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J-Hood joins the show for this #TBT episode where we discuss his joint album "Savages" with Yukmouth. We discuss how he met Yukmouth, how familiar he was with his music at the time, when they decided to record a project together, working with legends like Dru Down & Keak Da Sneak, how nice Yuk is lyrically, how Godfather from the extended Mobb Deep family came to be on the project & more. Watch the episode HERE Stream Yukmouth & J-Hood Savages HERE

Luce Cannon came on the show to discuss the reason behind his new song Cook Out (Wack I know Your Bitch Ass Ain't Talking) and a lot more. Among the topics we cover is him growing up with Nipsey Hussle, being locked up with YG, introducing them to each other, being in a Cheerios commercial, producing for Nas, Rihanna, & 50 Cent, & his upcoming songs with Offset, Miley Cyrus, & other notables. Watch the episode HERE Follow Luce Cannon on IG HERE Watch/Stream "Cook Out (Wack I know Your Bitch Ass Ain't Talking)" HERE

Being released from prison presents ex-convicts with problems that are truly incomprehensible for those who haven't experienced them. Daily. Couple that with one of the most (by design) addictive drugs in history and you have this particularly gut-wrenching tale. Watch the episode here Subscribe to St. Laz on YouTube

In this episode of Brooklyn Legacy, Laz recounts his memories of the infamous Decepticons, and their "Cybertron" headquarters. This is a boots-on-the-ground tale, not the misinformation you'll get from the corporate media.Watch Part 1 HERE & Part 2 HEREListen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here.Follow St. Laz on Instagram here.Listen to St. Laz music here.From Wikipedia: "The Decepticons were a street gang or street organization that thrived from the late 80s through the early 90s. Their members were teenagers and young adults ranging from the age of 15 to their early 20s. The gang was most prominent in Brooklyn, but at their peak, the group consisted of multiple branches, or legions, all across New York City. In an interview with former Decepticon "General Steele", it is mentioned that there were legions of Decepticons in Clinton Hills, Flatbush, East Flatbush, and Bed Stuy Brooklyn, Harlem, Manhattan, and parts of Queens. Steele references in his interview how the Decepticons were all over the place in patches due to the group's upbringing. The legions would initially begin as a formation of a bond of bullied kids who needed strength in numbers. The original group of Decepticons started in Brooklyn, New York with three boys from two different schools. Two of the boys, who went by the names of Cyclonis and Rumble, went to Bushwick High School, and the other, called Megatron, went to Brooklyn Technical High School. They formed their bond in order to make sure no one would harm them. As those founding fathers found more people with common mindsets in the two schools they went to, their numbers grew, and soon after their small group morphed into a feared gang."

This one isn't particularly centered around anything specific, it's really just a conversation between Laz & Mark. We definitely touch on some of the GenPop stuff, including PopaJock. Laz discusses his aspirations, the music he's sitting on, and what kind of film he'd like to make. Health is broached, particularly with the unfortunate recent spate of rap legends who've passed away, and a lot more. Watch the episode here Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

PopaJock was Laz's longtime comrade, on the streets and upstate. Truly a memorable individual, Laz could tell stories about him for hours. In this one, he recounts a beef that PopaJock had with some Muslim inmates at Greene in 96-97. Watch the episode here Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this combined GenPop/Super Facts Show episode we focus on Laz as a person. Too often ex-convicts are only viewed through the prism of their incarceration, and we wanted to show Laz's human side. We go over his childhood, his love of comic books, wrestling, and cartoons. We discuss his sense of humor, confidence, and divisiveness before talking a little bit about the recent GenPop episodes. Watch the episode here Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

While being housed in Rikers Island's notorious C-74 cellblock, Wise had the chance to revisit an earlier dispute; which he took full advantage of. He was doing time when you could still wear street clothes, he also lists what was popular at the time, and what lengths inmates would go to acquire them. Warning: This episode is particularly graphic. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

