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@cooloutac

Жыл бұрын

Wow so you're the guy responsible for everyone going uptown to get that Haze in the 90s? Hahaha. That's what's up!

@teslainthehood2521

Жыл бұрын

Every dominan has a primo that’s a plug. It’s just how it goes 😂

@GRINDETHIKSMIXTAPESHOW

Жыл бұрын

Washington Hights use to be big when it came to buying hayes

@GRINDETHIKSMIXTAPESHOW

Жыл бұрын

im not from the heights but i think i actually smoked r product lol

@BrooklynDynasty

Жыл бұрын

@@cooloutac he is a fake don't believe anything

Born and raised in the heights… This vid is super valid. Ramon described the culture perfectly when he said “It’s not gang culture, it’s money culture” 💯🇩🇴💯🇩🇴💯

@talkingmoney4499

Жыл бұрын

Yea north Philly and Camden and Baltimore don’t really do gangs like New York ….they make way more money then heights as far as drug money ….herion/ fentanyl is crazy in those areas and open drug market ….they care more about money ….New York definitely focuses on gangs but the heights and Dominicans are definitely leased focused on that dumb shot

@frankbills9638

Жыл бұрын

Facts we never been bout that gang shit that that’s how sweepy slipped free him I love my hood Money culture is the perfect phrase

@154g

Жыл бұрын

@@frankbills9638 wat about those puzzies trinitarios? Whats gangsta about killin kids?

@joshuabarenbaum6954

Жыл бұрын

Do you remember the knockout bags on like 172 and Autobahn by the Taco Bell

@Beatsxnova

Жыл бұрын

@@Bugjuck You kno tht💪🏾💯

“Oh you from Portland… I’ve never been to California.” That is hilarious.

I'm from Paterson NJ 5 minutes away from the bridge speeding. Everything he saying is on point. The Heights an Dominicans were from the most trust worthy when it came down to everything from Respect to money Dominica didn't play little kid games or greedy games at all at all. Dominicans are good good people. Very few do you hear are bad blooded.

@og_love

Жыл бұрын

way off lol

@18aplateindoors

Жыл бұрын

This dude is the biggest FRAUD running.. just show literally ANYTHING about his arrest… I’ll wait .. there’s NONE he proffitt ing of the backs of people who have dudes a bozo

@Whensmahvel1

Жыл бұрын

They are cool and fun to chill with but trust me. Them niggas should of been 1090 they was hella grimey

@lordian8948

Жыл бұрын

They white was garbage unless u knew someone

@og_love

Жыл бұрын

@@lordian8948 yup

Dominicans have also had the heroin game on lock in NYC for decades now. Both the LES and the Heights have kept the whole city high on dope since the Blue Magic SEA supply dried up and the good number 4 started to flood in from Colombia. Dominican dboys are always business people. Period.

Thanks for the shoutout, King. ✊🏿🇩🇴

Been watching your videos since day 1 and i've commented before about my ties to Washington Heights. I was born and raised on 190th literally 5 minute walk from Dyckman. So happy to see my community getting some love, thank you for this Johnny.

@jesussinaloa9300

3 ай бұрын

You really from jersey...stop the bullshit

@mugiwarae2119

3 ай бұрын

@@jesussinaloa9300 idk you weirdo, find something better to do

@frankserpico6785

3 ай бұрын

I'm from Arden Street about five blocks from Dyckman.

Your weed might have been uptown but the Dominicans where selling haze for years before your pounds hit the block Johnny. Haze and sour weed besides anything else up there is real nyc marijuana and the heights was the area. The haze came from Miami since the 1990s. No hate but that’s the truth Johnny. the Dominicans always had the money and knew how to run a business. Great video Johnny

@Bigbank816

Жыл бұрын

Facts . Piff came from Miami and that sour was coming from Canada

@XloMotion

Жыл бұрын

Early 90s was all about chocolate tie and hydro. I was from Brooklyn and drove to my guy in 163 and Broadway, the drug supermarket of the heights

@Bigbank816

Жыл бұрын

@@XloMotion I started smoking in 2002 it was a lot of dro and blueberry around then 05 the piff hit hard

@theantagonizer958

Жыл бұрын

@@XloMotion in 95 the Dominicans where selling haze but yes the Jamaicans had raw thai in bk. Still wish I can get some chocolate thai. That shit would knock you out like a dope head

@neighborhoodguy

Жыл бұрын

💯💯

I really like the historical aspect of your youtube work. Thanks for making and sharing this.

