in debt then told me about her and how to change my life through her. Maria Luisa Clare is the kind of person one needs in his or her life! I got a home, a good wife, and a beautiful daughter. Note!:: this is not a promotion but me trying to make a point that no matter what happens, always have faith and keep living!!
Wow 😱 I know her too!
Miss Maria Luisa Clare is a remarkable individual whom has brought immense positivity and inspiration into my life.
I got started with a miserly $1500. The results have been mind blowing I must say TBH!!
Been waiting on the Millyz video!!!! Let's gooooooo!!!
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I grew up next to that gas station on Quincy and blue hill. My mom used to collect welfare checks at that abandoned building behind the BK. Rode thru dudley station every day to get to school.
As some folks mentioned in the comments, there are legitimate trenches in Boston. As a young kid, I had the guidance and support to be able to avoid getting caught up in the BS, but some do not.
Glad you shining a light on us, Tommy G. Showing the world what the REAL Boston is like.
Honestly, i give props to Millyz. Everything was against him and hes made a name for himself in the rap game. With GOOD MUSIC too. Not no lame shit, yeah hes still on the block but hes doing much more than anyone of us are doing to get bread and hes EARNING IT.
12:52 I respect that you always try to give them some words of wisdom💯
Nice to hear some Boston Accents once again, born and raised outside of Worcester, Mass in Sutton. I think you should do a vid on the hardcore scene, and punk scene of the state of Mass.
Yes I would love to see this! Mass and a lot of New England has a pretty great hardcore scene
I’m 30 minutes from you in Dudley :)
@ I moved to CT way back when for a job, and just moved to San Antonio , still with same company. Tired of how expensive it is and the weather. I still got my accent according to my friends . Comes out more when I drink.. well when I used too
@@6ohTreez go check my boys from NO Trigger from Oxford Massachusetts
I was actually working on a video to do with that Topic.
Intro - "Time to take a look at Boston"
Opening Scene - "CAMBRIDGE, MA"
😂😂
"country you never heard of" knew you was talking about Cape Verde
real I was ready
Don't let this video fool you into thinking The Port (Cambridge) is a dangerous place. The other neighborhoods, yeah don't go there.
The other places ain’t so bad if you’re minding your business, but yeah ain’t nothing to find out there
Boston one of the safest cities in the country lol tommy should’ve went to Hartford or new haven shit even Springfield got more hoods than Boston he went past all those hoods to go to Boston 😂
Yeah I’m from Roxbury. Roxbury doesn’t deserve this hype. I just moved out of Cambridge. Every corner of Cambridge feels way safer than Mission Hill. Cambridge goons make me giggle
The brockton shooting hibachi video is scary 😮
@@beastmode3267 correct, boston is gentrified at this point
i live in cambridge, it aint like that😂
Fact
Nowhere in Boston is like that its just wannabes. Boston is full of prestigous college kids and the kids from the lesser-middle class neighborhoods think they in the hood lmao i always tell them come to atlanta or philly and see how good you really got it
cambridge is looking nice these days.
i think they were filming in either the Dot, The Bury or The Pan (Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan)
@@rvnnaevery place has a hood and every hood has guys that are really like that
Yall sound goofy af. 😂
“This ain’t just Burger King!” “You can get smacked right here bro!” 😅😂😂
love to see my cv people man shits great 🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻
This was a good interview but for real you went to Cambridge bro come to the real Boston Dorchester,Roxbury,Mattapan ,Hyde park 💩 like that my dude
They were in grove hall did u watch the whole thing. lol they was even right in Dudley
Boston's an interesting place because of all of the yuppies and colleges around. Most people don't know this side of the city, and the suburbs are having to deal with it more and more now too
Bro we NEEEED MORE Tommy G! Longer episodes. Long form discussions.
More Tommy G = World Peace
When I was in Boston for work I was geeking on the fucking wonky brick sidewalks.. like Paul Revere rode his horse here type pathway haha
Only kike 5 blocks have brick sidewalk. That's not boaton that's just people there for work and tourists lol
paul revere did ride his horse there ....
