Dog In The Yard

Crenshaw's Own Smokeone aka "SMOKE", an up and coming artist of Big U's, shares his journey from working the streets to going away for 4 years and having to wake up everyday in jail ready to go to war/ Smoke tells about his first day in the prison yard and seeing the dude next to him stabbed and thinking "man its like this?" Smoke explains how once he got out he made a vow to leave the hustle of the street and be the best rapper he could be. Today he and close friend D5 make up the rap duo OSBS and taking a different path. They were friends of Nipsey Hussle and still see him as their mentor and roll model to this day.

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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is a legendary rap group. Lean back and listen to Flesh-n-Bone lay out how he started writing rap songs at 12 and was beatboxing with, Krayzie Bone, and Layzie Bone in their junior high school math class. Flesh-nBone shares how he and his family were living on government checks but he never stopped dreaming big. He always thought his basketball skills would bring him fame and fortune and make him the next Michale Jordan. He was a college recruit and hoopster, but he didn't realize that what would make him famous was his rapping with his best friends. He and his boys get hooked up with Easy E and they became the biggest rap band in the world. But with his new found fame came problems. Drugs became a way of the life and before he knew it, he was making platinum albums while strung out on PCP. It caught up with him and Flesh-n-Bone couldn't even function. He was arrested and was a drug addict and he had to break off from the group. He was sentenced to 13 years for drugs and gun possession and did nine years of hard time. It rocked his world. He had to watch is boys continue their fame making multiple gold records from behind bars. He went from rapping to rioting and just trying to survive. Fighting and beefing became a way of life. But Flesh-n-Bone never lost faith. That was all it took. he made a promise to himself to kick the addiction and get his act together. This is one story you don't want to miss.

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Perhaps no one person in the history of music has had their hand in more hits with more artists than Scott Storch. He is a true legend. Storch had worked with the whose who of music early in his career including The Roots, Beyonce, Drake, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, Dr. Dre, Justin Timberlake, Lil Kim, Mariah Carey, Fat Joe, LL Cool J, Remy Ma, Ice Cube, TI, Ludacris, Ricky Martin, 50 Cent, Chris Brown, Game, Toni Braxton, Nas, and scores of others. But as fast as the success came, so came the trouble. He was the real life example of "Mo money , mo problems". Scott was a quiet kid and even with early success stayed away form the limelight until he got hooked up with jet set super models. Before he knew he was partying 24X7 and sniffing right off the brick of cocaine every day with the group he was hangin with. Suddenly he stopped producing and when the money stopped the drug use accelerated and soon the phone stopped ringing and the biggest names in music didn't want to be near him. His friends abandoned him. His manger gave up on him. He went from hanging with super models to hangin with hoochies. After losing everything and becoming virtually homeless , Scott just decided to go cold turkey one day and start the greatest come back music has ever seen. Good fortune started coming his way and his first break came through a chance meeting with music boss and AR legend, Steve Lobel. Scott straight up asked Steve would he manage him and help him get back on his feet. Steve known for his the "drill sergeant" style of managing , thought about and said yes, but Scott would need to start working with lesser known young new artists and once he made them hit artists the big names would be back. The strategy worked like a charm and today Scott is back on top making monster hits with Artists like Bone Thugs and Harmony, Chloe & Halle, Megan the Stallion, Trippie Redd, Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, Russ, Tyga, The Game, French Montana, More importantly, Scott has been sober for over eight years and is now giving back and helping those that are going through addiction issues through his newly created Heavenly Center in LA with his partner Steve Lobel. Scott is living proof that comebacks are always possible and to quote the legend "IT'S GREATER LATER".

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Every bid is different. In John's case, he saw plenty of the dark side in prison and was forced to learn the "do's and don'ts quickly and how to be a dog and no dog food. From prison riots to cellmates killing each other and even killing themselves. Surviving and getting out on the other side and a path to freedom was not easy. Take the journey with him and Pistol Pete from a young teenager to a mature adult man. John now is in the music game and partnered with LA street legend Baldacci.Give it up for John

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Baldacci was working the streets of South Central at 13 and as. teenage he had one day where he stole stole three different cars and was caught by the police each time! Later he was shot five times with a AK47 semi automatic in a gang fight only to survive after two months in a coma. Afteer years in prison, he eventually turned his life around.

