A TV Show Episode Featuring The Street Gangs Of The Bronx In 1972. www.classicnystreetgangs.com #BRONXSTREETGANGS #CLASSICNYSTREETGANGS #KINGKLASTARCHIVES #KINGKLAST
I grew up in the 70s worked with lorrraine Kane (montenegro) I never was a gang member but grew around the ghetto brothers imperial bachelors black spades and savage skulls. I was able to get a college education masters prepared and become a senior executive in health care . Was able to give back to my community by opening five community health centers .
Poverty & immigration issues looking for a better life are still more alive than ever! 40 yrs. ago and seems like there is no end to this and for what I can see it's getting worst!!!
the drugs, infesting america, was an act to destroy our country to break our intellectualism as our country uses drugs in their late teens we end up in addiction not schools to better ourselves as 18 -20 year olds graduate and seek futures, ours congregate under bridges and in tents to use whatever drug they have at the moment and when a portion of the worlds children graduate they are required to serve a year in the military as where our kids werent even taught basic gun safety so that if they needed to use a firearm they would know how to operate it correctly or disarm it in a safe manner ... we really messed up and i pray we learn that only we can right this ...not by signing our rights away but by taking responsibility and being morally responsible individuals
its learned with time and some are better than others but try ......thats what matters is that you are doing something to better it for you and the people around you dont fall in to the trap that it is pointless thats when the other side wins... when you give up ....god bless have a great day
This is where hip hop was born in the South Bronx from these gangs we got graffiti,breakdancing,dj crews and mc's sometimes we forget that Latinos had a major influence in hip hop thank for uploading this documentary.
Byron Benguche' the idea that all the gang members became break dancers and graffiti artists is a myth. The gang culture died out because the NYPD came down hard on the gangs and it became a hassle to be gang member, crews became an attractive alternative to street gangs. The decline of street gangs in the Bronx in the late70s- early80s, didn't equate to a decline in youth crime. Things just shifted from organized street gangs to looser crews. Sorry, but that's what happened.
A major influence but not the money that was generated from it... Having an education goes a long way. Education trumps any dance step, any sprayed on wall painting, any rap that a slum running kid can lay down. I was in the Ghetto brothers for a minute. When I got out I had to walk the line. But guess what, I made it. The guys in this video made nothing of themselves. It is a sad truth that Latinos have not gained enough political or economic power in NYC and they have themselves to blame. I've often thought of going back to the city, to give of myself to help but with people like Ocasio-Cortez espousing socialism people like me will never lend a hand. If you attack the hand that feeds you it will withdraw. Capitalism is what drives the American machine. If you are not part of it you are a loser. Our people, Latinos, must kick the Occasio-Cortez's of the world to the curb... Our people suffer because they just aren't educated enough to understand how economics work...
Amazing how hip hop was born in these streets and eventually became the multi-billion dollar industry it is today, yet still penetrated by ferocious gangsters mentalities
We Puertorican have been strong in New York from the 1940s is. Joke to say that we Puertorican were not part of the real begining of HipHop.. you can see as from the 60s we were there along with the brothers forming what we call today HipHop
@@ten4k964 Listen here kid, this man speaks the truth. Puerto Ricans AND Blacks were the creators and innovators of Hip Hop. The gangs and crews were made up of majority Puerto Ricans and Blacks. When Hip Hop began, and the rap battles started, Puerto Ricans and Blacks were in the crews who would battle each other and spit rhymes. You ain't from New York and you a young cat who doesn't know shit. Do your research kid. I grew up in that era. I saw it with my own eyes as a kid. No one is trying to take away from Blacks. But Puerto Ricans deserve the recognition for being a part of it. Look at room in the video, majority Hispanics and Blacks. Have a seat young buck.
@@ten4k964 hip hop wasn't created, at best it was formed. Was it taken or stolen, it depends who you ask. Saying we discovered it is like saying Columbus discovered America, you dig? All the elements that made Hip hop, all once existed outside of hip-hop. We took it or stole it. Those early break beats we put together were from other artists, we took them or stole them. I can go on, but I think you get it. Trying to find the one person, or group, that formed it is silly! Hip-hop was a movement, a similar people, at a similar place, in a similar time, doing a similar thing.
