Video summary
Host Jacob Brumdown travels from Birmingham to Manchester to investigate Moss Side, which he identifies as the city's most dangerous neighborhood, accompanied by local creator Genesis who provides an insider perspective on the area. Although Moss Side carries a reputation for violence rooted in gang politics and shootings from the 1990s and early 2000s, the current atmosphere appears significantly calmer due to a strong focus on youth events, community engagement, and increased police presence supported by extensive CCTV coverage. Despite this improved environment, residents acknowledge that sporadic incidents of violence still occur, yet they emphasize how much the neighborhood has evolved compared to its past.
The video captures the tight-knit nature of the community through various heartwarming interactions, such as meeting a homeless dog named Dolly and her partner Darren, who gained fame on TikTok for wearing Manchester United kits before the group purchased new football gear for them. The host also engages with other local creators like Shizzy Baselini and his family, highlighting the supportive social fabric of the district. During these encounters, Jacob notes distinct cultural differences between UK hoods and those in Chicago, observing that residents in Moss Side seem far more relaxed outdoors compared to his experiences in American neighborhoods.
The narrative further explores local culture through tributes to fallen soldiers and a discussion promoting an upcoming Manchester artist, before shifting to a passionate conversation about football where a player's skills are praised despite injuries, drawing comparisons to legends like Ryan Giggs and clubs such as Aston Villa and Manchester United. The group visits what is described as the biggest shop in Moss Side, which serves patties—a unique food item that Jacob notes he has never seen sold by a Jamaican corner shop before—while a local business owner named Richie shares his 26 years of experience in the area. Richie emphasizes that true success requires taking risks and overcoming obstacles rather than blaming external groups, setting the stage for the group to enjoy patties and visit Wilmslow Rolls, described as a specific type of food stand equivalent to local favorites.
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Yeah, get me brother. This is
bro changed his name.
Jacob Brumdown.
Respect.
Most dangerous hoods in Manchester. Oh,
Moside. I've actually been to Moside low
key. When I went to Manchester, I kicked
it with bro, too.
Cool dude, man. Cool dude. Funny guy.
Hilarious if I'm being real. All his
info's down below, man. Talk to me, man.
Let's see what we got going on today.
Here we go.
>> All right, you know the voice. Today, my
people, I'm going to be going to
Manchester. I'm flipping going to be
checking out the most dangerous hood in
Manchester. Apparently,
>> when I went to Birmingham,
he was I was he was outside. But I've
been to Mside also
>> side. So I'm going to be going there
checking out Manchester, you know,
seeing the positives and seeing the
negatives, my people. I'm currently in
Pigeon Park right now. I'm going to go
get some bricky real quick. Just bought
my train ticket. Obviously, I've got a
rail card, so it cost me £33. What am I
doing? I'm saving money. Oh yeah, on my
people, you can see I changed my name as
well. Basically, bro, I've got a whole
video on my Instagram of why I've done
it, but basically in short terms, I just
wanted to like separate my brands and it
had a clothing brand that basically
started off as Brumtown. So, basically
what I did in essentially I just split
split it in half. So, I got my clothing
brand over here that's called Broomtown
and I've got me called It's Ra Jacob.
But yo, I'm still called Brumtown. You
get me? See, he's just called me
Brumtown.
>> Yes, bro.
>> Yes, YouTube. YouTube.
>> It's YouTube. I low key been thinking
about changing my name too. Low key,
>> bro. What's my name? What's my name?
>> Jacob.
>> Oh, all right then. But you can still
call me Brumtown, don't you?
>> Yeah, because I know you rebranded.
>> Rebranded, but you can still call me
Brontown.
>> Where you go? Cuz you tried to move.
>> All right, then.
>> All right.
>> We love that.
>> Come on.
>> And we love that as well.
>> Come on, bro. You know what I'm doing
here? I'm going Manchester today in it,
>> bro. Mad.
>> Why? Where you going Grand Central?
>> Yeah, I'm going to go Grand Central now,
but I'm going to go to the dangerous
hoods. Mside. Mosai.
>> Yeah,
>> I went to Mosai. But the thing is when I
went to Mosai, right, I got dropped off
at the main park that separates the two.
And I didn't know. So I don't be
knowing. I don't get no invite. I don't
get nothing. I just show up. You know
what I'm saying? And then when I show
up, like people hear that I'm America,
they're like, "Oh, okay. Whatever. He
not from here." So there's no, it's
never no static like that. You know, I
don't want no smoke anyway. I'm a
law-abiding citizen when I'm in the UK.
You feel me? Even when I'm here. Those
days are behind me. All right. Hey, that
how it go.
Yeah, but I didn't know. So, I was on
the the
one side
um and I was with uh I ran into some
people. They were like, "Yo, take that
camera off me." But then they end up
being cool. We had a conversation and
things of that nature off camera. They
were straight, man.
>> What do you think of Manchester, though?
>> No, I've never been, so I can't really
have a say. I've heard stories. I talked
to him alone. He's from my side, isn't
he?
>> Yeah. What have you heard about Boogie
Malone?
>> Nah, he's I mean,
>> you don't hear much about him now, but
>> Yeah.
>> I say 2016 15.
>> Yeah, he pop in, man.
>> Yeah. N yo, Boosy Malone fire in the
booth right now. Yo, pass my mom's new
house like very new. The one she got
evicted from. Jeez.
>> Have a good day, bro.
>> Yo, safe, man. Safe, bro. Look, my
people.
>> You going to be in a bit?
>> Yeah, you're going to make it. You're
going to make it. You're going to make
the cut. I'm going to go get uh some
food and I'm going to go catch the
train. But I haven't even skid marks in
public toilets.
>> Oh,
>> well, let me tell you how that goes from
town. Uh,
sometimes you can't hold it in.
Sometimes the poop is bigger than you
imagined that it could be in public.
Nine times out of 10 when I'm there,
it's a it's a byproduct of Greg's. Shout
out Gregs in the background, by the way.
