Stringer & Prop Joe Discuss Business | The Wire

Stringer Bell and Proposition Joe discuss business at D'Angelo's funeral.

[@relto8]

Don't you think there should be movie about young Avon and Stringer and how they defeated Rayfond brothers, Dennis Woodson and others. They can also show how Cutty got 14 years of jail. I mean, movie would be very interesting that can portray how cop or detectives handled back in early 80s. The Movie's title should be "The Many Dealers of Baltimore"

[@gmaxx5478]

“The Many Dealers Of Baltimore” Lol In all seriousness that would be peak

[@Bran-Da-Don]

"The Birds Of Baltimore", it's a play on the Orioles & Ravens having bird nicknames but is also a double entendre for dope i.e. "Birds".

[@RaggaMatik]

We need to ser the history of that ring Omar stole from Marlo.

[@Geecher1]

I think it would be dope if they called it “The Towers” and made it about Avon and Stringer

[@charlesbatch3132]

💯So true. As long as they do it right to do the show justice. Cuz the "Many Saints of Newark" which is the Sopranos prequel movie was put together horribly and idw them to screw "The Wire" like that

[@terrapingee]

Prop Joe was an underrated character. Always enjoyed when he was in the plot / highlighted

[@DanielRadians]

Man’s an acting coach. He helped Mike play his part too. He’s a real one

[@nocf6465]

RIP Prop Joe

[@liamg1706]

Everything and everyone that ever existed is underatted according to youtube comments

[@terrapingee]

@@liamg1706 Maybe, but Prop Joe is legit underrated

[@liamg1706]

@terrapingee a fictional character in a tv show is underrated? Okay 👍

[@sharefrowell4284]

Stringer playing them away games

[@brianbelton7075]

Classic line 💯

[@frankmatthews4967]

As always…

[@PhillipLip]

them always games always did fuck him up

[@logicalblackman8228]

Not this time. This was the right move.

[@sharefrowell4284]

@@logicalblackman8228 to an extent but he should have waited for avon. He told him he would get a connect and that shit cost his life so had he not been playing them away games, he would be alive

[@brianlee6677]

“You got the towers , I got what goes in em” love to hear quotes like that as a hustler 💯🫡

[@frederickhargro5153]

They had a similar line in Boardwalk Empire. Gyp Rosetti told Nucky. “You got the booze, I got money. What can be more simple than that?” The writing styles were similar. They often used the similar lines. Like when Stringer got killed he said “Well get on with mutha fuc..” in Boardwalk Empire Michael Williams character (Chalky Whites” death scene when gunman shot him down said the same thing “Well get on with it”

[@Kromsmitesyou]

You a hustler huh? Sheeeeeeeeeeet

[@mauricewilson6408]

There will never be another series like this🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@mr.b.2823]

chill.. don't jinx it.

[@nathaniel972ful]

Prop Joe negociation skills are 2nd to none. I'd walk right in because the shit just made business sense. Man came with the problem and presented the solution in just a couple of sentences , no extra word. He knew how to speak to String while providing him the angle to try to convince Avon. String just standing there listening gave Joe the proof that there was division to be exploited between String and Avon. Just genius.

[@carlculpepper4828]

​@MrNokia8210 Marlo had so many older players that taught him the game, including Joe , that is why he eventually became the Top Dog and eliminated Joe without any hesitation. He knew Joe too well !

[@nathaniel972ful]

@MrNokia8210 Marlo didn't show what his end game was. He was all ears and barely talked. He kept his mystic while Joe and String kept throwing their POV of the game at him trying to open him up. And they've failed everytime because they've failed to realize that Marlo actually idolized Avon and wanted to beat him to be him. They spoke business to a warrior. As for Joe, he had it coming because he couldn't feel the wind turning against him. His time was up.

[@coldwarter3388]

Good point

[@menaceclan]

Y'all talking in here as if Marlo won the game at the end.. if that's what y'all think, then y'all miss the point .. . If there was a season 6, Marlow would've got got in the first episode... You go way further playing the game Joe's way, than Marlow's !!

[@nathaniel972ful]

@@menaceclan Marlo won but yet failed. He beat the streets and he beat the cops. He was forced out of the game yes but left as a very rich man and Levy introduced him to the corporate world. Ironically, he completed Stringer's dream. He had this fantasy of becoming the King, which he achieved very temporarily, but at the end, he was quickly forgotten by the streets. His name didn't mean anything like Avon and Omar's were. He didn't achieve his true goal: Avon's level of notoriety.

[@adamtheagent3978]

2 of the best businessmen on the show. Someone said “if you notice in the wire, the ppl who are trying to make changes in the game and society are the ones who are dealt with the worse.” String, Joe, Jimmy, Lester, bunny, etc.

[@KidsLearnHTML]

Bunny at the top of the list.