Puerto Ricans were the best break dancers and electric boogie dancers. Early hip hop had salsa music elements; for instance, Sugar Hill Gang' Jump on it, has that bongo sound so lit. You have to be from the Bronx to know.
I love this era. The 70’s-90’s was the best time to be alive. I wish I was born in those times, so rich in culture and life. People were natural and beautiful
"Welcome back Kotter" and the Sweathogs was based on Martin Weinbergers and some of his real life students and his tenure at PS 133 on the edge of Bed-Sty neighborhood before he became principal ... Gabe Kaplan even spend a week with him before the making of the show and was really impressed with him and carried a lot of his suggestions and mannerisms into the show.
Isn't that Brooklyn though? Not really The Bronx but close by. I mean PS133 is in Brooklyn too right? but the Wiki says Welcome Back Kotter was based off of New Utrecht High School (Brooklyn). If you're confused now so am I. lol
@ 5:01 For you Beat Street fans, that's the building Where you see Ramo's Father throwing out spray cans out the window from the second floor. and Ramo say " what are you doing"?
It's true, I lived in the Bronx in the '70s, Nuyorican, blacks and Puerto Ricans were very close, I decided to join the Army to leave the ghetto life, now I'm retired disabled veteran, it's your life your choice, but I love and miss the Bronx in the 70's ghetto life was okay, we all helped each other.
Dope! I've been watching all these vids on the old gangs.. My Dad came from the Bronx in that era, and he used to talk about all this- especially when we would watch the Warriors.. He'd break down the real stories behind all that..
I remember when i was a kid i was 8 years old living in Melrose and i remember a lots of things.. Puerto Ricans and black always been United until this day..
According to the movie, they (the warriors) went to that very meeting from Brooklyn to the Bronx; but it was a mission to make it back to Coney Island.
I grew up in the McKinley Projects in the South Bronx. The early 60’s it was beautiful and then 68 roles in everything then changed. It was never the same. I joined the Marines 75 and felt safer there.
If he was alive in 2019 he would have been 72 but if you live the gang life you don't get to live long. 25 years old and dead I never really got to live his life that's too short.
I think that education was the biggest problem back them days they weren't trying to teach anybody anything, so they can keep you down and out of work and in control.
i love these kids but when he said i didnt know i was mixed race .....i know he was sincere but i wondered if all the mirrors had been broken down into weapons instead of being used properly lol
It pains me to no end that 47 years ago people knew the problems, were able to articulate the problems, and had solutions!!! Real tangible solutions and in 2019 the same issues persist. The "establishment" however you want to define has absolutely failed! The policy's, laws, school programming, all of it, a failure and there is 47 years of proof. I have learned so much from this video and will include in my social endeavors.
-You mean The Young Savages from 1961 with Burt Lancaster. About 2 warring rival gangs. 1 Italian streetgang the other Puerto Rican up in Spanish & a now gone Italian part of Harlem. NYC was loaded with them back in the 50s to early 60s then.
I don't watch TV now, but I have the impression they don't have discussions like this anymore where they put the whole system in question, Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.
When I left the Ghetto Brothers in 1972, I started hanging out on 183rd and Creston Ave. near the Grand Concourse. My Best friend and member Tito Rodriguez was killed on Claremont. I started to DJ and MC in between Latin Bands playing.
This is a stunning piece into life in actuality back then. Perspectives, sides, label, knowledge/lack thereof (which often steered perceptions), passions, ideas, intentions, collaborations, family, discovery, togetherness, outreach, experiences, stories, emotions, hope, positivity......all communicated here. :)
This was real raw gang banging. No internet no IG no Facebook No making music videos to confirm the murder you just committed...just boys being boys getting eachothers backs. Having adventures.
In one of these youtube videos (not this one) a Bronx resident responds to Howard Cossell's '77 World Series statement: "The Bronx is Burning!" NO. He said: "In 1977-the Bronx was Burnt." The Charlotte Street area is already mostly gone in the above film.