Uh, you know, it really it really
is really a testament
of how much I don't care. You just put
that you you you you put the safety
measures that you put around the toilet
toilet paper three four times.
Put one little spot for your meat and
then that you good.
>> But YouTube had me on a ban for like one
week man. I uploaded the video like some
car video and I tried to re-upload it
first. I uploaded it. They gave me a
warning. Then I tried to edit then they
gave me a strike blood. So like I can't
do anything dangerous on here. But I
don't do anything dangerous anyway.
>> Yo, I'm not pigeonating.
>> Yeah, they're really cutting down on
like car content, especially if it's
being uploaded in the UK. They cutting
down on it. I don't know if you like
paid if you if you watch. Yeah, you you
already know you learned the lesson. But
yeah, they really cutting down on that,
>> man. No problemmo. you know, make sure
you
>> did. Hold on now. I know I'm pausing a
lot like but I don't think y'all like
this guy Brumtown.
I would say in my personal opinion,
he's probably and I'm talking about all
creators that I have ever seen, even the
huge most popular ones in America. He
has to be top five most naturally
talented creators that I've ever seen.
bro can play ball like really hoop
really hoop boop boop I never seen
nobody in the UK that can hoop he's the
first one I can he can hoop he can rap
he has he does this like social media
uh he he he's just very talented and
it's not me riding D or nothing man but
I'm just saying bro is talented for real
it's insane
>> drinking your water and that because
I've been mad dehydrated and All right.
Freaking yeah, sponsor me a
>> boss is whipping it up for me right now.
Come on.
>> Just got my care package.
>> How long is the train?
>> Yo, it's going to take me like 1 hour 30
minutes to get to Manchester.
>> Dedication. Cast the train. Catch the
train to Manny. Money. Yo. Money. Money.
Yo, when I get to Manchester as well,
I'm going to be freaking linking up with
a Manchester local, Genesis. He's been
popping on TikTok.
>> Hoodie bang. What's man doing? Throw
that in the bin. Yeah.
>> So, Joe, let's link up. You're from
Manchester and let's Yo, you can
basically be my tour guide and it's all
we're going to have like an insidider
point of view of the area and all of
them there. Come on, my people. What do
we call that? Collaboration.
just pulled up some money. Yo, so
Genesis just pulled up.
>> What time is it? What day is it of the
week?
>> Know where he is. I'm going to go and
locate him right now.
These barriers different here, you know.
Yo,
>> I remember this.
>> Bloody hell. Yo, you told him in person,
you know.
>> Bloody hell. We got freaking
>> Yo, that is funny. You know, I rate you.
You know, I was with my bridging and he
was like,
>> he was like, "Yo, this guy's funny." I
was like, "What guy?" sent me your
fingering. I was on a little score. So,
you are a funny guy. Give it away. What
is that whistle, bro?
>> Bro, man that just
>> do that whistle thing again.
>> That's like all right.
>> Jeez.
>> I need a calling card.
He got the heat and he got the I can't
even whistle.
I need something, man. What do you think
of what would you say? You're you're a
manitarian.
What would you say the most dangerous
hood is?
>> The most dangerous?
>> Yeah.
>> Obviously my side like talking like
longevity. You did it the longest.
Obviously my side in it.
>> My side. Obviously when you're outside
the room, I'm always here at my side and
it
>> the reason I went to Moside by the way
is because I literally did uh reactions
on it, documentaries, and I wanted to go
check it out by myself.
>> Yeah. See
>> and yo I'm hearing that this is actually
the second city of the UK and it
>> it's only rights bro it's only right but
after bro now it might be London money
then bro I'll keep it 100
>> I know it's pe you know what I give it
to man yo listen I give it to Manchester
but yo
>> I'm going to be real with you I like I
like Birmingham better than if I have to
rank it I'm putting
I'm putting Birmingham above Manchester
that's just that's just me
>> currently in a city center right now yo
it is active here and it's Saturday
night.
>> Saturday, trust me.
>> Saturday.
>> What part of man?
>> It's called Chton. Chton.
>> It's not too far from you know you know
rapper called Tundday.
>> Tundday.
>> Yeah.
>> From Tund's ends.
>> Yeah. The man's from there. Honestly,
>> my people.
>> I hit up Tund when I was out there. I
think he said he was busy. He couldn't.
I tried to link Tund I think. Was that
Yeah. Let me see what he said. Let me
get y'all the exact quot. Hold on. I'm
capping. I don't I never hit him up. I
think I thought about hitting him up,
but then I looked at his story and he
was not around. That's what happened.
>> I'll catch you on the other side.
>> But I did hit up Maza. Maza replied and
we linked. Went to Liverpool.
>> CK, man. I'm the rapping crow. Put me on
stage and I start the show.
>> Check this.
>> Where is it? Clayton.
>> No more Clayton. No more Clayton.
>> Yo, lads. I'm going let you slide door,
man.
All right.
>> A yo man light man.
>> How are you man?
>> Say w one to the vloggers.
>> One my brother.
>> What's your favorite car, bro?
>> Brothers
and clips and that bro.
>> Yo, he's doing the magic.
>> Yes. Everywhere.
>> How are you? Oh, is this your dog?
>> Oh snap. He's going up. Dang, bro is
well known and many too.
>> Yo, I live here now. Yeah, I'm taking a
stand against Manchester cuz they won't
out there. Where's Andy Burnham's house
saying he's going to do all this and
that [ __ ]
>> You got So this why you just set your
tent up here right here to protest
against
>> I ain't going to say nothing, man. I'm
just
>> Dog, man.
>> Oh, your dog trying to hump something.
Yeah.
>> You say you don't do alcohol at all.
>> What is the name, bro?
>> Nate. Nate.
>> You said you're famous in it.
>> Yeah.
>> He has you got 33K.
>> Is it cuz of the dog?
>> Yeah.
>> Why is your dog so famous? That's my B.
HE'S NOT MY B.
>> Don't film him.
Yo, the N's got my bottle.
