The @Staple_Mouse most violent cities in Iowa (Ames, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Des Moines, especially Fort Dodge & Waterloo -- although FD has shifted from lean Dumocrat to lean GOP in the past decade) tend to vote Democrat. >80% of Iowa's counties have
25 years born and raised in Iowa. Des Moines has 0 dangerous hoods. You can walk/bike around with with no worries. The “thugs” in Des Moines are just posers that want to be like those from ATL, Cali, etc.. Des Moines “gangsters” have zero history since they only started acting “hood” at the age of 20+. I wrestled against a really wholesome dude from East High that just now started flashing guns on Snapchat claiming a hood after he got his permit to carry. I helped him get that permit is the hilarious part.
Man the late 80s early 90s was nuts here, when they Killed Jody Stokes shit went left, I can name real bloods from LA and the Lou, real TVLs from the Chi and Crips who was already established here who started changing the culture at that time. Not to mention Oakridge, one way in and two ways out if you know what I mean. I’m happy that shit calmed down in the early 2000s but this last 5 years or so been no joke with all these young kids 13 to 17 doing home invasions shooting each other up even on school grounds. Still think the 515 a lot better off than most hoods in the Midwest but to say we don’t have shooters here that wouldn’t shoot you or me in a heartbeat for some clout is just naïve💯💯
That lady at 12:50 is so sweet and genuinely cares about them. People like that are really what makes a good community and good people, she talked about them like she believes in them 1000%
Not taking the things that happen in this city seriously just because it's in Iowa is exactly how the problem will escalate, and then everyone will try and bring awareness when it's already too late. That's what happened to the Chicago Outfit. Everyone took those guys as a joke and they ended up being the most prolific gangster organization to ever exist.
IM FROM IOWA ITS LITERALLY NOTHING LIKE THIS. 😂 they aren’t on shit. I know half of these kids. C-block doesn’t even exist anymore. None of them do. And balla the “rapper” is wack in Iowa literally NO ONE KNOWS HIM.
@@NazarioMoreno-f5r I mean I was sayin the same thing bout where I’m from and mfs started Robbin banks across the street from my crib and shootouts every other damn week😂 even if it’s not as treacherous and even if they do make it that way themselves it still could get dangerous anywhere if u let the problems boil like that and just continue to dismiss them
@@XayMoethats bc half of Chicago migrated to iowa💯😂 i was one of em but it was too dry n whacked out up there went to college out there n erbody claimed they was from the city til mfs started asking for IDs😂😂 but yea they a bunch of wannabes
From Des Moines myself and I’ve never heard of any of these gangs. Yo shoutout Tommy though for putting us on. This is super sick to see things on this video that I see everyday
Basically 🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️ i came from Southside Chicago to Iowa and saw how different and how easy it is to live. And then mf from here all pretend to be from Chicago atl etc. for clout
theyre 19-mid 20s so different experience overall growing up cus different times also different influences. Kids don't decide to be like this on their own, guy literally talked about his pimp dad and stripper mom. We need to improve our countries infrastructure so shit like this stops happening so often
@@Ian-tp6muyou leaving out the part where. A lot of these kids made a choice to live like. They all make it seem like they had no choice and had to live this life of crime lol
This whole video had me cringing. These are wannabe posers that dream about being as hard as those from ATL, Cali, etc… the rednecks are more gangster than these clowns😂
@@aidengroveIf you think this is bad go to East Cleveland Ohio,East St Louis Illinois, or Gary Indiana those cities are horror movies. Iowa doesn’t have any major hoods just a couple sort of rough areas very rarely does it “get real” over there.
@@josephhoover4542maybe not anymore tho but when I lived there every night gunshots all night lol and just walking around there the city is ghetto like a small south side Chicago
I live in Muscatine, IA which is like a hour away from Des Moines. Watching this video is pure comedy because Des Moines is honestly the nicest place I’ve ever been to, I come here to have fun and enjoy myself.😭
For real. The “hood” is literally one square mile and still isn’t dangerous to walk through. You’re MUCH more likely to get into trouble downtown at the clubs than walking through the “hoods” in DSM at 2am.
As someone who doesn’t live in Des Moines and is near Pella and Grinnell, there are 100% places that I won’t walk in Des Moines and you’re crazy if you think otherwise, every big city has bad areas
@@kronz1puttlol, and he did say the music is what influences the crimes that goes on in the city. MUSIC! Is destroying the youth in all hoods. It’s bringing death upon our children.
He isn't that smart or inspiring.. He went to prison.. He still doing the same shit he did before prison, He will be back there soon. It's dumb to idolize him
as someone who lived in Iowa for many years, whos family relocated to the midwest, because of the gang violence in the late 80s to early 90s in around the la area.... this shit is too funny! I still have family in Iowa and go often for the holidays. Theirs pack of deer roaming the fields more dangerous than Des Moines. You hit a deer man youre fuck*d lol
@@tattoogoddess85 a mile north of compton? lmfao thats how i know you never lived here. I have family in Des Moines.... Chill. Iowa has got to be about the only place where the farmers and hunters are more armed than the gang bangers on the streets
Yeah this shit here's a joke. I lived in the bluff on lowery blvd in atlanta for years. I lold when bro pulled up to a derelict fuckin apartment complex worried about getting smoked in a drive by. These dudes look like they work factory jobs employed by temp agencies. That old crack head straight chumped the whole squad. The fuck is that? Bust that dudes shit. "Gangbangers"... ok lol.
