Fosta Houses Projects in NY might be your worst nightmare

[@HoodVlogs]

00:00 Spending evening in Central Harlem at Stephen Foster Houses ( Martin Luther King, Jr. Towers) aka Fosta 00:41 Inside one of the most dangerous hoods in Harlem with Nyy Millz and Skeeter Millz 02:07 Basketball courts 03:05 Hooligan Pratt ( instagram.com/hooligan_pratt_bmf/ ) 03:13 Community Center 04:24 Nyy Millz ( instagram.com/nyy_millz/ ) 04:53 Harlem Twins "Twin Towers" 05:02 Lenox Avenue in Harlem 06:03 Outsiders in NYC housing projects 07:22 Inside the projects 08:24 Rooftop view at New York City 08:52 Pebble Beach 10:52 Dealing with NYPD

[@DangitD]

A lot of threats not to go to that neighborhood logs you won’t be coming out alive. Not good to be on KZbin monetized with those threats

[@TheBXBoogie]

Pull up back too the Bronx Webster Ave . Hit me up I'll show u different hoods .

[@Khadijah_R28]

Bumville! That’s not how you practice your 2nd Amendment and rights!

[@ANITAACRUZ]

Wow man you've been working out Slim. 🥂🥂

[@Peace2Mateo]

@@DangitD that has nothing to do with his video as a whole tho

[@VinceTheCreatorr]

Remember kids the goal is gettin TF out of the hood and not glorifying it.

[@elduccitv4304]

Frfr

[@NinoJokersChild]

👏🏾💯🎯

[@JW-28]

Not these stupid mfs.

[@overlordp.3758]

I do and I did

[@cupcakes7015]

Amen 10/7/2021

[@bimmersbbws6863]

"Please don't die over the neighborhood, that yo mama rent in." Jay-z

[@shannendunham8850]

Yess

[@psyourauntie]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@keumaniroston6320]

Facts

[@alink5969]

That’s crazy!! that line came to mind while watching the beginning.

[@ByrdRecords]

I don’t be in the project hallway Talkin' 'bout how I be in the projects all day

[@gigglemama111]

I'm from the projects in Brownsville and I got out and raised my kids in a better environment. This is what mental slavery looks like and I am feeling second hand embarrassment.

[@MD-ts2tg]

You can be proud of yourself!

[@7uplife67]

Facts!

[@empress3723]

Some might say you’re facing a different mental slavery

[@bigbillybadass]

@@empress3723 what? how???????????????

[@empress3723]

@@bigbillybadass capitalism

[@DeeFR3E]

WoW.. its great to see how much pride they have in living and protecting government owned housing. No outsiders allowed... what a great sense of community they share!

[@jamunjijpg8464]

Fr tho like some people think it’s bad but they gotta keep what they do have and protect it

[@brooklynbred1460]

Sooo you're stooped got it

[@B3Band]

ooooooooooooooo gottemmmmmm worldddstarrrrrrrrrrrr

[@lindenblvd25]

cant lie when your young its all fun and games, but when your over 40+ and still doing it, and creating future generations of the same loop it makes it sad.

[@for.u925]

30+ is already pushing it like damn you aint made enough moves to make it out yet?

[@morecarstuff]

@@for.u925 keep it G, 22+ its already dead bro. by then you should be moving different making career oriented choices.

[@humblemumble1591]

Yeah that mentality, low value gutter mentality only works when you're young enough to make mistakes, it's a life of eating shit if your over 25, 35 might as well die

[@for.u925]

@@morecarstuff yeah i agree with that I just said 30 for the heads who do time. You can go in at around 18-22 and come out at like 26-28 by 30 you shouldve never went back to the block or with the lil homies

[@lindenblvd25]

@@cacoca79 only in your world bud, if your talking about this video , its a white guy is interviewing a group of low to middle class blacks in a projects for clout. These types of neighborhoods are usually a mixture of races of all types. Usually they are separated by income class. Maybe where you are you see what you’re talking about.

[@AAC1990]

I was born and raised in these same projects. As were my brother and most of my cousins. Grew up rough: No father, mom worked her hardest to keep us safe and out the streets. Got in fights, jumped, shot at, stabbings, all kinda crazy shit. But, never been to jail, never been arrested, finished high school, went to college and everything. I moved to Florida four years ago, got married, have a kid, working on buying our first home. It pains me to see shit hasn't changed.

[@jamsginger9059]

Congratulations on your new life .

[@sbakernyc5761]

glad u made it out brother... keep grinding

[@ButAVapor]

🙏

[@jboggan123able]

Keep doing your thing!!

[@DarthFurie]

God bless you and your family

[@LeoSun33]

Fighting over apartment buildings, streets, and neighborhoods that they don't even own. I can't wait until my people wake up and stop playing "their" game.

[@Compton2952]

Those people brought your people here who both shouldn't even be here.

[@grownman9930]

Its called stupidity. Ive been saying it all my life. You claiming a streeet corner and projeoyou dont own! The city of NY owns it dummies. Smh… sad after all these years people still moving in circles

[@Writer341]

Robert Moses was the creator of the buildings called projects. They were originally for soldiers coming back from war. Those soldiers lived in the projects until they eventually moved out. Robert Moses devised a scheme to have other individuals move in so the cities won’t lose money. Those individuals that moved in sadly never left. Black snd Hispanic people. I am a New Yorker and still live in NY. I know my history. Look up Robert Moses and who he was and what he did. His name is all over NY. He was the head of many government agencies AT THE SAME TIME that dealt with real estate. Long Island Ny is segregated because of him

[@84yung]

Man in reality it's like that round the world and it's sad fr. What's even sadder is that it ain't gon change, ain't nobody gon wake up from it.

[@despisesimps5997]

Funny thing is when they die the streets,apartment buildings etc.. Will still be there..

[@rjscott3939]

"If you ain't from here, don't come here " Don't gotta tell me twice.

[@eddieBoxer]

I'll go anywhere, If you niggas can't live in peace I ain't going there.

[@fazziland3932]

😂❤

[@erroldapper]

y'all got the right energy toward the wrong things

[@Positivemotivation662]

📍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ronnie2699]

Soldiers with no direction

[@oldmoneyswag6504]

Exactly my point

[@krystingrant6292]

Honestly soooo true

[@krystingrant6292]

@@ronnie2699 facts

[@bevelynbrown9359]

After I watched this vlog, I'm thankful for the environment my mom provided for me and my siblings.

[@Fightthepower718]

Facts!

[@goldenitri8748]

I’m from here lmao , Brooklyn tho and I say the same . Was born and raised here in New York but my parents always made sure we stayed away from the bs

[@Brussell2332]

Big facts

[@user-fs7xu8is5r]

@@goldenitri8748 W parents

[@kysharriesealey5600]

@@goldenitri8748 same

[@qmakesithappen]

This video hurt my heart... Trauma bonding, misdirected energy and aggression, much needed therapy. I pray for my people, a new environment and different exposure would change a lot of this.

[@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha]

I didn't think of that at first but that's very much true trauma bonding

[@qmakesithappen]

@@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha human beings are tribalistic in nature, our vibe attracts our tribe. I often think back on all the circles I was amongst in my past and we literally do about 90 - 95% of everything our peers do just because. We adapt to whatever we're around if we're there long enough.

[@victoriawilson5118]

We are confined to the block it’s really crazy.

[@Hborn]

How much a bag of heroin there

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

@@Hborn $2

[@brie2993]

The hood mentality is like a drug. Its fun but after awhile until you get conditioned. Sometimes u find comfort in the chaos cause its been around so long, but you cant see anything past it. Dont settle for less and dont get distracted by the glitz and glam. Underneath its painful and self reflection hurts more than conditioning yourself to your enviorments. God speed anyone still in the projects and prayers to those trying to hussle and get out

[@9525joe]

The wildest part of this is that they sound like they speaking with pride as if it isn’t sad that things are that way. They sound very proud when they’re talking. Shawty was flashing money asking the camera what we know about that but she admittedly is living in one of the poorest parts of the city.

