Michael Franzese Reacts to Gambino Mafia Forcing Raekwon to Change Album Title (Part 20)

[@floridaman7]

Vlad was in the computer lab playing Oregon trail intrigued by NWA.

[@pasoldier9304]

That Oregan Trail was 🔥

[@edmon7943]

Computer Lab

[@biggpanch]

Until he died of dysentery

[@goodjawn610]

​@@biggpanch 😅😅

[@JusticeleagueCH]

Oregon trial is OG shit 😂

[@biggpanch]

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is a better title anyways

[@donskeezy4042]

Yeah it really is...makes me want to listen to it now

[@scienz]

true statement

[@seancagney8897]

Far better, agreed.

[@hardworkingrick2318]

Best album to got them both in cassette and CD

[@losangelesstreetnews]

that album goes crazy !

[@pasoldier9304]

It hit different when the Gambino family start calling.

[@kidkiw]

Do ya homework on the Gambino Family pressing you

[@learsinamorrellik1655]

@@kidkiw what do they do

[@ronpl8473]

@@learsinamorrellik1655 they prepare you some good lasagna and pasta, gelato, arancini.

[@jukkapalmu412]

@@kidkiw 😂😂

[@jordancarlin9687]

They don’t want the recognition . They are opposite of dumb loud biker gangs . They are forbidden to have tattoos which are identifiable marks

[@Cultureking_23]

You hear how happy he was about the loud records connection. He gasped for air. 😂

[@TreyTaylor-yc1sd]

That’s unbelievable

[@derivedmind]

Gasped for air...then went right back to bobbin

[@blaxalpha_boxing]

“we can settle this like you got some class or we can get into some gangster sh*t,” - Goldie from ‘The Mack’ 1973 -

[@raventalks2776]

Oh god! We will now have Vlad telling stories about being entangled in the mob now 😂

[@captaincoon_]

“We have another connection” 😭😭

[@catdaddy2643]

Russian Mob.

[@Ah_Yote]

“Ya know I’m actually very very good friends with Sammy the bull”

[@Melloman1995]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Realtizzy100]

Y’all always find something to complain about

[@r.d4577]

For alot of us who grew up in NYC during the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's that lived in certain neighborhoods like the Wu, that has a big Gambino/mafia presence on Staten Island. Just like my area of Brooklyn North, East NY/ Cypress Hill, Canarsie, Brownsville, Queens South neighborhoods of Ozone Park, Howard Beach, are literally right next door to each other. We lived next to the Italian American neighborhoods. Most of these hoods in Brooklyn were Italian neighborhoods first anyway. We went to school with these guys and their kids. It would not be hard to run with and have connections with these guys especially because of street shit, Hip Hop and the love some Italian Americans have for Hip Hop. Trust me there is a heavy influence on both sides.

[@npc2k]

It was a ny thing and anyone from ny couldnt help be influenced by it from 70s-90s

[@sammymobs3889]

And never left lol

[@sammymobs3889]

Still idk why back then blacks wanted to act Italian

[@thesupervisor3270]

Makes perfect sense

[@Rockoslab]

I cosign this statement from accross the conduit. Ozone Park⬆️. Atlantic ave, Jamaica ave, Liberty ave, Fulton street. 101st. Rockaway Blvd, Pitkin, Sutter, Linden, Franklin K Lane, John Adams. City Line and the hole too. ✌️

[@EliteBlackSash]

Mafia was popular for the same reason Shaolin flicks were - it’s the structure and the strength. If only people keyed in on the principles of respect and family more than the strength or the money.

[@sinclair1420]

💯

[@thottydagod457]

those dudes were all snitches

[@sdeye7480]

They are also snitching on each other. Some “family”

[@mattdestroyer77]

They're criminals dude smh.

[@SHEK110]

‘They aint having that and if they’re having that, you know what they’re having’ 😂

[@Monsterdamage12]

70-30😂😂😂

[@IceRockPolar]

$$$ break🍞

[@stimmybutler6709]

Extortion....

[@moneyman24258]

Mob can’t handle wu coming at them but great wu back downed

[@jaythemachine3845]

@@moneyman24258 lol what you think they were gonna do meet up with the gambinos and battle rap lol 😂

[@vladtv]

Watch the full interview now as a VladTV KZbin Member: kzbin.info/door/g7lal8IC-xPyKfgH4rdUcAjoin

[@AdrianJr]

Get it ALL from em Vlad. You do your research and ask the RIGHT questions. These guys are THE last living proof of that lifestyle. When they die...these vids are as close to the truths we will have for decades to come.

