America’s Oldest Crip Pressed Me!

[00:00:00]What's up, dog? What's up? Where you from, mama? Where you from, [ __ ] [ __ ] go [ __ ] like growing up in LA, crips was everywhere. You had white crips.

[00:00:12]You had black crips. 30 cribs.

[00:00:15]>> Everybody was cripping.

[00:00:18]They popped up when you least expected.

[00:00:20]Nobody was safe. The bunny will reappear.

[00:00:25]Voila.

[00:00:30]Hello.

[00:00:31]>> Hey, little mama. You got a boyfriend?

[00:00:33]>> No.

[00:00:33]>> What we doing?

[00:00:35]>> Minding my business.

[00:00:36]>> Oh, >> what's wrong with being light-kinned?

[00:00:38]>> If I smoke my black and you making me a little nervous. My anxiety going up.

[00:00:42]>> What a guy got to do to get your number.

[00:00:44]>> Oh, getting yours and I CALL YOU.

[00:00:48]>> NOW tell me about the fit. You know what I'm saying? I see you looking fly. You know what I'm saying?

[00:00:51]>> I wore this yesterday. I saw me in it.

[00:00:53]I'mma wear it again.

[00:00:56]>> If you had one sound effect, what would it be? Oh, go get that training. You made my day though, right?

[00:01:02]>> Yeah. Hell yeah. I like to do that. You know what I'm saying? What's your name?

[00:01:04]>> Tiffany. Yours, >> Nick.

[00:01:06]>> Tiffany, you might as well just get with me.

[00:01:10]>> You see how the homie pull up and trying to steal my girl like that? You see how he pull up? He trying to steal my girl.

[00:01:14]>> I like the confidence.

[00:01:17]>> What's your name and your number? Can you going to give it to me?

[00:01:20]>> Am I lying? 323.

[00:01:22]>> You from Arkansas? You got a 323 number?

[00:01:23]>> Hello, sir. I had the >> What's up, broki? Talk to me. What's the word, man?

[00:01:27]>> Same old.

[00:01:28]>> What we doing today? What we on?

[00:01:30]>> Going to work, bro.

[00:01:30]>> Okay, let's do a quick little acting scene.

[00:01:33]>> Why you side eyeing the homies? These the bros.

[00:01:35]>> I'm on my way to work and I'm late.

[00:01:36]>> Oh, my bad. My bad. So, listen. It's chaining day. You know what I'm saying?

[00:01:39]You got the chain on. You know what I'm saying? You got to get you iced out. So, I'mma pull up. I'm trying to snatch your chain. Show me how you get down. All right. All right.

[00:01:44]>> All right.

[00:01:45]>> Yo, for sure. Throw it on. Throw it on, gang. 3 2 1 scene.

[00:01:50]>> Say, "Little, bro. What's up with Bro, >> what's that on your neck, >> man? My chain. You like it? It look nice, don't it?

[00:01:57]>> Yeah, it's blinging. It's blinging. Let me see that.

[00:01:59]>> Get back though.

[00:02:00]>> Let me see.

[00:02:00]>> You can see from afar though, player.

[00:02:02]>> Hey, I ain't going to hold you. You know what I'm saying? I ain't trying to make no scene, but come about that. Let me get that off your neck. Let me get that, broki.

[00:02:08]>> No, bro. I ain't [ __ ] >> Hey, get back over here. Get back over here, gang. Hey. Hey, let me get MY CHAIN, THOUGH.

[00:02:12]>> NO, MAN. It's my chain now, man.

[00:02:14]>> No, but it's just >> trying to follow along, bro. And I'm running late.

[00:02:17]>> Wait, it was just an act. Let me give it back, though.

[00:02:20]>> It's my chain now.

[00:02:21]>> Wait, that was just a Hold on, bro. Hey, fam. The chain. I'm out of here.

[00:02:25]>> Hey, the chain gang.

[00:02:27]>> I need the chain though.

[00:02:29]>> Bro, where you going, bro?

[00:02:30]>> I'm out of here, bro.

[00:02:31]>> I know, but I need that. I need that.

[00:02:33]That's my That's my chain.

[00:02:35]>> It's my chain now.

[00:02:36]>> Hey, you scandalless, gang. Come on. I know you joking with me and stuff like that. You know what I'm saying? Let me get the chain, though. Let me get the chain.

[00:02:40]>> No, man. It's my chain now. It look nice, man. I can >> listen. I've been following you for a couple blocks now. Let me Let me get that.

[00:02:46]>> No, man.

[00:02:47]>> You LA [ __ ] be scandalous, man. Let me get that chain.