>> Sick of people GETTING MONEY OFF YOUR
BOTTLE
>> NOW. LISTEN, SHE'S GOT THAT MANY VIEWS
and getting no money off it.
>> Yeah, but she's got my bottle.
>> Fed up with it, mate.
>> It's not my fault.
>> Make a channel, huh?
What you mean you fed up with it? Make a
channel, get it monetized,
put the work in, and you will get money
from it.
You got to think about it. Your dog is
only famous from other people posting
it. Now, now they've done all the hard
work. Go capitalize off of it. Go get
you one of them free government phones.
Download a app and get some money.
>> Just got my bottles.
>> Oh, is that yours?
>> That's fine. That's fine. I'm only
filming.
>> You know what it is? I'll tell you now.
I'm sick of people filming you sleeping
on cardboard and them getting You
understand that? Now here cash ash.
>> Well, you know what? When I'm filming, I
like to get a different perspective.
>> No cash. No, you owe me.
>> Bloody hell.
>> Nobody owe you no money, bro.
Be be Let's be real.
Let's be real.
>> I can get you anything from the shop if
you want, bro. Like, I'm not trying to
>> You want to get your new um awake kit?
>> Awaken?
>> Yeah.
>> How much is that?
>> 50 quid? She got the dog. Where you
from?
>> You want the new awaken?
>> Yeah, the new awake kit. Why would you?
>> I get Yeah, I You want the new Awaken
awake? Excuse me.
>> Can I be in the video?
>> Yeah, you can be in the video.
>> Uh, guys, I do detailing. Can you please
follow me?
>> You can find me on Tik Tok, Alan's Auto
Detailing. Um, and you can
>> Oh, how old are you, bro?
>> 13.
>> You're 13 and doing detailing? Jeez. I
rated, bro.
>> Yeah. That boy a cut. Hold on. Go back
to C. Let me see Alan.
>> You're 13 and doing detailing. Jeez.
>> Allan put together. Ain't that a Rolex
on both wrist?
Nah. Allan, the detail business can't be
that deep in it.
>> I rate it, bro.
>> Yeah.
>> Are you seriously going to do this?
>> Yeah.
>> So, listen.
>> That's how I know nobody owe him money,
bro. First person that offered him
something real, he didn't he can't even
believe it. Three weeks ago, she got
this United kit.
>> Yeah,
>> she's already got a million views.
>> She's got a million views.
>> Yeah, just got this United kit.
>> What's the chance?
>> Dolly, come on.
>> Dolly, you need to come this way.
>> Yeah. Let me show you this.
>> They be They be talented now. They be
talented. The drugs just get a hold of
them and it get dark, but they be
talented.
I haven't paid my premium bill. I'm
sorry.
>> So, we're going to buy the dog at
Manchester United. Yeah. All right. Say
no more. Say no more.
>> Yeah, man.
>> I'll show some love. I'll show some
love.
>> I'll show you, man. God bless. What's
your name?
>> My name is Jac.
>> Every time I come to to If I'm Brum, if
I'm Jacob, every time I come here and I
see you, I want a video of the rip. Pop,
lock, and drop. Pause. Don't drop it,
but pop and lock.
Dar and Ad Dolly.
>> Darren and
>> Darren. Darren.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. Yeah.
>> Come on. It's that time again.
>> It's that time again.
>> You've got a dog the same as her with
the United.
>> This dog is just rolling. So, we're
about to buy
>> I've been here too. I've been
everywhere. Man United kit, bro.
>> I can't believe you.
>> Yo, no. It's I should be buying a Aston
Villa kit.
>> Oh, come on. Hey,
>> should we buy an Aston Villa kit?
>> Realistically, we should Liverpool FC
or a Birmingham City. Are
>> you really going to do this?
>> Yeah, man.
>> There we go.
>> Listen, if it makes your day,
>> do you want this one?
>> The shorts, too?
>> Yeah.
>> And you're going to put it on the dog
>> straight away.
>> All right. Go on then. Is this the new
kit?
>> Cuz the socks are out, bro. That's Gary,
bro.
>> You want the blue one?
>> The blue one. So look, they all knew
her.
>> Oh, is it? Is she like mad famous?
>> Yeah.
>> Make sure it's the right size.
>> You make sure it's the right size.
>> Watch last time. How many views we got
on that?
>> There you go. Right size.
>> I think over 26,000.
>> Bang on the right size.
>> Bang on the right.
>> What you do with the shorts and the
socks?
>> Right size. Oh, I can't believe you're
going to do this, bro.
>> No problem. No problem.
>> A wa.
>> Oh my god.
>> Yo, let's buy it first. Let's buy it
first.
>> Yeah, man.
>> Are you sure it's the right size,
though?
>> I'm just going to check now.
Big up doggy. Big up doggy.
>> We're getting you. We're getting you a
new football thingy.
>> Yeah, is
>> dog fresh though.
>> Tell him dog boy.
>> Huh?
>> You want to be in a video?
>> She knows.
>> Jeez.
>> She knows. She's getting this now.
>> She knows. That's what she get.
>> She knows. Look at her. She's
>> I think blue gonna look good on the dog
though if I'm being 100%. Red look good
too, but blue top tier color. You know
what I'm saying?
>> How is she so trained?
>> Because so she's better off the lead
than she's on lead.
>> She's famous.
>> How you not seen her on Tik Tok?
Everybody that approaches her, that's
that dog on Tik Tok.
>> Where are you from? You from America?
>> Yeah.
>> What part?
>> From Kansas City.
>> Kansas City.
>> Yeah. Middle of America.
>> We got man. Can we get Can we get a 67?
67.
>> 67.
bring this over to America. When you go
to your friends, tell them I said,
>> "Can I put it on her?"
>> Can I put it on her?
>> Yeah, you can put it. Let me pay you for
it, though. Let me pay for it.
>> Yeah, it's all right. You can put it on.
We know by the way.
>> Oh my god. I can't believe you do.
>> No lie standup guy on my life.
I would have had to Yeah. My bad. My
Hey, listen. My credit cards don't work
over here.
