Tech N9ne on Joining the Bloods, History of Crips & Bloods in Kansas City (Part 2)

Watch Part 1: goo.gl/qBxFgY
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Tech N9ne opened up to VladTV about growing up in Kansas City and watching the crack epidemic spread through his neighborhood. He also shared how he linked up with 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians, which was not yet a Blood gang when he joined.
After speaking about watching a lot of his friends die, Tech N9ne revealed that he was saved from the streets after going to live with his aunt. To hear more, including Tech N9ne signing his first deal with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Watch above.

[@flipgsp]

Vlad is putting together like a RICO case against the entire rap game lol

[@stephens2301]

truth

[@lukehaughton5400]

LOOOL I actually love vladtv but if your foolish enough to answer ALL his questions your gone.

[@CSAcrazy]

I literally just typed out a whole comment about that, posted it the scrolled down and saw your comment lol "Imagine how grateful the police are for being able to put so many gang members into their databases and verify gang rosters... Just building rico cases for the feds, they get to just sit back while he does all the work for em smh"

[@mcomiskey7]

Vlad is the modern day Donny Brasco.

[@MookBaylock]

LMAO

[@JayyBanks]

As a Kansas City Real Nigga It's Refreshing To See "Kansas City" in a Title 💯.

[@kansascitychief4965]

Facts

[@skilledgamez101]

Kansas city Traside

[@skilledgamez101]

Kansas city Traside

[@JayyBanks]

ThotKilla nigga you ain't makin no noise.

[@GuttaDaGamer]

Jay Banks i sware i love my hometown#816

[@bethysboutiquestudio8861]

KCMO checking in, we all love Tech here, everyone rocks w him. You can spot in him a Walmart, grocery store, wherever. He is one of us. I have never heard anyone say they don’t like him or his music, we support him.

[@YABOIKCDASHOOTAH]

Elizabeth Napier unfortunately you must not be speaking of black people cause i'm from here also black people hate him in kc its sad

[@mikedanger3540]

DISKID2COLD bc he doesn’t rap for us lol

[@JoMagic-ny8zu]

LMFAO.. Damn.. Smdh..😒

[@keithmcclanahan8117]

"Eh, they even find me up in Walmart and give me coochie coupons. Sexy mama's be all heart!" - 'All Day, All Night' (Bad Season Mixtape)

[@Tom-qe8wc]

Chino G you’re ignorant

[@Haterheartbreaker2x]

I don't wanna say no names But it was DJ Juice 😂😂 Daamn Tech

[@malakbanyahawadah3255]

🤣😂😂🤣

[@zachbrown3872]

Google DJ juice KC you can’t even find him chill no one knows who he is or where he’s at.

[@ramodadon]

That had me diein laughing 🤣🤣

[@darkstar2205]

@@zachbrown3872man its still funny😂

[@hiphoprbloverjon9180]

I remember when the only Blood rappers in the 80's and 90's were DJ Quik, Mack 10, Cypress Hill, Boo Yaa Tribe, and the Bloods on Bangin' On Wax....now everybody a Blood!!

[@skippylou3627]

HipHopR&BLover Jon everybody else gets blackballed

[@flyboyjames7408]

RIP B Brazy

[@hiphoprbloverjon9180]

Lamar Brown Sen Dog and B-Real are from Neighborhood Family. Latinos used to be in Black gangs in LA. Technically Sen Dog and B-Real got Black in them since they're part Cuban and were able to grow afros in the 90's.

[@srod6396]

damu ridas is another

[@unctay]

waves of dick riders. everybody wanted to be a crip back then.

[@amandaflorez2251]

I knew Vlad was gonna dig into his gang background "so you're" a blood right?"

