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Man this is like being back in ancient Africa round the fire, and the elder is giving you all the history you had no idea bout. This interview just went platinum bruh.
KevMac this has to be the most impressive interview because it gives us the foundation and somewhat dispels the Black Panther origins. More importantly, he gives us a cinematic view of the past Los Angeles. This is like listening to Walter Moseley my favorite author. I love my city!!
That Conk hairdo is what Malcolm used to have when he was "Detroit red" I'm so glad that OG Bird checked T. Rogers and let him know "I'M FROM LA YOU AINT!!" I'm tired of folks acting like T Rogers started bloods in Cali.
Ķuťthŕoáț Áłeò yeah they rep the 5 and that’s should be their own program... but what’s crazy is that they look at the west coast bloods like their stupid lol Memphis and the bloods in ATL run that program as well I believe
T Rogers is from Chicago. Him and his brother are black p stone Rangers. They brought over that influence when they moved to California and started a chapter there before every gang that opposed the crips turned bloods. That's why after the blood gang creation, they just added in to their name bps bloods.
This is important. Just as important as any other aspect of LA’s history. This man not only is a wealth of knowledge and information but he also strikes me as someone who is very wise.
This cat stayed across the street from us on hooper and 71st in south central LA early 80s to mid 90s... Used to always see him pull up in his purple and chrome bomb....and i remember kumasi ( mever knew they called him little bird) and his black and chrome benzo....they was cool cats...kumazi used to be outside washing his car while he chopped it up with us young cats, he would always show us his capoeira moves....even shared his VHS tapes on it..Never knew to a few years ago when i say the first documentary he was such an OG in the hood. To us he was just Bird from across the street always had his little black panther beret on...👍👍✌✌ And we all lived together black and brown was deep in our neighborhood....at the time though ECC were a little more dominant then Florence 13 ...this is waay before the beef they have popping off now....back then amd even now but back then we all grew up together in the Florence Graham area as its called now....we all went to school together played together. ...some went the gangbang route some didnt but we all knew each other since we was little kids...
Max He is what we call.....A REEEAALL OG, AND TRUE ANCIENT LA STREET WARRIOR......IN THE TRUEST FORM!!!! Some can give lil' bits and pieces of the LA gang history, whereas others from straight up hearsay and exaggerated stories, but the stories that THIS TEN STAR GENERAL IS GIVEN YOU, IS LIKE GIVEN YOU THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS OF THE STREETS; HISTORICAL FACTS FROM ONE OF MANY FOLKS WHO LIVED IT!!!!! O.G. BIRD......RESPECT!!!!!
only 10 minutes in the video and this OG is kicking out so much information....and real talk , the way he talks, when he get's real slick with the accent just lets me know this dude was a cold OG back in the day....
Damn , Where to begin. First off this is soooo dense with pure L.A. history i got to watch it multiple times. He called out the FARMERS -shout out to O.G. watts farmers lil'Willie kinchen & his brother Theo. He also called out Tootie Reese-a real & true legendary hustler in L.A. history. Bird needs his own movie.
He hasn't even talked bout when he got shot, Stabbed, the fight at Reis, his time in Camp, jail, the best blood vs crip fight he ever saw, etc There's so much more,
You have transcended the streets K'Mac. These documentary interviews belong in the libraries and the archives for generations to see... Love it or hate it... it is the not so pretty part of our real history in the City and County of L.A. some think L.A. just started doing this when the rap game popped up or that we did our thing by trying to imitate Chicago. They are sorely mistaken. History speaks for itself.
@Kev Mac. By the time you leave Bird you gonna have your black belt.. Damn!! He giving you pass words, secret hand shakes, he taken you to a whole new information level.
