Street TV

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Street TV podcast is hosted by Alex Alonso who has been studying and researching street culture for over 20 years. He has taken interviews from his video platform, re-edited them with some narration and added portions that have never been released. These interviews include gangs members, formerly incarcerated, authors, elected officials, activists, hip-hop artists and other influencers. Contact: http://www.streetgangs.com/contact/alexalonso

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Murder at the Hollywood Palladium: first Crips go to prison

Jan 19 2021 103 mins  
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 was the Westside Crips making the news headlines in 1972 with the murder of Robert Ballou at the Hollywood Palladium. Judson and Bob were ar

Blood Alley gang to 1st generation Hoover Park Family

Jan 12 2021 75 mins  
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 late 1960s when they were fading out. But by 1969, he transitioned into a new group, the Hoover Park Family. Madd Ronald from Rollin 20s is als

Studder Box: from Lueders Park Piru to Pueblo Bishop Bloods

Jan 04 2021 97 mins  
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 Rio Housing Projects and became a member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods. The Pueblos have been around the projects for decades, but Studder Bo

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

Dec 26 2020 87 mins  
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 Gangster Nate from Lueders Park Piru and together they talk about the early Eastside Piru history which come out of Lueders Park Piru. And all

Donna "Chita" Graham: an Original female Crip

Dec 18 2020 58 mins  
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, Gerald "Pistol Pete" Cavitt, Mack Thomas and many other original Crips. Video portions of this interview: https://bit.ly/2K6OOmv Email Ale

Looney Poo from Acacia Blocc Compton Crips

Dec 12 2020 86 mins  
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 Blocc Compton Crips. In 2007 he was featured in a National Geographic Documentary entitles "LA Gangs Wars."

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

Dec 04 2020 109 mins  
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 childhood home on East 76th Street in South Los Angeles which happens to be right next to Raymond Washington's home. Then we go to his home

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

Nov 27 2020 105 mins  
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 with Raymond. Lil Pierre and Tony Craddock explain everything they remember about the early history of the Crips and their direct role in t

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

Nov 20 2020 89 mins  
Reggie Wright Jr. formed Wright Way Security providing security for Death Row Records.

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

Nov 13 2020 98 mins  
Alex Alonso interviews Skipp Townsend about his life in Rollin 20s Blood gang and selling cocaine during the 1980s rock cocaine epidemic.