9 episodes
The Undersiders (english version) Engle
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- True Crime
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4.8 • 37 Ratings
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It’s the 80’s... Hip-hop is beginning to emerge. Cocaine, is already everywhere. And crack is about to make a dramatic appearance into ghetto life. This unprecedented consumption will make some dealers into the new kings of the streets, and also new role models for their community. The Undersiders will tell you the story of 8 of them. True and crude. Tales about millionaire drug dealers who at one point directly impacted on the development of hip-hop. Dr Dre, Tupac, Lil Wayne and many more… would these pop culture icons have had the same career if certain of their paths hadn’t meet? Without being judgmental, without glorification, the Undersiders will guide you down into hip-hop’s turbulent underground and follow its rising up as a worldwide culture.
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Michael Harris a.k.a Harry O
Los Angeles - 1991, the town is ruled by gangs. A young man from Compton wants to produce his label and discredit Dr Dre. A drug baron in prison wants to legalize his business. Their encounter will change the face of hip-hop and from it will arise the most notorious rap label in history: Death Row.
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Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff
NYC - 2000. 50 cent is shot 9 times... but still he survives. Behind this murder attempt, a drug lord from Queens who makes up to $200,000 a day. Discover the story of a powerful man whose influence went way beyond his neighborhood...
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Calvin "Klein" Bacote
Maryland - 1989, a police patrol pulls a car over. Inside it, are 2 young men risking a 40-year prison sentence for some very nasty business. One of them is a young rapper called Shawn Carter, the other, Calvin Bacote, a big shot from Brooklyn who decides to take the blame for the whole mess. Calvin’s decision will change the fate of the future Jay Z.
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Terrance "Gangsta" Williams
New Orleans - 1991. A city with one of the highest homicide rates in the world. In the streets, Terrance is a real hothead. Between drug dealing and murders, he helps his 2 half-brothers set up a music label in their kitchen. 25 years later, this music label will dominate the charts thanks to rappers like Lil' Wayne, Drake or Nicky Minaj...
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Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory
Atlanta - 1996. A young and ambitious drug dealer settles his "business" in the world capital of strip clubs. 10 years later his business generates more than 300 million dollars and contributes to make Atlanta the world capital of rap music. His style, his flamboyance but also his excesses would be forever part of the rap culture and still influences the world today.
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Ricky "Freeway" Donnell Ross
Los Angeles - 1982, the young Ricky finds in tennis a way to get out of the ghetto and starts dealing drugs to finance his training. But 15 years later he forgot his dreams of Wimbledon to become one of the biggest Cocaine distributors in the United States. While in jail, he discovers that the CIA used him to finance anti-communists troops in South America and that a young successful rapper « stole » his name.
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Customer Reviews
Love it!
I read an article about the murder of Alpo Martinez so I decided to see if there were any podcasts out there. And let me tell you.. I was not disappointed. I listened to every episode in 1 day.
Gangsta Williams
Gangsta is no kin of the Cash Money brothers and he didn’t put up a penny to start that company. So much misinformation in this story. If people listen to some interviews Gangsta has done, one will him him say Baby Williams was the plug., so why would he need their money
The best
Im a nerd for king pins and their stories it’s always been fascinating to me to hear how someone could make some much money of something illegal