2:53 - 4:16 I replayed a couple times...a lot of people from O.T. name drop T-Rodgers (especially Damus from O.T.) and hold him in high-esteem, so I hope that he change his mind about an interview with Kev Mac for history sake about his existence on the scene like the other elders have
Ahmed Mustafaa BH.I.P Louis Smith a/k/a Kern a/k/a PD ...I appreciate him and a few others from over there, I'm good in them bricks...Ace Line to the Bloody
My respect to Mr. Bird. I have also participated in the "Crossing The Line Ceremony" in the Navy 2x's. I like that a few of the OG's that you have interview also have military backgrounds. I wish their hoods could have learned from them more in the line of The Spook Who Sat By The Door knowledge.
OMG I love this guy he's the best one so far I can sit and listen to him all day long he's a triple OG man he's talking right in the back of my yard way before I even moved into the joint down in 1969 this dude go way back to the beginning damn his mind is sharp as a whip you remember name places addresses everything you can't get no sharper than him he is truly telling to history he's all over la triple OG bird Watts up damn he know the gangs before the Green Jackets now I want to see anybody top him I don't think they going to do Kev Mac I want to see any one of your interviews anybody top him I can sit back and reminisce and I remember those names that he mention but they were long gone they was Legends when I move to the Jordan Downs in 1969 to 1996 back down memory lane now they're tearing down the Jordan Downs .there already tearing down the Jordan downs and they're going to tear down the Nickerson Gardens and the Imperial Court PJs history is gone . people need to take pictures of those areas before they revamp and gentrify it all again and they're replacing them with new housing complex
Juan Pana it was no different than today someone Chicanos got along with blacks and some didn't, there were black and brown clashes in YA and the pen. The Eme just intensified it. a majority of their members came from East Los and the Chicanos in East Los especially hated blacks and still do
Ernesto Calderon I’ve heard that that a lot of the animosity came from the East Los crowd and that a lot of chicanos in south central and even Compton back then got along for the most part
Ernesto Calderon , it's crazy but you are 100. I grew up in the Firestone Florence district. 92 Bishops, Hickory st Watts 13,and Elm street Watts 13. No problems @ all. Once this Chicano went to the pen and he was from a new gang Ivy st Watts everything changed. He started telling all the other mostly Mexicans to stop hanging with the blacks. This was 87-92
Thank you for sharing this video with us we truly appreciate it Thunderbird you look good for your age God has been good to you again thank you for sharing your testimony with us PS also Central and Belhaven the the market he is talking about is called Turner's poetry my family and the Turner family we known each other for years
Funny he mentions "N.D." yrs back the same Businessman that told me who BIRD was,I asked him who was one of the toughest guys in WATTS back then and he mentioned "N.D." as a major cat outta WATTS💯
My mom from LA and grandpa from Compton..now in Texas. The Latinos influence been there since the 20s...all those Dickie's, sweatshirts, Stacy Adams. It's really from them
It was WarLords out of Chicago around the time of this generation. I wonder if there was crossover like wit the Stones(BPS)? First time I heard of WarLords outside of pops stories
Like hearing these brothas testimony but depressing that the racial climate has barely changed in 40+ years . It's pretty much the same as it always has been for Brothas in this white man's world ..few get to the top and tha strong survive like this MAN
Ima go ahead and add Kumasi and T. Rodgers to my Kev Mac wish list. I know T. Rodgers has been interviewed a bunch of times already. But no one ever asks him the right questions.
I THOT THE SHOOTING STARTED IN THE 80'S BUH BIRD JUS CONFIRMED THEY BN SHOOTING SINCE DUDE FROM CADILLAC RECORDS HOP'D OUT THE CAR & SHOT OBOY FOR USING HIS NAME😨🤣💯🤙
My daddy damn near 70... straight east saint louis project nigga💯 Grew up hearing war stories!! U get a couple of my uncles together.. the stories get better💯💯.. luv 2 hear OG and a few of his gen chop it up off camera💯💯💯
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Man this is like being back in ancient Africa round the fire, and the elder is giving you all the history you had no idea bout. This interview just went platinum bruh.
Emporer Aizen _ With 7-Ps
*PLLLLLLLATinum
KevMac this has to be the most impressive interview because it gives us the foundation and somewhat dispels the Black Panther origins. More importantly, he gives us a cinematic view of the past Los Angeles. This is like listening to Walter Moseley my favorite author. I love my city!!
