1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: So I was so surprised when you message me, because 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: you know, I haven't heard Emory's name in so long. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: You know, it always comes up here and there, but 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: it really caught me off guard. Became friends with Emory 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: and middle school and she was in another party crew. 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: It was called Tempted to Touch sne But we would 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: definitely go see what's cracking in South Central and then 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,159 Speaker 1: we would go to the valley sometimes too. Did you 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: have a nickname when you were in the party crew? 10 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: Everybody knew me as Dreamer? Obviously it's like so old, 11 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 1: I haven't even and everybody knew her here. She knew 12 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: Emory as Tears. They knew each other from before the 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: party crew scene, you know, Like so those are like 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: so they're like things that I laugh about now, but 15 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:52,959 Speaker 1: it's just so like, oh, like we were a little kids. 16 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: I know. Mine was Loca and our party crew was 17 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: lustful ladies. I was like so like la y d 18 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: eat easy and yeah, it was just like it was 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: like very sexy. We were like fifteen, It was like that. 20 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: But why were we looking older? Who were we yu? 21 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: We were doing some grown woman? Oh I know, yeah, 22 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: And I'm like if her daughter does that this day, 23 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: I have a heart attack. You mentioned that you saw 24 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: Emory like last at a party, Like, how do you 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: remember her at a party? Well, you know, I mean, 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to get anybody in trouble, but I 27 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: remember the last time I came Emory. We were both, um, 28 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: we're nausing it. We were doing being something that was 29 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: the thing at that time, and she was holding a 30 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: girl can and they were walking together. The girl was 31 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: leading the way, Emory was behind with a balloon and 32 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: she was dancing through the crowd as she walked and 33 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: I just recognized her curly hair and I grabbed her 34 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: and I was like hey, and then she was like hey. 35 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: And then we just looked at each other and I 36 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: was like I miss you. How are you? And she 37 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: was like I miss you too. I'm good. And then 38 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: I just told her like, you know, whatever happened, it 39 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: doesn't matter, Like we just had a little leg chat 40 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: and then that was it. And then we just hugged 41 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: each other like so tight. And then I was like, 42 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: come back. My friend had a tank. We had a 43 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: whole tank. I told her come back and she was 44 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: like okay. But I never ended up seeing her because 45 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: that party ended up getting shot at and we all left. 46 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: It was just like a quick pass by, and I 47 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: never knew that that would be the last time I 48 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: was n Karina and Emery hadn't seen each other in 49 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: a while, but because they were both part of the 50 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: party crew scene, they were bonded. When I talked to 51 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: people from the party crew days, it's like we're speaking 52 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: the same language. It's like we share something special and 53 00:02:55,040 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: singular and also kind of universal, at least at that 54 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: moment in time. I want to welcome you into our 55 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: shared universe. Like who would sick everybody and their mother 56 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: in the car, like in the trunk, like everybody got 57 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: mapped into like two three cars, DJs and lunch and alcohol. 58 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: I don't even know how we got the alcohol. Who knows? 59 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: We have people downcing off the road like it was insane. 60 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: You know, it's a fucking movie. I look at super 61 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: Bad and those dudes are you know, fucking doing the 62 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: whole thing for beer? But our hours was just to 63 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: go out and party. We didn't need no money, Like 64 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: all we needed was like girls bring in three before ten. 65 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: Most of the time down sinking, shouting, you know, forgetting 66 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: about the week as a kid like the sne in 67 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: one word was crazy or in this world like let 68 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: from My Heart Michael Buddha Podcast Networks, Vice and Ellie's Studios. 69 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: This is Party Cruz, the Untold Story. I'm Jenisimoka. What 70 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: made the Party Crewsine unique was all the attention to detail, 71 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: the planning and the organizing that went into the creation 72 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: of a crew or into the making of a party. 73 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: Outsiders only paid attention when something tragic happened. We were 74 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: seen as victims or villains, or dumb kids playing adults. 