@@llamaryder1 Its always someone else's fault. Meanwhile, they're like this all over the world and throughout history, that's why they have nothing to show for themselves. If they had it together it would be them colonizing us instead.
honestly they were most likely being kicked out so the camera wouldnt see some form of violent abuse such as child rape... a higher up commanded that they cameras must leave and that was "cross and dies" way of making sure they all left before they crossed to a point that they would die.
That last dude was really well spoken and brave to stand out and say he doesn't want the violence but he needs a job. Being an area boy is his only option.
So true. And education, I mean, they can easily build and repair the houses, streets etc. if they know how. The flow of information and education in Africa is the biggest cause. We have the resources, we have the man power but somehow we can't develop? Strange.
That's how they all sound when being interviewed. Dont forget that his name was cross me and die and were proud of it, even cheered with the homies when talking about killing.
There are plenty of poor Nigerians who don’t turn to murder and violence to feed themselves. Although I have to admit he seemed half decent and probably one who can turn his life around.
The way I can watch this clip and then immediately click over to Theroux investigating celebrity theme restaurants... is really something. Not sure what, exactly, but definitely something.
I see Area Boys most days living in Lagos. I found this a wonderful article giving some depth to people I avoid and barely make eye contact with. as someone else stated in the comments, these organised street gang are a product of an atrocious government and deserve so much more. But I don't seethings improving for the moment, sadly the situation is deteriorating.
@@JayMoney-hd1jl maan , they fixed US Pres. Elections ( W. Bush vs Gore in Florida ) , what do you think happens in Nigeria . Fact is , even in Europe fixin elextions is present to this day
@@solmoman who the fuck is we? White people? Did the white people of the world get together and appoint you the spokesperson for white people who live on a diaspora that goes from Antarctica to algeria, to syria to europe to Australia, and how do you know that this “cultural expression” as you call it, belongs exclusively to Africa? Are you also the spokesperson for all the peoples of Africa, which includes white people as well? Honestly go get educated on the different cultures that exist in this world, you will find that you were very very stupid
I took and interest in this Cross and Die guy He looks like someone with talent But then he is caught up in all of this I pray he is okay wherever he is and finds a life purpose
Northern85Star isn’t MS-13 mexican? Their ties here are just small-time distributors compared to the big fish back home, no? American gangs are childs play when compared with South America and Lagos
God i give thanks too you every day i saw my school and even my classmate i feel like crying for baba Raji because we both went too the same school together even Holy cross and boz academy lagos like pls broda and sister even if you are lagos people or not always believe you can make it without living a thug life from you childhood because that's what cause this Guy life am very sure he'll be ashamed of himself right now..
Dude shut the fuck up you sad racist. When you’re born into poverty in a third world corrupt country, how do you expect to accomplish much with no jobs, no economy, no job center, and a corrupt and manipulated government?
Also, considering where they were raised and can speak a considerable amount of English means they have a higher IQ than most. Most likely speak 3 languages.
That guy who desperately yelled “we need jobs!” really hits hard. Imagine if these guys had a chance at a healthy life in a stable living situation? They’d be normal people doing normal work and this whole documentary wouldn’t exist. It’s tragic that so much if the world is mired in hopelessness so intense that we just point cameras at it.
Yeah, I doubt their problem in life is a lack of opportunity. Its the lack of self control and propensity towards criminality which plagues their race.
@@donjuanmckenzie4897please refrain from saying obscene shit like racism (we’re all stuck together as one race, sorry you can’t handle that simple reality) in public, it feels like watching a coprophagic with a superiority complex flecking onlookers with a mouthful of raw sewage. For the good of yourself and the rest of the world; if you’re that type of nasty, you should probably keep it to yourself.
@@donjuanmckenzie4897 I agree when it comes to the U.S, but you have no idea how corrupt these countries are. The self-serving oligarchy that ripped these countries away from their colonial patrons has destroyed these countries for half a century.
