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Dog In The Yard

Dog In The Yard

Pistol Pete aka "King of Rikers Island" interviews real life prisoners and celebs that have done hard time and shares his personal experiences along with his guests amazing stories of how they survived and persevered. This should inspire Americas youth to avoid the same trappings and mistakes and understand that nothing is worth doing the time. Take the hard road not the easy one. Prison is full of hardship and pain. Know that.

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54:48

Episode #35 - FLESH-N-BONE TALKS DREAMING OF BEING...

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2023/05/12

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is a legendary rap group. Lean back and listen to Flesh-n-Bone lay out how he started writing rap songs at 12 and was beatboxing with, Krayzie Bone, and Layzie Bone in their junior high school math class. Flesh-nBone shares how he and his family were living on government checks but he never stopped dreaming big. He always thought his basketball skills would bring him fame and fortune and make him the next Michale Jordan. He was a college recruit and hoopster, but he didn't

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23:21

Episode #34 - From $100M in the bank living like Tony...

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2023/05/12

Perhaps no one person in the history of music has had their hand in more hits with more artists than Scott Storch. He is a true legend. Storch had worked with the whose who of music early in his career including The Roots, Beyonce, Drake, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, Dr. Dre, Justin Timberlake, Lil Kim, Mariah Carey, Fat Joe, LL Cool J, Remy Ma, Ice Cube, TI, Ludacris, Ricky Martin, 50 Cent, Chris Brown, Game, Toni Braxton, Nas, and scores of others. But as fast as the success came, so came the

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31:34

Episode #33 - "IN PRISON YOUR EITHER EATING OR YOUR...

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2023/05/12

Every bid is different. In John's case, he saw plenty of the dark side in prison and was forced to learn the "do's and don'ts quickly and how to be a dog and no dog food. From prison riots to cellmates killing each other and even killing themselves. Surviving and getting out on the other side and a path to freedom was not easy. Take the journey with him and Pistol Pete from a young teenager to a mature adult man. John now is in the music game and partnered with LA street legend Baldacci.Give it up

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42:06

Episode #32 - GUNNED DOWN WITH AN AK47 AT 18, GANG...

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2023/05/12

Baldacci was working the streets of South Central at 13 and as. teenage he had one day where he stole stole three different cars and was caught by the police each time! Later he was shot five times with a AK47 semi automatic in a gang fight only to survive after two months in a coma. Afteer years in prison, he eventually turned his life around.

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26:12

Episode #31 - I WAS DEALING DRUGS AND BEING A FULL...

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2023/05/12

Susie grew up in Long Beach and had a strong family, but the street game was exciting and glamorous and soon she was dealing. She caught a drug charge and her world changed. Prison made her grow up and get tough real fast. She developed a reputation as "Big Sue" the toughest female on the block After getting out, she had four children and but couldn't leave the game and was back in jail again. After her parents told her they didn't want her in their life, it was her first wake up call. The next time

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69:57

Episode #30 - ARMENIAN SOUTH SIDER "PLAYER" TELLS...

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2023/05/12

Being Lebanese and Arminian, Player had to be tough. He was on the streets his whole life. Starting at 14 years old, he was finding trouble. He started running the illegal weed distribution from No Cal to So Cal. It caught up with him and he started doing hard time from county jail to prison in the hole. Being a South Sider he knew the rules and how to represent in jail. He talks about how he and his homies mopped up a child offender that crossed the line. His stories are legend of violence and gang

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33:04

Episode #29 - WE WERE WRITING LYRICS ON TOILET PAPER...

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2023/05/12

Krayzie Bone, member of legendary rap group , Bone Thugs and Harmony, share his story of coming up in Cleveland running his street hustle and trying to make music. He opens up and tells never heard before stories of getting locked up for robbing and how prison life effected him and his music. He tells about seeing guys get thrown off balconies and stabbings right in front of him and how those experiences got him motivated to double down on taking a straighter path and focusing on just making great

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52:54

Episode #28 - "IN FOLSOM THEY WERE CHOPIN PEOPLES...

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2023/05/12

OG Lepke grew up in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles. He bounced between his mom and dad's homes as a kid and got into the street game early. He was attracted to the flash and sizzle of the street life. His Mom was a hippy who always had drugs around the house. Whether it was acid, weed, or mushrooms drugs were no different than having a candy dish out on the table. Lepke was so immune to it he once brought a bag of marijuana into his elementary school class for sho wand tell. He ended up like many

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Episode #27 - "I GREW UP ON 21ST STREET THE WORST...

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2023/05/12

He grew up in Long Beach and despite being bused to Texas every summer by his mom to get him away from the gangbanger life, Blue was having run ins with the law by age 12. He ended up doing time at each level of California's local and state judicial system. Going from Youth Detention Centers to Juvenile Camps to YTS (aka Gladiator school) and finally Solano State Prison, was like going from elementary, to middle, then high school and eventually ending up in the University. He never forgot his LBC

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72:39

Episode #26 - BIG U STILL HOLDING IT DOWN FROM SUGE,...