Respect though. But he got his respect
forever though. I can't even cap.
>> Love you so much, man.
>> Oh,
>> cuz
you got to get some disinfectant.
You can definitely going something going
to be careful.
>> That white.
>> Wow.
>> No, not finished.
>> No, I appreciate that.
that I've just met you now.
>> I don't want you to think that I'm just
filming the whole just to get you always
trying to get back in. Listen, I've just
met you now and you're already getting
>> Don't worry, man. Don't worry. Christmas
came early and it
>> Christmas came early and yo, I'm not
rich by the way. So,
>> come on. Let's get this off you. How
beautiful are you?
>> All right.
You ready for that new United kit?
>> But she knows what's going on. Give me a
kiss.
like
>> he looking like, "Bro, you just kissed
me and that dog kissed you." And that's
not even the full story of it all.
>> I listen, I'm so grateful for me.
>> I appeal
>> and I appreciate your love as well.
>> The Bible say right now.
>> Thank you very much. Yo, here's your
receipt. Here's your receipt.
>> I don't need the receipt.
>> I would not have gave him the receipt.
Oh, he can't return it anyway. I don't
think
>> he'll never get taken back
off that.
>> What the dog? Is this Is this actually
the new looks happy? Your looks happy,
bro.
>> Of course she's happy, mate.
>> She knows she's not stupid.
>> Hey baby, what's that?
What's that?
Oh.
>> Oh, no. You actually are, dude. Is this
is this why the put the dog here
>> which is what they did when they seen
her with the United kit on. They got a
dog and put started doing the
>> I ain't going to lie. That's pretty
salutable. That's cool.
>> Me dog.
>> They didn't do that until they seen her
with a United kit on it.
>> Okay. All right, dog man. We got it. You
>> ask him. Come on. Wait. Don't throw this
on the ground or put it in the back.
>> Sorry. Sorry.
>> So this this your this your swag. We got
it.
>> Come on, man. Come on, man.
>> Wow. I can't believe you've done that
for me.
>> And you got socks and you got the little
shorts, so you can give that to someone
else.
>> We got some
>> grandson
early, man. Big up, man.
>> Yo, big up the doggy.
>> Yo, you got the new kit on. You got the
new kit on.
>> Oh my god.
>> Jeez. New man kit. New man kit.
>> I tell you, a big a pit bull tried to
bite me today.
I just looked at it like go ahead cuz
I'm suing your owner 100%.
110%.
You ain't got nothing. Give me this
house.
>> You can stay in it. Just pay rent.
>> What's the dog's name again? What's the
dog's name again?
>> I live through through me. But as you
get older,
>> what's it what's it called now?
>> So it's going down homeless friendship.
>> Dolly
homeless friendship.
put seven moms in on charge.
>> This is what I'm saying. I'm struggling
for a bank account,
>> but I've just found out I can go online.
>> Manzo account.
>> Yeah, Monzo. I'll sort it.
>> What's up? Manchester homeless dog.
>> So, no. Darren and Dolly homeless
friendship.
>> Yo, I Rob been looking for a minute.
Even like when I was there, I couldn't
find the app. So, anybody that has the
act of Dolly and Darren, let me know
down below and I can like put it in the
link so at least he gets like more
exposure to his page.
>> Dolly new.
>> You know what? I can't find you.
>> Darren and Dolly. Yo, we got Darren and
Dolly. At least she got a new thing now.
>> I can't believe she's got that top.
>> Cheese. Is that actually the new
Manchester kit though?
>> Fresh one, bro.
>> Come on. New fresh fresh. She's got the
horn kit now and the away kit.
>> I heard the Premier League teams get a
new kit. That's what you call it every
year. I never even noticed.
>> I've been watching two years. I never
noticed the change the first year, but I
noticed this year. I was like, "Dang,
everybody got some new
>> Come on. Big up. Big up. Big up."
>> Yo, Darren,
>> I cannot thank you enough, man.
>> Thank him by not kissing him again.
>> Have a bless. God bless, man.
>> Yeah, man.
>> Oh, snap.
>> All right, we got the English protest.
They're protesting for the country.
[ __ ] you. [ __ ] off you.
>> Who is he talking to? CL. Let me go.
[ __ ] you. [ __ ] off. Quit.
>> Oh, he's talking to you.
>> What? Yo man, you you saw internal beef
blood.
>> Very appropriate response.
>> But yo, my people, we're currently up in
Manchester right now, man. Yeah. Go on.
>> Jeez, people. It is looking freaking
packed as hell in here. All right. So,
what's going to happen, my people? Going
to go to the most dangerous road in
Manchester. Then we're going to hit up
the ladyful road of Manchester. Is it
windslow?
>> Wimro.
>> Wimro. Yo, here's looking mad though,
>> bro. We they would not let us come in
here with the cameras.
>> Man,
>> how are you, bro? You know what? I I
wasn't expecting much people to know me
here too much, you know.
>> Everyone knows you, man.
>> Yeah. Go on then, bro.
>> Hang on. Watch this.
>> Come on. You from Manny?
>> Come on, G. Manny B here, man. Trust me.
>> When I was in Manchester, Birmingham,
too. I got much love, bro. I You never
expected. I don't want to be expecting
that either, but I'll be like, "Dang,
there's many people on me."
>> People on the staggers.
>> This the tab. Yeah.
>> Quinton's already to the hood.
>> Tik Tocker.
>> Yeah. Tik Tocker.
>> Tik Tocker.
>> Tik Tocker and YouTuber. All right. Yo,
so my people, we're on the way to Mside
right now. Rick him. Hold up. Like
>> what part of Mside we going? So, we're
going to a great western street in that
by the Mside Park and obviously he's
going to be touring around there for a
bit and getting about in the area. Trust
me,
>> come out and you're my people. I booked
a hotel. We're going to be staying in
Manchester for the night.
>> Oh god, it's kind of calm though. Like
it's it's it's of course like to me like
somebody from the outside is kind of
calm. It was cool, calm, collected. Like
Mos like the hoods in the UK are
something that is very very different
than the hoods in Chicago.
