EXPOSING Haitian Gang Culture In Miami's WORST Hoods (Overtown) | The Connect w/ Johnny Mitchell
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Johnny visits the Haitian communities of Overtown and Allapattah, interviewing local rappers and documenting the history of the Zo Pound and their influence on the Miami Drug Trade.
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0:00- Intro
1:10- The Haitian posses jacking drug boats
2:46- The Zo Pound was the original Haitian gang
04:20- Haiti and the history of slavery
05:05- Growing up on the streets of Little Haiti
05:43- Getting shot as a rapper
06:50- Riding in a bomb proof car
08:16- Overtown is the slums
10:29- The Dominicans supplied the street dealers
11:23- Fentanyl taken over
12:05- Bullet holes everywhere
12:30- Community was tight knit
13:00- Gentrification is coming
13:48- The Haitians were instrumental in the drug trade
14:48- Outro - บันเทิง
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I used to sell meat in Little Haiti & one day a customer told me “man, you rolling wearing that Rolex, don’t hang your arm out the window & let anyone see it, they’ll chop that arm off with a machete just to get at that watch.”
I gotta CWP the next month and also NEVER drove through there with windows down.
I don’t know if he was messing with me or not- but yeah, I started paying attention and realized I was the sole white dude anywhere around there. I knew the shopkeepers and store owners but ZERO of the customers 🤔
Overtown is real you could die any second over there
Stfu. These streets know the truth. These herbs aint shit
Dade County MURDA GARDENS
Please clarify, Overtown used to be the Harlem of the South. This is where the rich African Americans lived prior to the Carribean Islanders moving in. Overtown also had the first high school for African Americans in the SFL area prior to becoming a JR High then back to the now Know Booker T Washington.
Why wasn't it kept up as the rich African America?why was it allowed to be gentrified and sold to the Caucasians?
Facts, my pops taught at BTW and would tell me the history about it all the time…loved being around back then mid 90s early 2000s
Every Blk community in the south was dub Harlem of the south buddy you gotta go out your element and read every community was dub Harlem of south …. Vine city (Atlanta) lavilla (Jacksonville) uptown (Charlotte) orangemound (Memphis) downtown (New Orleans) nigga every city in the south had a thriving Blk community nickname Harlem of the south nothing special about overtown cuh
Overtown was not Haitian really it was Bahamian/American. Edison ( Lil Haiti ) came up in the late 80’s early 90’s. Downtown Miami/Riverside was Cuban/Hispanic. Allapatah was Dominican. All these hoods have changed over the years. What it is now is not what it was back in the day. Just adding some clarity. For those under 40. Even though I’m way older than that. Lol
Facts
Bro, you know what's even crazier, Lemon City aka Lil Haiti, El Portal, Opa Locka, Little Havana, Brownsville, West Little River, Allapattah, Hialeah were ALL WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS before the 60s! Only Black communities were West Coconut Grove (Bahamian settlers), Colored Town aka Overtown and the future Model City for Black American families ... Liberty City. As more Black Americans were becoming part of the middle class, they started to enter areas that were White Neighborhoods and with the Civil rights movement and Race Riots of the 60s eventually caused the White flight into more SW areas of Dade and eventually by the 70s, those places became the hoods we all know. Same thing with Little Havana and Hialeah, the Cubans replaced the White Americans of those neighborhoods.
Edison high , Haiti high. Class 94 ✌️
Factsss
It’s crazy people be thinking Zoe’s the one stepping in south Florida cap 🧢 they trying to catch up it’s areas in south Florida full with Yaks and Jamaicans that be stepping hard in the city they just low key.🌪️
Fire it's crazy How Content creators are putting Better Content / visual out Better then the BS that's on Actual TV right now
Love these Miami episodes man, keep em coming!