[@smallmevt]

Section 8 & HUD

[@joshuasox]

ik that most of that is consignment, when they pay back that front that stack will look a lot slimmer lol.

[@princeekeson12]

Exactly. This is nothing to be proud of.

[@alexbaum2204]

I smoked a joint shortly before watching this. I think I lost more brain cells from the video. It’s been glorified long enough to realize that glorifying has gotten nobody anywhere. And yet they keep glorifying.

[@Aroundthewaytey]

Exactly! I can’t believe people still think like this.. so pathetic

[@MambaMNTLTY24]

As someone who grew up in the hood in NYC, seeing them glorify this lifestyle is definitely embarrassing. This is nothing to take pride in. The people in this video will never break the cycle.

[@ryan6600]

Ignorance💯

[@DeShawnMStephens]

Never say never.

[@lovealive606]

Well yea it’s not something to take pride in I agree. But at the end of the day that is life, their life and lifestyle. They all connect w the same kind of struggles. So in order to keep moving ofc their gonna hold down an integrity of hope and positivity. They not bouta start the video off w having the mentality of ohh you can’t make it from living in the hood.. bc that is not true. Ofc they’d prefer if they were more privileged. So it’s really bout having the perception that’s gonna get you farther from where you began.

[@OMGWorld100]

This is the worst hood clogs I’ve seen yet. No message at all just a bunch of bums that wanna be like Cali gangs

[@ritamillionzentertainment4908]

I’m sorry you feel that way about us, Hope you enjoyed the video tho 🥰

[@ladycee4986]

Pride can come in the strangest forms. Living in a box built by government for containment. Misfortune.

[@calirichmuzik426]

WHOAH....2 powerful short and direct.

[@raymonds7492]

I intentionally never made friends where I grew up because I didn’t want to feel like I belonged there.

[@panama2468]

Real shit

[@yogurt4351]

real talk black people need to lear unity

[@dewilew2137]

when that's all you have, if course you will be "proud" of that. on a basic level, human beings need to feel prone in something. when you have nothing else going on in your life, your neighborhood (however terrible it might be) can easily become that thing.

[@_Delta_P_]

I really understand being proud of where you are from, but these people seem so proud and happy about how violent it is.. this is why things dont change. this is when oppression comes from within.

[@matty5757]

This is kind of depressing. I feel like there's more to life than this.

[@guiltyuntilproveninnocent.]

There is

[@brianaee]

Facts

[@Khadijah_R28]

Waste of taxpayer money.

[@Khadijah_R28]

Paying for their retirement block that they colloquially own.

[@glenlagees8359]

life runs the gamut and can be rough. of course there's more to life than this. there's more to life in any situation you look at.

[@jarrech9820]

Imagine being trapped in the cycle and not even know it

[@blazedones]

Yes, that is what generations of being segregated into these areas does to you. Make it seem normal and leaving scarier than staying

[@1moetime123]

The matrix

[@teflonmusk11B]

@@blazedones that was well put. Moving out the bronx was my the best decision I made. Now I own a house in queens and live is good

[@TMcGee123]

Good for you! For real, congratulations. I can’t believe these lack of awareness idiots in the video are not aware of their own actions words and decisions. In 2021 everyone has never had more freedom to do as they please with their life. Bottom line none of these people are in better places and situations because they CHOOSE not to. Of course it won’t be easy but it’s their lack of dealing with discomfort that stops them. Just like anything and anyone else that doesn’t improve in (fill in the blank).

[@prod.kidmizu]

Nah man, a lot of niggas know they're in the cycle but accept it

[@1moetime123]

I hate how we are always so proud of our main downfall: us killing each other. They speak on it with such pride.

[@jacobjones4766]

Yet, when people of another color criticize this behavior they get called racists and oppressors.

[@numbertoxy]

@@jacobjones4766 Because they should focus on themselves and not Black people's business. Lol

[@milkncookiegurl778]

@@jacobjones4766 Because people of other colors fail to see that this is a problem of all races. Then cite this as a reason why our other struggles don’t deserve to be heard. We should all get punished because a few people are allegedly “ghetto”.

[@jacobjones4766]

@@numbertoxy lmao. Yeah because everyone should just mind their business when kids kill each other in the street. Fucking ignorance at its best. The best part is you don't see the hypocrisy in that statement.

[@Icecold_Fitness]

@@jacobjones4766 Majority of the people doing the criticizing aren't doing shit to change the situation so why speak on other people business?

[@AnalogWinter]

I will never complain about having grown up in a "boring" suburban neighborhood ever again. Very grateful that I wasn't born into or raised in this sort of culture.

[@nbhav1992]

Big Sean said it best “banging over blocks that they don't own, thinking that's home Boy, you think that's where you're from? You don't really know where you're from You don't know how deep your roots is or what your ancestors had done”

[@jabean4rmjerzy]

What song did he say this in??

[@Dragon_XCV]

@@jabean4rmjerzy Deep Reverence ft Nipsey Hussle

[@alfredjackson7058]

Detroit finest 🔥

[@cthomas7068]

It's a shame mother Africa sold ther own people to Arab nations the African ansters have a lot to answer for. And slavery is still very promernent in Africa today. What a mess.🤨🤨

[@bigbando9437]

@@cthomas7068 They never talk about this

[@koncessgordon8921]

If you was raised in the “Hood” , and now you’re raising your kids in the “Hood”…you failed 😞

[@marinevet4131]

Facts

[@Sweetdee28]

Exactly! They need to break generational curses!!! 🤦‍♀️

[@jamalswift9700]

That's not true. A lot of good and successful people are raised in the hood.

[@katlyn8149]

@@jamalswift9700 only cause they don’t want to be in the hood forever lol

[@stopthecap4317]

She really said "we was in the sandbox together and we still here" with such pride lmao

[@blackopscrypto5884]

My people stuck. I don’t get it. By the time I was 19 opened my own business got a bag and got out the hood. Nothing wrong with reppin your hood. But if you over 21 and still reppin a block. You are not growing as a man or woman. You stuck. Her parents look like cool people. They just never grew up 😔. And lil mama headed down the same road. I like where I live now. The burbs. The sticks. No R.I.P shirts. No arguing and fighting every day. No pissy elevators or stairs. Nobody breaking into the whip. No daily police interaction. Nobody getting robbed, Jumped, stabbed, shot killed or Houses broken into. The projects was a stepping stone for struggling families. You grind. You hustle. You get up out the projects. I don’t care what nobody say. The hood has no love for anybody. The streets will take your family, your friends and even you. There’s a whole world out there. We got one life. And I’m so glad I didn’t let the hood swallow me up and leave me stuck. I go home. I see the fam. They still talking the same ish. Who got shot. Who got killed. Who got locked up. Who on the run. Same convo every year when I go visit. I appreciate what the hood taught me. I appreciate my homies from the hood. But I wanted way more in life. Way more. And I wanted way more for my kids. Way more. Bless to everybody out there in the projects. Don’t glorify it. It’s a prison. Cell blocks. The main yard. Recreation Center. Preparation for a smooth transition from the projects to the prison. Hell no. Not me. I saw that from I was young. You will always love where you were born and raised. But be truthful about it too. Just because you were born into poverty don’t mean you have to stay there. Especially when you in your bag. If you from the project and you got 5 bands on you right now. Move. Texas, Georgia, Florida, Colorado, Tennessee. Someplace nobody knows you. I guarantee within 1 year your whole life will change. You will see your vision, hopes and dreams clearer. And you will accomplish things you never would have imagined….

