The Jungle (1967) | Philly Gang Members Tell Their Own Stories

[@ShaddyRaddy]

Philly always played a pivot role in black culture. Philadelphia Soul scene, Contributing Grafitti towards the culture of Hip Hop, Schooly D releasing PSK as the first "gangsta rap/reality song" in the mid-80s, Will Smith and Neo soul wave. Much respect from a fellow New Yorker🗽😎

[@carlinwoods245]

Before the civil war,when the enslavement of black people was legal, Philly had the largest community of FREE BLACK PEOPLE.

[@capricorn1116]

My mom is from this era , she told me a lot of stories from back then . When you see videos of other cities , we're all the same

[@mrwalkyoudown2175]

My man said “young bulls “ I’m cracking up how popular that is in Philly to this day

[@TheJaybugg311]

I can watch old school vids like this all day.

[@kewsiyehboah6058]

Yeah love da throwback stuff..

[@Jesseraxon]

Being from philly I always felt like our ppl and culture is under exposed. I truly appreciate films like this

[@thegrandcanyonisegypt2489]

definitely, we had BLK British Prime Ministers & secretary of state that operated out of Philly. William Pitt & Charles Fox respectfully ( named after his namesake King Charles). William Penn was certainly not a wyt man either😂. Philly history is Rich & still suppressed 💯

[@cee-lopreen6754]

it's cause it's close to NY I guess. But yea Philly had the original Black Mafia, not that Detroit knock off.

[@2ant1man5]

Philly is so unique I love my City 25th diamond before they blew the projects up.

[@Msboochie2]

Yeah, you’re right about that. I realize I know very little about the people, the culture, and the history. I am from NY, and I always felt like Philly was a lot like NY. Even in this documentary some parts of the scenery looks like the Bronx, and some parts look like Brooklyn. I knew it wasn’t because of the clothes and hair, a different look than NY. So I can see why people sometimes lump Philly in with NY, but they shouldn’t, because although there are similarities there are differences, and Philly has it’s own nuances and history that is uniquely Philly.

[@Jesseraxon]

LONtoLAX maybe to you idk where from. But I’m proud of my people and where they come from

[@pastorjohnnye.odomjr.9022]

1968-69 my parents moved us from Philly to Delray Beach FL because of the gang wars. But we quickly found out that things weren't that much different. Not a week went by that we didn't get into fights with other guys who heard about the Philly reputation and were looking to challenge us. Before you knew it, we had our own crew following us and after getting expelled from school because the principle charged us with starting a Philly gang on campus, our parents moved us back home.

[@Lerf8]

Philly kids don't get a break

[@steeloharris7054]

Damn old school, that's crazy.

[@b8st9rdfdd46]

@@steeloharris7054 😂😂 nicca calling him old school is crazy

[@b8st9rdfdd46]

@@steeloharris7054 you should of put the Jack at the end😂😂

[@steeloharris7054]

@@b8st9rdfdd46 nah that's that eastcoast shit

[@alijn7]

The year I was born. This was a great documentary about Gang Affiliation back in the 1960's. I always enjoy what this channel upload. Continue to do good work Reel Black.

[@d1sc0urs3]

YOU HEAR THAT!

[@mariel.4566]

They all dressed so nice and clean back then.

[@jerseydevils9686]

Yea its a bit weird. But gangsters wore zoots and things like that before the 80s and 90s

[@hornetbrown]

Gangsters wore different ropes and vogues when they came into that fast money.

[@gregoryross9770]

@Happy Growing lol they do....rapping/singing about cheap wine in a paper bag

[@jamesvickers9476]

@Happy Growing look at how they dressed...you call that bummy some were but most dressed like the gangsters they were

[@lkxnqno]

And yet they still acted like a bunch of reckless street hoodlums

[@ethelparis2255]

I was in the BBP in northphilly in 1969 and 70 gang waring was still going on, the Panther Party started trying to stop the violence and get them to stop gang waring and start working to better the community and it started slowing down, but then came the drugs and the violence became worse in the 80s you saw more random gun violence where children were being shot because they were in the line of fire

[@powerplay4real174]

Who you think is responsible for the Drug coming in at that time, I would bet it was the government through the police departments had a big hand in the drugs popping up.

