Cypress Hill Talks The Gang Culture In East Los Angeles

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[@freddyvelasquez4168]

When I first heard of the group Cypress Hill, I honestly thought they were from Brooklyn. Brooklyn has a neighborhood called Cypress Hill and they also sampled Big Daddy Kane's voice from a song which mentions the neighborhood. They were definitely different. At that time, The West Coast had things on lock with Gangsta Rap. When I heard them rhyme in Spanish I was super amped up. I felt they embraced their culture and hood. Being Puertorican, I liked the fact that they mixed Latin rhythms with rap. They are Legends and future R&RHOFers. Respect. Big Up from Brooklyn.

[@lexxdiamondz]

When they came out, knew they was from LA..

[@zroy9263]

With all due respect, these cats CYPRESS HILL are obviously NOT from Brooklyn! I'm a Haitian-American dude from Flatbush, and I never saw or heard anything in them that was east coast in their style period! I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, so when I first heard these cats, they reminded me of the Chicano street dudes that I grew up with out here in the west coast. They were obviously enfluenced by Black music ( Funk) and Hip Hop culture so my connection with them was instantaneous! During the early 90s, most groups in hip hop wanted that east coast flava. It wasn't until ICE T, KING TEE, and NWA/ EAZY E came into the mix in the late 80s that influenced groups like CYPRESS HILL.

[@leanhoven]

@@zroy9263 lol hater stay mad

[@freddyvelasquez4168]

@@zroy9263 I grew up in Fort Greene during the inception and evolution of Hip-Hop. Cypress Hill’s derives from where B-Real and Sen grew up, Cypress Ave in South Gate, Cali.

[@zroy9263]

@Steezart Yo homie, I'm from the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn and I was present during the embryonic period of hip hop during the late 1970s and early 1980s. I saw, lived and studied the development of its music and culture. Whether it was the block parties, the rooftop parties, clubs ( Harlem World, Latin Quarter, Disco Fever, Danceteria), Break Dancing, graffiti bombing, Kangol hats, Puma Clydes, Cazals, Adidas sweats, three-finger rings, phat rope chains, the wop, Lee jeans, I absorbed all of that shit! My family and I later moved to the west coast. That's where I first met Mexican brothers and sisters. The thing is, I could tell that they weren't anything like Puerto Ricans from the east coast. That being said, CYPRESS HILL never had that sound and Flava from the east coast. To me, they sounded like the Chicano brothers that were into Lowriders out here on the west coast. And considering the fact that they are a band from Cali, I think that they would agree that Mexican culture played a huge role in their sound and style. Of course, all of that would have NEVER existed without east coast hip-hop! It ain't about hating dude. It's about kicking knowledge! You young fools need to recognize and respect game.

[@carlosmacmartin4205]

Visited East Los this past Saturday. Walked around Whittier and Arizona, ate at Baja Tacos, bought stuff at the Commerce Center, rolled around Maravilla, and visited El Pino. Good weekend!

[@dizmop]

sounds chill

[@lakersfansince1991]

East LA always feels like home

[@mandygraham3027]

I was in high school ( 90s ) when I first heard Cypress Hill , Black Sunday and The Chronic were the first rap albums I bought with my own money ..Live at The Fillmore in my opinion is one of the greatest live albums ever put out ..will forever love these dudes ..

[@royjonesjr9377]

👍

[@throwednoe]

Same 💯

[@High_Lord_Of_Terra]

I was also high in school when I first hears Cypress Hill.

[@DJTazzyTaz]

Dope interview!

[@DavidemetriLIC]

Cypress Hill is the shit! Original Gangstas 1000❤️‍🔥💫🥇✨🚀🛸

[@sgvproductionz2979]

alameda st divides south central LA from the south east cities like vernon, Huntington park, south gate, lynwood, etc...

[@quentonhorton1053]

I'm going to use this clip to talk about urban density with urban subculture to show the geographical differences within ethnic/racial groups. This is fire Revolt & Drink Champs. Telling ya'll stories is validating a lot of youth that are still ignored. Thank you.

[@stomper5432]

Were gonna use this clip to listen and not read your bs

[@turtleneckferret]

Dummy

[@kinghorra]

Lol

[@user-xf4ib6ko4m]

@@stomper5432 lmfao

[@user-xf4ib6ko4m]

Shut that corny shit up bro...

[@snakethe6prince]

Good interview

[@Vonslik69]

Big Up to Cypress Hill....🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿

[@tonyledesma8724]

I'm from Maywood and back in 97 I seen Cypress Hill at a house party in Bell,CA on Randolph st, at one point I remember seeing them in the front porch sitting on a couch drinking beers and smoking weed just talking, it was actually more like a hangout everyone was just chill even tho they were a Big deal already.