75 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: But in my eyes we were more than that. We 76 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: were builders, planners, and hard workers. In this episode, I'm 77 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: giving you an inside look at a party with a 78 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: guide who has a ton of experience, someone you could 79 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: say was the architect of the party. Man. I would 80 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: do some crazy shit with the flyers. I would like 81 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 1: slide them inside people's cars and so I like the 82 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: crack of the door like that. I know how to 83 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: open cars. Don't ask me why, but I don't know 84 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: how to open cars. I would put that shit inside. 85 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: This is Marcos Velasquez. Back in the day, he was 86 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: a flyer party promoter. We call the parties flyer parties. 87 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: Because party crews printed their invites on glossy paper flyers. 88 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: Usually someone and the crew knew how to use a 89 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: pirated version of Photoshop, at least enough to design the 90 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: most colorful and chaotic flyer. Party crews were made up 91 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: of different roles. There was a main head. They're the 92 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: crewise leader. Sometimes they're even the founder. Some crews had 93 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: DJs who would DJ at the party, and some crews 94 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: had website designers. Well, I don't remember having a specific role. 95 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: I definitely brought the party vibes. But I also remember 96 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: doing little things like designing my cruise badges and driving 97 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: the girls around. I'm a producer at heart, so problem 98 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: solving was kind of my thing. But promoters like Marcos, 99 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: they were the ones who got the word out, and 100 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: some were involved in everything from the idea to the 101 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 1: actual party itself. I mean high school, there's like certain 102 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: teachers are real cool with me, and I would just 103 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: be like, yo, can't let people know about my fire 104 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: party in class? Wait yeah, hell yeah, someone them are cool. Yo. 105 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,239 Speaker 1: I had some cool ass teachers. They were really cool ass. Fuck. 106 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: Marcos calls himself a creative arts entrepreneur. He's made music 107 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: videos managed artists, and he currently runs his own production company. 108 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: I'm a typical Mexican kid that happens to know how 109 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: to do certain things with cameras and microphones and soundboards 110 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: and blights and stuff like that. So that's just me. 111 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: We met last summer at his home studio in Lincoln Heights, 112 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: Marcos Marcos greeted me on his porch. He wore a 113 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: blue Kia bucket hat, which later he told me was 114 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: a signature hat, and he had long, dark wavy hair 115 00:07:55,040 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: loose down past his shoulders. Oh yeah, okay, good right now. Yeah. 116 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: Let me As a kid, he grew up in South 117 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: Central and its father worked for Proto stores on the 118 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: West Side. He was a grinder lef who worked a lot. 119 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: He worked as a fruit man. Then my dad would 120 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: like beautify them for them. You know. It's like he 121 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: was like low key and interior designer for like these 122 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: little fruit stands. And when my dad wasn't doing that, 123 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: he was like teaching me how to garden and my crib. 124 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: Anyone could tell you that grew up in that on 125 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: the street. My house was like the most prettiest one 126 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: because we had roses. We had like crazy pine trees ever, 127 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: like wrapped up and shaped up in the shape of 128 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: arch or heart or whatever. And my dad was like 129 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: romantic in that sense. He would just make sure that 130 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: the garden was always like nice and pretty, and the 131 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: roses were always blooming and big and lush, and yeah, 132 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: he taught me how to like grow food and eat 133 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: from our land. I love that Marcos used the word 134 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: romantic because I think that's how a lot of us 135 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: were finding the beauty in our own spaces, in our 136 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: own communities. Yeah, so that's the type of environment. I 137 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: grew up in Sa Central's saw Cential. It's a beautiful shipthole, 138 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: but you know, with beautiful people. My mom is a 139 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: tough as mom, but she's also a gangster, so she 140 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: would just be down for whatever that consisted of making 141 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: money for us. I mean, my mom wasn't really like, 142 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: you know, like allow us to do anything. She would 143 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: be like, hey, you know what you're doing, She's protect 144 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: yourself and if you go to jail, I'm not betting you. 145 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 1: That was her whole thing. When Marcos was in the 146 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: third grade, his parents separated and they sold their home, 147 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: the one adorned with big blooming roses. Marcos and his 148 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: siblings moved from place to place. I grew up in 149 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: a cryb neighborhood and now I'm living in an all 150 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: blood neighborhood. Along the way, I just learned how to 151 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 1: like be cool with everybody, and no matter where you 152 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: come from, where you're from or whatever, it's just like 153 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: you just got to be cool with everybody. And it's 154 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: a survival skill in a sense. You know. When he 155 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: was in seventh grade, one of the main heads of 156 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 1: a party crew called High Intense saw something in Marcos. 