[@africanamerican1818]

It's sad. They forget how their ancestors had to go through heck and high water to get into these neighborhoods across America. One of the complaints was how the "N-words" will bring the community down if we moved in

[@capricorn1116]

It was all by design

[@kidmack1121]

R-E-A-G-A-N!!!!

[@northphillymorningstar7385]

CIA..

[@damarcusmomm05]

I think I just saw my daddy 😲

[@jermainejones3087]

🤣😂😂

[@kenetterobinson2109]

😂🙃😎9 out of 10 you may have 🙃🤣🙏💪✊

[@ReggieRobinson-i2u]

Yea he went through the kangaroo line😂

[@Urbantravelclub]

Why do we act like the younger generation is so much worse? Clearly we are repeating a cycle.

[@jerseydevils9686]

Nah the older gens are way worse than what goes on now-a-days

[@oluhamilton2121]

Not quite, there is NO FILTER with today's youth. They will attack old folks in a second. WHAT??

[@Urbantravelclub]

@@oluhamilton2121 I am speaking more about the gangster ISM and the violence it didn't start today from this clip the good old days were not so good is the point I'm attempting to make

[@oluhamilton2121]

@@Urbantravelclub aiight...

[@deewoods8785]

It's worse... G.i Joe's now have interchangeable privates, and I don't mean rank lol, 4genders to choose from. Knowledge of self sold separately

[@1STKNOWLEDGE]

My brothers was born in north philly,, I was born in south philly,, I miss home , 215 forever

[@thegrandcanyonisegypt2489]

how they throwin hands wit Stacy's on tho😂

[@ogbarryjones4791]

the grand canyon is Egypt It Went Down All Day!

[@jasonbantu4719]

This is where I hear the sounds of hiphop through chants and stomping

[@jerseydevils9686]

Bro its always always been there for us!

[@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha]

100 Proof upon the roof yeah they spitting bars

[@ronniecarter8918]

Right really the first rap huh

[@bobwatson1162]

Now to buy a house in that neighborhood will cost you 300,000 or more... and Temple has bought up a lot of North Philly east

[@sonofapollo5892]

What is Temple?

[@anotherpointofview222]

@@sonofapollo5892 Temple University. My daughter graduated from Temple. Spent a semester at their Temple University Tokyo Japan campus.

[@cee-lopreen6754]

most of North Philly still ungentrified though. Garbage and abandoned buildings everywhere.

[@pjsmith141]

I have family in north philly ,I figured they would do that

[@mrstanbmw]

Facts

[@mbp333]

Now this is classic.

[@abusiness7450]

Hell yeah!

[@frizza241]

You can hear the origins of HIP HOP

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

frizza241 hip hop came from the motherland.

[@harrypool71]

frizza241 exactly!!!! “The Education of Sonny Carson” also has heavy pre Hip Hop in it

[@americasmaker]

@@oohweeoohwee9222 and where you think these niggas come from?

[@americasmaker]

And most of the elements and attitude of Hip Hop have always been in African American culture. People piss me off claiming Hip Hop comes from Jamaica. Very disrespectful to and ignorant of African American culture and history.

[@harrypool71]

Zombie Nat Turner I’m a African American with roots from the south and I live in the tri- state area. I have to inform you that elements of early Hip Hop did come from Jamaica. The early b-boy fashion and sound systems are purely Jamaican. British Walkers, Clark’s and other early fashion is strictly English, brought to Hip Hop by Jamaicans. Stacked sound systems out side is Jamaican. They played a part

[@majorprotx3363]

Great video and reminder of how things were in those Philly gang war years. It's wild: my uncles were part of the same gangs and hanging on the same corners that I grew up hanging on. They repped Somerville (and Haines Street) back in the 60's and 70's; I was Bottomside Somerville during the 80's. The gang culture never died out in the city. We don't have organized gangs anymore: just the names, actions and culture of the old gangs from back in the day. Instead of knives, tire irons and baseball bats, it's all guns now. It's like the city is still haunted by the gangs from the 1940's-1970's. Kinda like how Chicago is. No more 'gang leaders.' Just the names, territories and results of that old gang culture that's still active in the city. Funny too how that Philly accent never changed over time.