Like it's like like you see people
outside playing, kids, people like still
standing on blocks like not worried
about dying. Like you feel me? Like it's
it's a little bit different.
>> I know this is going to be a lit video.
I know it's going to be a good video,
but yo, look at the Manchester Sky
Liners, bro.
>> Not bad
right here.
>> So chat to me right now. We're in Mside
right now.
>> Yeah. So obviously these aren't my bits
in it but a lot of my brothers from
school and that live around there and
that obviously got that side of my side
but this side of my side really putting
through man.
>> Yeah man.
>> Yep. I was right here. This is where I
almost ended my video. I seen somebody
this a Jamaican restaurant behind him
>> like this side of my side
>> right here or something like that. No
it's a Turkish restaurant. I don't know.
Somebody just got a haircut man.
>> Yeah man. Shout out to my side. What do
you think about the area?
What he said, man? This mad. Oh, yo,
people let me know down below if you
think. Yo, who what you think is better?
The orite or Genesis is Genesis's
whistle
or
>> YouTube vine active.
>> I like it.
>> The place is giving like where would I
compare this to in Birmingham, bro? With
them man on the bench.
>> Yeah, I know. This is like um this is
Masai Park here in
>> Masai Park. Mside Park.
>> All right.
>> All right. Yes.
>> What you man say, man?
>> We're good. We're good. Yo, I heard
that. This is the most dangerous area in
Manchester.
>> N is
>> all right. You said it a Why? Why did
you
>> Not going to lie, you should go to
Turnpike Lane. I don't know if you went
over there or not. Turnpike Lane. I
immediately felt the vibes. I'm talking
about soon as I got out the out the what
I take a Uber over there, took a sniff,
felt smelt gunpowder in the air. I was
like,
there you go.
Very, very particular smell. I smell it
out here. But golly,
>> say it is when I said it. He said it
just a bad reputation back in the days
apparently that people bad
every single but now you come here you
live in the environment you stay around
the environment it's a good place be
careful at night that's it
>> what's the maddest thing you've seen
here
we've seen a person get run over by a
tram
>> a tram there ain't no trams around here
I don't get it
>> I've seen I've seen a person's house get
raided down the police say no I really
say little man.
>> No, I I would take a picture with you
right now, but my phone's dead.
>> A is it?
>> Yeah.
>> Have you got any of these on?
And
>> big up, man. Every week we man.
>> Yo, is it? That's Yo, you know it's mad.
Look,
>> but obviously I'm
>> Come on, man. I'm in my side right now.
>> Yes. Yes,
>> bro. Is it dangerous here?
>> N reputation every stage. You know what
I'm saying?
>> What was the reputation for my side?
Like what was it like back in the day?
>> Violence
>> rule thing. You get me? The
documentaries I watch. Two sides of the
park. Two different two different gangs.
Let's spin spin spin until
we tally up the most. Winner takes all.
>> Shooting crime all sorts. You know what
I mean?
>> Yeah.
>> But it's improved a hell of a lot, man.
You know what I mean?
>> Yeah. What would you say it's like now?
>> I actually got a home girl that live in
Moside. She used to be, you know,
she used to be down. I ain't going to
mention her name, but she been through a
lot. She did a lot of gang violence over
here. She was really entrenched in the
mall side politics back in the day. She
of course has outgrew it and is a
contributing member of society now,
YouTube. But I really want to go like
interview her like one day. I want her
to walk me around here Mside and tell me
what's going on. But I think people
still see her and be on that. So I would
need to get some artillery from the mand
them when I'm there. No, I'm just
playing.
>> JK,
>> because it's when I go into the park,
they've got youth events going on right
now. It seems proper chill. The kids
seem very happy. Like no one doesn't
seem antie.
>> That's what I mean. It's good, man. It's
blessed. You know what I'm saying?
Family orientated. You still get bits of
trouble here and there, but not as bad
as it used to be.
>> Everywhere, bro. Everywhere you going to
go in it. But yeah, man. That's
>> I think I went on a Saturday, too, and
it was like
400 p.m.
>> on that, man. Yeah, man. Good to see
you. What's the name, family?
>> Name Sean, man.
>> Sean.
>> Yeah.
>> Big up Sean. All right.
>> They got the little shot thing going on
there. Braid in the hair.
>> What you saying, man? I come to the hood
today, man. You all right, man?
>> How are you?
>> Oh, good, bro. Good, bro. Been to show
love like for a couple year now, you
know.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, man.
>> Come on, man.
>> I'm my mom. I think he in my video, too.
>> That's big love. Obviously, man's in
Manny right now. Sorry. Sorry.
>> Yo,
>> what's the maddest thing you've heard of
or seen of seen of in this area? Uh
Mosad I don't I don't know Mad I know
women show but I heard
>> the mothers be going on show your
brother will tell you bro the man a
gunman here you see bro
>> I mean yo when ask the people see n like
trying to scrape off like all the
mambber like from the floor
>> people are scraping off m
>> yeah from the floor like all the crack
they get nails and that like scrape off
even down there bro you go into I always
see that [ __ ] yeah
>> m
>> yeah bro good to meet you man
>> say no more appreciate the law family
>> I've never heard of that man scraping
member of the gang.
>> Now that's different. And doing what
with it? You going to reintroduce that
to your system with gravel and [ __ ]
>> Crazy, bro.
>> And whatever my man saying, apparently
there's government here apparently in
it.
>> Apparently,
>> allegedly
>> the world going for these houses in
Manchester, but they ain't got no
windows.
>> They look normal to me, man. That's just
fine for me. O hey.
>> I will say when I was in Mside, there
was a heavy heavy police presence when I
was there, too. Heaviest police presence
that I I would say that I've seen in any
hood area.
Yeah. Yeah, for sure.
>> Yo, people, I'm going to get a closeup
of this crib. Tell me if this is normal.
The yard ain't got no windows, blood.
Yo, the yard. Yo, where's the windows?
