The Te-Money Interview: Mansfield Gangster Crips, Accused of Shooting Suge

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0:30 - Being from west LA, a heavily Crip area
1:21 - Gang banging has changed since the 80s
2:29 - Having smaller crews before getting with the gang in your area
4:10 - Spending most of his teenage years locked up, being tried as an adult at 16, attempted m*rder robbery
5:13 - Most of the youth in the 80s with parents on dr*gs, peer influence, survival
6:31 - His hood not being as big, having to go harder because of it, people
thinking they were “rich crips”
8:16 - Fighting cases for 2 1/2 years, taking a 5yr deal, Youth Authority not giving release dates
9:56 - Changing his thought process,
politicking in jail, realizing the division was based on race
12:13 - Music and the internet changing the way people gang bang, hard to be a Blood back then
14:21 - His homie Dougie was supposed to end up being the Will Smith of his era, dated Jada Pinkett
16:04 - Always knowing he had a music outlet to come home to from jail, performing church raps in the chapel
18:26 - Atlanta being more dangerous than LA because you don’t know who’s who
21:30 - Taking care of situations for Lil Zane, moving around with him
24:33 - Being the person making sure nothing happened to Lil Zane in LA
25:29 - Hollywood is soft right now, back in the day it was worse
26:23 - Masks being normalized now, criminals taking advantage of  the situation
27:48 - Trying to rap while moving around with Lil Zane, going from adding his input in the studio to becoming a full-on writer
28:43 - Meeting Akon through Akon's brother Boo
29:34 - Dolla, Karen King, The Rascals crew
32:50 - Finding Game when he only had 1 tattoo, getting him his label situation, Game lying about his story in the music industry
38:58 - Game separating himself from Te Money and the other people that were involved when he started
40:17 - Not being salty over Game’s success, just wanting him to tell the truth, Game being signed to Crips
41:41 - Working with Dolla until he was k*lled , almost beating Bow Wow out on 106th & Park
42:46 - Dolla claiming Mansfield, his crew, not being at the Beverly Center when the incident went down, beef carried over from Atlanta
48:13 - Handling the loss of Dolla, going through depression, Akon helping him getting out the slump from Africa
51:06 - Moneyman originally being signed to Akon, writing for Akon
52:50 - Being accused of shooting Suge Knight at Chris Brown's VMA party, getting raided and arrested
55:33 - Doing a year for g*n charge, having to return to gang bang mode while in jail, trying to get the seniority pass
57:58 - Getting back out, sometimes feeling like he got held back by jail, Dolla situation
58:46 - Linking with Big U, even though their hoods don’t get along, jail politics
1:00:08 - Breaking down who Adam would be down with if he was in jail
1:00:49 - “Politics” Brand, representing all gangs, working on Politics show
1:02:29 - Ally Coca*ne, a documentary about his life
1:03:10 - Te Money wanted to talk about almost fighting with AD at Hookah spot