[@4465Vman]

is "Somervillle" the name of a street ...or of a section of the city?? you described the culture perfectly really

[@majorprotx3363]

@@4465Vman Thx. It's named after Somerville Ave near the West Oak Lane section

[@hoagieheadz5445]

My pop n them started the Eastside Somerville wave. Price n Crittenden/brush road. I grew up on Stafford 1200 block

[@lokstarmegatronix6767]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT VIDEO...👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾 Thanks for sharing...

[@abusiness7450]

Damn right!

[@vidform]

For some strange reason, this film makes me think about The Delfonics.

[@andrewmatzo8167]

They were really popular at this time. That's 1 thing Philly was real strong with the music during this time

[@fitnessexpert2010]

😂😂😂😂

[@JUBABU4]

I was born 1970, my mother told me of distant relatives from the 30’s and 40’s were up in Philadelphia from Virginia area

[@THECABSOURHERE]

Yup alot of us cane from Virginia

[@215Christ]

@@THECABSOURHERE and south carolina, florida, georgia, north carolina...

[@thtbulumad7290]

My great grandmom was apart of that migration from Virginia to North Philly in the late 30s

[@E80-t6e]

Yup my grandfather came to Philly from South Boston Virginia back in the 50’s I think and my grandmother came from Sandersville Georgia.

[@syyiidelamin7880]

My mother came up in this era, In North Philly. She use to tell me about the gang wars all the time. Met a lot of old heads, who were probably in this, telling them me their war stories in streets of Philadelphia.

[@tenbroeck1958]

The men who survived are true war vets. Not an official thing, but I can only imagine the PTSD some of these young men carried

[@BlazeOfGlory742]

Philly always had its own style. Love my city. #SWP!

[@delma8937]

🥰#SWP❤

[@jeanetteroberts4427]

My afterschool sitter's house @ 3:47. The Playground is across the street. We used to swim, play b-ball and baseball in the field. Threw rocks at the Septa trains above.

[@michaelali7151]

Remember these days, black gang life, basement parties some fortunate times to have survived the gang fights lost alot of friends had good times too though. ✊

[@danielbrown3461]

How about White Gang Life? There wasn't too much because they were usually in the Library or at a Boxing Gym doing real fighting.

[@quietstorm1291]

Back when your hand game had to be on point.

[@saiyangod1825]

it was like 12 people on 1 dude though

[@saundrabrown1873]

Wow my mom graduated from Emmett Scott High School in 1967 in Rock Hill,SC. I was born in 1969. This documentary reminds me of Cooley High aka "What's Happening"! Some 53 years later nothing has changed really but the game of worst violence. The killer's in this video is probably laying on his back in a nursing home suffering or in a grave...smh.

[@xavierrainey8747]

Damn Philly accents been the same for years lol

[@boudusaved4719]

The camera and sound editing in this film is really good.

[@terranceaddison4599]

But the quality of the camera is so 1940-ish

[@JustakidfrmEastSide]

This was 1967!!!! Yet I relate to them so much ! Damn that’s my GrandDaddy era 🔥💪🏾

[@lawrencejames6446]

I remember going swimming on arrot Ave in frankford north east Philly in the late 70s 80s couple of blocks away from oxford Ave

[@bro.zawdieabdul-malik4631]

They're depicting the North Philly area of 12th and Oxford Streets, in the Temple University spraul.

[@215Christ]

18:16...we been saying bul forever, eh...

[@RIDAMAN79]

Good observation😀

[@FullyAutomaticAddict410]

I swear, I thought the same exact thing on that part!

[@kicokohana2154]

consistent gems from this channel. beyond grateful

[@northphillycryptobul2112]

Ahh He said Young Bul 18:37 Old Philly Slang 18:18 still move in on the Bul😂

[@artvandalay8769]

I peeped that too.

