Street Interview of June. Rising Cost of Hotels Put Us In The Streets.

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Hello. Hello.

[00:00:02]>> Name is June.

[00:00:04]>> Like the month of June. Yes, sir.

[00:00:07]>> Uhhuh.

[00:00:08]>> Um, how old are you, June? I'm >> 26.

[00:00:11]>> 26.

[00:00:12]>> Mhm.

[00:00:13]>> Are you homeless or have you been homeless?

[00:00:15]>> I've been homeless.

[00:00:16]>> You've been homeless before?

[00:00:17]>> Yes.

[00:00:18]>> Um, how did that happen?

[00:00:21]>> Well, we went out to Florida cuz my dude's dad passed away. They were supposed to meet up with his mom and get things situated with his lawyers and stuff. It was around the holidays and his mom actually went out to Chicago to go spend the holidays with his mom or with her family and um she we were hopping hotel to hotel. Just so happened to be Valentine's Day and uh the weekend of a boat show. So the hotels went up to like 600 five 600 to 700 a night. That's so out. All the hostels and everything, same thing went up in price. And so, you know, we just said, "Heck, what are we going to do?" You know, uh, our car, the tire just struted and everything. We had to get that impounded. So, we found ourselves around a an abandoned building >> and uh nice little uh hardwood sheet of wood and some blankets that we had to pull out of a trash can.

[00:01:25]It smelled so nasty. And made ourselves cozy behind this um this building and stayed there for about three nights.

[00:01:34]Um, what the the the second night though, we got up to go walk around, do some things, and wouldn't you know it, all of the all of our belongings is thrown in the trash. Gone. Done. You know, >> um, and >> that was in Florida, huh?

[00:01:52]>> That was in Florida. Yeah. Yes, sir.

[00:01:54]Down near Miami.

[00:01:56]>> And what kind of what kind of what was the hardest part about that for you? The hardest out of all the >> best part about it was that we went out there to start fresh and build something new and that it just seemed like it was one thing after another, you know.

[00:02:18]>> Did you did you like have trouble like um providing for yourself or >> Yeah.

[00:02:22]>> Yeah. How did you provide for yourself, >> man? Uh well, we met this guy who was um going to get us in on uh doing foreclosures for houses and stuff.

[00:02:34]Turned out to be like this roided out maniac, and he actually he is letting us stay there with him for a minute. And we told him we were going to be back in an hour or so, but if it was going to be later, I'll keep him updated. We get home and he opens up the door and he's like, "You said you'd be home an hour ago." So I said, "I've been texting you." But he was asleep and just straight up goes throws me pushes me in the bushes, pops me in my jaw. My dude's coming around the corner to come and like help me. And this dude is a big ass dude, like tough as hell. Just rocks his [ __ ] and grabs my purse, my phone, all my belongings in it and everything. We called the police, let them know he's got my stuff.

[00:03:18]Knocking on the door. They say they can't do anything about it. So then we found ourselves on the street again and it was raining. So I think you know the toughest thing was that we were we had we had um we had certain um accomplishments to be made and they we didn't get to do them because of the bad situations like that, you know.

[00:03:43]>> Um >> um so is that where your family is in Florida?

[00:03:47]>> That's where my dude's family is in Florida.

[00:03:49]>> Where's your family? My family's out here in San Bernardino.

[00:03:52]>> In San Bernardino?

[00:03:53]>> Yeah.

[00:03:53]>> Were you raised by both your parents?

[00:03:56]>> Um, I was raised by both my parents up until I was like 6 years old and then my dad actually went to jail and I moved in with my grandma and my mom and my brother. So, it was me, my mom, and my brother and then moved into my grandma's house. So, that's where I'm at now.

[00:04:14]>> How was your childhood growing up?

[00:04:17]>> It was all right. It was pretty good actually. Yeah, it was really good. I have a very supportive mom. She's my rock. She's got my back all the way. And um I dance. So, ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip-hop, all that. I've done that for 15 years competitively and also in my high school as well. So, childhood is actually pretty good except for >> my brother. He kind of We're six years apart. So, uh, he was kind of a little cherry. He'd chase me around the house with a Michael Myers mask and a big knife and, you know, just older brother things, you know, but otherwise it was pretty good.

