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on blood shooting the hood vlog and flaming.
Introduce yourself blood flaming. Oh blood my little brother. My little brother died right here. Blood flaming sip faux bang blood.
>> I'm right here with the mad swans. Let them know where we at right now.
>> South central LA.
>> South central LA. East Side Swamps.
>> 84th Street, >> 79 >> 79th Street.
>> It's a whole bunch of 8479 >> 49 49 49 flame.
>> So you guys are all from different blocks in the area.
>> Yep. My boy right here, me and Blood, we from we from the 84th Street. This all east side swan right here. This the east side of our hood. We got a west side too, but this the east side. My buzzos, they from 79, you feel me? The nines. So we we do like 49. We call it like the 49's type [ __ ] You know what I'm saying? Whole game. But >> it's all swan at the end of the day.
>> So the home of the swans that goes from 79th to 84th.
>> You said what? Not the home.
>> The home of the swans. It goes from 79th to 84th.
>> No way to >> 92.
Oh flaming. You feel me?
>> This is probably what we consider. We from these blocks.
>> I ain't going to lie to you. The hood big as a [ __ ] bro. We like I say, >> like I said, we got a we got a west side and east side. Broadway to central Florence to 92nd and uh east side of this 92nd and uh right there. 92nd and central right there.
>> 92nd in Metro.
>> Oh, flame, bro. Like the hood as [ __ ] bro.
>> And with the hood being so big, is the is the swans the only set in the area?
>> Hell no. Surrounded by surrounded by >> we surrounded by what the boat >> Avon chickens >> surrounded by boats again on bloods. We the only bloods on Avon >> on flaming. only this [ __ ] for sure.
>> We surrounded. But I feel like we for sure probably the strongest around this mother. We hold it down. Hold it down the longest. You know what I'm saying?
Like that. But >> I ain't going to for sure say we the only hood around this mother [ __ ] This hood's on damn near the same the same same block that we been claiming that same [ __ ] You know what I'm saying?
Just on just on another mainline. So it's just like it's a lot of different hoods around this mother. gonna find Mexican clicks that you never even all the hoods surrounding us we beef with.
Ain't no hoods that's surrounding us that we like allies with or we connected with. All the hoods that surrounded us we beef with to be honest. So just like you know what I'm saying? It's just us around here.
>> Yeah, we really all >> in the low bottom in the high the high.
>> And when you say F13 are you guys allied with them? No, we >> born with them.
It's not allies. We mutual mutual see them. They see us, you know, we be like, >> as you saw put up on us earlier on flaming at 13, this [ __ ] like my boys, but we don't beef with them. We don't, you know, hang with them.
>> And that's only a certain only a certain few of us with them, you know. only a certain few of us like you know it's only a certain few out the hood you know that's handpicked you know that's that's some real [ __ ] cuz we got boys that we grew up with go to high school you know middle school like that with so other than that know we knew this we knew everybody before the game so it's like other than that you know it's deeper than this deeper than just hood bro got history behind not just us doing different hoods and [ __ ] [ __ ] been chose to go a different route we chose to go a different route but that is here with us as you can see. You feel me?
I ain't going to lie to you. Like, you know, we got certain people we hang around. You know, >> we love our hood. You know, >> we the ones though, blood. I ain't going to lie to you. If you We the ones, bro.
And do you guys always got to watch your watch over your shoulder when you're in the set?
>> Hell yeah, bro.
>> Every day.
>> You never know. You know unpredictable like >> every day, bro. I ain't going to lie to you.
This [ __ ] want to kill us. get shot get shot dead. So it's like with that being said, [ __ ] got to always watch they ass and they back and you feel me? That's just how it is. Especially if you from over here. You get what I'm saying? And you you a known face and you get what I'm saying? They going to cherish that [ __ ] and they going to try to they going try to get you. So anytime they get a chance, it's like [ __ ] got to be on their keys and at all times like no matter who you with for sure [ __ ] be around this [ __ ] And when we talk about the swans, how did the swans even get started?
>> [ __ ] Elvis, my [ __ ] my [ __ ] Elvis.
Flaming >> Elvis is the founder of the Swans D flaming. But I started all this [ __ ] Like everything. Everything you see around here from right here from everything, bro. Started everything.
>> It's a lot of you, you know. We got we got a gang of homies that's that's, you know, SIP. I ain't going to lie to you.
That's that made it comfortable for us to walk around this mother. Lie to you.
Like >> for sure, >> my [ __ ] uh uh you know it's a gang of people. Well, we got uh Boss Man.
>> Boss man on Flaming Blood D right here.
Look in the alley over there on Flaming.