Where is the massive love for the fucking greatest teacher ever? What the fuck? Come on. This guy is fucking amazing if he is even telling 10 percent of the truth.
This is when American morale was virtually crushed by the Vietnam war, the assassinations in the 60's, The Civil Rights movement was being sabotaged by COINTELPRO. The intellectual side of Hip Hop was really conceived from the uprisings and despair of the 60's. The activist spirit is the embodiment of Hip Hop and enlightened rap lyrics. RAPPING is the sharing/spitting of wisdom & enlightenment. Emcees entertain, rappers enlighten. Rapping is born from activism like Gil Scott Heron. As a now 40yr old "rapper", I've always seen rap from this perspective. This documentary is an absolute gem of American history and the prelude of the landscape that gave birth to the Hip Hop culture and community.
Notice something interesting ,the problems of today are similar in that groups,everyday people are still looking for some government organization to save them.Sometimes you need to participate in your life and help others to be a better person.Waiting for someone to tell you what to do and how, with whom can take forever and it will probably still be wrong.The people's hearts were in the right place here,the mindset of a bright future must have seemed hard to imagine.Interesting video thanks
The kid at 57:51 has so much heart and love for Puerto Rico. Sadly, the island hasn't changed much. In fact, it's worst. Bankrupt. PR needs to be independent. Just my view
Thanks for this video, its like taking astep back in time! There's an awesome documentary I remember watching about these guys and Benjy Melendez VP of the crew all grown up and it showed his band he made for peace it was a good Doc! R.I.P. Black Benjy ruclips.net/video/4NAWch8kxU4/видео.htmlsi=B8qgZUwMDI07rg-7
Interesting fact - in 1976 Ted Gross was found dead in a car in Brooklyn. Gunshots to the back of the head. A female passenger was also shot but survived the shooting.
As teacher this is sad because we get blamed for everything, but nobody ever addresses the 10,000 pound gorilla in the corner that is classism, racism, and destruction and neglect of the middle class and poor.
Billions of dollars have been poured into school districts like the Bronx, to no avail. Change comes from drastic changes in cultural values and the rebuilding of the family unit.
I hung with them everyday what's your uncle's name I may remember him I'm 64 now but I can still remember Joey t. Gary gone Billy or Bobby d and so many more greatest time of my youth wish I had a time machine I'd go right back to the 70's
I'm from Strong Island NY and it kills me when people say NY never had gangs. Even in Long Island in the 70s in my old hood New Cassel Westbury Long Island we had two notorious gangs which were the Funk Mob and the HollyRocks. New York had gang culture way before the Bloods and Crips.
What if most African American and Hispanic: 1) Fought racism with education? 2) Denied the need for gangs and had one voice/slogan for equal rights through peaceful process? 3) Demanded work instead of accepting free housing/food stamps? 4) Stood out as a role model through good parenting and teaching between right and wrong? 5) Investing in properties, businesses of all types? 6) Denied and protested against the flooding of drugs and violence in their community? 7) Encourage their children to get involved in science, medicine, engineering and etc? ?????????????????????????????????
I saw this lady, Lorraine Montenegro in a mid 70s tv news documentary. She was some type of healthcare department director(NY). She was a stand-up kind of lady👍. I also read in that video's comments that she'd passed away in PR in Hurricane Maria. I hope not. If so, may she rest in peace.🙏
This is the perfect of what made GANGSTER RAP MUSIC !!!!........... Because a lot of people & society in General tend to blame GANGSTER RAP on all the negative VIOLENCE, MURDERS, DRUG DEALING , PIMPS & HOOKERS that goes on in the INNER CITY GHETTOS !!!!!!,,,,, When in reality all that Negative Stuff been going on WAY BEFORE RAP MUSIC was even invented ,, ... RAP Music is just a reflexion of society, & the music speaks the harsh reality of what goes on in the HOOD & in AmeriKKa in General. ,,,,, If Gangster Rap never existed,,, the GHETTO Inner Cities would still be FUCKED UP anyway
It's crazy how I grew up in the late 80s and 90s and I can tell you that nothing has changed in reality. The only thing that did change is that kids the age of these guys in the video, of today are not as well spoken on the community issues and cultural differences between the so called us and them topics. Today kids only know popular culture and nothing on current events and political strategies. Benji was the man to bad he chose to become part of the enemy and forget really where he came from.