[@mannyledell4602]

Facts cuhs on eastside.

[@kingstone2457]

Hey brother give some games to young kings too show them the way not everyone is smart enough to see the mess their in them selfs sometimes u show people the mess their in so that they can be woke and change them selfs

[@blackopscrypto5884]

@@kingstone2457 that’s a fact. Life isn’t easy. Sometimes the most difficult thing we can do is walk away from the life we know to the life we don’t. The crazy part is. It’s the easiest and the fastest path to real growth and self preservation. We all have a purpose and a skill. If you good at selling drugs you can be good at running a business. If you good at writing rhymes you can be good at being an author. If you’re good at stealing cars you can be good at running a repo business. If you a wild boy and like that street action you can put in that same work in a private security company, military, U.S Marshall or the Police. We all have god given talents that we can use for our advancement or our demise. It’s just a matter of choice and making that firm decision to make a change. Even if it means walking away and living thousands of miles away from people you know and love. Our fear of change unfortunately is the reason we have so many of the people we grew up with either dead or doing football numbers in the Penitentiary. We all couldn’t wait to jump off the stoop and run the streets. We need to apply that same passion when it’s time to jump off the streets and into manhood. Many of us wasn’t scared of those streets. Even though we knew what was out there. We heard a million and one horror stories but it didn’t phase us. We were going to make a name for ourselves in the hood. By any means necessary. Even if it meant going up against known killers. We did that. So why would we be afraid to recognize that the streets have an expiration date of 21. If you make it past that, it’s time for phase 2. Take all that you’ve learned. All that you’ve earned. And find your true potential. Leave. Leave the hood. Leave the streets. Go be uncomfortable again. Suburbs. Corporate America. Business ownership. Stand alone again. No friends or family. Just you and the world. Nobody in your ear telling you what you can and can’t do. Just your natural street instinct helping you navigate this thing called life. And when you reach that level of success or accomplishments you never thought you would get to. Go back home and show them what happens when you walk away from the streets and everyone you know. Show them proof that there is a life outside of the hood. And it ain’t that hard. You just have to overcome your self doubt and fear. The reason many of us never see success. True success. Is because success lives on the other side of fear. And once you can push past that fear. Everything you ever wanted is sitting right there waiting for you. 💯🍾🥂

[@cerise1683ify]

@Black Ops Everything you said is so true and inspiring. I’m trying to get out of the hood (Bronx) and I’m not even apart of the hood politics. I’ve been racking my brain for years. I have a vision for my children and I and I’m not letting it go. Thank you for you words of wisdom. If you have any of your own organizations and or businesses to share please do so we can support.

[@positivp]

Well said 💯 I feel that. All real talk. Struggle, learn, get up and prosper 🙏💪

[@Princesse_D]

i’m from CT, my mom raised me in the suburbs and i used to know a guy from “the hood” that acted JUST like this. money, acting tough, sneakers, and drugs was all he cared about. he was so proud of this lifestyle, all of the drama and toxicity that came with it, and even said things like, “i’m never leaving the hood.” lived with his mom and his sister who had 2-4 kids all in the same house. it was sad and i often wished he knew and experienced a better way of life, but i’m so glad i no longer associate myself with him or people like this. growing up, my mom always said “birds of a feather flock together.” people like this will do nothing but drag you down and bring chaos and unnecessary drama into your life. you are who and what you choose to surround yourself with.

[@missytopnotchboss2663]

When I was living in Jamaica, I remember my friend telling me all you need to do is land in New York and you’ll be good. Now that I’m here there are SO MANY FREE PROGRAMS to get jobs, certificate, degrees literally ANYTHING. It’s crazy how people glamorize living like this instead of bettering their life. Stuck in an illusion.

[@KiraDaBeastNY]

Fact of the matter is a lot of people dunno about all those programs, and on top of that, there is also the environment and pressure to take into account. A lotta people really do grew up getting told and believing the only way out is trap, hoop, or bang. Plus trappin and banging is quicker money than spending a bunch at college for a degree so people go for that. It sucks and hopefully things change but shit is gettin even tougher out here with everything getting even more expensive in NYC.

[@arleneaugustahair8393]

@@KiraDaBeastNY um college is actually free for those who can’t afford it. They could all be in college right now bettering themselves. My parents came here with a language barrier and my dad retired from 2 hospitals in NYC. My mom used financial aid to go to college. My husband is American and I make sure he uses financial aid for school. They don’t want to know about it. I guarantee they all have Smart Phones.

[@TakeilaJeter]

New York is full of opportunity for sure.

[@JaylaCharlese]

@@arleneaugustahair8393 financial aid is not free. They will have to pay it back 6 months after their graduation date. And it’s not guaranteed that you’ll get all the funding for school from financial aid or any at all. That’s why so many people drop out because they can’t afford it, or they can get into school but they can’t make the payments consistently. Schooling is really a privilege and congratulations to your husband and yourself.

[@RB8Gem9]

@@JaylaCharlese I got a bachelor's degree that was paid for with financial aid. And no, I didn't have to pay anything back. Literally a free education. The people in the video are the type to enroll in school, get a few financial aid checks and never return. I've seen it with my own two eyes.

[@ilikepancakes2368]

This is just sad to be honest. There really is no “community” here. Just people back stabbing each other to put themselves on top.

[@squall-n2o]

That’s New York for ya, bunch of hypocrites,

[@giannalynne5502]

most if not all of these people can’t afford to live anywhere else and it’s not their fault that that’s where they live… why are you assuming that there is no community at all in such a large amount of people ?you’re just putting all these people in the same box assuming they’re all out to hurt each other… i think we all know why you made those assumptions…. lol

[@tennypentennytennytennyten3]

@@giannalynne5502 liar. If you can afford 200 dollar shoes and a big bundle of marijuana you can get out the projects. But a snow bunny like you don’t know anything but getting tossed up in the first place Snow bunnies be hilarious, you’ll never be down snow bunny. Not in a million years, no matter how many times you get on your knee’s. You’ll always be a snow bunny

[@amandaperry4236]

@@giannalynne5502 poverty isn’t an excuse to behave badly.

[@TURKISH-1453]

9:11 they’re gentlemen apparently 😂

[@gotlumpz4upaintball447]

Glorifying poverty, drugs, death and jail. Shit’s old and pathetic.

[@sev0reem283]

You don’t know wassup

[@danielgallimore1502]

@@sev0reem283 i do and this shit is wack the new gangsta is taking care of ya family and living ya best life

[@7uplife67]

Facts!

[@joen9766]

@JGUTTER34 lol

[@davidortiz3094]

@@sev0reem283 They going to die there or in prison.

[@oscaraiken5484]

These videos are really good for the fact that the creator just shuts up and let's the people tell their stories. This is a whole other world for me thanks for putting it out there!

[@Flourish_today]

This environment is like being in an abusive relationship and thinking it's normal. You get out of it and meet someone who loves ans respects you and suddenly you start to realize you were living an abnormal life.

[@ZanayaNishale]

THIS

[@taylorhumes7567]

Real shit!

[@Zero_Cool_]

But theyre proud as hell. Look at that first girls face, smiling ear to ear when shes says you coming in her neighborhood might be the last thing youll ever do :) She loves the idea that you might get murdered. They love violence, and yet these are the BLM crowd. They kill more black people than any cops ever have.

[@conversationovercoffee]

There's no love in this world

[@Brooklyn-wr6wp]

I'm originally from Bed-stuy. I currently live in Harlem. I have a job and a bachelor's degree, working on my masters in public health. I say this to say that the way they are living is a choice. Here in NYC you can go to community college for free. There are so many programs to help people better themselves. Black people, we have enslaved ourselves. Sad

[@Solastar]

Programs pfttttttttt

[@itsnaeswayy9896]

Completely agree!!