[00:04:58]>> Yeah. Okay.

[00:04:59]>> Yes. Have you like experienced anything crazy >> uh >> at the time of being homeless?

[00:05:07]>> Well, actually, yes. I mean, you did mention um >> yeah, this >> guy throwing you in the bush or whatever. But >> there's that and then when we did have our car, we were chilling and this guy comes riding up on a bike and uh my dude's in our trunk like getting out close and he's telling us, "Oh, how much for that? How much for that?" And I'm like, "I got a feeling this guy doesn't have any money or whatever." So, I get out. I'm like, "Yo, show me the money that you got." Flashes me a couple of dollars. Like, oh, [ __ ] no. uh giving myself back. I have a passenger door open and he decides to take a seat right there next to me and he asks me if he could pay to watch me my dude have sex while he like sits there like a whole cuckold thing and um finally we're like no dude you got to go. So I'm like trying to push him out the door and he's like he like opens it up and pushes a gun. He like pulls out a gun and [ __ ] like that. Like oh hell no. I somehow like with all my might just push him out. He [ __ ] I close the door. We go off. I see him in the in the back of the window. He's holding up my purse that's got my ID, everything in it. I'm like, "Oh, stop the car." Like, "Let me get out. I'm in my trunk clothes and everything. I run out. I'm like, "Give him my [ __ ] bag." He tosses me in my bag and he's like, "My glasses are in there." I took his glasses out. I [ __ ] threw them on the ground. [ __ ] they shattered everywhere. This [ __ ] goes to like pull out his gun again. And it had to be fake cuz you would think a [ __ ] would pop off at that point, but he didn't. But >> cuz my heart sank. I mean, flashing a gun like that.

[00:06:59]>> Wow.

[00:07:00]>> No, that was wild.

[00:07:01]>> Yeah, it is wild for somebody to ask you ask you like that. I mean, for to do something like Was that like a older guy, a younger guy?

[00:07:08]>> Yeah, he had you in his like mid30s or whatever, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Some freaky dude, huh?

[00:07:16]>> Yeah. Real freaky dude.

[00:07:17]>> Yeah. So, um >> how is life currently for you uh right now?

[00:07:23]>> Life is actually really good right now.

[00:07:25]Like I said, I'm back at home with my mom and my grandma and family's what's important. And you know, I'm glad to be there. And um my mom's also allowing my dude to stay.

[00:07:37]>> Yeah. Because you're uh Yeah, cuz I think you mentioned your dude was homeless. And actually, you guys were homeless together.

[00:07:44]>> She's letting him >> stay with us while we get back up on his feet, you know. So, he's got a job and things are looking up, you know.

[00:07:51]>> What is your What is your plan to get get on your feet? Well, um I like I said, I dance and so I've been like on Craigslist looking at like some like little gigs that they have, sending in my resume and stuff and I'm up to anything. I my favorite job was I worked as a beauty consultant at the Chanel counter at Macy's.

[00:08:14]>> Okay.

[00:08:14]>> I love that. I loved being a bartender as well. Um I even catered for the Aquaman premiere which was really dope.

[00:08:22]Um, >> okay.

[00:08:24]>> Yeah, I'm >> sounds like you uh you got some experience, you know.

[00:08:27]>> Yeah, I got a lot of experience and I I'm a really outgoing person and I'm up to doing anything. I'll do anything twice.

[00:08:35]>> Yeah. Okay. All right.

[00:08:37]>> Yeah.

[00:08:37]>> All right. I got one last question for you. What is the wildest, craziest thing you've ever done in your life?

[00:08:44]>> Wildest, craziest thing I've ever done in my life.

[00:08:49]Shoot.

[00:08:51]DMT at time. That was wild. That was wild. Talk about Alice in Wonderland trip, man. Yeah, that was wild. That's >> ego death like the whole whole experience. But it was a beautiful experience. But yeah, that's something I Yeah, that's wild. The wildest thing I've done, I'll bet.

[00:09:15]>> Yeah.

[00:09:15]>> All right. All right. Well, it was nice talking to you out here. All right. You too.

[00:09:19]>> Be safe and you take care.

[00:09:20]>> Thank you. You too. You're welcome.