Dog In The Yard

Susie grew up in Long Beach and had a strong family, but the street game was exciting and glamorous and soon she was dealing. She caught a drug charge and her world changed. Prison made her grow up and get tough real fast. She developed a reputation as "Big Sue" the toughest female on the block After getting out, she had four children and but couldn't leave the game and was back in jail again. Aft...

Being Lebanese and Arminian, Player had to be tough. He was on the streets his whole life. Starting at 14 years old, he was finding trouble. He started running the illegal weed distribution from No Cal to So Cal. It caught up with him and he started doing hard time from county jail to prison in the hole. Being a South Sider he knew the rules and how to represent in jail. He talks about how he and...

Krayzie Bone, member of legendary rap group , Bone Thugs and Harmony, share his story of coming up in Cleveland running his street hustle and trying to make music. He opens up and tells never heard before stories of getting locked up for robbing and how prison life effected him and his music. He tells about seeing guys get thrown off balconies and stabbings right in front of him and how those expe...

OG Lepke grew up in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles. He bounced between his mom and dad's homes as a kid and got into the street game early. He was attracted to the flash and sizzle of the street life. His Mom was a hippy who always had drugs around the house. Whether it was acid, weed, or mushrooms drugs were no different than having a candy dish out on the table. Lepke was so immune to it he on...

He grew up in Long Beach and despite being bused to Texas every summer by his mom to get him away from the gangbanger life, Blue was having run ins with the law by age 12. He ended up doing time at each level of California's local and state judicial system. Going from Youth Detention Centers to Juvenile Camps to YTS (aka Gladiator school) and finally Solano State Prison, was like going from elemen...

Big U is truly. a man that walks the talk. After growing up in the worst parts of Los Angeles like Compton's Crenshaw area. Big U ran the streets and hooked up with the Crips and was associated with the Rollin 60's and eventually becoming one of the most notorious people in LA gang life. After being convicted of multiple charges and going in and out of jail, he started playing the music game and b...

No one tells a story like Fat Joe, so don't miss out on the conclusion of Joe's crazy story of prison life and holding it down inside and out while doing his bid. He shows his love for the friends and family that helped him get through it as well as his respect and appreciation for those that did bids and came out on the other side as well as those still behind bars. Its a life no one wishes for a...

Iconic rapper and Hip Hop legend Fat Joe, aka-Don Cartagena, shares his never told before experience behind bars. Joe talks about everything from getting advice from his close friends Pistol Pete and Lil Wayne along with other Terror Squad crew members on how to conduct himself while behind bars to the people that tried to shake him down and how he made sure that everyone in that jail knew he was...

Chris Gotti was part of the Hip Hop revolution. He and his brother built Murder, Inc. into a power house music label. They helped propel the music genre throughout the 90's and 2000's. They worked with some of the biggest names in the biz from JaRule to Black Child to Ashanti. Then in 2003, he his brother along with many famous rappers get targeted by the NYPD's "Hip Hop" police. As a result of th...

Gee spent more than half his life behind bars, but used all those lonely days ot learn how the law worked and how to better himself. He now spends every waking moment helping others. Whether it's helping convicted men fight their legal cases or getting someone reestablished into society or chauffeuring people that have health issues and can't take care of themselves. Gee give way more than he gets...

After 15 years and multiple bids, including a murder rap. Bobby is living out his dreams and no longer his nightmares. He figured out how to deal with the BS of day to day jail life. He had a bigger vision. He stayed focused and today he leads an organization that puts those newly released men to work and gives them the chance to live out their dreams free from the streets and the jail cells. Bobb...

Queens' own Yetti grew up in Hollis, one of the roughest neighborhoods in New York. His childhood was like many from the neighborhood., Broken home with drugs and crime at every turn and he quickly got caught up in the game after some minor offenses he got busted with his Mom on drug charges and went up state and learned to grow up quickly. After doing his time he went back again and then began to...

Fabian goes deep into his story and how he dealt with his time behind bars and came out the other side with hope and optimism. Dog In The Yard: Real Stories From Real Comrades 🎥 Full Episodes: YouTube.com/@DogInTheYard 📱 Follow: @dogintheyardpodcast 📩 Booking & Inquiries: therealdogintheyard@gmail.com 🌐 Join the movement: dogintheyard.org

Harry O opens up about what its like to be free most of your adult life then in a blink of an eye he's spending the next 18 years in prison for a murder rap. Harry O shares how he held it down and kept moving forward when most people counted him out. And after all that time away he didn't become a bitter man, instead become a better man. he's still on parole and laking the talk. This dude is a rea...

