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Park Hill’s Poppy is speaking from behind bars—and he’s naming names.

Isaac “Poppy” Kingue-Noah joins Elliott Carterr to explain how he says Julius McGill, known in the neighborhood as “MB,” gave a hospital statement that led investigators to surveillance footage and ultimately to his arrest. Poppy recounts the confrontation behind his assault case, what he says his lawyer revealed about the investigation, and why he holds MB responsible for helping police connect the dots.

But his frustration goes beyond the case. Poppy calls out people in Park Hill who demand to “see the paperwork” while continuing to embrace MB, whom he accuses of cooperating with authorities. He explains why he says his discovery came on a USB instead of printed pages and raises questions about whether loyalty changes when someone has money coming.

From neighborhood tensions to his plans for coming home, Poppy gives his side in a candid conversation about reputation, accountability, and who stands beside you when you’re locked up.

The Staten Island Advance reported that Kingue-Noah pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in a case involving a man whose throat was slashed. Allegations about McGill and others are Poppy’s statements and have not been independently verified by LFTG Radio.

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Following the funeral services for Jaden Pierre in New York, Elliott Carterr sits down with LL Cool J and Prince for a conversation that goes far beyond music, entertainment, or headlines.

This episode centers on the emotional condition of today’s youth — the anger, the trauma, the lack of guidance, and the pain too many communities have learned to normalize. From violence and grief to leadership and accountability, the discussion explores what happens when young people grow up surrounded by pressure, ego, survival, and unresolved hurt.

LL Cool J speaks on the importance of presence, mentorship, and community responsibility, while Prince reflects on emotional discipline, influence, and the role men must play in guiding the next generation before more lives are lost.

This is not a viral moment.

This is a real conversation about pain, healing, leadership, masculinity, and the things society often ignores until another young life is gone.

Topics include:
 • Youth violence and trauma
 • Leadership and accountability
 • Emotional intelligence in young men
 • Social media and conflict culture
 • Mentorship and community impact
 • Grief, healing, and responsibility

Read the full Gutter Report coverage here:
Queens Mourns Jaden Pierre: LL Cool J Closes Service as $140M Project Is Announced

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A documentary can freeze a story in time, but the people who lived it are still here — still dealing with the fallout, and still fighting their cases.

We get on the phone with Bolderhead from federal prison after he receives transcripts tied to “When The Bloods Went Body 4 Body On Staten Island”, available on YouTube, and he explains why the timeline and “facts” don’t line up with what he knows. According to him, the story leans too heavily on court records without speaking to the people actually involved.

This leads to a bigger question: when true crime media relies on paperwork alone, who gets erased — and who gets mislabeled?

We also get into paperwork culture, cooperation allegations, and why “the record speaks for itself” can only go so far. Some things are proven in black and white — others come from firsthand experience and what people lived through, especially with appeals still active.

Bolderhead also speaks on life inside, the shift from maximum to medium security, and why “hope” is the biggest difference in mindset — along with what he’s building next through books, writing, and film.

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In this exclusive episode of LFTG Radio, Elliott Carterr speaks with Sanija and her mother, Anisha, following the controversy surrounding Chyna Brim.

What began as blog speculation quickly escalated after, according to them, their names and personal information were shared publicly — pulling them into a situation they say they never asked to be part of.

In this conversation, Sanija speaks openly about growing up without a consistent relationship with her father, the emotional impact of that absence, and why she says the issue was never about money — but about years of neglect and being dismissed when she tried to build a connection.

Anisha shares her account of how the relationship began, the timeline that followed, and the circumstances surrounding her pregnancy. Together, they address public claims circulating online, disputes over documents, and why they say key details being shared don’t add up.

They also speak on what happened after going public — including alleged calls, escalating tension, and why they ultimately decided to tell their story directly.

At its core, this is a conversation about privacy, accountability, and what happens when personal situations are pushed into the public spotlight.

This is their account — in their own words.

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In this episode, Elliott Carterr meets Studda Diamond in person inside the South Jamaica, Queens projects — the buildings locals call the bricks. The conversation takes place right in the hallways and courtyard where he grew up, walking through the environment that shaped his mindset long before reputation or titles ever came into play.
As they move through the neighborhood, Studda reflects on the principles he says defined real leadership: unity, discipline, and responsibility to the people around you. He explains how those early morals carried into the brotherhood he later became part of, where leadership meant serving the team — making sure everyone was safe, fed, and moving with structure.
The discussion also touches on how the culture evolved over time, the difference between living the code and just speaking on it, and why the original focus on loyalty and community sometimes gets lost when history becomes content.
Recorded on location in South Jamaica, Queens, this is a firsthand walk-through of the places — and the mindset — that helped shape the story.

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On this episode of LFTG Radio, we step into serious justice work with a case that exposes how wrongful convictions are built — and protected.

Shamgod Jay joins us to tell the full story of how he lost 25 years of his life after a manipulated photo array, coerced witness statements, racial bias in a rural jurisdiction, ineffective counsel, and suppressed exculpatory evidence combined to secure a conviction that should never have stood.

What began as three separate photo arrays that did not identify him changed when his image was moved into the “gunman” position. Years later, buried documentation confirmed that the original identification did not point to Shamgod at all. Add to that documented hand injuries — splints and severed tendons that made it physically impossible for him to commit the crime as alleged — and you’re left with a case riddled with red flags that were ignored at trial.