[@mjov6655]

Michael thinking “what a stupid conversation.”

[@jumahbrady670]

Facts 💯

[@Alivirgo8.24]

If somebody named Gambino calls u not to do something, U dont do it 😂

[@godofthisshit]

@Olivirgo8.24 Not really, it’s just make no sense to fight over someone else name. Now if the Gambinos said all Wu revenue belongs to us, then there would’ve been a fight.

[@citypopFM]

@@godofthisshit It actually does make sense considering they will look to extort you for using their name against their wishes and otherwise paint a target on your back. Whether they would've actually done anything is another question but I have no doubt they would've sent some dudes to try and press Raekwon. These guys tried extorting Steven Seagal, after all lol.

[@jerrybandz9164]

Even childish gambino?

[@godofthisshit]

@@jerrybandz9164 😂

[@johnapplegate4020]

@@jerrybandz9164 80s-90s gambino we’re strong.. Especially In NY. Childish Gmabini is from a city far away and the wise guys Rico cases started popping up..

[@WillSmith-wb1wv]

Can’t believe this guy is over 70 years old !!! His dad lived to be over 100!! Something good in those genes ❤

[@MCaul21]

That's not his Biological father

[@bulletmotorsports4714]

It wasint his biological dad

[@IH8Sprinkles]

​@@MCaul21 he looks more like Sonny than his brother

[@tupacwallace3113]

Sounds like you wanna 😮 him

[@semyaza555]

He looks no older than 60. That’s crazy.

[@xavierjames8085]

There’s so much that nobody has asked Michael , but vlad did a whole interview asking him the same shit

[@happytrailsgaming]

Michael has told his full life story over 100,000 times on KZbin 😂 BUT I’ve never heard this story

[@xavierjames8085]

@@happytrailsgaming I’ve heard this story a 100 times but it’s not a Michael story’s that’s why you ain’t hear it , n I think Michael has tons of stories left ppl jus not asking the right questions in my opinion but I do feel you Lmaoo

[@GreggSagge-lt6le]

​@@xavierjames8085blow

[@L.C1993]

Raekwon realised that the real heavyweights pulled the plug and they weren’t his average enemy that hustled nicks and dimes and accepted what they said.

[@trigfizzle6876]

Of course they're an average enemy. They are a bunch of old white guys who tell on eachother when they get caught. That's about as average as you can get with white folks.

[@jumahbrady670]

Facts 💯

[@sabot4ge]

😂😂 rae probably would have gave them an interest in the album

[@tripmcneely6519]

You're mistaken because raekwon is mafia material but he ain't Italian, if he were he could've gunned his way up to the top, him and ghost face are on another level.

[@vonpoevii]

This one clip explains why so many labels push Black violence. Imagine the scene in Godfather, where they are talking about pushing drugs into the Black and Brown communities, but not allowing it in their own. Take that same scene, and apply it to violence that they are allowing to be spread in the music industry.

[@SWOTHDRA]

I always hated that scene, and francis ford brokekola kept that racist shit in his movie

[@chasenickles260]

​​​​@@SWOTHDRA why not leave it in, it was true to the core, the Italians didnt like or fuck with blacks.........it is what it is, which is another reason why hip hop in the 90s looked foolish when they went through that mafia era, emulating dudes who didnt mess with them.... from nas and the firm, to raekwon and his wu Gambino, to even hov early on with reasonable doubt album cover..... even B.I.G with junior mafia, however at least with big he emulated himself off a fictional mob boss that actually messed with blacks....frank white.... They were a few other rappers who was on that mafia wave also that I cant remember

[@stollinroned5090]

​@@SWOTHDRA It's realistic.This was in the 40s if I remember correctly

[@funkpill]

And yet, its called an "iconic" film.

[@martinvanburen4578]

it explains why Black culture loves Black violence, aggressive behavior and glorifies "thug" behavior. Black consumers don't like soft music and you don't see gospel music being bought by Black people. If it was outsiders, you would hear Black people push back against Gospel music being pushed. What you also see is Italians punking Black artists like Raekwon. He wanted use Italian names and they told him "no". Violence is loved by Black people, you can hear it in Black women who set the tone. They don't like nerds or guys who get good grades. You hear Black women wanting thugs.

[@bxnyc8298]

Vlad,you say some wild things bro, Bumpy Johnson,FrankLucas,Nicky Barnes,Guy Fisher,Stanley Williams!!!all black gangsters

[@raymonbristol9628]

That become Gangsters due to Italian people and the Mafia committee. Goofball

[@shilowaters6082]

I really like how the camera is focused on Michael and not back and forth with the interviewer..Michael is quite a handsome fellow!

