I used to stay in the north side of Long Beach in the Carmelitos projects before they fixed them up. Our neighbor had a bunch of sugar canes growing in their yard and didn't mind people coming thru to grab some. I got a piece of those like everyday. I haven't chewed on a sugar cane since.
I also remember in the Carmelitos when "Welvan The Great" was just a lil baby who was known as Lil Hub, his pops who everyone called Hub used to try and holla at my moms before my pops found out, and long story short, Hub ain't been able to walk right since 88 but he still a friend of the family.