[@sebastiangonzalez-pf7zi]

Sacas la marijuana wey

[@elamenaza7595]

I got jumped on Randolph one block away from Nimitz Jr High in 1987 walking towards Bell High School at 5:30am by three car load of cowards one of them hit me with a baseball bat on my forehead

[@thephuckmaster9376]

Me and B real used to eat at Culichi town

[@cashh2906]

one of the best hip hop groups of all time

[@divisionunion1658]

Sen dog is a great MC too!

[@fitforfreelance]

Love hearing the history of the music

[@PriceMoney]

one of my favorite groups!

[@robertgout530]

This is a amazing program for everyone who loves rap/hip-hop, also the less commercial artist get this podium, rightfully!! Flowers to who deserves them

[@jackaltun8632]

Nice talk Real man 🙏🍍

[@Wizack_Twizack]

Cypress and Wu is for life!

[@wolfman8288]

👍👍🔥🔥🔥😎💯

[@jasonspurley492]

Real Facts.

[@crisleroi299]

Sin Dog is dark, but he still looks Mexican AF.

[@worldwide7657]

He's Cubano

[@MrMrgetbad]

I was thinking that aswell even tho he's Cuban

[@humberto958]

E cubanito

[@kc-gl9wv]

He’s Cuban B

[@nightshadeii9248]

Dudes Cuban, so yeah 😂

[@lionkelly8633]

Man this dope as hell.

[@miltonscott1322]

Revolt tv is the best

[@thisanitthat]

King Tee " Bass" 🔥

[@ofromda860]

I will always remember being in middle school when I heard Cypress Hill's first album and playing my tape til the end and hearing that extra track "Tres Aquis" and my Mom coming to my room like "WTF are you listening to in my house?"🤣

[@victorespino5650]

I saw Egyptian lover and la dream team in Hollywood on sunset party, performing. Dope af! And it was like 2015 lol... dj yella spun too

[@DS-fn7tr]

Egyptian Lover. Ha ha. Brings back memories. 'What is a DJ if he can't scratch, what is an MC if he can't rap, well I can do it all baby just like that'. 'Yes, they're here, the Dream Team is here, oh yes they're here, the Dream Team is here.' 2015?! That's dope.

[@schmobbytv2755]

I’m from Canada, my dad would send me to L.A. when school was out for the summer. I’d spend summer with cousins, It was so crazy. Good memories. Glad I made it out. I know a lot didn’t 🪦

[@Machete978]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lipstreetmedia]

DOPE

[@samsolis92781]

SouthGate isn’t that close to east l.a. though. It’s closer to Downey and bell gardens.

[@aaronx8006]

Nore was on wet himself 🤣😂truth

[@dirkdiggler8794]

B real from 89 family swans. His homie Sinister was a known ryda n killer. Sinister older brother Big Evil is one of the most notorious bloods in LA history n was basically a serial killer...

[@bryancuevas323]

B reals brothers from a Mexican gang tho

[@lilSenDog]

@@bryancuevas323 white fence

[@bryancuevas323]

@@lilSenDog doubt it breal is from the mid part of LA area

[@KingNoLuv]

@@bryancuevas323 he is from a Mexican and possibly could be white fence they have a hood in bell gardens which isn’t far off but idk

[@bryancuevas323]

@@KingNoLuv nope it’s Burlington locos or 18 st

[@gfunkgfunk]

Sen Dog a real one ive had so many run in with him I lost count. He's really out there

[@moussetache1815]

He always looked like a pit but talks like a gentleman haha I sure would like to have a cerveza with him

[@JudgePhilosophical]

That shit sounds like madness.... gangs are wack....

[@victorespino5650]

Did you hear it. They had to join otherwise get beat up everyday

[@brucemiller648]

You gotta fit in someway somehow or else you'll be treated as an outsider in LA.

[@Macizem73]

I bought Black Sunday when it came out, on Tape, I wore that tape out, it was almost a complete album.. its hard to get a complete album...

[@guycooks5214]

💯

[@tennaj1367]

C H might be my favorite group ever! And I'm from Detroit.

[@elbowgang9715]

LA just different with that gang culture. Detroit is wild but we would never "force" or recruit someone who didn't wanna be down . Gangs never been big here anyway

[@dreeco1762]

Because here we believe you stay here so you have to be down they don’t care about none of that, well many gangs don’t press you like that

[@jimoneprism]

Not all gangs force you to join in L.A. Never happened to any of my friends

[@ebl8037]

It's mainly people choose to join if they stay getting fucked with because of where you from. You accept it. I don't know any hoods who would want to force someone on unless you just hanging around everyday and you part of the scenery.

