Once again my friend you knocked it out of the park!! You really should make a mob TV show with all your knowledge it would rival The sopranos and boardwalk empire

@haroldsimpson8422

9 ай бұрын

Good research, my dude. This goes to show there is no loyalty in that game, and trusting a woman who is used to getting the finer things in life to be loyal and you in jail for life, forget about it. What did Nicky think was going to happen? However, for him to snitch like he did on other dudes makes him a weak Azz dude, another reason I chose an engineering degree over drugs. I had the opportunity as I grew in the crack epidemic of the 80s, and, being from Chicago, I am sure my fate would have been the Big 2️⃣. Jail or Death!

That frank Mathew’s videos needs to be made 🐐

@kd7100

9 ай бұрын

Agreed… although, regardless of what anybody thinks about him, Al Profit’s documentary on Frank Mathews is really good, and probably the most extensive one I’ve found over the years.

@mister-t-fool

9 ай бұрын

@@kd7100 I agree he’s the one the put me on frank

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

The problem with Frank is Al profit Wrote the only book on him . I would have to do a lot off digging to find something he didn't cover.

@mister-t-fool

9 ай бұрын

@@afewbadmen. even if you retold the story I feel like most people still don’t know about frank they still think Nikki and the other frank were the largest but that’s not true people need to know that frank was that guy and probably died on the run

@jonathanprather9350

9 ай бұрын

$$$$ Frank Mathews Story Can't Be Told Bc The Government Never Caught Him In Life People Shouldn't Know Everything About You It Make's It Easy To Disappear What People Don't Know They Can't Destroy Razzle Mf Dazzle LOL $$$$ 🤑💪😁✌️🤑

I'm a nothing and Nicky Barnes probably wouldn't even remember me, but I remember an aloof and disciplined leader. Very intelligent, quiet, and in complete command. His network broke boundaries with huge success. He wasn't a bully.

@moneymac5214

9 ай бұрын

What about frank Lucas

Bro!!! U knocked that outta the park!! Diggin’ the Curtis Mayfield vibe!!!

Nice job telling Nicky’s story. I’ve heard it many times before but somehow you managed to include facts I’ve never heard before.

@esseen100

6 ай бұрын

Oh yeah this documentary series would pop off on any TV network.

This was in my youth-era. My family was associated with one of Nicky's associates named Leroy that owned my Uncle and Cousin's garage on Audbon next to the Bridge Apartments @ the George Washington Bridge, where I spent most of my summers 1975-1983. I love your work Bruh! Brings back crazy memories. #Salute

@doseloverstar1183

9 ай бұрын

I was told Nick had a crib in The Bridge apartments back in the days

@sinblaze1

9 ай бұрын

@@doseloverstar1183 I'm not sure, but he was major. Anything was possible with him. Hell, Florida Evans (Ester Rolle) and Bookman both lived in the Bridge on Audobon...they both parked in the garage as well as Melvin Combs (Puffy). The last known survivor from there is my cousin who lives next door. I'll ask him tomorrow.

@sinblaze1

9 ай бұрын

@@doseloverstar1183 Just visited my cousin that is the last known survivor from that ear on Audobon. He stated that Nicky Barnes did not live in the Bridge but lived on 125th. The guy that lived (or had a spot) in the Bridge Apartments was the true owner of my Uncle and Cousin's garage Leroy Butler. Plus he was running off several other names of people that was down with the crew that I cannot remember. He is 68 and I am 56. So memories tend to fade...lol

This is one of the best channels that do biographies of gangsters that I have ever come across! The narrating is Superb And all the information that you come across On all of these videos are very accurate and intelligently laid out. This channel should have several million subscriptions in my opinion!!!

@afewbadmen.

Ай бұрын

@@Anthony-nt6mr thanks so much pal I really appreciate that. Thanks for tuning in.💥💥💥

Dude! I thought I'd heard all there was to hear on Nick b. But... as usual you've out done yourself and the entire game!!!

Great storytelling and phenomenal research!!!

Shamecca aka Beverly Ash was murdered 12/13/82 Monarch Bar in Washington Heights her brother Stephen was killed six months later....

Like always you killed it❤the way you put it together i pictrue it all happening when you was telling the story. .

Good stuff man. I knew the Nicky Barnes story but you had details I had never heard of before. You did your homework for sure.

Word Up! I'm delighted that you're continuing to develop as a true organized crime historian! Excellent job on the research, narration, and photos on an OG like Leroy "Nicky" Barnes! He was a legend in NYC as one of the most influential crime bosses during the heyday of gangsterism in the 1970s. Nicky Barnes was a thug who created an organization of murderous, capable, and intelligent Black men along the same structure as Cosa Nostra. I would love to see a QUALITY biopic about this legendary New York gangster! His memoir by Tom Folsom was great, and I highly recommend it to any student on the subject of organized crime. Big props my brother! You've been doing a fantastic job. I would love to see a video on the Jones Brothers and Ted Roe of Chicago as well in the future. There are too many people who believe that gangsterism is only limited to men of European descent.