[@oredi2159]

They been saying bul and jawn for 60 years. Its more so accent then slang

[@kingporter67]

This is a very powerful 1967 documentary!!

[@UsikuA]

This shows how humans worldwide are trying to protect their turf and within each group their is infighting. Nothing has changed even among those who think they are not in gangs, there is still fighting for self-esteem and other things. The immature mind is made worse through malnutrition.

[@go-goyubari8776]

Tribalism

[@MQJones1]

This reminds me of early Crippin and ESPECIALLY Cooley High lol

[@danielbrown3461]

Nothing sucks like a Hoover....(Crip)

[@derekstatham24]

Is it just me, or does the first guy to talk at about 1:26 kinda look like Frankie Lymon?

[@samwheat8348]

Damn two years after malcolm x was assassinated.

[@delma8937]

Wow 😔❤

[@unitedsoulsnetwork2619]

FBA black Americans been rapping since the 60's damn 🤣 4:45

[@kahlilboi]

​​@@harrysmith-g8k the griots been doing it since the 1300s

[@jerseydevils9686]

The crazy thing is i was literally just thinking abt this (or atleast one clip from this) earlier today! This is the 60s! That rhymin’ and call and response is what we do. Keep telling us the bs that we got rap from the jamaicans... Edit: And if you pay attention to the call and response you hear the one guy say nigga. We really gotta stop acting like Hip Hop is the reason we say nigga. It popularized the usage but it was being used before Hip Hop and all over

[@Meta4ce]

I'm isolating it right now so I can add it to my historical archives.

[@jerseydevils9686]

@@Meta4ce Doin the work 🙏🏾

[@aboriginalbrotha9947]

The word "nigga" came from the streets so as rap. Rap came from the streets too.

[@jerseydevils9686]

@@aboriginalbrotha9947 Eh…Not really

[@danielbrown3461]

The first Rappers were Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly....Blacks copied them.

[@solophillysfinest7378]

Yo tell me I'm lying, if you from Philly, tell me why the hood still looks like this til this day 😭😭😭

[@thephoenix2176]

You are speaking of some parts that aren't re-gentrified yet...

[@delma8937]

From SW Philadelphia and FACTS

[@solophillysfinest7378]

@@delma8937 Big Facts💪

[@E80-t6e]

Yup it’s still tore up.

[@bignadier]

Philly probably the only major city without gangs now , just blocks

[@E80-t6e]

Now everyone wanna be from Chicago out here.

[@misterb7070]

I went to college (Penn St) with many cats from Philly; I’ve heard plenty of stories about gang warring and wolf packs. Especially in North Philly

[@dollaz4647]

Notice how they also have bruises and scars, no guns

[@youngmenace6077]

5:17 "A bowl a day, keep the niggas away"💀💀

[@gregoryross9770]

"Then for a 1/2 will kick your ass we are the most".... This reminds me of the stuff they used to sell in East Oakland( Liquid crack) wild Irish rose Thunderbird and Night train.. You will wake up in handcuffs. What's the word Thunderbird!!! what's the price ??60 twice..

[@Gezzup42]

Thunderbird what's the word drink your night train with a dash of packet Kool-Aid

[@anotherpointofview222]

Wow. Memories. We been medicating for a minute. How are we still here. ..well some not. :(

[@mrstanbmw]

I'm from DC but I have a boatload of family in North Philly and back in the 60 s and 70s that was how it looked Zulu Nation

[@brucepatrick9442]

this was before we became “Bouls”....”Pre-Jawn” Era

[@cee-lopreen6754]

BRUCE PATRICK lmao

[@shyheimbond7142]

NAH THEY WAS SAYING BOUL BACK THEN. THATS OLD PHILLY SLANG LISTEN AT AROUND THE 18:17 & 3:41

[@scotiagrizz7927]

They was saying youngbul in this video in 1967 and jawn..everything has a root

[@marcuskomari5141]

shyheim bond Faaaacts I was just bout to say that Crazy

[@billyjacc]

@@scotiagrizz7927 They said Jawn???

[@fabulousphil1]

A classic, in every city!!!!!!