[@dhawwk]

Amanda Florez You know Vlad is always doing detective work. LMAO 🔍🔍🔍🔍😂😂😂😂

[@amandaflorez2251]

always does his homework lol

[@DDT9000]

Amanda Florez lol

[@somewhereinthemiddle6657]

Leave my homie 🚔 Vlad alone foh

[@Bestgameplayer10]

You’re*

[@papi_sativa]

"I ain't gone say no names BUT DJ JUICE HAD ALL THE CRACK OFFICER VLAD"

[@aaronwhite9487]

I was about to say lol

[@texashoney7674]

.........😬😬😬😬

[@xanderchanning]

40 years ago tho lol....still funny

[@guccigucci5002]

so many young kids dont know how fire he is

[@danielpalmquist6646]

One of the best rappers ever... period. Tech 4life

[@impactesports3338]

It's cool to see how Vlad can remember Tech N9ne to some things. Vlad really know all the hip-hop stuff.

[@gogetmoney9504]

Tech: I don’t want to say any names Vlad: no it’s fine

[@sadetwizelve]

"I don' wanna say no names....a dj on my block,dj juice" wtf

[@michaellwalker8748]

Names, addresses, and landmarks.

[@traeroner1523]

Looked for this comment. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠

[@405boy4]

sadetwizelve Lol. I thought I was the only one who noticed when he said that..

[@keikei2556]

😂😂😂😂 thank you for thisss

[@CROW505RKC]

I think he ment real names not nicknames 🙄

[@draztiktunez7104]

Tech is a legend hands down

[@juswolf22]

Vlad totally bypassed tech Jackson circle story like yea yea ain't nobody tryna hear that anyways lol

[@TSKtskDre]

😂😂😂

[@jorgebravo8290]

And look at him now....RESPECT THE HUSTLE

[@marquisbonds3131]

Tech N9ne needs another Vlad Tv interview in 2022

[@commonsense9076]

Remember guys, it was DJ Juice

[@PeaceBeStill-]

All fanboys Are retards 😂

[@nathanhector1985]

Lol

[@Imnevergonnapostvids]

Lol “I won’t say no names”. Three seconds later “DJ Juice.”

[@texasboi2049]

All fanboys Are retards lmfao he was straight up dry snitching 🤣

[@SRTyler392]

As soon as I heard him say that I checked the comments and this was the first one 😂😂😂

[@georgekumria8652]

Vlad For the next interview you upload with Tech N9ne, you really need to ask him about how he was influenced by West Coast Hip-hop, and how both Kansas City and Detroit were highly influenced by West Coast Hip-hop as well. Because that is something I have been really dying to hear him speak on for a long time now, and plus a lot of people fail to mention that most of the time. Also, ask him about how he first met and learned about Jay Rock and how he ended up signing him to his label, and what his current relationship with Jay Rock is right now. That would be really amazing to see, and I know a lot of people would love to see that as well.

[@beachboi6196]

George Kumria wella lot citys were inda laye 80 mid 90 cause it was west court lile right music rideing wave of atl bit anouy come back to da west west up

[@georgekumria8652]

Corey Compton What exactly do you mean by that honestly ?

[@unlvfinest771]

We have our OWN sound in KC but are heavily influenced by the bay

[@hohepahape8625]

go watch techs drink champs episode he covers alot in that

[@michaele2148]

Well I can just go ahead and solve that mystery for you right now....The reason why Kansas City is heavily influenced by bay area rap is because there is a large drug pipeline that has existed for years between the two areas. In the south like Mississippi Baton Rouge Little rock you tend to see a lot of LA guys out there... but for some reason Bay Area and KC have been tight since the early 90s. The gang structure in KC isn’t like how it is in LA despite the Bs and Cs. And also because Bay Area and Sacramento street rappers are usually authentic.... so they were actually going out of town to KC and also brought their music with them....

[@Catbus-Driver]

Yes Tech, I know what you are saying.

[@jephtahcoe]

A Tech N9ne & DMX joint would so fuckin fireee!!!!

[@jredbigmouf]

I’d love to see tech and Eddie griffin sit up and talk to kc legends !