I’m from Miami he’s capping a lot
As a Haitian American myself I think you did a overall balance reporting , Haitians in Miami live in different sections of the city from Overtown, Little Haiti, Little River , North Miami , North Miami Beach ( New Little Haiti ) and lastly Miami Gardens. Although we do have a population of Haitians on the Westside and down south like Homestead.
Is Miami Gardens area an alright to live in? Moving here soon from DMV which is very culturally mixed. But my son will be starting school 7th grade. I’ve stayed there multiple times just curious what it would be like for kids
Crazy. You started a whole ass business bro. Your story telling is awesome. Love the videos and all the info I’m learnin
This is high quality content
Born and raised in the county of Dade! Really enjoyed this series being that I’m a 1st gen American with my dad being one those Cuban figures in the ‘80s. Then growing up on the streets myself, lots of stories. So much has changed though even from the early 2000s.
You a Hialeah baby ???
@@ChicoGeneticsOfficial nah, North Miami and Little Havana when I was young. Moved out to Westchester and South Miami as I got older.
Computers ,technology took the game out of the game
@@momoney6373 that’s wassup
@@ronk2577fact.
Nice video bro...keepem coming!!
😊 you and the swamp stories homie do good work
yo sick video bro! thanks for coming to miami! respect your channel and grind!
Much respect to Haiti To this day Haiti is the only Country to Survive Colonization...and the price for that is manufactured poverty.
Black Americans were free in the North and beat Great Britain. Black Seminoles in Florida beat Spain & The US Army. Just slavery in the South.
I am Haitian and was raised in Allapattah. Remember Haitians were carrying malachetes, knives in our bags going school. 90s were the Zoes became notorious in these streets. Also the fear mongering of Zoes doing voodoo which is part of our culture.😊
That's why you're the bottom race🐒😂
Tbh most Haitians don't do voodoo. In Haiti people in general (especially people from the city) look down on people who practice voodoo, who are usually from the countryside.
@@mixtapemania6769 95 percent of Haitians do Woo heavy 😂are you serious that’s all some of them believe in that’s why they’re ducked up
@@mixtapemania6769 Countryside is always the best side of living in Haiti ie look at the current situation in Port Au Prince.
@@mixtapemania6769 Voodoo is our culture but look down upon due to Christianity which was upon us!
Johnny its good to see you had some people who really know the pules of the city!
I grew up in overtown.. desloc is my good friend... This was a great piece... Very informative and very REAL
Overtown is not a Haitian community... Overtown is mostly black Americans not Haitian Americans!
Str8 up what they talking about
Haitians are black though bro and haitians & afro americans come from the same african countries as slaves like benin, congo and nigeria... dont be ignorant do yo research and embrace yo people
I think what they mean is overtown isn't a predominantly Zoe controlled neighborhood or a Zoe hood.
@acegorilla6043 : The cultural differences are vast. You're the ignorant one for making such a statement. You're unable to see past gene expressions and lump entire peoples into one group. I don't think you would ever make such a statement if you lived in an actual melting pot like Miami. Three guy may look the same but one speaks creole the other Spanish and the last pourtugues. A Haitian, a Cuaban, and a Brazilian, That's Miami.
@@acegorilla6043what homey is sayin is that they werent in overtown nor a.p..and nobody checks in here..this aint l.a
Yo shout out to all my Haitian homies across the plane.. they the real deal. Some of the coolest ppl ive met man. And they dont play. Blesss💯🔥🔥💨
I was born and raised in Overtown and my “great” grandmother stayed there her whole life. I know the history. Overtown was never a “Haitian” neighborhood. Every time he said that I cringed smh lol
That’s how I felt when he said AP was a Haitian neighborhood lol
We did have Haitian in over town a lot of them I came up with them
G shit wtf ion kno not one Haitian person who grew up in TOWN
Damn you really ain’t know not one Zoe ? Ain’t no way kid 🤣😭
@@cubanj_8139yeah that statement was def cap, cause from UP to AP (all of NMB tbh is not all Zoe’s 🤣)
Bro overtown never was a Haitian neighborhood bro lol allapatah is predominantly Dominican but they got Zoe’s there
Also y'all didn't cover little river or north Miami aka big hati
These dudes be major cap for views
@@nicksmith3841 a.p yeah majority is Dominicans but on 28 and 23 that’s where I was raised early straight Cubans over there they terrorized in the 80s my dad came in Mariel boat lift and there are still Cubans over there posted
So true A.P. Is Dominican hood with a few Haitians it’s never been a Haitian neighborhood ever. I was born and raised there I’m from 34 nw 18 ave. Went to Miami Jackson, played ball at Curtis and Comstock park before they changed the name, would go shopping on 20th street. I really lived that life it wasn’t as bad as ppl make it seem.