157 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: We met up and he was like, yo, fool, what's up. 158 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: You're trying to get down with this, like promote these flyers, 159 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: like just throw them out in the school. And I'm like, okay, cool, 160 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: and he gave me like a fat stack. It was 161 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 1: like I wanted to say, probably like a thousand flyers. 162 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: So at the age of twelve, Marcos started as a 163 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: promoter and as an official member of High Intense. He 164 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: went by the nick name Jay. I mean, the money 165 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: was the main part of it for me. You know, 166 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: for a lot of other people it was like just 167 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: a party for free, but for me, it was always 168 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: the money. Just because my mom was like, yo, we 169 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: need to give an apartment, we need to have a 170 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: better living situation. And I was like a bum, you know, 171 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: Like the nicest thing I had was a nice, crispy 172 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: pro club to excel tall, to be exact, that was 173 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: like my nice thing to have a pro club. All 174 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,439 Speaker 1: my guy friends in high school owned a pro club. 175 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: They were these thick Chris and White T shirts that 176 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: were worn extra long and extra baggy. It was a 177 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: uniform for LA guys of the two thousands. It's funny 178 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: that you say you're a pro club like size because 179 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 1: I dated a guy who wore three x L tall 180 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: and I always remember his pro club size. It was 181 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: just so specific. So like hearing you say to XL 182 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: tall and I'm like, oh, yeah, it was how tall 183 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: he is? Sixty four? Yeah, he could definitely pull that off. 184 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 1: It's crazy because like I feel like triends come back, 185 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: and I just feel like the two thousands were so 186 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: long ago, and I'm just like, is it coming back already? Yeah, 187 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: it's coming back. This is the year Air Forces and 188 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: this is the year possible pro clubs. I don't know 189 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: what component they're missing. I think they could throw some 190 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: flyer parties, I know to bring back the flyer party. Yes, 191 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: sponsored by a pro clubs. So it was to me 192 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: to like fly myself shoes or nice or clothes. You know, 193 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: Marcos saw flyer parties as a way to provide for 194 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: himself in a way that his parents couldn't. Hearing Marcos 195 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: reminds me how a lot of us grew up helping 196 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: out at home in different ways, taking care of our 197 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: younger siblings, translating for our parents, helping our families navigate 198 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: this country that was foreign to them, and sometimes pitching 199 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: in with income, real life problem solving skills. But we 200 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: were also kids, teenagers, and so flyer parties became a 201 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: separate space of our own where we use some of 202 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: those skills we developed for ourselves to make money, to 203 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: have fun, to be the main characters in our own world. 204 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: And there is a kind of beauty how these wild 205 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: nights all came together. That's after the break. Marcos started 206 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: as a promoter, but eventually grew into producing, organizing and 207 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: promoting the parties. And since Marco's put on a whole 208 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: lot of flyer parties, he got the process down to 209 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: a science. He's going to take us through the steps 210 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 1: of how to throw a flyer party step one. It 211 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: would make the flyer first, because the flyer was always 212 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: the number one thing, like the design, the involvement of 213 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 1: all the other party crews and everything was like the 214 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: number one thing. Like if your party crew wasn't like 215 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: branded right, you probably weren't going to succeed or you 216 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: weren't going to stand out. Marcos knew there was a 217 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: lot of competition. Sometimes there were twenty to thirty parties 218 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: a weekend all over LA. In