[@panchopablo6887]

The Greeks that's not Greek at the top of that list!

[@gutterbois]

Stringer Bell was a bad business man on both ends

[@m.e.5482]

​@@panchopablo6887 no change 4 them besides whom they plug occasionally

[@deJuanX]

Doesn't make much sense. Any person associated with the streets (to any degree) was dealt with "the worst"💯

[@Mcnutty924]

I love how New York is always the superpower in all of these East Coast gangster shows. The Wire, Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire.

[@zxcccccc1]

Ellis Island, Irish, Italian and Jewish gangsters, JFK international airport- these are several reasons why.

[@Vercingetorix.Fantasia]

You got the towers, I got what goes in em

[@joseluiserrazurizzuniga8809]

Prop Joe always was my fav caracter allthough Idris played one of the best roles of his life

[@nathaniel972ful]

Idris never played a better role ever since.

[@1991jamesbond]

Luther is comparable I’d say. But he isn’t a movie star unfortunately.

[@jamalepps5740]

Omar and Body

[@BeeKay2715]

Prop Joe was a snake though that eventually got bit by another snake

[@Terra-t3b]

That back to the past phone you have want correct your spelling??

[@obatron1]

“Shit is just business String, buy for a dollar sell for tew”

[@StudioMod]

"You got da towas, I got wut gew in em. Lata for all dat bewsheet..."

[@anthonymoore7648]

Yall stupid lmao leave him alone

[@SouthPhilaMilla]

Thatz that French lingo in Bmore 😂 u kno its treew lmao

[@33GLOCK]

​@@StudioModTf 😂

[@romanmcghee600]

😂😂

[@kelanvallejo4159]

Playing them away games. How it started

[@trueinnovations]

Fact....Great line..

[@logicalblackman8228]

No, not at all. This was just good business. Even Avon understood that.

[@Dayy-zy1qw]

Most definitely

[@nastynupe]

The writing on this show was exceptional

[@leebocappo848]

Prop Joe knew Avon would’ve never agreed with it so he basically played Stringer Bell against Avon so the whole organization would fall so Eastside could control the Westside supply, and he did it without putting anyone in a vacant

[@nathaniel972ful]

String's approach of the game was too obvious. Prop Joe could rock him to sleep in every conversation they had. String just got over the fact there was an actual rivalry between East and West, Joe and Avon.

[@aaronneals4579]

Prop was old and scary he knew dam well not to ever cross them guys He was a thinker and always wanted money over war

[@levelingup5d603]

Easy

[@mr.b.2823]

but he got Bodied too..

[@propaganja7264]

​@@aaronneals4579old and scary? Sounds like a smart businessman practicing self preservation. Cant be john rambo in every situation homie thats the express route to the afterlife. Joe never struck me as a Gangsta but he was 100% street savvy

[@PatRoss-rr6nq]

And you know it's trewww😂😂😂 sounds just like Baltimore

[@TomasG18]

BEST SHOW IN TV HISTORY!

[@HARRY_1982]

💯

[@RonnieMyers777]

Oz was good too & Snowfall

[@TomasG18]

@RonnieMyers777 Snowfall was cool but could've been better if they didn't exclude Rick Ross. It was supposed 2 be bout him then directer screwed him over & did show anyway...h.

[@HARRY_1982]

@@TomasG18 Snowfall loosely based around Freeway Rick’s story. After watching a podcast Rick was on he stated that it was the director John Singleton that conned him out of his life story. Before the Snowfall series came to an end, director John Singleton died of a heart attack, so the final 2 seasons are directed by someone else.

[@Keep_It_Oldskool]

Like Avon said when Stringer wanted Clay hit. "I SAW IT COMING" String had ideas but he forgot the GAME IS THE GAME

[@TheMrMann11]

Prop Joe was always the businessman. He would've been an excellent politician.

[@percymirakles]

I use to see the actor playing Prop Joe all the time in Giants over East. I even met Snoop at the Mens Wear house on Reisterstown town road. Baltimore was much different back then.

[@clee923]

Prop Joe was that dude..

[@realzhawkins9084]

No doubt

[@mr.b.2823]

till he got sloppy.

[@clee923]

@@mr.b.2823 he didn't get sloppy he trusted his Nephew..

[@mr.b.2823]

@@clee923 exactly my point... he Trusted a muthafucka. They all criminals, how you going to trust another criminal. Love gets you hurt. Trust will get you killed.

[@Gnosis639]

​@@clee923he didn't trust his nephew....he just couldn't do it. "That boy was always a disappointment"- Prop Joe referencing Cheese.

[@jamessmart7802]

Prop Joe was my second greatest character on this show. Any scene he was in it was a proposition to be made.

[@Mcnutty924]

I love how they throw in some lore with Stringer talking about the gangsters they had to kill to get the towers. Gives the series more depth.

