Street TV podcast episode 16, Alex Alonso interviews Judson Bacot and Bobby "Big Bob the Hawk" Crear about their experience as first generation Westside Crips in Los Angeles. Although the Crips started on the Eastside by Raymond Washington, it

Blood Alley gang to 1st generation Hoover Park Family

Jan 12th, 2021 1h 15m

In Episode 15 of the Street TV podcast, Alex Alonso interviews London "Zel" Carter (b. 1954 -) who was a member of Blood Alley, an old gang from Los Angeles active during the 1960s and perhaps late 1950s. London came into Blood alley in the lat

Studder Box: from Lueders Park Piru to Pueblo Bishop Bloods

Jan 4th, 2021 1h 37m

Alex Alonso interviews Studder Box from Pueblo Bishop Bloods in episode 14 of the Street TV podcast. Studder Box first got acquainted with street gangs when he was living in Compton in the Lueders Park Piru area, then he moved to the Pueblo Del

CJ from Mob Piru: Death Row Records and the Eastside Pirus

Dec 26th, 2020 1h 27m

Alex Alonso interviews CJ from Mob Piru in episode 13 of the Street TV podcast. He is an early Mob Piru member from Compton and from the generation that saw Stockton Street Mob morph in Mob Piru around 1977. Also present in the interview is Gan

Donna "Chita" Graham: an Original female Crip

Dec 18th, 2020 58m 21s

Alex Alonso interviews Donna "Cheeta" Graham in episode 12 of the Street TV podcast. She is an original Crip that came up with Raymond Washington, Craig Craddock, Kevin "Crazy Crip" Williams, Michael "Fastblack" Tobin, Stanley "Tookie" Williams

Looney Poo from Acacia Blocc Compton Crips

Dec 12th, 2020 1h 26m

On episode 11, Alex Alonso interviews Poo from Acacia Blocc Compton Crip. This audio podcast version of the Poo interview includes an additional 50 minutes of content never released. Poo grew up in Compton and became a member of the Acacia Bloc

Pretty Boy: From the Eastside to the Westside Rich Rollin' 60s

Dec 4th, 2020 1h 49m

On episode 10, Alex Alonso interviews Pretty Boy from Rollin 60s Crip. This audio podcast version of the Pretty Boy interview includes an additional 50 minutes of content never released. In this interview we are driving in his car to visit his

Origin of the Crips in Los Angeles: Raymond Washington & Craig Craddock

Nov 28th, 2020 1h 45m

On episode 9, Alex Alonso sits down with Lil Pierre and Tony Craddock who grew up on the Eastside of South Los Angeles with Raymond Washington, the founder of the Crips. Tony's older brother, Craig Craddock is considered co-founder of the Crips

Reggie Wright Jr: Compton Living, Death Row Chronicles and Gangster Rap History

Nov 20th, 2020 1h 29m

On episode 8, Alex Alonso sits down with Reggie Wright Jr. who was once a Compton Police officer but then he provided the security for Death Row Records when he started to work for Suge Knight. Reggie Wright talks about growing up in Compton,

Skipp Townsend: Gangs & Hustling in the West Adams and Prison

Nov 13th, 2020 1h 38m

On episode 7 of the Street TV podcast, Alex Alonso has a conversation with Skipp Townsend and his life growing up on the tough streets of South Los Angeles, joining a gang, become a drug dealing in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and going to prison.

Slauson Village, Black Guerrilla Family and Revolutionaries: Walter Watson

Nov 6th, 2020 2h 12m

On episode 6, Alex Alonso travels to Bryan, Texas to meet up with Walter Watson, who grew up in South Los Angeles and became a member of Slauson Village, one of the most know Black gangs during the 1950s and 60s. After witnessing the Watts Riot

Greg Mack and 1580 KDAY: Hip-Hop, Radio and the Mack Attack

Oct 30th, 2020 1h 40m

On episode 5, Alex Alonso sits down with legendary Los Angeles radio DJ, Greg Mack of 1580 KDAY. Greg Mack came to Los Angeles in 1983 during the early years of Hip-Hop in Los Angeles and worked with several ground breaking artists during the b

Leroy "Chico" Brown: Cocaine, CIA and Entrapment

Oct 23rd, 2020 1h 21m

On episode 4, Alex Alonso sits down with Leroy "Chico" Brown who grew up in Compton, California, specifically Corner Poccet Crip hood. Chico talks about getting shot at 12 years old, the killing of Orlando Anderson which occurred between the M

Martin Corona, the Arrellano-Felix Drug Cartel: My Brothers on the Other Side of the Border

Oct 16th, 2020 1h 4m

In this episode Alex Alonso sits down with Mexican Cartel hitman who worked for the Arrellano-Felix organization based in Tijuana , Mexico. When Martin was serving prison time in the early 1990s he linked with a contact to David "Popeye" Barro

Big Spider: Ain't No Fun When the Rabbit Got the Gun

Oct 9th, 2020 1h 19m

In episode two Alex A. Alonso interviews Big Spider from the PlayBoy Gangster Crips (PBG). They are located west of LaCienega Blvd in a community known then as Cadillac-Corning. The City of Los Angeles has renamed this community La Cienega Hei

Glove Love: S-Bone from Rollin' 40s NeighborHood Crips

Oct 2nd, 2020 1h 8m

In our premiere episode Alex A. Alonso interviews S-Bone from Rollin 40s NeighborHood Crips. They are located just south of the University of Southern California in South Los Angeles between Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Vernon Avenue. Learn