[@drecool6976]

The Effed up part of this is that i know some brothers that been down in prison for gang war killings since the 70s for corners that aint even black anymore.

[@danielbrown3461]

They shouldn't be black or white or red or yellow...just sold to the highest bidder.

[@DonWayFilms]

I love that I can hear where my accent comes from in a 50+ year old film.

[@alexanderk7422]

Sad... informative... to say the very least... interesting. 100% Proof rap existed in the 60's.

[@mattm4341]

Sound like Philly cats was rapping far before anybody in New York

[@conservativewaybigolec9547]

If that wasn't rapping that they was doing back in those times then what was it called back then?

[@beedeepee9418]

I jus watched this vid on another channel yesterday n then of course today I see u posted it 2 yrs shout out to yall

[@tenbroeck1958]

Living through this, had to change a person, down to their core. I bet many of these young men were drafted. God bless them. I hope they lived through it and had better loves.

[@danielbrown3461]

And many of them wound up in prison being someones wife...or sold for Ramen Noodles.

[@ConquerWealth.network]

Did he just say it gives me a nice flow when im drinkin' Oh Yeah that is Hip Hop Rap all thee way

[@profoundja9598]

"A quart of Taylor Port"... 🤦🏽🤦🏾🤦🏿‍♂️💫💫💫 Rock gut wine still taking livers, glad brotha's stopped the press.

[@eyahmeenusah7504]

Are any of these yungbluds still living?? I'm guessing they would be in their late 60's early 70's.

[@david-lm7iu]

I know jb is still living

[@joedermilio8924]

This film 🎥 is for real I'm from south Philly north Philly had some tuff corners 12 Oxford is one of them I myself started at 13yrs old I seen a lot I'm 58 yrs old now I forget were I came from peace out !!!

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

Harold Haskins is a junvinile biography writer who was writing lives of black peole period. from Michael to Maya to Alex Haley to the black panthers, believe to our dreams he was the Alex Haley of black biography, when we drop some science on black folks we seen on the street and then later he or she was on the pages on the Philadelphia inquire or the globe written by Haskins with no filth or gossip. I thank to him. as for the stagger house street gang in North philly they are rough. thank professor Haskins.

[@averymonte5783]

They were still gang warring in the late 70's I remember sitting in front of family store front on Bambery & Columbia ave 9 plus after the store closed on warm summer nights using a milk crate as a seat. After my Pop Pop counted the money all up, we would watch the gangs walking down the street towards the yard to gang war. The 1st time I witnessed this activity it must have startled me because I can remember my Pop pop saying be cool they not going to bother us. They never gave Pop pop or my father who helped run the corner store any problem plus they kept their guns visible in a shoulder holster and you dear not try it because they would definitely use those guns. But the jungle was real and I got to play in the jungle...

[@LoLblack215]

Anyone have info on the gang THE Valley? Seems like yall know so much. Drop a video or something or tell me more about it

[@Meta4ce]

What's that at 4:44 ???? OH THEY RAPPING? Why is that tap break being EXTENDED over multiple parts of the same film? Counts as a prerecorded break.

[@dejonc6z]

this is HISTORICAL

[@215Christ]

14:40...richard allen and cambridge plaza projects?

[@Spill_ent]

My uncle was the warlord at 12th and Poplar. During the fifties and sixties.

[@zacharysmith8421]

It’s crazy Philly been crazy since the beginning of time 💯 Every city can’t say that maybe Chicago LA Detroit and NYC 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@E80-t6e]

I say that shit all the time Philly been “bad” probably since the 50s maybe even before that so the stuff that’s going on out here seems super extreme but it’s never been good out here. I was born in 80 and I saw the height of the crack era that shyt was bad af!

[@danielbrown3461]

Don't forget Forks WA.

[@LloydMajor]

This is awesome! May i use some of the footage in my "KZbin VIDEO"? I will give you credit.

[@reelblack]

Go ahead!

