Hip-Hop 'Hoods

[kes1111]

For years rappers have been stating how poor and crime ridden certain cities/neighborhoods are. I'm asking can anyone here confirm this about these communities:

1.Compton,CA
Home of NWA, Compton's Most Wanted, DJ Quik, etc.

2.South Central/Watts,Los Angeles
Home of Ice Cube,Ice-T, etc.

3.5th Ward,Houston,TX
Home of Geto Boys, 5th Ward Boyz,etc.

4.South Bronx,New York City
Home of Boogie Down Productions, Fat Joe, etc.

5.Bedford-Stuyvesant,Brooklyn,NY
Home of Notorious BIG, Junior MAFIA, etc.

6.Queensbridge,Queens,NY
Home of Nas, Marley Marl,Mobb Deep,etc.

 

[WattDogs]

Been to all of them except Houston.

Compton is a nice place...just got a lot of knuckleheads doing dumb shit (gangbanging & hustling).

South Central/Watts is kinda like the South Bronx in the 90s...slowly building itself back up but you see the ghetto still.

SoBro is no longer that picture. The whole South Bronx is getting gentrified & cleaned up! It doesn't even look the same anymore (well, some parts do)!

Bed-Stuy is exactly the same. 2 sides, the nice side & the hood side.

QB is also still the same.

 

[MemphisNigga]

 

[bigman23]

nice

 

[H.Clarke]

5th ward is certified hood. da nickel is some real ghetto shit

 

[Kense]

Bed Stuy has some nice homes.

 

[marcvoi]

this is not the photo you posted of the bed stuy brooklyn biggie and the other rappers came from. bed stuy although vastly improved its image back then it was crazy. also pockets of area still bad

 

[vandamation]

Although it's NOT necessarily a GHETTO... Jamaica, Queens SHOULD be considered a Hip-Hop Hood... When you consider the names that come from Jamaica... I think most would agree...
RUN DMC
Salt n Pepa
Russell Simmons
LL Cool J
Ja-Rule
Irv Gotti
50 Cent
Lloyd Banks
Tony Yayo
Onyx
Lost Boys
Nikki Minaj
Dj Clue
Dj Envy
A Tribe Called Quest

Jamaica, Queens can NOT be denied when it comes to its place in HIP HOP...

 

[DEETZ181]

back in the 70's and 80's the south bronx looked like a war zone. it ain't as bad as it used to be. it's not like that picture anymore. it's come a long way from the burned out tenement buildings and empty lots.

 

[mathtest]

south bronx aint like it was in the 80's, that shit was camden , nj status back then

 

[Lucky7s]

You missed one: New Orleans 3rd Ward (uptown)

 

[wedrinkandscrew]

Just went to Flint today to visit my homeboy in Hurley hospital...Man Flint is fucked...

 

[zenman]

Went to private catholic school in 5th ward (French town) for 10 years. Row houses, messed up streets, ect.... I remember many days seeing prostitutes walking the tracks outside my school window while having Catacism (religion class).

My mom pointed out a prostitute and said she was selling her body.....I remember thinking "I thought slavery was over".

Ironically as I got older I learned it ain't over

 

[A to Dah K]

Been to all of them except Houston.

Compton is a nice place...just got a lot of knuckleheads doing dumb shit (gangbanging & hustling).

South Central/Watts is kinda like the South Bronx in the 90s...slowly building itself back up but you see the ghetto still.

SoBro is no longer that picture. The whole South Bronx is getting gentrified & cleaned up! It doesn't even look the same anymore (well, some parts do)!

Bed-Stuy is exactly the same. 2 sides, the nice side & the hood side.

QB is also still the same.

South bronx. Is a shit hole

 

[A to Dah K]

Although it's NOT necessarily a GHETTO... Jamaica, Queens SHOULD be considered a Hip-Hop Hood... When you consider the names that come from Jamaica... I think most would agree...
RUN DMC
Salt n Pepa
Russell Simmons
LL Cool J
Ja-Rule
Irv Gotti
50 Cent
Lloyd Banks
Tony Yayo
Onyx
Lost Boys
Nikki Minaj
Dj Clue
Dj Envy
A Tribe Called Quest

Jamaica, Queens can NOT be denied when it comes to its place in HIP HOP...