[00:02:49]>> That's what we do. Take [ __ ] >> I need the chain.

[00:02:53]It was just an acting scene. Come on, man. I'm about to Come on. It's a bus right here. You know what I'm saying? I ain't trying to get you hit. You don't.

[00:02:58]Bro, you got me all up in the street.

[00:03:00]Hey, listen everybody. He took my chain, man. He took my chain, man. I need my chain.

[00:03:04]>> Gang, can you hit him with the bus? The way he gone. I don't know where he went.

[00:03:07]Oh my gosh, man. Don't shut the Oh my gosh. I missed the bus, gang. You stole my chain, bro. Can you help me, bro?

[00:03:13]Bam.

[00:03:14]>> The homie just stole my chain, man. Can you beat him down for me? You know what I'm saying?

[00:03:17]>> In there. Where is he at?

[00:03:18]>> He over here, bro. Bro, >> he took my chain. Yeah, >> some some some dude on a bike, man. Bro stole my >> Yo, Chance, we in there. Who's he at?

[00:03:26]>> Wait, hold on. You was really about to get DOWN ON HIM.

[00:03:29]>> YO, you gang, bro. He gave it back cuz I did what you did. Hey, give me that.

[00:03:32]Come on out. You know what I'm saying?

[00:03:33]He gave it He handed it over. But I like how you show love and you don't even know me.

[00:03:37]>> N. Yeah, but >> you was going to take the chain for me, >> man. We would have got it back and we got we would have got his bike and we would have ped that [ __ ] We would have rode it all together.

[00:03:43]>> Yo, this why I love LA. You >> going to win today?

[00:03:45]>> Is it cool like if I'm like a Braves fan? Like Atlanta Braves?

[00:03:48]>> Oh, you from Atlanta?

[00:03:49]>> No, I'm from Arkansas. Oh, Arkansas or Kansas. Don't rock.

[00:03:52]>> Yep. Yep.

[00:03:52]>> Okay.

[00:03:53]>> That's not a problem though, right? I'm good. We spot a beef with them years ago.

[00:03:56]>> Oh, shoot.

[00:03:57]>> You riding. You looking great today.

[00:03:59]Thank you.

[00:03:59]>> You giving like, you know what I'm saying? Like poetic justice. You know what I'm saying? I'm bad.

[00:04:03]>> Am I a lot cute to you?

[00:04:04]>> Um, yo, you look good.

[00:04:06]>> I look good. Like, get your number good.

[00:04:12]>> Yo, my man, please. Uh, can you hop in the vlog, man?

[00:04:15]>> What?

[00:04:15]>> Uh, just a just a vlog.

[00:04:16]>> What's up, dog? What's up? Where you from, mama? You know what I'm saying?

[00:04:20]Where you from, [ __ ] >> I'm just from Arkansas.

[00:04:23]>> Just from Arkansas. Arkansas from what?

[00:04:24]What you doing up in my city?

[00:04:26]>> Um, >> part of Arkansas y'all from?

[00:04:28]>> No, we're suburban.

[00:04:30]>> Oh, okay. What's the blog? What's going on? You want to see some dangerous [ __ ] You want to see some crazy [ __ ] >> No, no, no, no. Wait, where are you from?

[00:04:37]>> Not like that, but like what part of uh Los Angeles?

[00:04:39]>> Boy, East Coast [ __ ] neighborhood. East side. East Coast [ __ ] Leo village. East Coast. We crips out here. They going to be on tick tock.

[00:04:46]>> Yeah. Yeah. Tickety chickity t yeah.

[00:04:53]>> Two fingers and a thumb, homie.

[00:04:54]>> If somebody says something like I'm okay though, you got me.

[00:04:57]>> I'm going to say something.

[00:04:58]>> I got to say, man, you are the most wholesome [ __ ] I've ever seen in my life.

[00:05:01]>> People cripping, homie. I ain't banging on my people no more.

[00:05:04]>> Tell me your craziest story growing up.

[00:05:05]Like the most craziest thing you went through.

[00:05:07]>> I ain't banging out here in the 80s, early 80s. This getting shot at.

[00:05:11]>> Girls like guys from the hood, man. So help me pull this girl. Yo. Yo, beautiful. Yo.

[00:05:16]>> Dang. It didn't work, bro. Let them stuck up. Got them on their own.

[00:05:19]>> Oh, shoot. He got on red behind us.

[00:05:22]>> What's up, family? What's going on, man?

[00:05:24]What's going on? We all good, man.

[00:05:26]>> It's love. It's love. It's love. You know what I'm saying?