@@donjuanmckenzie4897 "Propensity towards criminality" Fuck off racist. Criminals come in every colour and from every country. Talk about "propensity towards criminality", I've never been beaten up or threatened by a black guy in my life (fingers crossed it never happens) but sure as shit did from whites, and they didn't come from the slum of a city of 20 million people either.
Xenial Xerus if these young men were born and raised in a 1st world country with the opportunities we have their lives would be totally different, as I said, victims of circumstance!
These guys just need jobs, people in the chat comparing these guys to high level gangs in the US who have technology and weapons and vehicles and compete in much harder environments like with proper police and camera's and DNA tracing. Those US gangs are people who have most likely had more opportunities and chances to do shit with their lives but either chose gang life or got stuck usually due to drugs. The guys in Lagos and across Africa who live like this didn't choose this life they just got stuck with it and I'm sure if they could have been educated and given proper conditions they would've made something of themselves but most of them can not find work anymore, too much corruption on the continent of Africa.
You're dealing with people who don't give a shit, not poor victims. They aren't committing crimes with tears in their eyes wishing they could be a doctor instead. They are doing what they do with as much pride as Alexander massacring his enemies.
@@jeremyg591 I couldn't disagree more with both of you. Racism and marginalisation still exists in the US. It's a fact on multiple fronts including education and job opportunities. And to the numb nuts claiming these guys are enjoying this...they clearly have no choice at a different path in life. Violence is the only world afforded to them. They can't miss what they don't know.
@@Anonymous-pm7jf it isn't racism and this isn't the US. Men naturally form warband like groups. People in the mafia feel pride like warriors and so do these guys.
funny how the this kid @0:38 if on love island would be swooned over by most of the uk women for been handsome.. Its all about geographic.. its not the color of your skin but the longitude and latitude of your upbringing.
Their the same whatever area their from. Not all are bad but as group they are. Taken out of it they can behave better. So the problem is not the area, its the thinking.
Bruh 99% of the time this nikka be interviewing these dudes he not even knowin that they saying whatever because they on camera. They not criminals 99% of the time. That one percent is obviously the people he interviews that are in jail. That’s the closest he’ll ever get to criminals when they behind bars. You think he’d stand a chance around real criminals by himself and a camera man. Naw I think not.
These people do not realise that if you let people work then you can just tax them and take the money for a small amount that will increase over time... Which you can invest in communities to make more money. They are too stupid.
😂😂😂the guy who slapped Cross and Die when he waa acting like an OG
The dude was telling embellished stories. Raji had to bring him back to reality.
Scary hood when you see everybody with scars on face.
Lagos is no joke
@Rex makepeace they're the product of colonists constantly coming in with guns, pillaging their land and extracting all of the wealth out.
Those are tribal marks
@@llamaryder1 bs
@@llamaryder1 Its always someone else's fault. Meanwhile, they're like this all over the world and throughout history, that's why they have nothing to show for themselves. If they had it together it would be them colonizing us instead.
It's stuff like this that makes me really appreciate where I live.
I loved the last bit of this clip mainly because it was a very welcome moment of light relief in an otherwise rather serious documentary.
honestly they were most likely being kicked out so the camera wouldnt see some form of violent abuse such as child rape... a higher up commanded that they cameras must leave and that was "cross and dies" way of making sure they all left before they crossed to a point that they would die.
Stop commenting on Louis videos fatty.
@@alexsailer9967 Child rape? These guys are thieves and extortionists but child rapists?
That last dude was really well spoken and brave to stand out and say he doesn't want the violence but he needs a job. Being an area boy is his only option.
So true. And education, I mean, they can easily build and repair the houses, streets etc. if they know how. The flow of information and education in Africa is the biggest cause. We have the resources, we have the man power but somehow we can't develop? Strange.
That's how they all sound when being interviewed. Dont forget that his name was cross me and die and were proud of it, even cheered with the homies when talking about killing.
There are plenty of poor Nigerians who don’t turn to murder and violence to feed themselves. Although I have to admit he seemed half decent and probably one who can turn his life around.
his name is cross and die.