The Port, Cambridge. Hustle to eat. Struggle to strive. 44. RIP Gunna
My favorite RUclipsr and my favorite rapper this is fireeeeeeeee watching it while at work 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
I was about to go to sleep, but then Tommy G posted
What time is it where you’re at? Sleep???
@ norway bro its 00:02 for me rn
You should go to sleep and don’t wake up until Tommy G comes to your hood!
Same here - 00.15hrs the Netherlands
@ norway got no hoods at all, only wannabe gangsters
4:10 bro tweaking in da back 😂😂
Geeked aint even the word😂
@@TadoeDaFisherman1000 yard stare
Man I didn’t even see that the first watch through lmfaooo
Roxbury Dorchester Mattapan Tap in 🍀
Wrd😂
Peace
Periodd
The fact that we get free videos on RUclips by Mr G is truly a gift. 👍👍👍
Cambridge is not considered Boston... Cambridge is not the hood... Lol
Facts same shit I said 😂 respect tho for putting Boston on the map
Exactly
Fax but they still showed Roxbury and Dorchester
Nah I’m hip😂😂most the video in dorchester though he was just out there for millyz
Cambridge definitely has a hood in it. A small hood but still a hood
20:06 🔥VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.
gotta come to east boston man you’d like it big change of pace when it comes to the city and highlight the difference in perspective of Boston as a whole
Word shoulda took him to mav
Maverick projects nigga 🤟🏾💯 Mmb Money Mav Block
My dad grew up on Porter St. His mom and dad came over from Italy, and that house stayed in the family for over 100yrs.
My mom's parents, Irish, Beachmont. Thr Duffy"s and Devingo's.
I bet it's changed a lot from when I was a kid.
I haven't heard a true East Boston Italian Accent mumble, grunt, ect lol since my dad died 12 yrs ago and sadly probably never will again.
The stories I'll never forget.
Tommy and the movement he has popularized in RUclips journalism is educating the public. This is a revolutionary way to make the next generation realize this is not the life they want.
Make no mistake, them Jamaicans at Franklin and them Cape Verdeans wanted that chain. I don't think Milliez felt very comfortable.
🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻 shoutout to Milliz 💯 humble
I sure as fuck didn't expect the guy wearing a wrestling belt on his head to drop so much knowledge
YOOO the cut scenes on that intro 🤯. Absolutely crushing this ishh Tommy G
Real gangstas everwhere but boston is so good at keeping the crime just in the "hood" you never hear about it....
Yo that’s crazy true
That's cause you finna get laughed at. Y'all still bangin in 2024 with all the opportunity? Hilarious 😂
@@devonforsure260not a lot of opportunities in those neighborhoods honestly. Thats the whole issue. They had a study in boston on the wealth disparity between the black and white neighborhoods. For the white neighborhoods the avg net worth was over 200k for the black neighborhoods it was only 8 dollars. Not 8000 or 800 but literally 8 dollars. Its an expensive place to live and not a lot of means for ppl working a regular job to get the training/education they need to make the improvements they want to see in their lives. Ppl gotta realize for the ppl who get sucked into this lifestyle it starts at childhood and by the time their old enough to carve their own way they often already messed their life up to the point where they feel like they cant turn back. Its hard enough making it out these neighborhoods even if you dont get involved in that lifestyle. If a teenager gets sucked into that way of living in boston its basically a wrap for them
I would say most places are that across the United States - also many people don't care to identify themselves as gangsters just regular and simple folk who lives everyday living and just so happen to take care of business when necessary. Not everyone is trying to identify or be labeled as gangsters. At the end of the day, people do what they do to strive and support themselves and their family. Just my perspective and general perspective.
Shoutout my Cape Verdeans 🇨🇻
Dope mad talented rappers from Boston everybody appreciates the publicity!!