[@MelvinMansoor]

You should see his daughters

[@keyceandreas9254]

Every community has their members who earned their living from the streets like Michael said. Irish gangsters, asian gangsters, black gangsters of course, Italian gangsters got to film first so of course the influence is heavy with them.

[@franklinmohlala955]

Vlad legit tried to connect himself with the mob😂😂😂 Stop it now Vladimir😂

[@hiramclarke88]

Gladimir

[@slide5039]

He almost fainted when he found out they know the same people 😂😂😂

[@thoneybadger95]

Micheals face says I can’t believe this guy is older than me.

[@Camme69]

Michael is 72 years old

[@thoneybadger95]

@@Camme69 Vlad is still older

[@B-Reel420]

@@thoneybadger95 Vlad is 49 lol

[@B-Reel420]

@@thoneybadger95 he was born in '73 not that he is 73 yrs old lawd help you lol

[@nicab1990]

I think your meant to say I can’t believe this guy looks older than me 😅

[@anthonylawson3914]

Gangster Disciples started in 1969. Sometimes Vlad needs to keep his opinion to himself.

[@BossmanRR7]

I mean in his defense.. he is white and the biggest gangster since the 20s was the Mob. Movies and tv showed mobsters. Godfather came out 1971..

[@TheMonstar1981]

Did you not watch American gangster?

[@BossmanRR7]

@@TheMonstar1981 😭bro that shit came out in 2007… we talking long before that bud

[@TheMonstar1981]

@@BossmanRR7 the movie came out in 2007 the actual events that the movie was based on happened in the 60s fool smh 🤦🏿‍♂️ you can’t be that slow cmon man

[@busterhikney6936]

Steve Rifkind doesn't need editing out unwanted information, he does it himself!

[@deesee2051]

Vlad trying to get in the mob 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Hr-dy1xv]

He has more of a shot than blacks looking for a pat on the head by an Italian

[@JoseGonzalez-il8zh]

​@@Hr-dy1xv But is he Italian in any way?

[@buffalosoldier585]

Who cares.

[@buffalosoldier585]

No.

[@rockyyoung8268]

It’s wild cuz the Wu ended super cool with a lot of them Mafia cats

[@goodjawn610]

The word gangster is derived from the word gang.. gangster just meant the member of a criminal gang.

[@ep_got_the_sauce]

Big negative, square.

[@goodjawn610]

@@ep_got_the_sauce thats the origin of the word dick head. 2 seconds on google is all you had to do.

[@forgottenstreets]

Some say that but the truth is a gangster is a member an organized crime group. Not just a gang member.

[@Tuelz...]

​@@forgottenstreets gang member and gangsta is the same thing... turn out to snitch by the end

[@glchris]

Vlad clearly showing how he knows nothing about street culture. The term gangster isn't exclusive to the Mafia.

[@therealdjx214]

Michael is a real Boss!!!

[@christopherdejarnett2152]

It's says another about the influence of European images that they wanted to name their album after some Italian criminals, as though they epitomized street players. It's quite sad, in my opinion.

[@fairviewgreensmade]

Very sad. Those same Gambino's would be quick to call their ass a n***er or mooly(however you spell it)

[@semyaza555]

Nggas have lost the plot completely.

[@wilsonfisk4741]

What your European images it's a street thing a society of oppressed people of honorable men a money power respect structure nothin to do with colonial influence nor the same people African Americans share last names with last time I checked black people don't have last name like Gotti or Genovese

[@semyaza555]

Some of you guys need to start spell-checking before hitting the reply button.

[@malcolmxpanther]

I wonder what the Gambino family thinks of Childish Gambino

[@ronpl8473]

They think of him as a bambino Gambino.

[@yoyoma2831]

🤣🤣

[@sinethembangundana8071]

🤣😄

[@nilsmedskillz]

@@ronpl8473 lmao

[@reachyouteachyou4649]

They think hes childish

[@daviddelgado6411]

The slight grin/smile on Franzese'a face when Vlad brought up "Wu-Gambinos."

[@KingStone-so1yl]

Every rapper is gangsta until the real Mafia shows up.

[@xennialsavants8226]

I would tend to think NWA was thinking differently when they thought about the term "gangster".... I mean California already had a deeply entrenched gangster culture that wasn't that influenced by the mafia. But I'm not from Cali so I could be wrong

[@NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot]

Also it was ‘gangsta’ not ‘gangster’

[@apraew20]

There's Mexican Mafia on the west coast, not Italian.