[@CliffLegit]

You right except for that last line, WE didn’t enslave ourselves. THEY did, the system is working just how they want it to. Jails are modern day slavery & the powers at be keep pumping the bullshit to promote this lifestyle. Hip hop & rap plays a major part of this shit, glorifying it. We as a ppl are definitely learning & getting more hip to the fact that there’s so much more to life then what they showed us

[@charlesxplosiveii6206]

FACTS salute to you. I am from Brooklyn to East New York so even though the dude on this neighborhood might be upset you and I both know that is not one of the worst neighborhoods in New York they need to cut it out and go do some with their lives

[@dougcollins8232]

College free up dur?

[@dewilew2137]

Trust us, we do NOT want to come there. My mother put herself into debt to make sure my sister and I didn't end up living in a place like this, and I'm so grateful for that. I can't believe these are grown ass adults. That woman's mother was even out there on the street in the dead of the night. who is proud of living like this?

[@donovanhays]

People with severe mental trauma, lack of education, lack of understanding, bad mental habits, etc. people are really simple minded creatures at the end of the day. We have created a lot of fancy shit but we are still simple dumbass animals. Being cool is being cool whether it's in Hollywood or Harlem. Some people want to be cool and powerful. These people feel cool and powerful in this environment. They would feel weak, exposed, and more scared in a corporate job.

[@DetectiveSmith88]

Good mom

[@QuinnSmalls215]

TRUE indeed. When I seen that mother/daughter duo, I had a lost for words.

[@charlesxplosiveii6206]

Trust me it’s not as bad as they are making it out to be. If you’re not from New York and you watch this video you would think it’s the worst place in NYC. I’m not in any way saying the neighborhood is so far anything but it’s far from the most dangerous neighborhood in New York. I know people from that neighborhood, used to pass through, it’s just Harlem and along with people from Harlem will tell you you got to go to the higher numbers for it to really get wild. I’m not gonna tell you where I’m from but nobody should be bragging at this point about the buffoonery in our neighborhoods. Respect

[@ricardotolbert1797]

Most lighskins have good moms high key 😂

[@Rooby673]

“If you’re not from here , don’t fucking come here” Trust me I don’t think anybody wanna go there 😂

[@bvdatech1]

Harlem is fine but the projects are a shithole. Funny enough in Williamsburg there are hasidic jews that live in the projects too and its safe af. Its the culture of young black people that keeps them down. Especially gangsta rap music. It did a number on black people.

[@axelbrown7336]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Ennegro]

Imagine being proud to say the streets raised your daughter 🙂.

[@AgainstAllOddz]

Our people is lost

[@madmanx58]

@@AgainstAllOddz our #1 issues is being Show Offs and cool

[@mazzakhan1807]

Rather the streets, than another man, my boy. I'm sure it's an expression, saying she knows where shes from and won't ever forget that. If you were raised on the streets, MAYBE you would understand? Idk✌🏽I think you're getting confused for the song "she belongs to the streets."😂🤣

[@Benvyy]

shii I would too

[@afreshreaction]

well to be fair that might be really it. sucks to say but it's what they grew up around especially over there

[@smthmn]

I grew up in a NYC project. He's not lying when he says certain things are normal. Wasn't till I got out and I look back at what I use to call normal. I wish better for all of them, and I wish even more for those that want nothing to do with the street life but live in those parts by no choice of their own

[@MelMelx365]

Facts

[@theverbtechnician]

Same here, I grew up on Detroit's east side, where it's JUST THE SAME!! Normal activity that you look back at and say.. "DAMN!!" REALLY??!!

[@pindaryahashua]

@@theverbtechnician exactly… he talking like it’s the most dangerous in the world… this how you know they broke and don’t travel😂 this all they know lil dirty ass

[@swervintahoes853]

@@pindaryahashua huh..

[@pindaryahashua]

@@swervintahoes853 u. Can’t read

[@xoliswakali15]

I'm in South Africa, and I think hoods are the same everywhere in the world. Our mentalities are screwed up by all the poverty and oppression. We fight and compete over the very little we have (play grounds/blocks/streets). People are acting tough as a defense mechanism. It's sad, but it is slowly changing. ❤️

[@bob-mb6ub]

“Slowly “

[@heavylift9582]

I agree, they are pretty much the same

[@astralempyrosis1688]

@@heavylift9582I agree, doesn't matter if the gutter has buildings or not lol a gutter is a gutter.

[@xoliswakali15]

@11 Crucible im happy for you

[@xoliswakali15]

@300.Gucci Gang I have seen much worse

[@jlhedits3785]

the amount of unnecessary violence is so sad tbh. NY projects have a lot of heart but a lot of those hearts been bleedin for years. love the strong camaraderie these few have though. its a blessing to have that in a project.

[@cafecitotime1414]

I’m very happy that I was raised differently even though my family had no money. Taught me the values of success

[@reginaldadageyudi8219]

I was raised in the projects and did not realize at that time that I was growing up there that I didn't know shit about real life. I graduated school and went to the Air Force, I was so fucking behind the mentality of the other kids, I had to catch up quick. The hood did teach me the art of the hustle, how to read people's intentions, and it put that fight in me but I had to learn some self-control and gain some wisdom. No judgment on my people but man this is definitely an alternate reality. I will always have an affinity for the kids that came up in the bricks like me but I got to let them know there is another way. Much love yall, stay alive, and when you see a kid trying to get out, let him out, let him live if chooses another way.

[@JerseyMac11]

This is some form of emotional distress or mental illness. The fact that you can be proud to be in or from a place where you’re so oppressed by your own kind that the defenses to not become a victim take precedence over everything. It’s terrible and mind blowing but only from the outside looking in

[@artdealerss]

Honestly, harmony between the oppressed and the oppressors that isnt known

[@JerseyMac11]

@@artdealerss it is known only when the oppressed don’t know it

[@Oldheadontheblock]

There's nothing wrong with being proud of surviving hard times. Y'all too sensitive nowadays.

[@Frichilsasta08]

@@Oldheadontheblock they dont just survive...it's almost as if this is what they want in life and don't want to improve their situations. Ironically, the cops they dismiss actually had to attempt to improve their lives by working their way up. These people appear to survive by engaging in illegal activity and threaten violence proudly.

[@Frichilsasta08]

@@Oldheadontheblock. Even with criminal records, there are ways too move out. They're not the first with criminal records. Not an excuse.These people are grown adults and need to be educated. The fact that the girls mother is proud that her daughter is living this life tells me everything I need to know.

[@Exuberant12]

A lot of y’all in the comments are speaking with such maturity, knowledge and wisdom, I love it. I love that y’all are awake to what these areas in the world really are and I’m glad that y’all got out. But for those of us still stuck.....Man God don’t wake us up in the morning for no reason it’s all up to the individual 💯

[@creek3205]

5 minutes/19 seconds into the video mommy/daughter duo. Those two are proof that everything starts in the home.

[@OneYulaw]

But be straight up though. Given the opportunity, you'd smash both at the same time, would you not?

[@krystingrant6292]

On my life

[@jdsj3508]

@@OneYulaw what tf dose that have to do with anything lmao. Yes btw 👀

[@simply8574]

@@jdsj3508 ahahhaha

[@LilLeanCuisine]

5:19

[@matthewbeasey4867]

It sucks ppl feel like they have to be tough just to be apart of something

[@MrBrandonStar]

products of there own environment

[@jasminebrown9154]

Right

[@4freefire737]

Is a streets

[@4freefire737]

Is about streets if you ain't from their hood don't go there cuz is dangerous

[@lucifer1181]

😂😂

[@bklyngirl47]

I’m from Brooklyn where i raised two sons, i didn’t want my sons to become one of these men, so i moved down south, raised them as a single mother on a correctional officer salary, i thank god everyday that i moved, in my eyes i saved my sons from the environment they were born into.