We need know how the social system "has created this monster" but it is easier to not think about it at all and to make sure that the people are forgotten about in our society. They do not have a place on the map and go off to netherworld underground.
I grew up in the 70s worked with lorrraine Kane (montenegro) I never was a gang member but grew around the ghetto brothers imperial bachelors black spades and savage skulls. I was able to get a college education masters prepared and become a senior executive in health care . Was able to give back to my community by opening five community health centers .
U an O.G. man...
Amen praise the Lord you are indeed a Bless Man A Moral so many Look up to A person like you! Amen!!
How cool 👍 👍 👍
Do you know any of the gang members in the video? Just wondering if you know whatever became of them. And God bless you for overcoming it all.
@@cjewell8444 I hope he answers you but he hasn't. Why??
41:07 that’s my dad Luis RIP dad
Sorry about ur dad. Great you can watch him and hear his voice.
How does it feel? I ask respectfully due to my soon will see my media back when I was a knucklehead
I never get fed up of watching this documentary. The issues they faced are still relevant today.
Poverty & immigration issues looking for a better life are still more alive than ever! 40 yrs. ago and seems like there is no end to this and for what I can see it's getting worst!!!
@@armidabravo6297 its called survival, most people want to do better for themselves or there families. But back in? then the v )p
Facts 💯
the drugs, infesting america, was an act to destroy our country to break our intellectualism as our country uses drugs in their late teens we end up in addiction not schools to better ourselves as 18 -20 year olds graduate and seek futures, ours congregate under bridges and in tents to use whatever drug they have at the moment and when a portion of the worlds children graduate they are required to serve a year in the military as where our kids werent even taught basic gun safety so that if they needed to use a firearm they would know how to operate it correctly or disarm it in a safe manner ... we really messed up and i pray we learn that only we can right this ...not by signing our rights away but by taking responsibility and being morally responsible individuals
its learned with time and some are better than others but try ......thats what matters is that you are doing something to better it for you and the people around you dont fall in to the trap that it is pointless thats when the other side wins... when you give up ....god bless have a great day
This is where hip hop was born in the South Bronx from these gangs we got graffiti,breakdancing,dj crews and mc's sometimes we forget that Latinos had a major influence in hip hop thank for uploading this documentary.
Wild style !
Byron Benguche' the idea that all the gang members became break dancers and graffiti artists is a myth. The gang culture died out because the NYPD came down hard on the gangs and it became a hassle to be gang member, crews became an attractive alternative to street gangs. The decline of street gangs in the Bronx in the late70s- early80s, didn't equate to a decline in youth crime. Things just shifted from organized street gangs to looser crews. Sorry, but that's what happened.
yea u rite this how hip hop was born u rite
Not that we forget , the power structure tries to get us to forget so we can still fight against each other
A major influence but not the money that was generated from it... Having an education goes a long way. Education trumps any dance step, any sprayed on wall painting, any rap that a slum running kid can lay down. I was in the Ghetto brothers for a minute. When I got out I had to walk the line. But guess what, I made it. The guys in this video made nothing of themselves. It is a sad truth that Latinos have not gained enough political or economic power in NYC and they have themselves to blame. I've often thought of going back to the city, to give of myself to help but with people like Ocasio-Cortez espousing socialism people like me will never lend a hand. If you attack the hand that feeds you it will withdraw. Capitalism is what drives the American machine. If you are not part of it you are a loser. Our people, Latinos, must kick the Occasio-Cortez's of the world to the curb... Our people suffer because they just aren't educated enough to understand how economics work...
Amazing how hip hop was born in these streets and eventually became the multi-billion dollar industry it is today, yet still penetrated by ferocious gangsters mentalities
I love these old documentaries. Thank you so much for this.
We Puertorican have been strong in New York from the 1940s is. Joke to say that we Puertorican were not part of the real begining of HipHop.. you can see as from the 60s we were there along with the brothers forming what we call today HipHop
Wont letta nigga have NOTHING. Always wanna be involved and take credit for what BLACK ppl CREATED....fall back and enjoy the show
Oh, who cares.