[@Haterheartbreaker2x]

First time I heard of Tech N9ne was on the BEEF DVD him and 4 of his guys were all on stage performing flamed up

[@flight5737]

Tekka Neena!! Puttin on for the MO! KC, STL, COMO

[@clementmashaba]

I don't wanna say no names.... (1 sec later)...Dj Juice 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@trippin916]

It blows my mind that anything with Tech N9ne's name in it doesn't have a million views on the regular. He should be talked about like people talk about Dave Chappelle in comedy...

[@d.dickens6354]

Fuck no.

[@jordanthompson1732]

Jonathan Terry gtfo. I dont fuck with Techs music that much but dude can spit and bop better than 90% rappers.

[@TyroneBiggums26]

Man I just seen this foo in concert in St. Louis. I’m so proud of this man. He been reppin the town and he’s mad successful. Bein from the hood doesn’t man you can’t do big thangs🤘🏽 much love cuzz.

[@Reallionaire314]

Nigga said i aint gon say no names.... 4seconds later DJ JUICE, HIS UNCLES, AND NEM. Lol

[@mariodeathcore1]

Tech N9ne: I aint bout to drop names or anything. Also Tech N9ne: His name was Dj Juice.

[@djbop]

Only person still call me Dr.Bop is AK Dre'😂😂😂

[@theclown999]

someone please make a "you know what im sayin" supercut

[@j.d.552]

Where ever theres hoods there gangs period

[@hohepahape8625]

J. D. yup and wherever theres a city there is a hood thats worldwide

[@dogsandyoga1743]

J. D. Gangs? Yeah. Crips and Bloods? Not always...

[@daquanleach2762]

Not true in dc we don’t have no gangs just hoods

[@j.d.552]

A gang is a gang this really no difference between the gangs

[@justinwinfree7843]

@@daquanleach2762 it's all a gang if a lot of people are down for one cause that's a gang the police is a gang where you work at is it gang your family last name fall under a gang the word game doesn't mean thugs and criminals

[@stranger_702]

58th , 57th, 56th, 55th! That’s my area and I rep it with the quick! How many homies.. it be grips

[@anthonygreenwood1195]

DOWN FOR DA BLOCK!

[@MON5T3R91]

did he ever get his jacket back?

[@whatever-wb4vu]

I remember this dude saying he never wanted to be mainstream and always screaming fuck the mainstream record labels but as soon as he got his major record label debut he was screaming I've been waiting for this all my life

[@LeftHookDeadly280]

He had a little platform at one point but he's mainly underground with mainstream type of respect sort of like an immortal technique

[@cecilyworley8424]

Huh? Tech always has been and still is a completely independent artist… his music is his own and distributed by his own label -Strange Music.

[@leroyjankinss1033]

It's his record label no way is it mainstream ol dumbass

[@djshoalsjr2724]

Dang. You off of Troost….where all the action was. I grew up in Eastwood off of Sni-Bar in Raytown.

[@tonemrblakctop386]

Lol

[@magneticsnake9849]

Tech n9ne is a legend

[@d.dickens6354]

Nope.

[@leroyjankinss1033]

Dickens stop capping ol hating fuckboy

[@naahhhbiitch6431]

Good job V. Lad . Now get ESHAM on here 1time .

[@KODY768]

Naahhh Biitch yo fr long overdue. Tha unholy.

[@coryd107]

That'd be awesome. Much needed interview.

[@wayhighradio4197]

facebook.com/DJ.Cp3o/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

[@KillaNation837Gz]

Naahhh Biitch East Side Hoes And Money

[@paydayj5314]

Killa City is Missouri not kansas Boi

[@ReReBaby143]

Say it louder for the dumb mfs in the back!!