the Sangibal Valley where 219 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: I lived, I remember there being at least two to 220 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: three parties a night, and sometimes crews in different areas 221 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: supported each other. I found an old flyer in my 222 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: room from two thousand and four. On the front, it 223 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: says calm experience one night when he's the late hottest 224 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: in travel to SGB. The party was titled when the 225 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: Cities Collide. This kind of support was important. When people 226 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: look at flyers, they want to know what crews gave 227 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: your party a stamp of approval and what other crews 228 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: would be in attendance. My crew, the left of the the ladies, 229 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: mainly supported other crews because of course, it was a 230 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: priority that girls were in attendance, so you would invite 231 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: the ladies of the party. Crews seen cruised with chicks only, 232 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: so you would definitely invite the chicks, like the girls, 233 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: and they showed up. It was like all the other 234 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: dudes were showing though for sure. So yeah, your flyer 235 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: had to be on point, but mainly and how to 236 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: be sexy, at least what a team considered sexy at 237 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: that time. I cringe a little when I think about 238 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: this man, dude. Usually it was like just like image 239 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: that you got from like Google whatever, of a chick. 240 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: You would crop out the chick and then you would 241 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: like add a flames and the sexiest chick you could find. 242 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: Or if it was like a winter time, then you 243 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: make it cold and like Chris me Sea and you 244 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: know Sanson's little helper with like a bikini and stuff. 245 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: That that was the vibe. And then they had just 246 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: had a ship load of logos at the bottom. Every 247 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: crew had a specific logo and the logo consisted of 248 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: let's say, let just use generalized Mickey mouse for the 249 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: high in tense. Remember Marcos was in a crew called 250 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: High Intense. The Mickey Mouse for the High in Tense 251 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: was a very High with a big ass joint and 252 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: red eyes, and that was the logo for High in Tense, 253 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: and that was the goal. Who could have the most 254 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: ratchet character as your logo. I remember for some of 255 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: the all girl crews the logos on the sexy side 256 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: playboy Bunnies, cartoon women in lingerie, and my crew, the 257 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: Lustful Ladies had a cartoon woman wearing brown and yellow lingerie. 258 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: I probably found it on Google images and photoshops on 259 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: faunch over it. Design Wise, there was a lot going 260 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: on on a flyer, but to us, all that time 261 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: and effort that goes into creating the look, it was 262 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 1: art trust. People in the scene were all about it. 263 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: But the wappos was spelled with the W and we 264 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: used the wood Chang w Our logo for our squad 265 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: was Harman from South Park, like dressing blue with glasses 266 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: and I'll doped out, you know. Car logo was a 267 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: play with bunny, but it was smoking a blood. It 268 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: was just a clover with like a girl in the front. 269 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: So the logo for the Party crew Infamous Ladies was 270 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: like the soilhouette of a girl with like Infamous Ladies 271 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: on the side of it. The logo went on your 272 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: badge that lamonaded and yard the old war. Whoever had 273 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: the biggest, best badge ever with the highest resolution was 274 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: like the goal And basically it was a piece of 275 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: paper that you were printed out like with the graphics 276 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 1: with the logo on it, and then on the bottom 277 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: will be your name or Elias, you know. And then 278 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: from there you go to Kinkos. And we would go 279 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: to the Kinkos on Figaroa by you were seen and bro. 280 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: They hated us there, Like I'm pretty sure not only me, 281 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: they hated all the other guys that would do the 282 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: same thing. I kind of love that in the mid 283 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: two thousands there were kids all over La sitting in 284 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: the Kinkos laminating and whole punching and printing crew badges. 