Yh, right, those boys will never work legitimately. This is all they know. Crime, violence
I can't imagine how hard it'd be to live there, I like how people like this are still always happy
The way I can watch this clip and then immediately click over to Theroux investigating celebrity theme restaurants... is really something. Not sure what, exactly, but definitely something.
I see Area Boys most days living in Lagos. I found this a wonderful article giving some depth to people I avoid and barely make eye contact with. as someone else stated in the comments, these organised street gang are a product of an atrocious government and deserve so much more. But I don't seethings improving for the moment, sadly the situation is deteriorating.
Area Boys act in the same way as your govt. Do you have the right to vote?
@@JayMoney-hd1jl Yes, except an ideal government is one that isn't as corrupt and acts in the interests of its people
@@IamSuperEffective Ask Jay Money if his Government is Corrupt?
What’s the update after 3 years? Has it gotten far worse or improved?
@@JayMoney-hd1jl maan , they fixed US Pres. Elections ( W. Bush vs Gore in Florida ) , what do you think happens in Nigeria . Fact is , even in Europe fixin elextions is present to this day
Louis couldn't have looked more white while being "serenaded"
🤣🤣🤣
What does being white have to do with it
@Adam Chlebovec you dont even know what you’re talking about, idiot
@@brendonbre8745 Well typically we don't suddenly burst out in singing and dancing. It's more of a afican cultural expression than european
@@solmoman who the fuck is we? White people? Did the white people of the world get together and appoint you the spokesperson for white people who live on a diaspora that goes from Antarctica to algeria, to syria to europe to Australia, and how do you know that this “cultural expression” as you call it, belongs exclusively to Africa? Are you also the spokesperson for all the peoples of Africa, which includes white people as well?
Honestly go get educated on the different cultures that exist in this world, you will find that you were very very stupid
I love what you’ve done with the place. That paint scheme is quite homely.....
Cross and dies song is a banger
I took and interest in this Cross and Die guy
He looks like someone with talent
But then he is caught up in all of this
I pray he is okay wherever he is and finds a life purpose
Cross and Die is a show man at heart
It’s heart breaking . It’s not their fault May God soften their hearts
These guys make all the so called gangsters in the USA look like choir boys .
Northern85Star isn’t MS-13 mexican? Their ties here are just small-time distributors compared to the big fish back home, no? American gangs are childs play when compared with South America and Lagos
@@Northern85Star MS-13 is Mexican tho they're not as violent in the USA like in Mexico that's for damn 'sho
Teddy Bear no ms 13 is not Mexican.
@@teddybear698 Mara Salvatrucha, believe they're Salvadorian.
These guys are more brutal than your MS-13 or other gangs in the US.
The black 1 direction
Louise only clapping at 3:55 because he knows he will get clapped himself by the area boys if he doesn't.
habib syed 😂😂😂💀
lolz...you are not serious. you make me laugh
yeah he was in quite deep tbh, like deep.
cheeks clapped
I can fight with bottle and cutlass 😂😂 mumu
Lol mumu it has been long since I heard that
I would have given cross and die a hug for being so generous to sing such a nice song before we left
God i give thanks too you every day i saw my school and even my classmate i feel like crying for baba Raji because we both went too the same school together even Holy cross and boz academy lagos like pls broda and sister even if you are lagos people or not always believe you can make it without living a thug life from you childhood because that's what cause this Guy life am very sure he'll be ashamed of himself right now..
I love a diciplined and sober team at work!
Dude shut the fuck up you sad racist. When you’re born into poverty in a third world corrupt country, how do you expect to accomplish much with no jobs, no economy, no job center, and a corrupt and manipulated government?
Also, considering where they were raised and can speak a considerable amount of English means they have a higher IQ than most. Most likely speak 3 languages.
turn on the captions for english. “i’ve called my editor and kill everybody “ 0:45 lol
That guy who desperately yelled “we need jobs!” really hits hard. Imagine if these guys had a chance at a healthy life in a stable living situation?