I'm from east new york but I've been living in Portland for the last 2 years. This is a dope kind of like origin story of the things I've seen growing up in the city. Keep up the good work bro

@emmanuelperez8033

Жыл бұрын

What part of eny?

@bigzero718

Жыл бұрын

@@emmanuelperez8033 linden projects

@user-lz5uq1jy2i

Жыл бұрын

@rocky , how is it in Portland Oregon?

@hellyea3333

Жыл бұрын

How much are pounds of good looking outdoor going for in Oregon nowadays?

@John-gg6op

Жыл бұрын

East New York to Portland is crazy. Are you setting up shop over there? Lol

Back in the 90s, me and my dude would drive from Cleveland, Ohio, to Washington Heights to see ''Papi" at his pizzeria, a few times a month and go half on a quarter or half a brick, grab something to eat, and jump right back on the freeway. We usually didn't stay in NYC for longer than an hour or hour and a half, and right back on the freeway. We stuck the chunk right in the glove compartment, pretended like it wasn't there, and never got pulled over once, out of dozens and dozens of trips. It took us anywhere from six and a half to eight hours. It took longer to get home, because we obviously drove a lot safer on the way back. Everytime I passed a cop on the way home, I made sure to make eye contact with them, and maybe even gave him a head knod, just to show him I wasn't scared or worried about him, trying to show him I wasn't afraid of him and had no reason to be afraid, even tho we was basically sweating bullets lol. We would buy bud sometimes too, but we basically could get better quality and prices back home on the bud lol. Plus we didn't want that smell of the bud in the car with the white girl. We were two white guys, with no hats or hoodies on, as low key as we could possibly be. That guy mentioned putting wood chucks in the bud, I've seen that, I've also seen pieces of glass, and nickels (which are really small but weigh 5 grams each lol. I've seen a lot of their tricks of the trade, but I basically just stuck with "Papi", because his product was great, and he did great business. I would call him around 11:00-12:00 at night, and tell him I'll see him at the pizzeria around 7-8am. We never had any problem with Papi, other than it being literally just a few grams short, which he would make up for the next trip. If he shorted us a quarter oz one trip, he would give us back an extra half oz the next trip. He was a great businessman. Then one day his phone was going straight to voicemail, and I was never able to get ahold of him again. I assume he got busted. If you see this Papi, it's "Blanco" lol. I have the same number on my work phone, or find me on Facebook. Would love to get back in touch with you again lol!

@brianemrich2237

Жыл бұрын

Much love to Cleveland 💪💪

@dreamshots_PIB

Жыл бұрын

After they busted this guy, papi, they struggled to find one of his best costumers, blanco. Now they know, blanco is Charles Carter…. Jokes 😅 stay safe

@squallie78

Жыл бұрын

What about the other tens of thousands of "blancos" across the northeast that were doing the exact same 🤔 thing ? How do they remember who's Blancos were who's ??

@charlescarter4608

Жыл бұрын

@@dreamshots_PIB Lol... would never use my real name on KZread

@charlescarter4608

Жыл бұрын

@@brianemrich2237 Most definitely 💯💪

Heights Haze had that unique taste.

@alwaysoutafterdark6136

Ай бұрын

Can you describe the taste? I've read somewhere that it has a catpiss and incense taste.

Great video keep them coming

Another awesome video!!

Dang didn't know Luke Wilson has a pod.. Ive heard the stories about Luke and Owen wrapped up in the underworld.. This is about to be my new fav pod!!

Just found your channel last month been watching your videos very entertaining and unique loving his channel too

@Optable

Жыл бұрын

His channel only came out about 4 months ago

I listened to this on spotify while I was at work but the video makes it way more dope

Killer Episode my guy!