[@drjoe2323]

Chicago is very similar

[@jaxsonbrim8646]

Not all gangs force you but, that shit is wack aza mf. Straight up. No real unity and a mf won't go at the "real" enemy like they go at one another for wearing a different color

[@kreigerbailey3550]

Portland, JAMAICA in The Building !!!!!!!!!!!

[@joshingram071]

It's crazy hearing this bc I remember on the beef II dvd in 2004 when they documented Cypress Hill's falling out w Ice Cube how the Mexican Gangs were ready & willing to ride on Cube & West Side Connection if it went to the streets (even tho WC didn't get involved).

[@Polostar79]

That’s what I don’t understand about brothas out west. They’ll have the most fatalistic venom against each other while the Mexicans will unite to go against them.

[@jimoneprism]

That happened because Cyrus Hill helped Pycho Realm a cholo rap group out. I'm sure their gang automatically offered their support. Just like how the " brown side " gang had Easy E's back for signing them into his label in the 90's

[@nl5h]

nortenos and surenos are far from united.

[@johnathanjackson6258]

@@nl5h yeah that's a différent conversation.

[@ebl8037]

That shit on that DVD was stupid nobody cared about them beefing Cali was about gang banging not rappers. And Southern Cali Mexicans was only unified in jail not on the streets. That shit was stupid nobody was beefing over any of these niggas unless it was their crews

[@2oldn2slow]

I'm English age 59. I live in West Sussex, but get this. I was born in Lynwood, lived on East Gage Avenue. Worked at Gage Bowl and the Elks Lodge. We had friends of my Aunt & Uncle I lived with over in Bell Gardens. Friends from Gage Bowl Rich Machado, Farren Dieter and others. Rich used to carry a red leg Tarantuala around with him. Good Times !!!

[@Leadership_matters]

Ha haaaa. Drove past Gage Bowl today. Elks Lodge!?!? Old school!

[@zartan215]

¡Sen Perro por vida!

[@sleazeball8731]

He grew up with them family swan bloods

[@anttemo41]

Neighborhood Family's

[@lynorichyy7305]

@@anttemo41 he from swanns

[@anttemo41]

@@lynorichyy7305 I get that. But on his left hand between his index and thumb he put NF, which stood for Neighborhood Family Bloods. He said that in a Spin Magazine article when Temples Of Boom came out. I used to have the book

[@jwilliams9334]

@@anttemo41 You right, they were still 89 Neighborhood Family back in the 80's.They weren't Family Swans yet then.

[@townbizz2361]

And he left his homies hangn after he got his record deal.

[@mongoloid1369]

South Gate,Bell Gardens is all South East ,about time someone recognized muggs was from Bell Gardens thanks Sen Dog for representing the hood even though I'm originallyfrom the SGV I,remember hanging out and blazing and eating Pastramis and onion rings with Muggs and Sen Dog at my primos Nicos lil pad back in the day 1988 in b.g peace ✌

[@simplymarvelous4983]

South Gate bell gardens claim South Side not South East

[@valsflor1686]

I can definitely hear that Sen Dog is from L.A, in the way he speaks.

[@itsBayFreshALLday]

.........Phuncky Feel One..... 🔥✊️🔥

[@ChesterPerry187]

R.I.P Sinister. From same hood as B Real.

[@elamenaza7595]

King Tee & Mix Master Spade

[@wethepeople3124]

Cypress is being kind. Los Angeles and NY are two separate cities. On the east coast Latinos and blacks embrace each other. Its, to some degree not like that in Los Angeles.

[@juanonmashin4293]

It was more driven by Mexicans from Mexico, rather than Mexicans from the USA, the other aspect of it was driven by Street/Gang Politics.

[@johnnytightlips7878]

How it should be, stick to you’re own!

[@wethepeople3124]

@@johnnytightlips7878 you….are……exactly….a big part of the problem 🤮

[@chuckiea7011]

The majority of African Americans and Latin Americans in Los Angeles also embrace each other. You're just looking at it from a small perspective. Especially those that aren't racist or gang related. It's from the gang perspective, their associates and their affiliates that keeps everything separate.

[@parlaykilla]

​@@johnnytightlips7878impossible

[@wolverinescratch]

Did he mention a new Cypress Hill album in this interview?