Y’all, ima say this now before he hits a mill, we gotta protect this man and his team at ALL COSTS. Really, stand with Tommy cause he doing shit that a lot of people to lame to do, or too afraid to do. Going into the mix, being authentic, and being real will always win, and that’s why he does. Respect to you Big Bro , Big Dogs Gotta Eat !
This is actually refreshing to see if you live in Iowa. Yes, we have hoods, gangs, violence, murder, etc. But it's on a very different scale than most other places!!
I live 2 blocks away from Cheatom Park. Thank you, Tommy G, for highlighting our city. While there is so much talent and beauty here in Des Moines, you captured the other side of it well. The down and out, the struggle. #LLGio
@@fivestarFAMeshit goes down in Iowa especially Des Moines Waterloo and fort dodge been to Des Moines. Couple times and it didn’t seem to bad but in the smaller cities shit goes down everyday you just don’t hear abt it I went to nccs in fort dodge and shit was wild there was 14 through 18 year olds who would fight and threaten death over the dumbest shit there isn’t exactly a whole bunch of gangs but cliques of teens killing each other all the fuckin time one of my best friends got killed on 4th of July because his brother killed another kid his brother was locked up so they show him on 4th of July don’t speak on shit youn know abt there’s hoods everywhere goto the flats in fd and say there ain’t gangs in Iowa and get your ass stomped or killed
Holy shit that "I armwrestled a cop... they raided us 2 weeks later" bit could be a killer comedic bit if he ever went that route. Life experiences are the best comedy material
I live in Iowa and have for about two years now (in Des Moines for one of them). I DoorDash regularly and even did that full time for a bit in Des Moines. To be completely honest, I feel less safe in most of the Waterloo neighborhoods (where I live now) than I did in any neighborhood in Des Moines. In DSM, you can pretty much be unbothered when walking through neighborhoods and such if you just mind your own business and don't engage. But in ALO, I've had a few suspicious and pretty frightening incidents between just being stared at by everybody on the block and getting that sixth sense of "alright it's time to go" or actually having cars with dark tinted windows pull up on me to follow me and then speed off as soon as I get back to my car. I try to avoid those neighborhoods as much as I'm able to when delivering.
Only time I ever got kinda nervous (but never let it show) when I was running cabs in the 2010s was in wloo, especially W 3rd & 4th st. 2 fools I picked up in Cedar Falls wanted to go to the Qwik Star then said they didn't have any money when I stopped, so I was like aight mf then we going right back to where I picked yo ass up. They sat there as I turned around in the parking lot, they were looking at each other all stupid, I was staring back at them in the rear view, then asked WELL, either one of you find yo mfn wallets yet before we go back to CF coz I'm not playin about my money! Pow, suddenly a magic wallet appeared. He handed me a 50 asking if I had change and I said nope and drove off, call it a wait fee bitch! I got to where I didn't mess with wloo after the bars closed. I stayed in CF just taking the college kids home.Tired of the wloo broke ass fools. Shortly after that time of morning the folks who worked at Tyson needed to start being picked up for work, so forget those drunk hoodrats out puking everywhere tryna act like they got some nuts when they don't. I was there to make money, not waste my time or have my last nerve worked.
If your a regular civilian than no nothing will happen to but if your with this street shit its a completely different story and that’s what most these people dont/wont understand honestly if the streets of DSM could talk all the hood stories shootings bloodshed would surprise most of you mfs but then again you civilians wouldn’t understand so i suggest staying in yalls lanes
These guys were the most conservative gang members I've ever seen on anything. They were living that life but they knew 100% what was right and wrong and what was the causes for their issues like fatherless homes. Everytime I thought 'here we go with the nonsense' they would back it up with the truth and facts like adults and it just shocked me every time. "Yeah, we're doing this and that but we shouldn't because xyz" crazy
More like one of the most saddest horrible City💀💀💀 Their Police and State got to start being Forreal and i agree with that one Lady at 3:20 that said should just start locking peope left and right because what they're doing is literally illegal. They're not even living a Real Fun ACTUAL Childhood nor Life, No morals No Good role model and not even in the good right Path. Far from those people Who's not violent don't even think violence is cool (Because it isn't) And far from those people actually living an actual "LIFE"
“ it’s like CRABS IN A BARREL ” that was a great analogy, if you ever seen 20 or 30 “crabs” in a bucket or barrel, they’re all trying to hold each other down with their claws, grabbing at the first thing they can
LMMFAO the way the store owner stood by him & looking while he was talkin bout the store HILARIOUS!! Ik he was pissed THE FUCK off. Run tht back dude damn near pissed n wanted to put hands on fam he hadda walk off b4 he started tweakin CTFU 🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂 mf is not wanted in tht Mf store
Probably was forced to "partner" w/ them and put that lil B's kitchen in there. Having something like that is very valuable to a street gang. As it can function as a means of distrobution, give off the impression of a legitimate income, and ifhey have multiple set up that way it can even work aslow level money laundering situation
Should also add that I just looked at the actual reviews for Chesters chicken at this spot that they consider it’s a decent fucking liquor and the rebiews just call these kids a nuisance.you can look it up yourself Chesters Chicken, Fast Mart, Des Moines
@@dweebbasedworld3868only close minded people think that, everyone no matter the age you can learn something from even people you might not like can teach you something if you listen!