Leo spent more than 21 years behind bars. While on the inside he had two lives. The life of being that dog in the yard dealing with of riots and drugs and his other life of becoming dedicated to getting an education. Leo received his G.E.D., college Associates degree, Bachelors degree in Behavioral Sciences, a Masters and is now a Phd candidate. he went from cracking heads to cracking the books an...

Tony Perez is a real inspiration to anyone who has done hard time or anyone who thinks they can play the street game and not get caught. After ten years he is a free man and walkin the talk everyday and letting the youth know the crime ain't worth the time. Dog In The Yard: Real Stories From Real Comrades 🎥 Full Episodes: YouTube.com/@DogInTheYard 📱 Follow: @dogintheyardpodcast 📩 Booking &...

Chi Ali was an up and coming Rap star putting out his first album at age 15. Then through a series of events he ends up committing man slaughter and doing 12 years. Chi Ali break downs what happened and what those 12 long lonely years were like behind bars. He explains how he decided he was going to get out and make sure he never came back. While in, he gets his college degree and upon getting ded...

From the age of 17, Big Mike didn't know what freedom felt like for over 20 years. He opens up with Pete about his earl years at Rikers and going up north. From beefs over phone time to full scale brawls, getting stabbed in the lung, kidney, and stomach to near death. Pistol and Mike relive how they were at the center of the infamous Coxsackie prison riots. Mike shares how after 10 years behind ba...

This episode is about one of the real ones from the Bronx who got out and got busy . After seven years of hard time, Anthony Delgado, known in neighborhood as Tone, has started multiple businesses with great success including his well known and star studded clothing line SVCCESS. When a celebrity wants to look "fly" SVCCESS fashion is who they turn too. Dog In The Yard: Real Stories From Real Comr...

"Yard Talk" kicks off season 2 breaking new ground as Pete gets an exclusive story of New York Sates first ever transvestite to do time in both a male and female prison. Hear the story of how Diamond was incarcerated for years in a male prison and feeling good about it until one day when a visit from the CO changed everything. Hear about what its like to be part of the LGBT prison brotherhood and...

Pete takes a special season ending walk with his long time close friend DJ Khaled. Khaled shares stories about growing up in a close family how his real friends Big Pun, Fat Joe, and Pete helped him stay on the right side of right and not get caught up in the street game. Learning when you fall down you can get up and change your path and selecting love over hate is a better way. Khaled shares how...

Queens OG and Supreme Team member Bimmy takes that walk with Pete and gets deep into his life in prison the things he was exposed to and how jail effected him and his life. He wants all to know that the route he took is not one that the youth should follow. Dog In The Yard: Real Stories From Real Comrades 🎥 Full Episodes: YouTube.com/@DogInTheYard 📱 Follow: @dogintheyardpodcast 📩 Booking &...

Pistol Pete takes the walk with Billy and hears his Bronx legend story. Pete also shares share his kite and talks about his relationship with the biggest Bronx king pin of them all Boy George. Dog In The Yard: Real Stories From Real Comrades 🎥 Full Episodes: YouTube.com/@DogInTheYard 📱 Follow: @dogintheyardpodcast 📩 Booking & Inquiries: therealdogintheyard@gmail.com 🌐 Join the movement: do...

Pete pulls off another stellar session with Mugsy. I man who though he would never be free again but made the most of it when he was released by walking a straight line today. Pistol shares more kites and raps about meeting up with Biggie Smalls (THE NOTORIOUS BIG) back in the day. Dog In The Yard: Real Stories From Real Comrades 🎥 Full Episodes: YouTube.com/@DogInTheYard 📱 Follow: @dogintheyard...

CHINO 440 WAS LOCKED UP FOR MORE THAN 33 YEARS, BUT DID NOT LET THAT DETER HIM. HE NOT ONLY TURNED HIS LIFE AOURND, HE DEDICATED HIS LIFES WORK TO HELPING HUNDREDS OF CONVICTED FELONS UNDO THE WRONG THEY HAD SUFFERED. CHINO IS A REAL LIFE VERSION OF 50 CENT'S TV SHOW "FOR LIFE". THIS MAN IS SOMEONE ALL OF US CAN LEARN FROM. TAKE TH WALK WITH CHINO AND PETE. Dog In The Yard: Real Stories From Real...