Life in San Fernando Gardens Housing Project

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[@JorgeLuis-hi6uv]

Shits was foo

[@CarlosGarcia-vl5oz]

Go to the Bryant St. Apts. In Northridge

[@CarlosGarcia-vl5oz]

Pacoima is part of the city of Los Angeles. Not many people know that.

[@fredo3106]

Lennox next

[@anibalpuertorico6556]

Hey homie what did he spray in them chips

[@DrZiggy-cq1xk]

If you don’t respect the Elote man you a chump

[@tektnique7148]

Jew Skates straight up palabra.. I hate seeing them being disrespected.

[@mandero6682]

Or the paletero wassup

[@jaygee3852]

I’ve seen them get taxed for selling in the hood

[@iDubMassive]

💪hell yeah. Plus if you get to know them they know aaaalllll the chisme lmao

[@dannysantana5062]

@@jaygee3852 yup. I heard of suckas doing that too. They'll get got for something solid too. Like 5 or 600. Is that you in the thumbnail?

[@samuelnatal3221]

I'm Puerto Rican, and i don't see no difference between us. I grew up the same way, in the struggle. I lived in similar fashion. That dude could be my brother if he were here in NYC. Anyways, much love and respect to my Aztec brothers and sisters.

[@felixthunderbird1557]

black Nigga We know you’re white and you can’t spell for shit. Can’t even understand what your dumb ass is saying. Stfu

[@mustafahajj]

@@felixthunderbird1557 According to your comment all white ppl are smart? News flash: All white ppl AREN'T smart, nor are all white ppl wealthy. Just saying!!!

[@carlosgee9783]

Elvis Natal sALUTE MY GEE

[@Slim545]

Elvis Natal Hispanics blacks go through the same struggles it’s not different

[@CarlosGarcia-vl5oz]

The difference is that Puerto Ricans that reside in the U.S lean more towards the black gangs

[@zombiebeserker8008]

The dude that’s touring him around humble af all love to Bru

[@2rawkfitness]

@_little.giant_ come get the tour 😈

[@Yngsavi]

@@2rawkfitness 😂😂bro did seem koo AF tho

[@scarface10900]

On Gang 😈💯

[@slimmanson4426]

Lil homie had a mask on. He was ahead of his time lol

[@tupikahielos4758]

Off topz 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Magna4k]

Haha😂💯

[@luisrangel6696]

LMAOO I JUST NOTICED THAT

[@payneheller8431]

:DD

[@davidrivera778]

Bullet proof and a mask year ago the kid went to the future and went back.

[@minorthreat4205]

I like bros positive vibes, he ain’t tryna come all hard or anything. Dope video bruh!

[@T1VISUALS]

Fr fr usually ppl like that be the craziest they ain't tryna put on no front always cool and until it's time the coolest mufu always be with the shit

[@trollpolice]

These foos are pacoimeros real g's not buster ass flapperas who bang on high school kids who dont bang.

[@zorilla6151]

@nathan gold these projects have a higher crime and kill rste than a watts fool

[@photosynthesis69]

Lorenzo Salinas and where are you getting those statistics? Link?

[@zorilla6151]

From your mommas house nigga.

[@i3urris629]

That Coffee Cake hit different in Elementary!

[@johnrodriguez7534]

My boii it ain’t the same coffee cake they changed the recipe/ingredients or something supposedly it’s more healthy 😝

[@marinarios7460]

Its whole wheat now... but damn it was delicious back then.

[@radromy3326]

You can get the LAUSD coffee cake recipe online. My wife hooks it up since the kids only get the frozen pre-packed stuff now.

[@radromy3326]

I remember getting mine on a cold morning and it be hot because you know I was in the front with my ticket saying bye to my abuelita. Then I couldn't wait for it to cool so I poke a hole then poor a little lechita then ohhweee. I see that long line at Starbucks as I drink my KCUP and think man they ain't got shit on us carnalito.

[@LatinaCreamQueen]

@@radromy3326 got a link???

[@kirezetroc6633]

No stress no bills; only worried bout some coffee cake. I felt that.

[@chrisdominguez7917]

I've lived in pacoima all my life in pms haddon and sanfer the coffee cakes were no joke the best pan dulce the school offered and it was always warm and steamy delicious with every bite you'd ask people for their coffee cakes

[@haileylopez8265]

The SIMPLE fact that he asked if you wanted something too like a drink or a snack. That’s what I love about Mexicans!!! Always willing to feed anybody ✊🏼 mad respect. Love that family means the most to them! ❤️❤️❤️

[@idgaf8315]

Not all mexicans are giving.. lol ive worked and lived around them they only look out for them selves

[@Henry-y8b9q]

You are a beautiful girl😇

[@tittiesinmyface-cv1iv]

​@@Henry-y8b9qsimp

[@Heebu100]

feel bad for the kid just tryin to play soccer man

[@glyhzy9858]

Fax

[@stevenl4950]

Tumeg it’s fake lol

[@whatis9465]

His sentences did not fucking make sense

[@cookizg7570]

😂😂

[@thehardcore1383]

Cold world

[@franquitotaquito856]

This guy has a good head on his shoulders, hope he does well in whatever he is doing now.

[@2rawkfitness]

@_little.giant still just a ninja

[@MA-uf5dg]

@@2rawkfitness hey bro is the girl in white named Alejandra? . I used to visit there when I a kid. I thought I recognized her in the video.