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2023/05/12

Big U is truly. a man that walks the talk. After growing up in the worst parts of Los Angeles like Compton's Crenshaw area. Big U ran the streets and hooked up with the Crips and was associated with the Rollin 60's and eventually becoming one of the most notorious people in LA gang life. After being convicted of multiple charges and going in and out of jail, he started playing the music game and built a real business and used his success and reputation to go back to the streets and set the youth

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56:26

Episode #25 - FAT JOE - Part II

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2023/05/12

No one tells a story like Fat Joe, so don't miss out on the conclusion of Joe's crazy story of prison life and holding it down inside and out while doing his bid. He shows his love for the friends and family that helped him get through it as well as his respect and appreciation for those that did bids and came out on the other side as well as those still behind bars. Its a life no one wishes for and is not the place to spend your time on this earth.

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49:09

Episode #24 - FAT JOE SHARES FOR THE FIRST TIME HIS...

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2023/05/12

Iconic rapper and Hip Hop legend Fat Joe, aka-Don Cartagena, shares his never told before experience behind bars. Joe talks about everything from getting advice from his close friends Pistol Pete and Lil Wayne along with other Terror Squad crew members on how to conduct himself while behind bars to the people that tried to shake him down and how he made sure that everyone in that jail knew he was not playing around. Joe is on fire during this -two part interview as he describes how he held down

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68:56

Episode #23 w/Chris Gotti: Murder Inc. & the Hip Hop...

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2023/05/12

Chris Gotti was part of the Hip Hop revolution. He and his brother built Murder, Inc. into a power house music label. They helped propel the music genre throughout the 90's and 2000's. They worked with some of the biggest names in the biz from JaRule to Black Child to Ashanti. Then in 2003, he his brother along with many famous rappers get targeted by the NYPD's "Hip Hop" police. As a result of their connection with Kenneth "Supreme" Team McGriff the FBI and NYPD raided their office and indicted

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Episode #22 - FROM TEENAGE FOOTBALLER TO 25 YEARS IN...

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2023/05/12

Gee spent more than half his life behind bars, but used all those lonely days ot learn how the law worked and how to better himself. He now spends every waking moment helping others. Whether it's helping convicted men fight their legal cases or getting someone reestablished into society or chauffeuring people that have health issues and can't take care of themselves. Gee give way more than he gets. And he likes it that way.

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48:18

Episode #21 - NO MOM...NO DAD...NO HOPE. HE'S NOW...

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2023/05/12

After 15 years and multiple bids, including a murder rap. Bobby is living out his dreams and no longer his nightmares. He figured out how to deal with the BS of day to day jail life. He had a bigger vision. He stayed focused and today he leads an organization that puts those newly released men to work and gives them the chance to live out their dreams free from the streets and the jail cells. Bobby is giving back everyday and getting the best reward in life, helping others. This man is truly a role

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52:21

Episode #20 - From Hide and Seek to a Downward Spiral...

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2023/05/12

Queens' own Yetti grew up in Hollis, one of the roughest neighborhoods in New York. His childhood was like many from the neighborhood., Broken home with drugs and crime at every turn and he quickly got caught up in the game after some minor offenses he got busted with his Mom on drug charges and went up state and learned to grow up quickly. After doing his time he went back again and then began to really understand that the street hustle and jail was no way to go through life. He saw the worst side

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52:21

Episode #19 - FABIAN BRINGS THE HEAT

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2023/05/12

Fabian goes deep into his story and how he dealt with his time behind bars and came out the other side with hope and optimism.

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26:01

Episode #18 - From Invincible to a baby at 41 Years Old

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2023/05/12

Harry O opens up about what its like to be free most of your adult life then in a blink of an eye he's spending the next 18 years in prison for a murder rap. Harry O shares how he held it down and kept moving forward when most people counted him out. And after all that time away he didn't become a bitter man, instead become a better man. he's still on parole and laking the talk. This dude is a real one.

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60:59

Episode #17 - 16 YEARS AFTER HIS RELEASE LEO IS STILL...

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2023/05/12

Leo spent more than 21 years behind bars. While on the inside he had two lives. The life of being that dog in the yard dealing with of riots and drugs and his other life of becoming dedicated to getting an education. Leo received his G.E.D., college Associates degree, Bachelors degree in Behavioral Sciences, a Masters and is now a Phd candidate. he went from cracking heads to cracking the books and now is a professor art Mercy College and has been one of the leading advocates in New York state for

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46:25

Episode #16 w/TONE PATRON - LIVING BY CODE "YOU CAN'T...

Dog In The Yard ·

2023/05/12

Tony Perez is a real inspiration to anyone who has done hard time or anyone who thinks they can play the street game and not get caught. After ten years he is a free man and walkin the talk everyday and letting the youth know the crime ain't worth the time.

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