Crenshawgrinder WE IN COMPTON..ALWAYS KNEW WE DIDN'T EVOLVE FROM THE BLACK PANTHERS MOVEMENT
That Conk hairdo is what Malcolm used to have when he was "Detroit red" I'm so glad that OG Bird checked T. Rogers and let him know "I'M FROM LA YOU AINT!!" I'm tired of folks acting like T Rogers started bloods in Cali.
Fidel Cashflow he mad money off that myth... taxn bloods on the east coast too lol
Ķuťthŕoáț Áłeò yeah they rep the 5 and that’s should be their own program... but what’s crazy is that they look at the west coast bloods like their stupid lol Memphis and the bloods in ATL run that program as well I believe
T Rogers is from Chicago. Him and his brother are black p stone Rangers. They brought over that influence when they moved to California and started a chapter there before every gang that opposed the crips turned bloods. That's why after the blood gang creation, they just added in to their name bps bloods.
Bird needs a part 10! I've been asking my old man and uncle's about the 1950's and 60's...thanx kev mac...💯
Yeah, I second that👍
This is important. Just as important as any other aspect of LA’s history. This man not only is a wealth of knowledge and information but he also strikes me as someone who is very wise.
Timothy Collins Trust he is.
This cat stayed across the street from us on hooper and 71st in south central LA early 80s to mid 90s...
Used to always see him pull up in his purple and chrome bomb....and i remember kumasi ( mever knew they called him little bird) and his black and chrome benzo....they was cool cats...kumazi used to be outside washing his car while he chopped it up with us young cats, he would always show us his capoeira moves....even shared his VHS tapes on it..Never knew to a few years ago when i say the first documentary he was such an OG in the hood. To us he was just Bird from across the street always had his little black panther beret on...👍👍✌✌
And we all lived together black and brown was deep in our neighborhood....at the time though ECC were a little more dominant then Florence 13 ...this is waay before the beef they have popping off now....back then amd even now but back then we all grew up together in the Florence Graham area as its called now....we all went to school together played together. ...some went the gangbang route some didnt but we all knew each other since we was little kids...
How in the hell is this dude recalling all this information?! Amazing recollection.
Max He is what we call.....A REEEAALL OG, AND TRUE ANCIENT LA STREET WARRIOR......IN THE TRUEST FORM!!!!
Some can give lil' bits and pieces of the LA gang history, whereas others from straight up hearsay and exaggerated stories, but the stories that THIS TEN STAR GENERAL IS GIVEN YOU, IS LIKE GIVEN YOU THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS OF THE STREETS; HISTORICAL FACTS FROM ONE OF MANY FOLKS WHO LIVED IT!!!!!
O.G. BIRD......RESPECT!!!!!
@@seanlewis1148 Yes Sir..
only 10 minutes in the video and this OG is kicking out so much information....and real talk , the way he talks, when he get's real slick with the accent just lets me know this dude was a cold OG back in the day....
wow wow wow walking wisdom
Bobby Womack and the Womack brothers?! Damn this man is a walking history book!
jesusneverexisted300 I was thinking that same thing. Priceless history right here.
Claim Pro 3: Sho' nuff!
jesusneverexisted300 Barry white and his brother too
KEV MAC 'BIRD AFTER UR JOB. BIRD GOT HISTORY WITH DETAILS. BIRD IS THE LIVIN LEGEND OF THE BEGINNIN.......
angelo white Bird can have my job. I’ll just sit back and learn.
Kev Mac Videos THE WHISPERS..FROM WATTS ALSO..GREW UP WITH THOSE SET OF TWINS I MENTIONED...MAY BE A LITTLE YOUNGER THAN BIRD
Kev Mac Videos HE HAS TO KNOW THOSE TWINS...HE MENTIONED MARVIN MAC??