[@kimberlyblunt]

I agree

[@889bigdave]

EVEN US BLACK FOLK LOVE THE PALETERO MAN😭😭😭

[@mr.stealyogirl4078]

You ain't lyin bruh

[@JesseMonster]

They have a soap dispenser on the back, the kind you'd see in porter potties on construction sites.

[@allforpeace1223]

Dave100s Not here in south central, you foos be robbing them and then get the buisness and cry about it

[@Khaled-eo9mr]

HoldthatL Not every black person is like that

[@allforpeace1223]

Khaled Alexander Seems like that here🤷🏻‍♂️ deal with it

[@alexm1841]

Man. I lived in a project but only until I was 4 so I don’t remember it very much. What a lot of people are unaware of though is that there are private landlords with rental properties in great neighborhoods that accept section 8 public housing. We ended up living in one of the safest cities in Southern California and I thank my mom for wanting to get us out. She made $15k/year tops with 3 kids. I think rent was a few hundred a month for her and then housing paid the remaining $1,000+ for a 2 bedroom house. I was the first one in my family to go to college and I don’t think that would have happen if we stayed. All my cousins stayed, got into gang life, and are in prison now. For all the people in this video that truly want to get out, do some research, make some phone calls, and get out! I wish you the best.

[@sfdko3291]

That's standard nowadays. You aren't allowed to build new properties without 30% (at least in nyc) going to affordable housing.

[@docholliday2961]

We tax payers pay the difference and don't get irs credit for raising others kids.

[@youflaw3285]

"WHEN I WAS A KID I USE TO BE A NINJA" im getting that on a shirt

[@Fadeadvato]

Sho Lom fuegooo 🔥

[@RoLLUpAFat1]

Lol for real

[@NFJIZZY]

Sho Lom 🔥

[@NyneWolf]

i was looking for this comment 😂😂

[@2rawkfitness]

I use to be 😂 @_little.giant_

[@JavierGarcia-xz5yr]

Man..... the way he tells his stories when he was a child, going through the good places just gives me the chills. I can imagine how things used to look back then. He really did come from the Projects, humble af too bless up man 🙏.

[@Element_one15]

Im also from pacoima, the way the homie tells it its just right it's always a good time in the hood until we get shot at And the pacoima coffe cake is the best ive ever tried. It belongs in Chef Gordon Ramses Hells kitchen restaurant.

[@truthsoldier1969]

I lived in those projects when i was a kid in the eighties on pierce st. My parents moved to a house a few blocks away on osborne. Shit was crazy in the 90s i was in high school i remember everyone wanted to be a gangster there was so many gangs just blowin up everywhere you had pacas13, pacoima criminals, knock knock boyz, cayuga st, paxton st, pacoima flats, project boyz, pacoima van nuys, latin times that shit was for real tho, you would see foos at the parks or outside liquor stores atleast 10 - 20 deep and they were always packin’. All tht shit started calming down when they put the gang injunction and 3 strikes rule. A lot of the homies i went to school with are locked up and alot of them aint here anymore. RIP to all who lost their lives in the hood frontline. By the grace of God some of us are still here. Much Respect to all the homies in the struggle.

[@juliogonzalez1496]

I lived in the Projects on Pierce St too. Back from 1985 - 86. I was in the 3rd grade... Pacoima Elementary, Mrs Webber was my teacher.

[@evielknievel4972]

I lived in Panorama City in the early 90s ( I was 14) and yea it was crazy times. I got mugged while riding my bike and the took it. Two older g’s and much bigger than me . One grabbed the handle bar and shook me down. A few months later we saw one of those guys being jumped by some BSF guys. Gangs were everywhere.

[@evielknievel4972]

@Salinascali 200 Most homeboys in the area were I lived ( Panorama , Tobias Av ) never bothered the youngens . But I was guessing that those levas were outsiders. They had different colors and sounded central american. I went to four different schools because over population in the schools and saw alot of sh*t . But hey , you live and you learn. Plummer Elementary to Frost Jr High to Sepulveda Middle. When they jumped those to punks they took their jackets off so that’s why I think they were outsiders . Much love homey. Stay safe.🤛🏽👍🏽

[@elihubildad6677]

They really cleaned up the hood look like from this documentary compared from back in the day.

[@ahuramazda980]

What high school did you got to?

[@behindthemfscenes4427]

Dude just relived his whole childhood. Bro knows what life’s about, got lost in the gang life

[@tonedatruth]

From this video this dude is a very respectable and humble human. I fw it 🤞🏽

[@hollywoodcheremonkey]

Yeah I was like, this guy is totally cool. He's not fronting. "When I was a kid I was a ninja."

[@horizonfan]

1:40 he has a picture of his house Incase he gets lost someone can return him to his home

[@locomoco4710]

This the type of cat that never talked to drug dealers or gang bangers but was always cool with them 👌🏽👌🏽

[@danyaudet7444]

Exactly what i was thinking💯

[@estupedude21]

That’s how it gotta be

[@wickedastro4610]

How would he be cool with them without talking to them... you make no sense 💀

[@locomoco4710]

WICKED ASTRO theres plenty of people in my hood that i say wussup to and i don’t even know their name. Thats the type of respect we give each other.

[@iDubMassive]

WICKED ASTRO I think he meant he’s cool with them and talks to them but I think he meant he doesn’t talk to them as in chill with them. I could be wrong but that’s how I interpreted it

[@jerminator0688]

2:47 with all due respect, it’s not “hot boxing” if the window is open.