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Overtown was Mostly people from Bahamas.. No Nmb and Lemon City and North Miami has a lot of Zoe's Family
Overtown was black American community. West coconut grove was the Bahamian community. Know your history
Born and raised in THE DIRTY SOUTH and can say that this was on point. The best coke I ever got was from my Haitian homie. Better than the stuff I used to get from some Cubans in the late 80s. Over town, Alapatah, Opalocka and Brownsville are not good to be after dark
awesome Miami series. my hometown. 305!
Overtown is alot different from when I lived there. My family originally came out of overtown. My descendants are african american and islanders. Overtown is much smaller now. It was larger before I 95 came through it. That was the beginning of the end.
This was better than i thought, bcuz i first thought we dont all subscribe to the gang culture,but you did what you could.
🇭🇹 as a Haitian and Miami native, this video is fire 🔥
Miss you every moment!! My heart my soul always over there!! God bless Overtown every single people!! I love you❤
I was homeless on the streets of Miami addicted to drugs for 5 years. From late 2014-January 10th, 2020. Overtown was a place I frequented every single day unless I was in jail. I’m surprised I don’t know this dude you’re talking to because I knew literally everyone. Let me tell you, in my 5 years running those streets, I’ve seen some serious shit. I’ve been in the mix of plenty of shoot outs, drive by’s, seen people murdered right in front of me, lost countless acquaintances to drug ODs, been arrested and caught up with the police many times. As a matter of fact I have 6 felonies and every one I caught in overtown, but we call it OT for short. Yeah man overtown is the slums. You got that right.
It’s changed so much though. In 2014, 2015, and most of 2016 it was so open air. When the fentanyl came around in summer of 2016 everything changed. So many people started dying so the cops got really hot. There were times of the day we would walk around for hours waiting for the cops to disappear so we could cop our dope.
Big up da blud clart Haitian man dem you lot are just like us Jamaicans only difference ya’ll speak French🇯🇲🇭🇹❤️
Kreyól and yall spoke patois
Finally one showing us love respect brethren 🫡🇭🇹🦾
We deh yah 🇯🇲💪🏿
I agree if Haiti didn't fight for the freedom of the Caribbean we would have been f..k because of the Indians, French,English and Spanish so much love to the 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🙏🙏
10/10 content as always
I'm from Miami and grew up in palm beach Zoe pound was something serious then top 6 came along but ya this is all facts it's crazy how dangerous over town is
Overtown is getting slowly gentrified, its connected to Wynwood to it's north and developers want to make the area a hip urban neighborhood for young people from out of state. Liberty City will forever be hood though.
Man I grew up around there, left when I had to go to Miami High and had no chance of playing ball there since Haslem and them were dominating. Anyway, came back years later and you’re right, crazy changes.
Very slowly still hood down here in Wynwood
There is no Little Haiti or Overtown both already Gentrified!