Kev.... bro.... stuff look small but this stuff is really what real South Central, Compton & Watts cats been waiting for
Damn , Where to begin. First off this is soooo dense with pure L.A. history i got to watch it multiple times. He called out the FARMERS -shout out to O.G. watts farmers lil'Willie kinchen & his brother Theo. He also called out Tootie Reese-a real & true legendary hustler in L.A. history. Bird needs his own movie.
This man's memory is impeccable.
Ill Will On the real! I cant remember exact shit from highschool n im 32 years of age.
WESTLA MOV3R That Part.
Ill Will I peeped that at about 3 min in....amazing
Yeah, we need to have like a pt. 50 to these interviews. Kev Mac needs to make a miniseries out of the Bird sessions😎
He hasn't even talked bout when he got shot, Stabbed, the fight at Reis, his time in Camp, jail, the best blood vs crip fight he ever saw, etc
There's so much more,
Bird, Bird, Bird, Bird's the WORD.. A walking and takling history book right cha!
Part 5...6,7,8,9,10..11, 12. Sure to ensue... We can dig it
lol
This dude is a LA walking Google..... Memory is impeccable....
You have transcended the streets K'Mac. These documentary interviews belong in the libraries and the archives for generations to see... Love it or hate it... it is the not so pretty part of our real history in the City and County of L.A. some think L.A. just started doing this when the rap game popped up or that we did our thing by trying to imitate Chicago. They are sorely mistaken. History speaks for itself.
Is it a such thing as a QUADRUPLE OG??, this man is a real life street SCRIBE... Gratitude to the Elder...
Don Burgundy We'll call him one
@Kev Mac. By the time you leave Bird you gonna have your black belt.. Damn!! He giving you pass words, secret hand shakes, he taken you to a whole new information level.
I pray that if Im blessed to live to see his age that I have that type of memory
damnkp _ LORD WiLLing
Hey Bird loves Chicanos. You can feel the respect, he’s such a dope OG. Much respect ✊
2:53 - 4:16 I replayed a couple times...a lot of people from O.T. name drop T-Rodgers (especially Damus from O.T.) and hold him in high-esteem, so I hope that he change his mind about an interview with Kev Mac for history sake about his existence on the scene like the other elders have
Dig that!👍
he will never gket on here on Hunnaz,bhlood didnt start anythingk..esNgkBHW...2LBHLott
Ahmed Mustafaa BH.I.P Louis Smith a/k/a Kern a/k/a PD ...I appreciate him and a few others from over there, I'm good in them bricks...Ace Line to the Bloody
BH.I.P Kern aka Shawlott aka KernelsLott
Kev Mac you definitely have a gift for research and journalism. Congrats in another historic interview and please continue with your invaluable work!
I could listen to this man talk for days.....love the old timer stories. Better than any tv special u can produce. Need more black elders.
we need parts 5-6-7-8 etc or a movie man, he got some amazing stories bro and shoutout to the Chicanos, much respect💯
This man got the memory of a elephant...SHARP
best interview.......pure and authentic.......and yes I'm from slauson too
My respect to Mr. Bird. I have also participated in the "Crossing The Line Ceremony" in the Navy 2x's. I like that a few of the OG's that you have interview also have military backgrounds. I wish their hoods could have learned from them more in the line of The Spook Who Sat By The Door knowledge.
This is the best shit on the internet bar none
Damn Good series of interviews here with Bird. @ Kev Mac 👍🏽💯🔥
My favorite & I’ve seen all your videos. Bakersfield ca 805 much respect KM
Damn! OG said “ On a Tuesday afternoon around 1:30.” That mans memory is A-1
Another great interview Kevin Mac! Keep it up!!
I could listen to Bird all day. Fascinating.
Hopefully there are several other parts to this interview
Dude smart,he give directions like pilot, North corner,West corner etc...lol
Marcus Garvey Lol better than The old school Map quest.
Shit even my GPS be taking me out of the way lol.
Top notch work KevMac. Enjoying the hell out of this series!!!