[@gaganbal9577]

Said the same thing when I saw that...

[@biasedshow3768]

Factz lol

[@highvibes4203]

Aye homie chill LA county has their own type of “hot boxing” 😂🤦🏽‍♂️ good video tho g

[@trifeloco]

What does that mean to you guys out there ? In NY (to the older heads) to say hot box was describing somebody that's obvious and attracting bad attention, like from the cops. Just curious

[@jacobperry619]

trifeloco hot box is smoking with no fresh air so you get higher

[@phyllisgarrison3561]

OMG! I ran across this video! I live in Georgia and I'm from there! I went to Pacoima elementary 54 years ago and my twins went there 32 years ago. We lived on Hansen Hill, but ALL my friends lived in SF Gardens! What a blast from the past! We had softball teams and a pop Warner football team called the Buccaneers in the late 80's a lot of my friends went to the Catholic School there. Pacoima park always had theater for the local kids to act and they had plays and beauty contest and dances on the weekends! Man, memories! That was the place to be for ALL races!

[@theebob2008]

Cool to hear your history with the place.

[@Tacana_Redd_Sox]

He ain't lying about that coffee cake. It's a LAUSD staple 😂😂😂

[@76turner1]

Bruh I hit up LAUSD warehouse by county USC & the district office for the recipe..... They was like nope

[@Tacana_Redd_Sox]

@@76turner1 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 they harboring the formula

[@SomeBaldDude]

😂😂😂 I could go for some right now,

[@mutilatedhatred4868]

That coffee cake and the wings are the best

[@agentmartagentmart9122]

reddrob4726 it is! They made an article about LAUSD coffee make and how it is so good !

[@JoseGarcia-um8iz]

I’m Mexican and grew up poor in Los Angeles but my parents never went this route to live thank god ! Who knows how we would turn out

[@andrewmacias8238]

Ya same here.

[@magaliperez7376]

Prostitution,prison let me see 🤔 oh maybe 💀☠️👻💀☠️👻 dead

[@rmar4346]

Straight up. Project are just dumping grounds for ppl society don't want. It's just a trap into no where. You gotta to lucky and strong to get out.

[@miltoncabeza1005]

mejor pobre en mi pais ,que pobre en un pais que no me quieren a la verga

[@miltoncabeza1005]

cause your dad likes to work

[@theglassgarden7627]

“It’s like a 5-7 year process” this boy talking bout section 8 like he the one paying the bills 💯

[@highvibes4203]

Damar Kemp nah but he goes through it you ain’t gotta pay shit you can just feel the struggle bro

[@theglassgarden7627]

Yea we all know the struggle but hes just young to be knowing and speaking on that kind of stuff 🤦🏽‍♂️✌🏾

[@highvibes4203]

Damar Kemp he is too young bro! Exactly imagine being young and knowing all this at such a young age it sucks bro

[@theglassgarden7627]

Yea I grew up in a section 8 house my mom was a single parent of 4 I know it all too well that’s why I said “we all know the struggle”

[@talkaboutbert9055]

😂😂😂😂😂 I'm dead

[@realbadgyalstefy607]

The dude was already living in 2020 with the mask and the bulletproofvest

[@princegroove]

He was hoarding toilet paper too. 🤣

[@busted_dyna8580]

There wasn't any plates in it.

[@alfredozertuche784]

when a $1 actually could get you a coke and chips sometimes even a lollipop.

[@user-qz1sb8ln1x]

Alfredo Zertuche omm

[@alfredozertuche784]

remember when coca cola products you could win free cokes under the cap. toostie roll lollipops with the Indian shooting the star can get you a free lollipop. All the kids would play tag together 20 deep. We knew when to go home as soon as the project lights come on we would be inside.

[@cesarm350]

Bolis ice treats 25 cents

[@alfredozertuche784]

CESAR M yes sir my brother would take a backpack to school then slang the watermelon, pineapple, corn and mango Chile candies

[@trap3400]

*Even 99 cents can get you small icecreams on clearance*

[@mrodriguezglobe]

Bro you could sell this content to Netflix

[@faze_julius1875]

mrodriguezglobe Netflix will turn this real shit to a joke for white people entertainment

[@wordisbond7603]

@@faze_julius1875 realst comment

[@faze_julius1875]

stiinkydick poopybutt lol you mad

[@tonygee8779]

@@faze_julius1875 what's wrong with that? basketball players get MILLIONS entertaining white people

[@prodbytn_]

Tony Gee it’s different bro,this shit here real mane frfr🤦🏽‍♂️

[@gabrielcharles2247]

that dude in the begging asking people if they want sum 😭 wish my friends were like that

[@FadeTeeVee805]

These foos knew the corona virus was coming aha...foo with the mask and toy bullet proof vest aha 😂😂😂

[@sosadollaz5538]

Toy?

[@fabiolasolis8986]

😂

[@johnpolos8796]

It’s not a real bulletproof vest , it’s just a vest for style it’s popular in Cali

[@sosadollaz5538]

The 408 that kid rockin some real shit doe

[@davidmaldonado9717]

@@johnpolos8796 obviously you ain't neva been around a real vest that's a real one little nigga its niggas like you who have no buisness talking getting they ass beat in hoods like this

[@erikhernandez8395]

Growing up in the hood was tuff lowkey glad my pops took us out the hood I pray and hope all you guys make it out the hood and stay out of trouble nothing but positive vibes y’all shout out from Houston 💪🏽💪🏽

[@addisonlewis723]

Agree!