@@ten4k964 Listen here kid, this man speaks the truth. Puerto Ricans AND Blacks were the creators and innovators of Hip Hop. The gangs and crews were made up of majority Puerto Ricans and Blacks. When Hip Hop began, and the rap battles started, Puerto Ricans and Blacks were in the crews who would battle each other and spit rhymes. You ain't from New York and you a young cat who doesn't know shit. Do your research kid. I grew up in that era. I saw it with my own eyes as a kid. No one is trying to take away from Blacks. But Puerto Ricans deserve the recognition for being a part of it. Look at room in the video, majority Hispanics and Blacks. Have a seat young buck.
@@ten4k964 hip hop wasn't created, at best it was formed. Was it taken or stolen, it depends who you ask. Saying we discovered it is like saying Columbus discovered America, you dig? All the elements that made Hip hop, all once existed outside of hip-hop. We took it or stole it. Those early break beats we put together were from other artists, we took them or stole them. I can go on, but I think you get it.
Trying to find the one person, or group, that formed it is silly! Hip-hop was a movement, a similar people, at a similar place, in a similar time, doing a similar thing.
Puerto Ricans were the best break dancers and electric boogie dancers. Early hip hop had salsa music elements; for instance, Sugar Hill Gang' Jump on it, has that bongo sound so lit. You have to be from the Bronx to know.
I love this era. The 70’s-90’s was the best time to be alive. I wish I was born in those times, so rich in culture and life. People were natural and beautiful
Johnoè shut up
fucking annoying how people act like other eras are all nostalgic and not real
No doubt you're a middle class rich kid. These people couldn't run home to daddy when they got cold and hungry, you wouldn't have lasted a week.
And violent and dangerous and dirty.
@@D3adlyScop3z You made me lol.
not one time you hear the word NIGGA
Nobody said 'word to the muthafucker' either
tafari toney actually they did say it in New York City in the 1970s
The word NIGGA
Nigga being used as an endearing term didn't come about till years later. This was 3-4 after the Civil Rights Movement
IKR why is that
"Welcome back Kotter" and the Sweathogs was based on Martin Weinbergers and some of his real life students and his tenure at PS 133 on the edge of Bed-Sty neighborhood before he became principal ... Gabe Kaplan even spend a week with him before the making of the show and was really impressed with him and carried a lot of his suggestions and mannerisms into the show.
Wow thank you for the info.
I hope your days are always good.
Welcome back welcome.
Im 53 i love that.show.by the way
Isn't that Brooklyn though? Not really The Bronx but close by. I mean PS133 is in Brooklyn too right? but the Wiki says Welcome Back Kotter was based off of New Utrecht High School (Brooklyn). If you're confused now so am I. lol
I swear to me it seems the sun never shined in the bronx back in the 70's.. every video or pic ive seen, its overcast and grey skies...wild
Boogie down Bronx Boogie down Bronx 🎤🎧
That's just smoke from the burning buildings man
...When you think about it.. .This, was actually the ..CONCEPTION.. .of Hip Hop..🤔 💯
@ 5:01 For you Beat Street fans, that's the building Where you see Ramo's Father throwing out spray cans out the window from the second floor. and Ramo say " what are you doing"?
((RIP)) Yellow Benjy, Karate Charlie, Lorraine and others who tried to make a difference ....Palante
That math teacher was a straight up “G”, when he said that suit was a soldiers outfit he really was on the side of the forgotten youth! Peace
The most murderous humans wear a suit and tie, not military fatigues.
The math teacher was a real one. He was really riding with those kids. 💯
Great piece of history. Black and Puerto Rican unity was so strong back then. Charlie was very cute btw.
All us Melendez's are good looking
He be like 75 now. Lol
I miss when it was mostly African American and Puerto Ricans in NY... ( Plus Dominicans/ Jamaicans)... It was Fly and Beautiful back then
That unity is what is needed today.