[@seansartor]

I had NO idea the Brotha was a Brit until after the series. His acting was TIGHT ! 😎💰💯

[@vegasmitch1472]

Me either. Lived in London & the 1st time i saw & Heard a Brother that looked like Idris talk with that Brit Accent but could also do a Black dude from the States Accent Sht freaked Me out a little.

[@BlackAmerican-negro]

Foreign blacks tend to copy Black Americans on a regular basis🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Papi_Oso]

I gotta proposition for ya...

[@AJ-id2qf]

This was a great series!

[@marcuslane5165]

Prop joe the king of getting over 😂😂😂

[@opheliapalmer694]

Yes he is finesse at it's best

[@EloisPowell-jg3io]

This deal right here got both of yall killed.

[@immovableobject6851]

No it didn't. There are so many other events and actions by both men that lead to their death.

[@prodby511]

Nah Stringer was playin them away games and prop Joe was overconfident that no one would try him until his own fam gave him up

[@lamontehodges1901]

Facts!!!

[@ssmfetti]

@@immovableobject6851It all started because Joe wanted to put his work down in the towers. Then Brother Mouzone was called & that was all she wrote. Joe fed an anaconda, the anaconda being the westside. They were never going to take orders from an eastsider. So Marlo finished the job.

[@mercian9425]

Nah, Joe's death stems from being dumb as fuck and not seeing Marlo for what he is. String's death is because of trying to get Brother killed.

[@samuelgreer5223]

This is why this show is the best

[@doubleup8870]

The best TV show HBO has premiered

[@witcheshour9718]

Oz? The sopranos?

[@natemyers4946]

The Rayford brothers, whatever happened there...

[@dadadadad7787]

Whatever happened there I'll tell you what happened to c********* cousin to my brother

[@joshblanchard3719]

Whatever happened there????

[@GHOST91141]

a bunch of glorified brothers

[@Sonicfan138]

God rest their souls...

[@dadadadad7787]

@@Sonicfan138 u mean satin rest there souls

[@TiaDaDiva]

💯💯💯💯 two ghetto geniuses

[@alins4629]

Now i kinda wanna rewatch the show.

[@bigomzz5047]

String shuda never negotiated territory. It was a msg to everyone that barksdale can get rolled over easy

[@GeorgiaPound77]

I wonder why Prop Joe didn't talk directly to Avon? Stringer was the weak link

[@jefferycrouse4652]

because Avon would never have let joe's product near the towers. He'd have gotten angry at just the suggestion. Stringer got hooked up on the business side of the deal and forgot the blood and sweat they spilled to earn their territory.

[@jasonhenry6593]

This in any form of business is true. You may be born on different sides of town, country, city, etc. You may not know one another very well, you may not hold the same beliefs, & last u may not like (borderline hate) one another. If the almighty dollar 💵 makes sense & not cents, then just like Prop Joe stated “later 4 all that BS” Business is Business 💼 !

[@regidon6816]

U k ow it’s good wen the wire hits the yt algorithm

[@theodoreharris993]

GAME ON GAME ✔️💯

[@Alkelly-hh6rv]

Joe should have always walk with a piece in his ankle and a loyal friend. He would still be alive.

[@D3P.17]

Joe was easily one of the top 3 characters in the wire

[@ericrobinson1789]

Prop Joe was always talking smooth on the business tip.

[@the_sorcerer]

The short i watched just before this one was of Bodie and Poot riding on this crew selling yellow tops when the low risers were dry. Funny how KZbin algorithm works

[@TravonteFields-d7m]

I'm getting get rich or die trying vibes😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonnymitchell1443]

They should have a prequel there was a whole lot a story how Avon and Stringer got started

[@williambrown6577]

Great scene 💯

[@JohnailFairley]

Avon was the REAL KING on The WIRE

[@PaulBodyBuilder]

Straight from CIA

[@jordanporter5833]

Prop joe was a great businessman

[@derrickb.alexander6472]

If all of this gives props to Prop Joe? Then, WHY could he not see Marlo’s move to take him out? A smart business man would have taken Marlo out! Marlo had no respect for the others!

[@sammihaka2056]

Prop Joe: If Saul Goodman had skipped Law School for the Wholesale Drug distribution trade.

[@donyellowens]

So good.