Black people stay outta Florida
Own apartments in Overtown. It’s a different world compared to even a few years ago. It will be gentrified by 2027
The way you correlate Haitians with over town was all the way 🙅🏾♂️ no pun intended when you speak on Haitian culture go in lil Haiti where they really at
Ignorance is blissed.😅😅😅😅Many Haitians live in overtown.Its not our known city for take over. However, we lived their like all other blacks did.Learn something from this vid
Peace and love to them Zoe's
I like these kinds of videos where you explore new places and fields but it's difficult to tell the different videos apart. The thumbnails are awfully similar.
Click on the video and find out
Use to live in Allapata, down the street from Edison High. Next train stop Brownsville.
That's the new and improved Curtis park
Dope
I used to deliver packages for DHL in OT,the swamp,alllapatta,Lil Haiti, Liberty City, and downtown shit ain't nothing like it was back in the 90s and 2000s
No cappppp!!!!🔥👍🏻
Ur about to blow up mr johnny
Need to come to Broward County
Perform your comedy stand up in Orlando, FL!!!! I'll purchase those tickets right away!
Brendan Schaub will be in Naples
Great series! Idc what nobody say Miami's mayor is a beast for how safe that city is! I hope it continues to stay that way even with the influx of people moving in. Don't let the outsiders ruin it like they did Atlanta. Stay safe!
You think Miami safe? I tell you what go thru them hoods playing. I promise you they gone make you out of a believer. Your ass gone be fish grease. Them boys straight vulture.
Safe? 😂
You not from Miami
you are obviously dumb & kno nothing about how it is down here. so don't speak on what you know nothing about. stay to your sissy fairy 🧚♂️🧚♀️ "city" of Atlanta. the dl aids of America. PATHETIC
Nah, African Americans had their own thing too. Haitans just had a piece of the drug trade. John Doe, Convertible Burt and a bunch of other African Americans ran Overtown, Miami. I'm surprised Piccolo didn't explain. You need to do a part 2 of Miami. It's waaaay deeper.
CONVERTIBLE BURT IS FROM LIBERTY CITY....BUNKY BROWN HAD TOWN ON LOCK....
@@robertnelson7947 yep.. they made it seem like the zoes ran Miami... that wasn't true. Lol
6:36 Messed up the Amg benz lol
At 1:19 the pink house was where my dad lived when I was born then we moved out when we he saw a drive happen right on the street. Seeing as we were the only Cubans in that whole block, we moved to Naples.
That's the Miami river and where you was standing at is behind Curtis pool
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'm in overtown as I watch this...
Man this shit is funny okay I’m from 2ave NE&NW and I’m a towner for life because when my family came from Haiti Overtown was the only city that took in Haitians but Overtown is not Haitian like that Overtown is black American and Bahamians that came over in the 60s and 70s let’s get that straight Overtown 2nd Ave little Haiti had issues with each other back then until we all realized that we were brothers from the same family and we became family you have Towners and Zoe’s having kid’s together and like me I’m Haitian and have family that’s been in overtown from the beginning of their existence that shows just how much black America and Haitians are related in blood people then to forget that the slaves who revolted where from Africa not Haiti and Haiti belongs to all people of African descent and love to all my Jamaican people and families in the Jamaican blood that runs through my veins and my children veins Overtown Little Haiti 2nd Ave we are united
Overtown was established in 1896 which was Harlem of the south,Bahamians also migrated over here with the black Americans but not just overtown coconut grove,west palm beach,Fort Lauderdale ,Dani’s etc all over south Florida
Man, I met this dude named E, which was from OT, and I was shocked cause I never knew that it had Zoez over there. He told me that he went to war with other Zoez in Lil Haiti.
Did you tried the Haitian food when you were down in Miami? The best !
Chef creole 🔥💯🇭🇹
One Time for the ZOES💤💤💤🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
I used to deal w a Haitian guy in Overtown who moved to Opa Locka. Both spots were scary AF but kept coming back, could not beat that Q & price🤣
Opa locka is now being gentrified into Miami Gardens but the opa locka area is now becoming NW Hialeah Gardens if u know what I'm saying
@@soulwarrior85 yea it’s so weird. I moved back by 163rd mall after not living in Florida for years and whole neighborhoods have shifted.