They’d be normal people doing normal work and this whole documentary wouldn’t exist.
It’s tragic that so much if the world is mired in hopelessness so intense that we just point cameras at it.
Yeah, I doubt their problem in life is a lack of opportunity. Its the lack of self control and propensity towards criminality which plagues their race.
@@donjuanmckenzie4897please refrain from saying obscene shit like racism (we’re all stuck together as one race, sorry you can’t handle that simple reality) in public, it feels like watching a coprophagic with a superiority complex flecking onlookers with a mouthful of raw sewage.
For the good of yourself and the rest of the world; if you’re that type of nasty, you should probably keep it to yourself.
@@donjuanmckenzie4897 Wonder how you would turn out under these circumstances. Easy to judge from behind the comfort of your computer.
@@donjuanmckenzie4897 I agree when it comes to the U.S, but you have no idea how corrupt these countries are. The self-serving oligarchy that ripped these countries away from their colonial patrons has destroyed these countries for half a century.
@@donjuanmckenzie4897 "Propensity towards criminality" Fuck off racist. Criminals come in every colour and from every country. Talk about "propensity towards criminality", I've never been beaten up or threatened by a black guy in my life (fingers crossed it never happens) but sure as shit did from whites, and they didn't come from the slum of a city of 20 million people either.
They don't seem to be too depressed about their situation. At the very least, they're still smiling. I respect that.
probably because they get free money and help eachother rape kids
They earn. They can rise or fall.
Louis is the man.
Victims of circumstance.
We all are
and that's what I tell my people all the time.
capitalism is not circumstantial - it is a deliberate and organized exploitation of the ignorant and the sick
Xenial Xerus if these young men were born and raised in a 1st world country with the opportunities we have their lives would be totally different, as I said, victims of circumstance!
The Truth who are your people Mr Truth?
Wierd thing is that their living in a worse jail than U.S jails but they're much more polite.
Louis Theroux a legit G
When that boy said "I don't like fight" I need job
I felt it
When you can’t relate so you just applause the seemingly entertainment 3:56
They're just the area boysssss, trying to make itttt.
😂😂😂
Whats cross & die singing about lol ?
Cross and die was high as a kite😂
Damn the man got balls i try as much to avoid them
Cross and die seems like a hoot and a half
Delighted to get out of there,
Raji looks very serious 😂
The singing was beautiful
Cross & die looks like wiz kid
I don’t need snippets, Where’s the full documentary?
Louis is terrified🤣
It was ahahaha 😂 😅
' my name is cross and die ' nice one pal real intelligent
Typical petty crime of theft/extortion to survive somehow, since there is no social system. Most likely grew up without parents.
Was this filmed in London or Birmingham?
May as well be
No one can see this and say this isn’t their environments fault for creating such a sad place
Peckham looks scary.
any of these guys would hack you to bits if you looked at them the wrong way...
Mayson be looking like tevin farmer
‘Is that your name?..... why?’
corruption is giving us 9ijas bad name.
Young Dennis Rodman at 2:52
Seriously wonder how many of these young men are dead now.
These guys just need jobs, people in the chat comparing these guys to high level gangs in the US who have technology and weapons and vehicles and compete in much harder environments like with proper police and camera's and DNA tracing. Those US gangs are people who have most likely had more opportunities and chances to do shit with their lives but either chose gang life or got stuck usually due to drugs.
The guys in Lagos and across Africa who live like this didn't choose this life they just got stuck with it and I'm sure if they could have been educated and given proper conditions they would've made something of themselves but most of them can not find work anymore, too much corruption on the continent of Africa.
You're dealing with people who don't give a shit, not poor victims. They aren't committing crimes with tears in their eyes wishing they could be a doctor instead. They are doing what they do with as much pride as Alexander massacring his enemies.
@@jeremyg591 I couldn't disagree more with both of you.