[@domosito4472]

Mafia is an Italian word it's the name of the gang from sicily, like Camorra is the name of the gang from Naples (in Italy) and Ndrangheta from Calabria (also Italy) so anytime you hear Mafia it's copied from Italians

[@reyerik8240]

They were calling themselves gangstas way before nwa theres literally a term called OG BG which means original and baby gangstas in the 70s early 80s but it is from italian gangster its derived from

[@bigsmokemerseysideredynwa4198]

So what was frank lucas/Nicky Barnes/Frank Matthews if black gangsters didnt exist until the late 80s? Vladimir need to stop brown nosing

[@jordancarlin9687]

Notice Vlad never talks over Franzese like he does other guests

[@pravinsingh1466]

He did earlier on the Biden/Trump part

[@waynebarry2597]

There’s plenty of guests Vlad done had where he just shuts up.

[@47hundo86]

Yea he does😂

[@zroy9263]

I'm a middle-aged Haitian American man from Flatbush, Brooklyn, during the early 1970s thru the 1990s. I'm also a Mob historian as a result of being from the epicenter of gangsterism and the popularity of both Godfather films. Hollywood and the media helped romanticize and popularized Cosa Nostra. However, the reality in New York City is that there were all kinds of ethnicities involved in organized crime, such as the Jewish Mob, Irish, Black American, Chinese, Jamaicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Russians, etc. Organized crime was never exclusively an Italian outfit. However, they were the most organized and powerful. And they certainly were the most charismatic! Italian gangsters were also heavily influenced by Black American culture as well. Think about the jazz era, blues music, Doo-wop, soul, and later hip-hop. The mafia was involved in the music industry since the inception of record labels, night clubs, and jukeboxes, as well as radio stations. And of course, the talent, style, swagger, and brilliance of Black artists and musicians, had a lot to do with how Italian, Jewish, and Irish hoods carried themselves. And don't ever forget. There have ALWAYS been Black gangsters in the streets of all urban cities throughout the United States that worked alongside European American thugs and influenced their swagger as well! Research Black gangsters such as Samuel Christian, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Matthews, Caspar Holstein, Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, Frank Lucas, the Jones Brothers, Ted Roe, Jeremiah Shabazz, Chester Campbell, The Supreme Team, and Jeff Forte along with his army THE BLACK P STONE RANGERS. These cats were ruthless, organized, and cold-blooded true gangsters as well!

[@gonk4793]

Didn’t know most of this. I’m more closely what would be a white suburban male but I’ve read about bumpy Johnson, a little on Frank Lucas and of course supreme team cuz of 50 cents beef. I became a little bit of a mob historian from Oliver Stones movie about the jfk assassination and other documentaries

[@mrfabulous17]

It bothers me how little about black culture Vlad knows outside of pop

[@JL-by6ce]

Hip hop changed the way mobsters dressed too. Track suits and sneakers came from hip hop late 70s and 80s. Changed what their kids listen to and how they talked too.

[@em3dtv]

Guess Vlad never knew that black people were known as gangsters back in the 1920’s and 30’s… 😐

[@ChuckGnarlyTV]

This man is 72 years old. Looking like he in his 50s

[@502gurl]

The look of pride on MF's face talking about the mafia gangsters 😂. Once a wise guy always a wize guy 💯

[@trigfizzle6876]

Those guys always end up snitching.

[@el-tayebnubiano9867]

Proper lol

[@abrakadabra9033]

Thanks for doing gangster shit so we can be entertained by the movies

[@ramessessportscast5178]

Eight Tray Gangsters was calling themselves Gangsters in 1974-75. That’s just the first time you heard it Dude.

[@slide5039]

Shady 80s

[@ThrowedoffLo]

Bruh got pressed by gelato makers 😂

[@Hr-dy1xv]

Second hand embarrassment

[@fyreleomh1896]

The Crips and Bloods are classified a a gang. So I'm assuming that's why they can be called gangsters. That's what common sense would suggest anyway.

[@markraposo8076]

Gangsters… when I think of gangsters, I think of organized crime not street dudes on the corner

[@dboi4952]

@@markraposo8076 there's gangsters and gang bangers. Even though there's levels of gangster, technically they're all gangsters.

[@lerobshow6300]

The crips and bloods (and other street gangs) are at the bottom of the food chain. You have the mob up there and then the bikers and then the street gangs. That's just how it work.

[@fyreleomh1896]

@@markraposo8076 they are still classified as a gang though. They are the literal definition of a gangster.