We’re also joined by Derrick Hamilton, Deputy Director of the

👉🏾 Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,

a center dedicated to reviewing wrongful convictions and addressing forensic misuse and systemic misconduct. Hamilton, who himself was wrongfully incarcerated for over two decades before being exonerated, discusses the active review of Shamgod’s case and the broader structural issues that allow wrongful convictions to persist — including absolute immunity protections that shield prosecutors and police from accountability.

In this episode, we break down:

• How eyewitness identifications become contaminated
• The role of “serial informants” testifying across multiple counties
• What Brady violations mean in real life
• How suppressed evidence and procedural blocks shut down innocence claims
• Why accountability in wrongful conviction cases remains rare

This conversation is part of the work connected to The Gutter Justice Project, LFTG’s division focused on wrongful convictions and systemic accountability.

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In this episode of LFTG Radio, Elliott Carterr connects live with Pearlie “Larry Love” Johnson and his people as they revisit Johnson’s 2008 federal trial in the Eastern District of New York and the fallout it created back home.

The conversation centers on Jovane Jenkins, who appeared on the government’s witness list and took the stand during the trial. From there, Larry and the others speak bluntly about what courtroom testimony means in their world — drawing a hard line between “the streets” and “the sidewalk,” calling out what they see as excuse-making, and describing how “paperwork culture” reshapes reputations long after sentencing.

It’s a raw, unfiltered look at how federal trials echo through neighborhoods: loyalty vs. survival, credibility vs. politics, and why one witness’s testimony can divide entire circles for years.

(Note: Characterizations and labels used in the episode reflect the speakers’ views and the public narrative surrounding the case.)

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This episode presents raw recorded phone calls connected to the Onondaga County case involving Jerry Benton, also known as Bleek.

Both calls were masterminded by Nahkeen Lewis-Bush, who appears on the line and steers the conversations with intent. The first call features General “Iceberg” Davis, a cooperating witness in the Jerry Benton case. The second call features Malik “Lito” Robertson, also identified as a cooperating witness in the same case.

Across both conversations, the speakers address cooperation, alleged statements, subpoenas, trial testimony, and their own versions of events — in their own words, without interruption, edits, or analysis. Listeners will hear denials, justifications, and pointed remarks that sit at the center of the case narrative.

This episode is released without commentary or conclusions.

➡️ In the next episode, Nahkeen Lewis-Bush breaks everything down — the context, the contradictions, the record, and why these calls matter in understanding the Jerry Benton case in Onondaga County.

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For more than 33 years, Samuel “Baby Sam” Edmondson lived inside a conviction the courts would later acknowledge was broken.

In 2022, a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge vacated that conviction after finding unreliable witnesses, suppressed evidence, and investigative misconduct tied to NYPD Detective Louis Scarcella. Baby Sam walked free and began rebuilding his life.

Three years later, the State of New York reinstated part of that same conviction — without a new trial — sending him back to prison.

In this exclusive interview, Baby Sam speaks in his own words about:

• Having his conviction vacated after three decades
• What the court acknowledged about his case
• Living free, then being ordered back into custody
• The role of police misconduct and prosecutorial decisions
• Why he believes the system is still refusing full accountability

This conversation is not about mythology or headlines.

It is about due process, state power, and what happens when the justice system reverses its own admission of error.

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Start with the evidence — not the rumor.

In this episode of LFTG Radio, we speak directly with Nahkeen Lewis-Bush, calling in from Sing Sing Correctional Facility, where he is serving a 40-year sentence for a case that, according to the record, involved no victim testimony, no shot fired, and sworn affidavits clearing him of responsibility.

This conversation begins with the human reality behind the paperwork: life on state parole, sleeping in a rescue mission, scraping together money on a rainy night in Syracuse — and how a paid ride would later become the foundation of a prosecution’s theory. From there, we move deliberately into the documents that define freedom or confinement in New York State: grand jury minutes, affidavits, discovery failures, and alleged violations of the state’s speedy trial rules.

Nahkeen explains why the grand jury minutes are central to his claim of innocence, asserting they show the alleged victim never described himself as a victim and never appeared at trial — despite jurors being told he would. We examine the prosecution’s shifting theory, the absence of witness statements, and sworn affidavits from co-defendants stating Nahkeen did nothing. We also discuss plea negotiations that dropped from 15 years to 6, the pressure of trial penalties, and the unsettling reality that he has now served more time than the offer he refused.

Inside the walls, Nahkeen describes surviving through faith, prayer, and relentless self-education, while helping others navigate appeals and post-conviction relief — a reminder that in a system built on deadlines and disclosures, knowledge can move cases when institutions stall.

This is not a debate episode. It is a record-based conversation.

If justice is supposed to be the product of due process plus facts, this case raises serious questions about whether either was honored.

📄 Related reporting and source documents:

• The Syracuse Setup: What Happened to Nahkeen Lewis-Bush

• The Syracuse Setup, Part II: Inside the Paperwork the State Tried to Bury

If you care about wrongful convictions, grand jury transparency, discovery obligations, and prosecutorial accountability, this episode is required listening. Share it with someone who believes facts matter — and leave a review telling us which document or claim you want examined next.

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