[@LloydMajor]

Thank you and, when the video is done, i will bring the link here. Thanks again.@@reelblack

[@arthurgraham9109]

Beating ppl up in church coats n church shoes lol

[@shaq215]

We been killin….OH YEAH da music scene…OH YEAH 🔥🔥

[@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha]

These cats is out here spitting flows and doing it good back in the sixties yeah they out there spitting bars that tokey wine that could have been a song Philly was always known to have some good rappers

[@danielbrown3461]

Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis were the first rappers....Blacks just copied them.

[@royalgold8045]

I enjoyed the history, thanks!

[@fairisfair2986]

I was really bothered by the processed hair I just looked and carried onnnnnnn

[@bobwatson1162]

Well a few years later it was jeri curl's

[@delma8937]

@@bobwatson1162 chill that was like late late 70s 🤣🤣🤣

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

7:20 LoL his partner cut out.

[@davefortune89]

hahahahaha

[@cadillacreece7660]

Understatement!! That boi turned on the turbo boosters!! 😂😂

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

Maurice Harrison lol

[@GarwinWayne]

Notice something? not one single gun was fired. At least back then he was able to run. Times sure have changed

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

Garwin Wayne no.three people got shot later in the film.

[@andregoings4616]

This remind me of "Cooley High"!

[@Riogi]

Another film to enjoy and learn from. I will be sharing with friends and family. I wonder what became of the youngsters after all these years. I pray they are doing fine.

[@abusharifah72]

Love this Channel good stuff !

[@Officer_Bumpdown_Brown]

That intro is hard 💪🏾😯 in 1967 tho

[@terranceaddison4599]

I could barely see anything...

[@aaronjackson6610]

This is the original Philly Drill scene‼️🎵🔥😈🎶

[@UNDERGROUNDskateco]

Yo this is incredible on so many levels

[@SouthSideRalph1]

TALKIN all that RARA with processed hair...fall back...lol yes i know its a dramatization)

[@yftdraco]

Crazy how shit never changed it just got worse

[@saiyangod1825]

Heard it was worse back in the 80s and 90s

[@yftdraco]

@@saiyangod1825 fax my uncle n em would always tell me how it was worse cuz it was easy to get away w shit

[@dickeymckay8289]

@reelblack -have you ever heard of one called 'Luther's Choice', about my good buddy Luther Payne. Who was a Philly gang leader who turned it around. They made the film of him, and it even has a photo of the real Luther and his daughter at the end. He lent it to me on a VHS copy that he taped off the one time it aired.... but I've never seen it again. Maybe you're familiar with it. Great video above also. You guys truly have the best stuff. You can't find this stuff just anywhere. Big up to Reelblack!

[@reelblack]

Interesting. I will do the research

[@billyjacc]

Big Lu from Cedar Avenue Gang....Yep I remember those dudes from like 1980-1985 .. 56th & Cedar, 5-4 Ghetto (AKA 54th St Mob ) 57th & Baltimore (AKA 5-7 Zip) 60th & Chester Avenue (AKA Mongo Nation) 50th & Woodland Avenue, 54th & Elmwood (AKA Bartram Villiage Projects..The Ville) even the white gangs over there like The Dirty Annies from 66th St, Marshall Road, 70th & Elmwood..., and so many others. Wild times and I'm happy to have survived.

[@MisterB2eternity]

Yo I have been looking for that movie for a minute. I remember that jawn came on Channel 3 back in the day.

[@lamontsanford6330]

They was throwing hands back in the day...R.i.p JB

[@david-lm7iu]

jb not dead

[@marcuskomari5141]

You can lowkey hear where the accent comes from

[@ewalker1057]

This is following Black refugee crisis of fleeing lynching and racism in the South. These gangs were first created in response to the white gangs they found in cities of the North and West. Notice how they use fists? Eventually these areas became predominantly Black. They are not Black people from and born in the North. Black people fleeing the South were not treated well when they reached the North. My, my the processes and scarfs. Black men would be on the street corners singing just like that. The rhyming as seen in rap. The memories.

[@ewalker1057]

@Roger Jones Northern racism is subtle. Sometimes very very subtle. The South is open and honest with its racism. Not the same in the North.