[@heightsfynest6023]

Why are you watching?

[@bklyngirl47]

@@heightsfynest6023 the same reason you were, you came across it on KZbin 🙄

[@heightsfynest6023]

@@bklyngirl47 this my hood you here just to make a negative comment

[@bklyngirl47]

@@heightsfynest6023 wasn’t nothing negative about what i said, i made a decision to leave for something better and i stated as much. I can comment on what i want. It’s Easter Sunday have a great day 🐇

[@Ammut6]

@@heightsfynest6023 go film more baseball videos troll.

[@Wrightn221]

Wow! This is so sad but eye opening. My mom have moved us to certain areas but nothing like what I have seen in your videos. I see why my mom moved us from the city to the suburbs. City life isn't for the faint of heart, and nothing really strives. It takes strong people to break those generational curses.

[@campar1043]

I live in a somewhat hood and I dont get involved in any of the politics, I stay indoors do my thing, can't wait to get out and see the world.

[@prod.pink3]

Good luck bro you got it 💯

[@ricardosandoval7471]

Bro move to MD , you be in the best community in all of usa in Frederick ,Montgomery County, 16$ a hour just working in a gas station . I make bout 1400 every two weeks after taxes and im a drop out. You would love it here. I came from Hardee County in Florida they be paying like 7-8$ a Hour . Fuck that. You be next to DC -bmore you can always drive to PA , WV, DE SC VA . Even New York, just 5 hour drive . You can even live in PA and work in Maryland to build up even more money . College is free here for the first two years too. You have evey big commercial store here that are all new new and keep getting bigger.

[@Derfinater]

Gl man you got it

[@alexbaum2204]

Good for you. I wish you all the success in the world.

[@campar1043]

@@alexbaum2204 i don’t hate the area per se, just a lot of shady people trying to make others lives miserable

[@poisonivyheart6621]

As a mother I wouldn’t be bragging on the side of the street knowing the hardship and wanting my children to be included in that, hyping knowing how tragic it all is. It’s a sad cycle and it is really distressing to watch and listen too.

[@1moetime123]

Blind leading the blind

[@poisonivyheart6621]

@@1moetime123 exactly and that’s the next generation

[@krystingrant6292]

It's sad.

[@chris19n]

Yikes, that's the future generation raised from the prior generation. Ugh. 🤬

[@Zero_Cool_]

Thats what these people do though. They dont know any better and they dont want to learn. Its taken them 160 years to recover from slavery and still havent, and yet we got poor Vietnamese farmers that survived the war and lost everything that arrive in LA and 5 years later theyre putting their kids through college and buying a home because they give a damn about this country and this world, unlike some people...

[@plushpov1113]

Watching these vlogs really makes me appreciative that my Mom made it out of “the hood” & provided a better environment for me and my little brother.

[@loveisagamefor738]

Same and my mom has become a master at saving and budgeting

[@chenanigans]

Me too! My mom started to see my bro slipping down that path and took our behinds from the projects to the boondocks lol. Country as heck town. Only cornfields around. I hated it with a passion growing up. I felt so far from my original friends and like I was missing out being not in the city. Now I look back as an adult and I recognize the blessing that that truly was and that my mom truly is. My bro graduated college went into the military and I snagged me a career traveling the world for a living. Who know what would have happened if we had stayed in the gutter and got caught up in this lifestyle. So grateful. Mom's that get us out of this are heros and the ones that are still there but fighting to get out God bless you! We love you too!

[@keeshjones637]

Amen ! Props to MOM!

[@heightsfynest6023]

@@chenanigans no hell no thank god I did grow up around white people

[@donfuego5716]

U can tell the girl with the braids is suffering from generational trauma and mental illness both her parents mom and father are involved with the streets the cycle continue smh

[@GS-nb3oq]

For sure. But bro She don't even Know

[@Strawb3rryD3ath]

she is sooo pretty too i need her

[@donfuego5716]

@@Strawb3rryD3ath she not worth the problems she comes with bro

[@Strawb3rryD3ath]

@@donfuego5716 manee i don’t give a fck!! she bad as hell!

[@idontevenknow741]

@@Strawb3rryD3athI feel you

[@est.inthe80s]

the fact they said they normalized the bs is sad people don't even wanna do better

[@rehyeambrown8565]

Some are scared to do better because the others will look down on the one who wants better for there selves

[@Victorkapz]

@@rehyeambrown8565 crab mentality

[@amberwest7846]

@@rehyeambrown8565 this is very true

[@joshuaheathcote2116]

We normalize the chaos here. Yes, it's called being dysfunctional.

[@SunRayBabyJ]

I'm so glad my Dad worked hard even moved us to another state to make sure we grew up in a better environment.

[@sadiebanks9219]

How you almost caught a heart attack by getting stuck in da elevator but not catch a heart attack by living in these conditions😩. Thank you LORD FOR MY MOTHER AND FATHER!!

[@heightsfynest6023]

Good for you thanks for watching you clearly very interested

[@eg7949]

This is your life when u see nothing else.. no overseas travel no learning other cultures.but we glorify this aspect .. Hold the L for this mentality..

[@ye23.]

You forgot the most important - no education.

[@jayservices9692]

ye23 they have education but take it for granted. I know people in 3rd world countries who would kill for their spot, these people are complaining about the conditions smh.

[@PRIMOJAB]

Yeah this aint the flex they were thinking it was.

[@bobbyonasis]

America hold this L . How do you hold a L for something your born into and something the government created.

[@larryboyd8982]

@@bobbyonasis stop using that Weak ass excuse all black people always want to say they was born into it like shut up stop making excuse for not getting off your ass I’m young and black that live in the hood Biggs not trying to hear them excuses

[@JustGio1111]

"We normalize the chaos.." All that needed to be said..

[@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha]

I'm wondering how the f*** do you normalize chaos

[@denamae2158]

That's all I needed to hear. I appreciate the honesty🤷🏽

[@jonathansimmons3731]

@@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha all they saying whatever goes down it was plan by them and nobody else 💯

[@soso-mx8nb]

It saddens me so deeply...

[@ADJupiter]

@@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha if u grow up in chaos it’s no different than piece

[@liva236muzika]

5:14 when you meet your mom outside a local liquor store drinking and you try to make it look like a cool thing, that's when you really need to take stock of your life.

[@cruzloera4931]

It’s one thing to see young people proud of this but that woman is at least 40 and made her daughter like this.

[@Noisehead101]

I can smell the tuna stank through the screen too

[@whodonit]

This shit sad... embracing misery. The chick happy her moms raised her that way and moms even happier. Everybody showing money and supposedly rich but didn’t take that money to move out the piss, rat, broke elevator infested community. Chick told the cops go home to your wives yet she may never known what a wife is. They said if you’re not from around there don’t come there, referring to ppl who look like them but other colors and cultures come there and take over yet they’re safe.

[@trentbateman]

That’s government money too…trust

[@davidnoble6766]

That young sister may never be a wife,especially not with her mentality.

[@davidnoble6766]

Yea that's what's crazy to me,that self hate is real. When you don't know who you are you allow society to tell you who you are.

[@bbviolet3044]

@@davidnoble6766 And did she say she wanted to be a wife is every woman’s duty to be a wife to someone some peoples nightmares or other peoples dreams and vice versa

[@misbahrizwan6739]

They don't want people of other colors, races and cultures to go there and nobody brings it up that that's racist right there but if they go to a nice town and start problems and chaos and we say we don't want them not because of their color but because of how they act, we get called racists and put on blast on social media. I will never understand the mindset.

[@emjay11bravo]

This is actually sad and depressing. Heart goes out for my people

[@cacoca79]

one thing ive noticed is that blacks only like latinos if they listen to rap music, copy the way they talk, or submit to their ideology.