I kinda enjoy these obsucre hoods nobody has heard of more than the vids abt detroit, chicago, st louis, etc. Those have so much coverage already, so its interesting to c places like this u never even thought abt.
IM FROM IOWA ITS LITERALLY NOTHING LIKE THIS. 😂 they aren’t on shit. I know half of these kids. C-block doesn’t even exist anymore. None of them do. And balla the “rapper” is wack in Iowa literally NO ONE KNOWS HIM.
Yea it’s really not that ba do love here in Des Moines it’s just lil parts you don’t go to and that simple now mafcs can definitely just pull up on you when you in the ghetto parks and you can feel werid vibes when you think some shit gon happen
Yoooo Tommy mf G congratulations!!!!! You're gonna make a great Dad with awesome stories to share with your son. God is blessing you because you are doing his work. And you're not a b*tch for walking away man. You got sweet cheeks and a child to go home to. That's what this country doesn't understand. You don't have to put on a uniform to serve your country. You do it everyday as a good husband, community leader, and soon to be father. Keep spreading the good word bro. The world needs you!!!! 💯
Broski don't let anyone call you a Bish over you leaving. You have a life as do they its just different lifestyle and no need to get caught up in some of that stuff when your not apart of that originally. Stay true homie and don't stress
I'm so torn. I grew up in Des Moines. I live in a suburb now. I see both sides. I've worked with kids who have had their friends/ family killed due to gang violence. Just a couple months back a friend lost his brother to a shooting. Those crimes do exist in DSM. But they are not a problem like they are in sooo many other cities.... But we gotta keep a watchful eye because they are moving from bigger areas to here. I mean my own partner is from Chicago. They're coming from Louisiana, LA, the Chi town, And sooooo many others have come here as well. Not all of them came to get out of the streets and start anew. Some have God bless the real ones who outgrew the hood. To all the young kids still in it. I hope y'all realize it's not worth it.
Iowan here A) dont need a permit here anymore. B) that permit isn't going to do any good if your smoking or drinking. Also it wasn't actually a school shooting it just happened outside of the school
would love to see you do a video on the hoods in rochester mn. the mayo clinic is based in that town and they really suppress alot of the crime happening so that people keep moving there and so mayo dosent lose any business. some crazy shit happening out here dude.
I have lived in Iowa for over a decade and live about 20 mins from Des Moines. The south side is the most dangerous part of Des Moines and it is not even that bad.
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Yo w for coming to iowa because the iowa gang is real 💯
Damn bro you came to des moines my town
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Wtf was she doing when he was freestyling? I thought someone was killing a goat in the background 😂😂😂😂
she was singing the gospel...
Tommy g was making her feel better about her man 🍆
Checked the comments as soon as I heard Ts 😂
@@jacobdeloizy6378 stfg lmfaooo
😂😂😂😂
Being from Des Moines and having lived by this neighborhood in the past, I can say this is the best comedy I’ve ever seen.
IKR
@@MrCorvette32 frfr. I be playing pokemon go by that park daily. been eating chesters since highschool, acting like its gang. wild
“Most dangerous hood” as they walk around in an average suburban neighborhood 😂
The @Staple_Mouse most violent cities in Iowa (Ames, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Des Moines, especially Fort Dodge & Waterloo -- although FD has shifted from lean Dumocrat to lean GOP in the past decade) tend to vote Democrat. >80% of Iowa's counties have
This is a safe ass area bro like you can actually just chill anywhere in Des Moines. It's barely even a city.
25 years born and raised in Iowa. Des Moines has 0 dangerous hoods. You can walk/bike around with with no worries. The “thugs” in Des Moines are just posers that want to be like those from ATL, Cali, etc.. Des Moines “gangsters” have zero history since they only started acting “hood” at the age of 20+. I wrestled against a really wholesome dude from East High that just now started flashing guns on Snapchat claiming a hood after he got his permit to carry. I helped him get that permit is the hilarious part.
@@XayMoeall that shit is soft. kc, chi, detroit, stl, milwaukee, cleveland are the real midwest ghettos. rest of the MW is lunch meat.
@@XayMoewaterloo is just full of chi town runaways
Man the late 80s early 90s was nuts here, when they Killed Jody Stokes shit went left, I can name real bloods from LA and the Lou, real TVLs from the Chi and Crips who was already established here who started changing the culture at that time. Not to mention Oakridge, one way in and two ways out if you know what I mean. I’m happy that shit calmed down in the early 2000s but this last 5 years or so been no joke with all these young kids 13 to 17 doing home invasions shooting each other up even on school grounds. Still think the 515 a lot better off than most hoods in the Midwest but to say we don’t have shooters here that wouldn’t shoot you or me in a heartbeat for some clout is just naïve💯💯
im 14 i was Born in Cedar rapids and a kid who went to my schools got shot in the head near by the school
i use to live and still live in a wanna be thug town its not like that you ovs didnt grow up in des
Dude gets a teardrop everytime he gets caught j-walking
That lady at 12:50 is so sweet and genuinely cares about them. People like that are really what makes a good community and good people, she talked about them like she believes in them 1000%
Yeahhhhh she on something
Crackhead 100%. She thought all that good talk about their little gang was gonna get her plugged on the next 20 she buys.