[@Nidaltheakhi]

This was a topic series written masterfully people forget this also was written and The Sopranos were in full swing if it’s not coincidence the worst season of the wire was season five was during the first half of season six in Sopranos, which arguably was the most anticipated season of the show and when the sopranos ended ppl were sad but the wire was a gem iykyk type situation the wire truly didn’t get its proper praise till years after the show was finished the sopranos was big at the time it it was out and then grew into something more in the time since its passing who ever hbo had writing in 00-08 need to go back and have full creative control

[@DerrickJones-f4x]

Joe and them damn propositions

[@brooklynguy8744]

Good show

[@gmaxx5478]

Joe: I could stand a little more territory What Stringer thought: You could stand to lose a few pounds, but I don’t see you doing that, cause If you did, you still have room to fit your sh*t What String actually said: I’ll talk to Avon

[@cbrown864]

Prop Joe my favorite character

[@segagenesis7708]

The one common theme in the Wire is that all of Avon's enemies looked at Stringer as the weak link. And he was telling them without him even realizing it, because he was too busy trying to act like the 'smart' brother kicking that BS to people he thought was ignorant. When they were all more intelligent than him. He was just book educated and arrogant.

[@bigtenallstar]

At least stringer had a quick second of the respect loyalty & purpose of where Avon was coming from with just wanting them corners ... he knew what it was ... he wanted it to be one way but it's the other way ..... them away games

[@k-black2385]

It went from Baltimore to England accent in the matter of seconds 😂

[@francoisgrenier]

Nobody breathes deeper than Stringer

[@theDuke0001]

tony soprano like to have a word

[@williebateman3613]

Work 🔥💪🏾🔥

[@Indycarfanatic2024]

Stringer never had the makings of a varsity negotiator

[@dre9347]

“Shit is just bidness string, buy for a dollar sell for 2…later for all dat bullshit”… talk dat shit Joe lol

[@lpadron13]

As good a series as The Sopranos, Breaking Bad and Mad Men. No bad episodes and stellar acting.

[@floridabeachdent6554]

"You got the towers, I got will go in them. Later for all the BS" Joe was about that business... 💰

[@Yidu0]

Better product, less territory more money

[@Cyn-Lasalle]

Prop Joe was full of good bidness talk

[@the100thtimelord2]

Prop Joe was the most articulate mfer in the show. I loved hearing him talk, he was the smartest of them all, just not smart enough to not trust his disappointment of a nephew

[@hoseahillsr1240]

CLASSIC

[@ernestedwards9129]

E 40 doing big business

[@Aven-Sharma1991]

Ladies and gentleman, the black Sopranos

[@bjt81366]

If everyone was like Prop Joe everyone would have been paid and alive!

[@Carhaulerhustle]

String @ another one of those “away games” he can’t seem to stay out of. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@richardsaunders2855]

That's how real talk was to fuckup the communities😮

[@007thday]

Was that a reference to Rayford Edmonds???

[@vincentwilliams127]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ejones9924]

String " I'll talk to Avon" Prop joe "You do that. Do that".

[@inglewoodblackman6038]

This is all we glorify!OUR PEOPLE SMH

[@Kingbossdon]

Prop Joe knew he could get to Stringer Bell 🔔 definitely couldn't try this with Avon. Because he would of said hell nah

[@Tainoblazed]

All stringer wanted was a simple drug trade…. So he could get out the way…

[@GoodieGomez]

Doesn't Avon already have that connect???

[@89five3five]

Avon should have followed Stringer on this. And Stringer should have been straight with Avon.

[@LongRange245]

Avon was just too damn proud for his own good

[@paulhateswinter]

Should’ve listened to Avon

[@michaelbatts3691]

Prop Joe knew he could finesse Stringer cause Stringer was only about business. He couldn’t do that to Avon because Avon was street and respected the game.

[@LilSnupe-oe2lb]

It's hard globally rite now. It's going to be that way till... Y'all not stupid! Signed: HIM ME

[@CaptainNeverCappin187]

Prop Joe’s I.Q. Must’ve been at 140-160… he was by far the smartest player in the game, is only fault was respecting his family by not doing away with Cheese from the beginning. I think without Cheese’s betrayal Marlo doesn't even get to Joe like he does.

[@user-ji8bs4ek5n]

Always dope never good never done nothing but hurt people

[@deshunstockard6274]

The setup

[@ChocolateDon929]

I respect what stringer was tryna do everybody can eat! But ignorance is ignorance 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Owezee_nineeighty]

Where can I watch the wire?

[@LivingForce]

String my favorite character but just didn't have the skills to manage the street and business angles...It would be his undoing...

[@jayghee9396]

Finally a video without a weird ass dude at the end of it

[@theodorebrego3737]

You westside. You must've heard of Charlie Sollers right?

[@edwardmassey5479]

Joe had good negotiating skills but the dope game doesn't usually have people with good business skills and reasoning skills Those guys could have been very successful at another venture

[@MrVee24]

Buy for a dollar sell for two 😊

[@nostalgia_news]

Is it just me or did his britsh accent leak out with that "Connected, huh"

[@jasonmurdoc9533]

Beginning of the end

[@Silversoftwear]

Buy for a $1 $ sell for $2 now that’s capitalism 💯!!

[@lius20608]

Don't talk to much or brag about anything you have.just put a price and that's it 😊

[@Cirni-therealone]

got a little proposition for you