@doseloverstar1183

9 ай бұрын

Teddy Roe was the Real Deal

@dwayneglover914

9 ай бұрын

@@doseloverstar1183 Do some research on him he had no fear my man wasn't uping shit 2 the outfit when they was trying 2 extort the policy Teddy put fire 2 there azz

@wildestcowboy2668

9 ай бұрын

​@@doseloverstar1183😢

Awesome job with the narration!

This was my 1st time checking out your channel. Detailed and Very Entertaining!!!! Thanks for this.

Great research as always. Larry Rolla did a good video of his involvement with the Barnes outfit. You might find it interesting.

Thumbs up brotha. Bravo. You nailed it. Mr. Barnes is my favorite and I feel you did him justice with this video.

I remember when Nicky Barnes name was so respected in the streets. And then when he turned states evidence it was so unbelievable for a hot minute. But folks who knew those who he gave up explained it clearly to us.

I love gangsta stories. Thanks❤

fun Facts at 29:50 / there's no 159 Broadway in the BRONX, I'm sure he ment Harlem.

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

Where Shamecca got killed? I think I may have put that in assuming. Thanks for the correction.💯

Hey what a great video and perfect narration! Much Respect and Rock On from South Jersey!

Great Video Best Nicky Barnes video I have seen

Boss that's real on how you stated facts about OG BUMPY JOHNSON that bs movie and show they put out was bs. The Chin didn't run OG or anything he had going on in Harlem. The queen and OG BUMPY JOHNSON ran Harlem and stepped on anyone that was tryna get in the way. Salute homie keep doing your thang. I been subscribed I didn't have my notifications on all so I wasn't seeing the new videos when you were dropping them but I'm on it now and I'm binge watching them now

This was a great break down on the rise, and fall of Nicky" Barnes, but you need to do one on (William Terrell Gold Finger). I didn't know what the guy look like til this video.

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

I can see what I can find on him. I left some stuff about him out on this episode.

This a great video, it brings back a lot of memories being born and raised in Harlem myself. You should consider doing one about freddie myres "New York Freddie" (a family friend). That would be interesting

20:04 never seen that photo of Frank Matthews…nice research..

I really enjoyed this and great narration and thanks for the information and Education.

Hay Boss, seeing as you been covering later eras recently, is there any chance you can do a video on Sam Giancana's take over of the Black run rackets in Chicago. There are so many interesting and obscure characters to cover on that topic, men like the Jones Brothers, Teddy Roe, Albert 'Baby' Bell, IceBerg Slim ect. Thanks.

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

I’m working on something like that

Thank you!!!! Thank you for doing these videos in your normal voice!!!

Great Information, Brother Monroe Dey El Bey 7 MORRISH EMPIRE CHEROKEE.

Citroën that's the car 🚗 Nicky drove, that's even beyond a Benz or Bentley. Yeah Nicky had to be special. Driving 120 mph through New York City streets high off angel 😇 dust 🎶 ✨️

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

I know I had to take it out it’s hard to pronounce with the boss voice.😂😂😂

@altagraciaadames3483

9 ай бұрын

@@afewbadmen. 🤣😅😁

Great story 😁👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌

I am a new subscriber and love this channel!

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

Welcome to the gang pal 💥💥💥

This is the dude they should’ve made a movie about!

@Gl6619

9 ай бұрын

Will Smith was developing a film project about Nicky with Will playing Nicky…but after “the slap” it may not get greenlighted

hello..........great share , loved listening to it . thank you , for sharing🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰..................................

Snitching is not tolerated in the streets which is right however Guy Fisher n the council violetade the rules by sleeping with a fellow members woman and to top it off they started cutting him out so Nicky had a right to turn on them because they are the ones who turned on him first so this was war!

The way you narrate is always captivating bro waiting on the Frank Matthews video

Impressive research. Good job.

Glad I Found This Channel...

