This documentary provides a raw sociological insight into how marginalized communities transform systemic neglect into a resilient ecosystem of cultural and economic survival. It effectively humanizes the "drill" phenomenon by framing it as a complex response to structural exclusion rather than mere lawlessness.
Deep Dive
Prerequisite Knowledge
- No data available.
Where to go next
- No data available.
Deep Dive
Visiting Chicago's Most Dangerous Neighborhood Ft. Lil NoonieAdded:
Black.
Hey, do me a pack of Worcestershire.
Give me a pack of rum cake, five pack.
Hey, y'all got filter tip blacks?
Filter tip blacks.
Filter tip blacks.
Hey, y'all got them? All right, just give me the rum cake, five pack.
Yo, it's your boy Nardo Drills. Black boy stink. Welcome to a day in our life in our neighborhood.
I could say [ __ ] this rap [ __ ] You know >> [music] >> Yeah.
Yeah, we doing up some crazy [ __ ] I I was about to wipe you.
>> [laughter] >> You see that meat right here? Hey, look.
You know I was just bagging you.
They know what the [ __ ] you doing.
This real S gang is on bro. S block, we finna walk you on the S on bro. Do y'all feel like it's really as bad as it seems like everybody say online? Uh I mean [ __ ] Everybody got their own opinions about this [ __ ] Mhm.
S Winchester the bins I and and our neighborhood, a diverse neighborhood on bro. We got a lot of messaging and [ __ ] on bro. On phone on. Shot this [ __ ] with the mask is down on be [ __ ] on [ __ ] with us. We ain't no [ __ ] with them [ __ ] >> like family on bro. Do y'all feel like it's really as bad as it seems like everybody say online? Uh I mean [ __ ] Everybody got their about this [ __ ] Mhm.
It's all about, you know, how you move through this [ __ ] [ __ ] That's all.
It's violence everywhere though.
Can't run from that [ __ ] All right. It's It's how we came about with strike [ __ ] It was four young four four young [ __ ] four four young [ __ ] four. Them four young [ __ ] is Stink, Lil D, Nooney, and the one and only Drills. We was listening Who were we listening to, brother? Brother, my brother put me on, folk. We was listening to some [ __ ] from Philly on phone on. They had some little [ __ ] going on. We there on bro. Ready, he got to tell you on phone on.
Lil Lil Lil Let them know how the [ __ ] this [ __ ] came. [ __ ] we was robbing [ __ ] S block on phone on. Nardo really don't mind about Lil D though. He was He He really the one screaming on S block [ __ ] on bro.
>> [ __ ] was S This [ __ ] was S block. We done turned this [ __ ] up in large. We done started [ __ ] If you ain't want to swap your heat with us, if you weren't on what we was on, we was taking your ass.
Phone on. This is neighborhood corner man on phone on.
Neighborhood corner man on phone on. Get your corner right here on the 50. Yeah, we on the 50. Get that sound on phone on.
50th and all cut on bro.
Every time we come back to Chicago for that [ __ ] slow a [ __ ] down, folk.
Like it ain't [ __ ] really going on here.
[ __ ] at all. Bro, when we OT, we working and [ __ ] on bro. So, you know, we you know on phone >> Every time we come back here, it's like we back in It's like a crab in a bucket.
Like, you know, everybody trying to make it out. Everybody trying to, you know, this [ __ ] getting [ __ ] up out of D though. I ain't going to lie. They need to just bring all that [ __ ] back when they had when we was kids. Like summer camp and all that All that [ __ ] like activities for the kids. Yeah, a lot of more activities for the kids. So, It really ain't [ __ ] to it.
>> to bring They need to bring that [ __ ] that money back. That PPP and [ __ ] back on phone on S bro.
It's Boston. Yeah, yeah. I ain't going to lie. I feel like [ __ ] No, I really can't even say that on phone on. You give these [ __ ] money and [ __ ] they going to do some crazy [ __ ] with it on phone on. Do y'all feel like it would be better if y'all didn't have to be on point? Y'all could just be cool? Yeah, of course.