[@fyreleomh1896]

​@@lerobshow6300 What does that have to do with the definition of the word gangster??? I didn't say anything about the Peking order.

[@biggie23ag.84]

Gangsters are all over the world no one race owns those words

[@nuevomex8734]

Yeah but Italians started it

[@U.S.Dept.ofHoeflation]

😂 The word in question is the family name " Gambino " not the word "gangster" . Goddamn reading comprehension 😂

[@RazPerignon]

@@nuevomex8734 lol Italians didn’t start it, gang culture and organized crime in America was started by the Irish and jews

[@biggie23ag.84]

Actually it was the black moors of Sicily

[@biggie23ag.84]

If you can’t communicate without insults stay the fuck outta my comments! Always on line tuff people

[@cbcampbell7307]

Vlad....there are all kinds of gangsters from every ethnicity. Jewish, Russian, Black, Latin etc...

[@Jrlegit608]

I wouldn’t say “FORCED” more like they changed it out of respect for the Gambino’s💯

[@slide5039]

Settle threat is more like it

[@Jrlegit608]

@@slide5039 naw it was out of respect it

[@streetlevels]

Vlads eyes started twinkling like Steven Universe over that connection 🤩 1:51

[@izzythomas848]

Vlad is surprised that NWA had a song called "Gangsta Gangsta." Did you forget they're from Compton? Bloods, Crips ring a bell? Are Italians are the only gangsters?

[@chris-cy5ed]

Them dudes ain't no real gangsters because real mob dont exist! Meanwhile: wackster100 on piiiRUu ,on pieeeRu🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️clown

[@chris-cy5ed]

God bless you

[@dboi4952]

@@chris-cy5ed they're street level gangsters, but they are still gangsters. Even big time mobsters interact with street guys. When you actually enter their world, that's when you realize. People forget there's levels to everything. Too many movies.....

[@mr.x653]

Not all Blck crime organizations are on street level. Mafia has been kicked in the ass by Black drug cartels in the 70s and 80s. It‘s not just stupid ass La Gang Bangin only. And even the Gang Bangin culture in La or Midwest has high tiers. Chicago gangs were at one point consudered a national threat because of how much influence, control and power they had.

[@omariorou1339]

@@dboi4952Mobsters are street guy 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ the very first gangsters were the Camorra in the 1800s of Naples, Italy. Camorra was considered a clan, gang, street dudes and thugs. All the same sh*t just different words. Like whore, slut, thot, treesh, ho and loose

[@MrWORK123]

Bro dude a real gangster real murders in corrupt stuff he not worried about some rappers calling them Selves some name bro got real stuff worrie about

[@ShaqsBlurryVisionNetwork]

LOL I been waiting like two Mike Vlad visits for this to be answered

[@adrianmask394]

Lol vlad lowkey be fanned out by these mob guys 😂

[@slide5039]

He’d hit the track in a New York second if they told him to 😂

[@ajayayyar2074]

you can tell raekwan is sharp as hell... he knows whats going on at all times... which is why him and inspectah deck were always my favourite wu tang members and i am a HUGE wu tan fan.. new york city bro...

[@TheThetaMan]

I agree with the fact that mafia is more glorified as far as "gangster" goes. But I think the hidden sentiment that other ppl (like street gangs, rappers, etc.) aren't as "gangster" as the Mafia is based on bias and false. Because the idea of the Mafia is "cleaner" and definitely more organized. It deserves it's credit. But if gangster is a word defined as the ability to commit murder, instill fear, participate in illegal activities.. that does not SOLELY belong to the Italian Mafia.. there are many young blk rappers and gangster members today, hispanic also, that will kill someone in a heartbeat.. many rappers who have been brought up on charges of murder and extortion.. just like the mafia. It's not something to glorify but it's true.. it can be argued the tactics of street gangs today is even more ruthless because they operate with no code and without restraint. And the brutality of the Cartels... so if gangster means you do all these things but you wear a suit, sure.. the Mafia... But if it's the true meaning of the word gangster, then no... ppl need to stop fanboying over a time period that has long since passed.. that's just the truth..

[@inspiresection]

I too was obsessed with the Italian mob. Obsessed.