Originally received highly appreciated...Bird, Mr KevMac, SMaC,..Much love way to much to respect..
OMG I love this guy he's the best one so far I can sit and listen to him all day long he's a triple OG man he's talking right in the back of my yard way before I even moved into the joint down in 1969 this dude go way back to the beginning damn his mind is sharp as a whip you remember name places addresses everything you can't get no sharper than him he is truly telling to history he's all over la triple OG bird Watts up damn he know the gangs before the Green Jackets now I want to see anybody top him I don't think they going to do Kev Mac I want to see any one of your interviews anybody top him I can sit back and reminisce and I remember those names that he mention but they were long gone they was Legends when I move to the Jordan Downs in 1969 to 1996 back down memory lane now they're tearing down the Jordan Downs .there already tearing down the Jordan downs and they're going to tear down the Nickerson Gardens and the Imperial Court PJs history is gone . people need to take pictures of those areas before they revamp and gentrify it all again and they're replacing them with new housing complex
K EV MAC...GREAT INTERVIEW!.. VERY ENJOYABLE TO LISTEN TO
Thanks Kev....Fiending everyday around this time for a new episode👊🏽
Awesome interview Kev.
Dang, he’s remembering first and last names. I wouldn’t mind if this goest to part 20. did he mention how he got it his name yet? Good job kev
Bird memory is impeccable... bet he can remember the day he was born!!!
His Memory is very impressive. Probably remembers every piece of trim he got. I don't remember what happened 2 weeks ago. let alone 50-60 !
I can’t wait to hear more on watts and what black and brown relations was like back then
Juan Pana it was no different than today someone Chicanos got along with blacks and some didn't, there were black and brown clashes in YA and the pen. The Eme just intensified it. a majority of their members came from East Los and the Chicanos in East Los especially hated blacks and still do
Ernesto Calderon I’ve heard that that a lot of the animosity came from the East Los crowd and that a lot of chicanos in south central and even Compton back then got along for the most part
Ernesto Calderon , it's crazy but you are 100. I grew up in the Firestone Florence district. 92 Bishops, Hickory st Watts 13,and Elm street Watts 13. No problems @ all. Once this Chicano went to the pen and he was from a new gang Ivy st Watts everything changed. He started telling all the other mostly Mexicans to stop hanging with the blacks. This was 87-92
Watching this on the big screen on my Day of doing burpees and pull ups! Enjoying the Elder speak..... Thanks Kev Mac! Kumasi soon??
On a Tuesday afternoon around 1:00 and ever body is kicking it.
I'm watching all of these🎯🙏bird is the word
Dope interview Kev MAC
I could listen to this cat all day
Brother is a living Repository of american history.
Kev,make this Bird interview into 15 parts
10 Parts. Im wit it. Lol cuHz bout to be ya best interview yet. ( Brain 🧠 Food )
Thank you for sharing this video with us we
truly appreciate it Thunderbird you look good for your age God has been good to you again thank you for sharing your testimony with us PS also Central and Belhaven the the market he is talking about is called Turner's poetry my family and the Turner family we known each other for years
On a Tuesday afternoon around 1:30 lmfao
Nok Waller got the day down packed. lol
😅HaHAAAAAA!!!! *YEAAAAA Tho*
What was I doing this past Tue at 1:30??🤔🤔
Nok Waller thts the best start to any story lol
this dude memory at his age blow's me the fuck away....
Lolololololololololololololololol not a Tuesday afternoon with a slight breeze and 76 degrees in the Jordan downs lololol
Out did ya self on this one Kev, good work.
PALM LANE...MARVIN MAC.. TAKING ME BACK TO THE STORIES OF THOSE OLDER THAN ME!
Can you link up with 151 piru or the some ogz from grape in their 30s
Lj James 151 I just been busy.
he's right bps is stones not bloods
Bird got the best interview 😂😂
Y’all go get them KM sweaters wit your state embossed on them👍🏾💯💯
squarebiz71 right!
squarebiz71 or better yet.... everybody donate $5 a month. allhoodpublications@yahoo.com so we can get better content and travel. 🤷🏽♂️
This veterano needs a movie deal he got stories 100%.
