Season 1 Chapter 3: Bally Boys to Men: A Lesson in Growth & Survival Part 1

Join us as we stroll down Memory Lane with two members of the Bally Boys crew, Sie "Tito" Singleton in Las Vegas, Nevada and Derrick Dickerson in Ypsilanti, Michigan as we discuss school, growing up in the late 80's, and social issues.

"Looking back now, you know, as I'm raising [my children], I understand. And the importance parental advising as well as participation. They were really into our education, and my mother and I speak a lot about that till this day. My mother sometimes looks back at it and thinks, "Was I too rough on you all and this and that?" I'm like Mama, you [have] your baby girl [she] is a lawyer and doing something at America Bank in Ann Arbor, your baby boy, my little brother's a school teacher in Ann Arbor Public Schools system, [the] same system that helped raise us--[with] his Master's Degree."

Derrick Dickerson
Trailblazer in the Automotive Industry

"I tell everyone, and I'm not just saying this I'm on the phone with y'all, but the people that I met in Ann Arbor were probably some of the most quality people I've ever experienced in my life. Just my whole demeanor was different. When I was living in Ann Arbor, I did better in school. Jail wasn't my bag--it wasn't my thing. I tell people I [have] a relationship with God on my own. I had to go to church as a kid and all that.  Until I became an adult and saw that prayer works and just talking to God about a situation that you may be going through and you start to slowly, gradually can see changes and I just believe in you get what you get.  If you're just putting bad energy out into the atmosphere, you're going to get back bad energy."

Sie "Tito" Singleton
Low-Volt Electrician by Trade
Sneaker King Extraordinaire

***This episode will be continued in Bally Boys to Men Part 1-2.***
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