I'm from Westchester ny and as a kid I was 16 and heard about the heights. I walked out on 155th and broadway and walked up got my 1st plug for the larry and then Sherman for the puff. Washington heights home of thr haze! And pedricooo..

@janinefreeman1010

Жыл бұрын

SHERMAN'S THE MAN

GREAT EPISODE..SPOT ON..

My new fav channel the connect is tf legit af he’s a real 1 stand up guy. Balls of steel this guy has pause! If you all want the real talk about the real game tune in!

Dope! being dominican and From New York myself and having a past life myself This is so amamzing.

Dyckman St had some of the most fire bud when I was in HS back in the day.

@towntwo451

Жыл бұрын

The Haze / Pooday from Florida...Cuban Black Haze

Alot of Dominicans in the Heights were gettin serious weight from the Netherlands tho. I'm talkin about early 2000s through 06 etc. Alot of that serious weight of Haze came from the Netherlands and the Dominicans were movin it in Uptown and all over the city & tri-state etc. Good vid tho 👍

@aydansfire7841

Жыл бұрын

northern lights era yesssir

@playipstreamsolutions5538

Жыл бұрын

Facts! Also a whole bunch growing apartments

@LuE630

Жыл бұрын

This is cap! The haze came from Florida

@aydansfire7841

Жыл бұрын

@@LuE630 😭😭😭😭 you musr be young the only bud Florida has been known for is crippy foh!

@heightsfynest6023

Жыл бұрын

​@@LuE630 haze not all they got god dam nigga

S/O to my Dominican 🇩🇴 Brothers

Mitchell having the sweats trynna not trap no more😅

As a uptown native… this video is very accurate…. 💯💯💯💯💯💯🇩🇴

The most coherent explanation I have heard about what Washington Heights was. If you look at it in a enterprenual perspective, there is should be more studies about it. By the way sir, I heard about you before. I thougt you were a urban ledgend.

Grew up uptown in the 90s. Love seeing Inwood in some of the footage in this vid

This is my favorite channel

I'm still not sure just how much I believe about the whole deal, but a lot of these stories go with my own or ones that I've heard while locked up, so it is interesting at the very least.

Johnny, you need to find a connect for that hair bruh.

@user-jx6mx1ku7d

3 ай бұрын

😂

Man can I just say shout out to the growers out west sending the Christmas packages. Cali outdoors, light deps, greenhouse, jack herer, lol. Makes me miss the early 2000s to 2010s lol

@AF-nb1ry

Жыл бұрын

2015 jager packs 😂 yuck lol

I’m so grateful I made it out alive.

UNIQUE MECCA AUDIO!! My man!!

I can't believe this video doesn't have millions of views. Great job brother

the puréé, that piff, the boom. plus you go out there for the banging food

Watching this from the heights

damn I loved the 90's....college tuition was still cheap in and we got 400 a zip for indoor, basically got paid to ski and go to school occasionally

Used to go down a few spots on amsterdam during late and early 2000s. Damn time flew

172nd and BROADWAY had the 🔥 fishscale for $18 to $22 a Gram in the 1980s.

as someone who lives here this videos r hillllrious

"..See a black dude speaking rapid fire spanish" is top tier 😂

Did the same thing out in VA - Richmond

As a dominican that grew up in the Heights I can tell this is facts. I lived in the Heights in the 90s and crime was serious back then.

All the different Burroughs, all kinds of different cultures & the food is all kinds of different you know all the different ways of living & shit would be so freaking awesome to live there & experience all of it!!

Growing up in the heights we alllllll knew drug dealers we all had a family member who sold coke.... It was normal

He is not lying I’m always at that spot 💯

When I was younger, I used to drive through a part of town when I wanted something and it was easy. Now days, I stay fairly clean and I go fishing in that neighborhood and I haven't had a single person approach my car.

4:13 Johnny not losing eyes on what is happening around him, EVER.

that Houndstooth hoodie is 🔥

I love that I spent my 90s in Jersey and NY. moved there from London in 92 at age of 9 till 2001. When Im watching all this stuff I know all the areas being spoken about. I workd on 79th floor at age of 13/14 in building one of the wtc then reasstaurant in battery park then South Street Seaport summer time and west 4th next to Washington Square Park during school months. alhumdulila blessed childhood.