[00:05:27]>> Keep it cribed, homie.

[00:05:28]>> It's like LeBron and Steph Curry teaming up on the Olympic team. You know what I'm saying? And this is like, you ever seen the meme where the guy with the blue and the guy with the red, they hold a rag and tie it together?

[00:05:36]>> Yeah. That means togetherness. That mean unity. Keep it cribing, homie. Damos and Keyway, you know what I mean? Damos mean blood. Keyways mean [ __ ] That's what's going on right now in Los Angeles. all over in the hoods they trying to squash beefs and all this other [ __ ] Stop all this killing, you know, for these youngsters and whatever. 70s and 60s gang bangers was a [ __ ] but watered down now. They still out here killing. They still out here banging, but they trying to seesaw that, you know what I mean? To where we come together now. Blacks killing blacks and the essay. Are >> you >> Oh. Oh, snap.

[00:06:06]>> They trying to bring it all together where people can walk the streets in the hoods. You know what I mean? Without >> duck. Oh, homie.

[00:06:13]>> We at the hood function. You know what I'm saying?

[00:06:15]>> The other gang from down the street, they pulled up to the party. You know what I'm saying? Uh-oh. Boom. Boom.

[00:06:19]Boom. Boom. Got burners. You know what I'm saying? You crib it, homie.

[00:06:22]>> 3 2 1 action.

[00:06:29]>> Hey, you got that fire? You got that?

[00:06:32]>> Keep it cripping, homie. You comical than the [ __ ] What's your name, man? What's your name?

[00:06:35]>> Nicholas Batum.

[00:06:36]>> My name.

[00:06:37]>> Well, your name is Chicken what?

[00:06:38]>> Chicken [ __ ] >> Wait, tell me about that name. Like chicken s hi T. Chicken [ __ ] Spell the whole thing. C H I C K E N S H I T.

[00:06:48]>> Is that your real name, Mo?

[00:06:50]>> Yeah, that's my middle name. My middle name used to be Michael. It's been changed now to chicken [ __ ] >> Chicken [ __ ] East side is the game that do it the most.

[00:06:57]>> 50 street. Here come my mama.

[00:06:59]>> If you have one emote, give me your emote.

[00:07:05]>> Keep it homie.

[00:07:06]>> Pull up with a briefcase.

[00:07:10]>> Don't do it like that. OG >> that [ __ ] he's coke [ __ ] like good >> he like it but he going to respect his CRIPPING getting down homie >> yo beautiful >> you know you hear me >> y'all been to Hollywood yeah >> been there a couple times it was kind of weird out there you know what I'm saying now we didn't like the vibes people was real weird something felt off I felt like just like you know I had to just you know >> I had to you know what I'm saying >> what's up [ __ ] >> what's up I'm dead serious what's up [ __ ] He buddy respect.

[00:07:43]>> What's up?

[00:07:45]>> You know who this is?

[00:07:46]>> Yeah. Yeah. This Christy Mac.

[00:07:48]>> This Christy Mac. Christy Mac. This friend of mine right here. Nicholas.

[00:07:51]>> She said what?

[00:07:52]>> Englewood.

[00:07:53]>> Englewood.

[00:07:54]>> Yeah.

[00:07:54]>> Blood neighborhood. Englewood family.

[00:07:56]>> Oh man. Oh. Oh. I thought Oh, >> I don't have nothing. I promise. OG. I thought me and you built something.

[00:08:04]>> I thought we built something. You just banged on me and then she reached from my pockets. Yeah, you got rob came up and they're rolling the >> That's Chrissy Mac. Do you know [ __ ] Mack?

[00:08:17]>> Yeah.

[00:08:17]>> Oh, that's the homie Chrissy Mack.

[00:08:18]That's just That's just her name. My gun don't get [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] don't give >> Chy M.

[00:08:28]There he is.

[00:08:30]What?

[00:08:32]Chissy M. You got one sound effect. What would it be?

[00:08:42]There it is.

[00:08:45]>> Silence.

[00:08:45]>> Keep it cribing, homie. I thought I was in my car. I bent the mothering corner and now I'm on my two feet, standing 10 toes down, walking in my chest. I see a beautiful, beautiful woman, but I see some flying in the sky. Oh no, it's a bird. Oh no, it's a plant. Oh no, it's just me just tripping in my mother mind.

[00:09:06]You know what I mean? I like to see, but I like to go to the beach to see the ocean. But I'm walking downtown around all these city lights. Downtown Skid Road, uptown, downtown LA. Here we go.

