Yeah, exactly! Conversational style, openended questions. That's what pro journalists do. Herc knows his stuff. Have the same experience as the interviewees is a must in this particular genre though, as they talking about some down-right horrible shut. I don't see these guys sharing stuff like this with Anderson Cooper ...
SOMETHING ELSE THATS SAGGING... A study of 253 men from Tanzania found that the average stretched flaccid penis length of Tanzanian males is 11 cm (4.53 inches) long, smaller than the worldwide average, stretched flaccid penis length of 13.24 cm (5.21 inches), and average erect penis length of 13.12 cm (5.17 inches).[33] A study of 115 men from Nigeria found that the average flaccid stretched penis length of Nigerian males is 13.37 cm (5.26 inches) long, which is near identical to the worldwide average, stretched flaccid penis length of 13.24 cm (5.21 inches) and average erect penis length of 13.12 cm (5.17 inches).
But I don't like rap music and nobody I know and anyways likes it very much they hate it Bluegrass is really good you should listen to some bluegrass gospel Cajun music is really good stuff the old gunfighter country songs The Old Mountain Music it's old-time and wonderful music even some of the truckers songs get out a lot of the tractor-trailer music is just wonderful y'all need any good ideas you let me know I'll tell you who's the best I know a lot of music and that's some good stuff I don't really like the heavy metal or skinhead music or Grateful Dead Or Pink Floyd put it really heavy-duty Ozzy Osbourne Bluegrass mountain old-time Mountain Music Cajun music is wonderful people love Cajun music it is so good of you never heard of car shower but you want to hear trucker music listen to Red Sovine and Bluegrass to start with Ralph Stanley Grandpa Jones
I'm a civilian square that's never been incarcerated, I recognized at the age of 8 that I wanted no parts of the streets. All of my homies were drug dealers, users, robbers, scam artist or just straight up dregs of the Earth. I thank the creator that I had excellent parents and I was never a follower. Shout out to the Big Homie for educating our youth about the perils of the streets, the sidewalk is okay.
I don't know you from a can a paint , but dam you got my respect yo ! It's rare to see someone stand on what THEY believe in and not the world's imaginary expectations . Stay blessed always 🙏🏾
You didn’t miss out on shit. I recognized at an early age too that life was nonsense. Especially after all of the things black ppl have been through together collectively. It’s like we make each other lives harder by having a crab in a barrel mentality. Our music is TRASH and the way we live in our communities is retarded.
The fact drug use is so prevalent *in* prisons shows how pointless, wasteful, and tragic the "War on Drugs" is. Thank you, Big Herc for continuing to put out these wonderful videos. You are making a positive difference in the world by sharing these stories.
Get sent to jail for using drugs now your stuck inside a place with not only the same drugs that got you locked up but a buncha random men with they own issues I don't know why drugs are illegal for users
Eh man! Never did a day locked down in my life 🤞, and ain’t tryin’ to! Salute you OG’s that put in work and paid your dues’n debt to society! Respect! ✊
That's that West Coast they can be gangster as hell but can speak proper and Educated LA & DC are the only places I've been where they don't try to talk with a NY Accent they don't Copy they Originate
I did 7 years got out in 2014 and this by far is one of the realest episodes I’ve seen it brought back a lot of flashbacks big herc you really did your thing with this episode
Yooo brothers I sent this to my son, and now he is busting his ass to come and live back with me, cuz he sees that my rules and structure is to keep him out the streets cuz he is not built for jail, and I thank you Big Herc for your channel
My brother been going back and forth since he was like 17. That’s what made me gravitate to this channel. Just trying to understand why he keeps falling into the cycle. Much respect and appreciate what you’re doing. Prayers to anyone with family locked up.
The reason he keeps going back is because by now he's institutionalized he's just not scared of going back its actually easier in his mind. To have someone take care of him no responsibilities etc I have friends like that to I had to cut them off because I just couldn't be around that energy no telling what stupid shit they might do and your associated!!!
One of my good friends was like your brother. Getting out of prison was just a matter of for how long he'd be out before heading back in. He never did get right.
Screw it as long as your not getting in trouble is all that matters. He might like being next to men and not women. Who knows he might like eating Cinnabon’s way I see it cookies taste better in the free world then it does being locked up.
Sure do, the youth of today needs to know these things. Not just by chance catching a video on TH-cam (although better hear the message than not), rather in the schools. Take away crap like HomeEq & useless shit & have classes about justice & real prison life, with reformed inmates as guest speakers. No need for the speakers to curse, talk loud & all that, just ask a question like "How would you like to suitcase a knife all day for protection?" There may be laughter or giggles at first, then be a bit more assertive & explain the question in greater detail. The giggles will stop fast. The system could care less about rehabilitation, return offenders are job security, the DOC doesn't want to see paroled inmates make it. Those most vulnerable are those who has served 10+ years, or 5+ if drug charges & participated in zero treatment. The only rehabilitation has to come from within the heart & soul of the inmate, otherwise it's a revolving door once in the system.
"Classical (Pavlovian) conditioning can be done with earthworms, and operant (Skinnerian) conditioning can be conducted on rats and pigeons. But there is a third level of learning that pretty much only primates and humans are capable of, and that is what is called social learning. This third level of learning, in its most powerful form, revolves primarily around the observation and imitation of a role model. Unlike operant conditioning, in social learning it is not essential that the learner be directly reinforced in order for learning to take place. What is important in social learning is to understand the characteristics that can lead to the selection of a specific individual as a role model. The processes that make someone a desirable role model include: • Vicarious reinforcement. You see the role model being reinforced in a manner that you can experience vicariously. • Similarity to the learner. You perceive that the role model has a key trait that makes him/her similar to you. • Social power. The role model has the power to reward (but does not necessarily do so). • Status envy. You envy the role model's receipt of rewards from others." [On Killing, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, 2009, Chapter 4]
Maaaaan! These stories are wild. Thank you for your reflective conversation. A lot of us don’t realize the extent of choices we can make in our lives until we see people literally making life and death choices in prison. I’m grateful for your messages Big Herc and DJ. Thank y’all 🙏🏿🙏🏿
I like to hear about dudes getting out and being able to overcome and even thrive. Too many don't... I'd not have lasted a week in prison and, fortunately, realized it before testing those waters. Keep up the great work!