Is hollis considered jamaica?
I always considered jamaica every thing in close proximity to south side an the ave

 

[Llano]

5th Ward back in the days In the 90's, you could not roll into 5th ward with your nose wide open or be a complete stranger Bad things would likely happen to you

 

[stickyfingerz]

YOU DNT FUK AROUND IN THE BRONX NOW OR BACK IN THE 70'S, 80'S OR 90'S....
THE SOUTH BRONX IS WAS OUTTA CONTROL...... THEY MADE A MOVIE ABOUT FORT APACHE.... SHIT WAS REAL BACK THEN....PARTS OF THE BX THE POLICE WONT COME UNLESS THEY DEEP.... YOU CAN GET A LOTTA PUSSY IN HUNTS POINT..

ZULU NATION HELD THE BX DOWN..... LATIN KINGS WAS ALL OVER NYC REALLY ABOUT THAT LIFE!!!!

 

[easy_b]

liberty square (Liberty City/Miami FL) AKA The Pork n Beans (i was living here for a few years back in the 80's

 

[stickyfingerz]

ATLANTA SHOULD BE ON THE LIST......

 

[Joe Money]

Most of these places are just regular working-class neighborhoods with a few idiots running around giving them a bad name.

 

[Grand Verbalizer!!!]

This is turning into one of those threads where niggaz try to convince everybody that their neighborhood is the hardest, toughest and most dangerous!!!

 

[Mr. Met]

Some of these rappers ain't ghetto.

Didn't Cube come up with working class parents?

 

[fwillia]

Some of these rappers ain't ghetto.

Didn't Cube come up with working class parents?

Do you mean "middle class"? There are plenty of working class parents in the hood.

 

[bububang]

ATLANTA SHOULD BE ON THE LIST......

The Alfamega story wasn't bad

 

[D-TOWN REP]

Been to 5th ward a couple times

Boys be lurking ready to jack

Just looking blatantly suspicious

 

[kes1111]

 

[a-towngorilla]

ATLANTA SHOULD BE ON THE LIST......

Damn bruh you brought me back with that picture of Techwoood

 

[bunn]

Rappers don't make it out of Hoods in D.C.

 

[daking181]

Although it's NOT necessarily a GHETTO... Jamaica, Queens SHOULD be considered a Hip-Hop Hood... When you consider the names that come from Jamaica... I think most would agree...
RUN DMC
Salt n Pepa
Russell Simmons
LL Cool J
Ja-Rule
Irv Gotti
50 Cent
Lloyd Banks
Tony Yayo
Onyx
Lost Boys
Nikki Minaj
Dj Clue
Dj Envy
A Tribe Called Quest

Jamaica, Queens can NOT be denied when it comes to its place in HIP HOP...

yes sir

 

[vandamation]

Is hollis considered jamaica?
I always considered jamaica every thing in close proximity to south side an the ave

Hollis is in Jamaica.

 

[Ming Fei Hong]

This is turning into one of those treads where niggaz try to convince everybody that their neighborhood is the hardest, toughest and most dangerous

 

[dbrizzz]

Let's not leave the Chi off the list:

1. Englewood
2. K-Town
3. Lawndale
4. Austin
5. South Shore aka Terror Town
6. Little village
7. The Wild 100s

 

[easy_b]

Let's not leave the Chi off the list:

1. Englewood
2. K-Town
3. Lawndale
4. Austin
5. South Shore aka Terror Town
6. Little village
7. The Wild 100s

 

[castro]

liberty square (Liberty City/Miami FL) AKA The Pork n Beans (i was living here for a few years back in the 80's

The you forgot about the Village before they tore that shit down.

 

[new2nyc]

Been to all of them except Houston.

Compton is a nice place...just got a lot of knuckleheads doing dumb shit (gangbanging & hustling).

South Central/Watts is kinda like the South Bronx in the 90s...slowly building itself back up but you see the ghetto still.

SoBro is no longer that picture. The whole South Bronx is getting gentrified & cleaned up! It doesn't even look the same anymore (well, some parts do)!

Bed-Stuy is exactly the same. 2 sides, the nice side & the hood side.

QB is also still the same.

I think you were fooled by the houses and lawns, Compton is not as rough as some ppl make it out to be but it is by no means a nice place.