Tremont Avenue

Yeah, you know what I'm saying? This is a good start, you know, to get an ice out of New York City because they really do not belong anywhere in the United States, especially not New York City.

And, you know, if they have to set up shop on like East Tremont or like Fordham Road or like Steinway, like right on the middle of the street.

You know, New York is going to get him out of here.

So, you know, it's a smart way to, you know, circumvent using NYPD because that's that's who the private property owner.

What happened?

I walked home from Tremont Avenue.

Ah...

How long do you figure we'll be stuck in here?

South Bronx to the heart, we got love for all.

East Tremont, Katona, where I learned the ball.

Mount Haven Project, swastash the dope.

45 for the brick, I'm like, damn, amigo.

Yeah.

Can you tell us where Tremont Avenue is?

Oh, well, uh, you're on the wrong side of town, mister.

I tell you what you better do-

We've been bonding heavily over whooping trauma.

And Rosanna from East Tremont called in.

She said her mom smacked the crap out of her.

That's the radio-friendly term.

I technically grew up in the business.

My parents had three restaurants, Poughkeepsie, Getty Square, Yonkers, and East Tremont in the Bronx.

Um, when I was growing up, they needed help at the restaurants, you know? It wasn't the same as nowadays where everything is card or tap.

Back then it was cash, and back then cash had legs, so they needed somebody in the restaurant who they could trust.

queen Just a don in the city Staten Island, but the money be bad I'm just a don in the city Through the veil, getting money on the hill I'm just done

183rd, no ducks, no birds South Bronx to the heart, we got love for all East Tremont, Katona, where I learned the ball Mount Haven Project, swastash the dope 45 for the brick, I'm like damn amigo But if it wasn't for the waves This rap shit probably would've never been the same Let me tell them what I claim

Uptown baby, Uptown baby I

walk it down baby, got the crown baby When I drop shot cold, I feel like who this guy? Now I'm slidin' like Jay after Big Doc.

Yet, for decades, city institutions and public data sets flatten our complex heritage into a single generic checkbox, erasing our distinct voice before our people could even be counted.

Our deepest historic roots run through the South Bronx in West Farms, Crotona Park East, Claremont, Morrisania, and along East Tremont Avenue.

Today, Garifuna life pulses across Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester, and Long Island.

But make no mistake, the Bronx remains our civic archive.

Yet, for decades, city institutions and public data sets flatten our complex heritage into a single generic checkbox, erasing our distinct voice before our people could even be counted.

[upbeat music] Our deepest historic roots run through the South Bronx.

In West Farms, Crotona Park East, Claremont, Morrisania, and along East Tremont Avenue.

Today, Garifuna life pulses across Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester, and Long Island.

whatever the case may be, it's very difficult when your neighborhood has been wiped out.

And again, there were many Puerto Rican businesses in East Tremont.

They were mainly small businesses.

They were kind of startups.