285 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: The graphics dude, the guys that were actually print out 286 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: the flyers for us, they were key. So shout out 287 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: to the dudes that were all the printers of the 288 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: flyer party days, like you guys are the real MVPs. 289 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: Step two promotion. You stand outside parties and hand out 290 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: your freshly printed flyers to people as they left, or 291 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: slide them through car windows. You get the word out 292 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: any way you can. But also you had to promote 293 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: your flyers online like on MySpace or the smaller social 294 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: media site called Techno. For us, it was a site 295 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: for Ellie party teams. If you know, you know, you 296 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 1: would do the flyer and then you would attach the sound, 297 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: the music, the media players to it. You hadn't had 298 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: a banging esterio song attached to your flyer if not 299 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: that she was not you know, so an example of 300 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: the would attached to your flyer man all the Daddy, Yankee, 301 00:19:48,760 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: Niki jamshit, sir speedy. It was like gett. It's a 302 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: lot of step three location. Once you had the flyer, 303 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: you would look for a spot where a party was held, 304 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: depending on space and which neighborhood of LA you were in. 305 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: I would say ninety percent of the parties that we 306 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: went to were always at houses, ten percent like warehouses 307 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: and factors. Like we partied everywhere. If they had a 308 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: parking lot, we would through the parking lot. They had 309 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: a house, someone's house and it was a house party. 310 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: If it was abandoned warehouse and it was abandoned warehouse, 311 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: it was like at abandoned homes and ship like that. 312 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: Because we weren't allowed to throw parties were fifteen sixteen 313 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: at that time. We love people everywhere, so we had 314 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: keys to to empty lots. A lot of people did it. 315 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 1: The parties were always like somebody's grandma's backyard, you know, 316 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: and someone's older brother, would you know, get us a 317 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: couple of cakes of beer. If somebody's family members owing 318 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: more body shop or something like that. Sometimes we would 319 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: get lucky and get those ones. Some adults even made 320 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: a little cash. Hey shout out to the grandma's das 321 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: for allowing us to party on their spots for like 322 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty bucks. But they didn't always know 323 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 1: exactly what they were getting into. Were you straight up 324 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 1: with the owners of the house. I tried being as 325 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,640 Speaker 1: straight up as possible, um, just because I didn't want 326 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 1: them the day of be like oh shit, like there's 327 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: NOAs tanks, Oh shit, there's people smoking weed. Oh shit, 328 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: there's underage drinking and you know, and they'll call the 329 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: cops on you. So I try to be straight up. 330 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: They're like, yo, you know Ostead seven, it's is you know. 331 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: But the actual addresses were never on the flyers. You 332 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: had to call one of the numbers listed on the 333 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: back of the flyer to get the location or ever 334 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: it was. There were some critical considerations. There was no restaurants, 335 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: there was no poor parties. If the people you know 336 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: that were helping us out with like their spot, they 337 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: were like nice enough to like let the people use 338 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: their restaurants at the house, that was dope. But you know, nah, bro, 339 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: you better not drink water before getting to a fly 340 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: party because if not, you're gonna piss on the sidewalk. 341 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 1: If you're a young lady, good luck, you know. I'm sorry. 342 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: I remember one time the family whose backyard were parting 343 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: in let me use their bathroom inside their home. I 344 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: cut through the living room while the whole family, from 345 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: the grandma to the kids, were sitting around the television. 346 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure they were watching Sabai. I just tiptoed 347 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: through the room in a small skirt like when it's 348 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: because my mom raised me. Right, Okay, so invites check 349 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:06,479 Speaker 1: spot check. Next step is a vital one step four Marcos, 350 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 1: how to make sure the party was safe enough from cops, 351 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: rival crews, or even gang members. If you're not trying 352 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: to have your party get rated, you have the strategize 353 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: where are you going to face speakers, because the speakers 354 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: are allowed as shit, and if you're like facing them 355 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 1: towards neighbors, the neighbors will call the police and get 356 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: your shit rated. And then I would assess like the 357 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: spot on the security wise, like how safe for the spot? 358 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 1: And if it's not safe, how can I make it safe? 359 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 1: How do you assess the security? How many entry ways 360 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: does the spot have? And if it is the party 361 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: itself visible? To me, it's like having open visibility to 362 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: a party is like the