I’m a breh from P.G. County, AMA

[Apollo Creed]

So anyone who says they from ____ County or DMV aint from dc right?

 

[blqbird]

Is it true there are a lot of well off Black families down there?



If so, why P. G. County out of all places? (Not saying it's a bad place, just a question)

Yes. PG actually used to be predominantly white and went through a form of (reverse?) gentrification where blacks moved in and whites moved out. The downside is the county is also run by corrupt blacks who mismanage all the county funds and get jailed as a result. We gotta do better.

 

[Laidbackman]

Why y’all police still wildin even with such a large middle class Black population?

You just answered your own question.

 

[nls743]

Lol real live I’m not gon hold you breh, but I’ve been somewhat of a transient in my own county I was born in Cheverly at PG Hospital in 1992 and used to live in City Line towers (now called Ashton Heights) in Suitland right across the street from the DC side of Southern Ave, Park Berkshire ‘round Forestville, and briefly in Northeast DC (but as an infant) from ‘92 to ‘98. From ‘99 to ‘02, I used to live in Penn Brooke Terrace in District Heights (this was when that old mobile home dealership was still there off of Silver Hill Rd and when PETCO and that toy store at Penn Station Shopping Center, Shakey’s Pizza, Eckhert, and the Black Eyed Pea were still around). Then from ‘02 til ‘07, I lived in Walker Mill and finished elementary school at Oakcrest, went to WM Middle, and Central High for 9th grade.

Having said that, if there’s one hood I’d claim it’s Walker Mill. Had the best childhood and early teenhood memories there It was a chill lil hood, I lived in Shady Glen Terrace. It was still a strong sense of community there and all the kids would be outside getting into some shyt while the older folks did their thing and even took turns keeping tabs on us. Used to go to the lil local community center spot we all called “Top Court” to explore the woods, crash cookout/BBQ functions, throw birthday parties, play around, etc. That hood ass 7-Eleven on the intersection of Central Ave & Shady Glen Dr. was like the neighborhood corner store Walker Mill was also when I first learned how to ride the Metrobus by myself. Lived in a nice lil wooden townhouse, that’s when my mom was in her mid-20s and she became a homeowner. We used to hit up that distribution center in the cut near the Home Depot that had a lot of food, cooking ware, and snacks you could get, used to get my favorite box of cookies there...shyt was a gold mine since most of the area was pretty much a food desert save for that Safeway up the street in Seat Pleasant. First time I’ve played around with pit bulls and shyt. I could get into a lot more breh. I’ve heard Walker Mill’s gotten more ratchet nowadays tho, even the 7-Eleven got more nikkas posted up out there nowadays too whenever I drive by late at night. Nearly all of the people I grew up with were long gone by 2007, that was the year I moved out to Clinton.

High key, I would love to go back in time and relive that era of my life again breh, especially 2005. Life was just too good

I live in walker mill a block or 2 away from the 7 eleven!

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Damn cuz you jye like got me goin down memory lane an shyt real live.... Ortho Williams was the dealship and before they had RV’s it was a Buick dealership. Before Penn Station it was jus woods and Parkland Bowling Alley (RIP)
That Shakey’s was the shyt back in the day too. The 24 hr CVS on Silver Hill Rd used to be the Jerry Lewis Movie theater
shyt changed in PG around 89/ 90 with the influx of drugs an shyt
Before that nikkaz thought they was doin sumthin when they moved out to Largo/ Kettering, Tantallion, Mitchellville (It was Landover before 87)

Damn breh, didn’t even know there was a movie theater around there Was it similar to Marlow Heights movie theater?

Maaan, as a kid, if your birthday party wasn’t at Chuck E Cheese or Jeepers, it was at Shakey’s Bomb ass pizza and hot wings, think they served beer for the grown folks, used to love checking out the lil fishes in the two aquariums Shakey’s had, and best of all, the lil arcade room in the back. Used to love playing the Bad Cats pinball game:



I’m still mad they turned Shakey’s into some kind of buffet/bar place whatever hell it is now. shyt RIP to the Black Eyed Pea too, I even seen a whole biker gang pull up to that joint one time. Them nikkas were like 70-80 mfs deep...It was some Black bikers but most of them were Cac. I have never seen that many Cacs in my life at the time, most especially in that part of PG of all places. shyt had me like They later turned BEP into a Fridays I think but I think it’s something else now.

But hold up tho, Parkland bowling alley is gone??? That place been at Penn Station for decades wtf?

I didn’t even nikkas was moving all the way into Mitchellville back then lol. Guess they figured they could handle Six Flags summertime fukkery

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Been living here my whole life. Tired of this area and its shytty weather . Wish I was in Florida where its hot all the time.






Also our upcoming rap scene is a joke . Everybody trying sound like Q da fool or Flock.



If want to find me, catch me posted up in front of Forestville mall

Sounds like you need a change of scenery my dude. Outta curiosity, why Florida but not Southern Cali breh?

Yeah the bi-polar ass weather out here is something else. I’m used to it since I’m from here too but Winter has a habit of over staying its welcome out here until early April smh.

Summers be HOT asf but shyt be too lit and festive out here and DMV summer nights are just some of the best breh

Spring be beautiful out here and I lowkey love watching the thunderstorms. It also helps that we don’t get much in the way of tornadoes around here either.

Fall be nice and chill. I guess I’m more of a four seasons person even though I can do without winter after 3-4 weeks of it.