[@PR_GTR]

San José Cali ... boricua power 👊🏼👊🏼🇵🇷🇵🇷🔥🔥

[@gallofinoalv]

Wish they would talk about psycho realm as well

[@dreeco1762]

Afro Cuban 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺

[@kkttkkkktkk9286]

It's cuban clown but you don't call efn euro cuban😱

[@dreeco1762]

@@kkttkkkktkk9286 well the world already know Cubans are white 🤣 people already believe there is no blacks people in Latin America

[@kkttkkkktkk9286]

@@dreeco1762 because of people likeyou

[@victorcd9653]

Cuban, no Afro.

[@razackchrist5096]

@@kkttkkkktkk9286 It's Afro-Cuban.

[@badasssharky5118]

What hood is sen dog from?

[@jakobthawulfmayne2506]

Korrekt‼️dats dem tree burners🫡🫡🫡

[@sergiosandoval2434]

According to L.A. gangs South Gate, Lynwood, Bell Gardens, Maywood, Compton, Watts, etc are South Side Los Angeles. South East is Whittier, Norwalk, Artesia, Pico Rivera Hawaiin Gardens, etc. But yes technically South Gate, Lynwood, Bell Gardens are South East Los Angeles.

[@x213ERx]

Anything south of the downtown building is south LA for me.

[@samuelplacensia9979]

@@x213ERx Truth.

[@creepin2134]

“According to L.A. gangs”☝️🤓

[@mr.thekidd498]

...Sen need his bucket hat.

[@goodchinyin]

Keep it up! I am dropping 1 song a week for the next 3 years straight. It has never been done in music. Come along for the ride if you want. Stay blessed ! - Bryan

[@lillyndjoseslots]

REPRESENT THAT SOUT GATE. SOUTH L.A.

[@benoitdeclercq9722]

OG's!

[@alrodriguez2261]

SOUTH GATE is NOWHERE near East Los Angeles!!!!!!!!!!!

[@smuggledaudio6121]

bruhh its literally a 15 min drive on the fwy

[@alrodriguez2261]

@@smuggledaudio6121 NOTHING takes 15 minutes in LA bruh

[@MrFb65]

Mellow man Ace who did “ mentirosa” is Sen Dog’s Brother

[@SeanRankin2]

And Mellow reps more of that "proper" Cuban style they were referring to early in the video.

[@Ernie_world]

La FLORENCIA 13 controla...

[@LGRW313]

4:06 starting you car in cold weather

[@smokeyliver5736]

Was yall on Angel dust😂

[@luisfont6468]

Dalé mi jente! 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇨🇺 🦩 305

[@gfunkgfunk]

Latinos well represented here

[@zdruk1]

Legends

[@pharoah1200]

That not East L.A. That's South Central L.A.

[@xbabu142x]

This is also about 5 decades old man. They're talking about the 80s and 90s when they were kids.

[@creepin2134]

That’s South East LA. Real locals don’t consider that SC

[@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862]

Cypress hill gonna wax onyx this comin verzuz...sonny seeza better be there too 💯

[@TBone2000Man]

B should write a book

[@davecook9770]

I’m from Scotland and now live in Australia but spent time in Venice 1988 at 14 years old working in east la strengthening earthquake damage saw a police helicopter for the first time chasing a car past our job site it was like being in a movie for me but know body else give a shit that was even more crazy

[@pacman7796]

CYPRESS HILL COOL THANK YOU

[@WSTSDEJOE323]

East los been on the map no kap

[@pharoah1200]

That's not East L.A.

[@Leo-dr4qm]

Colors film was East Los Angeles

[@creepin2134]

Colors was filmed on all side

[@mateocalderon6822]

Why did he not correct nore when he said breal was from east los? He's from south gate which is the south side and next to watts but not south central.

[@hjmendoza71]

He ain't from East LA, he's from South Gate

[@mortexdreammusictv5020]

Way better than "Chuck and Flava" 💯

[@caseycameron5370]

Temples of boom one the best hip hop album ever and black silunday one the best any genre they transcended genres crazy 🤯 or its dare i say insane in the brain

[@faa1965]

L- Wood to Downey, respect fellas!

[@FirstLast-vl1uy]

I love King Tee

[@clarissaturcios2346]

King Tee and Tha Alkaholiks

[@markhillaryclinton7626]

I was hanging in East LA. I had no idea about any gangs there or anything. I never felt like I was in danger once. I'm Australian, people were more fascinated by my accent than anything

[@rafaelleon115]

East LA was most violent in the 90s. Especially early 90s, in those days drive bys were so common that schools all over LA had to have drive by drills where students would practice getting under the desk in case there was a drive by, this was due to a large number of different gangs going to the same schools. The Mexican Mafia put out an edict that ordered the street gangs to stop drive bys, (temporarily) it was then shifted know who you are shooting at because at the time, a lot of innocent people were getting shot in the crossfire. The danger began to die down in the mid 2000s, especially after the gang injunctions put in place. Gang injunction mean the police can stop a person or a group of people if they look gang related or suspicious which is why the gangs are more secretive now or sometimes they won't hang out in certain areas for extended periods of time.