On this one, the title says it all. Press play on yet another unforgettable story from Franklin. Watch the episode here. St. Laz is a veteran NYC rapper who has been on MTV, BET, & had several songs in rotation on Hot 97. He's collaborated with almost every prominent artist over generations, from Styles P to recent hit songs with Gunna & Roddy Rich. Before all that, however, Laz served a six-year prison sentence, followed by a few parole violations. His journey took him from Rikers Island to correctional institutions throughout the New York State Department of Corrections. He served time at some of the worse facilities, including Comstock, Ft. Greene, Franklin, & more. In this show Laz will bring you the unfiltered truth of what really goes on inside of "correctional facilities" and he holds nothing back. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes disturbing, and always memorable, Laz will tell you just how barbaric, unnecessary, and damaging mass incarceration is, from the inmates, their families, all the way to the overpoliced communities the cycles begin in. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

Sequan again joins Laz to discuss the seminal events of his young life. After getting cut in a fight at the age of 16, Sequan was on a mission to find the perpetrator. A few months later Sequan found and confronted him while he was with a couple of his friends, one of whom had a gun. A gunfight ensues, and Sequan is forced to flee for his freedom. Listen to the episode and you'll hear the whole story, which you'll never forget. Watch the episode here. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

Over the course of St. Laz's GenPop web series music and issues that touch on music have been a recurring theme. On this special Recap, we go over some of the more notable stories. Highlights include Laz getting jumped by M.O.P., The Real 50 Cent getting stabbed, Lil Durk's father Big Durk, listening to now-classic, but at the time newly released Tupac & Mobb Deep albums while incarcerated, and a lot more. Watch the episode here. Watch Laz tell all the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here. Laztherapper@gmail.com Cashapp Donations: $genpopfam Paypal: Zmanbville@gmail.com

In one of the funniest episodes yet, Laz delivers a truly unforgettable tale of attempted prison rape and the hi;larious aftermath. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

After Laz immersed himself into The 5% Nation wholeheartedly, he became a devout student of the religion's teachings. In this episode, he continues to break down the knowledge. Watch the episode here The Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE/NOGE) or the Five Percenters, is a cultural movement influenced by Islam founded in 1964 in Harlem Members of the group call themselves Allah's Five Percenters, which reflects the concept that ten percent of the people in the world know the truth of existence, and those elites and their agents opt to keep eighty-five percent of the world in ignorance and under their controlling thumb; the remaining five percent are those who know the truth and are determined to enlighten the eighty-five percent. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here. The Nation of Gods and Earths teaches that Black people are the original people of the planet Earth, and therefore they are the fathers ("Gods") and mothers ("Earths") of civilization. The Nation teaches that Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet, a set of principles created by Allah the Father, is the key to understanding humankind's relationship to the universe. The Nation does not believe in a god but instead teaches a form of Apotheosis, that the Asiatic Blackman is God and his proper name is "Allah", the Arabic word for "God".

In this Quick Bite, Laz and Mark discuss the various methods inmates use to exercise, which can be quite ingenious when you're doing time at a yard that doesn't have weights. The show concludes with his song featuring J.R. Writer that Laz mentioned in the episode. Watch the episode here Watch Laz tell Rikers Island/NY State Prison stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this episode of our GenPop Recap podcast, we discuss the recent 5% lesson series, Murdah, & Laz's other shows. Highlights include Laz discussing some feeling he shouldn't be sharing The Lessons, whether being Godbody makes Laz an anti-white racist (he's not,) Murdah witnessing a race riot, The Brooklyn Legacy series (including the infamous 1994 Biggie tape shooting, as told by the perpetrator,) his new NY City unexplained series and a lot more. Watch the episode here. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In 1994 F.O.U.L made headlines when a shooting occurred over a Biggie tape. In actuality, it was about a respect issue, but the media sensationalized it. After being on the run, F.O.U.L. surrenders after two months. In this audio episode of St. Laz's Brooklyn Legacy web series, F.O.U.L. recounts the incident from start to finish. Watch show here Watch the Brooklyn Legacy web series here

