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<i>[steps approaching]</i>

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<i>[Estevan] Um...</i>

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<i>I'm making this movie because, uh...</i>

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<i>Which way you want me to look?</i>

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<i>-[producer] Right here.</i>
<i>-Okay.</i>

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<i>I'm basically making this movie</i>

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<i>because I have 25 years</i>

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<i>of footage and photos</i>
<i>of me and Cartoon's...</i>

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<i>I guess, uh, journey in life,</i>

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<i>and all the movement that we've...</i>

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<i>Wait, let me see.</i>

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<i>["Juice" by Eric B and Rakim playing]</i>

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<i>If you ain't got tatted by Cartoon,</i>
<i>you ain't got no tat.</i>

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<i>If you ain't get shot by Estevan,</i>
<i>you got a weak photographer.</i>

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<i>[camera shutter clicks]</i>

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{\an8}<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

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{\an8}<i>You can't tell the story of Estevan</i>
<i>without telling the story of Cartoon.</i>

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<i>You know Toons, then you know Estev.</i>

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<i>They are LA.</i>

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<i>Premier representatives</i>
<i>of that Los Angeles culture.</i>

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<i>Like, the pioneers.</i>

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<i>Not just pioneers,</i>
<i>I mean, I think they're historians.</i>

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<i>Storytellers, they're the image-makers.</i>
<i>The chroniclers.</i>

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<i>When you say LA tattoo artists,</i>
<i>you can't not mention Mister Cartoon.</i>

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<i>Nobody does art like Cartoon.</i>

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<i>When you look at a Mister Cartoon tattoo,</i>
<i>you know that's Mister Cartoon.</i>

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<i>Everybody knows Mister Cartoon.</i>

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{\an8}<i>The hip-hop tattoo artist.</i>

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<i>Man, you got tatted by Toons,</i>
<i>it's, like, a level of respect.</i>

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<i>Cartoon, baby.</i>

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<i>-My boy Cartoon.</i>
<i>-Cartoon.</i>

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<i>The world-famous Cartoon.</i>

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<i>Everything Cartoon did, Estevan was there.</i>

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<i>Estevan brings an authenticity</i>
<i>that is matched by none other.</i>

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<i>Photographing gang members.</i>

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<i>Capturing the whole culture</i>
<i>and everything, man.</i>

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<i>Lowrider culture, tattoo culture,</i>
<i>shots of Skid Row.</i>

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<i>[Wilmer] Leaving pieces of history behind.</i>

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<i>-[George] These </i>vatos...
<i>-[Snoop] They showed</i>

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<i>that you can do it the right way</i>
<i>if you do it the right way.</i>

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<i>[George] They take pride in all of that.</i>

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<i>[Snoop] They paved the way</i>
<i>for a lot of people.</i>

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<i>Even if they don't admit it.</i>

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<i>We couldn't have done it</i>
<i>without these two guys.</i>

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<i>It's about courage.</i>

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<i>Just be true to who you are,</i>
<i>and a lot of people are terrified</i>

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<i>of being who they are.</i>

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<i>That's one of the reasons</i>
<i>they're so successful.</i>

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<i>They mean what they say</i>
<i>and they say what they mean.</i>

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<i>This is our thing,</i>
<i>and we wanna bring this out to the world.</i>

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<i>LA's globalized.</i>

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<i>They've joined forces,</i>
<i>and they've been unstoppable ever since.</i>

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<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

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<i>[birds chirping]</i>

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{\an8}<i>[Cartoon] Coming from a Chicano,</i>
<i>Mexican family,</i>

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<i>believing in God is standard issue.</i>

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<i>I was formerly raised Catholic.</i>

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<i>I was told at a young age</i>
<i>that I was gifted, I was blessed,</i>

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<i>I have a gift from God.</i>

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<i>And when you tell a kid that every day</i>

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<i>over and over and over,</i>

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<i>they start to believe it.</i>

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<i>So when my mom would ask me</i>
<i>to clean the room,</i>

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{\an8}<i>make my bed, I'd be like,</i>

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{\an8}<i>"I've been gifted from God.</i>
<i>I'm not gonna make my bed. Come on."</i>

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{\an8}<i>[slow music playing]</i>

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<i>[Estevan] For me, work is happiness.</i>
<i>Yeah, I love to work.</i>

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<i>I love doing photography. I love filming.</i>

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{\an8}<i>You know, when you say "work,"</i>
<i>that means you do something</i>

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{\an8}<i>and you get paid, so, yeah,</i>
<i>that means my bills can get paid,</i>

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<i>and I can keep moving forward.</i>

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<i>-[girl] Daddy!</i>
<i>-[Estevan] I'm not the best dad</i>

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<i>or the best husband,</i>

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<i>but I think I'm a good worker,</i>

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<i>a good photographer,</i>

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<i>and a pretty good friend.</i>

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<i>Nobody could say I'd done them wrong.</i>
<i>If they do, they're a lying motherfucker.</i>

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<i>[Cartoon] If you focus,</i>

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<i>you could see shit off of your talent.</i>

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<i>You could travel the world.</i>

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<i>You could go to Europe and shit.</i>
<i>Like, we've been all around the world.</i>

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<i>You can buy a home for your family.</i>

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<i>[slow music playing]</i>

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{\an8}<i>[Estevan]</i>
<i>Art was like I had to scratch an itch.</i>

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<i>I would see shit,</i>

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<i>I would see a movie poster,</i>

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<i>or I would see something</i>
<i>that made me wanna draw,</i>

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<i>and I would get this kind of anxiety</i>
<i>that I had to draw,</i>

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<i>I had to draw every day. To let it go.</i>

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<i>[Latin music playing]</i>

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<i>[Yolanda]</i>
<i>He was young, very young, like... four.</i>

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<i>At that time, he was drawing nostrils,</i>
<i>fingernails, earlobes,</i>

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<i>you know, things that kids drew</i>
<i>with stick figures,</i>

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{\an8}<i>he was drawing,</i>
<i>doing very intricate things.</i>

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<i>He was my first child, so I just thought</i>
<i>I was the greatest mom</i>

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<i>because he was so good, you know?</i>

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<i>[David] His mom was, "You're the best.</i>

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<i>You're amazing.</i>
<i>You're the best artist in the world.</i>

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<i>You're gonna grow up to be wonderful."</i>

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{\an8}<i>And then, at some point,</i>
<i>you just believe it.</i>

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<i>When I was a kid, my father met this guy</i>
<i>at the line at the bank.</i>

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<i>He says, "I'm in karate.</i>
<i>I have a business, a karate business."</i>

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<i>My dad comes home and he goes,</i>

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<i>"I got great news.</i>
<i>You're going to martial arts school."</i>

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<i>I go, "I don't wanna do that."</i>
<i>He goes, "Yeah."</i>

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<i>Hey, I'm paying for that...</i>

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<i>[chuckling] ...you're gonna go.</i>

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<i>When he first started, he was real shy,</i>
<i>wouldn't talk to anybody.</i>

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<i>But maybe about a year after karate,</i>

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<i>I would say that he was so confident</i>
<i>that he'd walk straight up.</i>

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<i>Going to the karate school introduced me</i>

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<i>to the world of candy paint</i>

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{\an8}<i>because the grand master of the school</i>
<i>was also a custom car painter,</i>

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<i>so I learned all those things,</i>
<i>you know, the murals, the candy paint,</i>

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<i>respect, the flow of life.</i>

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<i>All these things kind of went in a circle.</i>

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<i>It's crazy.</i>

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<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

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<i>I'm Estevan Oriol.</i>
<i>I'm a photographer and director.</i>

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<i>Raised in LA.</i>

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<i>I was born in Santa Monica</i>
<i>at Saint John's Hospital.</i>

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<i>[David] So you got Estevan.</i>

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<i>Like, this tall cholo guy,</i>

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<i>but then most people don't know</i>
<i>he's half Italian.</i>

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<i>[Estevan] My mom and dad were married</i>
<i>up until I was about three.</i>

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<i>And they split up,</i>
<i>and it was me and my mom.</i>

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<i>To me, my mom was great.</i>

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<i>We grew up on welfare,</i>
<i>food stamps and Medi-Cal,</i>

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<i>but she did her best</i>
<i>to make it the best for me.</i>

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<i>Any time you have mixed-race children,</i>

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<i>they grow up a little bit confused though,</i>
<i>"Am I this race or am I this race?"</i>

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<i>And at some point, you just gotta choose.</i>
<i>He chose the Latino side.</i>

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<i>I didn't even know it until years later.</i>

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<i>[Estevan] My dad,</i>
<i>he was kind of like a hippie.</i>

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<i>He didn't give a shit about having</i>
<i>a nice car and all that shit,</i>

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<i>so that pushed me to strive for more.</i>

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<i>That's what gave me my drive.</i>

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<i>So after high school,</i>
<i>I worked at a snack bar,</i>

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<i>I worked on fishing boats,</i>

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<i>supermarkets,</i>

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<i>liquor store delivery.</i>

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<i>I always had, like, one, two, three jobs.</i>

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<i>[video games beeping]</i>

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{\an8}<i>[Cartoon] At the time, in the '80s,</i>

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{\an8}<i>it was all about where do you fit in</i>

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<i>in hip-hop.</i>

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<i>Are you a breaker? Are you a rapper?</i>

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<i>Are you a locker? Are you a writer?</i>

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{\an8}<i>And I was like, "I love breakdancing,</i>

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<i>and all that shit," but I couldn't hang.</i>

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<i>But I could draw.</i>

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<i>[Angel] Cartoon, uh, always had a marker</i>

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{\an8}<i>or a can of spray paint with him</i>
<i>all the time.</i>

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<i>And wherever we were at, he'd hit up.</i>

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<i>[Cartoon] 'Cause I was hip-hop.</i>
<i>I had a b-boy side of me.</i>

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<i>It was, like, bombing, 3-Ds, fade.</i>

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{\an8}<i>[Revok] You know, before the Cartoon</i>
<i>that he's known for today,</i>

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{\an8}<i>he was an awesome graffiti writer.</i>

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<i>He was from this crew WCA</i>
<i>that was kind of legendary</i>

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<i>and was really fucking good.</i>

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<i>[Risk] I go to probably late '80s</i>
<i>with Cartoon.</i>

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<i>He was "Flame" at the time.</i>

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{\an8}<i>I thought I knew everybody.</i>
<i>I was like, "Who the fuck is this?"</i>

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<i>And he had such a unique style,</i>
<i>and was so different.</i>

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<i>He hit and run. Like, I'd see a wall,</i>
<i>and next day I was like,</i>

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<i>"Where did this come from?</i>
<i>Who did it?" You know.</i>

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<i>[Cartoon] I basically</i>
<i>do graffiti everywhere I go.</i>

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<i>It brought me a rush,</i>
<i>like, you can go to jail for this shit.</i>