[@willamestrada1121]

Uyyyy verga saliste de Guatemala para irte a Guatepeor

[@thomasgongora2265]

Screwston TX

[@bombingroks96]

Right if your getting shot at since you been a shorty why would you want to stay in the hood. Gtfo asap no lie leave all that hood shit tough guy shit for the pendejos who want to die young. Stop the cycle

[@magyaradam8957]

Make it out the hood? GET A JOB AND MOVE!

[@gigiguillemet6487]

LAUSD coffee cake. The breakfast of Champions

[@yamomsass1263]

With the lil sausage😂

[@ItsMikeArre]

Mariah Martinez u talking about the sausages in that bread “pig in a blanket” or the round sausage ?

[@yamomsass1263]

@@ItsMikeArre round that they give with it.. But the piggy in the blanket is fire tooo

[@ItsMikeArre]

Mariah Martinez idk if it was just my school but I also remember those fkn egg and chorizo burrito with hot sauce 🤤 pure fire

[@Hostileknives]

Gigi Guillemet I used to poke holes 🕳 with my straw and pour a little bit milk and make it a tres leches 😂🤣

[@seankarhan3681]

"The choices we make take us to the places we're going"

[@BeerBreath702]

Sean Karhan ffs.

[@hoovergroover5340]

Fact

[@VeriteSB]

All facts

[@ganktuh]

Wise words from a young man with an old soul

[@Hvacmania]

@Clark Jones wtf? I lost a brain cell trying to read this

[@flaviochavez1747]

Been to so many quinces and bautismos and weddings at Guardian Angel and Santa Rosa, then we all drive on over to someone’s spot for beer and carne asada in the backyard. Kids running around, hanging with their friends and family. Best memories ever. I got so much love for Pacoima, some of the best people I know come from there fr.

[@raymondzayas4322]

I’m Puerto Rican from Massachusetts and can relate with these brothers. I love my Latino people

[@MG-mn8gx]

Shitt aqui de Bayamon

[@cathlic2007]

Sameee , But from what part ?

[@Hvacmania]

Q pedo loco . 😆😆 Salutes from califas . mex.

[@rawcircoking]

You probably from Worcester too huh?

[@bvsteel990]

how can you relate they live deep in the hood and spend life constantly watching their backs and you live in Massachusetts you can not possibly feel them in anyway. they in California where life is hard and again you are sweet Massachusetts.

[@Ivan-gt4ln]

One thing I know about latinos- they’re never stingy.

[@whysoserious5854]

@I'm Dead not even

[@CastleVaniak]

Except the jew ones

[@unkownnenob6739]

I'm Dead Im Mexican and I think every race has racist people dont make sense to me

[@Ivan-gt4ln]

@@unkownnenob6739 the narrative was always, whites are racist when in fact, every race has those bad batch of racist fucks

[@ELViejito100]

@@CastleVaniak Jews are the kings of racism wtf are you talking about

[@Taco_ocaT]

I feel like every apartment complex with "gardens" in its name is hood af

[@iDubMassive]

Letucces Satan hahahahaha

[@iDubMassive]

Reject da Illest anywhere in Chicago is crazy 😂

[@dailyhoodnewsreport6888]

Not where I live lol

[@omarzaragoza2797]

Im from killer gardens great neighborhood

[@hittz2581]

Facts..and ............i'm im south Carolina

[@Mec714]

It’s so sad to see how everyone is basically desensitized to the violence. Tour guide was very humble; my heart goes out to everyone trying to better themselves & get out of the hood. Everyone is so quick to judge. I read a lot of comments w/ ppl saying that they had it worse, please don’t compare your struggles, the mental anguish is still the same.

[@gafazprokrew]

Gay

[@hndue7162]

Foo has that vest on like a life jacket 😂

[@ferrarils4074]

I thought the lil fucker was border patrol 😂😂😂

[@josephblanchard6248]

Well it is a life jacket, is it not? Saves a lot of lives...

[@hndue7162]

Joseph Blanchard your a little late bud

[@BounceCX]

😂😂 looking like a dumb ass

[@despicablejay8923]

@@josephblanchard6248 exactly

[@TheJoe89jan]

I’ve worked in Home Health Care in this particular area of town. There was always this feeling in the atmosphere of poverty, depression, and violence every time I’d go in those areas. A cycle of constant act of family violence, depression, high school dropouts, teen pregnancy, and drugs. Vicious cycle.

[@danielsiver5669]

This is all NSA pentagon and FBI documentation of the truth that the elite had been hiding through the government in order for to be used by the angels as puppets and piglets!!! LMAO elite I'm Free your bunch of liers and thief's of the government!!!? Who's guarding me? lol that God silly come and try to arrest me elite simpleton!!!! I'm NSA Certified! WAIT who's at my door? That's right in 3 yrs Now! And I'm ready to go to federal or state or county or NSA or DEA cause I know I have nothing to hide or be afraid of At All Elite! Ivy league college ! using this Angel hidden Verbiage that you all received in the sorority and fraternities incall you all out and you know the earth is flat and you know it has a dome over this part of the earth and one bigger that this one o we the biggest part of the EARTH! Douchebags tell the truth blablabla bla yes you could probably killed me but now I know and outed the angels and there ploy to keep everyone in subdue mentality I free to live life cause Who's protecting me LMAO not the angels but God himself hahahaha whee you all go to die? hmmm Metaphysical Earth and you can change now or be enslaved by the angels you serve!