[00:09:20]I'm on a plane. I'm on a train. But I'm hanging with my brother from Arkansas.

[00:09:25]>> ARKANSAS.

[00:09:28]>> All right, man. You was the littest person of the day. You know what I'm saying?

[00:09:31]>> All crazy, man. All praises. It's a blessing, man. Y'all young brothers just doing something positive. Young young brothers that running around here trying to rob steal.

[00:09:38]>> Be positive out here. You know what I'm saying? It's love though. You know what I'm saying?

[00:09:41]>> Nice meeting you, bro. I know you a you a fashion guy, bro. I know. I could tell.

[00:09:47]>> Got this [ __ ] off T-moon. I made these pants. Made this Got this from Foot Locker. I made this and I grew this [ __ ] >> Oh. Oh. Oh, I thought that was the blower. You know what I'm saying? I thought that was the blower.

[00:09:59]>> No, that's in the back. Got this [ __ ] off T-move. So what's the word man? What what be going on out here in LA? Like >> I don't know. These [ __ ] weird. I ain't from here. I'm from St. Louis.

[00:10:08]>> You got one sound effect. What would it be?

[00:10:09]>> Got this [ __ ] off T- move. I'm hood though.

[00:10:16]>> What up OG? How we doing today, man?

[00:10:20]>> Just kicking it in. I'm loving the vibes. You know what I'm saying? Just vibing. You know what I'm saying? All love, bro. Have a good one, bro. It's a bad right here, man. What's your first pickup line? What's the first thing you going to say?

[00:10:29]>> N I ain't I ain't going to say nothing.

[00:10:31]I'mma sit back and relax. Sit back and relax, man. They going to come to me.

[00:10:35]>> Oh. Oh, like that. How do you leave with the number though?

[00:10:39]>> I said, "What's What's the line?"

[00:10:41]>> Yeah. What's the line?

[00:10:42]>> Okay. Tell me about the sag. Like, is that in style right now? Like, do I got to hold my I see you got the sag.

[00:10:47]>> Sag. I don't know. I do some females. I have my pants plugged up. I'll be on some, >> you know what I'm saying?

[00:10:52]>> Okay. Show me the walk. How the walk supposed to go with like >> New York. Oh, you from New York, too?

[00:10:58]>> No, I'm from LA.

[00:10:59]>> Yeah. So funny game. Still a [ __ ] tripping.

[00:11:01]>> I paid like $75.

[00:11:03]>> 75. Okay. Okay. Swaggy. Swaggy. How much for the jeans? They sitting. You know what I'm saying?

[00:11:06]>> I paid 500 for my 500.

[00:11:08]>> Yeah.

[00:11:09]>> Oh, you getting money.

[00:11:10]>> Sit back and relax, man. They going to come to me.

[00:11:13]>> I ain't going to lie. I thought you You know what I'm about to say, right?

[00:11:15]>> What?

[00:11:16]>> Who do everybody say you look like?

[00:11:18]>> Usually I tell everybody who they look like. I thought you was going to say it yourself this time.

[00:11:22]>> No, I I have no clue. Bro, who you >> playing with me, bro?

[00:11:25]>> No, >> bro. I know y'all know exactly what I'm thinking, bro.

[00:11:28]>> Uh, who? Travis. Uh, who else got it?

[00:11:30]Uh, >> that's what white people say.

[00:11:31]>> Bro, you are ASAP Rocky, BRO. YOU ARE ASAP ROCKY, BRO.

[00:11:34]>> I look like giant ASAP Rocky. ASAP Rocky this tall.

[00:11:37]>> ASAP.

[00:11:38]>> Funny cuz we both get that before.

[00:11:39]>> Bro, you look nothing like ASAP Rocky, bro.

[00:11:47]>> I don't know.

[00:11:48]>> I don't know why you got that blue on, man. We in LA.

[00:11:51]>> If he like it, but he don't respect his word, but that's okay.

[00:11:54]>> He said the N word.

[00:11:55]>> Uh-huh. You didn't hear him? You let him.

[00:11:56]>> Hey, I can get the pass. Is your mama white or your daddy white?

[00:11:59]>> Neither of them are white.

[00:12:00]>> No, you can't say [ __ ] that. You need a white parent to say [ __ ] Period.

[00:12:04]>> What?

[00:12:05]>> Never heard that. A racist turn. So you got to be white.

[00:12:08]>> A white parent say word. I say n word all the time.

[00:12:11]>> Do you have a white parent?

[00:12:12]>> No, I got white ancestry.

[00:12:14]>> Y'all voting for Rod Wave or Waka Flocka Flame.

