Survived Early 90s Drug Game in NYC AMA

[King]

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS THREAD FOR YEARS!!!

 

[Ol’Otis]

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS THREAD FOR YEARS!!!

I got it bookmarked

 

[King Sun]

Been thinking about this thread more since Raising Kanan came out. What eventually happened to dudes like this roaming the streets? Dead or locked up for life?

I mean if you was black in the inner city in the 90s most of these guys were burnouts from the the vietnam/ desert storm guys.

 

[lib123]

I mean if you was black in the inner city in the 90s most of these guys were burnouts from the the vietnam/ desert storm guys.

Burnouts? I thought most of the vets who were troubled became homeless or addicts. They were committing crimes?

 

[King Sun]

Burnouts? I thought most of the vets who were troubled became homeless or addicts. They were committing crimes?

I don't know about your hood LA but if you look up the origins of drive bys and gangs you would discover that these guys was coming back from the war and training these guys to be shooters like the military.

 

[NYC Rebel]

I dont miss the late 80s and early 90s. Its the years I experienced the most trauma

 

[Jean toomer]

I appreciate this thread so much for the insight. As a teenager in the 80s it was a schizophrenic time, culturally beautiful by with the music and art but I’ll be damned if we weren’t living in constant fear.

 

[Worthless Loser]

delete

 

[lib123]

I dont miss the late 80s and early 90s. Its the years I experienced the most trauma

Damn sorry to hear that. If you don’t mind, what happened?

 

[lib123]

Raising Kanan really crystallizes how dangerous this era was before phones and cameras everywhere.

 

[Ol’Otis]

Raising Kanan really crystallizes how dangerous

Not really
Raising Kanan is light as fukk
NY was way worse

 

[Alvin]

will always be a classic thread

 

[Ol’Otis]

At the same time I worry about the livelihood of our people who make a living off of it. My concern is that we won't have the social/economic capital and institutional savvy to transition into that sector... like it will just be another things whites get to dominate. So I worry about that. I would hate to see our blunt men in NYC get put out of business by granola-eating vegan white transplants

Prophetic

 

[DropTopDoc]

Every now and again i visit this thread, it was one of the best threads i ever read on here, hope buddy still thriving and living

 

[Theflash]