Not to take nothing away from the Haitians but black Americans had kingpins in Miami and the Miami boys that took over places all the way up the eastern seaboard and including ATL. Haitians during that time had to fight after school and got jumped so they had to earn their respect from Black Americans first. They definitely did that tho. Nowadays you don't have to be Haitian to be Zoe. One thing I love about my state is all the different cultures fuck with each other and The culture is merge into one big thing.
Facts!! Glad you brought up the miami boys cause they were black american
YO. I just discovered your channel I've been watching you on other podcasts. Idk if you've done it yet but you NEED to do some podcast with Ed Calderon. He's been on Rogan and Lex Friedman and used to work in Mexico. You guys are both addicting to watch and it would be crazy if you got together
Definitely missed out on North Miami & Nmb
Johnny who was the rapper sick on fentanyl?
I grew up im Miami my whole life the Haitians didn't start getting heavy until the 90s! Iv personally found actual bails of cocaine and weed floating off palm beach this place was a mad house in the 80's in middle school over 200 bails of weed washed up on boca raton beach. We so much weed it was more weed on the beach line then actual seaweed. South Florida was a crazy place to grow up every frend i had there parents were dealers with tons of drugs in there outdoor freezers. Dont give the Haitians all the credit but thez definitely had it held downand and still do.
Like Trick said "And everybody know somebody that know somebody that know somethin bout it" .. definitely it wasn't just Zoes doing all the work but def had a strong hand in the NW/NE Miami section.
stfu where are they getting all the credit?
Jamaicans was the ones running shit in the hoods back then, they had to report to Latinos, Zoe pound needed clearance from the Jamaicans. And all of em needed clearance from the Jews in order to do any of the shit they did back then. Jews run all these gangs/mobs out here believe it or not.
Shocked you didn’t go to Liberty City or Opa Locka/Miami Gardens
Why is Johnny giving us dollops of content?
Common Johnny!
…. in those days it was Bahamians , black Americans an Jamaicans in Miami that played a big part …. No disrespect to my Zoes… Zoe’s was mid 90s late 90s
Exactly
@@Ali-rb1mq everybody was plugged with Columbians…. So Zoe’s story is more appealing cause they wasn’t they was takin shit
Facts ol boy was moving
Overtown is historically Black American though, and some Bahamian immigrants. There are some Haitians but they're not the majority in that neighborhood
the biggest Haitian population is in lil Haiti and North Miami, he should've gone there
that shirt piccolo got on is miami rapper iceberg clothing brand
Its funny to hear you say Allapattah, its the Hood! LOL Born and raised there hahaha
They didn't take you to the projects in ap there's projects like 3 blocks away from Curtis park
Zoe’s did do their thing in Miami . But the blk Americans are the people who got Miami popping. This video is missing that fact.
They need to stop that. Every real Zoe gone tell you they was influenced by American Miami blacks
305 local here and yep I gots my connects who are Zo's yep they got the good stuff !!!
How About Dem HEAT 🔥🏀!!!
Miami going Crazy on Game Day!!! HEAT 🔥🏀 #1
We going to play LeBron again in the final the repeat
Part 2????!!!!
2:20 Them Haitians crazy 🏴☠️ 😂
Got one of the hardest into
Jamaicans slave revolt was successful too fam! 🇯🇲 Great video man, keep it up
@theconnectpod
Great. In the case of Haiti it wasn't just a revolt, it was a lot of revolt and a REVOLUTION
@@jeffGordon852 I get that. Jamaica and Haiti had the same stipulations as a result of the revolts. Jamaica finished paying in 1962 and has been working hard to be economically affluent. Haiti didn’t finish paying their “debts” in the 2000s that’s why it’s so fucked up right now. Little trade and a very small tourist economy when they used to be the Mecca. They started the revolts that freed both islands inhabitants. Forever grateful for the Haitians
@@apexoutdoors4311 That's not a debt, they didn't take a loan, that's a scam, probably the biggest ever! Hope Haiti get back on track.