[@dimensionaluniverse5215]

I’m glad they didn’t name the album that because it wouldn’t have been a classic like it is now

[@ceenuz]

How you figure that!? Same songs same lyrics, same beats, same guestverses, same albumcover =same classic. It coulda been called Wu-bananas and still slap just as hard 💯

[@dimensionaluniverse5215]

@@ceenuz easy the name itself sounds more sellable than the original it was a blessing he changed it for the culture

[@LESURELOVE]

The word Gangster been in the black gang culture for years way before the 80s. Like Gangster Disciples and Gangster Crips

[@apintofbeer1667]

The mafia have been ripping off entertainers and music performers for ever

[@samdarmondy2767]

Epic interview

[@therichardgravesgroup4747]

Black Gangsters and Gangster Disciples had those names in the early 70s. Bumpy Johnson and Frank Lucas called themselves Gangsters.

[@reyerik8240]

True and in cali too

[@DizzyMakavelli]

Everything changes when Lenny Trumpet and Johnny RoastBeef are at your doorstep.

[@craigpetties1476]

Bumpy Johnson, Nicky Barnes, Frank Mathews etc.. were gangsters

[@Bigmommashouse317]

*drug dealers

[@craigpetties1476]

@@Bigmommashouse317 Bumpy was like mobster . Drug dealers are gangsters and back then the Mob was deeply involved in the drug game

[@FazsterHQ]

They were drug dealers they were not gangsters.

[@lexg3607]

Do not forget Frank Lucas.

[@craigpetties1476]

@@FazsterHQ Like the Mob back then in the heroine. Nowaday every major big organization or Mafia like the Ndrangheta, the Camorra, chinese, russians, albanians or nigerians are in the drug business. These are all gangsters

[@user-et1ch4zk6b]

“ why wouldn’t you copy the best?” That’s some cold game

[@Jd-eq3ul]

Vlad is so intolerable

[@williamshakespeare9815]

I feel liie his guests only tolerate him as hr has a youtube channel

[@onlyJCknows]

No limit records had a whole group called the Gambino Family

[@wingedinfinity777]

I lost all respect with one piece of knowledge. Thank you Michael Francese, for letting us know. At least you were honest about that part.

[@robliberachi]

What you talking bout WingedInfinity?

[@SWOTHDRA]

🤡

[@christoph1596]

Lol shutup what you talking about?

[@wingedinfinity777]

@@robliberachi I'd rather leave it up to the ones who need to know to deal with my statement. Just know that there are way more deceivers in this world than most can even imagine. They continue to expose themselves more and more. They have to, because The King is returning.

[@wingedinfinity777]

@@SWOTHDRA God Bless you, even if you mock me. JESUS IS GOD.

[@michaelcollins237]

"Oh really" Ha Ha luv it

[@Atl_Boi_73]

Anybody affiliated with a gang is a gangster. Cube and the guys were affiliated by where they stayed not sure they had options. Only things become a problem when you use a family name. It's kind of sad to see black guys use Italian families' last names because they're famous from the movies. If you research, there are Black, Hispanic, and even Asian family names but not televised.

[@cryptocaesar8972]

It wasnt just because the movies, it was because they had big time sway

[@dboi4952]

Jamaican, Nigerian, Russian, Albanian, there's gangsters all over the world. People think life is the movies. When they actually cross paths with these individuals, that's when they know. I'm quite sure a lot of people didn't think Mike was a gangster when they met him, until they found out.

[@TheMrHavish]

Indian (as in Indians from India) gangs are also found throughout India where the mob controls everything from local politics to Bollywood movie productions. Canada also has a lot of Indian-origin gangs with Punjabi Indian roots.

[@cryptocaesar8972]

@@TheMrHavish All of these words, the mob, came from the Italian mafia. People have just adopted them to other cultures.

[@aurelioisreal7964]

Gangster never exclusively meant Italians. Gangster only meant member of a gang or engaging in gang activity and gangs have been around before the foundation of America. There were Black, Mexican, native, Irish, German, Jewish, Chinese gangs in America before Italians showed up in any significant number The Italian Mafia was glorified through Hollywood movies but gangster never was an exclusive Italian thing nor organized crime

[@goldenage]

True, but the Italian system of Organized crime was unique and has been adopted by other groups afterward. They were also the first International gang.

[@Amidat]

Mexican Mafia calls themselves that for a reason. They have no problem saying they patterned it after the Italian Black Hand.

[@TheRayInPV]

Every since I was a kid I heard O.G. Original Gangster being used around S. Central L.A., back in the 70s and I found this ..."the term first started being used in the early 1970s by the LA-based Original Gangster Crips. The term original gangster was derived from the gang’s name and initially stood for “we’re the first.” Crips members would use the OG abbreviation as a shorthand when writing which part of the gang they belonged to (e.g., Original Eastside Crip or OG Eastside).