@billyjansen7690

Жыл бұрын

No

I miss the uptown mango pina haze sour days

Lived off 184th for a while. As one of the only white boys hanging on the block they took me in and I made some cool friends almost immediately, showed me some cool shit around the heights. Loved that neighborhood.

@andrewjones2133

Жыл бұрын

What Avenue?

@longdcikbill3528

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewjones2133 Audubon

@andrewjones2133

Жыл бұрын

@@longdcikbill3528 ok I grew up on 175th St. between Audubon in Amsterdam

@longdcikbill3528

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewjones2133 ayyy not to far. They use to tell me shit got a lil crazy around 180th or passed that somewhere. It’s been a while so I could have the street mixed up. But I guess the gangs were a lil wild a little more uptown

@jamiewilliams685

Жыл бұрын

Another episode of things that never happened.

Best show on KZread period in my honest opinion.

You kept saying Washington Heights, instead of Inwood. You were mainly on Dyckman, Post, 10th Ave also known as Nagel. Inwood is the place baby.

@neighborhoodguy

Жыл бұрын

Yea a lot wrong in this one

@neighborhoodguy

Жыл бұрын

He’s said Jewish neighborhood and showed a pic of Irish guys on 218 st lol

Dominicans always have the most organized money in that shoebox Those were the only times I ever saw somebody have the patience to organize them money like that

@cIeetz

Жыл бұрын

I think most people with lots of money do that

I have a feeling this channel/ views is gonna blow up, the coverage/ interviews/story’s on here are very well done and makes you wanto watch more,

@joefedi3708

Жыл бұрын

shit is trash

The dental office in the corner been there the longest pizza palace and jimbos lol

Having grown up in New York, now living in Australia. Nothing is more annoying knowing it's legal there while still illegal here

@J_Clean_1996

Жыл бұрын

If it bothers you so much just move. Are you not an American citizen? It really sucks here now, but I heard it's getting worse there.

@bigblk45

Жыл бұрын

@@J_Clean_1996 uh no. Life is way easier here. Don't know why anyone would think it's worse here. Just a gripe about legalisation. It'll come eventually but it's not like it's difficult to get and the standard is high.

@J_Clean_1996

Жыл бұрын

@@bigblk45 Then how is, "nothing more annoying", then? You just said something that wasn't true to try and get likes on KZread, or what?

@bigblk45

Жыл бұрын

@@J_Clean_1996 because legalisation makes it easier and even more quality. I used to grow here. It's a lot of work but if it was legal. I could just grow in my back yard

@J_Clean_1996

Жыл бұрын

@@bigblk45 Okay, just nevermind then. 😴

Been here my whole life. It's changing. Fyi you walked by the best pizza in NYC. Johnnies aka pizza palace . Should of grabbed a slice and brick lol.

@KenKaniffFromConnecticut

Жыл бұрын

Pizza Palace is honestly the best pizza in NYC!!

Awesome Episode.. really enjoyed it

That’s just a small part of the story they left out a lot of the real street stuff that really went down in Washington heights. Today’s Washington heights ain’t nothing compared to 80s 90s Washington heights it was open drug market back then it was a very dangerous area. A lot of how it really was wasn’t said in this video.

@jamiewilliams685

Жыл бұрын

Another episode of things that never happened.

@user-mj3vt5xu6v

Жыл бұрын

Yep. I used to make trips up there in the mid 90s. Off of Amsterdam Ave. Very dangerous. I'm lucky never to have gotten robbed, killed, or arrested by DTs. I just looked it up recently and read that around 20% of all the murders in the 5 boroughs happened in that one police precinct in some of those years.

some of the very best flower I've ever smoked here in WV come outta Philly back in the 90s and early 2000s. it was fire you don't see today except in very small circles. shout out to my Jewish friends

Yo man... I am at 3:05 in and this white kid is actually telling his audience that his "merchandise" helped shaped the culture in thr heights. Listen just cuz unique is co-signing this BS doesn't make it true either. WAKE UP KIDS THIS GUY IS AN ACTOR

@toshiojohnston3732

Жыл бұрын

Blacks and browns commit 85% of crime yet whites( gotti,al capone,dillinger,Bonnie and cylde) get all of the ink is that what yah mean?