I think she’s a J
That guy at 9:19 “ I go cook chicken now “
she’s trying to get the younger gen out she’s proud bro
Not taking the things that happen in this city seriously just because it's in Iowa is exactly how the problem will escalate, and then everyone will try and bring awareness when it's already too late. That's what happened to the Chicago Outfit. Everyone took those guys as a joke and they ended up being the most prolific gangster organization to ever exist.
Exactly
IM FROM IOWA ITS LITERALLY NOTHING LIKE THIS. 😂 they aren’t on shit. I know half of these kids. C-block doesn’t even exist anymore. None of them do. And balla the “rapper” is wack in Iowa literally NO ONE KNOWS HIM.
@@NazarioMoreno-f5r I mean I was sayin the same thing bout where I’m from and mfs started Robbin banks across the street from my crib and shootouts every other damn week😂 even if it’s not as treacherous and even if they do make it that way themselves it still could get dangerous anywhere if u let the problems boil like that and just continue to dismiss them
@@NazarioMoreno-f5ryou know him tho
@@XayMoethats bc half of Chicago migrated to iowa💯😂 i was one of em but it was too dry n whacked out up there went to college out there n erbody claimed they was from the city til mfs started asking for IDs😂😂 but yea they a bunch of wannabes
I love how Tommy does better reporting than actual news companies
Literally every comment on every video is this exact same shit. We get it.
By a long shot, Tommy cares that's the difference!
He’s getting real raw footage without any bias the news and media outlets are all bias
AND THATS WHY TOMMY IS A G!!!
No diss to tommy but anybody can do it better than mainstream media hahahaha
From Des Moines myself and I’ve never heard of any of these gangs. Yo shoutout Tommy though for putting us on. This is super sick to see things on this video that I see everyday
😂😂😂 right same.. Junk interview is all it is..
by the look on the worker face @9:09 I know he dont like whats going on lmaoo
😂😂
Imagine being from Iowa and wanting where youre from to be the trenches so bad that you ruin your life trying to impress others
Basically 🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️ i came from Southside Chicago to Iowa and saw how different and how easy it is to live. And then mf from here all pretend to be from Chicago atl etc. for clout
XD
@@jewilliams13jw Yeah was a sad night when that Chicago G ran his mouth in Southside liquor and got smoked by a Des Moines Slob.
@@shines22Is wat it is. thing about some of those situations is mf be running from their hometown just to yap and get caught by a mf wanting clout
it’s cheap to live here and there are plenty of jobs these kids i went to school with throw it away for nothing
32yrs Born and raised here and I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING😂😂😂
theyre 19-mid 20s so different experience overall growing up cus different times also different influences. Kids don't decide to be like this on their own, guy literally talked about his pimp dad and stripper mom. We need to improve our countries infrastructure so shit like this stops happening so often
@@Ian-tp6muyou leaving out the part where. A lot of these kids made a choice to live like. They all make it seem like they had no choice and had to live this life of crime lol
25 years in DSM: can confirm this was comedy. 😂
@@Ian-tp6mu AINT NOBODY IN IOHA BANGING FOOL. STOP PLAYING HAHAHA
This whole video had me cringing. These are wannabe posers that dream about being as hard as those from ATL, Cali, etc… the rednecks are more gangster than these clowns😂
I must of missed the part where he went to the hood
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Come to Davenport
Eastside and parts of the southside
@@TheeOrangutannexactly
That’s because there isn’t any hood in Des Moines 😂
that’s crazy they were all able to get the same day off work
So crazy, right?
😂😂😂😂
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Damn when are white people gonna come up with some new jokes it’s been 15 years
these comments always kill me lol
Tommy could’ve walked through that entire area by himself and absolutely no one would’ve bothered or approached him.
I was thinking same thing whole time lol
Lol no but frfr Des monies is not all that
No you’re right nothing I’m from iowa
It ain’t like that out there fr?
Ong Des Moines not like that 🤣 I was waking all thru Des Moines
"After that two weeks they came and raided us" 😂
Looks like they need raided again
@@slickdikkrick8746😂😂😂😂
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@@slickdikkrick8746they didn't even raided they got gated 💀
@@kiemagenthey did get raided stupid 😂
as someone from iowa, its hilarous to watch this
whole time they just sounded try hard
Same
As a nigga from Baltimore i didn’t even think Iowa had niggas living there 😂😂😂😂
Same , I thought was only white people and I am Canadian
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In this day and age, it's crazy to think that Black Folks aren't in certain places. We're everywhere, even in Idaho and Montana 😆😆
@@rocksofoffence.righteousam2422yea but it aint Baltimore dummy
Aye from DC i can relate dis is hilarious 🤣
This is NOT NO HOOD 🤦🏻♂️ they literally are going out their way to make it seem like the trenches 😂😂😂
Look up the homicides from Iowa 25 in 5 months all on the east side
They deadass be in places where I'm at and never once have I thought there were "gangs"
Nah sometime I hear it gets real there and I live an hour away form there
@@aidengroveIf you think this is bad go to East Cleveland Ohio,East St Louis Illinois, or Gary Indiana those cities are horror movies. Iowa doesn’t have any major hoods just a couple sort of rough areas very rarely does it “get real” over there.