As a Bostonian! I’m proud to see how giving ,respectful and smart my people are compared to other city’s! ! 617 Baby!
❤Bibbins- Boston Ma
Sorry but I don't see Cambridge as the way you are portraying it. Very few murders here and when there is one it typically goes unsolved and stays out of the media. Have close friends here all of which said it was much tougher in the 80's and 90's. This doesn't compare to places you have been such as Louisville KY. If you want to visit a low income areas I suggest Springfield or Worcester not one of the most wealthy cities in America.
He went to boston to. Yea Cambridge not bad def not like dorchester or roxbury it sad Cambridge got more light than the real boston hoods
@@Beeninsidious Yes he did but the entire video should have been centered around the gentrification occurring in and around Dudley a story that should be told. Most of Tommy G's videos are in low income areas. Cambridge in one of the wealthiest in America. So many jobs.
@ fair if showing naywhere outside bostom they shoulda showed lynn or brockton befpre cmabridgr
Lawrence or Holyoke/Springfield for sure if he wants to highlight actual disparities. Boston is cleaned up since the 90’s which is a good thing. These dudes are the little embers of bs left.
@@BeeninsidiousNowhere in Boston is dangerous. I grew up in South bend Indiana and Detroit MI. Boston doesn't even scratch the surface.
Man this dude not even from Dorchester he grew up in Cambridge 😂respect tho for putting Boston on the map
Nbs cambridge nice im not hating tho cuz he putting the bean on
What’s your point? Always some hate smh this what’s wrong with Boston we all one he puttin on for the bean
He definitely got love over here in Mattapan
@@SAVVWICKno he dont stop the cap
@@FrontLineHQ he definitely does if he doesn’t why did he shoot a music video with us?
im from mass and lived in savin hill, and i also have stayed and live in rough parts of cities outside of massachusetts, you can walk down columbia ave after a night of drinking at an irish pub down the road and be alright. some places in america you really cant without avoiding trouble. also if you look up statistically springfield and holy oak are more deadly cities in massachusetts. but mattapan and roxbury definitely hold their reputation. heath st projects and the likes
also you connected with an older crowd. kids are more wild obviously
Facts a lot of cities in Mass worse then Boston it's them little pockets you gotta watch out for but generally boston is one of the safest cities in America
Springfield
Holyoke
Top 2 in our state.
New Bedford
Lawrence
Brockton
You drive down Union St. in Lawrence, NOBODY is hanging out on the streets at night.
@@coldleo4950exactly, its just litlle pockets in and out the city you gotta be aware of but its def one of the safest major cities in America
@@coldleo4950 Mass is the 2nd safest State in America too
This guy is so far my favorite rapper you’ve interviewed. He’s very down to Earth.
That Fredrick Douglas book gasssss tho! Everyone need to read that!
Boston is the land of educated gangsters
Character development
Thats not a diss. Glorifying stupidity is not the wave anymore
“The mean streets of Boston” lol couldn’t help it 😂
Where you from tough guy 💀 and what do you even know about Boston 💀
@@johnrodriguez8905 nice skulls bro. im from boston and everybody knows its one of the safest major cities in the country. stop
I'm Vietnamese American and when my high school teacher in Las vegas asked me why I'm so violent I told her I grew up in Boston that bitch laughed at me....she has no idea....@@johnrodriguez8905
@@Loudog1994 if its so safe why i got shot at 16 why i get stabbed last month why did some of my closets friends and family get murdered its not as bad now cuz all the real gangsters dead or in jail when i was growing up and hanging outside we had 50 plus murders a year and 100/150 non fatal shootings
@@johnrodriguez8905 Broward. Hollywood…
HarvardsEye is that dude ! Knowledge is power, great video
Millyz look like a great value Travis Barker
He looks like the try hard white guy that hangs out in the "hood" then goes home to a regular neighborhood.
😂 not ”GREAT VALUE” lmfao 😂😭💀
Nah great value j-roc from trailer park boys gnome saiyan
Lol