Blood D right there. Fool.
>> And it's crazy cuz it's like >> one of the realest though. We get We ain't even get a chance to meet a blood none of them.
>> His pops my mama blood [ __ ] Hell yeah.
My dad and [ __ ] like he from he from the same block as me. I ain't going to lie to you.
Long story like you feel me? He had his little situation going on with he had whatever but long story short [ __ ] bro >> boss man poop bear blood poop bear died over here blood but feel me it's just a lot of [ __ ] >> if you know you know flaming let's start walking through >> it's a lot of older homies know it's a lot of homies I'm not just >> I can name a lot of this [ __ ] is generational generational Gizmo I'm blessed >> I'm blessed I ain't going to lie to you.
Gizmo >> talk to us about growing up here in LA.
Did you guys have both your parents growing up?
>> Yeah, I did. I did.
>> I have my granny.
>> I have my granny. I have my granny.
>> Look, my granny on Bloods. I ain't going to lie to you. Me and Blood, >> that's the reason why we close right now. Blood >> flaming. Me and my granny. Ivon.
>> That's where we always used to be. You feel me? That's where it started at.
>> 78. on Flaming >> Sanford. No cap.
>> You guys not having father figures in your life, do you feel like you you went to the streets to get that?
>> I had a father figure, but on flame it was like you got you guys blood like blood was there on flame. I ain't going to lie to you. Blood was there. But >> yeah, blood used to chase blood all through this mother.
>> Look, blood used to chase me through Saturday night on flame. I used to see blood run dead homies. So I ain't going to lie to you. But blood just taught a [ __ ] who he was. Like if it wasn't for my pops, wasn't for boogie and I wouldn't be the I am blood flame. So >> homie right here too. Same >> that was all there was always a [ __ ] life blood just you know I was born with my granny. I was raised to my granny.
>> So how did you guys get sucked into the gang banging lifestyle?
>> Losing our cousin.
>> Personally I can say >> I ain't had no choice. My middle name is Swantown. My birth when I was my mom and my whole family from this [ __ ] I'm really the swan baby. When I was born, on my on my birth certificate, on my ID, on everything, it say Swan. I am I can't go be from nobody else other than my middle name is Swan. You know what I'm saying? So, it's like before when I'm coming up coming up as a baby, all type of [ __ ] They call me probably like hot boy or swan or by my middle name Swante.
You get what I'm saying? So, it's like [ __ ] this all new type [ __ ] You get what I'm saying? So, it's like a lot of mother a lot of mother do got options and do got choices. You get what I'm saying? But like straight mother like us, we ain't really had no choice or no option and [ __ ] This all we knew and we grew up over here. This is it was more like family. You get what I'm saying? It was more like right here on blood. My little brother My little brother died right here. Blood flame. Sip faux bang blood on blood. Blood died right >> right here on flaming.
>> So everywhere you guys go around the set, you guys lost someone pretty much.
>> Hell yeah, pretty much. Well, I took you over there like by 84th and >> flame. I lost my cousin right there.
>> You feel me?
>> Gangster with you. That's the reason why I ain't going to lie. Look, that's the reason why I keep the gangster. That's the reason why I went head first in this.
>> That's why both of us >> I lost my cousin, bro. No cap, bro. I wanted revenge and that's it. I ain't going to lie to you, bro. Like, that's just that, bro. Like, I felt like I lost something that that lost. I feel like I got something took from me, you feel me?
And I felt like a about it. So, blood raises.
>> I'm going just keep it 100, bro.
respecting my manhood, bro. Everything.
So, it's like moral of the story though, you know, it's personal business behind that, bro. Like, no cap. Like, it's a whole bunch of personal [ __ ] You feel me? Just, you know, don't let my cousin know.
>> You got the swans tatted on your face.
How dangerous is it for you to just move around anywhere in LA?
>> And I mean, look, it's dangerous everywhere we go, but you know, I'm just more of the type of [ __ ] like, you know, I don't I don't really too much want to ask me where I'm from. No. Yeah.
I don't really like, you know, I don't really like pretty much to really want somebody to ask me where I'm from type [ __ ] Not like that. This, you know, this this where I come from, so like this mean a lot to me. Not like that.
But it do. I didn't lost homies behind this [ __ ] You feel me? I didn't lost family members behind me.
>> Like no cap, bro. Like cousins came with a lot, bro. Like >> And it ain't just I got it on my face just to be a mascot or nothing like that. You feel me, bro? It's just like >> I'm not going to lie to you.