[@OMFGTrexKyle]

That's how they choosing to live tf

[@magnumopus7199]

Yup

[@pacoimeroxvida4404]

Mono

[@mooseymilligan5344]

@@cacoca79 and?

[@AVG-ub5sj]

I'll be dammed if my daughter is walking around the same block's I use to run.

[@shirlworldwatson4692]

Same here for my son.... :)

[@ScarFeiss]

What block did you run?

[@rebeccathomas2475]

Was NOT having in. 😡😡

[@crakka5150]

REAL 💯

[@gurjindersingh3267]

He used to run the burbs

[@rant21]

Our people are so lost man. Proud to be living in crime, violence, chaos & pain. We glorify the dumbest shit. Who in their right mind would want to go there ?

[@eddieBoxer]

Agree 100%, I lived in the South Bronx in the 70's vary hard life, got out once an opportunity arose, Joined the Army.

[@simplyop4718]

“No outsiders at all” Outsider walking around walking with a camera

[@MaurandisDaRadusFilms]

😂😂😂😂

[@javon4300]

@@MaurandisDaRadusFilms LMAO I said the same thing

[@bryceevans8340]

@ClumsyPanda PSBO how you know they not

[@aquarius.thompson]

@@bryceevans8340 I was thinking the same thing lol

[@risingyourspirit5659]

People from Europe live in Harlem don't believe the hype

[@jaifyre702]

This is definitely a mentality. I grew up in the hoods of Los Angeles and I got out. I refused to start a family in that environment. I moved to a whole different state. My babies are sheltered frfr. I plan to keep it that way. I know what the streets can offer. I refuse for my children to take any parts of the offerings. As much as I use to love the hood cause it help make me who I am I also despise it for the trauma it's caused.

[@jaifyre702]

@@ashidothemadman thank you for parenting advice I didn't ask for. I'm sure your advice will work well for your children though. I'm from the streets, I think protecting them is a good thing. You have no idea what I've seen in them streets. I be damned if my daughter turn 12 and start hooking. I be damned my son turn 12 and kill somebody or they both end up on drugs. Make sure your children don't. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@yeameow]

mane shut da hell up☠️☠️☠️

[@BigShrimpin416]

Good for you! I’m sure it was not an easy road to get yourself out of the hood. You clearly have a good head on your shoulders and are smart. You wanted better for your kids and did what you had to do in order to elevate your situation and circumstances. If more people had your mindset a lot of people would have better outcomes in life and the cycle would hopefully one day be broken for good! Too many people have a victim mentality and that doesn’t get anyone anywhere! Only you have the power to change your surroundings and change your path in life! I commend you!

[@DarthFurie]

Just watching 10 minutes of this sad chaos was too much for me. My spirit is weary. I grew up in public housing, left at 18 for college, and never looked back. I don't have a hood mentality, I always knew I did not want to live in a place like that. Everybody I grew up around acted like they had no future, I guess they didn't. I never could relate. Thank you God for delivering me from a sad existence, I will always be grateful. Please watch over the children growing up in the turmoil of concentrated poverty! Amen.

[@xx_d0ra3m0n_xx]

Amen!

[@nonyabigness]

After watching 10 minutes? U practically finished the whole video lol.

[@KennedyKelly633]

Amen

[@SnapszDuhh]

@@nonyabigness LMAO right? He knows damn well he watched the whole thing.

[@OMGWorld100]

I couldn’t watch long either….this was the worst video I’ve seen from Hood Vlogs but it wasn’t his fault lol

[@kafkollectif525]

It’s really cool that after they talked about all that hard stuff they went to the community center and talked about all the things available there.

[@irishsoprano3485]

Shame honestly. All that money they show it’s because they don’t have bills. They don’t have investments. My tenant moved from newark to nyc. She moved into my side apartment I had for rent. She now is my neighbor. She owns a house half block down from me. Why? Cause she killed her self to give a life she never had to her kids. She used to say “people where I’m from could run businesses, be CEOs they have this drive but they are so brainwashed, they want to flash FUN money, they rather roll up in expensive cars to impress people they hate or don’t even know and then before you know it they are all dead”

[@aden7175]

so true i agree with everything u just said!

[@teedew6274]

True! I have family living in the hood, thinking that if they would spend less on vacations, clothes, and “fun” they could be so far into a “normal” life. Idk. It’s crazy to witness first hand

[@guiltyuntilproveninnocent.]

Trust me everybody in Foster doesn’t think and act the way they do. I hate it when people look at a video and think that the people that get interviewed are speaking for the whole community. Y’all gotta be smarter than that

[@chrisrobinson3565]

I feel what you are saying however thats the perception that they are portraying

[@williamneuzil7403]

True. What else do you expect from hoodvlogs though, you know?

[@guiltyuntilproveninnocent.]

@@williamneuzil7403 It’s not about what I expect from hoodvlogs bro it’s what I expect is common sense from the people that are watching. He seems like a good dude. He did a good blog in East Harlem with an intelligent brother. Watch that one

[@guiltyuntilproveninnocent.]

@@chrisrobinson3565 Just because someone is portraying something that definitely doesn’t mean that it’s the truth. That’s my point. If anybody watches this and thinks an entire housing projects is about gang banging, hustling, chillin on the block all night they either have no brain or they aren’t using it. Simple as that. Stay up

[@dearjosieb]

Right

[@SupaDupaaFlyy]

I used to be like this, living in The South Bronx in my young years, but I realized I was living a lie and managed to get out of there. A lot of people will say why do they live this way. When you grow up only knowing that being tough and being "gangsta" is the way of life, then you'll end up like this. We need to break this cycle.

[@metalnat27]

If you really want to end that cycle, for one stop voting Democrats. Believe it or not, politics have EVERYTHING to do with that.

[@estelaangeles2346]

@@metalnat27 but people leave that place instead of helping harlem

[@sethgaston8347]

@@metalnat27 shit let's stop electing others to solve our problems in general, we either rise up and make the most of circumstances or keep getting played by limp lying career politicians.

[@deftones8717]

@@sethgaston8347 great point

[@metalnat27]

@@sethgaston8347 I 100% agree with that too!! But under such circumstance -- we would need another MLK for sure!

[@vic8230]

lmao, did you see those firefighters faces? They're like "omg get me tf outta here. 🤦" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Novadad35]

I love Harlem but damn its 2021, we still gloryfying the hood smh. Drew Hamiliton raised me though, god bless yall.

[@ye23.]

I wanted to say theyre just young lost kids but the girls father and mother were also encouraging it. Some ppl are just stuck in that cycle and will never get out

[@theclasmalls4406]

Lol Drew Hamilton was home for me to from 1967 until 2006 I had good times in 200 but yes there is life outside of the project's.

[@jazzg3068]

@@theclasmalls4406 how was life in drew or Harlem in the 70s

[@starter47990]

Thats why voting Democrat is a trap for blacks

[@Astarrrrr]

@@starter47990 voting any side is a trap none of these politicians are helping anyone but their pockets and the corporations pockets.

[@themetronomelab.9457]

It’s truly sad that they not realizing how trapped their minds are . Young sis locked in like her moms. FDNY AND NYPD work the area and go back to the burbs paying good money to be far away from all them.

[@cocolokoflacco]

and that's the point ppl like you still fail to understand. if most NYPD actually came from and lived in the community they would care wayyy more abt it and the ppl would care more abt them too.