Racism and marginalisation still exists in the US. It's a fact on multiple fronts including education and job opportunities.
And to the numb nuts claiming these guys are enjoying this...they clearly have no choice at a different path in life. Violence is the only world afforded to them. They can't miss what they don't know.
@@Anonymous-pm7jf it isn't racism and this isn't the US. Men naturally form warband like groups. People in the mafia feel pride like warriors and so do these guys.
Cross and die would be a millionaire in America
africa really is another world... with other rules
Nick more like no rules
It's not all like this yeah
Nick is not true. This is far way back. Just like the way Europe kill theirselves before they I talking about human rights now
Its Lagos, Nigeria, not Africa
This was filmed in Lagos. 1 city in Nigeria, 1 country of over 50 on the continent. Could you generalize anymore ?
Tell me which company will employ this people in Nigeria
Currently shipping to the uk courtesy of the French water taxi service...and they wonder why the crime rate in London has flown up?? Any ideas why??
Pipe down GB news
See them smiling and crying people
Not all of us africans are like this, i know y’all westerns be thinking that lol
Looks like they homies with Danny Archer....Long sleeve or short sleeve 💀
Should change his name to Cross and High.
England becoming like this
Paris to
This is remarkably similar to chiraq drill music gangs and Their body language and behaviour. Intriguing
It’s genetics
Damn. I wonder if any are living today
That cross ND die kinda funny.. Lol
It's really great how these people are barely able to speak their own language let alone english.
If I have to watch another non-skippable 30 sec ad for that Benjamin rabbit film im going to kill the next rabbit I see.
03:55..That was such a Fake clapppp
So the other guy's name is "My Son"
funny how the this kid @0:38 if on love island would be swooned over by most of the uk women for been handsome.. Its all about geographic.. its not the color of your skin but the longitude and latitude of your upbringing.
Nigerian people are generally good
looking .! ( ps I'm not Nigerian )! Life is a lottery .
Coming to a town near you....
And people think colwyn bay is bad .
Really, no subtitles???
this guy is really good
Area boys...what an intimidating name...(eyeroll)
at least that one guy is wearing Gucci flip flops at 1:30
Probably stolen. Just being realistic
Made in China.
Their the same whatever area their from. Not all are bad but as group they are. Taken out of it they can behave better. So the problem is not the area, its the thinking.
"Cross and die" music video
Damn those scars tho 😕
Wow we really need some of this in Britain.
enriching
@@Survivethejive hey . I watch your channel. I have some genuine disagreement with you which I would like to discuss. Civilly of course.
Some of these guys are in the UK.
This is pecham in South London.
Send Mr bald and bankrupt to sort it out
???
I thought these guys were 'area' gays. Their mannerisms are quite flamboyant.
Cool name i give em that much
I love Nigeria Names *My Son* *Sunday* *God Bless* *Cross and Die*
They look scary
The real Nigeria.
Louis meets the rent boys
Where is Melevin?
*Dead* on his tomb stone it reads *I want only Manny*
Just like Baltimore
LOL
Hi, nice to meet you. My name is cross & die
These men look like engineers and doctors to me
You're a bitter idiot
imagine bunch of scarfaces around u..
i love how the junkies have translaters
Ork boyz...
WAAAAAGH!
keep your heads up.
Area boys are really brilliant.
It looks like hunger is stronger then them washed out bums probably weight at 115 pounds or 45kg
Bruh 99% of the time this nikka be interviewing these dudes he not even knowin that they saying whatever because they on camera. They not criminals 99% of the time. That one percent is obviously the people he interviews that are in jail. That’s the closest he’ll ever get to criminals when they behind bars. You think he’d stand a chance around real criminals by himself and a camera man. Naw I think not.
I don't know did you watch the whole doc? That guy MC seems like a serious enough dude that the locals are scared to talk about him.
These people do not realise that if you let people work then you can just tax them and take the money for a small amount that will increase over time... Which you can invest in communities to make more money. They are too stupid.
NSG before music