@@josephhoover4542maybe not anymore tho but when I lived there every night gunshots all night lol and just walking around there the city is ghetto like a small south side Chicago
Tommy is single handedly showing that there are hoods everywhere
Bunch of cesspools
And 95% really ain’t shit. Like this one 😂
They doing the same shit, Every hood he show on here ain't nothing special they just in Iowa lol @@bryce1646
Fr their ain’t hoods in Iowa it’s like a fee for all out here if you really getting money
They told you they was on that shit. You in the comments stop this.
I live in Muscatine, IA which is like a hour away from Des Moines. Watching this video is pure comedy because Des Moines is honestly the nicest place I’ve ever been to, I come here to have fun and enjoy myself.😭
Lmaoooo
For real. The “hood” is literally one square mile and still isn’t dangerous to walk through. You’re MUCH more likely to get into trouble downtown at the clubs than walking through the “hoods” in DSM at 2am.
Same here and idk how davenport didn't make this over des Moines, davenport defiantly worse.
As someone who doesn’t live in Des Moines and is near Pella and Grinnell, there are 100% places that I won’t walk in Des Moines and you’re crazy if you think otherwise, every big city has bad areas
From the qc and I can vouch for that. They shoulda took his ass to the west end of Davenport instead 💀😭
Be safe tommy, I speak for all of us when I say we also want to see your kid to grow up with a father.
these kids were born in america there parents were born in america their grand parents were born in america and they think they gangstas😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@kingpotent3950 where u from?
I’d like to see that…
hes in iowa he dont have a damn thing to fear here
He's fine. No hoods in Iowa. I live here.
The respect this rapper dude carry himself with is very inspiring. Dude for sure moving smart not like these dumb folks out here
just like he said, he was rehabilitated! lol
really tho lol but i just dropped a new song on my page if anybody wanna go show some love🔥
@@kronz1puttlol, and he did say the music is what influences the crimes that goes on in the city. MUSIC! Is destroying the youth in all hoods. It’s bringing death upon our children.
He isn't that smart or inspiring.. He went to prison.. He still doing the same shit he did before prison, He will be back there soon. It's dumb to idolize him
@@undergroundsoldierz3824 I understand that but quit hating. Everyone has a past
Thanks for showing Iowa to the world. It’s a nice state raise a family nobody bothers you fr.
For the most part anyway
And there's no hurricanes only potential tornados every now and then.
@@Noseir123I mean why would there be a hurricane in a land lock state 😂
We did have an inland hurricane lol derecho
Im just comparing it to states that do have hurricanes or floods. And even both.@@gamefather9105
as someone who lived in Iowa for many years, whos family relocated to the midwest, because of the gang violence in the late 80s to early 90s in around the la area.... this shit is too funny! I still have family in Iowa and go often for the holidays. Theirs pack of deer roaming the fields more dangerous than Des Moines. You hit a deer man youre fuck*d lol
😂😂😂
I used to live in LA about a mile north of Compton. I feel more safe walking up there then I do in dsm to be honest. It has gotten bad here
@@tattoogoddess85 a mile north of compton? lmfao thats how i know you never lived here. I have family in Des Moines.... Chill. Iowa has got to be about the only place where the farmers and hunters are more armed than the gang bangers on the streets
Yeah this shit here's a joke. I lived in the bluff on lowery blvd in atlanta for years. I lold when bro pulled up to a derelict fuckin apartment complex worried about getting smoked in a drive by. These dudes look like they work factory jobs employed by temp agencies. That old crack head straight chumped the whole squad. The fuck is that? Bust that dudes shit. "Gangbangers"... ok lol.
Straight up!! 💯
That lady bringing up Slipknot made my day! I'm pretty sure I seen her crowd surfing and tossing kids in the mosh-pit.
Fr
The song Iowa is a trip one of their best songs imo
one of my favorite bands
🤮🤮slipknot it’s reggaeton with guitar , that band it’s for posers
@anthonypawnee611 the entire Iowa album is one of the greatest metal albums of all time.
her mentioning slipknot was freaking amazing! props to that lady!
hell yeah! everyone in des moines has to have love for slipknot -- funnily enough they all hate Des Moines
these kids were born in america there parents were born in america their grand parents were born in america and they think they gangstas😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@theREALchriszitoright. They like Evansdale.
Actually a mature young fella from the hood. He did his time and got out as a better person. I respect that!
Y’all, ima say this now before he hits a mill, we gotta protect this man and his team at ALL COSTS. Really, stand with Tommy cause he doing shit that a lot of people to lame to do, or too afraid to do. Going into the mix, being authentic, and being real will always win, and that’s why he does. Respect to you Big Bro , Big Dogs Gotta Eat !
@@M60647thats what im saying dudes contents fire but fuck im posed to do ab his safety😂
I like what this young man is doing. Showing a world from a raw, straight to the point style interview. Respects!
these kids were born in america there parents were born in america their grand parents were born in america and they think they gangstas😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is not a hood. This is one of the most misleading videos I’ve seen in my entire life. If you think this is a hood you are very sheltered.