[@Ambitious_973]

@@cocolokoflacco why even take a chance and live there

[@cocolokoflacco]

@@Ambitious_973 you are apart of the problem I see

[@Ambitious_973]

@@cocolokoflacco how

[@cocolokoflacco]

@@Ambitious_973 Because u fail to understand why that would be the best move

[@sleazepuff]

Videos like this are important for cultural cataloguing, so I appreciate this for that. Hoods worldwide represent robust social connections, simple bonding, and the rawness of human socialization. But I'm also proud of my parents for coming up from this and raising me differently. Glad to be on the academic side of things rather than living it -- I'm too soft for all this lmao

[@Argos-xb8ek]

@@JR-mr1tw Damn JR coming real disrespectful assuming what this person doing. if the person does social work or something

[@sleazepuff]

@@JR-mr1tw I'm an engineer, but appreciate your concern. Have a blessed day!

[@kyleball8396]

Nah bro

[@creepnasty5370]

You find culture in this? Lmfao

[@kayemendi4501]

If you have to be “hard” in order to survive the place you live, you best know and believe it’s not a good place to live.

[@del.see.oh.89]

I grew up in the hood too. I didn't grow up in the P's but I'm sure our income would have qualified us for it. I've since made it out. I've made something of myself and live a very comfortable life. Seeing that mother and daughter just made me so thankful for my parents. They didn't have much in terms of money but they instilled good values and a strong work ethic into my sisters and I. We've all graduated college. We're all homeowners. Two of us are millionaires. We built a house for our parents in the Dominican Republic. We did all of this with very little resources.. Just determination and the understanding that our parents didn't make their sacrifices or work 75 hours a week for nothing. Honestly.. If you're from the hood and you stay long enough to raise your own kids there you've done something wrong.. Failure is often a mindset.

[@liiqaonmarz6451]

I've lived in the bronx all my life & all I can say is I HATE HATE HATE new york. If I could I would get up today and move away. One day I will be glad to leave all this behind. People be proud to be living in the ghetto, there isn't anything cute about it. Being a thug is so played out and corny af in 2021, girls talking like men all gangster'ish is far from cute and annoying to hear. Hanging out in front of a Bodega after 20 years old is not the look whatsoever. Ugh, I'm tired of it out here.

[@uncleangie9597]

I hope you figure it out soon brother 🙏🏼

[@imaniakerrison3396]

Yes hunny I moved from bronx Everytime I visit I am disgusted Move to suburbs or out of state!

[@Dataisthetruth]

Anybody talking like these people is unattractive. Even the males.

[@seanin1990]

I moved from Harlem to Co-op City. Harlem got too white.

[@Immortal4everable]

Same. Grew up in the south Bronx. Finally leaving the city after 25 years in a week. This video is just reminding me why I made the right choice.

[@Minabinafofina]

Many people become a product of their environments. Generational curses, mindsets, and struggles are being passed down. I have so much faith in my people. I pray for the generations to come, they are the future.

[@tajwalker5493]

Fr fr, it hurt to still see the momma out there, and now she got her daughter out there to smh

[@nateclipps]

It’s not a generational “curse” more like generational Trauma!!

[@YuranMartins]

“ I’m not a fan of losing money “ Well said

[@larsstougaard7097]

Yeah that's why Elon Musk moved into a 50K tiny house 🏠

[@whodonit]

She lost already

[@blazeup5519]

KZbin censorship is wrong

[@wwefan1442]

She not a fan of losing money but scams people for money ?😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Von.NorthEnd]

They be saying "If you ain't from here don't come". They say that like it's a fucking 5 star resort 😂😂😂

[@JUSLOFI]

I know I'm older and wiser but I still don't understand WHY, with all these cameras, folks still wanna broadcast their criminal activities for clout.

[@td4639]

This shit ain’t cool. Living in projects ain’t cool. Being stuck in the same place for life ain’t cool. This shit is sad man.

[@Homeb]

Living there is one thing but turning it into a bigger shithole than it already is - a different thing.

[@estelaangeles2346]

@@Homebi like going outside but most of the time I'm inside because a few reasons

[@danielhill1553]

@@estelaangeles2346 how did this comment have any relevance to anything?

[@bigstone1293]

When your mom raises you to be hood, it's all over for you. lol

[@devcooper9282]

It’s disgusting tbh

[@overthemountains7207]

Their mothers are probably fiends

[@Trerockstar221]

Very disgusting

[@Jonathan-js3bx]

@Fidel Cashflow who tf is jealous of this

[@AAA-kg3pj]

@Fidel Cashflow i dont think any1 is jealous of dese lot

[@lizardskin1258]

Lmaoo I literally walked through them projects all types of hours and at night, ain’t sh*t going on around there 😂

[@fazziland3932]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Dayum_issa_vibe]

This is so sad but what was sickening was to listen and see the mother 🤦🏽‍♀️ she’s destroyed her beautiful daughters future & neither one of them will ever know it. Live by the gun, die by the gun…

[@quelquun2018]

She looked real fucked up🤣🤣🤣

[@brittanybutler2211]

Braids :Don't come here! Gurl we not , we don't, we won't. It's all yours. Nothing going on but nobody's proclaiming to be somebody. Take that money and invest it on a life. A real one💯

[@fourtwo5619]

She can't invest that. That's supposed to be her rent 😕

[@nmorgan24]

"You not from here, don't come here" ... lol ... I'm trying to figure out why you even want to be there.

[@badgyaleshia7155]

Exactly

[@sawedoffshottyshane9637]

They talking as if they own their buildings and businesses

[@thatruth6488]

Nobody wanna go that shit Hole!!

[@FACTSOVREMOTIONS13]

Cuz is a unique place and until u walk out here u won't understand or feel the energy TALK IS CHEAP AS FUCC NOWDAYS

[@kkaybaltimore]

I could walk through there right now, FOH

[@phuto6546]

Imagine having to police that neighborhood. Man it’s hopeless.

[@mikederucki]

Saddest part of this: they actually live in a nice place, with nice courts, wearing nice clothes, nice community center, etc. they could take all of this and do something good and productive together - could have a nice community - but instead they are just wasting all of it. Then complaining about how hard life is - you’re the ones making it hard on each other! I can’t even come down there and visit you at your apartment? Or walk down the street to buy food from a community business? Clowns. No wonder corporate money is buying up all of that and kicking y’all out.

[@Andreia_169]

Cause they are dumbs. Period.

[@jw5483]

Precisely. The fact that it’s dangerous for an outsider to visit means that it’s harder for people with businesses in that area to thrive. They are literally stunting their own development

[@Nantosuelta]

They dont realize how pathetic it is to glorify staying in a place like this. Glorify the ones who got out and did something with their lives. Those are the ones who should be proud of themselves

[@teeszu]

Ignorance is bliss

[@lleahgold]

@@teeszu but he just said “we make sure the old laddies and mothers is straight” so how are they 100% ignorant 🤔

[@teeszu]

@@lleahgold little kids getting killed by stray bullets everyday. Wtf you mean

[@1991Guru]

@@lleahgold that’s called a cop out dummy

[@CC-pu6qn]

Ghetto mentality at its finest.

[@kidb1998]

"You know why they call it projects because its a project. An experiment..." jay z

[@ReenaBINA]

Im so glad u left this comment

[@kingkounty7398]

"We're in it only as objects"

[@purpsmkr7]

This was said b4 rap was a thing

[@losermidgetslob3878]

Originally Built for servicemen and their families who happened to be “white”

[@bossjean6685]

@@losermidgetslob3878 teach!!!!

[@ritamillionzentertainment4908]

I can’t believe it’s been more than a year since we filmed this, & to reach 1.6M is mind blowing. I loved working with you you’re amazing & you definitely gave me a platform to work with. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to speak our truth & share how our lifestyle was growing up. You’re amazing & I love what you do ❤️ Shout out to HoodVlogs keep grinding keep shining 🫶🏾

[@RJ-xi3du]

Great video, but this video isn’t a good look for the people that live there at all

[@Realmotion2000]

Man get yo old a$$ out the streets No 🧢y’all Brokies/goofys need to get out the hood

[@Realmotion2000]

Talking about don’t come to my hood y’all grown a$$ hell talking about if we don’t recognize u it gonna be a problem U a whole brokie Grown little kids goofys 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀

[@aldonova4082]

Yeah, lot's of views because it's sad and depressing and people seem to like to watch that to feel better about themselves.