>> I said, bro, when I was young, I think I had [ __ ] going on, all type of [ __ ] The moral of the story, it's a lot of [ __ ] that hide behind these face tattoos, bro. No cap. You feel me? I'm a different person. I'm not just, you know, aing [ __ ] or like that, you know? I'm a cool dude. I'm about my music and [ __ ] I be, you know, [ __ ] be going to school and [ __ ] go to college and [ __ ] trying to, you know, trying to make a make sense and make life of this life, you feel me? Like, no cap, [ __ ] Trying to just make sense of life, you feel me? No cap, bro. [ __ ] living, how a [ __ ] living, you know, [ __ ] can go left any moment, >> any day.
>> Like, no cap.
>> Any second. And the the tattoo, they're on you, they're on you for life. Do you ever feel like you're going to regret that decision that you made?
>> I mean, yeah. When I had kids, I ain't going to lie to you. When I had kids, yeah, you know, some [ __ ] I ain't going to lie to you. Some [ __ ] on my face I do want to get removed. And not just cuz of, you feel me? Cuz I'm just all I feel like I'm scared or like that. No, it's just cuz of, you know, for the better, for the difference. You know, I got a lot of [ __ ] I've got ahead of ahead of me in life, you feel me, that I'm trying to get to. So it's like, you know, I can't accomplish a lot of I want to accomplish with all this, you know, looking crazy and so it's like, you know, it's going to come to a time and a place, you know, when all that change, but long story short, day by day, though.
>> I ain't going to lie to you, bro.
>> I ain't got no excuse for who I am, though, fool.
>> We is who he is, bro.
>> Feel me? Like, we is who he is, bro.
Like, >> I love who I am. No cap.
>> This been who like since kneeh hard on flaming. We've been in this since kneeh hard, gang.
>> No cap. I ain't gonna lie, bro. Jumped out the porch before me.
>> No cap. He jumped out the porch before me. He's always trying to Hey, bro. You going with me?
>> Not only that, >> he's my little cousin. But >> you feel me? I end up, you know, one day like outside with him. No cap. They just been at ever since. Been stuck like >> when I say like we born, we born on 78.
We raised right there on Flaming. It's me and Blood.
>> Hey, we went to this elementary school right here.
>> The [ __ ] they had it looking way different, bro. If you go to pictures years back, you go to pictures years back, I'm telling you, my boy probably throw some clips and pictures over here for y'all. You go to some pictures years back and look at this [ __ ] bro. I promise you, you'll never be like, "What the like this [ __ ] This [ __ ] looks so futuristic." I ain't going to lie to you, bro. Like, that's crazy, bro.
>> Hanging right here, bro. I ain't going to lie to you.
>> Bring back the old days, bro. I used to walk back from my granny house in 78.
Come right here with blood, though.
>> Every day.
>> Every day. I'm with blood every day.
>> Walking that [ __ ] ain't nothing new. You feel me? No cap for me. Like do chairs cuz you know the good little moments we have around this mother. [ __ ] do chairs that [ __ ] Like no cap. Hood ain't always about, you know, talking about [ __ ] Like we hardcore hard and all that on some real [ __ ] bro. We we business man at the end of the day, bro. Like no cap.
We about our papers about our business.
When I first got from over here gang was crazy as it was nobody from over here on flaming.
It was like me and a couple me blood right here. Okay.
>> My buzzing too on flaming like >> bro this buzz on too. All this you see it really be like related blood like my mama blood mama blood pops from swine all all that blood >> I'm the oldest I'm the youngest one though blood these my big cousins blood I let that bother you >> man look you can't even you couldn't even tell who the big little blood >> we all be on our own we all be on our [ __ ] bro we all be on our own [ __ ] >> we ain't going to be little nobody blood >> and with the gang banging culture being so big in LA How how young are people starting to hop off the porch and join a hood?
>> 12 young starting at 12, but I know somebody 13 I seen as young as 12 for real. For real.
>> That's very, you know, just you know, >> you never know what the you never know.
>> Like like honestly, I can consider like like like us. I can say like like us, we've been from this [ __ ] our whole life. It's like, yeah, got put on at a certain age, but it's like we've been here our whole life. You know what I'm saying? Like, [ __ ] been around all that [ __ ] Even Even after the day after me got put on, [ __ ] didn't change. It didn't like, oh, it's like, you feel me?
It's a whole We the same. We the same.
You know what I'm saying? We still >> been us. I ain't going to lie to you, us.
>> That's why I said like, you feel me?
>> I don't know. It's >> so the older homies from the hood, if you're from this area, can they sense it that one day that you're going to be be in the set, too?
>> Right away. Yeah. Ain't no way. In a way.
>> In a way. I don't blame it.
>> I wouldn't say they really like promoted, but you know what I'm saying?