Yeah, yeah. On bro.
But [ __ ] it's out of whack here on bro.
This [ __ ] go what?
Get with it or get your ass clocked.
[ __ ] folks shot low scores.
>> four crews on this block. We just walked past a lot of [ __ ] but [ __ ] we ain't even going to >> [laughter] >> We ain't even going to show y'all the business. Nah, folks shot low scores.
[ __ ] I shot a couple shots on bro. We shoot [ __ ] out through this [ __ ] [ __ ] on bro. Just look up the music on bro.
You'll see. Nardo, we need I need you to get some dough. Get some real important.
I need you to get get this right here. I ain't going to lie.
It normally would be teddy bears and [ __ ] right here and [ __ ] on bro. A little a little board and [ __ ] on bro.
You know, little flowers and [ __ ] on bro. Head on phone on. This little dude died that [ __ ] a long time ago, 2017.
But [ __ ] this where I shoot Shoot that [ __ ] On phone on.
On phone on S block. Yeah, big cuz died right here on phone on.
This where S block on phone on.
Yeah. But yeah, this where This where I play. This where I play, you know, important role in the neighborhood in our life and [ __ ] on bro. This block, you know, important on phone on. What's y'all end goal of all this? [ __ ] make sure that the family Make sure the family good, [ __ ] Move OG out the out out Chicago.
Once I move OG out of Chicago in the big ass crib, folk, that's when I'll be good. That's when I'mma focus on myself. Breaking generational curses on phone on. We got our foot in the door.
Now we got to keep working.
Let's say everything falls off. Like, what's what's the next game plan? Can't fall off. Here, I ain't going to lie.
How the the way the way the way we coming in this [ __ ] it's like this [ __ ] got to work on bro.
This [ __ ] going to work on bro. It got to. Got to on phone on. This how This how This is how we feel about it on bro.
This [ __ ] got to work. It going to work on bro.
Ain't no other way. Here, here. We finna take you on Woods though where all the action goes down.
This Woods though. This club Woods on phone on. Get the block on bro.
Get that street sound.
Phone on. Get that sound. 51st baby on bro.
I ain't going to lie. Rap Rap and saved us. I ain't going to lie.
Rap and saved us for real bro. My homie, I was robbing people before I was before I was rapping for real. We was doing all that type of [ __ ] Go ahead and tell them that story, D.
It didn't happen AT THE OG HOMIE.
BRO, I get I walked UP TO THIS DUDE OUT HERE. I got about two clips on me. Half weed. I'm walking. I'm chilling.
He called me. I see him with three [ __ ] over there. They sight me up like I'm really trying to see what the [ __ ] going on.
He and and and and and and I'm finna take them.
Wait. Give me the Scooby Doo. They give [ __ ] the money. He give out.
On everything. Yeah, we finessing [ __ ] though. He wasn't even with me though.
He just walking through this [ __ ] I told him to like check it out. I come right back past them. They ain't looking goofy as hell. They ain't even say [ __ ] Yeah, finessing and robbing [ __ ] though and [ __ ] Shoot them bang bang on bro.
That's typical [ __ ] though.
I I guess everybody would do that [ __ ] We'll be on the same [ __ ] though. I ain't going to lie. This rap [ __ ] saved us though.
Yeah, y'all used to hoop when y'all was younger? Yeah, hell yeah. That's That's everybody. I used to play small. I used to play small fry, AAU, all that. On phone on. All that. [ __ ] small fry like [ __ ] like for the for the kids. Like the rims The rims little. The rims little for the kids. Yeah. I used to play small fry, AAU, all that on bro. What really did it, I was going to Bogan. [ __ ] on bro.
I made the team, but I wasn't getting the tick I posed to. So, on bro, that really, you know, that really led a [ __ ] you know, to the streets for real for real on bro. You played football?
>> Yeah. Yeah, what position you play? On my dick on my played every position on the [ __ ] field.
My My weight was like in the middle. So, like I played D line. I played tight end.