[00:12:16]>> Walk in the mother paint. [ __ ] what you stinking [ __ ] Your ass.

[00:12:21]>> Well, you ain't even tell us your name, bro.

[00:12:22]>> Uh, I'm Nicholas Batum.

[00:12:24]>> Sounds familiar. Can you do a move? [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] pink [ __ ] >> Oh, >> I brick but you know I look stylish. You know what I'm saying?

[00:12:32]>> Baton.

[00:12:33]>> Don't ever don't ever don't ever use that line, bro. That's my uncle. You know what I'm saying? And we can't be disrespected.

[00:12:39]>> Said it was you.

[00:12:40]>> Yeah, you did.

[00:12:41]>> We got the same name. Like I'm Nicholas Batum. The second >> the second third. Bonis. They forgot about me.

[00:12:47]>> Gang go. What's going on, man? Describe LA in five words. Make it like very sentimental though. Like make make me sad. LA is a very segregated probably one of the most most racist states you've ever been in.

[00:12:59]>> More racist than Arkansas or >> Well, Arkansas would be on a hot seat. I I used to hate LA um back in the ' 80s.

[00:13:04]I was born and raised here. Um I love LA now.

[00:13:07]>> Any gangs? Any gangs?

[00:13:08]>> Gangs all that.

[00:13:09]>> Oh my gosh. Which gang?

[00:13:10]>> Um I'm do. We're not gangs. We're tribal affiliation. Okay.

[00:13:13]>> Gangs that you hear started off as political groups.

[00:13:15]>> Define gang.

[00:13:16]>> Gangs. Group of youth hanging out together supporting each other.

[00:13:20]>> Oh [ __ ] Um, I have a band called uh uh Collective Souls and Circus of Jim Crow.

[00:13:25]We're trying to get back together.

[00:13:27]>> We trying to bring the band back together.

[00:13:28]>> Trying to bring the band back together.

[00:13:32]>> You remember him? He's trying to bring the band back together.

[00:13:37]>> No, [ __ ] >> Please. No ticket. Is >> this your vehicle?

[00:13:41]>> Yes, please. Come on, man.

[00:13:43]>> You want me to tow it?

[00:13:44]>> No. So, >> which one do you want? You want the ticket or you want me to tow it?

[00:13:50]I got, you know, I got a lot of bills coming up. Motivation, motivation, motivation. Give me >> falling. Give me some motivation. How can I be like you when I get older?

[00:13:59]>> Well, uh, eat good.

[00:14:01]>> Eat good.

[00:14:01]>> Yeah. Uh, sports. Do go to the gym.

[00:14:06]>> Yeah.

[00:14:07]>> Don't drink.

[00:14:07]>> Yeah.

[00:14:10]>> Hey, >> what's up my boy?

[00:14:17]>> Her right there. She beautiful. I'm a ugly [ __ ] You got to talk to her. Look how beautiful that lady is.

[00:14:22]>> Oh snap. Like that OG. Wait, hold on.

[00:14:24]Hey. Hey. You know who you talking to right here.

[00:14:26]>> Who that is?

[00:14:27]>> Snoop. Double OG.

[00:14:29]>> That's my people.

[00:14:30]>> I know you. Huh? Watch.

[00:14:31]>> Oh, watch. Take your glasses off.

[00:14:33]>> Oh, snap.

[00:14:34]>> Snoop. Y'all just pulled out a 7-Eleven with a Nikon camera. You >> Hold on. Hold on. Pull up. Pause up.

[00:14:39]Pause up.

[00:14:40]>> Wait. What? What sign is that?

[00:14:41]>> Man, this stand for money making mafia.

[00:14:44]>> When did you find out Snoop Dogg was your cousin? I'm going to say probably about maybe 10 years ago. That's when I find you be with my relative.

[00:14:50]>> You're not caught chasing.

[00:14:51]>> No, no, no, no. If you watching this couso, yes, I can outm smoke you up.

[00:14:55]Especially when I lick it, fire up that chalice, man. It's a rust man chalice.

[00:14:58]You lick that meditation off. You got to be a professional.

[00:15:01]>> Boom. The clock.

[00:15:02]>> I need my chain, gang. Thanks for the chain, bro. I thought you was really going to steal from me.

[00:15:06]>> No, I ain't going to steal. I >> like to borrow stuff, but not not >> All right then, broski. I'll catch you, gang.

[00:15:19]a free ride for real.

[00:15:23]What's up y'all? What's the word? What up my man? How you doing? What's up?

[00:15:26]What's up gang? How everybody doing bro?

[00:15:28]What am I doing?