Southside Jamaica Queens NYC Hood - Rapper 50 Cent's Old Stomping Grounds

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2023
  • Today we are in another historic, famous and infamous New York City neighborhood none other than Southside Jamaica Queens, the home of hip hop royalty like 50 Cent and many more. This neighborhood and it's immediate surrounding communities are famous in the hip hop world and infamous in the drug trade/criminal world.
    Historically South Jamaica has always been one of New York City's roughest neighborhoods, at least once it transitioned away from farmland. Although still a tough area, nowadays the area has improved from what it once was. This place was considered a slum for the better part of the 20th century.
    In today's video, we drive around South Jamaica and tour some of the main strips and hot spots including Sutphin Boulevard, Baisley Park Houses, Rochdale Village, Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and South Jamaica Houses aka 40 Projects.
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Комментарии • 50

  • @karlireland-rn9qg
    @karlireland-rn9qg 4 месяца назад +3

    I lived in ohio when I was 16 the people were so caring and nice to me knowing I was young and without my family never forget kindness I felt

  • @superwariobro
    @superwariobro 8 месяцев назад +6

    This is gonna pick up alot of views. Great narrative and Great content

    • @ghettomerica
      @ghettomerica  8 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks bro. Fingers crossed.

    • @Isaiahfuller-pu1pq
      @Isaiahfuller-pu1pq 6 месяцев назад

      A bro keep it up with video a bro my nephew in the ATL down here with me right I was raised in upstate RN I'm in the A now my nephew grandpa from southside nah what I Mean and I say Southside Jamaica is the worst area out the east coast my nephew like nah but it is

    • @Isaiahfuller-pu1pq
      @Isaiahfuller-pu1pq 6 месяцев назад

      Like listen ghetto america I see video of someone get shot in that it the worst even rishing kanan will show you that bro for real

  • @Valentine11434
    @Valentine11434 Месяц назад

    I love how some of my communities small businesses have been here for decades. I live; and have lived and spent time all over south side. We all know each other or know someone who knows someone. South side has produced many celebrities/rappers.

  • @karlireland-rn9qg
    @karlireland-rn9qg 4 месяца назад +2

    I'm from UK 🇬🇧 the area looks so clean no yobs on streets terrorising people honestly I'd exchange my place right now

  • @fatty3383
    @fatty3383 8 месяцев назад +7

    Was that somebody doing pull ups on a lampost at the beginning lol

    • @ghettomerica
      @ghettomerica  8 месяцев назад +5

      Yeah he was getting it in lol

    • @sssniperwolf3.025
      @sssniperwolf3.025 2 месяца назад

      Every hood real got a brother doing pull ups on the lamp post .

  • @yell0wberry
    @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад +2

    2:29…… across the street out of the cameras view is a place called RCL, it’s the second best soul food restaurant in the area with the rib shack being the best, if it’s still around

  • @margaretthatcher6828
    @margaretthatcher6828 8 месяцев назад +2

    Nice to see small business is still alive.

  • @Tunup1017
    @Tunup1017 8 месяцев назад +10

    Wonder how many chin ups homie banged out in the beginning?

    • @ghettomerica
      @ghettomerica  8 месяцев назад +4

      He was getting it in. At least 10 before I took off

    • @sssniperwolf3.025
      @sssniperwolf3.025 2 месяца назад +1

      If you go up there you can't do less than 10 .

  • @jakedesimine1782
    @jakedesimine1782 8 месяцев назад +2

    Prinz da pistoler from black hand ent is from queens if anyone remembers him from smack dvd

  • @yell0wberry
    @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад +2

    5:47……. those particular projects is the place where one of the single biggest drug bust in southeast Queens Took place .that building was all but runned by the notorious supreme team.

  • @thortczodtcrhodie6364
    @thortczodtcrhodie6364 14 дней назад

    PS 40 is a clean quiet school,where learing takes place
    If I respect myself, I will respect others,
    What I do and say, reflects on my family.

  • @robertabray-enhus3198
    @robertabray-enhus3198 8 месяцев назад +2

    Stop for coffee! They got a Dunkies. What we from Massachusetts call Dunkin Donuts!
    Y’all gotta lotta projects there

  • @yell0wberry
    @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад +3

    8:45……. this is the particular area where the members of the rap group onyx was raised in.

  • @cleanbowled1767
    @cleanbowled1767 8 месяцев назад +9

    Thanks to concienteous African American and Caribbean American homeowners, independent small business owners, forward thinking religious leaders like former Congressman and Reverend Floyd Flake and other dedicated politicians, the Southeast Queens area has managed to weather the storms of urban blight. When some home prices now sit at $1.2 million, I would say that the neighborhood and its residents ain't doing that bad!!!

    • @yell0wberry
      @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад +2

      Flake was one of the most crooked politicians in all of Southeast queens, most of Guy, R Brewer Boulevard as well as farmers Boulevard have churches right next-door to one another with little to no people even patronizing most of these places since the pandemic . The biggest church in all of south east queens is the one that used to be headed by Floyd Flake, Allen, AME Cathedral. As far as home values, go, most of these folks are trying to sell out as gentrification has already started right by Sutphin Boulevard and archer Avenue. The homes down the street from Floyd flakes church are houses that are worth millions of dollars as those places used to be home to some of the most famous African-Americans in the country.