I worked in a level 6 maximum security prison as CO/SRT team member in GA. Many people walking the streets just don't know. Others pretend they know and won't be truthful about their own experiences
Big Herc, I married a brother in 1992 with a sentence of 20 years just like your guest. But he never told me any of the stories that I'm listening to now. I visited him in different SHU programs. BUT THIS REALLY IS AN EYE OPENER.!
9 months in the hole. Damn bro. Wow. Sorry to hear. MAD RESPECT to you for you surviving this, and still comes out to try to help out the young ones out here.
This brotha here! Love this dudes interview, cuz he's too smooth and tells a great story. I hope you have him on a few more times cuz this was the best in a long time.
Great channel, very informative. Very necessary. My cousin just came home from 10 in the feds. Popped up at my front door, thought he was gonna surprise me. Little did he know I was counting the seconds for his release. He's on that good path these days, hope he stays on it. Just glad he's home ✌🏾
Man I love shit like this. I learned my lesson just from jail. Y’all got real stories that these young men need to hear. A split second can have you locked up for years. It’s no joke. And especially for us black men rn.
Both of you gentlemen have to realize how important it is that both of you keep tellin your stories. Of course for the youngsters that are basically on the fast track to the feds etc but also for the guys getting out after 5-10-20 years. It’s so good to see you two out on top after having been what you’ve been through 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
There are many similarities. Uniform clothing for all, tiers/pods etc named delta, charlie, bravo, alpha. Mess halls, commissary/canteen buildings, ptsd (just in a different way)
Big Herc I’m 31 got the streets and the country life do you kno my cousin called me yesterday and said what this man said ! He said rappers glorifying and fronting these days you really did all of that and got your mental space together and made it out one piece without death .. been locked up but not life sentence and escaped without snitching on nobody! God is good and y’all are speaking facts!
I need to watch you as a reminder for what the shit was like. To hear someone else and know that they been through what I’ve been through really helps me man. I’ve been in 3 riots. 2 at USP BEAUMONT one in fed holding. You are real man.
Ghost is my favorite guest on this show, because of his openness. You can tell that for him there was nothing glorious or “hard” about his time in prison. No malice, no vanity. Just pure, cold survival. There’s almost a sadness in his tone when he has to recount the events that happened to him. In a world as vicious as the one they’re speaking of, that’s a unique thing
Agreed.The stories were amazing.I'm no psychologist but when Herc talked about having nightmares and when Ghost spoke about things that he saw that can't be unseen,it sounded a lot like PTSD. to me(I'm not saying that they have it but I'm just saying that what they're describing sounds a lot like PTSD).It makes perfect sense the more I think about it that you could end up with PTSD from being in prison.
@@kingwarrior5028 King Booty Warrior, laying hard in the yard and greased down with lard. Getting them squat-thrusts in so you can be the #1 Power-Bottom on the compound.
I got snatched when I was 21 years old. I was charged with two different shooting cases. I went to trial on each. I won one and a year later lost the other. Also during this time I was indicted by the feds. By the time it was all over I had got out only a few days short of exact arrest date 10 earlier. Watching these videos not only guys stay out who never went in it also help the ones of us who have been through it and who are on the fence about jumping back in that lifestyle decide to stay on the right track. Salute from Detroit 💯
Get off of the Fence! You already know what’s on the other side! Doing the same things expecting different results is called, Insanity! You are free, stay this way! Be Victorious. 🥰🙏🏾
Then help fight against victimless non-violent crimes that put the poor there, like Possession of a Controlled Subtance Where is the violence or the victim if I get arrested with a baggy of coke? Me, I'm the victim. CDC says maybe like 18% of people who use drugs show problematic use, which mean others recreational use does not. we have to stop this draconian enforcement nonsense almost solely targeting poor communities If I commit property theft to feed my habit, those are their own offenses; drug possession in and of itself is neither a property nor bodily crime; you arrest people for behaviors that might MIGHT result from consuming the drug... there is no crime in possession, otherwise you might as scoup up all those people smoking weed in "legal" states where it's still federally illegal, rigth? it's a drug right, they're possessing it and therefore committing a crime, right?
@@egregiousqueef7781 if you get caught with a little baggy of coke ur not going to prison anyway....ive been to state prison 2 times for drugs I know how the system works bottom line regardless if I agree with the law its the law and I knew what i was doing was illegal so its nobodies fault but my own i went to prison....and no matter how u slice and dice it we have it good here in the United States if u think the laws suck here go to Dubai and try to smoke $5 worth of weed if u think the prisons here suck they're resorts compared to prisons in Brazil or Mexico or Russia...yes I believe drugs should all be legal it would actually save thousands and thousands of lives and boost our economy....the war on drugs is a failure they're here anyway people get high anyway so why not legalize them but that's not how it is and everyone knows they're illegal so for now if someone decides to use u know ur risking legal consequences if u get caught unfortunately so there's NO ONE else to blame if u get caught
@@egregiousqueef7781 people like you are sad. So desperate for that high that you risk prisontime. The reason these drugs are illegal is because they're highly addictive and when people eventually run out of ways to fund that addiction is when crimes aren't victimless anymore. By your logic we shouldn't do anything about it until people start getting hurt instead of cutting off what causes people to hurt others in the first place. Losers like you so obsessed with getting high deserve what you get.
Man I tried hustling at a younger age, and my biggest fear was doing prison time. I hear these stories and my mind is like how can any man make it thru years of these stories smh. Props for doing what you had to do, and thanks for sharing.
@@FreshOutSeries you and everyone else that speaks truth deserve better. Shaun Atwood got censored for speaking about Bill Gates and Epstein being friends, and it’s true. They will take down your life’s work and not even warn you. Everyone should be backing their work, keep keepin’ it real! They are covering for some evil shit.
STRAIGHT FACTS, I remember back in the 70s when my uncles had done time. My older cousins started the sag in the 80s. I remember him saying that. Needless to say, I never caught on to that fad because of that !!!!
Brothers stay safe and keep putting the right information. I never been to prison and hope to God I never have to but you two are doing a service to the free community
Create environments likes this, and expect folks to transition back into society, with all of the shackles that government attaches to them? I love seeing folks not only survive, but thrive after prison. ✊
Well you could also say that people do crimes expecting to not have their lives fucked up. I was one of those people. Everyone is doing something with false expectations and we can work to change all of it.