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{\an8}<i>[tense music playing]</i>

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<i>[Yolanda] He put his name, "Flame,"</i>
<i>on the graffiti piece,</i>

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<i>and, so, he was caught,</i>
<i>you know, for doing that.</i>

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<i>[Angel] There was something different</i>
<i>about him.</i>

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<i>We had an idea that someday</i>
<i>he was gonna do something,</i>

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<i>that he was gonna go somewhere,</i>
<i>he was gonna be something in life.</i>

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<i>[Bob] It's like a work of art in there.</i>

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<i>We were all proud of this,</i>
<i>when he came out in the paper.</i>

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<i>[Cartoon] I was just searching</i>
<i>for my look, you know?</i>

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<i>What felt good and what felt real to me.</i>

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<i>I went to LA Trade-Tech</i>
<i>to learn Sign Graphics,</i>

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<i>to understand letters.</i>

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<i>Letters have a weight to them.</i>

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<i>When I was in school,</i>
<i>all the kids knew where the prisons were,</i>

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<i>and some of them would get letters</i>
<i>from their family members,</i>

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<i>and I would look at the envelope</i>

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<i>and see these crazy collaged,</i>
<i>pinta-style envelopes</i>

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<i>and I would think to myself,</i>

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<i>"Man, if I could mix that style of artwork</i>
<i>with bombing graffiti style,</i>

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<i>put them together."</i>

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<i>That's where my style was born.</i>

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<i>[upbeat music playing]</i>

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<i>[Estevan] When I hit 19,</i>
<i>I moved to Hollywood.</i>

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<i>Sunset Boulevard was cracking.</i>

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<i>The Whisky, The Roxy.</i>

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<i>Hip-hop was new.</i>

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<i>Just that scene was fucking off the chain,</i>

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<i>and I was working nightclubs</i>
<i>for extra money.</i>

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<i>And that's where I met all the LA bands.</i>

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<i>Ice-T and the Rhyme Syndicate,</i>

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<i>the Red Hot Chili Peppers,</i>

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<i>Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.,</i>

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<i>Everlast from House of Pain.</i>

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<i>That's how I met Muggs.</i>

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<i>And then he took me down to the block</i>
<i>on Cypress Ave,</i>

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<i>and that's where I met B-Real and Sen.</i>

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<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

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<i>[Muggs] So, this right here is SP 1200.</i>

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<i>This is the drum machine that we did</i>
<i>um, all the House of Pain's records.</i>

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<i>["Jump Around" by House of Pain playing]</i>

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<i>♪</i> Pack it up, pack it in
Let me begin <i>♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>The sample though--</i>
<i>For "Jump Around," I made it.</i>

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<i>Horn player... came in the studio,</i>
<i>played the horn,</i>

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<i>and I put it in here, then I detuned it.</i>

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{\an8}<i>When you detune it,</i>
<i>it gives it like a crunch.</i>

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<i>♪</i> Feelin', funkin'
{\an8}Amps in the trunk <i>♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>It spreads it out a little bit.</i>
<i>That's why that sounds unique.</i>

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{\an8}<i>First time I met Estevan, he was working</i>
<i>the door of a club on 2nd Street</i>

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{\an8}<i>in, like, Little Tokyo.</i>

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<i>He just would always</i>
<i>show me love and let me in.</i>

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<i>That's the homie Steve-O,</i>
<i>short for Steve Oriol.</i>

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<i>Switched it up to Scan.</i>
<i>Scan was just Scandalous.</i>

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<i>[Everlast] After we started</i>
<i>getting the music together,</i>

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<i>and we realized we were gonna go</i>
<i>on the road, Muggs basically said,</i>

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<i>"Yo, I know exactly who should be</i>
<i>your road manager."</i>

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<i>Who can I get that's fucking responsible</i>
<i>and got they shit together?</i>

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<i>And I was like, "Who?"</i>

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<i>I hit up Scan and then, um...</i>

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<i>He became our tour manager.</i>

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<i>That was it, right there.</i>

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<i>That was the beginning</i>
<i>of us having worldwide escapades.</i>

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<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

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<i>[Estevan] In the beginning, people</i>
<i>didn't know that House of Pain was white.</i>

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<i>People were like, "What the fuck?"</i>

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<i>"What are these fucking white boys</i>
<i>walking through here?"</i>

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<i>And then they'd hear the...</i>

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<i>[Estevan humming the start</i>
<i>of "Jump Around"]</i>

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<i>And the whole fucking club</i>
<i>would just go buck wild, berserk,</i>

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<i>and they're just losing</i>
<i>their fucking minds.</i>

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<i>From there, it just took off.</i>

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<i>I was with the band in the music videos,</i>
<i>like "Shamrocks and Shenanigans."</i>

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<i>When I wasn't here in LA,</i>
<i>I was on tour with House of Pain.</i>

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<i>My dad, he was a photographer.</i>

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<i>He thought I lived</i>
<i>kind of a cool lifestyle, so...</i>

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<i>This is my first camera</i>
<i>that my dad gave me.</i>

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<i>This is the one that I talk about</i>
<i>when people say,</i>

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<i>"Oh, how did you start in photography?"</i>

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<i>[Everlast] We would go on these</i>
<i>little really fucked-up promo tours,</i>

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<i>and he was just always taking pictures.</i>

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<i>[clicking]</i>

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<i>[spraying]</i>

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<i>[Cartoon] I figured out</i>
<i>that I was gonna be an artist</i>

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<i>when it was time to get a real job.</i>

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<i>I think airbrushing T-shirts,</i>
<i>when I first did that,</i>

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<i>about 17 years old,</i>

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<i>is when I knew</i>
<i>I could do this for a living.</i>

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<i>And I would paint</i>
<i>portraits of people's cars,</i>

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<i>put it on a T-shirt</i>
<i>and put the name over top.</i>

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<i>I just started working right off the bat.</i>

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<i>Cartoon's Customs was born,</i>

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<i>kind of like preparing me to tattoo.</i>

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<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

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<i>[Muggs] Scandalous got the camera.</i>

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<i>Japan. It's how we do it.</i>

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<i>Chicken and soup.</i>
<i>And I'm gonna get the spinach and butter.</i>

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<i>When you're on the road, man,</i>
<i>shit can get a bit stressful.</i>

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<i>You need somebody out there</i>
<i>that knows everybody's personalities</i>

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<i>and everything,</i>
<i>keep everything at ease all the time.</i>

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{\an8}<i>Every day was a new adventure,</i>
<i>new city, new country, new shows.</i>

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<i>It was the shit, to roll with the homie.</i>

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<i>Hey, Steve-O.</i>

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{\an8}<i>He wasn't Estevan Oriol, the photographer.</i>
<i>He was the road dog.</i>

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<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

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<i>[Estevan] They got the homie.</i>

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<i>Cypress Hill, at the time, had not only...</i>
<i>selling crazy records or platinum records,</i>

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<i>but a well-respected hip-hop group.</i>

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<i>B-Real was one of the dopest emcees</i>
<i>in the world at the time.</i>

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<i>[B-Real] Look at this view, motherfuckers.</i>

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<i>[door creaking]</i>

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<i>I look fucking good.</i>

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<i>[screams]</i>

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{\an8}<i>You never have to ask me if I'm ready.</i>
<i>I'm always ready, motherfucker. Fuck you.</i>

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{\an8}<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

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<i>[coughs]</i>

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<i>Oh, shit. That was a good hit.</i>

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<i>Muggs had put on Estevan</i>
<i>to work with the House of Pain guys</i>

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{\an8}<i>and then he came to work with us,</i>
<i>Cypress Hill.</i>

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<i>His first show</i>
<i>with us was at Woodstock 1994.</i>

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<i>[Estevan] B-Real jumps off the stage</i>
<i>into the crowd, now I gotta pull him out,</i>

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<i>but while I'm pulling him out,</i>
<i>I'm taking pictures.</i>

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<i>That shit was fucking crazy.</i>

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<i>♪ </i>But I'm still comin' to get ya
Thinkin' like a peace smoke<i> ♪</i>

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<i>♪ </i>Comin' on a homicide
You talkin' shit, try to take...<i> ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>Estevan, he had many</i>
<i>different roles he played.</i>

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{\an8}<i>He was tour managing,</i>

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{\an8}<i>he was our photographer and videographer.</i>

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<i>[people chanting]</i>

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<i>♪</i> So what ya gonna do now?
Being the hunted one is no fun <i>♪</i>

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<i>♪</i> Here I come, son <i>♪</i>

303
00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:10,516
<i>Those are all mine.</i>

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<i>♪</i> Better run more
And move a little faster <i>♪</i>

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00:14:13,769 --> 00:14:16,730
<i>♪ </i>Second of thought
And I'm comin' to blast ya with my<i> ♪</i>

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<i>♪ </i>Sawed off shotgun, hand on the pump
Left hand on a forty<i> ♪</i>

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00:14:20,234 --> 00:14:21,318
<i>♪</i> Puffin' on a blunt <i>♪</i>

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00:14:21,402 --> 00:14:22,570
<i>♪</i> Pumped my shotgun <i>♪</i>

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00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:23,779
<i>♪</i> Niggas didn't jump <i>♪</i>

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<i>-♪</i> Lala, la la, la la, la la <i>♪</i>
<i>-[B-Real] Let's rock 'n' roll.</i>

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<i>♪</i> Cypress Hill, Cypress Hill <i>♪</i>

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00:14:28,742 --> 00:14:29,785
<i>♪</i> Look at it <i>♪</i>

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<i>♪</i> Cypress Hill, Cypress Hill <i>♪</i>

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00:14:32,454 --> 00:14:33,956
<i>♪</i> Cypress Hill, Cypress Hill <i>♪</i>

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<i>♪</i> Look at it <i>♪</i>

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<i>[B-Real] That's the way our crew was.</i>
<i>We all worked together very tightly.</i>

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<i>No one ever wore one hat.</i>

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<i>You know, everybody did multiple things</i>
<i>just to get whatever we needed done,</i>

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<i>and Estevan, you know,</i>
<i>he covered a lot of bases,</i>

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<i>and, at the same time,</i>
<i>being our family and friend</i>

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<i>and filling every spot</i>
<i>that needed to be filled.</i>

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<i>What's up, dude?</i>
<i>This is motherfucking Scandalous.</i>

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<i>If you need anything,</i>
<i>I got what you want, baby.</i>

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<i>[chuckles]</i>

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<i>Motherfuckin', big old skunk.</i>

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00:15:01,483 --> 00:15:03,986
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

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<i>[man] Come on!</i>

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00:15:05,696 --> 00:15:07,823
<i>Can you hear me? We're right here</i>
<i>in fucked-up Cleveland,</i>

329
00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,034
<i>we just had Mother Nature</i>
<i>trip the fuck out on us.</i>

