Survived Early 90s Drug Game in NYC AMA

[Piri Tomas]

Did curtis sc00n name ring out in the city?

Not in my section, but in Brooklyn and Queens nobody knew who our street dudes were. You'd have to run it to people at clubs in Manhattan and see them with their jewels and women to know what was up. This is pre-internet.

 

[Piri Tomas]

How much p*ssy you get?

A lot. When you're 16 with your own crib in the midst of a chaotic environment like the South Bronx, with money to spend, getting p*ssy is the least of your problems.

 

[mson]

Did you have any confrontations with Cuson or Calderone's people?

 

[Piri Tomas]

What is the most fukked up shyt you dun seen?

I saw a lot of terrible things. It came to a point that someone could die in front of your eyes and you'd be back out on the same corner the next day laughing and joking around, that's how much killing we dealt with, we were numb and indifferent.

Also saw a lot of grimy shyt happen to women. We had no respect for our sisters in that era. That to me was one of the most shameful aspects.

 

[Piri Tomas]

Did you have any confrontations with Cuson or Calderones people?

Yes, they had the South Bronx on lock back then. Hands in everyone's pockets.

 

[mson]

Yes, they had the South Bronx on lock back then. Hands in everyone's pockets.

So you folded?

 

[dtownreppin214]

how has the neighborhood changed? any specific parts of the bronx/harlem that are still the same?

 

[Piri Tomas]

So you folded?

Everyone did. You had to rent corners actually in most parts of the city back then. The biggest killers "bought" spots. Going to war with dudes just because was very rare. At the end of the day we hustled for money, not to prove we were the realest gangsters in the city. Shooting it out with a two dozen heavily armed killers was not good business.

 

[PaperEnterprise]

A lot. When you're 16 with your own crib in the midst of a chaotic environment like the South Bronx, with money to spend, getting p*ssy is the least of your problems.

I bet.

Did you ever read Down these mean streets?

 

[mson]

Everyone did. You had to rent corners actually in most parts of the city back then. The biggest killers "bought" spots. Going to war with dudes just because was very rare. At the end of the day we hustled for money, not to prove we were the realest gangsters in the city. Shooting it out with a two dozen heavily armed killers was not good business.

Who did you make payments to?

 

[Piri Tomas]

how has the neighborhood changed? any specific parts of the bronx/harlem that are still the same?

None of it is the same. Most of it has changed for the better. The West Side/Central Harlem are very different obviously but I didn't grow up on that side. East Harlem is moving in that direction but NYCHA is still the biggest landlord so the community persists. The South Bronx has mostly changed for the better too. There are two family homes in the stretches of vacant lots where we used to hustle on 140th. More recreational opportunities for kids, businesses, etc. Back then if you didn't have business in that area you had no business at all passing through.

 

[Clay Puppington]

Were you around Brooklyn at all? More specifically East Flatbush?

 

[Piri Tomas]

I bet.

Did you ever read Down these mean streets?

Obviously, see my name

 

[Easy-E]

Back then a lot of the bosses also snitched on their workers.

Yep

'No snitching' always came off as a way for the bosses to cover their asses

 

[Piri Tomas]

Were you around Brooklyn at all? More specifically East Flatbush?

Never went to Brooklyn on some street shyt or really for anything. And they didn't come uptown. Brooklyn was different back then, there wasn't really any night life, and the whole borough had a terrible reputation for the juks