It is the responsibility of those who are incarcerated to rise up and succeed. The tools for success are provided with the available education and programming and ability to learn and teach and become a better person. Even in violent yards there are dudes that rise above the bs and do the freaking work and do.right. if that wasn't true dudes wouldn't get college degrees and go decades with no ir's. Cut the blaming bullshit. Establish accountability for your own actions.
@Lost in the woods believe it or not most inmates/convicts are *not* genuinely seeking rehabilitation. It’s not “on the prison to rehabilitate” it’s on the individual.
Great guest and very insightful interview! It's absolutely true, the people glorifying this sort of life often haven't done a second of time in prison.
I'm an old woman who know where the "saggin britches" started and am continually amazed that young men don't know they're advertising... smh I really hate to see the young men and more women buying the "fake stories" put out on TikTok, Instagram and YT thinking they're so bad. They don't know what real bad is and when they find out it's to late. Thank you gentlemen for warnings and the truth. I hope more and more start to listen..Bless you for caring about the future of our youth, because like you said that past has a way of following you....
Powerful stuff from you brothers. I'm still thanking THE MOST HIGH for allowing me the chance to get out the game before it got much worse. Going to jail damn near every week was getting ridiculous, plus it was hard on my moms. I had to cut that out. It was time. Thank you for stories. I appreciate the insight from you OG's.
So much time has passed since sagging became a fashion trend, that every guy who does it is obviously agreeing to that hook up. They've been told long enough what it means. If still doing it, they must like it.
they tried that in the 90s. reality is, at least for us, we didnt care. most of us, especially black kids, knew there are different rules to different areas. In the streets, sagging didnt come from prisons. It was a era changing thing that started from us kids wearing hand me downs. Always told we looked cute. baggy clothes slowly became a style. And just like white people had the "messy hair" or "loose clothing" styles,...black people had the same, but we were looked at negatively. So our messy hair was called nappy. Dreads etc. And our baggy was called thuggish etc...but it all evolved from one era to the next and the catalyst was having to wear so many baggy, loose clothing in low income areas. that's city or country. Rappers were just our older brothers and cousins who became rappers. It's not like Kool Moe Dee was doing it. It was the young rappers after them. the young rappers who went through the 80s crack era as a kid. Low income areas. ruined areas. Placs where america had beaten the people of that area...so money was hard to come by. So hand me downs was a normal thing more often than not. and everyone wasappreciative. even Easter Sunday pictures had us in baggy suits. Either hand me down suits or sizes bought a bit bigger so that we could wear them again. Getting money's worth. THAT is where sagging became a fad with younger kids. clothes naturally were loose. And young people think stupid things are funny. like letting the underwear show. Like not having a belt. Lazy days whatever. Now, within jail, it's obvious that some booty boy was showing ass for a whole other reason. just like you wear your favorite team hat for the actual team, but a gangsta wears it for insignia of the gang. Just like a hipster wears the flannel and Jeans meant for the laborious work of tree chopping lol. One group of people doing one thing for a specific reason, doesnt change why a thing is what it is. Personally I never sagged. But I lived that era of it becoming a thing. I'm sure if I went to prison I'd come out and see it thesame. Relating the saggers to prison stuff. I do that now as a marine vet. Relating civilian stuff to military stuff. But civilian stuff is just that, civilian stuff.
Soooo grateful for you two sharing your tragic, horrific lives. I pray I never end at your ages institutionalized and with my best years lost to the nightmares you experienced. Thanks
God bless you guys my heart goes out to you both, to be able to talk and smile after all that mental abuse and thank you for your stories stay well stay free!!!
"Real as a Mother F__ker" & that is as succinct as it gets. Big Herc & DJ Verrett the message you convey about all that Gangster Rap garbage by singers who glorify crime and donig jail time that don't have a clue of what they're rambling about because they haven't lived the life is spot on. You guys give the real unglamorous side of what hard time is about and what it takes to survive everyday every bloody day. As an educator of over 30 years in Australia who has worked at many hard and extremely challenging schools where Gangster Rap is king - it is refreshing to hear your message. What is also refreshing is you guys show that you don't have to be covered head to toe with tatts to prove you are tough and can make it in any environment. Tatts that will mark you for life and hinder your life of change and job opportunities once you leave the big house.
Appreciate your story’s and advice. I hope your videos reach a lot of people and keep em out of prison. Never been, probably never will but i guess no one knows. I grew up on the same side of the tracks as most of my people thats locked up. Luckily ive always had a good head up top and stayed outta trouble for the most. Learned a lot of respect and right mentality from playing football and being around people like yall thats been locked up before. Stay up brotha, keep preaching! Yall folks need to listen to herc,STAY OUT.
This man said he literally was at the crossroads of his life , should I sell dope or not? And that simple decision is basically what led to all the pain he experienced.
At 17, I walked into a liquor store that burned the previous night, and I took a bottle of 7UP . Kids all over the place. There were at least 3 other boys 17 and over. Well, the police came and took us older boys to the police station. The owner of the store was about to let us go, until one boy mouthed off to him, and he said, "Lock 'em all up!" I didn't know the others at all, so there I was, in Cook County jail. Spent one day, and one night locked up. Eventually, I was freed in court (after a year of continuations), but I quickly realized jail was not for me.
Salute both yall. The lessons you can get from these type interviews are profound. Straight from the experience of the cursed. Blessing it is to be fortunate enough to survive and share hell for the people before us to avoid.
Man, your interview with Mr. Verret was Very eye opening and deeply interesting. I stayed glued to my seat so I wouldn't miss anything. WOW! Prison life is an incredible monster for one to endure. Thank God you made it out of there De'Juan. I am enlightened by your story and your courage. You don't look like what you've been through! Praying for you, Brother! God Bless you Herc!
Thanks for this. Should be required viewing for all the young bloods out there thinking they're bad asses and HAVE NO CLUE OF THE REALITY of the consequences of their choices and decisions.
Thanks guys. I never did time but I appreciate you for sharing yours experiences. The problem with our post millennial generation today in our urban centers is that they are seduced by the rap music culture of glorifying gangster life and prison life and they are not getting the REALITY and CONSEQUENCES of that life. Your message are needed in CHICAGO, DETROIT, NEW YORK, ALT, HOUSTON, LA, and many other urban areas to help Renaissance the thinking of our young men who headed down this unfortunate road.