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<i>Yeah!</i>

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<i>♪ </i>Olé, olé, olé, olé, Cypress, Cypress <i>♪</i>

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<i>[Sen] So Estevan came through and a lot</i>
<i>of the great footage that we have now</i>

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<i>from Cypress Hill in those early days,</i>
<i>it was all Estevan Oriol footage.</i>

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<i>♪</i>{\an8} Cypress <i>♪</i>

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<i>[audience] ♪</i> Cypress <i>♪</i>

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<i>♪</i> Cypress Hill <i>♪</i>

337
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<i>[audience] ♪</i> Cypress Hill <i>♪</i>

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<i>♪</i> Cypress <i>♪</i>

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00:15:29,511 --> 00:15:30,846
<i>[audience] ♪</i> Cypress <i>♪</i>

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00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:31,972
<i>♪</i> Cypress Hill <i>♪</i>

341
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<i>[audience] ♪</i> Cypress Hill <i>♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>I have Steve-O in my head</i>
<i>always saying things like,</i>

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{\an8}<i>"I'm just right here.</i>
<i>I'm just right here."</i>

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00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:39,939
<i>Him, I think, saying to me,</i>

345
00:15:40,022 --> 00:15:42,107
<i>"Don't worry about it.</i>
<i>I'm doing my job. I'm right here."</i>

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<i>[Estevan] Alright, we're still on our way.</i>

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{\an8}<i>[laughter]</i>

348
00:15:46,820 --> 00:15:48,364
<i>[man singing]</i>

349
00:15:48,572 --> 00:15:50,741
<i>[Sen] The most pissed-on</i>
<i>fucking countryside I've seen.</i>

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<i>-[Estevan] What else are we gonna do?</i>
<i>-[Sen] We need to get there before you do.</i>

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<i>[driver] Fucking Ireland.</i>

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00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:58,332
<i>-[boy] Oh, he's stuck!</i>
<i>-[driver] You fucking bollocks!</i>

353
00:15:58,415 --> 00:15:59,416
<i>[boy yells]</i>

354
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<i>[Sen] What the fuck did he say?</i>

355
00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,670
<i>[driver] We have to go backstage,</i>
<i>you know?</i>

356
00:16:02,753 --> 00:16:04,588
<i>[policeman] You can't get in that way.</i>
<i>It's too small.</i>

357
00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,174
<i>-[driver] We wanna go backstage.</i>
<i>-Yeah, you got a pass?</i>

358
00:16:07,257 --> 00:16:09,843
<i>Yeah, we-- This is our pass. Cypress Hill.</i>

359
00:16:09,927 --> 00:16:11,637
<i>-[policeman] Cypress-- Oh, yeah.</i>
<i>-Yeah.</i>

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<i>-[Sen] We made it, Engolf.</i>
<i>-[Estevan chuckles]</i>

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<i>[Estevan] I'm on tour</i>
<i>with The Beastie Boys,</i>

362
00:16:16,392 --> 00:16:17,559
<i>No Doubt, The Fugees,</i>

363
00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:19,728
<i>Limp Bizkit, Erykah Badu,</i>

364
00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:21,397
<i>and all these other bands,</i>

365
00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,024
<i>and I'm the only one there with a camera.</i>

366
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<i>[rock music playing]</i>

367
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<i>[Estevan] You're going from nothing</i>
<i>to seeing thousands of people</i>

368
00:16:29,738 --> 00:16:33,492
<i>losing their fucking minds to the song</i>
<i>that you guys are bringing, you know?</i>

369
00:16:33,575 --> 00:16:35,536
<i>So, you're, like, "Fuck, man."</i>

370
00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:37,663
<i>That's when I started, like, feeling like,</i>

371
00:16:37,746 --> 00:16:40,416
<i>"Okay, yeah, I need</i>
<i>to take pictures of all this shit."</i>

372
00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:43,669
<i>[screaming]</i>

373
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<i>This is Southern California, motherfucker.</i>

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<i>[Estevan] I started offering my photos</i>
<i>to the magazines,</i>

375
00:16:49,299 --> 00:16:51,885
<i>so music magazines</i>
<i>started publishing my photos.</i>

376
00:16:52,094 --> 00:16:53,512
<i>[birds chirping]</i>

377
00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:00,894
<i>Yo, kick it off, dog.</i>

378
00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:02,896
<i>One, two, three. Chickity boom bang.</i>

379
00:17:04,231 --> 00:17:05,607
<i>Estevan...</i>

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{\an8}<i>The motherfucker was the man, you know?</i>
<i>He was a man of many hats.</i>

381
00:17:08,902 --> 00:17:11,613
<i>When I met him,</i>
<i>I was about 14, 15 years old.</i>

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00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:14,658
<i>I was in the group The Whooliganz.</i>
<i>I rapped. I was a rapper.</i>

383
00:17:14,742 --> 00:17:16,368
<i>♪</i> Book your silly crick
{\an8}Put your hands up <i>♪</i>

384
00:17:16,452 --> 00:17:18,579
{\an8}<i>[Alchemist] Me and my man Scotty.</i>
<i>Scotty Caan.</i>

385
00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:23,792
<i>[Scott] We had made a record with B-Real,</i>
<i>so they were bringing us out on tour</i>

386
00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:25,836
<i>to pump up our record</i>
<i>that hadn't come out yet.</i>

387
00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:29,131
<i>So, I'm 16 years old in that situation,</i>

388
00:17:29,214 --> 00:17:32,968
{\an8}<i>with nothing to do,</i>
<i>but be alive for one hour.</i>

389
00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:34,970
{\an8}<i>Otherwise, it was, like, hit on girls,</i>

390
00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:37,306
<i>smoke weed and drink,</i>
<i>and hang out with your idols.</i>

391
00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:41,226
<i>I don't like to represent an age group.</i>
<i>I'm representing hip-hop.</i>

392
00:17:41,685 --> 00:17:43,604
<i>You know,</i>
<i>he started fucking with the camera then...</i>

393
00:17:44,104 --> 00:17:46,231
<i>Alchemist started fucking</i>
<i>with beats then and...</i>

394
00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:47,775
<i>-Can we say "fuck"?</i>
<i>-[producer] Yeah.</i>

395
00:17:47,858 --> 00:17:49,568
<i>You talk about that time,</i>
<i>you can't not curse.</i>

396
00:17:49,651 --> 00:17:50,861
<i>It's impossible, you know?</i>

397
00:17:50,944 --> 00:17:53,864
<i>You gotta remember, in '93,</i>
<i>Soul Assassins,</i>

398
00:17:53,989 --> 00:17:56,533
<i>Cypress Hill, House of Pain,</i>
<i>they were the top of rap.</i>

399
00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:59,203
<i>You know, you had Dre and Snoop otherwise,</i>

400
00:17:59,286 --> 00:18:02,456
<i>but other than that,</i>
<i>this was the biggest shit going on.</i>

401
00:18:02,539 --> 00:18:04,458
<i>That was Soul Assassins. We were the top.</i>

402
00:18:04,541 --> 00:18:07,836
{\an8}<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

403
00:18:08,629 --> 00:18:11,507
<i>[Pat] I met Estevan Oriol</i>
<i>25 plus years ago.</i>

404
00:18:11,715 --> 00:18:14,343
{\an8}<i>It was surreal for a 16-year-old</i>
<i>to go to a concert</i>

405
00:18:14,426 --> 00:18:16,887
{\an8}<i>with The Whooliganz opening up</i>
<i>for House of Pain and Cypress Hill</i>

406
00:18:16,970 --> 00:18:18,097
{\an8}<i>at the height of their career.</i>

407
00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:20,599
<i>We were backstage, and they almost</i>
<i>shut the whole concert down</i>

408
00:18:20,682 --> 00:18:23,352
<i>because some guy named Estevan</i>
<i>punched out the bootleggers.</i>

409
00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:26,897
<i>They would get your artwork</i>
<i>from the newspaper and make a shirt.</i>

410
00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:29,149
<i>Like an hour before the show,</i>
<i>a couple-- All the homeboys</i>

411
00:18:29,233 --> 00:18:32,069
<i>would like, put their hoods on and, like,</i>
<i>go walk through the parking lot</i>

412
00:18:32,152 --> 00:18:34,905
<i>and you'd just be sittin'</i>
<i>by the, you know, by the trailers,</i>

413
00:18:34,988 --> 00:18:36,824
<i>-and you just hear, "Wham!"</i>
<i>-Damn!</i>

414
00:18:36,907 --> 00:18:39,159
<i>And dudes would just get knocked out cold,</i>
<i>like...</i>

415
00:18:39,243 --> 00:18:40,369
<i>I won't name any names.</i>

416
00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:43,163
<i>-[producer] Name names.</i>
<i>-Muggs, Estevan.</i>

417
00:18:43,247 --> 00:18:44,706
<i>Motherfucker said something...</i>

418
00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:46,750
<i>So I punch him in the face.</i>

419
00:18:46,834 --> 00:18:47,876
<i>Poor guy.</i>

420
00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,586
<i>[Pat] So, that's when I met Estevan Oriol.</i>

421
00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:51,338
<i>Him beating up a bootlegger</i>
<i>in San Francisco</i>

422
00:18:51,421 --> 00:18:53,507
<i>at a Soul Assassins' concert.</i>

423
00:18:53,590 --> 00:18:56,176
<i>When I met Steve-O, he was tour manager,</i>

424
00:18:56,885 --> 00:18:58,720
<i>the all-time funny guy...</i>

425
00:19:00,514 --> 00:19:02,975
<i>slash photographer, slash DJ.</i>

426
00:19:03,058 --> 00:19:07,437
<i>From their platinum album </i>Temples of Boom,
<i>you guys, here is Cypress Hill!</i>

427
00:19:07,521 --> 00:19:10,858
<i>♪ </i>All this confusion's stressing me
{\an8}Out in my mind<i> ♪</i>

428
00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:14,486
<i>There were times I think</i>
<i>where he even may have filled in</i>

429
00:19:14,570 --> 00:19:17,573
<i>as a member of Cypress Hill in interviews.</i>

430
00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:20,701
{\an8}<i>You can't blame all of us</i>
<i>for these few groups.</i>

431
00:19:20,784 --> 00:19:22,744
{\an8}<i>[Jim] Clearly,</i>
<i>the controversy is going to continue.</i>

432
00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:24,830
{\an8}<i>-Thanks a lot for joining us.</i>
<i>-Thanks for having us.</i>

433
00:19:24,913 --> 00:19:27,082
{\an8}<i>This is Cypress Hill.</i>
<i>And now, back to New York.</i>

434
00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:28,542
<i>[people shouting]</i>

435
00:19:28,625 --> 00:19:29,543
<i>[Chuck D] Then fight!</i>

436
00:19:29,626 --> 00:19:33,088
<i>[police car siren wailing]</i>

437
00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:36,758
<i>I think it all changed, though,</i>
<i>when I did my first album cover.</i>

