Dog In The Yard

Today we've got Shaheim from Queens, been home for 10 years. He served 23 years and is a strong advocate for mental health.

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Pistol Pete Torres sits down for a incredible interview with Dawn Floria

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Omar went to prison with his brother as his codefendant . They went in for drugs and after almost 30 years he was freed but his brother had to stay. He was raised by a single mother, he was into martial arts he became known as the prison block lawyer as he self taught himself. To this day Omar still gets contacted by inmates looking for legal advice. This brother is still giving back.

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These two legends finish their walk around the yard and break down some real insights form NORE that he has never shared before. NORE talks about his love for Big Pun and his relationship and admiration for Terror Squad and covers how Drink Champs came about and how it originally failed on Sirius XM and Jay Z calls him up about the podcast.

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N.O.R.E. formerly known as Noreaga, has had a major impact on HipHop music and the Latino influence on Rap. He sits down with Pistol Pete and share never heard stories about getting busted doing time, honing his battle rapping skills in the prison yard and how his Puerto Rican roots helped shape his music and his values. NORE covers everything from his days with Capone to Big Pun, Cuban Link and Fat Joe to is current hit show and podcast Drink Champs.

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"What goes up comes down. Stay humble" Check out the second and final piece of this epic interview with Steve Lobel as he shares with Pete how he deals in the street world from Crips and Bloods from Compton to Brooklyn and every one in between and the connects into corporate world to make sure every opportunity is explored for his artists and friends while staying true to who he is. And now Steve works just as hard at helping under privileged kids get off the streets and providing adults with drug addiction a way out through the use of music as therapy. Enjoy

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If you follow the Hiphop music business you already know Steve Lobel. His name is legendary in the Rap game. He has been a cornerstone since the 80's when he hung out with the Run DMC crew Jam Master J and others. His story is unique. He had his share of challenges with the law like many that he had to overcome. His addiction weren't with drugs or alcohol, but robbing. Once he starts making it in the Rap music game, he thinks his days getting mixed up with the law are over, but his success drew attention from those in law enforcement that had a racial agendas . Eventually, Steve overcame it all and his association with Run DMC lead to Fat Joe, Big Pun, Raul, Flex, Armageddon and Bone Thugs and Harmony sets his career in motion, but being around the streets, brushes with the law continued... This is Part One of an epic interview...

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Outlawz Rap member E.D.I. MEAN talks about growing up in New York and then moving to California and getting involved early in the hip hop game through his childhood buddy , Tupac. EDI shares how he had brushes with the law and how people around him were there to get him back on the music path. He breaks down his trips to Clinton penitentiary to visit Tupac and how that experience and the stayed with them and motivated them to do what they needed to not end up there.He talks about how after Tupacs death the group moved ahead and was working with Death Row Records and Suge Knight. After a series of hit albums with the Outlawz, EDI has continued to make his own music and release his own tracks and collaborations through his production company.

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From the time he was 9, South Central’s Blood gang member Kaybe was getting in trouble with the law. He remembers stealing the neighborhood ice ladies pursue and getting caught and and twelve he was arrested for carrying a gun. Things got serious after that and by 16 he was charged for armed robbery, ski mask and all. His first stint in jail he saw young men his age hanging themselves because they couldn’t handle the life behind bars. After he got out and saw the destruction that occurred in his own neighborhood with the killing of Nipsey Hussle, Kaybe make the hardest decision he ever faced. He pulled back from banging and started going down the right side of the street. He now manages some aspiring young rappers from South Central and tries to steer them from banging on the streets as he always says, “ Banging gets you either in jail or dead”. This is a story of a man who has been there and done it all and now is walking the talk.

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LIL EAZY E grew up in Compton with a celebrity Dad, EAZY-E, the legendary founder of NWA and Ruthless Records. Then two weeks before his 11th birthday his Dad died suddenly and his world got turned upside down. He jumped off the porch and started gang banging and running in the streets. He has had to face the demons and the legacy of his Dad.For a long time he was full of anger and emotion. The pressure of being a black man being taught to fight with his own kind to keep the suppression going in the hood. His jail experiences taught him how the societal situation is designed to keep the injustice going. Lil Eazy touches on Suge Knight, Snoop, Dre and many of the HipHop elite his Dad was connected with. Five years out of prison, Lil E now takes those learnings and the wisdom of maturing. From acting in Straight outta Compton and being in Growing Up Hiphop to running Rich and Ruthless with Big Arnold and he back to making music. He lets all know learn from my path don't follow my path. Give it up for Lil E........

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