DJ Verrett reeay tells an incredible story about his incarnation! thank You , Herc and the DJ for all the incorrigible details they provide about their experience!
You really need to take this show on the road it would be a good thing for a lot of young men across this country to hear these stories and understand that it isn't a game that prison life isn't something to be glorified etc I think you're doing a good thing with this keep up the good work
From watching Herc Interview s and Listen to my warnings about the Life of being on the inside of a Maximum security Prison for 8 year's my son has been damn near a Angel and I Luv it. I don't really speck about it much although when I do ears are wide open I sulute you Brother's for your voice and message to our youth.
Wow, that cat has been thru it. Geez these kids are so eager to hurt someone and have no clue on the horror that awaits them. He is well spoken, measured in his replies and able to convey the serious nature without without changing his tone of voice. Its wonderful to see the awareness of his circumstances and finding a way to move forward. Not easy but possible. Stay free
Excellent interview and great questions being asked. This man should have his own channel. Seems as if he has plenty of material to talk about. Keep grinding Herc..
I entered federal prison at 19 in 1991 it was crazy in the beginning but they shut alot of all that down in the feds. Lewisburg. Allenwood. Etc he blowning stories up. Keep it real.
These kids have no idea what they heading too. I seen kid get loud talking back and he was split in two on the spot, next stop the ICU. These stories need to be shared to schools.
Hey Big Herc, thank-you for keeping it SO real, I've been "parent"ing 6 guys that have done "ugly time in prison. I've had to learn how to be callus to the junk they speak about in the prison, and, you with your guest confirmed what "my kids" have shared with me about prison life. They are now doing EVERYTHING they can to keep their noses clean and out of trouble! If I let them see this video of yours and the others you've done, I know they would want to send you monthly support to help you financially do your work Doug 👍
Big herc keeps warning people to stay out of prison and I respect him for that.
For sure
Oh aight
For Real It's not a Badge of Honor it's Modern Day SLAVERY Plain and Simple
I agree with u 👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽
“I’m Rick James bitch” 😂
Big Herc is a great interviewer. He lets people talk and comes in to add stuff in or ask questions at good moments. Good interviewing style.
I don't think prison in Ukraine is the same as America
@@AH-mj1rd what
Intelligence and charisma the man has.
Yeah, exactly! Conversational style, openended questions. That's what pro journalists do. Herc knows his stuff. Have the same experience as the interviewees is a must in this particular genre though, as they talking about some down-right horrible shut. I don't see these guys sharing stuff like this with Anderson Cooper ...
SOMETHING ELSE THATS SAGGING...
A study of 253 men from Tanzania found that the average stretched flaccid penis length of Tanzanian males is 11 cm (4.53 inches) long, smaller than the worldwide average, stretched flaccid penis length of 13.24 cm (5.21 inches), and average erect penis length of 13.12 cm (5.17 inches).[33]
A study of 115 men from Nigeria found that the average flaccid stretched penis length of Nigerian males is 13.37 cm (5.26 inches) long, which is near identical to the worldwide average, stretched flaccid penis length of 13.24 cm (5.21 inches) and average erect penis length of 13.12 cm (5.17 inches).
Rappers “Glorifying the life that they don’t have the nuts to walk”. Tragically true
Rappers are actors who never leave character. Nothing more nothing less. Easy scapegoats for issues that are deeper than rap.
You really belive ice t was a real detective😂
Just taking advantage of others stupidity
That's the very basis of gangster rap. Weird to think I've done more time and gangster stuff than most all rappers and I'm white lol
But I don't like rap music and nobody I know and anyways likes it very much they hate it Bluegrass is really good you should listen to some bluegrass gospel Cajun music is really good stuff the old gunfighter country songs The Old Mountain Music it's old-time and wonderful music even some of the truckers songs get out a lot of the tractor-trailer music is just wonderful y'all need any good ideas you let me know I'll tell you who's the best I know a lot of music and that's some good stuff I don't really like the heavy metal or skinhead music or Grateful Dead Or Pink Floyd put it really heavy-duty Ozzy Osbourne Bluegrass mountain old-time Mountain Music Cajun music is wonderful people love Cajun music it is so good of you never heard of car shower but you want to hear trucker music listen to Red Sovine and Bluegrass to start with Ralph Stanley Grandpa Jones
I'm a civilian square that's never been incarcerated, I recognized at the age of 8 that I wanted no parts of the streets. All of my homies were drug dealers, users, robbers, scam artist or just straight up dregs of the Earth. I thank the creator that I had excellent parents and I was never a follower. Shout out to the Big Homie for educating our youth about the perils of the streets, the sidewalk is okay.
100% agree!
I’m a square and proud of it. I never want this experience. No thank you I’m good.
I'm a man first but the streets anit for men its for uneducated boys
I don't know you from a can a paint , but dam you got my respect yo ! It's rare to see someone stand on what THEY believe in and not the world's imaginary expectations . Stay blessed always 🙏🏾
You didn’t miss out on shit. I recognized at an early age too that life was nonsense. Especially after all of the things black ppl have been through together collectively. It’s like we make each other lives harder by having a crab in a barrel mentality. Our music is TRASH and the way we live in our communities is retarded.
The fact drug use is so prevalent *in* prisons shows how pointless, wasteful, and tragic the "War on Drugs" is. Thank you, Big Herc for continuing to put out these wonderful videos. You are making a positive difference in the world by sharing these stories.
Get sent to jail for using drugs now your stuck inside a place with not only the same drugs that got you locked up but a buncha random men with they own issues I don't know why drugs are illegal for users
@@KingTay-xg4mi its illegal for users because if you do not use, nobody willbother selling
I got out in 2020, and fake weed is the number one drug, they be having medical everywhere
It was a slogan to lock up more african Americans to make more money in the prison system
Very few of the ppl in prison are non violent drug offenders
I appreciate all of the comments! I’m just sharing my journey and life experiences in order to shed light on that negative lifestyle 🙏🏽
Eh man! Never did a day locked down in my life 🤞, and ain’t tryin’ to! Salute you OG’s that put in work and paid your dues’n debt to society! Respect! ✊
Brotha your stories among others I've always heard are the reasons I tried my best to stay out them cages, stay positive ✊🏿
Thanks big cuz 👑
So proud of you my brotha ✊🏽
paid the debt ,continued with life as a MAN ,be well sir
You know the shit is real when big herc looks at you like " dude wtf?"