438
00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:38,427
<i>["Fight the Power" by Public Enemy</i>
<i>playing]</i>

439
00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:40,053
<i>[Cartoon] There were the 1992 riots.</i>

440
00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:41,889
<i>It's not a message of protest.</i>

441
00:19:41,972 --> 00:19:44,266
<i>It's the brutality of a mob.</i>

442
00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:46,727
<i>[shouting]</i>

443
00:19:46,810 --> 00:19:49,605
<i>[Cartoon] The verdict was read,</i>
<i>and the streets went crazy.</i>

444
00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:51,857
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

445
00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:53,317
{\an8}<i>Shit just happened.</i>

446
00:19:53,483 --> 00:19:57,362
<i>Blacks and Mexicans started looking</i>
<i>at each other, communicating</i>

447
00:19:57,446 --> 00:19:58,989
<i>like family.</i>

448
00:19:59,239 --> 00:20:01,867
{\an8}<i>Boy, they didn't like that.</i>
<i>They didn't like that.</i>

449
00:20:02,409 --> 00:20:05,662
{\an8}<i>I remember that day,</i>
<i>driving on the 110 freeway,</i>

450
00:20:05,746 --> 00:20:10,083
{\an8}<i>going to Hollywood</i>
<i>and seeing the sides of the 110</i>

451
00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:11,835
{\an8}<i>with fire on each side of it.</i>

452
00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,671
{\an8}<i>What it did was, it spawned a relationship</i>

453
00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:17,549
{\an8}<i>from '92 to now that they can never break.</i>

454
00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:20,093
<i>[Cartoon] But as crazy as that shit was,</i>

455
00:20:20,177 --> 00:20:22,012
<i>that everything was on fire</i>

456
00:20:22,095 --> 00:20:24,890
{\an8}<i>and the injustice against Rodney King,</i>

457
00:20:24,973 --> 00:20:27,476
<i>and "fuck the police," and this and that,</i>

458
00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:31,021
{\an8}<i>I was driving,</i>
<i>and the Kid Frost album cover I had drawn</i>

459
00:20:31,104 --> 00:20:33,440
{\an8}<i>was blown up on a billboard</i>

460
00:20:33,523 --> 00:20:34,733
<i>for Virgin Records.</i>

461
00:20:35,943 --> 00:20:39,696
<i>Now I'm in the music game,</i>
<i>and I don't even play the guitar.</i>

462
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,741
<i>[car horn honking]</i>

463
00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:46,745
<i>Behind me is</i>
<i>where me and Cartoon first met.</i>

464
00:20:46,828 --> 00:20:49,623
<i>On that particular night,</i>
<i>they rented out the top floor</i>

465
00:20:49,706 --> 00:20:52,251
<i>for The Penthouse Players</i>
<i>record release party.</i>

466
00:20:52,334 --> 00:20:55,295
<i>Me and my friend Donnie Charles,</i>
<i>we went there together.</i>

467
00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:56,797
<i>Right when we walked in,</i>

468
00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,757
<i>he saw Cartoon, and he goes, "Hey..."</i>

469
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,385
{\an8}<i>"Come over here, uh,</i>
<i>I want you to meet my other homie.</i>

470
00:21:01,468 --> 00:21:02,552
<i>He's Mexican too."</i>

471
00:21:02,636 --> 00:21:04,221
<i>"Both of you guys are in the music game.</i>

472
00:21:04,304 --> 00:21:06,723
<i>He did The Penthouse Players' album cover.</i>

473
00:21:06,807 --> 00:21:09,810
<i>You guys just kick it right here,</i>
<i>and I'm gonna go roll around."</i>

474
00:21:10,477 --> 00:21:13,605
<i>"E" impacted my life</i>
<i>because I found someone</i>

475
00:21:13,689 --> 00:21:15,732
<i>that was on the same mission I was,</i>

476
00:21:15,816 --> 00:21:17,985
<i>artistically, friendship-wise.</i>

477
00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:20,570
<i>[Yolanda] I remember him telling me,</i>
<i>"Mommy," says,</i>

478
00:21:20,654 --> 00:21:24,116
<i>"I met a guy that thinks</i>
<i>along the same lines I do."</i>

479
00:21:24,199 --> 00:21:27,077
<i>Probably my first seeing Cartoon</i>
<i>was, like, early '94.</i>

480
00:21:27,244 --> 00:21:28,787
<i>[B-Real] If I remember correctly,</i>

481
00:21:28,870 --> 00:21:31,873
<i>it was at Muggs' crib</i>
<i>up in the Hollywood Hills.</i>

482
00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:36,753
<i>-They were in a '64 Impala.</i>
<i>-[David] It is a buddy comedy.</i>

483
00:21:36,837 --> 00:21:39,798
<i>[Muggs] Abbott and Costello.</i>
<i>These two motherfuckers was non-stop.</i>

484
00:21:39,881 --> 00:21:41,216
<i>They knew how to hustle.</i>

485
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:43,135
<i>[Cartoon] At the beginning,</i>
<i>it was rough for us.</i>

486
00:21:43,218 --> 00:21:46,805
<i>And the more we hung out,</i>
<i>the more we just started building on ideas</i>

487
00:21:46,888 --> 00:21:50,142
<i>of things that we could do</i>
<i>to make money that weren't illegal.</i>

488
00:21:50,225 --> 00:21:52,311
<i>[man] The check dance.</i>
<i>Let's see the-- Let's see the--</i>

489
00:21:52,394 --> 00:21:53,562
<i>The stripper check.</i>

490
00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:59,026
{\an8}<i>Back in those days, you know,</i>
<i>there was no Estevan without Cartoon.</i>

491
00:22:01,236 --> 00:22:04,656
<i>[Muggs] Cartoon's role in Soul Assassins,</i>
<i>he's like the... the visuals.</i>

492
00:22:04,781 --> 00:22:07,534
{\an8}<i>We saw the talent in him.</i>
<i>We believed in him.</i>

493
00:22:12,664 --> 00:22:16,043
<i>[Estevan] Get in there.</i>
<i>Get in there, fucker.</i>

494
00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:17,085
<i>[Cartoon] For real?</i>

495
00:22:18,462 --> 00:22:19,504
<i>[Cartoon exhales]</i>

496
00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:21,757
<i>Turn the camera off!</i>

497
00:22:22,716 --> 00:22:25,260
<i>[ferry boat horns honking]</i>

498
00:22:25,761 --> 00:22:28,138
<i>-[Estevan] Where we at?</i>
<i>-We're in a ferry right now.</i>

499
00:22:28,221 --> 00:22:30,223
<i>Fucking eight in the morning and shit.</i>

500
00:22:30,307 --> 00:22:31,850
<i>[Cartoon] I'm so tired.</i>

501
00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:35,270
<i>All that tour life, man,</i>
<i>I think that's what kind of molded us</i>

502
00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:38,231
<i>to be able to have</i>
<i>different relationships, you know?</i>

503
00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:39,941
<i>Just living that life, man.</i>

504
00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:41,568
<i>-[woman] You're high, man.</i>
<i>-[Estevan] Wow!</i>

505
00:22:41,651 --> 00:22:43,320
<i>What do you think about that?</i>
<i>It looks crazy.</i>

506
00:22:43,403 --> 00:22:45,197
<i>[Estevan]</i>
<i>I'll take a little piece and taste it.</i>

507
00:22:45,322 --> 00:22:48,325
<i>When Cartoon first started coming around,</i>
<i>he started doing all of our shit.</i>

508
00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:50,577
{\an8}<i>He was mad talented.</i>

509
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,080
<i>[Cartoon] I would do the stage design.</i>

510
00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:54,498
<i>[man over speakers] </i>Check, check.

511
00:22:54,581 --> 00:22:56,124
<i>[Cartoon] Artwork that I had drawn</i>

512
00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:59,503
<i>would get blown up</i>
<i>into this big giant blow-up doll</i>

513
00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:01,630
<i>of a king sitting on a throne,</i>

514
00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:03,632
<i>the most gangster shit I could think of.</i>

515
00:23:03,715 --> 00:23:06,676
<i>I hadn't even started tattooing.</i>
<i>I didn't even have a tattoo yet.</i>

516
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,011
<i>It wasn't until later I started</i>

517
00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:10,555
<i>hangin' around</i>
<i>professional tattoo shops that...</i>

518
00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:13,100
<i>[sniffs] ...the smell of the green soap,</i>

519
00:23:13,183 --> 00:23:15,394
<i>the energy of the shop kind of drew me in.</i>

520
00:23:16,269 --> 00:23:18,146
<i>My life would go another direction.</i>

521
00:23:18,271 --> 00:23:22,901
<i>[rhythmic music playing]</i>

522
00:23:29,074 --> 00:23:31,827
<i>[man] This is NFC,</i>
<i>stands for "No Fat Chicks."</i>

523
00:23:32,911 --> 00:23:36,748
<i>A long, long time ago,</i>
<i>I made a tattoo machine...</i>

524
00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:39,626
<i>for my partner Cartoon.</i>

525
00:23:39,709 --> 00:23:42,170
<i>And this is what he started</i>
<i>tattooing me with.</i>

526
00:23:43,213 --> 00:23:45,882
<i>[Cartoon] Even though I was good</i>
<i>at drawing on paper,</i>

527
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:50,595
<i>and I could do graffiti, airbrush,</i>
<i>skin was a completely different world.</i>

528
00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:54,683
<i>[Muggs] His transition</i>
<i>from drawing to the tattoo game</i>

529
00:23:54,766 --> 00:23:56,685
<i>had everybody shook.</i>

530
00:23:56,852 --> 00:23:59,062
<i>[Alchemist] I don't remember exactly</i>
<i>how he transitioned,</i>

531
00:23:59,146 --> 00:24:01,940
<i>but I remember, like, his first tattoos.</i>
<i>It was, like, "Oh, it's over."</i>

532
00:24:02,023 --> 00:24:04,568
<i>[Estevan] Cartoon came in</i>
<i>and changed the game.</i>

533
00:24:04,651 --> 00:24:07,404
<i>[Alchemist] From spraying on a metal</i>
<i>to "Give me this fucking gun,"</i>

534
00:24:07,487 --> 00:24:09,531
<i>he just, like, took to skin</i>

535
00:24:09,614 --> 00:24:11,700
<i>like it was just second nature.</i>

536
00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:14,911
<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

537
00:24:15,579 --> 00:24:18,123
<i>In the early days,</i>
<i>he'd bring me all my customers.</i>

538
00:24:18,206 --> 00:24:20,459
<i>I'd just see all these people</i>
<i>and all these bands,</i>

539
00:24:20,542 --> 00:24:22,878
<i>and I'd see their tattoos and I was like,</i>