@onedeep6460

Жыл бұрын

Right! 💀💀💀

I’m about 95% sure the apartment complex that Johnny is standing in front of the entrance is where a family friend of mine lives😂😂😂 I remember staying at her apartment and checking out the area, definitely a funky area but not too bad, definitely one of the worst neighborhoods in Manhattan but that’s not saying much tbh. Never saw drug dealing as in the open as when I stayed there, only one night too. There was an old Dominican dude you could tell played absolutely zero games sitting on the corner waiting for cars to come speeding by and he’d do the handoff

I'm half Puerto Rican and Dominican and I think I visited Washington heights once to visit a friend but that was like 15 years ago lol. Viva mi gente puñeta! And long live our good ass food. I'm seeing lots of Mexican, Salvadoran and Colombian foods around my neighborhood and that's good because I love their food too lol. I think I'm hungry 🤣

I'm from pa and had a good freind who I use too hook up with ! Dominican! Great product! But 1 of the most honest guys ever ! Never ever ripped me off ! The G man was the best ! Hope he is still alive and well 🤞🤞👊👊👊

I remember when I used to roam those streets. Early 80's, all the weed spots in Inwood were on Nagle Ave (the "record Stores") . Every other business was a record store with pampers in front lol. They mostly sold shit weed - the best spot was off Dyckman, near Post Ave I think - called it the "hole in the wall". Also, I remember hanging in Jew Park off 175th-there was a code back then - H was being sold there but was not sold until it started to get dark and the kids left the park-there was more respect for the neighborhood. When crack hit, it became the Wild West, especially around 163rd and Ft Wash. Glad to have survived that era for sure

My boi hit up The Basement 💯💪🏾😂😂 lit!

The best part of buying coke from dealers in the Heights back in the day was the giant line they would make you do first to make sure you weren’t a cop! $20 grams of fish scale!!!…didn’t see that quality again until I went to Medellin a few years ago…(actually someone else went and they told me)😉

@frankmfeb13

Жыл бұрын

Sheesh, sounds like when I would get bundle samples of diesel in paterson lol

@frankmfeb13

Жыл бұрын

@dieselbaby yessir. Rosa parks and Godwin I believe , east 19th. Those were my spots. I hated going up on Rosa parks and Godwin, that area was extra hot

He's not in Washington Heights, folks. He's in Inwood. Not important, though. Many people confuse the two neighborhoods.

I remember getting a zip bagged up in purple bag dubs from a bodega, best haze and sour i ever gotten till this day

The game is to be sold, not told!

@aydansfire7841

Жыл бұрын

it's legal now all bets are off

they’re walking around inwood. i’ve been on that block with the mural of the boy on the wall

my hood 💪🏽

We meaning everyone in the business from the early 80’s on was getting Cali Hawaiian and cultivated indoor grows!

When Johnny got knocked , the slow down of the supply put a serious dent in our lifestyles..

Big facts for a lot of CT (Bridgeport to Stamford) niggaz it was either a quick drive or a metro north train ride away to get to Washington heights.. without traffic Washington Heights about 45 mins from Bridgeport CT

Best so far from nyc too

Dominicans made a lot of hood dudes rich

Diablo, he said my whole life I grew up 193 hell

@ismaelfernandez979

10 ай бұрын

Everything he said is the truth just I don’t know where it was coming the smoke for sure but everything else is the truth. If you know where if you can find the weed please please tell me I’m in Ohio but I go back to New York and I don’t see the smoke and I’m Dominica 💯

‘05 I was getting sour and everything else for 1G from Cali and flipping it for 4500. Those were the days!

Yessss sirrrrr wash heightz home of the haze 💯💯💯💯💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

@theantagonizer958

Жыл бұрын

No doubt

Here in the RGV south Texas you pay 30 for an oz....

"Thats why you still alive!" lol

Speak on the transportation process getting to NY from Portland. Would be interesting.