@@jeffGordon852 💯 I hear that
Im jamaican living in FL. We love the Haitians frfr they fam.
Went to school wit Zoe …Jackson in Ap I don’t remember all these stories 😅
Great
Dope, but cant forget the south ! Cutler bay ajd homestead
Lived in and out of foster care n group homes and programs in Miami growing up the zoes had to fight just as much as i had to in there i came from Broward however was sent to Dade alot..n the boys homes were worst. i use to get fed n clothed in overtown and lil Haiti by zoes cause i was on run away and never would go home god bless them❤
Zoe pound was not create in jail ,Zoe pound was created to protect Haitian immigrants from any violence and end Haitian Friday .
What was the first rapper name with the bulletproof truck
I’d love to see you and Wes Watson on a podcast lol
Yes!!!
Very well done, man. Didn’t seem exploitative. Didn’t like the title but you delivered brotha and with respect. 🫡
Missing a lot of hoods my boy lol
the part about being "that" in haiti and then being at the bottom here is so real!
The inaccuracies in this video are wild as hell. The fact that this guy used Zoey dollars as a "city" representative seriously means he did not do his research. Zoey from NMB which is a suburb of Miam,i that kid is straight capping
Imagine coming to this country, help destroy it then complain how awful it is
Fr wtf is wrong with these people.
The irony of a yt dude comenting this 😂😂😂😂. Stfu
Miami= Money is a major issue! Real Talk...
From Jacksonville Florida we used to ride around with a gun rack shotguns in the back window in our trucks can't do that any more!
Now it's call murder is a major issue Miami for life
@@bobbygene4418 When did they make it illegal?
Ok born and raised in AP Zoes may have been there a loooong time ago but AP has been predominately Latin with most of those being Dominicans the other half of the island so I can see that island as a whole concentrating there BUT in the 70’s started to concentrate in a place you missed a major KEY “Hood”LIl’ Haiti which is where they are and have been Dominating and holding up well with the design district creeping north from wynwood it has turned into a historic stop full of Haitian art culture and influences in fact Haitians have concentrated all throughout north miami and north Miami Beach, Boca , and Plantation
Imma need to see Brownsville the 🫘 the hammocks P-rine Naranja cutler ridge I can go on and on but I need to watch the full Miami series now
Piccolo is the man! Sticken, Im Rollin!
I live in Miami. It’s fucking wild down here.
Live all my life in AP till this day APM piccalo was my neighbor for a minute know his moms he put my bully pitbulls in he video in 2014.. love the video all facts
The Haitians were in Little Haiti with the Zoe pounds lol. I don’t remember Haitians being in Overtown.
He said shooting back gone get you killed 😂😂😂😂😂
Miami Beach isn’t near Overtown and Miami Beach isn’t a neighborhood it’s a separate city apart from Miami with its own Mayor.
Downtown Miami basically hovers around Overtown and is taking over with new construction.
Miami Beach is across the bridge 5 mins be serious
@@jasmiscarmichael9487it’s not a neighborhood and there’s always traffic on that bridge.
the d'bag is from Oregon. TH-camrs are trash.
T4L 💯💯💯💯
Actually it was the bahamian immigrants that locked down inner city miami because they were first. The hatians came in the mid to late 80's.
How old are you.
@clear your mind 😆 🤣 😂 He said late to mid 80s.
bro i never seen one goat in overtown before lol! what part was this??
That car is almost certainly not bulletproof.
@11:32…the black experience comment made me go🫤…but hearing him repeat the good ole days given that dude said he saw brains on the side walk and drug houses are just bad…i was like 🤷🏾♂️😕…oh well these people don’t get it
Rest In Peace To Antonio Sosa. Medellín Cartel 🙏