[@jackroberts4333]

Haha. You right. I’m from Kansas City Mo. people confuse it all the time

[@saintlouis1087]

Fuck kansas missouri in the house

[@bplmarko8979]

That shit aggrivatin asf KCMO816 not KCK913

[@dominiquebrison5241]

It’s both sides. Come across the water. Crimedotte 💯 lol

[@RBGUERILLA]

QD3 did the beat

[@GovLine]

Love his music... We don't often hear real music here.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

Just a clarification, as far as a couple of conversations going on. Just because an LA gang set up shop in a city doesn't mean the dudes who were already there were soft or got pushed over. I just think that some cities and areas were more organized, and had an infrastructure in place. Sometimes the LA gang was just more organized. Kids are gonna gravitate to structure. Sometimes they had deeper pockets. It could be anything. But it doesn't mean they were soft...

[@djbop]

Dogs And Yoga the dudes there weren't soft that's why we fit in so well. A lot of those dudes became like family. I still hang with those same guys today. But they're all Bloods now and been banging it since we came there in 86.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

DJ BOP Yeah. It was less like a takeover, and more like an intermingling. That comment was kinda in response to the arguments that was happening on another post. I'm from Oakland. So when we say that Cs and Bs never set up shop here, it shouldn't be looked at like saying that other cities lile Seattle, Sacramento, KC etc...were letting outsiders come in and takeover. I admit, I used to think of it like that. But my cousin from Sac interviewed one of their blood OGs for his radio show and dude broke down how it was some guys from LA who had bread, and the connections. Not to mention, the culture and style of LA banging was really attractive to dudes. So it was a natural progression. It's not like an LA gang could sustain a war with dudes 400 miles away. They would get washed. But if you win them over, that's a different story.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

@Krazy Emmett Yeah. I don't ever recall there ever being a "war" up here in Oakland. I was a little kid in the 80s and that's the ONLY time I heard about crips trying to move in. The Town was far to established and guys were getting paid here already. The main reason guys from LA were migrating, was dope. And we (they) already had structure. It was probably just a "thank you, but no thank you" type of thing here.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

But I worked with an OG from 20 Blood and he said guys were definitely moving and shaking up here. Just not converting the natives over....

[@dogsandyoga1743]

@Krazy Emmett Haha. Yeah. I had a pair of ben davis and loc sunglasses..

[@yticsasnak8168]

@djvlad you gotta something on Fat tone bro #KcIsTheTown

[@edwardlee2637]

56th and Olive, we love you baby, old family’s & friends no faces.Tech N9ne..☠️

[@mr.weequahic3269]

Tec a real one salute he made it out real ones will appreciate the movement

[@mattboselli1099]

Dame, sweet interview

[@AwilDoinIt]

57th street rogue dog and 56ville are on the opposite ends of the same hood

[@samuelcampbell51]

Im a crip,but tech n9ne is my favorite rapper

[@denniscarsner]

I always say he's my 3rd favorite white rapper.

[@User-bi1dg]

Crabs suck

[@TheBuddahLoc]

The good life, project blowed!

[@coldfoodz]

Tech is the best

[@whitefolks282]

jack ramirez yes he is

[@haraiberhane9625]

1:42 that’s were jada pinket got that word from

[@omegashenron8]

I've been a Tech fan for years and knew Tech had Blood affiliations but not that he was a blood.

[@enieves430]

EVERYTHING IS ACTIVE

[@scott-michael812]

When your Strange go independent.

[@TabsT-vy5jy]

"dont wanna say no names" then says DJ Juice

[@mogul214]

Best Rapper Alive!!!

[@djbop]

Yeah what up Tech? It's me the one and only DJ Bop 👌

[@whitefolks282]

DJ BOP why didn’t you give back his jacket 😂

[@cainpeso221]

DJ BOP dj debo

[@djbop]

Dyke Killer Google my compilation DJ Bop Respect The Late Pass

[@djbop]

My book too... How To Stay Out of The Trap on Amazon.