540
00:24:22,961 --> 00:24:25,714
<i>"Fuck, man, that tattoo looks like shit."</i>

541
00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:27,841
{\an8}<i>[Cartoon]</i>
<i>Just see them at a concert and be like,</i>

542
00:24:27,924 --> 00:24:30,177
{\an8}<i>"Oh, you like tattoos?</i>
<i>That's a nice tattoo.</i>

543
00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:32,888
<i>You ever got tattooed by Cartoon?</i>
<i>He did this on me."</i>

544
00:24:32,971 --> 00:24:34,806
<i>And I showed them mine,</i>
<i>and they were fresh.</i>

545
00:24:34,890 --> 00:24:35,932
<i>Most of the guys were like,</i>

546
00:24:36,016 --> 00:24:37,809
<i>"Oh, that's badass, you know.</i>
<i>Who did that?"</i>

547
00:24:37,893 --> 00:24:40,812
<i>"My boy Cartoon. He brought his shit.</i>
<i>You can get tattooed with him."</i>

548
00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:42,981
<i>That's how I got all my clients, you know?</i>

549
00:24:43,064 --> 00:24:44,316
<i>My big ones.</i>

550
00:24:44,399 --> 00:24:47,068
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

551
00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:52,991
<i>There is so much going on with those guys.</i>

552
00:24:53,783 --> 00:24:56,077
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

553
00:24:56,203 --> 00:24:58,622
<i>[Paul] They're super ambitious,</i>
<i>super creative.</i>

554
00:24:58,747 --> 00:25:01,249
<i>You just want this same style,</i>
<i>but just a little more symmetrical.</i>

555
00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:02,209
<i>[man] Like this.</i>

556
00:25:02,292 --> 00:25:03,793
<i>[Paul] Super fun to be around.</i>

557
00:25:03,877 --> 00:25:05,587
<i>Super assholes at times.</i>

558
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:09,591
<i>Hey, Paul,</i>
<i>we're ready to get Jewish, get right.</i>

559
00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:11,927
<i>I know Toons went</i>
<i>on the Anger Management Tour</i>

560
00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:12,886
<i>over to Europe.</i>

561
00:25:13,428 --> 00:25:14,513
<i>Everybody hung out.</i>

562
00:25:14,721 --> 00:25:16,223
<i>Anger Management Tour.</i>

563
00:25:16,306 --> 00:25:18,099
<i>-This was the tour.</i>
<i>-Damn.</i>

564
00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:19,976
<i>[Bobo] We're doing</i>
<i>these European festivals</i>

565
00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:22,229
<i>and you get access to all these bands.</i>

566
00:25:22,312 --> 00:25:23,647
<i>I mean, all-access pass.</i>

567
00:25:23,730 --> 00:25:27,526
<i>Whookid is accused</i>
<i>of trying to bribe a prostitute</i>

568
00:25:27,609 --> 00:25:29,569
<i>with a mixtape and two tickets.</i>

569
00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:32,614
<i>[all laugh and yell]</i>

570
00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:35,575
<i>[Xzibit] Order in court! Order in court!</i>

571
00:25:35,659 --> 00:25:38,662
<i>Did you or did you not pay for pussy?</i>

572
00:25:38,745 --> 00:25:40,247
<i>I paid for entertainment.</i>

573
00:25:40,330 --> 00:25:42,874
<i>[all laugh]</i>

574
00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:46,086
{\an8}<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

575
00:25:48,004 --> 00:25:49,673
<i>He's a pro at that, man.</i>

576
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,473
<i>It was crazy, he was tattooing</i>
<i>on tour over there in Europe.</i>

577
00:25:58,765 --> 00:25:59,849
<i>Amsterdam.</i>

578
00:25:59,933 --> 00:26:02,602
<i>I came over here to Europe</i>
<i>to come with Cypress Hill.</i>

579
00:26:03,019 --> 00:26:07,065
<i>Actually,</i>
<i>it's a Cartoon tour featuring 50 Cent.</i>

580
00:26:07,190 --> 00:26:08,775
<i>He makes me want a tattoo and shit.</i>

581
00:26:08,858 --> 00:26:11,987
<i>-[Cartoon] Eminem.</i>
<i>-Cartoon, homie. Y'all can't afford it.</i>

582
00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:14,573
<i>-[Cartoon] Xzibit.</i>
<i>-Fucking ecstasy, man!</i>

583
00:26:14,656 --> 00:26:15,740
<i>[Cartoon] Cypress Hill.</i>

584
00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:19,202
<i>It ain't easy, but somebody gotta do it.</i>
<i>Why the hell not you, right?</i>

585
00:26:19,286 --> 00:26:21,496
<i>Basically, my tattoo customers</i>
<i>are getting together</i>

586
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:23,373
<i>and throwing some type of little concert.</i>

587
00:26:23,456 --> 00:26:25,667
<i>That was pretty cool</i>
<i>'cause he was doing it sometimes</i>

588
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:26,626
<i>right backstage.</i>

589
00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:30,005
<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

590
00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:33,049
<i>-You're coming with us tomorrow, right?</i>
<i>-We're coming at 3:00 p.m. 2:00 p--</i>

591
00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:34,092
<i>No, 1:00 p.m.</i>

592
00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:37,345
<i>I was Proof before it, but this really--</i>

593
00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:41,266
<i>Wow! I'm Proof now, for real, for real,</i>
<i>you know what I'm saying?</i>

594
00:26:41,725 --> 00:26:43,059
<i>[Cartoon] Motherfuckers are bored,</i>

595
00:26:43,143 --> 00:26:45,520
<i>so when you have a tattoo machine</i>
<i>going in the back...</i>

596
00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:46,855
<i>What do you got on that shoulder?</i>

597
00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:50,317
<i>...and you're in Germany somewhere,</i>
<i>you're gonna be there all day.</i>

598
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,776
<i>He's got another victim.</i>

599
00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:55,822
<i>He shoulda did a class photo</i>
<i>with all his ink victims on this tour.</i>

600
00:26:57,657 --> 00:27:00,910
<i>[Eric] He did Bizarre from D12.</i>
<i>He did his belly, man.</i>

601
00:27:00,994 --> 00:27:03,121
<i>I remember, I was there</i>
<i>just watching him do this.</i>

602
00:27:03,204 --> 00:27:04,623
<i>He had a lot of real estate.</i>

603
00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:05,582
<i>[chuckling]</i>

604
00:27:05,665 --> 00:27:08,543
<i>He had lot of real estate right there.</i>
<i>It was crazy.</i>

605
00:27:08,668 --> 00:27:09,919
<i>[Bizarre] If you're a rapper</i>

606
00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:14,633
<i>and you ain't got a tattoo by Cartoon,</i>
<i>then you ain't living.</i>

607
00:27:15,592 --> 00:27:16,676
<i>[chuckling]</i>

608
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,970
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

609
00:27:19,596 --> 00:27:21,473
<i>[Cartoon]</i>
<i>I was just that guy in the industry</i>

610
00:27:21,556 --> 00:27:23,725
<i>and people were coming to see me</i>
<i>because of my work.</i>

611
00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:25,894
<i>I surrounded myself by talent.</i>

612
00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:29,356
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

613
00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:31,107
<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

614
00:27:39,366 --> 00:27:41,993
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

615
00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:47,374
<i>[Cartoon] 25 years old,</i>
<i>this is holding its weight.</i>

616
00:27:47,457 --> 00:27:49,959
<i>DL, all day strong.</i>
<i>Know what I'm talkin' bout?</i>

617
00:27:52,587 --> 00:27:53,630
<i>Hola.</i>

618
00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:07,185
<i>[Estevan] Is there anywhere</i>
<i>to go get something to eat?</i>

619
00:28:07,268 --> 00:28:08,687
<i>Terminal two.</i>

620
00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:10,355
<i>-[Estevan] Huh?</i>
<i>-Terminal two.</i>

621
00:28:10,438 --> 00:28:12,190
<i>-[Estevan] How do you get there?</i>
<i>-You go--</i>

622
00:28:13,608 --> 00:28:14,943
<i>Where did she say to turn?</i>

623
00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:16,194
<i>[Estevan] The green ramp.</i>

624
00:28:19,322 --> 00:28:21,366
<i>New York City. No one's here.</i>

625
00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:23,535
<i>-[Estevan] You need that?</i>
<i>-No.</i>

626
00:28:23,618 --> 00:28:25,203
<i>-[Estevan] Let's go.</i>
<i>-[baggage claim siren]</i>

627
00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:28,665
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

628
00:28:29,457 --> 00:28:31,668
<i>[Eric] Before you know it,</i>
<i>everybody was calling Cartoon.</i>

629
00:28:31,751 --> 00:28:33,753
<i>He was top name, flying him in.</i>

630
00:28:33,837 --> 00:28:36,631
<i>Well, at that point in time,</i>
<i>everybody started getting tatted up.</i>

631
00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:38,007
<i>Hey, let's order a pizza pie.</i>

632
00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:39,509
<i>Gang Starr, you know what I'm saying?</i>

633
00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:42,512
<i>That means that's me</i>
<i>and my motherfucking man Preemo, okay?</i>

634
00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:43,763
<i>-DJ Premier.</i>
<i>-Yeah.</i>

635
00:28:45,181 --> 00:28:48,309
<i>[Premier] Only real shit gets done</i>
<i>on me anyway, so the realest shit,</i>

636
00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:49,602
<i>Mister Cartoon.</i>

637
00:28:49,686 --> 00:28:50,854
<i>This hot, though, this hot.</i>

638
00:28:50,937 --> 00:28:52,480
<i>He's created a masterpiece.</i>

639
00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:55,734
<i>[door creaking]</i>

640
00:28:55,817 --> 00:28:57,402
<i>[scoffs] Busted.</i>

641
00:28:57,485 --> 00:28:58,778
<i>[laughs]</i>

642
00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:02,240
<i>I'm gonna leave my whole little</i>
<i>cigarette binge right here in New York,</i>

643
00:29:02,323 --> 00:29:03,241
<i>where I found it.</i>

644
00:29:03,324 --> 00:29:04,909
<i>[Estevan] I thought you found it in Tokyo.</i>

645
00:29:04,993 --> 00:29:05,869
<i>Yeah, but...</i>

646
00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:08,329
<i>I can't leave it there</i>
<i>cause I'm over here.</i>

647
00:29:08,621 --> 00:29:10,290
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

648
00:29:10,373 --> 00:29:11,791
<i>That nigga Cartoon be doin'.</i>

649
00:29:16,546 --> 00:29:20,091
<i>You see, this is how we do it.</i>

650
00:29:20,258 --> 00:29:22,177
<i>And-- And what you have with Estevan...</i>

651
00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:25,221
<i>If I tell you to shut the fuck up,</i>
<i>will you shut the fuck up?</i>