The gang prolly all at a homie crib watching this vid like “that’s me”😂
It’s the Iowa way 😂
I can tell you fer sure they did... They're "hood famous now" 😭😭😭
This is actually refreshing to see if you live in Iowa. Yes, we have hoods, gangs, violence, murder, etc. But it's on a very different scale than most other places!!
We need an Oakland episode already Tommy G
He needs to hit all of tha bay
big facts
yessir
man he’d get mad love in the east
I agree. So far from what he’s filmed Oakland would be the most wildest one..
Did somebody have one of those rubber chickens when homeboy was dropping the freestyle in the store?😂
hahhahahaha dawg
I thought it was Spongebob at first.
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I thought it was the arcade game behind him
I live 2 blocks away from Cheatom Park. Thank you, Tommy G, for highlighting our city. While there is so much talent and beauty here in Des Moines, you captured the other side of it well. The down and out, the struggle. #LLGio
What the dead single family home neighborhoods with nobody outside? 😂 danger!!
@@fivestarFAMeshit goes down in Iowa especially Des Moines Waterloo and fort dodge been to Des Moines. Couple times and it didn’t seem to bad but in the smaller cities shit goes down everyday you just don’t hear abt it I went to nccs in fort dodge and shit was wild there was 14 through 18 year olds who would fight and threaten death over the dumbest shit there isn’t exactly a whole bunch of gangs but cliques of teens killing each other all the fuckin time one of my best friends got killed on 4th of July because his brother killed another kid his brother was locked up so they show him on 4th of July don’t speak on shit youn know abt there’s hoods everywhere goto the flats in fd and say there ain’t gangs in Iowa and get your ass stomped or killed
I live in le mars 😭😭 and I went to Des Moines for a field trip shit was beautiful
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@@ethangengler1242wtf I think I know you lmao
9:06 how he looked at him when he said this our store 😂😂😂😂 “nicca ain’t shit urs”
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Looks very nice to me. Not a single tent, no one smoking fentanyl…Iowa might be the spot hahaha
It's interesting how relative 'the hood' is.
oh no there’s most definitely crackheads and fet users galore over here 💀
there’s deffo addicts but the crime is a joke
@@ZoneReplaysStop the cap there was one bum wondering around 💀 Come to north philly and see what a real hood looks like.
@@flacortwAnd? They got addicts wondering around small white towns all around the U.S.
“Maybe I am a big bi!ch” 😂😂😂😂😂 bro not wanting to get shot over some stuff that doesn’t involve you doesn’t make you a b!tch
So cool seeing you in my city❤ thanks for the work you do
Iowa gang. I died laughing typing that 😂😂😂
Holy shit that "I armwrestled a cop... they raided us 2 weeks later" bit could be a killer comedic bit if he ever went that route. Life experiences are the best comedy material
I live in Iowa and have for about two years now (in Des Moines for one of them). I DoorDash regularly and even did that full time for a bit in Des Moines. To be completely honest, I feel less safe in most of the Waterloo neighborhoods (where I live now) than I did in any neighborhood in Des Moines. In DSM, you can pretty much be unbothered when walking through neighborhoods and such if you just mind your own business and don't engage. But in ALO, I've had a few suspicious and pretty frightening incidents between just being stared at by everybody on the block and getting that sixth sense of "alright it's time to go" or actually having cars with dark tinted windows pull up on me to follow me and then speed off as soon as I get back to my car. I try to avoid those neighborhoods as much as I'm able to when delivering.
@@XayMoe Will do. You as well!
Only time I ever got kinda nervous (but never let it show) when I was running cabs in the 2010s was in wloo, especially W 3rd & 4th st. 2 fools I picked up in Cedar Falls wanted to go to the Qwik Star then said they didn't have any money when I stopped, so I was like aight mf then we going right back to where I picked yo ass up. They sat there as I turned around in the parking lot, they were looking at each other all stupid, I was staring back at them in the rear view, then asked WELL, either one of you find yo mfn wallets yet before we go back to CF coz I'm not playin about my money! Pow, suddenly a magic wallet appeared. He handed me a 50 asking if I had change and I said nope and drove off, call it a wait fee bitch! I got to where I didn't mess with wloo after the bars closed. I stayed in CF just taking the college kids home.Tired of the wloo broke ass fools. Shortly after that time of morning the folks who worked at Tyson needed to start being picked up for work, so forget those drunk hoodrats out puking everywhere tryna act like they got some nuts when they don't. I was there to make money, not waste my time or have my last nerve worked.
PS I wouldn't Door Dash in wloo for anything. They don't tip at all either. Stay safe out there!
Waterloo is the worst city in iowa period.
If your a regular civilian than no nothing will happen to but if your with this street shit its a completely different story and that’s what most these people dont/wont understand honestly if the streets of DSM could talk all the hood stories shootings bloodshed would surprise most of you mfs but then again you civilians wouldn’t understand so i suggest staying in yalls lanes
Thank you Tommy for showing love to our city 💙
These guys were the most conservative gang members I've ever seen on anything. They were living that life but they knew 100% what was right and wrong and what was the causes for their issues like fatherless homes. Everytime I thought 'here we go with the nonsense' they would back it up with the truth and facts like adults and it just shocked me every time. "Yeah, we're doing this and that but we shouldn't because xyz" crazy
It’s in Iowa lol
More like one of the most saddest horrible City💀💀💀 Their Police and State got to start being Forreal and i agree with that one Lady at 3:20 that said should just start locking peope left and right because what they're doing is literally illegal. They're not even living a Real Fun ACTUAL Childhood nor Life, No morals No Good role model and not even in the good right Path. Far from those people Who's not violent don't even think violence is cool (Because it isn't) And far from those people actually living an actual "LIFE"
I love how your covering everywhere instead of the big cities. As someone from Iowa its nice to see.