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Susie grew up in Long Beach and had a strong family, but the street game was exciting and glamorous and soon she was dealing. She caught a drug charge and her world changed. Prison made her grow up and get tough real fast. She developed a reputation as "Big Sue" the toughest female on the block After getting out, she had four children and but couldn't leave the game and was back in jail again. After her parents told her they didn't want her in their life, it was her first wake up call. The next time she got out she had a 19 year daughter who was pregnant.That was the final wake up call for her and to realize that her family was way too important to sacrifice anymore and she made the commitment to rehabilitate herself. Now she is a happy successful women and grandmother helping others when ever she can.

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Being Lebanese and Arminian, Player had to be tough. He was on the streets his whole life. Starting at 14 years old, he was finding trouble. He started running the illegal weed distribution from No Cal to So Cal. It caught up with him and he started doing hard time from county jail to prison in the hole. Being a South Sider he knew the rules and how to represent in jail. He talks about how he and his homies mopped up a child offender that crossed the line. His stories are legend of violence and gang politics and riots in the yard. he shares how racism is reenforced in jail. He went on the run to Lebanon and when he returned he was cuffed at the airport. He was ready to do it the right way. His brothers gave him the chance to get into legal marijuana and partner with legends like Berner and Steve Lobel. Player now has his on line of strains.

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Krayzie Bone, member of legendary rap group , Bone Thugs and Harmony, share his story of coming up in Cleveland running his street hustle and trying to make music. He opens up and tells never heard before stories of getting locked up for robbing and how prison life effected him and his music. He tells about seeing guys get thrown off balconies and stabbings right in front of him and how those experiences got him motivated to double down on taking a straighter path and focusing on just making great music. After getting out Bone Thugs were relentless and pushing to get thier music careers off the ground and day landed rap legend Eazy E as their producer and A&R legend Steve Lobel. Bone Thugs went on to be one of the most famous rap groups of all time. The worked with Tupac, Biggie Smalls, and Big Pun makes them the only group to pull off that trifecta in history! Enjoy this episode of Yard Talk.

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OG Lepke grew up in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles. He bounced between his mom and dad's homes as a kid and got into the street game early. He was attracted to the flash and sizzle of the street life. His Mom was a hippy who always had drugs around the house. Whether it was acid, weed, or mushrooms drugs were no different than having a candy dish out on the table. Lepke was so immune to it he once brought a bag of marijuana into his elementary school class for sho wand tell. He ended up like many gang bangers getting in trouble and doing time as a youth in YTS and eventually going to Mens central Jail in LA. Considered the Rikers Island of the west and to spending time up state at the legendary Folsom prison. He shares how the prison system is nothing more than a multi million dollar enterprise set up to keep people incarcerated versus truly helping felons become rehabilitated and a productive members of society. he has decided his life to this cause of helping those that are trying to overcome personal challenges whether its keeping someone from going to prison or helping those getting out of prison or trying to overcome an addiction issue. Lepke believes that we all need to have more positivity and love. Focusing on solutions not problems and having this be driven from within the neighborhoods and communities. Lepke is living proof that its never too late to turn your life around, take accountability and drive positive change.

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He grew up in Long Beach and despite being bused to Texas every summer by his mom to get him away from the gangbanger life, Blue was having run ins with the law by age 12. He ended up doing time at each level of California's local and state judicial system. Going from Youth Detention Centers to Juvenile Camps to YTS (aka Gladiator school) and finally Solano State Prison, was like going from elementary, to middle, then high school and eventually ending up in the University. He never forgot his LBC and Crip roots. While locked up Blue dealt with the worst situations whether it was holding down the yard or having to deal with his close friend breaking the Crip code and stabbing him. Blues time in the hole actually helped turn his life around as he had to deal with all gang types and ethnic backgrounds. After getting out he had to deal with his daughter get into gang banging and his niece be murdered. This set him up for when he got out and started giving back and helping those from LBC learning to stay away from gang banging and out of jail. He eventually was hired by prestigious Long Beach Poly high school to help coach football. This built many deep and long term bonds with young men and their families many of which went on to play Division I football and even the NFL. Blue's new reputation landed him a new role where he's helping many organizations like USC, USD to the LAPD on how to help understand how help the youth from the inner cities and help the people in those neighborhoods to use the resources available to help themselves.Blue believes current prison reform initiatives continue to fail because they don't address the problem. These programs are more important than ever and he is dedicated to helping make the changes needed to provide a second chance..

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