It's true, I lived in the Bronx in the '70s, Nuyorican, blacks and Puerto Ricans were very close, I decided to join the Army to leave the ghetto life, now I'm retired disabled veteran, it's your life your choice, but I love and miss the Bronx in the 70's ghetto life was okay, we all helped each other.
Dope! I've been watching all these vids on the old gangs.. My Dad came from the Bronx in that era, and he used to talk about all this- especially when we would watch the Warriors.. He'd break down the real stories behind all that..
Above Beyond
Yeah this shits dope as hell
Same. My pops would mention all the gangs and how the bronx was once known as the Burnt down bronx. The history is dope af
@@beavishighonvoltcola5287 What is "above beyond"? Is this another movie or documentary about The Bronx?
This old school documentary is classic. The Bronx in the 70's was raw and real, you had to be strong.
Blackie was also in the Documentary called "80 Blocks from Tiffany's". He's younger in this. Amazing history.
Thanks for sharing. I love the history of the Boogie Down Bronx not matter what.
I remember when i was a kid i was 8 years old living in Melrose and i remember a lots of things.. Puerto Ricans and black always been United until this day..
Its funny how these kids all sound the same....He sounds like the kids now in NYC...that Newyorican accent never changes
This definitely inspired the movie THE WARRIORS
of course . the warriors was based on two gangs from coney island. THE Homocides and the Sex Boyz
@@stone5578 what happened to those gangs?
@@coolhand1966 they got old when crack spots started popping up everywhere
According to the movie, they (the warriors) went to that very meeting from Brooklyn to the Bronx; but it was a mission to make it back to Coney Island.
Rest in Peace to my father from The Bronx NYC 🙏 he passed from gun violence in 91'
My Condolences
🙏🙏🙏
The birth of the Hip-Hop revolution. This is amazing.
I've been looking for a photo or footage of Black Benji for years! Thanks so much for this!
Rubble Kings documentary
Incredible. Thanks for sharing!
That dude got so shook when brother asked him “you think we’re dressed like warriors, what about you”?
I grew up in the McKinley Projects in the South Bronx. The early 60’s it was beautiful and then 68 roles in everything then changed. It was never the same. I joined the Marines 75 and felt safer there.
Which building? I'm from 730
If he was alive in 2019 he would have been 72 but if you live the gang life you don't get to live long. 25 years old and dead I never really got to live his life that's too short.
I was born there back in 81'. Crazy spot.
The Turbans were a class act.
This Is American History
Facts
Thanks for sharing. This is history.
I think that education was the biggest problem back them days they weren't trying to teach anybody anything, so they can keep you down and out of work and in control.
Beautiful & Insightful vid
Thank you!
This is a good documentary 👍🏾
pre hip hop south Bronx woow things have changed
Sadly they haven't changed enough.
I lived on Castlehill back in the late 70’s, man oh man my mom got us up out there fast.
i love these kids but when he said i didnt know i was mixed race .....i know he was sincere but i wondered if all the mirrors had been broken down into weapons instead of being used properly lol
WOW SIK CHANNEL JUST SUBD...RESPECT FROM TORONTO
It pains me to no end that 47 years ago people knew the problems, were able to articulate the problems, and had solutions!!! Real tangible solutions and in 2019 the same issues persist. The "establishment" however you want to define has absolutely failed! The policy's, laws, school programming, all of it, a failure and there is 47 years of proof. I have learned so much from this video and will include in my social endeavors.
You are so right! and the fact is that it's getting worst. Poverty & Immigration have no end in this world!!!
Very Right, and it's sad we won't wake up...
These youngsters were six or seven years old when the film "The Young Wilds" with Burt Lancaster was produced.
-You mean The Young Savages from 1961 with Burt Lancaster. About 2 warring rival gangs. 1 Italian streetgang the other Puerto Rican up in Spanish & a now gone Italian part of Harlem. NYC was loaded with them back in the 50s to early 60s then.
I don't watch TV now, but I have the impression they don't have discussions like this anymore where they put the whole system in question, Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.
You are correct, social media took over the mind.
Excellent, documentary.
Interesting piece
R.i.p Black Bengi.....and salute Puerto Rican Bengi.....original 183rd 1973- 79.....