@kjfgkgfkfkjhgjkgkj

Жыл бұрын

You just seal it up and send it in the mail..

I once went to a party with this girl we parked and went to the part. When we left a few hours later my car was in the middle of the street. Everyone had double parked I was only car left as traffic went around.

How did you feel when you realized the big NY rappers were mentioning your supply spots? All of these names are in NY rap tracks.

Yooo that’s vermilya 🤣 fishy waddup my boyy

Cubans were growing the black down here in Miami late nineties all through the 2 thousands until we got legal then everybody started leaving to either Cali or Colorado but we were getting 6 racks a pee back in the day When you drove it up to New York definitely a lot of good times

@nelo1285

Жыл бұрын

They also had grows scattered all throughout the country in some obscure places too

Music got a GTA feel..😎

Johnny please get fellow comedian Joey Diaz on the podcast. Hes from NY and he is also in the mix of the trade so hes definitely going to have good information. Plus hes funny asl. Please get him on, it would be a great podcast for the ages.

@trae3290

Жыл бұрын

MAKE THIS HAPPEN !!

@J_Clean_1996

Жыл бұрын

Smfh. 😴

@hitechmechanical8258

Жыл бұрын

Joey Diaz is. From west New York that’s in nj lmao

@trae3290

Жыл бұрын

@@hitechmechanical8258 which is right over that bridge. He was in ny ALOT and grew up there a bit.

@billyjansen7690

Жыл бұрын

He's from NJ kiddo

This was spot on. My main spot to this day is an old 5 empty five story with a few people from the DR selling. It was sketchy though, when you say the entry word and walk up the stairs you walk into a room with 4 guys at each corner with semi auto weapons one one guy sitting at a table with a scarface pile. No chit chat allowed, u tell him a number the money and bags it up for you. btw i thought u might want to know that i made a direct connect. How it happened would take a few pages to explain.

@MRB1199

Жыл бұрын

Not saying you're lying but that story seems off

@mikemaldanado6015

Жыл бұрын

@@MRB1199 I have no reason to lie. If you grew up in nyc during the late 70's - 90 and didn't have a connect in Washington Heights.... Well then u didn't grow up in nyc. Just lookup nyc in 70's-80's son it was a warzone back then not disneyland like it is now. There was a lot worse going on then 4 guys with guns and a guy with a ton of stuff on a table.

@MRB1199

Жыл бұрын

@@mikemaldanado6015 lmao I'm from there and my fam was deep in the game if you know anything about coke you can't just leave it on a table open allllll day it will lose its efficacy maybe you right but there are alooooooot of reason why it won't just be on a table like the movie's

@mikemaldanado6015

Жыл бұрын

@@MRB1199 Yes my younger brother married into a DR crew. I am just telling you how it was. It was not scarface big but probably half a cakes worth.. The place was very busy so they sold it quickly. And yes air plays a factor but the bigger problem is the temp. it it's too hot i will just turn to liquid. I buy k's here in colombia all the time and leave at least an ounce out for a few days, the product worked the same. The temp here though is the same everyday. Plus this spot in nyc required u to buy at least 20g so i guess it was just easier for them. No unwrapping every time... you would give them a number and they would pack it up for you. If you want to pm me i can give u the address - they are still there but only sell to musicians . The price is still 20 per g but they won't let u in if ur not a musician. Sort of like a co-op.

@PrinceOfTheCity1

Жыл бұрын

@@MRB1199 they were probably still in the process of bagging it up. At some point you need to break the keys down and it’s messy. The humidity etc won’t have any effect on powder unless it’s left out for hours or days on end.

The black drug dealers in nyc be real bums in nyc 😂

@KenKaniffFromConnecticut

Жыл бұрын

lmao werd and they front like they’re doing it big but yet they still take the bus and subway 😂

@anthonyperez3445

Жыл бұрын

@@KenKaniffFromConnecticut 😂😂😂

Brooklyn in da house 😅

Lay off the blow while you're recording lol. Nice to see you in my hood 🤙🏼

Rip my fam masque tubas from upper west side. Real one

This guy makes me laugh, his the rabid 👌😂😂😂

This the dude from American Pickers?