Survived Early 90s Drug Game in NYC AMA

[Ol’Otis]

Pimp game was strong back then

If a bytch ain’t got instruction she headed for self-destruction

Yeah marriage rate was higher but so was domestic violence and cheating and secret families. Anybody with a real old school grand dad can attest and a lot of them nikkas was downright mean.

it’s funny you say this a lot of women today thought those dudes were real men and the men today are a bunch of b*tches
Can’t win for losing

 

[murksiderock]

Solid ass thread
Kinda confirmed what I had been thinking
The whole “street code” shyt is bogus and a fairytale

That's one guy's perception, if that's even what he was saying he felt...

The "street code" is a real thing, just because dudes go against the grain doesn't mean it isn't. There are thousands of laws on the books that people eschew all the time, doesn't mean those laws don't exist...

 

[maxamusa]

That's one guy's perception, if that's even what he was saying he felt...

The "street code" is a real thing, just because dudes go against the grain doesn't mean it isn't. There are thousands of laws on the books that people eschew all the time, doesn't mean those laws don't exist...

you can tell by who's jpay is lit and who's isn't. who's getting mail and visitors and who isn't. speaks for itself, no?

 

[Ol’Otis]

seemed like they were less money-oriented and hierarchical than us. Like a lot of violence popped off over beef between neighborhoods that had nothing to do over competition for corners/drug markets

All facts

 

[Ol’Otis]

At the same time I worry about the livelihood of our people who make a living off of it. My concern is that we won't have the social/economic capital and institutional savvy to transition into that sector... like it will just be another things whites get to dominate. So I worry about that. I would hate to see our blunt men in NYC get put out of business by granola-eating vegan white transplants.

 

[get these nets]

Pimp game was strong back then women were commodities bytches and whores. shyt was vile I don’t think today compares.

Yeah marriage rate was higher but so was domestic violence and cheating and secret families. Anybody with a real old school grand dad can attest and a lot of them nikkas was downright mean.

Women are much better off today.

Yeah, women are generally less financially vulnerable in this era than in previous ones.
In older era, many didn't think they were in a position to leave bad situations.

 

[Unemployed GM]

 

[Unemployed GM]

You knew any people in the game in the NYC metro are CT or NJ?

 

[Unemployed GM]

Joe was. I remember him actually being on the streets hustling. He was associated with some very respected Bronx figures. Never knew about Pun until he started rapping.

 

[murksiderock]

I love this thread and every time it's bumped I want to write this autobiography in my 40s. I don't know what I'd title it but I survived running the streets in multiple states, being on gang rolls in two of em, really playing with the fire and pushing and running in and outta them jails and once, prison...

Every time this thread gets bumped I'm like damn I really need to write this book...

 

[maxamusa]

I love this thread and every time it's bumped I want to write this autobiography in my 40s. I don't know what I'd title it but I survived running the streets in multiple states, being on gang rolls in two of em, really playing with the fire and pushing and running in and outta them jails and once, prison...

Every time this thread gets bumped I'm like damn I really need to write this book...

do it. make it an audiobook 2 cause most people aint trying to read shyt

 

[PaperEnterprise]

I love this thread and every time it's bumped I want to write this autobiography in my 40s. I don't know what I'd title it but I survived running the streets in multiple states, being on gang rolls in two of em, really playing with the fire and pushing and running in and outta them jails and once, prison...

Every time this thread gets bumped I'm like damn I really need to write this book...

And it’s easier than ever to write a Book, use ChatGPT 4.

 

[Mister Terrific]

What would you guys say is the best book about being a dope boy or life on the streets in the 90’s NYC?

 

[Silky Johnson]

There's some stories to be told & perspective from the North Bronx game the OP wouldn't be able to tell but I ain't mad at the thread.

The game is the game & shouldn't be romanticized. We all left with PTSD from the curb. Its hard to come to grips with the fact that most of the cats you grew up with are legit sociopaths, psychos & schizos. There's really no safe space to vent since you can't exactly share crack tales at the watter cooler in the office & internet weirdos will try to scribble in their notepad so they add your life exp to a wiki/yt channel.

 

[murksiderock]

There's some stories to be told & perspective from the North Bronx game the OP wouldn't be able to tell but I ain't mad at the thread.

The game is the game & shouldn't be romanticized. We all left with PTSD from the curb. Its hard to come to grips with the fact that most of the cats you grew up with are legit sociopaths, psychos & schizos. There's really no safe space to vent since you can't exactly share crack tales at the watter cooler in the office & internet weirdos will try to scribble in their notepad so they add your life exp to a wiki/yt channel.

Bro this forum has become that sounding board for me, as there's so many threads about criminality and street life that are relatable to my journey. The woman I'm talking to currently doesn't know this about me, and won't unless we really progress towards a relationship; and the people where I work don't know this stuff about me...

I don't affiliate with dudes from my past anymore, there's a rotation of like 4 or 5 guys I ran with, at different points, who I catch up with maybe one to three conversations a year, if that many. I'm long inactive in the shyt so I don't have much to talk about with them since they are all still fukking around...

So coming on here has given me an outlet to speak about shyt that doesn't get spoken of in my actual life. Like you said there's so many memories, PTSD, just so many things that don't leave you even as you evolve away from that period of time. I get random memories about random people, places, or things that happened fairly often. Just random shyt from years ago, not all bad, but not all shyt that I care to think about anymore...