652
00:29:25,305 --> 00:29:27,474
<i>Insane drug addict, alcoholic.</i>

653
00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:28,808
<i>He was partying his ass off.</i>

654
00:29:28,892 --> 00:29:32,270
<i>[Cartoon] I might've experimented</i>
<i>with every kind of drug you could try.</i>

655
00:29:32,353 --> 00:29:34,814
<i>PCP, blow, mushrooms,</i>

656
00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:36,900
<i>acid, ecstasy,</i>

657
00:29:36,983 --> 00:29:38,026
<i>MDMA.</i>

658
00:29:38,109 --> 00:29:40,612
<i>I'd wake up</i>
<i>with the craziest cramps in my legs.</i>

659
00:29:40,695 --> 00:29:42,614
<i>And... it was just too much.</i>

660
00:29:42,697 --> 00:29:44,616
<i>We looked at each other and we were like,</i>

661
00:29:44,699 --> 00:29:46,701
<i>"We need to go to the next level, man."</i>

662
00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:50,205
<i>And to go to the next level,</i>
<i>"E" had to leave...</i>

663
00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:52,791
<i>the substances behind.</i>

664
00:29:52,874 --> 00:29:54,083
<i>[David] And he got sober</i>

665
00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:57,670
<i>and sponsored</i>
<i>countless amount of people for years.</i>

666
00:29:57,754 --> 00:30:00,757
<i>Once he got sober,</i>
<i>I just seen domination kick in.</i>

667
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,842
<i>And they grew that empire,</i>

668
00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:04,719
<i>Soul Assassins Studios.</i>

669
00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:06,805
<i>Before you know it... [imitates explosion]</i>

670
00:30:06,888 --> 00:30:09,182
<i>[crowd cheering]</i>

671
00:30:11,434 --> 00:30:13,728
<i>I mean, should I tell you--</i>
<i>I can tell you the whole story now.</i>

672
00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:16,356
<i>["Children's Story" by Slick Rick playing]</i>

673
00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:20,276
<i>♪ </i>Now here's a little something
That needs to be heard<i> ♪</i>

674
00:30:21,152 --> 00:30:23,446
<i>[Snoop]</i>
<i>My first time going to S.A. Studios,</i>

675
00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:24,906
<i>lowriders,</i>

676
00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:27,200
<i>rims,</i>

677
00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:28,952
<i>the art on the wall.</i>

678
00:30:29,369 --> 00:30:31,246
<i>I was like a kid in a candy store.</i>

679
00:30:32,622 --> 00:30:35,124
{\an8}<i>It was like a Chicano...</i>

680
00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:37,210
{\an8}<i>like a camp, like a club.</i>

681
00:30:37,293 --> 00:30:39,295
<i>These dudes are like cholo Da Vincis.</i>

682
00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:42,423
<i>I never would've found them</i>
<i>if I hadn't become successful.</i>

683
00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,884
<i>[Eminem] Yeah. Yeah. Check, check.</i>

684
00:30:45,468 --> 00:30:48,429
<i>Yo. I remember walking in,</i>
<i>though, and being like,</i>

685
00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,557
{\an8}<i>"Damn, you guys made it."</i>

686
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,143
{\an8}<i>[chuckling]</i>
<i>'Cause it was, like, fucking incredible.</i>

687
00:30:54,269 --> 00:30:55,436
<i>[Travis] You're in downtown,</i>

688
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,772
<i>and you're in the thick of it,</i>
<i>Skid Row is right there,</i>

689
00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:00,024
{\an8}<i>and that spot was super jammin'.</i>
<i>I loved that.</i>

690
00:31:00,233 --> 00:31:02,443
<i>[Eminem] It seemed like it should be</i>
<i>like a tour museum.</i>

691
00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:04,237
<i>Like, people need to see that shit.</i>

692
00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:08,324
{\an8}<i>[Estevan] When we first moved down here,</i>
<i>this was an extension of Skid Row.</i>

693
00:31:08,408 --> 00:31:12,495
<i>This is where the homeless used to live.</i>
<i>The people on drugs or mentally ill.</i>

694
00:31:12,996 --> 00:31:15,081
<i>That's what this area was like before.</i>

695
00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:18,585
<i>Can you see it? All right.</i>
<i>The Art Department were those two windows.</i>

696
00:31:18,835 --> 00:31:20,503
<i>And we had like a little showroom here.</i>

697
00:31:20,837 --> 00:31:24,841
<i>We had all of our cars</i>
<i>laid out behind these windows.</i>

698
00:31:24,924 --> 00:31:26,801
<i>Inside that double doors right there</i>

699
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,221
<i>was Cartoon's Skid Row Tattoo.</i>

700
00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:32,348
<i>S.A. Studios. That was a great time.</i>

701
00:31:32,432 --> 00:31:33,600
<i>It was like a hideout.</i>

702
00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:36,394
<i>You guys gave us the tour.</i>
<i>Like, showed us a bunch of shit.</i>

703
00:31:36,769 --> 00:31:38,813
<i>[Alchemist]</i>
<i>It was kind of like a wild playground.</i>

704
00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:41,274
<i>[Estevan] Come on! Let's go! Busted! Yeah!</i>

705
00:31:41,357 --> 00:31:42,400
<i>Shalom.</i>

706
00:31:42,483 --> 00:31:44,611
<i>Yeah, I got a good tattoo</i>
<i>for you guys right here.</i>

707
00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:46,905
<i>-Oh!</i>
<i>-[man laughs]</i>

708
00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:49,032
<i>The Jew unit in effect,</i>
<i>you know what I'm saying?</i>

709
00:31:49,115 --> 00:31:50,491
<i>["Bust a Move" by Young MC's playing]</i>

710
00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:53,328
<i>[David] We have these two guys</i>
<i>with shaved heads covered in tattoos,</i>

711
00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:55,872
<i>and then you go to their office,</i>
<i>and they have their own Nikes,</i>

712
00:31:55,955 --> 00:31:57,248
<i>they have their own Vans.</i>

713
00:31:57,332 --> 00:31:59,667
<i>And Estevan's sittin' there,</i>
<i>and his room's a mess,</i>

714
00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:02,086
<i>and he has like a little gun on the table.</i>

715
00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:05,924
<i>[Travis] Motorcycles.</i>
<i>It was the illest, illest studio ever.</i>

716
00:32:06,007 --> 00:32:08,259
<i>It was nothing like I'd ever seen before.</i>

717
00:32:08,343 --> 00:32:09,886
<i>I'm green with envy.</i>

718
00:32:09,969 --> 00:32:13,264
<i>When I walked out and I saw Too $hort,</i>
<i>and then I saw Darlene,</i>

719
00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:15,224
<i>Ice-T's old wife, right?</i>

720
00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:16,643
<i>Well, I saw 50 there.</i>

721
00:32:16,726 --> 00:32:17,769
<i>I saw Dre, Snoop.</i>

722
00:32:17,852 --> 00:32:20,021
<i>You know, every day</i>
<i>was somebody else coming through.</i>

723
00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:21,940
<i>I saw her walking in, and I'm like,</i>

724
00:32:22,023 --> 00:32:24,692
<i>"Oh, this must be the spot."</i>
<i>You know what I'm saying? Like...</i>

725
00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:26,778
<i>[Sen] I saw Eminem over there.</i>

726
00:32:26,861 --> 00:32:27,904
<i>He tatted me there.</i>

727
00:32:27,987 --> 00:32:29,614
<i>I think one day</i>
<i>I saw Kim Kardashian there.</i>

728
00:32:29,697 --> 00:32:32,075
<i>Went and done a photo shoot with her</i>
<i>or whatever.</i>

729
00:32:32,158 --> 00:32:33,326
<i>You guys still got that place?</i>

730
00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:36,704
{\an8}<i>The building itself</i>
<i>seemed slightly dangerous.</i>

731
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:37,872
<i>Oh, there comes shitbox.</i>

732
00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:40,833
<i>[Brian] I'm sure it's really dangerous,</i>
<i>but since you planted</i>

733
00:32:40,917 --> 00:32:42,377
<i>your spot there it became--</i>

734
00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:44,504
<i>[chuckling]</i>
<i>It was like a safe house or something.</i>

735
00:32:44,587 --> 00:32:46,923
<i>[Sen] The homeless people around it,</i>
<i>they took care of it.</i>

736
00:32:47,006 --> 00:32:49,467
<i>You know, that's why no one</i>
<i>ever really messed with that building.</i>

737
00:32:50,051 --> 00:32:52,887
<i>[Estevan] Pull your ass over.</i>
<i>Face the wall.</i>

738
00:32:53,179 --> 00:32:55,765
<i>And I wanna see your ID and your bike.</i>

739
00:32:55,848 --> 00:32:57,433
<i>There's my ID,</i>

740
00:32:57,517 --> 00:32:58,893
<i>there's my nutsack,</i>

741
00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:00,311
<i>and fuck you, my ass.</i>

742
00:33:01,437 --> 00:33:04,482
<i>[Cartoon] It seems like we were able</i>
<i>to exist in multiple worlds.</i>

743
00:33:04,565 --> 00:33:05,692
<i>You know what I'm saying?</i>

744
00:33:05,775 --> 00:33:08,194
<i>For lunch, we'd be in downtown</i>

745
00:33:08,277 --> 00:33:11,322
<i>and bullshitting</i>
<i>with some crazy homeless guy in his tent.</i>

746
00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:13,741
<i>Estevan would jump out</i>
<i>and take a picture of him.</i>

747
00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:18,413
{\an8}<i>And then we'd jump on the 10 freeway</i>
<i>and be at a five-star hotel.</i>

748
00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:20,415
<i>It was just normal,</i>
<i>you know what I'm saying?</i>

749
00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:23,167
<i>[Pepper] I'm Pepper, you know?</i>

750
00:33:23,251 --> 00:33:26,129
{\an8}<i>I'm Skid Row's</i>
<i>most highest-ranked right now.</i>

751
00:33:26,295 --> 00:33:27,839
<i>I'm the mayor of Skid Row.</i>

752
00:33:27,922 --> 00:33:30,216
<i>The homeless pretty much answer to me.</i>

753
00:33:30,758 --> 00:33:32,677
<i>Factory place was dead.</i>

754
00:33:32,802 --> 00:33:35,388
<i>When Joker, Cartoon, everyone come here.</i>

755
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,433
<i>They brought the factory to life, okay?</i>

756
00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:40,560
<i>And then I came into the scene.</i>

757
00:33:41,561 --> 00:33:43,479
<i>-[Estevan] How old you turn?</i>
<i>-Forty-one.</i>

758
00:33:43,563 --> 00:33:45,023
<i>Okay, I'm 50.</i>

759
00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,775
<i>Soon to be 51 in a couple of months.</i>