biggest mistake you can have, 363 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: because back then people were just like shooting at parties 364 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: for no reason. If it was like an open area 365 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: with like no gaining, I would throw a party there 366 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 1: just because it's not safe. It's not you have no 367 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: protection and you're very vulnerable. My preferred type of parties 368 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 1: where like parties were, I would have the structure of 369 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: the house be out front and then the yard in 370 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: the back. You know. Then finally the day of the 371 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: party arrives. First you wake up. Usually when we would 372 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: wake up, it was because our homie were like pull 373 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: up and be like, hey give the young blah blah blah. 374 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: Marcos burshes his teeth, gets ready and then he goes 375 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: to get his NOS tanks were filled. He go to 376 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: auto shops and get a refill for one hundred to 377 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty dollars. And me and this food 378 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 1: name bing Bo, we were going to the valley end. 379 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: I wouldn't give a two exact details, but yeah, there's 380 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: a shop out there or was that would like sell 381 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: us NOS tanks. There were spots in saw Cential, but yeah, 382 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: we were just go in my little ninety one Integra 383 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: and go phillip these tanks. Drive back. Get ready for 384 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: the party. I remember getting ready, the anticipation, the feeling 385 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: in the pit of your stomach. Your friend parks the 386 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: car and you and your crew walk over to the gate. 387 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: Girls in free of course. You walk past security, holding 388 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 1: hands in a line to cut through the crowd and 389 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 1: make it to the dance floor. Man, the ambiance is 390 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: like full of laughter and people drinking, people dancing. So yeah, 391 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: the music banging buried out the acoustics of the place. 392 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: We're always the greatest. If you didn't elevate your speakers, 393 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: then the sound didn't travel throughout the whole party because 394 00:25:55,119 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: the people's bodies absorbed sound. Had I don't know my 395 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: dad Yankee right UM's was picking up steam. It was 396 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: a lot of like too short ying Yang twin, shake 397 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: that monkey, lights at a one too like that lights 398 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: and the fog, the smell of the fog machine and 399 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 1: boie shaking contests is going down, you know, drinking contests 400 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 1: going on. I remember those as shaky contents like even 401 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: girls on girls, I feel like with Jap on each other. 402 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: Back then, there was a lot of crumping when it 403 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: came to battles. The guys were very baggy shirts or 404 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: vacuum pants. I remember some of us still had like 405 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: a hip hop vive. We're like, we will see the 406 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,239 Speaker 1: rubber bands on your jeans and then you will wear 407 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 1: like air Force one shortens. That was like the vibe 408 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: bro And of course as far as ambient sound was 409 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: like the pop of balloons. I remember they're always being 410 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: a corner of the party dedicated to nastinks. People would 411 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 1: stand around the metal tank waiting for their turn to 412 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: get a balloon filled with naz naz is nitrous oxide. 413 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: Aside from the cloud of wheat smoke in the corner. 414 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: NAS was a drug of choice for a lot of 415 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: people attending flyer parties. NAS is dangerous. It can cause 416 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: nerve damage, increased heart rate. People have died after inhaling it. 417 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 1: My friends would tell me it gives them an immediate 418 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: head high when they inhale it. Sometimes it knocks people out, 419 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: like I've seen full on bodies collapsed to the ground. 420 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: I have this memory of like, um, it was like 421 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,959 Speaker 1: a big backyard, but there was like a little area 422 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: where it was just like grass and people are just 423 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 1: laid out. I remember just just a bunch of teens 424 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 1: just like on the floor. And that kind of turned 425 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: you off to like not trying naz I think I was. 426 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: I'm just like I'm tall and I'm gonna fall hard. 427 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: Like I was like, maybe I don't want to do this. 428 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: How much did you sell a purple? How much? What 429 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: was the Bryce three for five? If that was the 430 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: play and if it tastes bad, we got like so 431 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 1: innovative with the ship that we like add flavors like 432 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: candy and or chata, certain sodas and then go fill 433 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 1: it up. It was in high high demand because that 434 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: was the majority of the money that was being made 435 