The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Meet Miami's WILDEST Gangster: Ultra-Violent Miami Criminal Exposes Florida's BLOODY Underworld


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OG Gigavelli is a certified Miami original — born into violence, shaped by the streets, and forged in some of the most brutal prisons in America.

OG breaks down a side of Miami history almost never discussed: the Black and Islander underworld that operated alongside — and often beneath — the Cocaine Cowboys era. From Liberty City and Brownsville to federal penitentiaries and near-death prison riots, this is a raw, unfiltered account of survival, crime, and eventual transformation
OG came up during the wild 80s and 90s, where robbery was second nature, violence was currency, and the streets raised kids faster than families ever could. He details:
-Seeing dead bodies as a child in Miami
-Carjackings and robberies in broad daylight
-The structure of Miami’s Black drug economy before it was ever “professionalized” elsewhere
-Stabbings, race wars, and near-fatal ambushes inside state and federal prison
-How Islam and time forced him to confront who he had become
This isn’t glorification — it’s documentation. A firsthand account of a world most people only know through movies like Scarface or Cocaine Cowboys, told by someone who actually lived it.
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00:00 OG Gigavelli's Violent Origins & Miami Streets

05:36 Life in the Miami Hood & Early Hustle
12:00 Structure of Miami Drug Trade
19:03 Island Influence & Culture in Miami Crime
26:27 Transition to Robbery & Early Trouble
33:03 Juvenile Prison: Survival & Violence
40:28 Rising in Street Hierarchy & Prison Politics
45:06 State Prison: Robbing from Inside
53:34 Confrontations, Transfers, & Release
01:01:01 Struggles with Release & Cycle of Incarceration
01:06:34 Running a Trap and Chasing Fast Money
01:13:53 CM: The Harshest Lockdown in Florida Prisons
01:19:21 Post-Prison Hustling & Out-of-Town Moves
01:27:32 The Ecstasy Era & Big Hustles in Tennessee
01:34:08 Getting Caught: Counterfeit Money & Fed Indictment
01:41:58 21 Years in the Feds & Road to Redemption
01:46:11 OG Gigavelli's Books, Podcast & New Message
01:52:39 Miami Legacy, Final Reflections & Sign-Off

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