[@AlexD-cu4pu]

Yes but the word gangster derives from irish and Italian mafia gangs in the early 1900's you lot just put an original on the front of it and used it for yourselves

[@TheRayInPV]

@@AlexD-cu4pu My point was that it wasn't N.W.A in the early 90s that started using the term that wasn't mafia related. It was being used outside of the mafia since the 70s

[@rkk578]

​@@TheRayInPVI think what Vlad meant was that for the general public the term gangster was associated with the Italian - American organises crime groups.

[@semyaza555]

@@TheRayInPV it’s almost as if you didn’t read what you replied to.

[@UndergroundMonk]

@@rkk578not sure what cave Vlad was living during the 80’s. The term street gangs and gangsters has been used for the longest.

[@UniversalStand]

Only Built 4 Cuban Links was so strong that it’s an anthem for any and everyone. They would be right to reject this new age Wayne/Cheef Keef nonsense. It’s disgraceful.

[@ducklife420]

i wonder if childish gambino has to pay for that name

[@nicolumens3311]

Probably paid something to someone.. but he's not using it in a reference to a crime life.

[@chris-cy5ed]

Not if it's his name

[@DaYoungestVet]

I thought Vlad would've mentioned The Gambino Family that was on No Limit back in the late 90s

[@DaYoungestVet]

@captain downtown makes sense

[@mikegreen5502]

That's the difference between then and now people had respect if that was to happen today one of these new rappers now would still name the album that and end up missing

[@dlrowmotemoclew]

No they wouldn’t. Technology too prevalent. Mob been stopped moving like that for the most part anyway. They merged into corporate world shit. They not trying to have someone catch 30 over some ignorant kid. Cameras are everywhere now and everyone pulls their own personal cameras out all day long. But if all this wasn’t enough, couple it with you possibly having an issue with this person publicly…yea nah. Rico laws ended the mob’s violent spree.

[@alonzolb1929]

This the shi im talking about..we have so much smoke for each other but none for other races

[@echad6259]

Gangsters were around before the mafia...just saying.

[@avonfettydale9166]

Water wet😊

[@bb8942]

Well it's debatable... If you call guys like baby face, Jon Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, ECT gangsters they really weren't gangsters they were just criminals / bank robbers!

[@andyalaniz9842]

😂😂 good one

[@713collier]

He literally says that in the interview

[@slippinjimmy9052]

Dont get your point at all

[@nkosisibiya9245]

🇿🇦 I'm in South Africa & I've known about Cosa Nostra since my high school days, the likes of AL Capone & Lucky Luciano.

[@MomentumMarketingTips]

Francese well connected lol

[@slide5039]

His gas tax scam in the 80s was BRILLIANT 😂😂😂

[@unbrokend8656]

When 1 of the most powerful families in the world tells you no it's a no

[@redlake2943]

🤣🤣

[@its_rick_james_bich2575]

How did Wu Tang Clan go from being the most innovative hip hop group ever in 93..but by 96 changing their names to Italian American mafiaoso? I’m sure Rza can explain!🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jackstar6018]

Yeah, Realy innovative They stile thier name from some karate flick. They borrowed everthing they ever done

[@its_rick_james_bich2575]

@@jackstar6018 Karate and most modern martial arts were invented by inner city black people in the 60s and 70s. Why do you think there was so many blaxploitation films during this time showcasing these deadly moves? Much like Cleopatra being black, this is a known historical fact!

[@maxfisher719]

​@@its_rick_james_bich2575you're an idiot

[@caseycameron5370]

​@@jackstar6018haha yeah okay I'm sure you think rza copied beats too moron

[@raymonbristol9628]

@@its_rick_james_bich2575🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shooz4unme]

Wu-Tang thought about it.....smart choice!! It would have ended Wu- Tang. Facts!

[@Tuelz...]

Lol no it wouldn't have lol doing a hit on a major music star by the 90s would of been dumb af over a name. They was getting hit with RICOs left and right back then. Tbh they wouldn't of did anything it was a bluff. Why even risk putting the whole family down

[@shooz4unme]

@@Tuelz... Why didn't Wu-Tang just go against Rifkin n label the album" Wu-Gambinos?" Wu-Tang knew better. Facts

[@lerobshow6300]

@@Tuelz... it would've been a big problem. A problem that Wu tang wanted none. Trust me. Especially at that time.

[@PhoenixRising82672]

A bunch of suckas

[@omariorou1339]

@@lerobshow6300not really cuz some of ‘em were street dudes also and we all know that the mafia don’t enter black neighborhoods

[@Crotalus901]

Wasn't there a group on No Limit records with that name?