They know like they know where you from.
Like I said, it's more family.
>> It's more family oriented. They just know like, you feel me? You family. You know, you know where you from. It ain't it ain't like they pressing nothing on you. It's just you know where you from.
You get what I'm saying?
>> They rather you choose to be from it or not. You know where you come from and that's all it be.
You handling your [ __ ] >> It's not no in between nothing, bro.
Like we all as one. I'm flaming.
>> We all as one. Mexican, Puerto Rican, whatever you bro. All >> you from Swan, >> we look at you as one, blood. We don't look at you as, you know, flaming. I see the face tag on on the side of your face. What's What's the meaning behind that?
You got to know like Jason talking about Jason, right?
>> Yeah.
>> It's a lot of music behind that. I ain't going to lie.
>> [ __ ] Like a [ __ ] like me, I don't even talk like that. But like it's like a real meaning behind it. You feel me? You know, some [ __ ] can't stand behind this [ __ ] bro. Like I got this tap everything for a reason. And Chuck, you feel me? Chuck right here too.
>> What age did you decide to go all in and start getting the face test?
>> Really? Like say like 16, 17. My granny My granny always told me, I ain't going to lie to you.
My granny always told me like me and my cousin don't get them and [ __ ] slowly like when you get tattoos don't just tattoos like when you really like mean something over in the hood and life period like I ain't going to lie to you I'm a man before anything like so tattoos mean everything like that makes sense like I got this [ __ ] Right here. My right here is my first t my second tattoo. My bad. Bundy BP Bundy. I got him. You know, real legend landlord from, you know, projects [ __ ] and gardens, you feel me? Like everything everything means something, you feel me?
So this Jason right here, it's like, you know, I'm Jason around this mother. If you know, you know. Like no cap. I'm Jason around this mother. I done put your big homies on, your little homies on, your everything. No cap. Like, >> and where we at right now?
>> In the mass swans, you feel me? Where we at right now? We on 83rd and it's at 83rd in McKinley on Flaming. I used to go to this school right here. Down there. You probably can't get it, but it's down there like 78 79 type. It's called McKinley Avenue. I should be down there every day, gang.
>> For you, have you lived your whole life in the hood?
>> Yep. Like since I was born to like, you know, right now. Really? You feel me?
This [ __ ] get like I don't know. It's regular to me. You feel me?
>> And mentally, how do you think that affected you growing up right here? Your whole life?
>> No. Really? It ain't affected me in no way.
Like you from around here, you know. You know me for sure. You know it's right here gang on blood shooting the hood vlog and [ __ ] >> flaming on introduce yourself blood.
>> Oh flaming. Hey Angel, you better tell this [ __ ] You better tell blood. I've been Hey, >> what? Hey, kindergarten dead homie.
>> It's my boy right here. here. I ain't going to lie to you. Both of them, my boy.
>> Whatever. You feel me? I'm gang.
>> But I'm flaming. Feel me? [ __ ] like that. Like [ __ ] If you know me, you know me. You feel me? I remember I had this one incident. [ __ ] Like not too long ago, I was going to like a store or something. [ __ ] Pulled up on me. It was like witness from and [ __ ] like that. I put I walked to the cars by myself. Walked to the car from Mass Swan with a whoop.
Where this from? Like, "Oh yeah, Mass Swan went through a whoop F13." My boys, I ain't going to lie to you. A couple [ __ ] from over there. This be typing in right here. It's my granny cranny.
It's my my granny candy house like lost her 2013 right here.
title right here.
>> So, you grew up right there in that house with your grandma?
>> Not this house. This like my second This is my second favorite granny house. I ain't going to lie to you. Like, she was always there for 78. That's where my granny like Ivonne, that's what raised me. But she raised me too. Now it look different and this whole little look different like ain't never look ain't never look like this game. You feel me? But [ __ ] that's how [ __ ] be, you feel me? It's right little porch right here. Five years old.
Was right here. No cap. Probably three.
Like 10.
>> How far did you make it in school growing up?
I'm not going to lie to you, bro.
Dropped out that [ __ ] like, you feel me?
I dropped out like 10th, ninth grade. If they know me on game, I ain't going to lie to you. Most of the people know me, they know I used to go to school and ditch all the time flaming. I was a bad in school like start everything.
You feel me? Mother called my mom and talking about I'm leaving the school doing all this [ __ ] and kicked me out next day.
Like right down this street right here.
My cousin died. like the reason why I got in this [ __ ] like right by that stop sign but like two houses three houses down three houses down my bad you feel me that's how be I ain't going to lie to you should be on me every day don't do this don't do that you feel me want the wrong it's going to be this going to be that telling me my lifestyle you feel me but [ __ ] I ain't know I ain't know none that tried to say he died like you feel me like right over there. That's why like gang banging.