[@tmmproductions1363]

That kids story ab not being able to play soccer hits bad

[@Barajas.818]

TMM Productions it's just reality man. something we gotta live with regardless of what some1 says

[@DebonairOfTheWind]

Yup

[@adampittman1599]

TMM Productions why cause he with the extras

[@chrismiramontes3379]

I didnt get it

[@supadave422]

That shit made me so mad too

[@BrandyNorwood73]

One thing about Hispanics is that no matter where they are they stick together and they take care of their properties you can see a huge difference between these projects and where it’s predominantly AA

[@michaelcampbell296]

What's AA? I grew up near this area and never heard of it? It a type of section 8?

[@dylansm2844]

@@michaelcampbell296 means african american

[@stevegarcia4376]

The kid with the vest has no business in the streets serio

[@booker4899]

He never said he was about the streets. He was about playing soccer

[@stevegarcia4376]

I don’t recall soccer players playing with bullet proof vest @ghoster if you associating yourself or think wearing that type of shit is some kind of fashion then you basically asking for it

[@booker4899]

@@stevegarcia4376 then u never grow up in the hood the vest is for fashion that's all

[@iwannadiecum6240]

ghoster lol that lil kid looks like a dumbass

[@greysonwayne1741]

He's stupid

[@kev4850]

Growing up I didn’t realize I was struggling, and it was mostly always a good time in the hood. Fighting, riding bikes, jumping off of roofs, just doing dumb shit. I been shot at and all that, but at the end of the day, I’m still here, still alive, and I couldn’t be any more happy mayne

[@ODOGHOST]

The project version of mtv cribs .

[@evandelgadillo]

lmao

[@millymilly8264]

😂😂😂

[@juniormartinez2631]

🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀

[@rontalks8953]

Oh noooo 😂😂😂😭😭😭

[@YungAids]

man this dude had so much respect for everyone the media dont want u to see this

[@pensatoreseneca]

“ throwing the chancla..”.... very powerful weapon Mexican moms always use ... if u haven’t been through the chanclazo you ain’t Mexican .

[@apollo4885]

All race moms use that

[@ELPATRON839]

The infamous gancho

[@chrisposada6221]

Or a tree branch

[@realhitta9164]

My dad used to come at me with putasos .. & Im hispanic

[@pensatoreseneca]

Junior Escareno or cinturonazo

[@corleone5680]

It was nothing major just shot him in his nalga lol 😂🤣🤣🤣😁

[@johnbeer5242]

correlon 5680 😂😂😭

[@Jheri88]

corleone 5680 😂😂

[@drockbabyvlog5257]

Man I just googled what it was 🤣I got shot in the same spot🤣🤣🤣

[@redcaliforniaturtle]

Joe Lee gun play been happening for a few decades

[@bryanvazquez2862]

Joe Lee even in the Wild West days there was way more gun play then simply scrapping

[@TheStimradio]

I like how he talks about not all the violence and bad stuff, and he goes in to some of the fun and happy times too. Like the thing about racing for the coffee cake or getting chased up the stairs by his mom. This guy's cool.

[@andresreyna4260]

First thing I noticed when watching this was the main guy you're following says at very beginning that the goal is TO GET OUT of hood. Most of these hood vlogs it seems as though many of these cats are absolutely content with living the hood life. And yes I know it's all some know but having "goals" is legit lol

[@clarkewi]

I lived near San Fernando. My first girlfriend was Mexican. That was back in 1963. I'm an old man.

[@princebama3398]

Are you black

[@clarkewi]

@@princebama3398 Race is an obsolete concept. Everybody now is mixed. Who knows what's in the "Wood Pile"?

[@clarkewi]

@Luis Padilla Yes. Love can't be contained.

[@chuckylee8812]

@@princebama3398 i'm black from my waist down🍆🍆🤣😂🙋‍♂️

[@Chris-rt7ph]

“It was nun major, they shot him In the nalga” lmao

[@kledus420smith8]

Hahah

[@eldominici3732]

Shit had me rolling 😂😂😂

[@gaganbal9577]

😂😂

[@ariesdelfuego]

😂

[@anthonycorleon9189]

Was dat

[@rsthegoat4221]

That lil mexican kid wit the vest got me cryin

[@envyfx8930]

RStheGOAT shits is jokes asf but the reality is he gotta wear it cause he never kno when he finna get rolled up on

[@jaimep8358]

RStheGOAT u think shits sweet LOL

[@sig9597]

RStheGOAT shit is fake tho i seen them vest on there website shit was like 80 was of money i just bought me a strap fuxka vest

[@turnupthewhat4583]

Woah that's a real vest?

[@norgepalm7315]

@@turnupthewhat4583 no lol

[@mattyp7582]

Your pad has that vibe of no matter what time you came into the house it always smelt like something good was cooking.

[@menudo2381]

I can tell you’re solid by the way people show you respect. You got a gift, I hope you can start getting paid for your work 💯

[@queengoddess8552]

True 👍

[@MikeyFazzo]

Cycle never ends . This is a game and were being betrayed and played

[@annamora1867]

I used to teach Jorge (the first boy pictured) at Pacoima elementary when he was in fourth grade. He was one of my favorite students!