Being a dad is the best thing in the world Tommy!! Enjoy every second of it mate. ❤
Local: "Show 'em that sign"
*Shows sign saying Cheatom Park*
Tommy McGee: So where are we right now?
Local: Cheatom Park; This is Cheatom.
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“ it’s like CRABS IN A BARREL ” that was a great analogy, if you ever seen 20 or 30 “crabs” in a bucket or barrel, they’re all trying to hold each other down with their claws, grabbing at the first thing they can
The crabs in a barrel analogy came from The Wire, a show set in Baltimore
go to cedar rapids or waterloo Iowa. This is not a danger zone. Visit waterloo or Cedar rapids and you will see mini chicago
Waterloo motto: "At least we aren't Fort Dodge." 😆😅🤣
For real Cedar Rapids be wild out here. Man hell, I live by a few bad neighborhoods and I hear gunshots sometimes.
I smell weed every day by the apartments that I live by.
Waterloo is scary night and day no lie..
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 stop it I live in Cedar Rapids it’s super safe
Good shit man keep up the grind
LMMFAO the way the store owner stood by him & looking while he was talkin bout the store HILARIOUS!! Ik he was pissed THE FUCK off. Run tht back dude damn near pissed n wanted to put hands on fam he hadda walk off b4 he started tweakin CTFU 🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂 mf is not wanted in tht Mf store
Probably was forced to "partner" w/ them and put that lil B's kitchen in there. Having something like that is very valuable to a street gang. As it can function as a means of distrobution, give off the impression of a legitimate income, and ifhey have multiple set up that way it can even work aslow level money laundering situation
That part fr had me laughing out loud the look on his face 😂😂💀
Should also add that I just looked at the actual reviews for Chesters chicken at this spot that they consider it’s a decent fucking liquor and the rebiews just call these kids a nuisance.you can look it up yourself Chesters Chicken, Fast Mart, Des Moines
protect this man at all costs🙏
Like this hasn’t been said 100 times already
Why? 😅
He’ll be a slave in the kingdom…
You don't have to justify staying alive my man. Great content.
Lmfao!!!
10:35 the girl has me crying hhahahah
Oooohhhhh
Her voice alone was brutal
for real@@whitestguyuknow
@@7ThrillFishing hit em with a lil ghetto gospel
Love the real videos Tommy puts out. Stuff you won’t see anywhere else. Congrats on the baby boy on the way and stay safe buddy
19 year old giving a 29 year old advice about being a father 😂😂😂
He’s probably the only one who has kids and has been in their life consistently 🤷🏽♂️
You think younger ppl can't teach you ?)
Nah buddy rob his own blood no cool points no advice 👎🏽
@@dweebbasedworld3868only close minded people think that, everyone no matter the age you can learn something from even people you might not like can teach you something if you listen!
Fatherhood can happen at any age
Rule of thumb, Don’t go to any city in the Midwest thinking it’s sweet.
I kinda enjoy these obsucre hoods nobody has heard of more than the vids abt detroit, chicago, st louis, etc. Those have so much coverage already, so its interesting to c places like this u never even thought abt.
I'm from Baltimore so I definitely agree with you
It ain't the hood😂 these kids are just acting fools for internet clout 😂
@punkstermom1984 ig u gotta be a goofy to schedule a interview and talk abt ur criminal exploits on camera 😂
@@AngelRivera-de1lq Iowa can get boring enough that kid like this will make up fake shit just to get attention and clout 😂 happens all over Iowa.
you know its a W, when tommy post's we going all night wit dis banger
It's gonna take you all night to watch a 17 minute video? Lol
@@JAKESMMATAKES ☠☠💀💀
All night?? 😂😂🤣🤣
@@chicofromph33nix64 🤐
IM FROM IOWA ITS LITERALLY NOTHING LIKE THIS. 😂 they aren’t on shit. I know half of these kids. C-block doesn’t even exist anymore. None of them do. And balla the “rapper” is wack in Iowa literally NO ONE KNOWS HIM.
That girl in the background of that freestyle got me cracking up lmao
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Waterloo is way worse than Des Moines bro
Facts lol that place is a shithole
Lmao😂😂😂😂😂
If anything he should’ve went there 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@cnaimagingandfilm9063that’s what I’m sayin; guy got shot behind a church a few streets over from my house, waterloo is way worse
I’m from here and it definitely can get real here
"I'm not catching what's going on right now."
LMAO, so honest
Most dangerous city in Iowa is like saying the smartest kid in special ED 😂
This took me out 😂😂😂😂 facts!!!
Yea it’s really not that ba do love here in Des Moines it’s just lil parts you don’t go to and that simple now mafcs can definitely just pull up on you when you in the ghetto parks and you can feel werid vibes when you think some shit gon happen
Congratulations on having a kid on the way! TommyG is going to be a great father!!
Thanks for showing us!!