I never got down on the line. None of that [ __ ] I played tight end. And then on offense, I played damn near running back, wide receiver. I played quarterback, all type of [ __ ] >> Damn, you was nice at QB, folk. You could throw some [ __ ] Nah, I ain't going to say I was nice, but I was I was getting the ball down the field and moving that [ __ ] And I was running that I was throwing that [ __ ] when I had to. Like when [ __ ] weren't catching that [ __ ] I'd take off with that [ __ ] on bro. And then throw that [ __ ] Bro, I was moving the ball with that [ __ ] It was other [ __ ] on that It was other [ __ ] who I was playing with who was QBs that was really, you know, But [ __ ] I I was just doing [ __ ] >> But what made y'all stop hooping like stop playing with the sports and [ __ ] [ __ ] I just told you on bro. [ __ ] I wasn't getting the tick I wasn't posed to. [ __ ] on bro. And [ __ ] that really [ __ ] just made a [ __ ] crush a [ __ ] dreams for real on bro.
The reason I stopped playing [ __ ] sports [ __ ] [ __ ] got too old for that [ __ ] >> [laughter] >> Dumb my D L B. From lot of flat, [ __ ] got too old, folk.
You know?
We was playing We was playing at the park and [ __ ] Oh, [ __ ] that. We got too old. [ __ ] there was What else to do?
[ __ ] be walking past [ __ ] be walking through. You know, like everybody from the hood live in the hood. Like We was just playing football. So, [ __ ] When we stopped playing football, [ __ ] went back to the hood. You know what I'm saying? You know This the back of the yard in Englewood hood, two blocks away. On bro, back in the yards. This [ __ ] stretch on bro for like 47 to like 55th, on bro.
That's what we really trying to do though. We really trying, you know, get back to the community though, on bro.
Cuz [ __ ] this what this what made us, on bro. Go here and show Big G what you was just doing.
Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. [ __ ] ain't getting that money like us. [ __ ] them up. [ __ ] them up.
[ __ ] ain't getting that money like us.
Yo, we really finna show you how we really doing it.
>> Hey, show show the police, folk. Yeah, go show the police. They be on our dick.
Yeah.
>> [laughter] >> They finna come back and some more [ __ ] They finna come back and some more [ __ ] Yeah, you back.
No.
No, I'm going.
Yeah, I ain't going to lie, 12 be on our dick, on bro. They be on the police be on our dick and doing on the opps be calling the police on the [ __ ] be 12, on bro. [ __ ] police. And I get off parole in 2 days, [ __ ] [ __ ] you talking about, [ __ ] I get off parole in like a 6 more months and I'm out.
I get off parole in 2 days, [ __ ] [ __ ] you talking about, walk the yards down.
Like they never getting another day up out me. [ __ ] you talking about.
When did you say you got out? Uh I got out on September. That [ __ ] felt good. I ain't going to have phone on when I was there for me. I shot a video on my first day out, on bro. Even though I post to, on I ain't post to. That [ __ ] felt good.
Phone on was there for me, on bro. Phone on here supporting me, all that, on bro.
We got out, turned these [ __ ] up. I ain't going to lie, it even felt like I'm living like a whole new life, folk, since I got out, on bro. It's like on bro, I got out to like a whole different new life, on bro. Whole different new life style and [ __ ] Like it's like [ __ ] [ __ ] know me now, on bro. Can't be doing, you know, same [ __ ] we used to be doing, on bro.
You know how the [ __ ] we coming, man.
I'm a walking shot, [ __ ] Hey, who blocked this [ __ ] That this ain't this technically not even a block right now, Liam.
swats. Yeah, they swatted us.
We got plenty of these [ __ ] But the block down the street though. We could go to that [ __ ] fast.
Oh, what you want to go on the block or something? You want to go on the block?
[ __ ] it don't matter what y'all on.
No talk fast talk fast. Tell me something. I'm already guessing what's going on already. We finna cook up some more [ __ ] just watch.
Hey, where y'all dropping some new [ __ ] [ __ ] I'm I'm trying to post it. I just dropped I just dropped some more [ __ ] We could drop some We finna shoot today.