[@ianmoone6562]

smart.. not picking every fight doesn't make you a bºtch. For those that think otherwise ask young thug how would he feel if someone from outside were to start making drill music claiming ysl while he fights in court to prove ysl is just a label

[@lanceellis3863]

Vlad, gangsta has been in the black lexicon way before 1988 my guy.

[@paceventura]

Soo did Rifkins father really ask a member of the Gambino's for permission, or had he just gossipped about it with whomever he'd been connected with in that family, and then after had been told that it's not okay to use? Or, as per my opinion, he didnt like the idea himself and so took it upon himself to put the kibosh on it,, and then told a bs story about how the Gambinos are not okay with it.. Or did I miss something?

[@markraposo8076]

He got a call from my understanding from the Gambinos

[@davidfontes8188]

Would’ve been dope if they would’ve put this in the Wu Tang show

[@robdawson5835]

Its still a title song on the album win for wu tang

[@tdoggsmackem7498]

Did you snitch on the Rifkin’s

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

Holy crap. I ain’t know Steve Rifkind was THAT paid.

[@MrOneWay5000]

Vlad just subliminally sonned all you black rappers and gangsta rap fans lol

[@JGood92]

But interviews these same type of dudes. What a hypocrite

[@markanthony7273]

mike set the record straight the mob was not the only ganstas point blank period vlad don't know shit never bust a gun in his life

[@markwilletts1252]

I fucking love MF

[@solodeus_rey8548]

Ok MFer😂

[@coudgeb]

Only built for cuban links is one of the best rap albums... EVER Start to finish its a masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I still listen to it everyday & it never gets old or overplayed❤

[@thomasbrown3356]

In Chicago, Gangster was a common term. Vlad likes to pretend he's up on Black Culture, but clearly , has no grasp of urban history.

[@bz3105]

Raekwon's a smart man: some battles just aren't worth it.

[@1800BrickCity]

Vlad is so out of the culture he says “ BLCK GUYS CALLING THEMSELVES GANGSTER”

[@raymonbristol9628]

He is right . They weren’t at a certain time period and culturally they aren’t.

[@1800BrickCity]

@@raymonbristol9628 he wasn’t at a what you have to speak in complete sentences

[@raymonbristol9628]

@@1800BrickCity That is a complete sentence! There was a certain time period only Italians, Jews, etcetera were Gangsters and Black people had not assimilated to that lifestyle yet. Therefore, Gangsters don’t come from black people so there had to be a time period when they started and Vlad is mentioning when he thinks it first started.

[@1800BrickCity]

@@raymonbristol9628 mmm Bumpy Johnson was born in 1905 … Lucky Luciano 1897 … Dutch Schultz 1901 same generation … not afraid to kill each other …

[@raymonbristol9628]

@@1800BrickCity yeah but here’s the thing, Dutch and Lucky are no where near the first Jewish or Italian Gangsters.

[@wessideconway7029]

That would never happen these days. Ain't no Gambino going to war with Choo and woo.

[@tmac7887]

Vlad know god damn well these mob dudes don’t like hip hop

[@albertp-w4d]

Why does Vlad sound so giddy when he talks about the specifics of certain situations that involve the underworld?? He's laughing while discussing his very distant connections to the underworld. Seriously Vlad? You know you're not supposed to be acting like this. Like a kid in a candy shop. Act like the businessman and composed interviewer that we all know you to be. You don't need to step away from that to prove something to someone. WE know you didn't come up IN the streets and never will be a street guy. Stop trying to project that image. It's not working.

[@aaroncoles3112]

I think Raekwon did it out of respect like ok these guys dont want us using their name im not gonna be a dick rider and do it..not out of fear

[@williamshakespeare9815]

Why?

[@ronpl8473]

I've always been a fan of the WU, but that's the only thing I never like about them, that mafioso thing. We're not Italians, why using their names. That's one thing nobody can take from 50. At least he chose to name himself after a black gangster like him.

[@FazsterHQ]

@@ronpl8473 the real 50 cent was not a gangster in fact there has never been a black gangster, to be a gangster is to do organised crime. There’s nothing gangster about pick-pocketing, robbing old people, shooting up neighbourhoods and being a nuisance.

[@ronpl8473]

@@FazsterHQ So the Supreme Team that made millions and millions weren't organized?

[@aaroncoles3112]

@@MarkDavis007 so then why did they still name the song Wu Gambinos u goofy...zip it

[@Mannyskates5]

Why do grown men like talking to other grown men.👽