760
00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:51,779
<i>I'm an ex-convict,</i>
<i>ex-drug dealer, ex-drug user.</i>

761
00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,489
<i>I gutted his ass.</i>

762
00:33:53,573 --> 00:33:55,867
<i>We got in an argument, so I gutted him.</i>

763
00:33:56,075 --> 00:33:58,286
<i>This family never gave up on me.</i>

764
00:33:58,995 --> 00:34:02,749
<i>They never gave up on me when I was</i>
<i>all filthy, drugged out and shit.</i>

765
00:34:02,832 --> 00:34:04,792
<i>When I was thrown in and out</i>
<i>of County Jail,</i>

766
00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:06,669
<i>they accepted me with open arms</i>
<i>when I come out.</i>

767
00:34:07,336 --> 00:34:09,255
<i>[Cartoon] I've been dealing</i>
<i>with homeless people</i>

768
00:34:09,338 --> 00:34:10,548
<i>all my life, you know.</i>

769
00:34:10,631 --> 00:34:12,175
<i>They don't wanna follow rules.</i>

770
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:14,135
<i>I work when I wanna work.</i>

771
00:34:15,553 --> 00:34:16,971
<i>Sleep when I wanna sleep.</i>

772
00:34:18,347 --> 00:34:20,016
<i>Sleep where I wanna sleep.</i>

773
00:34:21,476 --> 00:34:23,895
<i>[Cartoon] They have a problem</i>
<i>with authority.</i>

774
00:34:23,978 --> 00:34:27,315
<i>And whoever don't like it,</i>
<i>fuck them in their ass and suck my dick.</i>

775
00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:30,276
<i>For the fourth time today.</i>
<i>This is harassment.</i>

776
00:34:30,359 --> 00:34:32,403
<i>Fourth time being stopped for no reason.</i>

777
00:34:32,528 --> 00:34:33,988
<i>[Pepper continues yelling]</i>

778
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:36,240
<i>-[Estevan] See you tomorrow, Pepper!</i>
<i>-[Pepper] All right.</i>

779
00:34:36,324 --> 00:34:39,243
<i>[Cartoon] We could fall off</i>
<i>and lose all our shit.</i>

780
00:34:39,327 --> 00:34:40,620
<i>Pepper's world.</i>

781
00:34:40,703 --> 00:34:43,289
<i>[Cartoon] So, any of us</i>
<i>could be walking the streets, you know?</i>

782
00:34:43,372 --> 00:34:44,832
<i>Drugs will take you down there.</i>

783
00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:49,212
<i>But that's the way life goes.</i>
<i>Life is about change.</i>

784
00:34:49,462 --> 00:34:51,380
<i>And change is what it's about.</i>

785
00:34:53,299 --> 00:34:54,926
<i>[Lepke] Look,</i>
<i>if y'all gonna keep telling me</i>

786
00:34:55,009 --> 00:34:57,303
<i>which way to move,</i>
<i>we can't do no interview. Damn!</i>

787
00:34:57,595 --> 00:34:59,722
{\an8}<i>Look, are you good, cameraman? All right.</i>

788
00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:03,142
<i>Listen, I'm Big Lepke,</i>
<i>Westside Rebels, gangster </i>{\an8}locos.

789
00:35:03,351 --> 00:35:04,977
<i>Yeah, I'm an ex-gang member.</i>

790
00:35:05,061 --> 00:35:07,271
<i>We up on Skid Row. We keep it real.</i>

791
00:35:07,355 --> 00:35:09,774
<i>Today we ain't trippin'.</i>
<i>Ain't no heroin in the veins.</i>

792
00:35:09,857 --> 00:35:11,150
<i>Ain't no rock in the mouth.</i>

793
00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:13,069
{\an8}<i>Skid Row was my home.</i>

794
00:35:13,152 --> 00:35:15,071
<i>Some people call it "hell."</i>
<i>I call it "home."</i>

795
00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:16,280
<i>The city I roam.</i>

796
00:35:17,448 --> 00:35:19,742
<i>[Estevan] So, right here Lepke</i>
<i>would get the boxes</i>

797
00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:21,285
<i>from when we'd throw them out,</i>

798
00:35:21,369 --> 00:35:23,121
<i>and he'd make</i>
<i>like a little bed right here.</i>

799
00:35:23,204 --> 00:35:25,748
<i>I remember one time</i>
<i>we were coming to have a meeting here</i>

800
00:35:25,832 --> 00:35:28,167
<i>and Lepke, he'd been shooting heroin.</i>

801
00:35:28,251 --> 00:35:31,754
<i>We were like,</i>
<i>"Great, fucking Lepke's passed out.</i>

802
00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:35,049
<i>The clients are coming,</i>
<i>and we're gonna have this big meeting,</i>

803
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:37,802
<i>and there's our, you know,</i>
<i>dopefiend friend</i>

804
00:35:37,885 --> 00:35:40,513
<i>passed out from shooting too much heroin.</i>

805
00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:44,559
<i>You know, he didn't OD, so we didn't</i>
<i>have to stick an ice cube up his ass.</i>

806
00:35:45,059 --> 00:35:48,229
<i>But he was knocked out,</i>
<i>so we had to spray him with some water...</i>

807
00:35:50,356 --> 00:35:51,732
<i>so he could come to.</i>

808
00:35:52,441 --> 00:35:53,484
<i>[Cartoon] Hey.</i>

809
00:35:53,901 --> 00:35:55,945
<i>[laughing] Come back.</i>

810
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,655
<i>Get him later.</i>

811
00:35:57,738 --> 00:35:58,948
<i>I'm over here, kickin' it.</i>

812
00:35:59,031 --> 00:36:01,033
<i>-[Cartoon] Don't threaten me, man.</i>
<i>-Hey, motherfucker.</i>

813
00:36:01,117 --> 00:36:03,744
<i>No, no, we told him, "You gotta go.</i>
<i>We're gonna have a meeting."</i>

814
00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:05,663
<i>Oh, suck a dick.</i>

815
00:36:05,788 --> 00:36:09,167
<i>Yeah, he squirted some water in my nose,</i>
<i>and it was a cool wake-up call.</i>

816
00:36:09,250 --> 00:36:10,710
<i>I always think about stuff like that.</i>

817
00:36:10,793 --> 00:36:12,378
<i>You're gonna get kicked.</i>

818
00:36:12,628 --> 00:36:15,965
<i>So, downtown has always been</i>
<i>a Soul Assassins' headquarters.</i>

819
00:36:17,675 --> 00:36:20,970
<i>It was kind of like a home base.</i>
<i>Kind of reminds me of Grand Theft Auto.</i>

820
00:36:21,053 --> 00:36:22,221
<i>Estevan was upstairs,</i>

821
00:36:22,305 --> 00:36:23,764
<i>Cartoon was tattooing.</i>

822
00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:26,142
<i>There was eyes on it.</i>
<i>It was protected, man, yeah.</i>

823
00:36:26,225 --> 00:36:28,853
<i>There's like a shield around it</i>
<i>or something.</i>

824
00:36:28,936 --> 00:36:32,315
<i>But you take pictures, you do cars,</i>
<i>all that stuff in that space.</i>

825
00:36:32,398 --> 00:36:34,275
<i>You tattoo there.</i>

826
00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:35,568
<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

827
00:36:35,651 --> 00:36:37,904
<i>There's only one guy</i>
<i>that I let do my tattoos,</i>

828
00:36:37,987 --> 00:36:39,363
<i>and my kids' tattoos.</i>

829
00:36:40,323 --> 00:36:41,574
<i>The great Cartoon.</i>

830
00:36:41,866 --> 00:36:45,995
<i>[slow music playing]</i>

831
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,585
<i>[Danny, in Spanish] How does the car look?</i>

832
00:36:52,668 --> 00:36:54,545
<i>-[man, in Spanish] Great.</i>
<i>-[Danny laughing]</i>

833
00:36:54,629 --> 00:36:56,756
{\an8}<i>[in English] Tattoos used to be a stigma.</i>

834
00:36:56,839 --> 00:36:57,798
{\an8}<i>I mean, a bad one.</i>

835
00:36:58,007 --> 00:36:59,258
<i>When I got out of the pen,</i>

836
00:36:59,342 --> 00:37:02,595
<i>the first girl I saw with a tattoo, I--</i>
<i>I thought she was a hooker.</i>

837
00:37:02,678 --> 00:37:04,513
<i>Before him, tattooing hip-hop guys,</i>

838
00:37:04,597 --> 00:37:07,433
<i>I don't think there was</i>
<i>a prominent position in hip-hop</i>

839
00:37:07,516 --> 00:37:09,143
<i>where guys were getting tatted like that.</i>

840
00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:11,479
<i>Nobody was--</i>
<i>Like, in hip-hop, was about that.</i>

841
00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:12,563
<i>I mean--</i>

842
00:37:12,647 --> 00:37:16,651
<i>Fuck, I mean, I feel like Cartoon</i>
<i>gave Eminem one of his first tattoos,</i>

843
00:37:16,734 --> 00:37:19,237
<i>Didn't he? He gave Snoop</i>
<i>one of his first tattoos.</i>

844
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,198
<i>[Snoop] Look at this, man.</i>
<i>I really look like my old boy Nate Dogg.</i>

845
00:37:22,782 --> 00:37:24,575
<i>It looks like my lovely wife.</i>

846
00:37:24,659 --> 00:37:26,202
<i>He captured that, man.</i>

847
00:37:26,327 --> 00:37:28,788
<i>I mean, I don't even have</i>
<i>a Cartoon tattoo, believe it or not.</i>

848
00:37:28,871 --> 00:37:30,790
<i>That's, you know what I mean,</i>
<i>I'd love one.</i>

849
00:37:30,873 --> 00:37:34,126
<i>But, you know, I'm not paying 50 Gs.</i>
<i>[chuckling] I'm just not doing it.</i>

850
00:37:34,210 --> 00:37:37,421
<i>This guy is the best in the world,</i>
<i>but he costs an arm and a leg.</i>

851
00:37:37,505 --> 00:37:39,423
<i>He'll tattoo your arm</i>
<i>and he'll take it with you.</i>

852
00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:41,926
<i>Hey, man, it's worth it.</i>

853
00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:44,929
<i>-[Cartoon] Talk about your new tattoo.</i>
<i>-Cartoon is the greatest tattoo artist</i>

854
00:37:45,012 --> 00:37:46,555
<i>to ever live.</i>

855
00:37:46,806 --> 00:37:51,227
<i>[Cartoon] This should be enough for this,</i>
<i>because, my man--</i>

856
00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:54,355
<i>He's the greatest, the quickest, uh...</i>

857
00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:57,483
<i>-[Cartoon] With the biggest truck.</i>
<i>-With the biggest truck.</i>

858
00:37:58,192 --> 00:37:59,735
<i>It's getting expensive, man.</i>

859
00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:01,946
<i>With the biggest truck...</i>

