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If Crystal ever hits here hard( I kno its already popular amongst some), then it would get crazy quick.
What is so hard to understand how amazing the impact of crack was? I mean i lived in Long Island, but it was bad there as well. Only drug i know that makes someone break into your house, then proceed to fall asleep on your couch. Ive seen that firsthand and heard it more than a few times.
Want to know if there alot of crack in an area? Stand on the street, and see how many people try to sell you household appliances. I only had that once here, but i always say to my girl how bad it was/must of been back from 86-94.
Yeah there was nothing "cool" about it..being on crack, being a crack baby, or having a crack family was not cool, fun, or enviable, the way smoking weed with the homies is/was, or getting coked up at clubs, etc.
a lot had to do with the RICO laws as well....back in the day it wasnt just your average hustler on the block selling crack like that....in the 80s you had whole crews selling crack, like supreme team and fat cat in queens controlling entire blocks, and projects. there's no gangs of weed sellers like how it was with crack. once these big gangs started getting busted, that contributed a lot to it as well. also for the early 90's there was the sepulveda brothers from washington heights who sold cocaine, they had a big gang too.
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Yeah, and they had to fight for their turf. I didn't really understand all that, but my dad told me of his stories firsthand. 1988-1993 (two of my uncles used to deal)
Our block in Sunset Park (46th between 5th and 6th) had one of the biggest crack spots in the neighborhood, and he told me their boss and his people would tell them to go hit up the other people in the area. They had cars available with guns, bats and knives and they would drive by where they knew they were selling and either do a drive-by or stab the people. He said they would go with a good amount of people. He said this happened VERY often. Especially on summer nights. (He says he remembers 1991 being the year where it happened the most)
He also once told me of a HUGE brawl in the Lower East Side near the projects between Blacks and Hispanics in 1989.
He told me people used to literally line up outside of the buildings to buy crack. He said sometimes the crackheads would try to exchange whatever they could for a vial. Watches, necklaces, etc. (Which explains my uncles huge amount of jewelry) And when Police would pass by they would yell "WIPE OUT" and everyone would leave.
Andez unless you were there it is hard to really understand. I would be walking to school in the morning and step on crack viles all over the places, people would be wandering about in a crack daze for 3 days straight, and women would be dragging around 3 kids begging for money to buy crack. It was crazy and it was only when I got older that I understood that my experiences were not a normal part of life or growing up.
In the Bronx in the early 90s, it still dealt with the after-effects of the crack epidemic. I still passed through abandoned lots when I was a kid back then.
Pound for pound costs more than gold
The longer you stay, the more you pay
My white lines go a long way
Either up your nose or through your vein
With nothing to gain except killin’ your brain
What a classic
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