Okkkk Lol
9 months in the hole, that small, he felt dudes pain instantly
Pimp C said it. If you gonna glorify the good side of the dope game you need to glorify the bad side of the dope game.
Hiiigh life we livin that high life
Young brothers better pull up their pants lol
Lol that shit cap bruh😂
Looks like you a bandito!
Brother can tell a story, he got me feeling like I’m there with him. Respect
This guy has that OG magnetism, smooth and well spoken.
Crazy 😧
That's that West Coast they can be gangster as hell but can speak proper and Educated LA & DC are the only places I've been where they don't try to talk with a NY Accent they don't Copy they Originate
Sounds like he could produce a movie of his live. He articulates so well
4 real, he's got that ice t soav in his speech
He reminds me so much of dude from key and peele.
Man this dude needs to be a voice actor on the next GTA
@Lucas Lucas why a snitch?
@Lucas Lucas you the type of dude that likes to THINK he's gangster hahaha your a joke 🤣
@Lucas Lucas dam bro😂
@Lucas Lucas that’s my cuzn you speaking on you need to stfu cuz. That’s on me
Real shit.
I did 7 years got out in 2014 and this by far is one of the realest episodes I’ve seen it brought back a lot of flashbacks big herc you really did your thing with this episode
Enjoy every moment every day of your freedom ✨
Booty bandit episode brought back a lot of memories lol okie dokie
Booty bandit episode brought back a lot of memories lol okie dokie
You became a muslim in jail?
Enjoy your freedoms dude
Yooo brothers I sent this to my son, and now he is busting his ass to come and live back with me, cuz he sees that my rules and structure is to keep him out the streets cuz he is not built for jail, and I thank you Big Herc for your channel
Ghost talks so cool, his voice is so convincing and smooth.
I'm guessing you are young and inexperienced. The guy's a sociopath.
My brother been going back and forth since he was like 17. That’s what made me gravitate to this channel. Just trying to understand why he keeps falling into the cycle. Much respect and appreciate what you’re doing. Prayers to anyone with family locked up.
I love you
The reason he keeps going back is because by now he's institutionalized he's just not scared of going back its actually easier in his mind. To have someone take care of him no responsibilities etc I have friends like that to I had to cut them off because I just couldn't be around that energy no telling what stupid shit they might do and your associated!!!
@@brando36922 💯💯💯💯
One of my good friends was like your brother. Getting out of prison was just a matter of for how long he'd be out before heading back in. He never did get right.
Screw it as long as your not getting in trouble is all that matters. He might like being next to men and not women. Who knows he might like eating Cinnabon’s way I see it cookies taste better in the free world then it does being locked up.
They need to put this in schools across America. Foreal
Sure do, the youth of today needs to know these things. Not just by chance catching a video on TH-cam (although better hear the message than not), rather in the schools. Take away crap like HomeEq & useless shit & have classes about justice & real prison life, with reformed inmates as guest speakers. No need for the speakers to curse, talk loud & all that, just ask a question like "How would you like to suitcase a knife all day for protection?" There may be laughter or giggles at first, then be a bit more assertive & explain the question in greater detail. The giggles will stop fast.
The system could care less about rehabilitation, return offenders are job security, the DOC doesn't want to see paroled inmates make it. Those most vulnerable are those who has served 10+ years, or 5+ if drug charges & participated in zero treatment. The only rehabilitation has to come from within the heart & soul of the inmate, otherwise it's a revolving door once in the system.
Ghost is really out here talking to kids. I think he as a few TH-cam videos of him talking to the kids…
Na they want crime up
"Classical (Pavlovian) conditioning can be done with earthworms, and operant (Skinnerian) conditioning can be conducted on rats and pigeons. But there is a third level of learning that pretty much only primates and humans are capable of, and that is what is called social learning.
This third level of learning, in its most powerful form, revolves primarily around the observation and imitation of a role model. Unlike operant conditioning, in social learning it is not essential that the learner be directly reinforced in order for learning to take place. What is important in social learning is to understand the characteristics that can lead to the selection of a specific individual as a role model.
The processes that make someone a desirable role model include:
• Vicarious reinforcement. You see the role model being reinforced in a manner that you can experience vicariously.
• Similarity to the learner. You perceive that the role model has a key trait that makes him/her similar to you.
• Social power. The role model has the power to reward (but does not necessarily do so).
• Status envy. You envy the role model's receipt of rewards from others."
[On Killing, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, 2009, Chapter 4]
That’s a sick ass idea. I definitely wouldn’t appreciate prison talk and real history can’t be discussed.
Dudes amazing. Saying he wants to forget these things but willing to share with the rest of us. Respect.
You're spreading an incredibly important message. I watch these videos every once in a while to remind myself where I NEVER want to go. God bless...
I appreciate you brother’s stories. I’m definitely gonna show my son these videos. Y’all may have just saved a few young brothers lives. Respect 💯💯💯
Maaaaan! These stories are wild. Thank you for your reflective conversation. A lot of us don’t realize the extent of choices we can make in our lives until we see people literally making life and death choices in prison.
I’m grateful for your messages Big Herc and DJ. Thank y’all 🙏🏿🙏🏿
I gotta show this to my son. The reality of this gives me chills.
BEWARE OF THE BOOTY BANDITS, YOUNG ONE!
Hopefully he can become a shot caller
Who dat.
Make sure he knows to protect his cheeks. He needs to understand the immense value of his sweet, young cheeks in this cold, cruel world. Prayers.🙏
His account is vivid. He went back in time.His language changed and all. Damn!
I like to hear about dudes getting out and being able to overcome and even thrive. Too many don't... I'd not have lasted a week in prison and, fortunately, realized it before testing those waters. Keep up the great work!
You would’ve been sold no doubt
I worked in a level 6 maximum security prison as CO/SRT team member in GA. Many people walking the streets just don't know. Others pretend they know and won't be truthful about their own experiences
"That's your manhood. Do not give up your manhood."
Most men have given up and never been to jail with them leggings sagging!
💯💯💯
I never went to the feds, but I did 15 years in Louisiana state prisons. They were all dangerous too
Big Herc, I married a brother in 1992 with a sentence of 20 years just like your guest. But he never told me any of the stories that I'm listening to now. I visited him in different SHU programs.
BUT THIS REALLY IS AN EYE OPENER.!
What happened once he got out?