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: in any flyer party was through the NAS. Because it's cheap, 436 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: it's easy to get and it's easy to sell it 437 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: helped that he had a connection back then. If you 438 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: were at least eighteen, legally autoshops could sell it to you. 439 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: Mark was quickly realized the way you made money at 440 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: a party was not at the door with entry fees. 441 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: It was everything inside the party. He could get five 442 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: hundred to a thousand balloons out of a nas tank 443 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 1: that he'd sell for a couple bucks each. He charged 444 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: five dollars for a mixed drink. He bought cheap can 445 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 1: beer to sell, never bottles so no one could ever 446 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: throw them. And everyone working the party was a friend. 447 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: You just orchestrate security, the doorman, the DJ, who's gonna 448 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: bartend for you. All these elements a hot fire, good location, 449 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: naz and booze, available girls on the dance floor, and 450 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: the security being on point were what made a party. 451 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: The successful party was definitely one that major money and 452 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: two moves, that had a good turnout and good closure, 453 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: Like it didn't get ready, but no one got hurt 454 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: and there was no fights, no one got robbed and 455 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: ended up three in the morning or two in the 456 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: morning and nothing happened. So for sure, we're gonna go 457 00:29:55,760 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: to this guy's party again. You know. The next day 458 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: Marcos would count his money, should our goals to like 459 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: just do like three to four, three to five racks, 460 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: you know, But then like all the homies needed to 461 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: eat too. Marcos was making three to five thousand dollars 462 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: on a good night on the weekends and he wasn't 463 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: even eighteen yet. The thing that impressed me the most 464 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: about marcos story, it's how he's always turned a little 465 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: into a lot. I think the most important thing in 466 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: my whole logic of like staying creative is that you 467 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: have to be a kid, like never lose a kid. 468 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: In many ways, Marcos is still that bright eyed teen hustler, 469 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: businessman or whatever you want to call it, thinking of 470 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: new and creative ways to make a living. The same 471 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: kid who watched his dad grow food from the land 472 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: and create heart shaped rose bushes outside of his home 473 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: in South Central and one of the many kids who 474 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: dreams up a world for teens like me, the world 475 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: Emory and I belong to. I do think definitely for us, girl, 476 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: it was about party and having fun and meeting people 477 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 1: and just mind the different areas and exploring. But with 478 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: Emory's death, it felt like that part of our world 479 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: got stripped away and kids in the party crew scene 480 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 1: were viewed only as a threat why their nature flyer 481 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: parties include elements that create a fertile environment for violence. 482 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,239 Speaker 1: When a local politician would take up her case as 483 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: a rallying cry a warning against parties, but we have 484 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: to put everyone on notice that these parties may and 485 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: can be dangerous and the city should be doing more 486 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: to stop these that's next time. This episode was written, reported, 487 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: and hosted by me Jane Siamoka. Our show is produced 488 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 1: and reported by Sofia Polissa car Victoria Lejandro, and Kyle Chang, 489 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: and edited by Antonia Shido. Additional editing by Annie Abilis, 490 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: fact checking by Nidia about These. Sound design and original 491 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: music composition by Kyle Murdocks. Our supervising producer is Janet Lee, 492 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: Art by Julie Ruiz and Victuacoyon. Our executive producer from 493 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: Vice Audio is Kate Osbourne. Our executive producers from Elias 494 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 1: Studios are Antonia Seedhido and Leo gi. Our Vice president 495 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: of Podcasts from Elias Studios is China Naomi Krocmall. Special 496 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 1: thanks to the UCLA Department of Communication Archive for access 497 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: to their news collection. Extra special things to all the 498 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: party crew people who spoke to us. Pops from Infamous Ladies, 499 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: Caramel Diva from Lustful Ladies, Nessa from Clover Ladies, Wonders 500 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: from The Dope Squad, Armando from Los Wappos, Triple X 501 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: from Huggy's Production, MiGs from me Hinse, Miss Sick from 502 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: Lady Devotion, Chris from The Handsome Devils, Partygoer Max from Elhambra, 503 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: and Pringles from Code Read. Thank you for lending us 504 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: your voice. 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