Like, yo, how am I breathing in this
crib right here, bro? What type of
infrastructure is this?
>> Pretty normal to me.
>> Yeah, I didn't go on this side of the
park. I didn't go on this side.
>> And yo, you let me know this house looks
normal. Car, look at the windows of
this. Listen, you can't tell me these
gaps are normal, bro.
>> They look normal to me.
>> They don't look like they ain't got no
ventil. Like the top floor, there ain't
no windows, bro. The top floor of these
gast, there's no windows, bro.
>> Yeah, mine, bro. Might have a big eye on
that.
>> That's how you know it used to be
something else. And windows was an
afterthought. Oh, let's turn this into
apartments and let's not like take a
bunch of bricks out cuz windows are
expensive. Let's afterthought windows
right here. This had to be like a
factory or some [ __ ]
>> Bro, what do you think of the area, man?
>> Area is good, my brother. Man,
>> yo, I'm not dangerous, you know. I
swear, man. But sometimes it's doggy
doggy world in it. But
>> yeah, it's all right, man. We getting
there, man.
>> What's your name, though, man?
>> My name is Chunky, man.
>> Chunky?
>> Yeah,
>> man. Like Shi say banger man
>> maybe back in the day. Not no more cuz
now we all got that crazy uncle though.
100%. Now he probably still like that.
Oh god. But you just got to trigger him.
>> Sass is in it. Sass.
>> Is this the proper spot?
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, you don't want to be on the camera.
>> Say no more. I respect it. The jet
straight out the side.
S be getting food from here. No, not
really. Don't really cut through. Me
personally, I fly to the coolings in it.
>> Yeah.
>> Don't Don't get a twist. It's good food,
but don't get a twist.
>> Yo, freaking I had to put my camera down
here, but there was basically a group of
like, bro, how much man were there, bro?
>> Uh, 17.
>> 17.
>> Hey, low key. I think that might be the
same Mandim.
They was like on a block where it was an
alley.
>> E, man. Yeah. And bro, if I had my
camera up, they were not they were they
were even happy. I asked them, "Yo, do
you mind being in a video?" They said,
"Hell no." But one of them said, "Circle
background still."
>> That's that green shot there I think
he's chatting about.
>> Oh, wait. I didn't want to disrespect a
minute. Just pointing the camera in
their face and it and the man just
uploading it to YouTube. It's mad still,
man. Had to ask though.
>> Permission.
>> Permission Brian. All right.
>> But yo, that ra felt intimidated, bro. I
ain't going to lie. There 17 17
>> when I went. I think he's talking about
the same people.
>> Yeah, bro.
>> Shout out to the man. Yo,
>> someone ain't trying to talk in it cuz
obviously
>> Was that dog even on the lead, bro?
>> Mom's chill. Mom's chill.
>> Broki, can I ask you a question about
the area?
>> What do you think of uh Mside?
>> Active.
>> Yeah, but it's so up.
>> Why would you come down? Don't come down
here. Too many violence. Too much
violence.
>> Don't they say don't come here?
>> Don't come. Too much violence. There's
loads of violence here.
>> Is it?
>> Yeah. He got a long chain. Rope chain.
Silver. It's a savage on it. I believe
him. The chain alone,
the chain alone speaks volumes. I swear
to God. When you see that chain and it
go down almost to somebody belly button.
Yeah. He's from the '9s. He's from early
2000s.
>> What would you say like what's the
maddest thing that's happened in the
area from like your knowledge like that
you've seen?
>> Not really want to talk about that
story.
>> Yeah. Is it mad? It's
>> mad stuff.
>> Mad stuff. Seen online like people say
it's like people call it Gonchester.
Matty.
>> What would you say it's like now though?
Would you still say it's violent?
>> It's still violent, bro. But it's still
calm down still.
>> Still violent.
>> Still still got his little [ __ ] bro. So
>> I feel like now it's like just like
everybody else. Like it's not the Wild
Wild West, but the underbelly. If you
into it, you into it. If you got ops,
you got ops. Like that type energy.
>> What's the name?
>> Shiz.
>> Big up Shiz man. The one, the only.
>> The one and only Shiz, man.
>> How's it going?
>> You want to say hello to the vlog? Yo yo
Bosini wear. We outside.
>> Come on.
>> Damn.
>> What are you sipping on?
>> Facebook. Bossini wear.
>> We outside. Tik Tok. Bossini wear.
>> Bossi world. Is that Oh, is that your
Clover brand?
>> We outside.
>> Is that your clover brand as well?
>> Outside.
>> Cheese.
>> We all over the hood, G. We all over the
hood.
>> Is this Is this the Boselini wear that
I'm hearing about?
Damn.
>> Come HQ. HQ. But we all
>> Where's this uh Where's this music
video? Yeah, let's get there.
>> I might be mother.
>> All right, hold on. Don't ask. I'm
gutting off.
>> Auntie,
only thing you taking down is that
liquor in that cup. Let's just
>> I will take you mother.
>> I salute you though.
>> Room.
>> You say respect your orders. I respect
my orders.
I just said
>> where's his music?
>> Yeah. Where is he?
>> Not too far.
>> Yo, we're freaking Now we're going to
our music video shoot.
>> Things you get into, man. And this is
why I want to live stream like my next
trip. Like that's why I haven't been
back so far yet because when me and
cameraman Jerry is outside, literally we
be going for for eight hours.
Six, seven, eight hours, man. And we
could be getting the craziest content
cuz like most of the time we active. We
outside doing something.
People DMing me and we just popping up
at everyday stuff like it could be lit,
>> right?
>> Oh, you a
man. Follow me on Instagram, man.
>> Am I walking too slow?
>> No, too fast.
>> You want me to I slow down?
>> People listen. Yeah. Follow me on
Instagram, man. Shizzy_baselini.
>> Yeah, man.
>> Get a co as well, man. You get me?
>> Get it in, man. We got Boselini, man.
>> What part of Jamaica you from?
>> Hey,
>> what part of Jamaica you from?