Hmm. He must've been through some thangs in there
Are you still w him
I felt like I just listened to a 2 hour conversation, nice storytelling and going in depth for the youngins I hope they listen before it too late.💯
9 months in the hole. Damn bro. Wow. Sorry to hear.
MAD RESPECT to you for you surviving this, and still comes out to try to help out the young ones out here.
This brotha here! Love this dudes interview, cuz he's too smooth and tells a great story. I hope you have him on a few more times cuz this was the best in a long time.
He got that old school super Smoove gangster crip voice 😂
Right
Reminded me of ice tea
True west coast dude
Great channel, very informative. Very necessary. My cousin just came home from 10 in the feds. Popped up at my front door, thought he was gonna surprise me. Little did he know I was counting the seconds for his release. He's on that good path these days, hope he stays on it. Just glad he's home ✌🏾
As an ex CO being thrown off that 3rd tier was my biggest fear. If you survived it it was gonna be painful and mess you up.
Gravity doesn't matter how tough you are!...SMMFH..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸👋🤠
Man I love shit like this. I learned my lesson just from jail. Y’all got real stories that these young men need to hear. A split second can have you locked up for years. It’s no joke. And especially for us black men rn.
Both of you gentlemen have to realize how important it is that both of you keep tellin your stories. Of course for the youngsters that are basically on the fast track to the feds etc but also for the guys getting out after 5-10-20 years. It’s so good to see you two out on top after having been what you’ve been through 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
They made dumb decisions
@@mrgeorgeleach7498 we know that but, its what they do after words that people admire not their initial decisions
Do the right people even watch these videos? They might. And they probably laugh. Why? They demons.
I love how ex cons refer to prison analogies like a vet refers to their tour of duty. Lol
There are many similarities. Uniform clothing for all, tiers/pods etc named delta, charlie, bravo, alpha. Mess halls, commissary/canteen buildings, ptsd (just in a different way)
Lmao
It’s a Battle!
Lol
The camera quality and lighting are on point man, not to mention the words of wisdom for our young brothers and son.
Big Herc I’m 31 got the streets and the country life do you kno my cousin called me yesterday and said what this man said ! He said rappers glorifying and fronting these days you really did all of that and got your mental space together and made it out one piece without death .. been locked up but not life sentence and escaped without snitching on nobody!
God is good and y’all are speaking facts!
Brothers, thank you... The CALMEST, most amazing conversation I've ever heard on prison life.... Scared Straight, REAL TALK style.... Excellent interview.
All kids need to see this. Big Herc, thanks for bringing the truth…this is the realest interview I have ever seen about prison.
I need to watch you as a reminder for what the shit was like. To hear someone else and know that they been through what I’ve been through really helps me man. I’ve been in 3 riots. 2 at USP BEAUMONT one in fed holding. You are real man.
Were there booty bandits there? I’d arm myself with a shank first day in.
Tx?
I prefer hearing and reading about these stories than experiencing them and plan to keep it that way ✊
Hello my friend who goes to link to my audiobook seven hours of amazing story take care and let’s talk soon
Ghost is my favorite guest on this show, because of his openness. You can tell that for him there was nothing glorious or “hard” about his time in prison. No malice, no vanity. Just pure, cold survival. There’s almost a sadness in his tone when he has to recount the events that happened to him. In a world as vicious as the one they’re speaking of, that’s a unique thing
You like him cause he’s gay huh
I’m a former C.O that worked on Rikers Island 1987-1999. I have to admit this interview shook me and I seen everything.
It really is amazing hearing testimonies like this, that aren't being glorified. Love the content keep up the great work👍🏻👍🏻
That’s why I sag😏
It's the realist channel
Agreed.The stories were amazing.I'm no psychologist but when Herc talked about having nightmares and when Ghost spoke about things that he saw that can't be unseen,it sounded a lot like PTSD. to me(I'm not saying that they have it but I'm just saying that what they're describing sounds a lot like PTSD).It makes perfect sense the more I think about it that you could end up with PTSD from being in prison.
@@kingwarrior5028 King Booty Warrior, laying hard in the yard and greased down with lard. Getting them squat-thrusts in so you can be the #1 Power-Bottom on the compound.
I got snatched when I was 21 years old. I was charged with two different shooting cases. I went to trial on each. I won one and a year later lost the other. Also during this time I was indicted by the feds. By the time it was all over I had got out only a few days short of exact arrest date 10 earlier. Watching these videos not only guys stay out who never went in it also help the ones of us who have been through it and who are on the fence about jumping back in that lifestyle decide to stay on the right track. Salute from Detroit 💯
Much respect my brother also he goes a copy to my audiobook check it out have a blessed one salute back to you
Get off of the Fence! You already know what’s on the other side! Doing the same things expecting different results is called, Insanity! You are free, stay this way! Be Victorious. 🥰🙏🏾
Bro dude is legit an OG his voice and everything I could listen to him talk all day .
You better change your picture before you go to one of these places because who you know.🤓 Nerd up
Facts.
@@onealramar5652 😂
Thanks!
I'll never unforget this episode
😂
I was literally scanning the comments for an unforget reference.
That guest you had I didn’t want to miss one word he said. He was good at speaking. There was no stuttering no repeating himself. Ghost was cool man.
Just a tip. Don't go to prison.
Then help fight against victimless non-violent crimes that put the poor there, like Possession of a Controlled Subtance
Where is the violence or the victim if I get arrested with a baggy of coke? Me, I'm the victim. CDC says maybe like 18% of people who use drugs show problematic use, which mean others recreational use does not. we have to stop this draconian enforcement nonsense almost solely targeting poor communities
If I commit property theft to feed my habit, those are their own offenses; drug possession in and of itself is neither a property nor bodily crime; you arrest people for behaviors that might MIGHT result from consuming the drug...
there is no crime in possession, otherwise you might as scoup up all those people smoking weed in "legal" states where it's still federally illegal, rigth? it's a drug right, they're possessing it and therefore committing a crime, right?
@@egregiousqueef7781 drug dealers shoot people, stop giving them your money
@Allashuwa Beatz correct: they BOTH evil and only care about profit not people.