Uncle Bird ALWAYS spittin the REAL!!!!!!
Really got all of info out of all of birds interviews.... Another great series of interviews from kev
Bird for President✊🏾
Funny he mentions "N.D." yrs back the same Businessman that told me who BIRD was,I asked him who was one of the toughest guys in WATTS back then and he mentioned "N.D." as a major cat outta WATTS💯
jacques aldredge Did you ever read my response to you about Carter Spikes?
ComplexBlackness yes I did and I posted several replies myself
My grandpa killed N'D
That intro song is 🔥. What’s the name of the track?
Kev Mac Intro by Fitzgerald Jr
The OG has a sharp memory. Salute!
Here.... Checkin in Mac! Shellback and a Blue Nose certified sailor.
I jus got off ...tired dan a bih but i had to come watch da new vid #KevMacforpresident #Nh60d
Need part 5
Great content!
Its the 1st of the month and i got some of those good ol foodstamps for sale
Dude has an amazing memory.
part five coming soon??
"...and you know this man." -Smokey on Friday!
My mom from LA and grandpa from Compton..now in Texas.
The Latinos influence been there since the 20s...all those Dickie's, sweatshirts, Stacy Adams. It's really from them
Dave with a fire axe standing on a hill of skulls Dickies is military
KevMac I been sayin they never talk about the hacies at all .. we need that hvb interview Bro !! Tell OG to give you the connect lol
CHECC THEM FOOLS BIRD !!!!
Mr Bird needs to be a mainstay on your channel Kev.
I definitely agree with you on that one👊
"US NIGGA'Z NEWS FLASH!.." no matter what happens!. I don't want to get hit by "WILBERT" wit dat cockeye!!.."LMAO!!!
This my fav segement yet.
*Joe With the SuSPENDERS* From Clanton St. The Mexican dewd.......😥WhOOoOo 😅
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Man these OG’s know first & last names plus street name!!
It was WarLords out of Chicago around the time of this generation. I wonder if there was crossover like wit the Stones(BPS)? First time I heard of WarLords outside of pops stories
Like hearing these brothas testimony but depressing that the racial climate has barely changed in 40+ years . It's pretty much the same as it always has been for Brothas in this white man's world ..few get to the top and tha strong survive like this MAN
Clayton Roberts I know it's all bad
Damn kev u bird feeding me .it was jus getting good.lol
Ima go ahead and add Kumasi and T. Rodgers to my Kev Mac wish list. I know T. Rodgers has been interviewed a bunch of times already. But no one ever asks him the right questions.
BIRD HAD TO NAME DROP AFTER HE SAID FUCK WATTS LOL U SHOULDA CAUGHT THEM FADES
I THOT THE SHOOTING STARTED IN THE 80'S BUH BIRD JUS CONFIRMED THEY BN SHOOTING SINCE DUDE FROM CADILLAC RECORDS HOP'D OUT THE CAR & SHOT OBOY FOR USING HIS NAME😨🤣💯🤙
My daddy damn near 70... straight east saint louis project nigga💯 Grew up hearing war stories!! U get a couple of my uncles together.. the stories get better💯💯.. luv 2 hear OG and a few of his gen chop it up off camera💯💯💯
Is Kumasi still alive? I remember he was spiiting some real shit, on that "Made In America" documentary.
Yes, Kumasi is alive and well👊
Pharoah 1 O ok. That's amazing, I'm glad to hear that. Him and Bird stood out on that documentary! And I always remembered them.
What about the slauson sheffel
Keep him comin!
4:15 THUG LIFE! lmao
Yes South los used to so close to Hoover they bout to start saying, "South los Hoover"
KM Videos should plug a 500MB memory stick in BIRD'S mind and record all this information. Sounds like he low-key checked T.Rodgers🤔
L Ragg low key my ass
Damn !!!! Is all I can say!