In this episode, St. Laz is joined by Brownsville's legendary Murdah. The Brooklyn veteran tells Laz about a 1994 race riot that occurred in Oneida. Andrew Cuomo closed Oneida Correctional Facility and six other prisons in 2011. Before that, a race riot occurred at the facility that was originally started over a soccer dispute. Murdah was actually playing in the game, and he details the whole conflict from the beginning. to the end. Watch the episode here. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this episode of his web series Brooklyn Legacy, St. Laz tells the story of when the whole M.O.P. jumped him growing up in Brownsville, BK. Watch the episode here Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

As promised, St. Laz continues to tell the stories of the three Sha's he did time with, who all became his closest comrades. In this episode, we learn of the third Sha, and Laz gets caught with the Lessons. After Laz immersed himself into The 5% Nation wholeheartedly, he became a devout student of the religion's teachings. The Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE/NOGE) or the Five Percenters, is a cultural movement influenced by Islam founded in 1964 in Harlem Members of the group call themselves Allah's Five Percenters, which reflects the concept that ten percent of the people in the world know the truth of existence, and those elites and their agents opt to keep eighty-five percent of the world in ignorance and under their controlling thumb; the remaining five percent are those who know the truth and are determined to enlighten the eighty-five percent. The Nation of Gods and Earths teaches that Black people are the original people of the planet Earth, and therefore they are the fathers ("Gods") and mothers ("Earths") of civilization. The Nation teaches that Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet, a set of principles created by Allah the Father, is the key to understanding humankind's relationship to the universe. The Nation does not believe in a god but instead teaches a form of Apotheosis, that the Asiatic Blackman is God and his proper name is "Allah", the Arabic word for "God". Watch the episode here Watch Laz tell all of the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

After Laz immersed himself into The 5% Nation wholeheartedly, he became a devout student of the religion's teachings. In this episode, he continues to break down the science of the white man The Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE/NOGE) or the Five Percenters, is a cultural movement influenced by Islam founded in 1964 in Harlem Members of the group call themselves Allah's Five Percenters, which reflects the concept that ten percent of the people in the world know the truth of existence, and those elites and their agents opt to keep eighty-five percent of the world in ignorance and under their controlling thumb; the remaining five percent are those who know the truth and are determined to enlighten the eighty-five percent. The Nation of Gods and Earths teaches that Black people are the original people of the planet Earth, and therefore they are the fathers ("Gods") and mothers ("Earths") of civilization. The Nation teaches that Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet, a set of principles created by Allah the Father, is the key to understanding humankind's relationship to the universe. The Nation does not believe in a god but instead teaches a form of Apotheosis, that the Asiatic Blackman is God and his proper name is "Allah", the Arabic word for "God". Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

After Laz immersed himself into The 5% Nation wholeheartedly, he became a devout student of the religion's teachings. In this episode he breaks down the science of the white man The Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE/NOGE) or the Five Percenters, is a cultural movement influenced by Islam founded in 1964 in Harlem Members of the group call themselves Allah's Five Percenters, which reflects the concept that ten percent of the people in the world know the truth of existence, and those elites and their agents opt to keep eighty-five percent of the world in ignorance and under their controlling thumb; the remaining five percent are those who know the truth and are determined to enlighten the eighty-five percent. The Nation of Gods and Earths teaches that Black people are the original people of the planet Earth, and therefore they are the fathers ("Gods") and mothers ("Earths") of civilization. The Nation teaches that Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet, a set of principles created by Allah the Father, is the key to understanding humankind's relationship to the universe. The Nation does not believe in a god but instead teaches a form of Apotheosis, that the Asiatic Blackman is God and his proper name is "Allah", the Arabic word for "God". Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

