GenPop

GenPop

By St. Laz (Host) Mark Waldo Ward (Co-Host)Society & CultureDocumentaryTrue CrimePersonal Journals
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GenPop episodes

  • NY State Prison Gabriel: Revenge Almost Goes Wrong
    After an almost violent knife confrontation with some adversaries at an earlier point of his sentence, Laz was transferred to another prison. While there he learned that the gentlemen in question had been spreading false rumors about him. While he was at Gabriel, Laz ran into one of them again. He decided to take matters into his own hands, on movie night. After his comrade arranges a set-up outside after the show, Laz has second thoughts when he realizes that they plan to kill his adversary. At the moment of truth, Laz realizes it's not his enemy, it's someone that looks like him. What results is a mad scramble to save the young man's life.
    Watch Laz tell it here.
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    Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here.
    Follow St. Laz on Instagram here.
    Listen to St. Laz music here.
    23 min
  • NY State Prison Gabriel: Orange Box Cutter
    While at Gabriel (or incarcerated in general,) Laz stopped 5 inmates from using box cutters on another inmate. He then tells about the guards' sickeningly racist response to the O.J. Simpson verdict. The show finishes with an excerpt from The Super Facts Show, which Laz hosts with Mark Waldo Ward.
    Watch Laz tell it here.
    Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here.
    Follow St. Laz on Instagram here.
    Listen to St. Laz music here.
    25 min
  • NY State Prison Gabriel: Recreation Gone Wrong
    In prison, even the most innocuous activity can quickly turn violent. During a game of pool, Laz witnessed it transform into something else.
    Watch Laz tell it here.
    Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here.
    Follow St. Laz on Instagram here.
    Listen to St. Laz music here.
    18 min
  • NY State Prison Clinton: The Brooklyn Way
    First Laz clears up some details about Comstock, including the first time he tried Jack Mack. After leaving Comstock, Laz went to Clinton to await his classification for prison assignment. After a spine-chillingly ominous warning from a guard, Laz has to wait to find out where he'll be going, but first, he finds out unexpectedly he has to do ten days in the box. Fortunately, since there wasn't any room in solitary, Laz did the ten days in a regular cell block. From there Laz relates the events of his stay, from making jail wine to receiving an unexpected gift from his neighbor on the neighbors birthday (who was probably innocent of the murder he was convicted of.)
    Watch Laz tell it here.
    Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here.
    Follow St. Laz on Instagram here.
    Listen to St. Laz music here.
    22 min
  • Prison Tales: NY Camp Gabriel Hostage Situation
    These stories are just breathtaking. Can you imagine being in a prison hostage situation? The adrenaline, all synapses firing, flight or fight fully activated. Perhaps an opportunity for someone to retaliate against you without consequence for a perceived slight. Do you actively oppose the guards? Are you concerned with getting more time? You won't believe what Laz went through in this unforgettable episode.
    Watch Laz tell it here
    Watch Laz tell the stories here.
    Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here.
    Follow St. Laz on Instagram here.
    Listen to St. Laz music here.
    22 min
  • Gen Pop (Recap Podcast) 2
    In this episode, we go over Laz's recent GenPop episodes. We discuss being in solitary confinement, what goes through your head when you're forced to fight, becoming institutionalized, if guards get involved in inmate conflict, spending Christmas in prison, Comstock's mice infestation, and when Laz witnessed a "Scared Straight" type program touring his cell block.
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    The Super Facts Network
    44 min
  • Shower Beef (Scared Straight)
    While in New York State's Comstock Correctional Facility, Laz once had a confrontation in the shower that led him to avoid such situations in the future.
    Watch Laz tell the stories here.
    Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here.
    Follow St. Laz on Instagram here.
    Listen to St. Laz music here.
    14 min
  • NY State Prison Comstock: Christmas & The Mouse Infestation
    There's nothing sweet about Comstock, particularly spending Christmas there. Also, they had a lot of mice. When Laz tells it, you'll feel like you were there. Just without the misery and the potential for infectious disease.
    Watch Laz tell it here.
    James Moore, who's been in state prison since 1963, longer than any other prisoner in the state ranked the one in Comstock as the most likely place to get knifed and the worst prison in New York state by a guy who should know.
    21 min

About GenPop

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St. Laz is a veteran NYC rapper who has been on MTV, BET, & had several songs in rotation on Hot 97. He's collaborated with almost every prominent artist over generations, from Styles P to recent hit songs with Gunna & Roddy Rich. Before all that, however, Laz served a six-year prison sentence, followed by a few parole violations. His journey took him from Rikers Island to correctional institutions throughout the New York State Department of Corrections. He served time at some of the worse facilities, including Comstock, Ft. Greene, Franklin, & more.