[@nightcrawler2717]

Because it's safe now lol

[@markhillaryclinton7626]

@@rafaelleon115 ok. Must of been scary for a lot of people

[@markhillaryclinton7626]

@@nightcrawler2717 yes I guess so. I was there 2017, but happened to drive into Vegas as the Mandalay Bay shooting was happening

[@nightcrawler2717]

@@markhillaryclinton7626 lol

[@DjMellowMoods]

Gangs died when the young generation in music destroyed everything.

[@mongoloid1369]

East Side Bolen Parque

[@bryanvasquezescobar6200]

Cypress Hillside 13 CHSXIII

[@jaimerodriguez1550]

Lack of resources in a community with density and any reason that can create issues will result in violence.

[@stardust-rd6mr]

3:40 it's the system, is a way to break us apart and hate each others.

[@kareemdouglas7489]

It’s funny Nore hung out with these dudes

[@nathanpeachs2704]

crazy experience, but made for killa music, I mean heard the lines but, loved it for the music being for the other side of the world didn't understand 98% of it. Crazy humble guys 😄

[@samuelplacensia9979]

I thought Cypress Hill was from Southgate? Southgate is not East Los Angeles.

[@XDOLLAR79X]

love cypres hill but i never knew Sen dog had always been in star wars that blew my mind ..maybe bc of al the green i did not regonize him

[@smoothoperator1083]

South Gate, My Cuban Family. I knew Zen's Dad. Good man. I met MeloMan Zen's Brother. I met his sister. Mi Gente Cubana. *Alpha66*

[@bitcoinbloodsandcryptocripscry]

Cubano!!!

[@ivandelatorre3937]

Who remembers the rocket at South Gate Park?🚀

[@smoothoperator1083]

I do

[@ST-eg2tx]

You got 10-15 gangs in a 2 mile radius in Boyle Heights

[@Honeybee-cy9gc]

Yup

[@PR_GTR]

🇲🇽🇵🇷🇮🇹🇨🇺👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼😁😁🔥🔥🔥

[@EastSideGz]

TLS X111

[@j2tharomeone5]

Took my black NYC friend to East LA recently, and was telling him you won't find black people out there. Not because they're not welcomed, but thats just how the lines were drawn, so to say. He was trippin' out on that.

[@x213ERx]

Black gangsters are not welcomed.

[@samuelplacensia9979]

No that’s not just how the lines were drawn. Don’t you know anything about Los Angeles history. Most Black people first moved out here from the south for two reasons and most of them settled in South Los Angeles. They came out here because of the aerospace industry. Jobs. They created their communities because it was close to the factories that built airplanes. The second reason they moved out here was to worship Jesus. It was about churches churches and more churches. There’s a reason Southern California is called the City of Angels. It had nothing to do with segregation. It had everything to do with closeness to where people lived and their communities were they worshiped and where they worked. It’s not because people are racist and they hate each other.

[@samuelplacensia9979]

Are you from Los Angeles yourself? Don’t you know that the reason California has such a strong economy was because of all the industry that was out here? And now it’s all gone because of what the Democrats have done.

[@samuelplacensia9979]

Haven’t you ever noticed all the churches in South Los Angeles? All you have to do is drive down Normandie from Hollywood and count the churches. Haven’t you ever heard of the Azuza street revival? You need to do a little more research before you make stupid comments.

[@x213ERx]

@@samuelplacensia9979 I’m from Boyle Heights I know my history from here and know the history with black and brown gangs. You don’t need to school me on that. Like I said before they’re not welcomed.

[@BAMFK]

sen dog was the best rapper when i was kid

[@melyb951]

His voice sounds like ICE-T

[@DibeezyTheGifted]

B Real is from Family Swans... Super notorious Los Angeles blood gang. He really from the shit

[@anastasiominero]

I'm from El Salvador. You cannot play their music loudly there.

[@anthonymendez8143]

It's fucked up that Cali is like that

[@adamneme4613]

Everywhere is like that because of Latin immigration. I can feel it in New York.

[@Cahluvca]

It's like that everywhere ...the "minority" coalition is a joke because everyone is selfish in a highly capitalist society

[@anthonymendez8143]

It's not like that everywhere bro. Philly isn't so much racially divided. Not in the Hoods anyway.

[@triedandtrue4453]

I’m glad it’s like that. Nothing like SoCal L.A

[@razackchrist5096]

@@adamneme4613 Yes.