St. Laz uncharacteristically went live to discuss GenPop on YouTube. He doesn't limit the conversation to the show, he discusses his music career, the music he likes, Dr. York, spending time in New Jersey, copping weed in Dyckman, reentering the community post-incarceration, and much more. St. Laz is a veteran NYC rapper who has been on MTV, BET, & had several songs in rotation on Hot 97. He's collaborated with almost every prominent artist over generations, from Styles P to recent hit songs with Gunna & Roddy Rich. Before all that, however, Laz served a six-year prison sentence, followed by a few parole violations. His journey took him from Rikers Island to correctional institutions throughout the New York State Department of Corrections. He served time at some of the worse facilities, including Comstock, Ft. Greene, Franklin, & more. In this show Laz will bring you the unfiltered truth of what really goes on inside of "correctional facilities" and he holds nothing back. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes disturbing, and always memorable, Laz will tell you just how barbaric, unnecessary, and damaging mass incarceration is, from the inmates, their families, all the way to the overpoliced communities the cycles begin in. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this episode, Laz immerses himself into The 5% Nation wholeheartedly. He even has to go to extreme lengths to protect the lessons. His dedication was so complete that he even earned the respect of a racist correctional officer. The Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE/NOGE) or the Five Percenters, is a cultural movement influenced by Islam founded in 1964 in Harlem Members of the group call themselves Allah's Five Percenters, which reflects the concept that ten percent of the people in the world know the truth of existence, and those elites and their agents opt to keep eighty-five percent of the world in ignorance and under their controlling thumb; the remaining five percent are those who know the truth and are determined to enlighten the eighty-five percent. The Nation of Gods and Earths teaches that Black people are the original people of the planet Earth, and therefore they are the fathers ("Gods") and mothers ("Earths") of civilization. The Nation teaches that Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet, a set of principles created by Allah the Father, is the key to understanding humankind's relationship to the universe. The Nation does not believe in a god but instead teaches a form of Apotheosis, that the Asiatic Blackman is God and his proper name is "Allah", the Arabic word for "God". Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

As promised, St. Laz continues to tell the stories of the three Sha's he did time with, who all became his closest comrades. In this episode, we learn of the second Sha, who was ding time for a murder he didn't commit, yet ever told on the actual perpetrator. Being innocent makes your time more difficult by orders of magnitude, and it was no cakewalk for Sha. He even was attacked in the visiting room with a knife while holding his daughter. You won't believe what happens next. Watch Laz tell it here. Watch Laz tell all of the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this episode, Laz begins detailing the events that led to him gaining knowledge of self through the lessons of The Five-Percent Nation The Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE/NOGE) or the Five Percenters, is a cultural movement influenced by Islam founded in 1964 in Harlem Members of the group call themselves Allah's Five Percenters, which reflects the concept that ten percent of the people in the world know the truth of existence, and those elites and their agents opt to keep eighty-five percent of the world in ignorance and under their controlling thumb; the remaining five percent are those who know the truth and are determined to enlighten the eighty-five percent. The Nation of Gods and Earths teaches that Black people are the original people of the planet Earth, and therefore they are the fathers ("Gods") and mothers ("Earths") of civilization. The Nation teaches that Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet, a set of principles created by Allah the Father, is the key to understanding humankind's relationship to the universe. The Nation does not believe in a god but instead teaches a form of Apotheosis, that the Asiatic Blackman is God and his proper name is "Allah", the Arabic word for "God". Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

As the popularity of St. Laz's GenPop web series grows, we've started to get questions, and we begin with a few. Then Laz discusses the impact listening to Tupac & Mobb Deep had on him in prison, The Real 50 Cent getting stabbed, Big Durk (Lil Durk's father,) & a lot more. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

Since St. Laz's GenPop series has taken off, many people have discovered that he's had a long run as a successful rapper. He's been on songs with everyone from 50 Cent to 21 Savage, and has new songs with Roddy Rich and Gunna respectively, that are receiving national airplay. He's been in national magazines, released retail projects, been on MTV, BET, & Hot 97. I wanted to shed some light on his accomplishments (which of course he's not satisfied with.) Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

Nothing will help you do your time like music and letters. I couldn't even imagine being locked up when Mobb Deep dropped The Infamous, and around the time Laz also had Tupac's Me Against The World in prison. His observations about the projects were about what the streets were saying but in his situation, it must have resonated more. As always Laz manages to inject a level of dark humor with his trademark effusiveness and unique delivery. Watch Laz tell it here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

"He was destined to be a leader" might be the best way, to sum up, Big Durk (whose son Lil Durk would rise to worldwide fame.) While doing a federal prison sentence, Big Durk served many years with one of St. Laz's associates, Murdah. Durk was the leader of the Muslim community, eventually helping Murdah to settle down from his violent ways. Before that, they had an incident where they had to punish a fellow Muslim for transgressing against the community, which resulted in the inmate being seriously cut across the face four times. In the episode, Murdah recounts the whole story from start to finish, including a tense fallout.