>> And how how did you lose your cousin if you don't mind me asking?
>> No, you good.
>> Yeah. How how did he pass away?
>> One morning.
One morning he um got up, you feel me?
It was going to work right here. Dley High School, you know, like 8:00, 7:00 ass lit up on blood. That's how blood pass. Ever since then, it been on. If you are out, you going to get it. I don't flame it.
Especially like, you know, down there.
Avon. We going to do that.
>> That's the Avalon head down there.
>> Uh 88th. Avon. Avon. Hell yeah. Not too far from us. You see we on 83rd be on 84th and but other than that bro don't be over here like back then used to if you know you know they [ __ ] I'm flaming. I ain't worried about them. I'm for sure ain't worried about them. You see I'm walking in my hood free.
If they pull they pull up on that flame.
>> Where we at right now?
>> 79th between 80th. No drug bargain and [ __ ] >> This the hood store right here.
>> Hell yeah. It's where raised at me.
>> I got $10 for you. Show us what we can get from there.
>> Oh yeah.
>> Going to show you.
>> Do the damn thing.
>> Check it out.
>> Hey, Linda.
>> I can't give it up.
>> She raised me right here. I ain't gonna lie to you.
>> I'm good.
>> She raised me right here since I was like >> How old you How long you been knowing me, Linda?
>> Years.
>> 11.
>> 11.
>> Since he was 11.
>> That's crazy. I'm 20. I'm 23.
>> That's crazy. 13. Okay.
>> Grab some of these real quick. You feel me?
>> Grab something.
>> Grab some worth $10, bro. We can get out of here. Grab something worth $10.
>> Yeah.
Look, get >> 50 cent back of chips out. Where you at?
>> You feel me? Look. Hey, look.
>> 60 cent. Flaming. I'm going to get one.
>> Feel me though.
>> Can't go wrong with it.
>> Can't go wrong with it.
>> That's like 150 flaming.
>> I bet you under $5.
>> No, you ain't You ain't beating that.
>> Look, got you got to beat these prices, too. already dead.
>> Yeah, you got to beat these prices too, bro. Feel me?
>> Grandma cookies, bro.
>> They got fishes and >> on everything. We used to buy fish.
>> Hey, look. I ain't going to lie to you.
I'm going to scoop one.
>> Flaming just to, you know, real fish, bro.
>> We buy fish.
>> Are they still alive in there?
>> Get one, bro. Flaming >> look. Real fishes, but put them in your fish tank.
>> [ __ ] it. in there.
>> We'll put them in there. We'll put them in there. See what they do.
>> You want some?
>> It was a red bear.
Yeah.
>> Everywhere. All platform.
>> No cap.
>> Put it up there.
want to make a movie.
>> Whatever change you keep the rest of it, man.
>> Good.
>> Hey, good right there.
>> Look at this right there.
>> Get a little fish.
We in the pond.
>> And I got a red one.
>> You feel me?
We in the pond.
>> We the fishes, [ __ ] We in a pond, man.
>> We the birds, so flame it [ __ ] gloves. We going to put >> Come on. Put them on. Let's get it.
Let's get it going right now.
>> Is it one in there?
>> It's real. It's real pond.
>> It's just one. We going to put them in there. They going to fight >> cuz they both uh >> they both fighter fish. Watch that mother.
>> I blood. Open it up.
>> Ready for the fish. Go down. The fish brawl.
>> Look at the fish bra. Hold on.
>> Oh.
>> Real fish though. Bro, >> red versus blue fish.
>> Red versus blue fish.
>> I promise you my red fish going to win, bro.
>> Is nice, bro.
>> Nice as [ __ ] >> Though here >> for your future selfves, what do you what do you see? What do you see for your future? Or is it is gang banging it?
>> I don't just gang banging gang, man.
>> You feel me?
>> I ain't going to lie to you.
Like a mother come with like a billion dollars right now. I'm flaming. I'm taking it. I'm a man for anything. You feel me? Like I don't just think about gang banging.
>> Damn blood.
>> Yeah.
>> Weird ass.
>> Yeah. Don't just think about gang banging though. You feel me?
>> To the swans coming up under you, what's what's a message or what's some game that you can give them?
If >> you going to gang bang, >> gang bang for the right reason. Feel me?
Like going to do this [ __ ] do this [ __ ] 100%. Going to do this 50% and then half in half out ass type.
>> M swans, I appreciate you having me out today.
Bro, that's a normal thing.
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