>> I'm an Irish Jamaican. I'm an Irish
Jamaican. You
>> gentlemen.
>> Gentlemen, gentlemen,
>> Granty Tripping.
She is one wild lady. Yo yo
she protect
>> from the old school them.
>> She's protecting the road.
>> She happy though. I can't even
>> from London. You know
>> you get me a brickion.
>> No, don't do that. These are my friends.
>> Excuse me.
>> Have some man.
>> Look at your lips. Yo, what is
>> Look at your lip. Let me see his lip.
Auntie,
>> let me see.
>> Stretch out. Your lip will get
stretched out. Yes.
>> Don't get new to me as well, man. Not
from here in this.
>> You get me?
>> Let us release it. He said, "Get me."
>> Are you Are you going to be in a music
video as well?
>> Yeah, with the mango.
>> Come on.
>> All right. You want me to be in the
video?
>> Yeah, man.
>> We're going to tear it down. We're in.
We're in.
just like on the street like, "Oh,
here's an apple. Here's a peach. Here's
a watermelon for 99 cent with seeds. We
don't got this."
>> They pick me up, bro. They picked me up.
Chat to me though in my right now, man.
>> Yo, Genesis, tell them what's happening
right now. So,
>> the fact that he actually blurred a face
like how like how long did that take?
music video here. So,
>> we've just bumped into some random We
bumped into the random people then and
now we're going to the music video shoot
with the family.
>> Damn.
>> That's what she said.
>> It was all a dream.
>> I used to read up magazines. Salt and
pepper up in my
>> Used to read what up magazines.
>> I had a picture on my wall.
>> Yo. Oh, you got the speaker.
>> What's it What's this song about, bro?
>> Yo, it's a Joe thing, man. You get me?
Get out.
>> All right. Well, here I go. Guess I'm
reacting.
>> It's called No Pleasure.
>> Yeah.
>> Can you let them know where we are right
now, man?
>> Yo, we're in my side, man. Bro, you get
me HQ. We're on the block right now. You
get me?
>> Yo, we've just we've just randomly
pulled up to a video shoot, blood.
They want to be lost.
Ain't no joking. Ain't no stick with a
top. No. When I sit in a ride with like
three
TOPPING
with a nind.
>> Let them know where we are right now.
>> Change your name.
>> It sound decent low key.
>> Change the game. He has powerless
out here. What he who you who he look
like, y'all. What's the name?
Put your shoulders down, sir.
Flex for them.
>> Is this the same dude? What is he about
to do? Calisthetics.
Disgusting.
>> Oh my god, that is impressive.
Not even going to lie, I did not expect
this to happen. Was this the dude in the
sweater?
>> WHY?
>> WAIT, do that again. Do that again. Do
that again.
What is
>> that 909 on YouTube?
>> Yo yo yo h you are.
>> Well, when did you start making music
then?
>> About two years ago, you know, bro.
Anyway, properly started doing my
performances obviously about 6 months
ago.
>> Yeah. Are you like from um my side? I'm
not from
everyone knows each other.
>> So, people know each other local.
>> It's kind of like
>> that's kind of like Aston and New Town
in Birmingham.
>> You never know.
>> I
yo yo yo. Whose granny is this shit's
lit, man?
>> Mine, man.
>> This your granny. My still clicking that
>> London man. London man has come down
come down today.
>> She OG low key. She is cool. She popping
it man. She's still with it.
>> You get me?
>> Big up big up the London man.
>> Straight down to money.
>> Born in money.
>> I'm in money.
>> But this is a tight community though.
>> Do you know what I mean? Everyone on
here man. Everyone knows each other.
>> So do you know what I mean? More time
it's all live. Unless you do something
to cause something. Do you know what I
mean?
>> Yeah. Facts. Facts.
>> And then you get it in it.
>> Have you looking for trouble?
>> Fact.
>> Going to find it now.
>> You know, [ __ ] this main road there.
>> Yeah.
>> This main road just used to be all bando
in it. Obviously opposite here is
Claremont Road in it.
>> That just used to be bando and the man
just used to run that all up and down
back in the day with bread in it.
>> Obviously they were saying um Manchester
is known to be Gunchester. Has there
been a lot of shootings in this area?
>> Yo, I'm not even going to lie.
Obviously, I don't like to promote them
things there, but
>> yeah, of course not. But
>> you see it in it. You hear about it in
it. So, it's been there and gone on in
the past and that
>> it happens here and there in the fruit
right now and that
>> do you know what I mean? It happens. But
it I've had a cousin that's been shot.
You know what I mean? On this on this
main road here.
>> What do you say now though? Would you
say it's like quiet?
>> It's quieting down from them times.
>> Them times there. I was younger in it.
>> Yeah. 90s early 2000s, man. Not not as
much technology now. The technology is
in crazy,
bro.
Technology out there, especially CCTV,
is they can they can see every pimple on
your face.
They got I heard they got they got
cameras that can tell if you drunk now.
>> I mean, so one of them in it, man.
That's why I don't know the stories. TT
is in it. I don't know the politics, but
>> it happens in it. You hear about these
things all day all the time and it it's
one of them. Come on.
>> Big up. Big up. See? Yo, Granny's got
the biggest. Yo, this is a hard jacket.
No, man. Granny's just got the lasik.
Listen, we're not promoting alcoholic
beverages.
with the blood clin
this I real
fire them blood
>> give the people some wise words give
them some wise words
>> wise words them fake them not know about
the Iron Man tell the man what is his
real name
the real name
hey You going to sneak that in? Iron
Man.
>> Son of the Iron Man.
>> Oh,
>> Tony Stark.
>> Well, if you want to talk [ __ ] in my
face, come off the [ __ ] camera before I
embarrass you.
>> You didn't say anything. He said Tony
Stark.
>> I don't know who the is TONY STARK.
>> YOU SAID TONY STARK.
>> I THOUGHT YOU SAID ABOUT IRON MAN.
>> NOONY. YEAH, Iron Man.
>> I said the man.
Sorry.