[@GhostTheIncredible]

DJ BOP give him his jacket back lmao

[@christophereckermann770]

I have a lot of love for the big KC, spent a lot of time during my youth in the Summer time. Cool ass people. Very different vibe than Wichita. But don't get it twisted KC peps cool til you piss them off. About that respect not that tuff shit like Wichita try to be.

[@AJGrey-bo1ry]

Love. You get the town vibes…don’t come with that tough shit. 😂😎

[@mcomiskey7]

Vlad is the modern day Donny Brasco.

[@jeremiahphillips4445]

Here before 1 million views 💯

[@j.d.552]

Bloods and crips been in most states period i travel

[@tonebangerz6069]

J. D. Very little in Florida

[@willieswain7837]

Bloods is the second largest gang in Orlando Florida and Miami

[@tonebangerz6069]

I'm your daddy niggaa I live in Orlando. Ain't nobody bangin like that here. Miami has it's gangs tho but it's still peanuts compared to other states.

[@willieswain7837]

Antonio McCray Largest gang in Florida The Latin Kings began spreading into Central Florida by the mid-1990s. "The LKs first hit Florida about the same time gangs exploded in America," said George W. Knox, director of the National Crime Gang Research Center. "The Latin Kings are known for the accentuation effect. They go to extreme lengths to draw more attention with pure brutality." According the state Department of Corrections, the Latin Kings now have 1,000 members in the Florida prison system -- hundreds more than the next largest gangs, the Bloods with about 700 and Gangster Disciples with about 600.

[@willieswain7837]

Kutthroat it's still a LA gang

[@v3nompoisonousent655]

Tech my nigga On Crip defiantly a Legend

[@AASW320]

I don’t wanna say no names n shit. But ummmmm DJ juice uncles started it all baby lol

[@EastOaklandZay]

I’m from East Oakland damn I didn’t know they had Crips and bloods in Kc i thought that was some LA stuff but damn they thuggin everywhere fr no matter where u go!!

[@thejester-foolofhearts5852]

What the fuck is Vlad's fascination with the 80's and crack? Every single artist he brings on the show, this question comes up eventually somewhere in the interview.

[@davidd972]

The Jester - Fool of Hearts maybe he wants to know where he can get some.

[@kevinpsalms]

816 all day

[@DMTInfinity]

Interesting.

[@djshoalsjr2724]

He talking about troost! I was on the east side of 71! 51st and SniBar! Eastwood! off BLUEridge Cutoff. He was off of Troost! Troost was a place you didn’t want to be in the 80’s and 90’s but my drunk ass daddy all way had us over there. Red dominos and red everything. Love some Tech-9 tho!

[@Sinnbad21]

I like this interviewer

[@zodiacmartnio7256]

Wow that’s real deep

[@JayyBanks]

Why Tf Can't A Young Kansas City Rapper Blow Up and Be Here Like Tech 🤦🏾‍♂️. Irritating.

[@bafflegoof5590]

Jay Banks Cause they're in Kansas thats like saying how come a group from Cleveland cant blow up like Bone thugs

[@ivysmokes]

same

[@skilledgamez101]

Kcmo traside

[@bafflegoof5590]

Outside of Kansas city people call it Kansas

[@JayyBanks]

Baffle Goof I'm from here. I know.

[@hossdogg1400]

Real art is hard to understand. Big ups Tec

[@ryangeorge3982]

Tech and Mr Stinky use to come to the suburbs and sell weed and cd's at parties in the 90s

[@clrblnd3953]

Vladeral investigation

[@Dem816gritter]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@MrAce209]

The GOAT!

[@d.dickens6354]

F.o.h.

[@mr.t-rose9796]

Tech N9ne look like he could be DDG's uncle

[@eklypised]

He needs to get back with Don Juan

[@chadbutler984]

I don’t wanna say no names, but it was a dj, dj Juice... 😒

[@johncooney9496]

Where my technicians at!!!!!