And when I'm home, you never know who dropped yet. You look on YouTube, you see one of our faces. I don't care though. Unless the whole YouTube filled with me and one of the guys. That's how I wanted to see if it ain't me dropping, it better be Nardo. Lil Swae Rose. Thank Nardo doing it.
Phone them from the block. Lil Mouse. It better be somebody dropping. It better be back to back.
I walk down again.
We walk down. Walk down with me.
You see that meat right here?
Ain't no ID [ __ ] to my body. They know what the [ __ ] we doing. We was just on front of We was just sitting on our [ __ ] Now we in front of our [ __ ] on front of our We don't walk down game, on [ __ ] on front of our. We was supposed to make our way, but I told you like I said earlier, [ __ ] sent us out. So we was on point first, but hey. Yeah, this [ __ ] really like family, on front of our. We be doing swaps for kilos and [ __ ] [ __ ] like that, on front of our. I just felt This the Wild Hundreds. I ain't going to lie, this the Wild Hundreds.
You know, he he he He living on He growing up on the Wild Hundreds. You got to say the Wild Hundreds. I ain't going to lie.
The Wild Wild Hundreds. I ain't going to lie, that's what it's called, on front of our. I ain't going to lie. [ __ ] this [ __ ] be fun, folk. I ain't going to lie, folk. The Hundreds. You know about the Hundreds, you know, folk. This [ __ ] fun, folk.
Y'all How y'all all know each other and [ __ ] Family. Family. We know each other, we family. Blood, everybody blood. Yeah. Are we Are y'all scared of like people backdooring and [ __ ] like that now and [ __ ] >> [ __ ] we don't worry about it cuz we move as a unit. Like I said, we walk down game.
Like This our block. Like these are big These are our big cousins and [ __ ] No [ __ ] This family ties, we ain't worried about it.
That [ __ ] won't happen if you won't bring a [ __ ] in your circle who know You know That goofy ass loose [ __ ] We don't move like that. We move as us.
Prime example, if you know us, you know we come as a team, literally. You won't see one without the other. What you on?
What you say this [ __ ] going on, folk?
That [ __ ] going on.
The whole hundred.
And we serving the whole And we got And we got real trap money.
We have real cheese. We have real cheese. We don't just be in the hood just to be in the hood. We really get money and [ __ ] [ __ ] ain't nothing. Hey, what y'all be doing to like really make sure like everybody put on so like nobody slacking on this [ __ ] Everybody do something, folk.
And that's another thing, you can't be with us and you ain't knowing [ __ ] We make sure we put that [ __ ] on the table for everybody know their role, for everybody got a role, and nobody just sitting around doing [ __ ] We make sure that [ __ ] on the table for everybody know their place, like you know All of our [ __ ] know. We got our phone on everything.
Yeah, we got our thoughts for this [ __ ] We got our own everything.
make their money. Phone them rapping, making their money. Phone them Phone them scamming like all type of [ __ ] folk. All type of income, folk.
We got all type of budget. Rap budget, drug budget.
No [ __ ] though.
Yeah, do you feel like like you know, the fraud, selling weed, like the the legal ways y'all make money, y'all feel like y'all going to end up stop doing that eventually? I mean, eventually, yeah, it's going to have to, you know.
[ __ ] going to have to launder their money into some legit [ __ ] Everybody can't take that take that route. But we use that money to make this [ __ ] legit. Make this [ __ ] make sense, for sure. Going to use that money to flip that [ __ ] into some legit [ __ ] Make it make sense. No [ __ ] That's the only way.
All of our walk down game [ __ ] man.
This where this [ __ ] really started from. I ain't going to lie, one of the original You know, the real town baby, all that [ __ ] Real town baby. Both of us right here grew up in this [ __ ] Lived across the street. Down at the daycare, on my dead homie. A real town baby. Like Pampers through this [ __ ] Everybody I go anywhere right here, anywhere. They know Lil Connie. I'm not talking about Lil Connie. Connie, on my dead homie.
All of our my shorties too, man. You know Real crowd. The fan The real people out here is fans. The fan people on the internet, they probably really don't know them. But if you really know this walk down [ __ ] you really you got to know the dough.