Nyce commentary, Sir!❤

Got busted because Jimmy Carter saw the new York times magazine with him on the cover and said get him

Born & raised in DaBronx...not far from east Harlem. Im 67 yrs old so i lived thru the back end of thier reign of the city's heroin era. Barnes & Bumpy were legends. Ok maybe not in a good way. I made a lot of bad decisions in my younger years and Nicky & Bumpy were in a business that unfortunately i was involved in as a user, so thier names were well known on dastreets. Thank the lord i straightened out, hearing these stories bring back some of those war stories of the 70s. Well done , as all of your work is. Keep em coming. This is a great channel for early gangster history. Glad i found it. Subscribed and i think a " shots rang out " mug might be a nice Christmas present for myself ⚡️✌️respect

@johnrowe6414

6 ай бұрын

i respect u og im 62 n i was there n made some mistakes too got strung out on crack n got lucky n went to jail - ive been home now 23 years n sober - we blessed

@idiotwind2248

6 ай бұрын

Yeah we blessed for sure. A bad choice 20 years ago put me on rikers for awhile, i too have 20 years sobor now Peace & respect John. ✌️🎶

For those who don't know, Carlito's Way: Rise To Power was really about Nicky Barnes & Joey Gallo.

@VitoDonatucci.jr.215ton.y2

10 ай бұрын

No it wasnt the their storys don't even come close to matching , i don't know where you got that sh*t from

@kewanw16

9 ай бұрын

That movie is fiction and didn't have a damn thing to do with Nicky Barnes and Joe Gallo nothing at all .

@honeydiva9171

9 ай бұрын

@@VitoDonatucci.jr.215ton.y2 I get it from being an native NY'er & extremely familiar with its history especially Mafia history. The Godfather books/movies were friction too, but everybody knows it was loosely based on actual the NYC Mafia crime family. The same is true with Carlito's Way: Rise To Power

@VitoDonatucci.jr.215ton.y2

9 ай бұрын

@honeydiva9171 Ok i get it loosely based on mafia but nothing to do with barnes an joe gallo

I had a friend back in JERSEY FATHER GREW UP WITH NIKKI IN HARLEM RIP

When a man gets gets locked up for that length of time, the lady is not locked up with you. Crazy to even think that.

@royalcapitalfx9814

9 ай бұрын

You are right on that but your own friends shouldn't start getting at the lady that's where the problem was because they started cutting him out of the business n then knacking his woman that was against the rules

Could you do a video on Rayful Edmonds?

Every code has its limits. If you expect someone to keep their mouth shut in prison then you had best make sure that they're taken care of and their outside expectations respected as much as possible. Barnes showed them what happens when they don't keep faith and a few simple words get spoken in the right ears.

I read in Mr Untouchable that Guy paid a Juror to get him off the first time he was on trial. Nicky got sent away and he went home free.

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

That’s for the Guy Fisher video.

New subscriber. Love the channel bro!

@afewbadmen.

6 ай бұрын

Welcome to the gang 💥💥💥

Bumpy Johnson is the OG SUPERFLY

Bro you killing that voice you should really make a mob movie and use your voice fire 🔥

Woah, I never knew he used too...

Great story Fam 👌🏿💯

Great video but, Frank Matthews was the biggest drug dealer out of NY and the east coast and midwest

@kewanw16

9 ай бұрын

But he never told on anybody Frank just took his money and split .

My dude #1 Boss u gotta get 2 my man Policy King Tuff Teddy Roe of Chicago who had a bloody battle with the Italian Mafia & my man was not uping shit ...Boss u not going 2 go wrong on that story...4 a Black man 2 fight the outfit aka the Italian Mafia WTF this is a true story that need 2 b told enuff said.

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

I’m working

@doseloverstar1183

9 ай бұрын

Teddy Roe Was a Bad Man

@dwayneglover914

9 ай бұрын

@@doseloverstar1183 He had no fear do some research on him my man Policy King Teddy (Tuff Teddy) Roe wasn't uping shit they wanted him 2 pay street tax so he ws going 2 work something out he said we don't have 2 go through this we can work out a deal u can get a cut ..they said no nig#er we get 48%be 4 u pay anybody & we going 2 stand over your shoulders 2 make sure we get ours we'll leve just enuff 2 survive if u don't like nig#er we can get down so Tuff Teddy said lets get down homie& MY MAN WASN'T UPING SHIT THE WAR WAS ON !!! ...1 bad azz story that needs 2 b told both sides lost bodies

Well done, enjoyed it.

Really enjoyed this. 👍

I'M LATE BO$$ BUT I'M HERE 👊🏼

Great job

Yes Sir! Break that thumb... Or else.

Watching every video

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much pal I really appreciate that. 💥💥💥

Good Work #keepinspiringuswriters

Damn we waited this long just for Nicky Barnes 😒

@afewbadmen.

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 don’t worry bro I’m going back to the 30’s . I got you..