Great video! I love your reporting and filming style, it actually feels like I'm watching a proper news show or a documentary!
Except these kids are acting 😂 it's all 🧢 cap😂
tommy is just certified in every hood
Yoooo Tommy mf G congratulations!!!!!
You're gonna make a great Dad with awesome stories to share with your son.
God is blessing you because you are doing his work.
And you're not a b*tch for walking away man. You got sweet cheeks and a child to go home to. That's what this country doesn't understand.
You don't have to put on a uniform to serve your country. You do it everyday as a good husband, community leader, and soon to be father.
Keep spreading the good word bro. The world needs you!!!! 💯
Do Waterloo Iowa next Tommy G
Real this city is way more fucked up
hella gang activity
Nah fr😂 I grew up and I remember not that long ago 3 lil kids got shot up for having a lemonade stand. Don’t remember how long ago🤷🏽♂️
Yeah, Waterloo is wayyyyy nastier and way more drugs I would say
Broski don't let anyone call you a Bish over you leaving. You have a life as do they its just different lifestyle and no need to get caught up in some of that stuff when your not apart of that originally. Stay true homie and don't stress
9:15 bro the store owners face
He tried to talk about him and he took off lol
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Thanks for showing love to Iowa! If Tommy G covered it, we made it!
I'm so torn. I grew up in Des Moines. I live in a suburb now. I see both sides. I've worked with kids who have had their friends/ family killed due to gang violence. Just a couple months back a friend lost his brother to a shooting. Those crimes do exist in DSM. But they are not a problem like they are in sooo many other cities.... But we gotta keep a watchful eye because they are moving from bigger areas to here. I mean my own partner is from Chicago. They're coming from Louisiana, LA, the Chi town, And sooooo many others have come here as well. Not all of them came to get out of the streets and start anew. Some have God bless the real ones who outgrew the hood. To all the young kids still in it. I hope y'all realize it's not worth it.
“Dangerous hood in Iowa”😂😂😂😂😂😂
You must not understand there’s hoods everywhere.
😂😂😂 to funny
@@mgray1609ok Iowa boy
@@mgray1609yea and ain’t not one dangerous here
bro there's literal articles he's showing you in the video of what goes on here, what do you not understand lmfao
Love the content Tommy keep it up! Stay Safe!!
He’s safe
He’s definitely safe in Iowa😂
tommy g never fails to disappoint
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Should’ve done quad cities.we different down here lol Des Moines for fun and family trips
“Everybody thinks of gangbanging”
No one thought that of Iowa 💀
Wanna be chi Niggas 😭
Having a bunch of kids at a young age is what people do in small towns for some reason. Probably cause they're just bored or something
trust you don't need to go to prison for rehabilitation lmao
Iowan here A) dont need a permit here anymore. B) that permit isn't going to do any good if your smoking or drinking. Also it wasn't actually a school shooting it just happened outside of the school
would love to see you do a video on the hoods in rochester mn. the mayo clinic is based in that town and they really suppress alot of the crime happening so that people keep moving there and so mayo dosent lose any business. some crazy shit happening out here dude.
he’d be better off covering north minneapolis, mn 😂 tf . . Rochester dont be on a crumb 🥴
Bro fuck Rochester, there's way worse going on in Minneapolis and st Paul, Rochester can wait lol
@@JaneDoughTheRulerye I had a homie from 36 and Freemont in North Ap. Those dudes are wild
@@x2Sav Super Wild 🔥😮💨 its a murder every 20 minutes
@@JaneDoughTheRuler don't sleep on St. Cloud or Rochester tho, ion know much about their trenches but I do know human trafficking is huge there
As someone who lives in Des Moines this shit was funny as hell
I was like of course the drake area is the worst 🤣🤣🤣 loved seeing that Chester’s got a promo
Been there. Multiple times. I been laughing out loud.
Lol same 😂
Straight up 😂😂😂
Des Moines is a small city. Everyone in this video is not going to make sadly
Tommy never fails to entertain us
another inspirational vid thank you brotha !
Great video my man!
They showed someone getting their face split open by a opp to tommy and Tommy started freaking out and left🤣🤣🤣
Congratulations on fatherhood Tommy! Soon it'll be big AND small dogs gotta eat!
Ever since hitting the streets your sub skyrocket. I just noticed 1.2 million!! Congrats bro, stay smart and be safe
Great job!
You should come to North Minneapolis and talk with the locals about the impact of the George Floyd and Philando Castile murders on the city.
Bozo seems like a real dude. I hope he blows up 🎉
Far from it. He is not real at all des moines is one of the most safe big towns ever you. Dont feel unsafe anywhere in des moines
@@carsongoode9838are you okay bro lol
@@michaels_madness hes acting like a ganster even though he is far from it
I have lived in Iowa for over a decade and live about 20 mins from Des Moines. The south side is the most dangerous part of Des Moines and it is not even that bad.
Yoooo, the adlibs girl threw in went crazy. Fucking dolphin dying.
10:00 Who is in charge of the moaning Adlibs
When I hear Iowa I think about WRASSLIN'
I live in DSM and its honestly not that bad, its hella peaceful and they keep to themselves respect to them
freakin great when everyone said damn after tommy said he was 29 lol
You funny asl for coming to Iowa😭
This area looks too nice to be dangerous