    • @cleanbowled1767
      @cleanbowled1767 8 месяцев назад +3

      The area you are referring to is called Addisleigh Park whose famous residents included Count Basie, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Illinois Jacquet, Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Joe Louis, Milt Hinton, Roy Campanella, Percy Sutton, Cootie Williams and others. You are absolutely correct about the “Black Flight” phenomena that is taking place currently. Unlike the “White flight” exodus of the ‘50’s & ‘60’s that saw White folks fleeing from Queens to areas like Long Island, New Jersey and PA, Black folks are doing a moonwalk back to the South, especially GA where a brand new home costs much less than the old 1930’s built homes in many Queens neighborhoods.

    • @yell0wberry
      @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@cleanbowled1767 I did know the formal name of the area, I just didn’t want to look like an idiot by attempting to spell it. I had a friend who lived in that area for many years before his parents sold their home to move across the country. I used to always be over in that area as a child when me and my family attended the church that looks like a ginormous triangle. another famous person who lived in that area was the former news reporter for fox channel 5 by the name of Bill McCrarey.

    • @cleanbowled1767
      @cleanbowled1767 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@yell0wberry Good stuff!!! I can't lie but I did look up the spelling which threw me for loop. On a serious note, I know this is a good and entertaining video since it has us talking and reminiscing.

    • @JasonEdwards12
      @JasonEdwards12 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@yell0wberry it's being gentrified by east Indian. You think it's a wrap for black folks in NYC?

  • @owe6260
    @owe6260 День назад +1

    L.O.S.T B.O.Y.Z

  • @dubreil07
    @dubreil07 3 дня назад

    Why are you only driving on the main roads?

  • @adeezy93
    @adeezy93 4 месяца назад

    40z pjs shout out 134 n guy brewer 💯🔥🔥

  • @yell0wberry
    @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад +3

    10:50…… this area is otherwise known as South Jamaica, houses, incorrectly referred to as the 40 projects. Back in its heyday, this was a place you definitely didn’t want to start trouble at otherwise these folks will finish it for you, believe that.

    • @ghettomerica
      @ghettomerica  8 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks for sharing all your knowledge of the area. I appreciate you tuning in.

    • @bummydavis6530
      @bummydavis6530 7 месяцев назад +1

      I remember when that dude from Hood Affairs DVD got killed shooting a video in 40 P's

  • @Tnt53499
    @Tnt53499 8 месяцев назад +3

    I wonder if 50 Cent ever goes back to the hood to see his old stomping grounds and hook up with his homies?

    • @owe6260
      @owe6260 День назад +1

      He definitely does ! L.O.S.T B.O.Y.Z

  • @zuhawk15
    @zuhawk15 6 месяцев назад

    This is like paradise compared to places in Jamaica.

  • @dakotafox7326
    @dakotafox7326 26 дней назад

    "Streets need a body" " southside"

  • @Marvel-Rogue
    @Marvel-Rogue 8 месяцев назад +4

    Jamaica is know for van stealing & jacking way back in the 70's & 80's i dont know if they still do it today though @GhettoMerica

    • @yell0wberry
      @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад +5

      It’s still has hood vibes to it, not nearly as crazy as it once was, though. A lot of the black folks are selling their homes, and moving to either Virginia, the Carolinas, or Georgia.

    • @Isaiahfuller-pu1pq
      @Isaiahfuller-pu1pq 6 месяцев назад

      Bro see you know Southside Jamaica the worst area out the east coast period gun car jacking see gangs dealers people know cuz 50 cent describe it bro Southside the worst RN I'm in ATL my nephew when he heard me say Southside Jamaica the worst area out east coast he like no I'm like bro it is even rishing kanan power shows how it was Southside Jamaica the worst it bad it killin crimes twin

    • @Isaiahfuller-pu1pq
      @Isaiahfuller-pu1pq 6 месяцев назад

      Bro list you know twin like let me tell you something bro my nephew here with me in ATL his dad from Southside Jamaica as well right bro I told my nephew Southside Jamaica is the worst area out the east coast he like nah it is he doesn't believe it but I do I ain't from Southside I was born in ATL raised in upstate been to CT no cap but I know about the area even 50 cent say it he know Southside Jamaica is worst out the east coast no cap💯💯💯💯💯

  • @delsoo5313
    @delsoo5313 Месяц назад

    1:07 50 song??

  • @rayyanshafqat8997
    @rayyanshafqat8997 4 месяца назад

    i live here

  • @yell0wberry
    @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад +2

    1:17…. this part is Nicki Minaj’s old, stomping grounds, neither one of those POS’s make much of an appearance in the immediate area anymore

    • @user-iy4ng2fe4m
      @user-iy4ng2fe4m 8 месяцев назад +1

      Why would they?

    • @yell0wberry
      @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад

      @@user-iy4ng2fe4m on the strength of allegiance and pride in the community they came from. The lost boyz still have family in the same area and those guys make appearances every so often. Curtis Jackson did a piece of crap ceremony to donate a garden that sits in front of one of the projects off the corner of Foch and Guy Brewer Boulevard, which has since gone to pieces. With all the money, these rappers brag about having, the least, they could’ve done, was donated something extremely useful to the community and had it as a simple tax write off.

    • @user-iy4ng2fe4m
      @user-iy4ng2fe4m 8 месяцев назад +1

      And the community would destroy it.

    • @yell0wberry
      @yell0wberry 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@user-iy4ng2fe4m let’s not get nonsensical here, they are bad people within the community, but it’s definitely not a bad place, folks just want somewhere for them and their children to go that they can take great pride in. Down the street from that garden is Baisley Park, which is used for all kinds of events and is in great condition. Meanwhile, none of the locals destroyed the garden either, but thanks to the lack of maintenance, it doesn’t look much better than it did during its initial ceremony.