@@egregiousqueef7781 if you get caught with a little baggy of coke ur not going to prison anyway....ive been to state prison 2 times for drugs I know how the system works bottom line regardless if I agree with the law its the law and I knew what i was doing was illegal so its nobodies fault but my own i went to prison....and no matter how u slice and dice it we have it good here in the United States if u think the laws suck here go to Dubai and try to smoke $5 worth of weed if u think the prisons here suck they're resorts compared to prisons in Brazil or Mexico or Russia...yes I believe drugs should all be legal it would actually save thousands and thousands of lives and boost our economy....the war on drugs is a failure they're here anyway people get high anyway so why not legalize them but that's not how it is and everyone knows they're illegal so for now if someone decides to use u know ur risking legal consequences if u get caught unfortunately so there's NO ONE else to blame if u get caught
@@egregiousqueef7781 people like you are sad. So desperate for that high that you risk prisontime. The reason these drugs are illegal is because they're highly addictive and when people eventually run out of ways to fund that addiction is when crimes aren't victimless anymore. By your logic we shouldn't do anything about it until people start getting hurt instead of cutting off what causes people to hurt others in the first place. Losers like you so obsessed with getting high deserve what you get.
This guy is so real n every word carries extra weight. Story teller extraordinaire!
Man I tried hustling at a younger age, and my biggest fear was doing prison time. I hear these stories and my mind is like how can any man make it thru years of these stories smh. Props for doing what you had to do, and thanks for sharing.
U just gotta be smart or not do it all G
@@bigt100 it always comes back on ya though one way or another
I know DJ personally. I ran into this TH-cam randomly. He's a good man! This is really talk... People better listen up!
Good morning my brother we should go on a ride real so I just got bought that ROADGLIDE for my 50th birthday
One of the best guests you bring on! 🔥
Would love to hear some more from him
Great guest, and interesting insights into an extraordinary aspect of American society. Cheers Big Herc!
TH-cam never promotes your work, Herc! I just saw this but always have to look you up. We are liked are subscribed almost from the start.
Were shadowbanned for not being PC nor pushing pro prison propaganda.
@@FreshOutSeries you and everyone else that speaks truth deserve better. Shaun Atwood got censored for speaking about Bill Gates and Epstein being friends, and it’s true. They will take down your life’s work and not even warn you. Everyone should be backing their work, keep keepin’ it real! They are covering for some evil shit.
STRAIGHT FACTS, I remember back in the 70s when my uncles had done time. My older cousins started the sag in the 80s. I remember him saying that. Needless to say, I never caught on to that fad because of that !!!!
Brothers stay safe and keep putting the right information. I never been to prison and hope to God I never have to but you two are doing a service to the free community
Create environments likes this, and expect folks to transition back into society, with all of the shackles that government attaches to them? I love seeing folks not only survive, but thrive after prison. ✊
Well you could also say that people do crimes expecting to not have their lives fucked up. I was one of those people. Everyone is doing something with false expectations and we can work to change all of it.
It is the responsibility of those who are incarcerated to rise up and succeed. The tools for success are provided with the available education and programming and ability to learn and teach and become a better person. Even in violent yards there are dudes that rise above the bs and do the freaking work and do.right. if that wasn't true dudes wouldn't get college degrees and go decades with no ir's. Cut the blaming bullshit. Establish accountability for your own actions.
Well he'll don't goto prison
The prisoners create this environment. They're no different on the streets
@Lost in the woods believe it or not most inmates/convicts are *not* genuinely seeking rehabilitation. It’s not “on the prison to rehabilitate” it’s on the individual.
Great guest and very insightful interview!
It's absolutely true, the people glorifying this sort of life often haven't done a second of time in prison.
Big Herc thank you for caring to share with us the 💯 truth about the life in the penal system. You are greatly appreciated.
I'm nobody, but I appreciate the candor and sincerity. Bless you sir
I'm an old woman who know where the "saggin britches" started and am continually amazed that young men don't know they're advertising... smh I really hate to see the young men and more women buying the "fake stories" put out on TikTok, Instagram and YT thinking they're so bad. They don't know what real bad is and when they find out it's to late. Thank you gentlemen for warnings and the truth. I hope more and more start to listen..Bless you for caring about the future of our youth, because like you said that past has a way of following you....
Powerful stuff from you brothers. I'm still thanking THE MOST HIGH for allowing me the chance to get out the game before it got much worse. Going to jail damn near every week was getting ridiculous, plus it was hard on my moms. I had to cut that out. It was time. Thank you for stories. I appreciate the insight from you OG's.
How many moms do you have?
@@TheBenjammin 🤣🤣
So much time has passed since sagging became a fashion trend, that every guy who does it is obviously agreeing to that hook up. They've been told long enough what it means. If still doing it, they must like it.
Exactly smh
Na it’s just who cares
they tried that in the 90s.
reality is, at least for us, we didnt care.
most of us, especially black kids, knew there are different rules to different areas.
In the streets, sagging didnt come from prisons. It was a era changing thing that started from us kids wearing hand me downs. Always told we looked cute.
baggy clothes slowly became a style.
And just like white people had the "messy hair" or "loose clothing" styles,...black people had the same, but we were looked at negatively. So our messy hair was called nappy. Dreads etc. And our baggy was called thuggish etc...but it all evolved from one era to the next and the catalyst was having to wear so many baggy, loose clothing in low income areas. that's city or country.
Rappers were just our older brothers and cousins who became rappers. It's not like Kool Moe Dee was doing it. It was the young rappers after them. the young rappers who went through the 80s crack era as a kid. Low income areas. ruined areas. Placs where america had beaten the people of that area...so money was hard to come by. So hand me downs was a normal thing more often than not.
and everyone wasappreciative.
even Easter Sunday pictures had us in baggy suits. Either hand me down suits or sizes bought a bit bigger so that we could wear them again.
Getting money's worth.
THAT is where sagging became a fad with younger kids. clothes naturally were loose. And young people think stupid things are funny. like letting the underwear show. Like not having a belt. Lazy days whatever.
Now, within jail, it's obvious that some booty boy was showing ass for a whole other reason.
just like you wear your favorite team hat for the actual team, but a gangsta wears it for insignia of the gang.
Just like a hipster wears the flannel and Jeans meant for the laborious work of tree chopping lol.
One group of people doing one thing for a specific reason, doesnt change why a thing is what it is.
Personally I never sagged. But I lived that era of it becoming a thing.
I'm sure if I went to prison I'd come out and see it thesame. Relating the saggers to prison stuff. I do that now as a marine vet. Relating civilian stuff to military stuff. But civilian stuff is just that, civilian stuff.