[@smurxxx0910]

I've lived in the 40s on Agnes and the 30s on Forest in KCMO. It gets lit.

[@bigmari2002]

You need to Interview Fly Deezy Vlad..

[@domoniquejones-powell3783]

5819 Forest is where I lived

[@kingartison]

That’s a interesting way to remember bloodz

[@nawfsidereviews6029]

That fit legit

[@uneverknow8154]

Black Mafia the same group that released a 3 tracks tape in 1991? I heard he also was a part of Innovative Black Funk and Pure Dope groups.

[@ojnafta8668]

Vlad: “yea the 80’s crack era right ? Oh tech did you know it was called ready rock?”

[@charleslease6328]

Everyone is a piru and blood now...... it's the cool thing now

[@ThaDonTone]

Because it comes with less violence than being a Crip.

[@BMTDreMoney8]

Nigga bloods been Missouri since early 80’s

[@joeljuarezrip]

It all came from Los Angeles period!!

[@lawrencejackson1531]

Not true KCMO was hot before Cali came. We were just groups like RED BOYS and don't know the other side. Then I hooked up with a guy who was Aries and I started REDRAM on 56th Norton back in 87

[@7879obarber]

@@lawrencejackson1531nigga said his zodiac sign 💀

[@Paaka]

Come to Denker Pa

[@vonjackson2421]

Shout out to Icy Roc

[@stacy-Son]

2to views this shitt 👀 he looks 2 smart n intelligent to be in the game

[@noamchomsky3077]

Stacy Lynn what game is that ?

[@bafflegoof5590]

He is, but thats why he's a millionaire who isn't mainstream and sold out

[@trupak3845]

Baffle Goof Thank You!!!!

[@doobiedudley3703]

i dont think he a millionaire

[@bafflegoof5590]

doobie dudley He is, his label is worth $20M and his personal networth is around $10M. Personally I don't listen to his music but he's been grinding for decades including touring all the time, selling albums independently, and selling a whole lot of merch.

[@BigBossJ]

Damn never would have guessed he was in a gang

[@altraviousmitchell6510]

VLAD AINT WANNA HEAR ABOUT HOW HIS BIG HOMIE WAS STILL ALIVE.

[@booshine187]

Dope

[@jredbigmouf]

Tech and Kendrick and so similar ! Wow I never really noticed

[@d.dickens6354]

F.o.h.

[@tonemrblakctop386]

Im from eastside kcmo mexicans been crippin

[@gawdtheblessedone4681]

Argentine, Southside KC all day. 913

[@VegasViking420]

Everyone is baffled that there are bloods and crips in KC but just wait til they learn that we have them here in Wichita too, a city with half the population of KC. They don't do much though to be fair.

[@whitefolks282]

Gofa Cureself they got Crips and Bloods in Iowa I bet that is gonna make the white people who say they only in LA mad

[@robdryer8700]

Actually dude the 316, the dub k, Wichita whatever you want to call it has more people than Kansas City, because KC is KCK and KCMO two cities two states. Most just say it's one city. So, tell me how one city can be in two states and still be considered as a single city? You can't that's why

[@mikeylikesit9568]

@@robdryer8700 you never heard of the greater city? The metro is the population of all suburbs connecting to one city. You can have one greater city in multiple states lmao… wichitas metro population is 650k Kansas City’s is 2.4million. That’s not close.

[@AJGrey-bo1ry]

Wichita is interesting because it’s so backwater and country..people aspire to move to KCMO or KCK. I spent a weekend there and it was like 2006, I visited in 2016. I was elated to return to the town..😂

[@-JIGSAW-]

@@mikeylikesit9568 LMAO

[@lewisgilfillan9237]

yo Ice t talks about this in his book.

[@gokuvegeta4378]

Any place there is poor people there will be gangs

[@dominiquebrison5241]

My cousin Tanya used to be his manager