When I left the Ghetto Brothers in 1972, I started hanging out on 183rd and Creston Ave. near the Grand Concourse. My Best friend and member Tito Rodriguez was killed on Claremont. I started to DJ and MC in between Latin Bands playing.
A "Where are they now?" of the gang members in this video would be great.
The G’s in this video are like phd’s compared to new era.
This how black and brown should be UNITY FROM NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST THAN WE HAVE CONTROL ON ALL 4 CORNERS.✊🏾💯 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
Tony Batten commentating was flawless!
This is a stunning piece into life in actuality back then. Perspectives, sides, label, knowledge/lack thereof (which often steered perceptions), passions, ideas, intentions, collaborations, family, discovery, togetherness, outreach, experiences, stories, emotions, hope, positivity......all communicated here. :)
This was real raw gang banging. No internet no IG no Facebook No making music videos to confirm the murder you just committed...just boys being boys getting eachothers backs. Having adventures.
Black 🇲🇼 and Brown 🇵🇷 unite!
Wow. 50 years ago. I wonder if some of these guys are still around.?
We still around
In one of these youtube videos (not this one) a Bronx resident responds to Howard Cossell's '77 World Series statement: "The Bronx is Burning!" NO. He said: "In 1977-the Bronx was Burnt." The Charlotte Street area is already mostly gone in the above film.
Amazing. Thank you.
Where is the massive love for the fucking greatest teacher ever? What the fuck? Come on. This guy is fucking amazing if he is even telling 10 percent of the truth.
This is when American morale was virtually crushed by the Vietnam war, the assassinations in the 60's, The Civil Rights movement was being sabotaged by COINTELPRO. The intellectual side of Hip Hop was really conceived from the uprisings and despair of the 60's. The activist spirit is the embodiment of Hip Hop and enlightened rap lyrics. RAPPING is the sharing/spitting of wisdom & enlightenment. Emcees entertain, rappers enlighten. Rapping is born from activism like Gil Scott Heron. As a now 40yr old "rapper", I've always seen rap from this perspective. This documentary is an absolute gem of American history and the prelude of the landscape that gave birth to the Hip Hop culture and community.
The Central Bank of England, aka the Federal Reserve is the source of all of those problems
@@boostjunkie2320 big facts
Interesting video
This is so real n beautiful
Notice something interesting ,the problems of today are similar in that groups,everyday people are still looking for some government organization to save them.Sometimes you need to participate in your life and help others to be a better person.Waiting for someone to tell you what to do and how, with whom can take forever and it will probably still be wrong.The people's hearts were in the right place here,the mindset of a bright future must have seemed hard to imagine.Interesting video thanks
Thanks for this important HISTORY that builts Hip Hop in Bogota and in the world,
The kid at 57:51 has so much heart and love for Puerto Rico. Sadly, the island hasn't changed much. In fact, it's worst. Bankrupt. PR needs to be independent. Just my view
Thanks for this video, its like taking astep back in time! There's an awesome documentary I remember watching about these guys and Benjy Melendez VP of the crew all grown up and it showed his band he made for peace it was a good Doc! R.I.P. Black Benjy
ruclips.net/video/4NAWch8kxU4/видео.htmlsi=B8qgZUwMDI07rg-7
Will this be available to view worldwide? At the moment it says not available in your country.
It’s sad to see how gangs then were articulate and had a sense of community. That was later destroyed by crack.
Interesting fact - in 1976 Ted Gross was found dead in a car in Brooklyn. Gunshots to the back of the head. A female passenger was also shot but survived the shooting.
As teacher this is sad because we get blamed for everything, but nobody ever addresses the 10,000 pound gorilla in the corner that is classism, racism, and destruction and neglect of the middle class and poor.
Billions of dollars have been poured into school districts like the Bronx, to no avail. Change comes from drastic changes in cultural values and the rebuilding of the family unit.
03:11 Sly and the Family Stone - "Just like a baby". Childish Gambino paid an obvious tribute to this song on his own "Baby Boy".
Not many of these hip hop people do anything original or creative n
My uncle was in a gang called the bronx ministers.anyone ever hear of it?