Yup! lookin too clap some cheeks👍
Now? These young ass rappers sag their pants down to the middle of they thighs.
I like that when you can pinpoint the actual decision that changes your life forever.
Soooo grateful for you two sharing your tragic, horrific lives. I pray I never end at your ages institutionalized and with my best years lost to the nightmares you experienced. Thanks
God bless you guys my heart goes out to you both, to be able to talk and smile after all that mental abuse and thank you for your stories stay well stay free!!!
I really like hearing this guy speak. He just giving it to you real and not glorifying it.
Salute Big Herc
The platform
The guest and
The subscribers
Salute to you homie. Nice to see a pic of Patrice in the comments section 😂 bro was a real one.
@@marksotelo6472 FACTS
Big Herc
Hope you are doing well.
Thanks for helping the folks out there make positive decisions.
"Real as a Mother F__ker" & that is as succinct as it gets.
Big Herc & DJ Verrett the message you convey about all that Gangster Rap garbage by singers who glorify crime and donig jail time that don't have a clue of what they're rambling about because they haven't lived the life is spot on. You guys give the real unglamorous side of what hard time is about and what it takes to survive everyday every bloody day. As an educator of over 30 years in Australia who has worked at many hard and extremely challenging schools where Gangster Rap is king - it is refreshing to hear your message.
What is also refreshing is you guys show that you don't have to be covered head to toe with tatts to prove you are tough and can make it in any environment. Tatts that will mark you for life and hinder your life of change and job opportunities once you leave the big house.
Appreciate your story’s and advice. I hope your videos reach a lot of people and keep em out of prison. Never been, probably never will but i guess no one knows. I grew up on the same side of the tracks as most of my people thats locked up. Luckily ive always had a good head up top and stayed outta trouble for the most. Learned a lot of respect and right mentality from playing football and being around people like yall thats been locked up before. Stay up brotha, keep preaching! Yall folks need to listen to herc,STAY OUT.
This man said he literally was at the crossroads of his life , should I sell dope or not? And that simple decision is basically what led to all the pain he experienced.
That's crazy to think about, ONE wrong decision...
At 17, I walked into a liquor store that burned the previous night, and I took a bottle of 7UP . Kids all over the place. There were at least 3 other boys 17 and over. Well, the police came and took us older boys to the police station. The owner of the store was about to let us go, until one boy mouthed off to him, and he said, "Lock 'em all up!" I didn't know the others at all, so there I was, in Cook County jail. Spent one day, and one night locked up. Eventually, I was freed in court (after a year of continuations), but I quickly realized jail was not for me.
America man it could be so much better
Salute both yall. The lessons you can get from these type interviews are profound. Straight from the experience of the cursed. Blessing it is to be fortunate enough to survive and share hell for the people before us to avoid.
Great comment
Dope interview my man definitely need to bring him back
Man, your interview with Mr. Verret was Very eye opening and deeply interesting. I stayed glued to my seat so I wouldn't miss anything. WOW! Prison life is an incredible monster for one to endure. Thank God you made it out of there De'Juan. I am enlightened by your story and your courage. You don't look like what you've been through! Praying for you, Brother! God Bless you Herc!
Thanks for this. Should be required viewing for all the young bloods out there thinking they're bad asses and HAVE NO CLUE OF THE REALITY of the consequences of their choices and decisions.
I love Big Herc. True inspiration to people like me that never went to prison. I’ll take y’all word for it, lol.
Thanks guys. I never did time but I appreciate you for sharing yours experiences. The problem with our post millennial generation today in our urban centers is that they are seduced by the rap music culture of glorifying gangster life and prison life and they are not getting the REALITY and CONSEQUENCES of that life. Your message are needed in CHICAGO, DETROIT, NEW YORK, ALT, HOUSTON, LA, and many other urban areas to help Renaissance the thinking of our young men who headed down this unfortunate road.
Gotta have this man back on the show.
DJ Verrett reeay tells an incredible story about his incarnation! thank You , Herc and the DJ for all the incorrigible details they provide about their experience!
You really need to take this show on the road it would be a good thing for a lot of young men across this country to hear these stories and understand that it isn't a game that prison life isn't something to be glorified etc I think you're doing a good thing with this keep up the good work
Thank you my friend I appreciate that comment I just sent you the link to my audiobook enjoy it I look forward to speaking with you
Interview gave me chills
...strong individual....the eyes never lie☝🏾
From watching Herc Interview s and Listen to my warnings about the Life of being on the inside of a Maximum security Prison for 8 year's my son has been damn near a Angel and I Luv it. I don't really speck about it much although when I do ears are wide open I sulute you Brother's for your voice and message to our youth.
*"Booty... is like water."*
yall major inspirational. thank you for putting this out for everyone. the world needs to know, for many reasons.
This is the type of prison stories I wanna hear about? Keep it up big herg
Wow, that cat has been thru it.
Geez these kids are so eager to hurt someone and have no clue on the horror that awaits them.
He is well spoken, measured in his replies and able to convey the serious nature without without changing his tone of voice.
Its wonderful to see the awareness of his circumstances and finding a way to move forward.
Not easy but possible.
Stay free
Excellent interview and great questions being asked. This man should have his own channel. Seems as if he has plenty of material to talk about. Keep grinding Herc..
You guys keepin it Real !
Thanks for posting.
I entered federal prison at 19 in 1991 it was crazy in the beginning but they shut alot of all that down in the feds. Lewisburg. Allenwood. Etc he blowning stories up. Keep it real.
I can't unforget this, Herc.
These kids have no idea what they heading too. I seen kid get loud talking back and he was split in two on the spot, next stop the ICU. These stories need to be shared to schools.
Did that happen in a prison?
@@jackjack4412Yes
Saggin, giving inmates a heads up
Now this is REAL! RESPECT from NC 💯
Hey Big Herc, thank-you for keeping it SO real, I've been "parent"ing 6 guys that have done "ugly time in prison. I've had to learn how to be callus to the junk they speak about in the prison, and, you with your guest confirmed what "my kids" have shared with me about prison life. They are now doing EVERYTHING they can to keep their noses clean and out of trouble! If I let them see this video of yours and the others you've done, I know they would want to send you monthly support to help you financially do your work Doug 👍
Has to be one of the realest spoken dudes on this channel.