[@delma8937]

Yes, lived in Yeadon and SW Philadelphia and West Philadelphia on and off 79-2002 and honestly the first time I here some call me (barely 6 year girl) a n with the hard er (other then when living the year before in ATLANTA)

[@terranceaddison4599]

Virginia on the hand...is a different story

[@nathanmccloud3572]

The birth of hip hop

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

nathan mccloud hip hop been around for thousands of years.

[@jerseydevils9686]

nathan mccloud Nah this isnt the birth of Hip Hop fam. All around the country Black America expressed this cultural aspect in different ways. Hip Hop was NYC’s interpretation. Fun fact tho, Philly came up with Grafiti

[@jerseydevils9686]

ReturnoftheBrotha Hip Hop, a culture of combined elements, was NYC’s interpretation of traditional Black American cultural aspects. I dont do “nothings new under the sun” talk, Hip Hop grafiti is rooted in Philly not ancient Egypt or Rome etc

[@nathanmccloud3572]

It was just a part of the shaping of hip hop,grand Master flash, originated from grand Master flowers, class of 72, you right it wasn't the birth of hip hop,it goes deeper,I grew up around that era, you can even throw brother Curtis Mayfield,Gill Scott heron in the conversation when it come to cultural expression, folklore, graffiti, Charles wright the list goes on, from the inner city of new York, jersey, growing up in Oakland west side, doing the late 60s early 70s trust me, our culture taught the world a lot about self expression, spiritually,music, and art, James Baldwin was my hero

[@jerseydevils9686]

ReturnoftheBrotha Oh i see, a semantics game. Who can verify that there is any correlation? Im using “Graffiti” to mean writing and bombing. Wildstyles, Softees, Tags, Throw ups etc in Hip Hop trace back to writing in Philly. If you disagree thats like dismissing the creation of the modern format of music making or discrediting the creators of Blues because music has existed for thousands of years...

[@mattm4341]

Damn they really used to give it up back in the day in Philly ..the past shows you the future same shit back in 1967 and today and when I was coming up(early 2000’s) big gangs of young kids causing havoc .. some things never change in my city

[@Mr.NyCiTy]

It sounds like those brothers was rapping to me. I know rap when I hear It. This is a part of black culture; this is what the old folks would say is called "playing the dozens " Much respect to Philly.

[@SamuelHill-jy2li]

I was from 15th and Clearifield. This is exactly how things went down back in the day. If somebody ask you where you from, you better claim a corner ( gang). If you said no where, you got smashed.

[@SamuelHill-jy2li]

If any of these brothers are still with us today. they would be in their 70's

[@Michael-xn9mz]

That one wearing the hat stood out He just looks smart Smart enough to make it out

[@david-lm7iu]

All of them wearing a hat

[@williamgriffin2132]

I went to school with country we went to Wanamaker's Jr high at 12 th and Columbia av now ciceal b moor av.

[@scotiagrizz7927]

Proof philly started graffiti..the walls are tagged up in 1967...and philly was saying bul and youngbul all the way back then lol

[@quintinfranklin9168]

Does it matter!

[@omarleggett3816]

@@quintinfranklin9168 yes

[@TheBlueThird]

@@omarleggett3816 no

[@E80-t6e]

@@quintinfranklin9168 yes it matters especially when dealing with the history of hip hop because it’s all said to have started in nyc. Supposedly the 4 elements of hip hop which are the Emcee, The DJ,break dancing and graffiti started in New York in the late 70’s and this video challenges that. I also heard them almost rapping at one point.

[@gfirm456]

Graffiti started in Vietnam, with solders writing “Kilroy Was Here” on the wall.

[@ogbarryjones4791]

Me and My Homie was Just Talking About NOWHERE! 🤣👊

[@majorprotx3363]

It got to the point where I just use to tuck and prepare. You know the hands was coming next. Until I started carrying. Then all that stopped.

[@julianG1212]

This is Johnson’s “great society” right here.

[@countdown2xstacy]

Damn Shizzles Some things will never change.

[@julianG1212]

I like this channel.

[@artvandalay8769]

12th Oxford. My aunts longtime boyfriend was in this gang.