[@tonyguerra7799]

Anna Mora that boa soft ain’t he

[@jakal-pd8ts]

Bruh got a good attitude then you think he soft boi shut up

[@kaleighharvester3327]

“Crack the windows open and hotbox” ..then how’s it a hotbox 😂

[@pacohete1460]

Cause all the patas and culo in there

[@stackagrip1]

"Nun major just shot him in the nalga" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HunchoDigital]

@PolSmokesPot { ولد الوجيهي } ass

[@michellevega1684]

@PolSmokesPot { ولد الوجيهي } means butt cheek

[@Respecked]

You mean oh geesy?

[@Respecked]

@Drukstylz 🤣😂

[@JaeSmooveTV]

That coffee cake mention brought back memories. 👍🏽 dude spoke a lot of truth about the hood life conditions. We normalized A LOT of shit, called A LOT of “bad things” fun, and was trying to maintain, chill, and it’s too bad that feeling don’t last, and how a lot of homies didn’t get to the age we are now, to look back on it, but it is what it is. The system has failed us as a people of black and brown ethnicity.

[@104blockboyz702]

Y'all need to leave cali, living expenses are ridiculous smh, another way the government keeps you in poverty

[@thehardcore1383]

104blockboyz702 real talk carnal

[@MrAwesome1325]

They want the poor to leave so the rich can make it all theirs

[@ultramaga2398]

Don't come to a republican state. Liberal policy and the demonrats ruined California

[@104blockboyz702]

Keep that one of a kind shit hole filled with satanic worshippers that run that state, I like wide open space where I can own my land and not polluted by smog and noise, im from cali and I dont like it out there, great diversity of people, but them good people can do better

[@luckytaco97]

Hell no have therm stay there and keep the gang garbage out of other states. I don't want this in my state, keep it in Cali with the rest of the cucarachas, it's why I left.

[@Diggi1027]

I like how this one went into simply how they grew up. I'm from Jordan downs now living in surprise Arizona with a wife and kids in a wonderful home. So you can make it out, however it's harder for ppl like us growing up in the projects. This shit keeps me humble and learning to keep respecting where I'm from and not forget. I was everywhere in L.A. messing around in different projects. I loved it, but seeing a lot is what made me make the choice to leave and change. But I love this perspective, of showing us his hood.

[@jlx1562]

LAUSD coffee cakes are 🔥🔥 no 🧢

[@donvito2491]

Jaye Rolando no cap to a cake lol u idiot

[@southcentraltv1530]

On god they fire bro....either u was the nigga to put yo milk in it or eat it just like that lmao

[@impoundmedia]

They come cold now 😰

[@crenshawgrinder2515]

Cinnamon Rolls too.

[@iTsJesusBruh]

the chalupas...

[@josuemartinez65]

That little kid thinks he's a narco or what, he's always grabbing his vest

[@positivevibes709]

He’s a kid... nervous and scared prob

[@jackofspades9742]

Too bad that vest ain’t gon stop shit

[@evo1624]

Gummo Gang Fr if niggas really had a issue it’s dome shots

[@randypeppercorn1865]

That vest is probably filled with marshmallows

[@figueroa42020]

That vest don’t even got a plate on it lmao

[@lesliemanuel7414]

Always look forward to your Vlogs my boy. Love your content. Shout out from Arizona 👊👊👊

[@tramonzebryant8915]

Dam you know it's bad when a 12 year old rocking ah vest🤦🏾‍♂️

[@kaigalura250]

Yee man the P tough as hell

[@zaytime4156]

That’s not a real vest that’s for fashion

[@georgefifita7131]

That’s a vest for looks, real vest be hittin yo pockets

[@tocayo6969]

Shit ain’t real the plates would’ve been heavier

[@legndgrape5188]

@@georgefifita7131 man they cheap if you actually getting shot nothing costs too much especially if it protects you

[@Jess831W]

“I always wanted to bench 2 plates now I do 4 plates “ lol yea right 4 plates of some tacos 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

This is probably a long shot but are you the same Jess I dated 2 years ago that was a freak in the sheets and used to swallow??

[@Jess831W]

Soul Keeper TM nah bro I lay pipe ladies swallow my kids

Jess831W oh snap.... you need to change your name my dude. Got me peeps here thinking you a chick

[@Jess831W]

Soul Keeper TM nah am good all man bro

[@jeremyl8989]

Soul Keeper TM your both weird af

[@joevanyalzaga1056]

All them city’s are hard to grow up . Sylmar,San Fernando, pacoima, sun valley north Hollywood. They all got getto sides

[@tonymccormack682]

I lived in sun valley in 78 -80. Shootings at the local park all the time. Got bussed to an all white school in the hills. It was gangsta as hell. If you think this is cool you’re an idiot and have never been there. Chickens running around in the yard people chasing you trying to steal your bicycle. If we hadn’t of moved I would have gang banged for sure. I had friends with brothers who banged

[@bobangels2382]

Nathan Gold this how it is cause of the gang injunction. There’s been 8 gang related homicides in a 2 mile radius from the Pacoima projects .

[@damienlopez1203]

Van Nuys ese

[@breakingthecult]

Y Panorama city?

[@maniacron2143]

If the size of these rooms dont motivate you to get out i dont know what will

[@luckytaco97]

I can smell the food and baby diapers just seeing it on screen.

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

@G D but California isnt governed by communism. It's governed by the system you are pumping up.

[@therealjulez7886]

@@luckytaco97 real talk homez

[@maniacron2143]

@tyty tyty foreal bro shit I hate confined spaces

[@williamlevi5051]

Love how the young lady speaks. Very positive attitude..

[@victorgomez7738]

Grew up in Nogales Arizona in the 90's..talk about the hustle and growing up in the streets. Respect if you managed to stay alive!