After returning to Franklin, Laz was met with the same obstacles. Namely, untrustworthy people, violence everywhere, and overzealous guards. He goes in front of the parole board unsuccessfully and is denied release for at least another two years. Things begin to slightly improve when Laz is slipped an early copy of Tupac's "Me Against The World". Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

After being kicked out of Camp Gabriel, Laz returns to Franklin, where he finds the environment somewhat changed. In prison, everything isn't always what it seems, but what's done in the dark will eventually see the light. After Laz finds out that one of his former associates hasn't been living up to the values he's espousing, he has an emotional confrontation with him. What follows is a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse of the secret lives of prisoners and the protocols of prison life. Watch Laz tell it here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Listen to St. Laz music here. Watch Laz tell ALL of the stories here.

The Rikers Island Legend series continues with Se'Quan detailing the time he got into a jailhouse knife fight with a group of fifty Puerto Ricans from the Bronx. Alongside him, he only had 3 comrades; one of which was the legendary 50 Cent (who inspired the rapper's name.) During the fight 50 was stabbed, resulting in a punctured lung. If you want to hear what led up to the fight, click the link below. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this episode, Laz reconnects with Fort Greene's Saquan for another episode of the Rikers Island Legend series. They go over unbelievable moments in Rikers Island history including the C-74 Murder Mod, violent robberies, the Fort Greene vs. Marcy Projects feud, and the art of digging pockets. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this episode, Laz recounts how his stay at Camp Gabriel ended after he was assigned to a bitterly cold Lake Placid work detail, overseen by the guard who didn't like him. The guard in question sported a tattoo of a Black child in a noose. After a dispute on the "job" site almost turned deadly, Laz is met by a fleet of guards upon his return to the jail. Watch Laz tell it here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

St. Laz continues the Rikers Island Legend series, as Saquan returns for parts two and three. From violence to guards ignoring it; you won't believe that this could happen in an American jai (AND STILL DOES.) In fact, these stories are so sensitive that often the guest's face won't be shown on the video & occasionally we'll be altering their voice. Saquan details a series of conflicts between Ft. Greene & Marcy, both housing projects in Brooklyn, shoeshine beef, & the art of digging pockets. Watch Laz tell Part 2 here & Part 3 here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

The craziness of Camp Gabriel continues with the formation of the Hip-Hop Commission (with manifestos,) inmates committing burglaries in and outside of the compound, & Laz's personal contentiousness with an overzealous guard escalates. The episode concludes with some snippets from the Rikers Island Legend series & The Super facts Show. Watch Laz tell it live here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In GenPop Laz won't only tell his own stories. The content is so sensitive that the show's guest won't reveal his identity, but he holds nothing back. From attempted murders to jailhouse heroin use, you won't believe what you are about to hear. Watch the episode here. Watch Laz tell all the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this episode of our GenPop Recap podcast, we discuss the past week's Camp Gabriel series. Highlights include extra details about the Muslim extortion ring, the inmate who escaped to attempt to murder his wife, another inmate who had a gun in the prison, a potential attempted murder of the wrong person, inmates on work crews breaking into vacation homes in the area, The Broke Ass Mob, and a lot more. Watch the episode here. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here. Follow Mark Waldo Ward on IG Follow The Super Facts Show on IG

As Laz becomes familiar with Camp Gabriel he joins a work crew that leaves the facility and goes out into the community to cut wood and prune trees. When they had guards who would only let them sing, they sang old slave spirituals. Unfortunately, this (as is typical,) didn't pay much, and Laz and his friends were often hungry at night. The only way to eat was with extra food purchased from the commissary, or the (rare for Camp Gabriel) occasional care package. Laz's friend soon began extorting other inmates, calling themselves the "Broke Ass Mob". It began with pointed complaints of hunger when other inmates were cooking at night, which resulted in the B.A.M. getting tossed plates or food. Soon it resulted in the dorm banding together and ensuring Laz and his compadres stayed with something extra to eat. Watch Laz tell it here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this episode, St. Laz regales us with more of the hard-edged shenanigans at Camp Gabriel. There's an escape, a dirty guard, and Laz gets sent to the dreaded 37 building. He finishes the show with a clip from The Super Facts Show where we discuss if Jay-Z will ever make a great album again. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