[@voidenterthehighlights]

go back to school mam

[@St4yfaded]

Shit sad. When you have no options you gotta pretend to love it.

[@0patience4flz]

You know what time it is

[@jayceejackson3584]

Well said

[@nokapdorival7657]

😂😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@InfoByAC]

This how it is here in toronto

[@St4yfaded]

@@InfoByAC lol yeah okay

[@outkast40]

Explain how people in low income housing can claim an area they don't own.

[@cyndinniwest5827]

😄😄😄

[@stonegutierrez2992]

Βy living in it generations and generations

[@outkast40]

@@stonegutierrez2992 theirs no generational wealth in the projects. just multi colored hair clowns.

[@lanaebee7376]

You a 🤡

[@flyguy2589]

Go tell them that or don't say sht

[@j.baldwin3012]

When you're in the middle of that environment you can't see how toxic things truly are. Everybody is getting positive energy for negative activity. Also, I don't think a lot of these people have traveled around the country much, cause there are grimy hoods all around the country. I'm from Detroit, and this project is nicer than any I remember as a kid, and there definitely wasn't a bunch of smiling and having fun.

[@ChrisM-bn5vr]

Them trying to advertise how dangerous their hood was to outsiders like it was some sort of thing to be proud of was so cringe, I mean cmon it's New York.... People from Slums in South Africa or Brazil would probably be laughing at this and looking at this place like it's a playground.

[@yezmirsheppard-halika6892]

@@ChrisM-bn5vr and that's sad for them.

[@mikegreen2701]

straight lol this guy talking about your bag gonna be stolen at the park 🤦🏼‍♂️ people will steal your bag at the rec center in nice neighborhoods

[@EbonyHoopGyal]

I’m new to New York and that’s what I be taking these people… they are not special and this lifestyle is nothing to brag about.

[@charlesxplosiveii6206]

Two things, one you have to come to New York and actually see the projects to say they don’t look that bad. Some of the worst conditions exist in New York City projects but regarding these projects, those projects are nowhere near being really wild like they are trying to portray. That’s the more decent part of Harlem. Anyone who watches us videos understand these people are really about that life that’s why it comes off with them looking kind of silly. I know a lot of people from Harlem got a lot of friends from the PJs and the side blocks they grew up nothing like those of us from Brooklyn. Or I’ll say most of them didn’t. In Harlem if you don’t want to be in an alarm since you didn’t have to be. In Brooklyn you were in the middle of a war zone. Harlem has always been somewhat decent for our people even though the drug game has always been heavy there. This video just gives her a bad name it’s not that bad, trust me. Respect

[@nicholeclear1067]

The girl cracks me up! Holding up all that money and you still aint got a pot to piss in!!!

[@danmiller2177]

This lady is very beautiful, she needs to get her self together...

[@76turner1]

I love there accents,,,

[@jackcage1964]

She’s beautiful

[@crystallipology8912]

Yup

[@thekaerichtexas]

It's really not her fault, it's just all she knows

[@sylvanusmwetupunga4243]

I thought i was the only one that noticed

[@sharay938]

I was born/raised in Far Rockaway in the PJs and eventually when moved and now I’m teaching overseas. I’m thankful for the sacrifices my mom made to ensure a better life for me and my sisters. Normalization of chaos and trauma is a mental illness but they are conditioned to struggle and legit things this way of life is ok bc that’s all they know. Aside from TV they haven’t been exposed to a better life/opportunities. When you accept Christ into your life and lead with God he will truly bless your life. I pray better times for all of them

[@Foul_Al]

Yeah I was born in Foster but I was raised in O.V. I know about that Far Rock life. Not too many people made it out of both places 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@mani-hx9ez]

@@Foul_Al advice for me ? I live in o.v as we speak and I’m 15

[@Foul_Al]

@@mani-hx9ez Stay to yourself. Stay out of the middle and keep yourself busy. Everybody is not your friend out there. Don't get me wrong you can have mad fun out there but know when to bounce and go home. Be safe out there :)

[@ta6378]

@@mani-hx9ez i know it sounds corny but if you’re 15 ..please stay in school, get good grades and continue to educate yourself even when not in school.. that could be your ticket out.. it was mine: undergrad degree, masters degree and PhD…now living in gated community safe and I’m never hungry, looking over my shoulder, haven’t heard gunshots in years and living very, very well…you really can do what you want…it takes discipline, no matter what’s going on around you..✌🏽

[@laverne7648]

I feel bad for the kids in that environment.

[@QuinnSmalls215]

Me too. It’s BAFFLING

[@jokershit7675]

Tbh it’s still way better than chicago or BR. Chicago hands down most violent and destructive area w none to do for those in trenches n rough hoods.

[@ye23.]

@@jokershit7675 chicago is just sad

[@jokershit7675]

@@ye23. bruh not sad but tragic. There is no law no safety. Out of control fr. Cops corrupted af. It’s a lost city. War zone 24/7.

[@drek273]

@@jokershit7675 sad and tragic

[@LC-ur8gv]

Man, if it wasn't for the background of crime, poverty and "hood" stuff i'd love to live in a community like that. From the outside it seems like they all know each other, hang out together and stay close. Kinda reminds me of when I was a kid in the pre-internet era. I don't know why in wealthier communities you see this less and less. So sad to see this only in poorer and more dangerous places.

[@Cypeq]

I feel like this is life necessity there, it's like prison mentality, in violent place to have some peace you need people behind you and they need you too. In more normal places your block doesn't have to be your friends and extended family, you can have your own friends people you chose, and hangout wherever you like without fear.

[@blessredy]

Lord I thank you! I truly thank you that I don't have to live like this 🙏🏾

[@BIGSuperstar-or4vx]

Facts

[@davidnoble6766]

Aww man who you telling brother smh

[@davidnoble6766]

It saddens me when I see this because it's a real thing. A conditioned mind is a controlled mind!!

[@DreDaGodSon]

Amen‼️

[@favouredWoman777]

Amen! & I meen that in the humblest way . W/o any judgment but it's sad. I was thinking to myself an apartment complex, house or community can't be hood or ratchet by itself. It's the mentality & personality of the ppl that lives there. Some of the homes& apartments are nice looking on the inside. But a person/ppl that don't have that hood/ratchet mentality don't want to be in the mix of all that mess.& I couldn't blame one for not wanting to be.

[@ajseb]

He said “we called it pebble beach, females used to think it was an extravagant beach, but we just bring them to the roof top” lmaooo 😵

[@traphousegamer1906]

Had me rollin 😂😂😂

[@Poppa-Lobo]

How u wouldn't know where u goin before u get to the roof of the building is beyond me. 😏

[@mariealexandria603]

@@Poppa-Lobo 😭😭😭💯💯💀

[@lizziesang2303]

@@Poppa-Lobo this made me 😂😂🤣

[@0utschpoken]

Fun Fact the first guy talking is Skeeter Millz who beat the woman unconscious with a skateboard last year in a viral video

[@weiSane]

Wtf ...damn

[@suzanne1430]

Omg...I just watched the video...he knocked the hell out of that poor girl....wtf!!!!!

[@al5603]

That shit was crazy, I'm surprised he ain't locked up.

[@suzanne1430]

@@al5603 I couldn't believe he did it....and I couldn't believe all of the other guys just laughing.....how awful.

[@christiant.1113]

How you know it's that guy? Assumption?

[@milkyway6230]

I was raised rough but I WAS RAISED RIGHT. INTEGRITY , CHARACTER AND SELF-RESPECT IS SORELY LACKING IN THESE COMMUNITIES