[@fiskerboy2011]

Honestly? This vid is amazing! It's the best one I've seen from your channel, no bs, just the pure reality from the mouth of the people that lived that reality! Really good job man, this vids are legit! Much respect to everyone!

[@dudemann3068]

That coffee cake,chalupas,and pizza... bro me and my folks reminiscing about those too.....good ol days when we were kids

[@thepickupsfivesixtwo5494]

Yes the chalupas were bomb! I think about them with the hot sauce every now and again. Thought I was the only one! Graham Elementary

[@gmcneoplan84]

Much respect HoodVlogs 💯 , you be putting yo life on the line going into these hoods just to educate your subscribers.

[@gavinpitman2187]

They finally put pacoima on the map grew up there crazy seeing the streets I walked on on KZbin

[@lenutz2537]

Gavin Pitman same bro

[@MrMnelly]

It's been so many years since going back I live in the midwest now, because property was crucial for a mother with 8 kids!!! Love that I was born there and it's in my blood!!

[@MrMnelly]

@@jessejohnson6743 you must be one of them white kid that grew having everything with yo ungrateful ass always being spoiled and shit, i was raised to work for my own unlike you, my momma had yo ass in her pockets tho welfare or not she got it out the mud , love when people like you hate on it tho, thanks for the reminder of what an idiot you are.

[@MrMnelly]

@@jessejohnson6743 Even Steve wonder can see your a coward!

[@jessejohnson6743]

@@MrMnelly And it's "*You're a coward", not "your a coward". I see education isn't your strong suit either. Pretty sure you'll have a long career serving biggie fries out of a tiny window hahaha. You border hoppers aren't the brightest bunch, so I'm not surprised.

[@Kallepeng]

....thnx for havin´us around guys! Keep on keepin´ on and all the best from Berlin/Germany!

[@Animalescent]

This dude is the best interview u did so far ...can tell his energy is genuine... homie not tryna act like he the hardest nigga in his hood or acting like his hood the toughest or the most dangerous.. homie not acting he gettin more money that what he his .. he talkin about positivity & progression for his community... blood a Real 1 👌🏽

[@OJA-jf7bp]

So this is where that bomb ass strain sfv og came from

[@vallero8155]

One of my favorite strains of all time no doubt

[@YBull102]

trash

[@JosueGarcia-lx3ny]

Poverty huh .... brand new J’s , designer jeans and jewelry... ok. Poverty or priority ? Gtfo

[@jrfiddy]

Josue Garcia back then dumbass

[@mchosto7343]

DEADASZ

[@JosueGarcia-lx3ny]

vteqnix back then what ? This video was posted June 2019

[@stephonfoster7488]

Josue Garcia he don’t live there no more

[@chrisramirez-perez4661]

Josue Garcia clueless much?👀

[@magaliperez7376]

Dawm I use to live with my mom in those Projects when I was young. I still remember when that young girl was found dead my jefita showed up to pay respects. It was rough growing up in Pacoima but luckily was around a gang of gang affiliated members from all gangs in the 818 Valley but was mutual and they showed me respect and likewise is why I made it out I still remember that little church ⛪️ Good to see all the raza doing positive

[@giovannicolio0213]

Hope everybody makes it out the hood and accomplish their dreams!

[@rhyno9798]

It's not the hood people need to get out of, it's the mentality, habits, behaviors...

[@woosh2055]

@@rhyno9798 I think it's a mix of both

[@rhyno9798]

@@woosh2055 think about that🤔 it can't be a hood, without the hood mentality. Otherwise, it's just another regular neighborhood like everyone that don't live in the "hood".

[@Andrew-qh2ub]

@@rhyno9798 no it’s bc there were born like that it’s usually bc of there parents and it makes the kids look up to them and do the bad things

[@danielsiver5669]

This is all NSA pentagon and FBI documentation of the truth that the elite had been hiding through the government in order for to be used by the angels as puppets and piglets!!! LMAO elite I'm Free your bunch of liers and thief's of the government!!!? Who's guarding me? lol that God silly come and try to arrest me elite simpleton!!!! I'm NSA Certified! WAIT who's at my door? That's right in 3 yrs Now! And I'm ready to go to federal or state or county or NSA or DEA cause I know I have nothing to hide or be afraid of At All Elite! Ivy league college ! using this Angel hidden Verbiage that you all received in the sorority and fraternities incall you all out and you know the earth is flat and you know it has a dome over this part of the earth and one bigger that this one o we the biggest part of the EARTH! Douchebags tell the truth blablabla bla yes you could probably killed me but now I know and outed the angels and there ploy to keep everyone in subdue mentality I free to live life cause Who's protecting me LMAO not the angels but God himself hahahaha whee you all go to die? hmmm Metaphysical Earth and you can change now or be enslaved by the angels you serve!

[@tomfoolery342]

Those Project Boys were hilarious. I used to work at an auto parts store around the corner. I'm black, and those fools used to come in for parts and they all called me "Ben Davis". One day I asked one of them, "Why you guys call me Ben Davis", that fool pointed at the logo on his shirt of a Gorilla with a hat on...we all busted up laughing!! They were cool🤣🤣

[@sweatygonzalez3412]

Calling you a monkey and you think it's funny.. yea ok

[@dmcfail987]

​@@sweatygonzalez3412exactly

[@kareemabduljacandybar4558]

smh

[@deeayeveeeyedee3793]

@@sweatygonzalez3412he wasn’t a sensitive, triggered little b**ch

[@dinosaur_monkey]

dude you are relentless, thanks for all the great uploads and cool editing too

[@virginiaryno2631]

Educate yourself, stay away from trouble, and I'm sure you'll make it out of there. Dream big.