After an almost violent knife confrontation with some adversaries at an earlier point of his sentence, Laz was transferred to another prison. While there he learned that the gentlemen in question had been spreading false rumors about him. While he was at Gabriel, Laz ran into one of them again. He decided to take matters into his own hands, on movie night. After his comrade arranges a set-up outside after the show, Laz has second thoughts when he realizes that they plan to kill his adversary. At the moment of truth, Laz realizes it's not his enemy, it's someone that looks like him. What results is a mad scramble to save the young man's life. Watch Laz tell it here. Watch Laz tell all the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

While at Gabriel (or incarcerated in general,) Laz stopped 5 inmates from using box cutters on another inmate. He then tells about the guards' sickeningly racist response to the O.J. Simpson verdict. The show finishes with an excerpt from The Super Facts Show, which Laz hosts with Mark Waldo Ward. Watch Laz tell it here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In prison, even the most innocuous activity can quickly turn violent. During a game of pool, Laz witnessed it transform into something else. Watch Laz tell it here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

First Laz clears up some details about Comstock, including the first time he tried Jack Mack. After leaving Comstock, Laz went to Clinton to await his classification for prison assignment. After a spine-chillingly ominous warning from a guard, Laz has to wait to find out where he'll be going, but first, he finds out unexpectedly he has to do ten days in the box. Fortunately, since there wasn't any room in solitary, Laz did the ten days in a regular cell block. From there Laz relates the events of his stay, from making jail wine to receiving an unexpected gift from his neighbor on the neighbors birthday (who was probably innocent of the murder he was convicted of.) Watch Laz tell it here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

These stories are just breathtaking. Can you imagine being in a prison hostage situation? The adrenaline, all synapses firing, flight or fight fully activated. Perhaps an opportunity for someone to retaliate against you without consequence for a perceived slight. Do you actively oppose the guards? Are you concerned with getting more time? You won't believe what Laz went through in this unforgettable episode. Watch Laz tell it here Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this episode, we go over Laz's recent GenPop episodes. We discuss being in solitary confinement, what goes through your head when you're forced to fight, becoming institutionalized, if guards get involved in inmate conflict, spending Christmas in prison, Comstock's mice infestation, and when Laz witnessed a "Scared Straight" type program touring his cell block. Watch the episode here. Subscribe to St. Laz on YouTube Listen to St. Laz's music here. The Super Facts Network

In this episode, Laz tells us what happened at Comstock when he finally came face to face with someone who could only be described as an enemy. Watch Laz tell it here.

While in New York State's Comstock Correctional Facility, Laz once had a confrontation in the shower that led him to avoid such situations in the future. Watch Laz tell the stories here. Listen to Laz's Hip-Hop podcast The Super Facts Show here. Follow St. Laz on Instagram here. Listen to St. Laz music here.

In this edition of Laz Rants, Laz discusses the history of his group Pottersfield, Rikers Island in the eighties, & Brownsville. Watch Laz tell it here. Listen to St. Laz music

There's nothing sweet about Comstock, particularly spending Christmas there. Also, they had a lot of mice. When Laz tells it, you'll feel like you were there. Just without the misery and the potential for infectious disease. Watch Laz tell it here. James Moore, who's been in state prison since 1963, longer than any other prisoner in the state ranked the one in Comstock as the most likely place to get knifed and the worst prison in New York state by a guy who should know.

When he was serving part of a six-year sentence Laz had numerous run-ins with authority, sometimes resulting in a trip to solitary confinement, "the box." People who experience solitary confinement are more likely to develop anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and psychosis. The practice also affects physical health, increasing a person's risk for a range of conditions, including fractures, vision loss, and chronic pain. Watch Laz tell it here. Subscribe to St. Laz on YouTube.