Yup
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I hung with them everyday what's your uncle's name I may remember him I'm 64 now but I can still remember Joey t. Gary gone Billy or Bobby d and so many more greatest time of my youth wish I had a time machine I'd go right back to the 70's
Life is a hustle even today the struggle is hard keep pushing .
2:38 is that benji from the ghetto brothers right behind the reporter holding the P.R. Flag???
Nvm answered my own question just by watching more lol.
I'm from Strong Island NY and it kills me when people say NY never had gangs. Even in Long Island in the 70s in my old hood New Cassel Westbury Long Island we had two notorious gangs which were the Funk Mob and the HollyRocks. New York had gang culture way before the Bloods and Crips.
Who said NY didnt have gangs?
Every Body Had Gangs Way Back It's Just Crips Came Out 1969 But It Was Gangs In California Los Angeles Way Back Too
50 years ago
These guys were all in their early 20s. They all look like they're in their mid 30s. Musta been the style back then
Rest In Power Benjy !
What if most African American and Hispanic:
1) Fought racism with education?
2) Denied the need for gangs and had one voice/slogan for equal rights through peaceful process?
3) Demanded work instead of accepting free housing/food stamps?
4) Stood out as a role model through good parenting and teaching between right and wrong?
5) Investing in properties, businesses of all types?
6) Denied and protested against the flooding of drugs and violence in their community?
7) Encourage their children to get involved in science, medicine, engineering and etc?
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Powerful
Crazy this is from 1972 And were in 2019 and still having this conversation
The meeting was filmed in late 1971 and this was aired in early '72.
these guys and women were so in tune with their community
This when blacks and n.y Puerto Ricans was one nation and all we had was each other's backs and when we create hip hop together 👍🏽👍🏾👌🏽🙏🏽🇵🇷
You mean it the beginning of hip hop! Without the lyrics but the dance!
I saw this lady, Lorraine Montenegro in a mid 70s tv news documentary. She was some type of healthcare department director(NY). She was a stand-up kind of lady👍. I also read in that video's comments that she'd passed away in PR in Hurricane Maria. I hope not. If so, may she rest in peace.🙏
Then, now, 👉then... The more things change, the more they stay the same.
@ 40:35 ....... the Puerto Rican dude responded to the Interviewer with a Great Answer to the Question ...
Gangs were built because of lack of family. RIP Yellow Benjy and Karate Charlie
Great point 1hr in
I was born in 72 sounds cliche yet the more things change the more they stay the SAME
This reminds me of a real version of "The Warriors " , Warriors come out and play
42mins in still relevant today
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Thanks for posting it.
thanks, i'm glad I found this channel
101:05. One the realist statements I have ever heard.
This is the perfect of what made GANGSTER RAP MUSIC !!!!........... Because a lot of people & society in General tend to blame GANGSTER RAP on all the negative VIOLENCE, MURDERS, DRUG DEALING , PIMPS & HOOKERS that goes on in the INNER CITY GHETTOS !!!!!!,,,,, When in reality all that Negative Stuff been going on WAY BEFORE RAP MUSIC was even invented ,, ... RAP Music is just a reflexion of society, & the music speaks the harsh reality of what goes on in the HOOD & in AmeriKKa in General. ,,,,, If Gangster Rap never existed,,, the GHETTO Inner Cities would still be FUCKED UP anyway
Iron that's true rap music that's were it comes from every day life
Warriorssssss come out and play ayyyyy
Holy shit this was recorded 49 years ago.
Creston ave isn't in the south bronx but it was just as bad or even worse than the south bronx and it never gets mentioned
It's crazy how I grew up in the late 80s and 90s and I can tell you that nothing has changed in reality. The only thing that did change is that kids the age of these guys in the video, of today are not as well spoken on the community issues and cultural differences between the so called us and them topics. Today kids only know popular culture and nothing on current events and political strategies. Benji was the man to bad he chose to become part of the enemy and forget really where he came from.
We need know how the social system "has created this monster" but it is easier to not think about it at all and to make sure that the people are forgotten about in our society. They do not have a place on the map and go off to netherworld underground.
Our People are so beautiful...
Black💛Brown Unity..