[@Barajas.818]

Virginia Ryno sometimes, trouble may find us instead. it's hard 4 most of us

[@virginiaryno2631]

@@Barajas.818 - don't I know. Believe me, I made my bad choices. But that never stopped me from being the best I could be. I graduated from college with a bachelor's and have a good job. Supports me n my 2 boys.

[@Barajas.818]

Virginia Ryno some of us don't have the intention on making bad choices & end up worse than good. trouble's always there to remind us of where we TRULY come from.. the ghetto.

[@virginiaryno2631]

@@Barajas.818 - Never get stuck in your past. I don't claim to have walked in your shoes, but by choice I had my share of misfortunes. Did an 8yr stint. Not even that kept me down. I once read that " No poison could kill a positive thinker.... No medicine can save a negative thinker.... learn from your mistakes and never stop working on yourself. Where there is a will there is a way. Stay positive. Never forget where you came from it keeps us humble, but you don't have to stay there.

[@theecuck9730]

That mom with her kid spoke real shit. Work hard, work together for real change and stay humble. Everyone always got envy and hate that other people got shit. Why bring people down when we can try to lift everyone up.

[@gmcneoplan84]

I had a bus driver on the Orange Line (a light rail service in the Valley) tell me back in the 2010s that if you have no reason to go to Pacoima then don't go there. Ever since he told me that I ain't ever been over there. Pacoima is the South Central of the Valley,

[@sallutz]

I eat at a local cafe/place sometimes across the street from the Pacoima projects. Never been inside the actual projects. Thx for the quick tour.

[@theillusiondestroyer4538]

Is it that pink pancake joint?

[@sallutz]

The Tainted gentleman Exactly. And the food is great there. If you haven’t been, you ought to.

[@theillusiondestroyer4538]

@@sallutz I have been there... it's been a few years though.👍

[@sallutz]

The Tainted gentleman the owner has more recently opened an additional location in Sherman Oaks / Van Nuys area.

[@theillusiondestroyer4538]

@@sallutz Really? Didn't know that...Definitely have to check it out.

[@malpz99]

2:47 “we used to crack open the window and hotbox”🤣🤣

[@jessetorres4580]

Lmfao... I thought I was the only one who caught that😂🤣

[@astro713]

I used to spit out my beer and get drunk

[@andrewrulezify]

@@astro713 not the same but okay lol

[@astro713]

@@andrewrulezify not exactly the same but same concept. Your claiming to do something but not actually doing it

[@YungDonProdigy]

Krispy_Kreme_King _ that’s tough LMAO

[@samueldiaz6162]

Finally get to see something about pacoima on KZbin gotta love it 🤘

[@DanielAlvarez-cn9br]

I grew up in South Central but went to school near the San Fernando valley so in a way it’s basically like my second home got really in touch with the valley and my girl lives out in the valley but man I love the valley more than where I live

[@andyxan4109]

I thought the gangsters were no longer in fashion eazy E comes back I miss you

[@BreuckelensFinest]

@@athletics0067 Lmao! I tell people this all the time. But I must say that my cousin did ballet as well but he was a straight-up Criminal. He just got out of doing 17 years of Federal prison. So just because you went to ballet doesn't mean you ain't a Hard Rock!

[@illdrumatik391]

@Ya’Dad Is that why 80% of prisons are PC now?

[@illdrumatik391]

@Ya’Dad Can tell you ain't been nowhere. You black right? Yall don't even check paperwork lol

[@bruceoregel9667]

You can tell this guy always makes the best of life with what life has Dealt him sometime you just got to make the best of life no matter what you got

[@jasontimmons2642]

Pretty sure you meant to say life not "live"

[@fishingboyzoutlawz]

That is my stomping grounds. Also down Fillmore Street . The hood. Also went to the same school. 1985 to 1991. Thanks for the video. Brought me back memories

[@Sherriedenise]

Proud to be from pacoima ! Miss the 818 😢

[@jaegermcmaster1324]

"Yall wanna gatorade" lowkey has Gatorade warehouse in the apartment

[@noelmatos7927]

This brother is very cool , I would not mind sending him a pallet of coffee cakes

[@MrX5150x]

noel matos lmfaooooo

[@theskip3663]

“Crack the windows open and hot box” @ 2:47 my guy whaaaaaat

[@israelduarte1189]

The Skip not a hot box lol

[@elihubildad6677]

Los Angeles has really calmed down as far as violence in the streets compared to the 80s and the 90s. Most of those that claim gangster now are basically middle class folks that have a nostalgia for past gangster culture. It’s smooth living in la now at least you can walk around the streets without being afraid of getting shot.

[@yayoelcredo5452]

Crazy shit man. Memories, grew up in a similar situation joined the military. Now I’ve been introduced to a whole new culture and world. Got out and never came back. This was a dope video

[@Blitzonu01]

Exactly my man thats the whole point better yourself and move up, dont act and dress and speak like a gangster and you can move up

[@Travelwithchris]

"We used to come in here and open the window to hotbox the room!" 😂😂 no sense

[@HectorMartinez-ve4ul]

🤣😂😂I used to be a lil ninja🤣🤣😂😂 that's it I'm fk dead☠️