Old North St. Louis

I know there's a different sort of vibe as far as who can say what in New York and maybe on the East Coast.

I know that if Fat Joe comes to North St. Louis, and maybe I'm giving North St. Louis too much credit, but if you say the N-word and you look the way you look and you say my last name is Cartagena and you say the N-word around a bunch of black people you don't know, there's going to be some problems.

At this point, I think a lot of people thought he was black any f***ing way.

I mean, what is he, Puerto Rican? He's Puerto Rican, and I know that depending on your genealogy, you know, that that is, you know, that that is, because he says, he'll tell you he's black, but maybe I don't know what his category is and the reasoning is for him saying he's black.

was.

Bassem was a North St. Louis legend, but he was a Palestinian brother.

Raised on the Crip set Rolling 60 blocks But he was around a lot of those guys You know what I'm saying From the Redwood area He grew up in that area His pops Owns a store in that area I used to live with Basim And he really brought me into a broader consciousness around the Palestinian struggle because he was also a Palestinian brother who didn't play about the black struggle as well.

He was very invested in black revolutionary practices and he was there the whole time for the Ferguson uprising.

Yeah.

By the time y'all got to that point, I'm at the crib.

I'm living in North St. Louis.

Y'all know what I'm talking about.