@djking8740

10 ай бұрын

Lol bet you know I’m waiting 😂😂

@VitoDonatucci.jr.215ton.y2

10 ай бұрын

Man you serious nicky was one the coldest to ever do it...if he didn't tell Nicky would be crowned king an his story has all the elements money, murder, betrayal, snakes, rats, tons of drugs ,sex, its all in his story

@melvynsngltn27

10 ай бұрын

​@afewbadmen. Great Video many people don't know he was the original John Gotti

Narrator sound like Rza from the Wu Tang series on Hulu 😂😂😂😂😂

Good story tellin

Salute 💯

Thank you sir. Great video

Will Smith was developing a biopic about Nicky with Will playing the title role…with the infamous “slap” and the tendency for things to fall into development hell…who knows if it will ever see the light of day. Ps…so glad you actually used music from the 70’s…Duke Ellington would have been a bit out of place🤣🤣🤣

@doseloverstar1183

9 ай бұрын

Jfyi Nick grew up listening to Duke

Break dat thumb 👍 gals, gents & bumz 😂

I need to hear this. I was born in 1961. My mother almost married one of the sons of the man who brought the numbers racket to the north. His name was White AL, and my mom was engaged to his son, Raymond Gray.

@RobynBrown-vh1lk

9 ай бұрын

Know anything about that?

That backup soundtrack goes hard

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

Thank you bro .

Fritz from Harlem

This was fire 🔥 your narrating is that Ted Coppell.... PLEASE DO A SEGMENT ON ALBERTO "ALPO" MARTINEZ

@kewanw16

9 ай бұрын

Alpo Martinez was murdered .

She was killed in the Monarch on 158th & Broadway in Washington Heights / Harlem. Not the Bronx. Shameka

@keythjones9588

9 ай бұрын

😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏

He was a police informant period .

Great Video 👌

Thanks!

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

Thank you pal.💥💥💥

Bit of a different vid but awesome watch as always boss

Can you do a video focusing on Nicky's two women and they role they played? It's wild how they do not know why ole girl was killed.

@afewbadmen.

10 ай бұрын

Yes I can do a video on gangster girlfriends. But she was killed by the mafia because Nicky was talking. I left it out for later.

@ericwebb4604

10 ай бұрын

Do one on her brother

@doseloverstar1183

9 ай бұрын

​@@ericwebb4604they killed him thinking they would tell

A "LEGEND" can also be "NOTORIOUS" I guess. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Crazy , when Nicky Barnes gets more views than the entire Murder inc., series

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

That is why I put it up. The Black gangster videos are the most viewed by far. These allow me to do the 30's videos.

Thanks AFBM❤

@afewbadmen.

10 ай бұрын

❤️

Crazy Joe gallo next

Keep safe, papa.

@afewbadmen.

6 ай бұрын

For sure. You too 👊🏽

Great Video

Him getting out on witness protection is still foggy. Nobody talks about that really. Just the video of him talking to Frank Lucas

@janconner2087

Ай бұрын

He served 21 years and went into WITSEC. Lived the rest of his life in Minnesota. He came forward because Frank Lucas was busy telling lies

We need one on Red Top (Maxine Walter )

Correction the bars name is the Monarch Bar and is on a 168th st & Broadway on the downtown side...my old neighborhood 😉

I highly recommend “Pleasant Ave Connection by David Durkos. It’s long out of print and pretty expensive. Since your family is one of the best in the city; I have a chewed up, but readable copy I’ll gladly donate. Also, it was a shame that Nicky Barnes ratted out infamous Jewish gangster/French connection wholesaler Herbie Sperling as a “token of goodwill” to his new handler G men. Could you imagine Herbie being alive to see all these rat podcasts?😂

Wiliam Terrell thats Goldfinger

Ray Ray Browning and Doc Holiday - BGF

Crime don't pay.

YES!!!!!

I just joined the crew

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

Welcome to the gang pal💥💥💥

Matty is doing the whole thing right now. Damn

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

Yea I saw . Acting Boss now

@doseloverstar1183

9 ай бұрын

​@afewbadmen. Matty is in usp McCreary For having Michael meldish killed Lwop. Supposed to be working on a new trial

@husseinbato996

8 ай бұрын

@@afewbadmen.was acting boss, until he got shipped to the Feds, he’s in his late 80s, In a wheelchair

I hated how they made Nicky look in American Gangster. Growing up in NYC I feel like everybody knew about Nicky Barnes but not very many knew of Frank Lucas

It doesn't matter who I'm with!!! I got tired oputf Saltines getting a pass no matter what they do and Brothas ALWAYS getting put down.The Italians started this stuff but NOBODY ever says sh** about them.I WILL NEVER stop defending BLACK folks.

I don't know if you caught it 650$ a month for a 7 bedroom penthouse 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Al profit did a video on Frank Matthews its dope

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

It is very dope . He also wrote the only book on him.

Great job, but I wish that someone would make a bio of Curtis Mollette he was a real gangster and will knock you out quick as family we called him Bo, that's all you need to know.....

@afewbadmen.

9 ай бұрын

Not too much on him . Good gangsters stay out of the papers.