Our rap scene has come a long way from being practically nonexistent just more than a decade now but yeah, a lot of the Trap nikkas here do be sounding either like Q Da Fool, Flock, or Shabazz. That’s why invest more of my time in local artists that are more unique with their entire shyt like IDK, Rico Nasty, Mike of DOOM, Chaz French, YBN Cordae, Wale, YungManny, Sir E.U., Goldlink, Beau Young Prince, WiFiGawd, Big Don Bino, Gleesh, etc.

Forestville Mall? You finna share them snickerdoodles with a nikka moe?

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Oh shyt fam, I forgot you attended UMES. I wish i could do an AMA about that but no gives a fukk lol

shyt you never know breh. I’ve actually been thinking about doing a UMES AMA myself

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

I’ve come to realize during my time here that most MD nikkas are country outside of the immediate Balt-Wash area. I got family in Frederick, P.G., Hoco, Moco, Anne Arundel and Charles county. Frederick and Charles County nikkas are mad country

Damn, you got fam all over lol.

I’ve only been to Frederick County once (otw to Wisp Resort with my friends a few years ago) and it felt like Massanutten/Harrisburg, VA up there. Apparently, Frederick nikkas call 12 up there ‘crocodiles’

 

[BigMan]

do y'all look down on people from Charles County

i know a girl from waldorf and all my pg friends crack on her

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Damn, you got fam all over lol.

I’ve only been to Frederick County once (otw to Wisp Resort with my friends a few years ago) and it felt like Massanutten/Harrisburg, VA up there. Apparently, Frederick nikkas call 12 up there ‘crocodiles’

My pops country ass is from out there. A lot of black folks in the city of Frederick but too many rednecks for me. The Klan hq used to be out there. But yea I got family all over. My last name is huge in the state. Did some research some years ago and most of the black folks in the state with my name can trace back to the same slaveowner. You’ll see the name especially a lot in that anne arundel, hoco area near BWI. My family is deep as hell

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

I live in walker mill a block or 2 away from the 7 eleven!

What’s good moe You must stay in the townhomes behind the 7-Eleven. I used to cut through there to get to Shady Glen Terrace after school let out because sometimes I would miss the Metrobus and just didn’t feel like waiting another 20-25 mins for the next bus to show up. Plus, a nikka had cartoons to watch lol.

Btw, that abandoned farmland next to 7-Eleven. Are they still gonna build a Safeway there like they said they would back in 2006? That site’s been sitting empty for years, it looked like Jumanji now last I saw it.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

This reminds me of how East and west Baltimore used to be. Over east nikkas were considered grimier compared to the over west cats. But that was all about dress code. We were known for wearing that army surplus gear. Fatigues and Carhatts and shyt. Jean shorts over sweat pants. The west side dudes stayed fresh in Polo, Nautica, Hilfiger, etc. Even Iceberg and Avirex. But come to find out there were more hustlers over there where on the east side nikkas just sold drugs.

You might meet a chick from over west and she found out you were from over east and it was


Even tho they only lived 6 miles away

Plus those west side nikkas had more access to clothes with Mondawmin Mall being right in the middle and Security Mall being close. I have family on the west side that stayed fresh so I was trying to be like them

Lol yeah it’s all about access. NW nikkas got more convenient access to the luxury shyt in Georgetown and Friendship Heights, mainstream stuff in Columbia Heights, and the more local boutiques around Georgia Ave and U Street. SE nikkas either go to PG Mall or Iverson Mall in Maryland or hit up either Union Station or Metro Center downtown to cop their gear since they’re all in close proximity to the Soufside. If you wanna cop some really clean fresh shyt, nikkas go into VA to hit up Pentagon City or Tyson’s or head down to Tanger Outlets by National Harbor in PG.

Eastside Bmore dress code sounds like a mixture of New Orleans and 90’s deep Brooklyn.

What’s the dress code like with South Bmore/Down The Hill nikkas?

 

[nls743]

What’s good moe You must stay in the townhomes behind the 7-Eleven. I used to cut through there to get to Shady Glen Terrace after school let out because sometimes I would miss the Metrobus and just didn’t feel like waiting another 20-25 mins for the next bus to show up. Plus, a nikka had cartoons to watch lol.

Btw, that abandoned farmland next to 7-Eleven. Are they still gonna build a Safeway there like they said they would back in 2006? That site’s been sitting empty for years, it looked like Jumanji now last I saw it.

Lol yea, on calder drive actually. Pretty quiet and for the most part safe area. Now if you go past the capitol heights metro area...MUCH different story

 

[H.I.M.]

So anyone who says they from ____ County or DMV aint from dc right?

Correct.

Why PG nikkas hang from D.C nikkas dikks so much

Through the 90's/early 2000's this WAS the case...because practically all the black folks in PG originally came from DC (excluding African/Carribean immigrants of course).

Therefore, their entire "culture" slang, accent, style of dress etc. in PG, is DC's. PG county really has no independent culture or identity...it's a DC ex-pat settlement for DC natives with money.

But i have noticed the younger generation that grew up exclusively in PG, claim their county with alot more pride than when i was coming up...and don't give a fukk about claiming DC at all.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Correct.



Through the 90's/early 2000's this WAS the case...because practically all the black folks in PG originally came from DC (excluding African/Carribean immigrants of course).

Therefore, their entire "culture" slang, accent, style of dress etc. in PG, is DC's. PG county really has no independent culture or identity...it's a DC ex-pat settlement for DC natives with money.

But i have noticed the younger generation that grew up exclusively in PG, claim their county with alot more pride than when i was coming up...and don't give a fukk about claiming DC at all.

So is there a cultural difference between PG and MOCO (Montgomery County).