Hey, who came up with the Long Live Lil Mouse.
Rest of phone them in here right now.
Lil Mouse, Long Live Lil Rio. We started this [ __ ] And then I can't forget my shorty, Lil Trillo. Long Live Lil Trillo too.
Trillo. Trillo the reason I bought a lot of [ __ ] We living this [ __ ] on phone them.
Carrying this [ __ ] on [ __ ] we talking about. [ __ ] they ain't here to do, we doing it for them. Y'all see we in phone on [ __ ] on bro. We outside. Where [ __ ] not, on bro.
[ __ ] be acting like they be outside, [ __ ] don't be outside, for real.
Me and them mad as [ __ ] folk. Hey, like you just see how you be on how Look, one thing I can say, I can kick it on phone on block and be so comfortable. On my mama, we was finna go over there. I just told y'all. I'mma say it again so y'all can know we got sent out. I ain't going to lie, I'm comfortable as hell right now.
Hey bro, you want to say the names? Nah, hell nah, we ain't going to do that.
>> [laughter] >> But I'm so comfortable. I'm so Don't send me out no more. I'm so comfortable.
I'm finna go get me some food.
Hey, what what's y'all favorite spot to eat out here, bro?
But I ain't going to lie, I just got hooked on the Benny's and Honey's, folk.
The little the little rice and beans. I got to tell y'all here, folk.
This [ __ ] ain't never had no real Harold's, folk.
Nah, I had Harold's. Go to 127, right there. Tell them Tell them what Harold's you went to. I had Harold's in Gary, bro. Look, go to 117.
>> [laughter] >> I forgot y'all is from Indiana. But listen though, about Oh, okay. Okay. But [laughter] listen though, Harold's only out here. Look, look, perfect. Since we right here on 117, when all this [ __ ] over with, go to 127.
That's one of the best Harold's right there. That's like That's like the first and second best Harold's.
Yeah, we going to drop some crazy [ __ ] I I was blocking right there.
Hey, live on the P. We bringing this [ __ ] out. Tell them broke ass [ __ ] stop playing with us, man. We really having this [ __ ] I ain't got no dogs sitting on me right now.
>> We got everything, y'all.
Money.
>> [laughter] >> Jewelry, guns, folk. Hold on, like everything.
So so what you finna go grab?
>> [laughter] >> So she finna go grab her buddy.
>> Stop playing.
Long live T Y, long live me.
Long live T Y, long live me.
>> [laughter] [laughter] >> I'm cool. I just put that drizzy up. My car about to end this year with at least a 75 put up. 75 put up that I don't even got to worry about touching like I don't even got to think about it like no.
I'm damn near hood rich [ __ ] That [ __ ] ain't [ __ ] but [ __ ] run through that, I run through that. That's all I'm saying like really a 100 though for a 100 that I don't even got to think about. That [ __ ] could just be up.
I'm damn near hood rich [ __ ] I'm cool.
Related Videos
DeenTheGreat Is Absolutely DISGUSTING
challzbrown
681 views•2026-05-29
Choa Chu Kang Tragedy Raises Questions About Warning Signs and Relationship Violence
TwentyTwoThirty
872 views•2026-05-29
Why Is It ALWAYS About The Pregnant One? 😂
alikicomedy
9K views•2026-05-30
Flotilla activist on 'racist' response to Ben Gvir's video of her
MiddleEastEye
13K views•2026-05-29
10 French Cities That Could Collapse First as the Homeless Crisis Worsens
InsideEuropeToday
359 views•2026-05-29
White People RECOUNTS How Great Black People Are Becoming So Fast Now They Can't Take It
mrsan_20
939 views•2026-05-30
Foreign-Owned Shops Targeted as Anti-Migrant Tensions Rise in South Africa
aljazeeraenglish
25K views•2026-05-30
Elections Are Rigged! Only Those In Government Can Tell How ~ Diana Ngao & Mark Ouko
RadioGenKe
696 views•2026-06-02