>> You thought you said
>> Sorry. I thought you said Iron Man.
Sorry. Sorry.
>> Granny was about to get on your ass.
You better cool out cuz
his son is called Yusha. But the white
man colonized us and make us speak this
language
>> cuz this is not our lingo. This is not
our language.
>> New from this area.
>> Yeah. Well, I'm from Wilms.
>> Wilms. What's Wilmsaw saying?
>> It's quiet and nice. Posh posh, you
know.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> So, what what would you say?
>> What you doing down here, girl?
They say good girls want to get down
with the gangster. That's what you want.
>> Where would you say the most dangerous
area is in Manchester?
>> Putting me on the spot.
>> Apparently, we're in it.
>> Yeah, I was just about to say it out. My
five, right?
>> Yeah. Why would you say Why would you
say it's dangerous? Yeah.
>> Why would I say it's dangerous? These
are telling me it's dangerous. And these
are telling me it's dangerous.
>> What's the maddest thing you've seen?
>> I've seen a man get slashed in his face.
>> Was that not Was it traumatizing? Yeah,
you don't know about killing my blood
clot grandson
blood clot
the picture with me to sorry to hear
that died. He got stabbed in it. He's
got stabbed by 15y old rip.
>> Let me show you a picture of him. Your
grandson obviously got stabbed
>> to death. RIP man.
Rest in peace to whisters. Yeah. Died 5
years ago. Yeah. Got stabbed. Yeah. Rest
in peace to JTF5. You get me? You get
me? That's my cousin. You get me, fam.
Rest in peace to Chris. Three years
today. You get me? Three years today.
Rest in peace to Chris. You get me, fam.
You know them ones, brother. You get me?
Rest in peace to all the fallen
soldiers. I'm free them. You get me,
brother.
>> Yeah, man.
>> Agreed. Rest in peace. Free the guys.
>> No one should be um dying in the
streets, you know.
We just got the cameraman hitting up the
cameraman angles.
>> No, no, no. I promote up and coming
artist from Manchester.
>> Yeah. What's the page?
>> Got a good camera. Sony A7 or A6,
whatever it is.
>> Talk of the North.
>> Yo, rate it. So, you're promoting
upcoming artist.
>> That's the one.
>> Yeah. Come on, man. Big up.
>> Big up. Big up. Big up.
>> Have a bless one.
>> Have a blessed one. Yeah.
>> Yo, peoples them. Have a bless one.
>> What the chances? Random music video.
>> Yo, Granny. Granny's a character, bro.
Trust me,
>> granny's active.
>> Yeah, granny active. She need her own
little channel or something.
>> But yo, RIP to uh her nephew. Was it her
grandson?
>> Yeah, I think it's her grandson.
>> Yeah. RIP.
>> Yeah. Whoever it was.
>> Yeah. By the green, Alan Rock. Here is
>> Is it? Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like the road here. He
was giving By Green, Alan Rock in it. If
you
>> still Yo yo yo, can I get a touch,
please?
>> Yeah. Don't blast the ball away though.
You got tickers. Oh, he's got tickers.
>> Oh my god. Everybody can play football,
huh?
>> Wait, what?
>> Left foot.
>> He's got what,
>> brother? Go play for Aston. Go play for
somebody.
>> Genesis, you got Techers. Yeah,
>> used to be a baller. Manchester United.
>> I tried, bro. They lit me.
>> Now they're moving mad. But yo, you
still got the control on the ball and
that. What? Look at this [ __ ]
>> You ain't never seen nothing like that
in it.
>> He's a professional footballer. Yo,
Achilles went in it.
>> Disgusting.
>> He's Achilles.
>> Like that, man.
>> Ryan said Genesis, you know.
>> Ballerine.
>> Ballerine. Look at these man posted up,
bro.
>> Bro, is this the spot to go?
>> Ricky and Nikki,
>> no.
Yo, apparently this is the biggest shop
in my side.
Oh, you
>> Hello.
You might just grab a one lick of water.
You know, a man said the freaking shop
has freaking patties inside. Yo, man's
in the biggest shop in my side.
>> Are you Richie? Are you the the boss
man? The main man, man. The hotel man.
>> All right.
>> I got told good things about the shop,
man. I got told it's the biggest shop in
my side.
>> Yeah.
>> Listen, in Birmingham, I've never seen a
Jamaican corner shop with patties. Yeah.
Oh,
>> God. Yeah. I've never seen a Jamaican
corner shot
>> period.
>> What do you think of Masai? Like the
area like
>> Mside is it's from from what it was to
where it is now.
>> It's brilliant. Really really good. I
can safely say is one of the safest
place right now.
>> Yeah.
>> You know,
>> salute. That's a PR trained answer.
Good. Good answer.
>> Been here 26 years.
>> 26 years.
>> Yeah. I've got business around here 24
years now. So
>> yeah, man. And if you look at say Mside,
>> could you if was so bad, could you have
something like this in Mos?
>> What was like starting up the business
especially liquor store in this area?
What was the idea behind it?
>> Well, you know, when me and my wife, you
mean we are just we just run risk, take
risk in it and that's like with any
business you have to just
>> take risk. You see something go all hand
lands on deck. Just don't think about
nothing negative cuz no matter what
you're going to have obstacles going to
come in the way but you have to just try
and overcome them.
>> But once you got that mindset so you're
going to have obstacles then nothing is
a failure.
>> I mean even when something come and
don't go as you plan it just go
as black people as we limit ourel too
much
blame other blame nation say oh Asian
man doing it man is doing it they're
holding us back. Nobody's holding you
back.
>> You're the only person holding back is
yourself.
>> Yo, big words from Richie. Big Richie
Richie a little. He's going to cup a
patty man. Thank you Richie. I
appreciate Richie. Obviously my people.
So what's going to happen is um you're
going to get your patty and yo man head
back to central check into my hotel and
we're going to go to Wilms Roll which is
like the lady pool rolls of man
equivalent of man.
>> You guys
>> Oh, he went out at night here too. Okay,
hold on now.