860
00:38:02,446 --> 00:38:04,031
<i>in the world, probably.</i>

861
00:38:04,323 --> 00:38:06,993
<i>I mean, his clientele, you know,</i>
<i>it's like, you know, Travis,</i>

862
00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:08,577
<i>and Eminem, Redman,</i>

863
00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:09,996
<i>Method Man, you know,</i>

864
00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:11,372
<i>Justin Timberlake,</i>

865
00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:12,999
<i>Beyoncé from Destiny's Child...</i>

866
00:38:13,165 --> 00:38:14,208
<i>Don't show me.</i>

867
00:38:14,834 --> 00:38:16,043
<i>[Beyoncé laughs]</i>

868
00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:17,503
<i>[Skinhead Rob] It's appointment only</i>

869
00:38:17,586 --> 00:38:20,673
<i>and not every deek off the street</i>
<i>can just come in and get something.</i>

870
00:38:20,756 --> 00:38:22,883
<i>I knew If I was gonna get</i>
<i>my fucking head done,</i>

871
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:25,136
<i>for what I wanted and stuff,</i>
<i>and the style,</i>

872
00:38:25,219 --> 00:38:26,762
<i>I knew it was gonna be Cartoon, you know.</i>

873
00:38:26,846 --> 00:38:29,640
<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

874
00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:32,018
<i>[upbeat music playing]</i>

875
00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:44,864
<i>That was an experience.</i>

876
00:38:44,947 --> 00:38:47,366
<i>[Ryan] I would hear his name in songs.</i>
<i>The Game,</i>

877
00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:50,119
{\an8}<i>there's a couple of rap songs</i>
<i>where he drops Cartoon's name.</i>

878
00:38:50,202 --> 00:38:52,830
<i>♪ </i>I'm to hip-hop
What Cartoon is to Mexicans<i> ♪</i>

879
00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:56,125
<i>[Paul R., Jr] You know, I'm a hip-hop fan,</i>
<i>and, so, I would see Cartoon</i>

880
00:38:56,208 --> 00:38:57,543
{\an8}<i>pop up in music videos.</i>

881
00:38:57,626 --> 00:38:59,462
<i>["Ups &amp; Downs" by Snoop Dogg playing]</i>

882
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,717
<i>♪ </i>From the reign of the tec
I break 'em off<i> ♪</i>

883
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,428
<i>♪ </i>I even got a tattoo
With your name across the chest<i> ♪</i>

884
00:39:07,511 --> 00:39:08,554
<i>[Ryan] In the waiting room,</i>

885
00:39:08,637 --> 00:39:10,348
<i>I remember looking</i>
<i>at the pictures on the wall,</i>

886
00:39:10,431 --> 00:39:12,141
<i>pictures Estevan probably took.</i>

887
00:39:12,224 --> 00:39:15,186
<i>Cartoon was tatting up all those,</i>
<i>50 Cent, Eminem and Dr. Dre.</i>

888
00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:17,271
<i>If Xzibit was getting tattooed,</i>

889
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:20,691
{\an8}<i>Estevan was photographing him,</i>
<i>and you'd see that photo everywhere.</i>

890
00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:26,030
<i>[Ryan] I knew pretty early on</i>
<i>that he had done the Xs on Xzibit,</i>

891
00:39:26,113 --> 00:39:27,448
<i>that he did 50 Cent's back,</i>

892
00:39:27,531 --> 00:39:29,825
<i>You know, 50 got that shit</i>
<i>on his back, man.</i>

893
00:39:29,909 --> 00:39:31,202
<i>That shit is crazy.</i>

894
00:39:31,285 --> 00:39:33,079
<i>♪</i> One, two, three, let's go! <i>♪</i>

895
00:39:33,162 --> 00:39:35,915
<i>["Disco Inferno" by 50 Cent playing]</i>
<i>♪</i> Lil' mama, show me how you move it <i>♪</i>

896
00:39:35,998 --> 00:39:38,167
<i>♪</i> Go ahead, put your back into it <i>♪</i>

897
00:39:38,751 --> 00:39:42,463
<i>[Cartoon] More people were coming down,</i>
<i>more people were willing to come downtown.</i>

898
00:39:43,005 --> 00:39:46,634
<i>I mean, back then, people used to complain</i>
<i>about having to drive to downtown.</i>

899
00:39:46,717 --> 00:39:48,886
<i>"Oh, all the way downtown?"</i>

900
00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:51,555
<i>They wouldn't go east of La Brea.</i>

901
00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:53,099
<i>50 Cent, my boy Cartoon.</i>

902
00:39:53,182 --> 00:39:54,892
<i>We out here in LA, boy.</i>

903
00:39:54,975 --> 00:39:57,228
<i>[Estevan] Cartoon</i>
<i>was tattooing 50 Cent in there,</i>

904
00:39:57,311 --> 00:39:59,855
<i>and he said he had to go have a meeting.</i>

905
00:39:59,939 --> 00:40:03,234
<i>He was going to sign</i>
<i>with Jimmy Iovine at Interscope.</i>

906
00:40:03,317 --> 00:40:04,193
<i>[50 Cent] Huh? Huh?</i>

907
00:40:04,276 --> 00:40:06,320
<i>[Estevan] So he had to leave</i>
<i>for an hour or two.</i>

908
00:40:06,737 --> 00:40:10,658
<i>So me and Cartoon left</i>
<i>in his brand-new white Escalade</i>

909
00:40:11,033 --> 00:40:12,952
<i>on, like, 22-inch rims.</i>

910
00:40:13,035 --> 00:40:14,036
<i>[police car siren wailing]</i>

911
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,832
<i>[Estevan] About six police officers</i>
<i>followed us down that street.</i>

912
00:40:17,915 --> 00:40:19,667
<i>They pulled us both out of the car.</i>

913
00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:22,545
<i>They threw me on the ground,</i>
<i>put the handcuffs behind my back,</i>

914
00:40:22,628 --> 00:40:25,798
<i>put his shotgun</i>
<i>in the back of my head right here,</i>

915
00:40:25,881 --> 00:40:27,007
<i>and he was shaking.</i>

916
00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:28,342
<i>What happened was...</i>

917
00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:30,428
<i>Some motorcycle cop</i>
<i>was put in the hospital</i>

918
00:40:30,511 --> 00:40:34,598
<i>by a young gentleman with a shaved head</i>
<i>looking a lot like me,</i>

919
00:40:35,141 --> 00:40:36,934
<i>driving a truck like this.</i>

920
00:40:37,268 --> 00:40:39,812
<i>[Estevan] We have customers here</i>
<i>from out of town.</i>

921
00:40:39,895 --> 00:40:42,314
<i>And they go, "Hey,</i>
<i>you guys gotta go," then 50 Cent said...</i>

922
00:40:42,398 --> 00:40:45,818
<i>I ain't did it. Cartoon ain't did it.</i>
<i>Leave us the fuck alone.</i>

923
00:40:45,943 --> 00:40:48,154
<i>[man] If you go on a talk show,</i>
<i>you have a big story to tell.</i>

924
00:40:48,237 --> 00:40:49,321
<i>I get my tattoo done...</i>

925
00:40:49,405 --> 00:40:53,075
<i>-[man] That tattoo artist got-</i>
<i>-Yeah, on my back. And they're harassing.</i>

926
00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:54,118
<i>We ain't going nowhere.</i>

927
00:40:54,201 --> 00:40:55,536
{\an8}<i>He's a friend of mine from Virginia,</i>

928
00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:57,663
{\an8}<i>but he's going to see this shit</i>
<i>and that's gonna be it.</i>

929
00:40:57,746 --> 00:40:59,707
<i>♪ </i>To flip dough
{\an8}To get more for sho' <i>♪</i>

930
00:40:59,790 --> 00:41:01,500
<i>♪</i> Get my drink on
Then get on the dance floor <i>♪</i>

931
00:41:01,584 --> 00:41:04,962
{\an8}<i>Did you ever get anybody, like, right</i>
<i>at this point, "Wait, I wanna change it"?</i>

932
00:41:05,045 --> 00:41:08,048
<i>All you need now is, uh,</i>
<i>Mister Cartoon's signature.</i>

933
00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:08,966
<i>[laughs]</i>

934
00:41:09,049 --> 00:41:10,676
<i>[Nas] What's up, y'all? It's Nas.</i>

935
00:41:10,759 --> 00:41:13,053
{\an8}<i>Chillin' up here with my man Cartoon.</i>

936
00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:14,722
<i>[Method] Hey, yo, this is Meth right here.</i>

937
00:41:14,805 --> 00:41:18,350
{\an8}<i>I just got a tattoo done</i>
<i>by the world-famous Cartoon.</i>

938
00:41:18,434 --> 00:41:19,935
{\an8}<i>-Cartoon.</i>
<i>-Cartoon, baby.</i>

939
00:41:20,686 --> 00:41:22,688
{\an8}<i>-What?</i>
<i>-[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

940
00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:25,941
{\an8}<i>[crowd cheering]</i>

941
00:41:30,571 --> 00:41:32,615
<i>[Travis] Cartoon is...</i>

942
00:41:32,698 --> 00:41:33,574
<i>just an OG.</i>

943
00:41:33,657 --> 00:41:35,284
<i>He's one of the illest.</i>

944
00:41:35,367 --> 00:41:38,370
<i>Cartoon really made</i>
<i>black and gray popular again.</i>

945
00:41:38,454 --> 00:41:42,249
<i>I'd sit down with Cartoon,</i>
<i>and we really wouldn't even have a plan.</i>

946
00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:44,293
<i>I would trust him to just go freehand.</i>

947
00:41:44,376 --> 00:41:45,628
<i>[soft music playing]</i>

948
00:41:45,711 --> 00:41:48,797
<i>I had an appointment with Cartoon.</i>
<i>We all came to my spot in Corona.</i>

949
00:41:48,881 --> 00:41:50,674
<i>We had just met,</i>
<i>but it felt, like, you know,</i>

950
00:41:50,758 --> 00:41:52,718
<i>we had all been homies for a long time.</i>

951
00:41:52,843 --> 00:41:54,136
<i>[Cartoon] We got the kids with us,</i>

952
00:41:54,220 --> 00:41:56,096
<i>we're taking the whole families,</i>
<i>Fourth of July.</i>

953
00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:58,599
{\an8}<i>[Travis] The first tattoo</i>
<i>Cartoon did on me was</i>

954
00:41:58,682 --> 00:42:00,059
<i>praying hands on the side of my head.</i>

955
00:42:00,142 --> 00:42:02,144
<i>It said, "Barker," like my family name.</i>

956
00:42:02,228 --> 00:42:03,187
<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

957
00:42:03,270 --> 00:42:05,231
<i>It was like therapy or something,</i>
<i>you know.</i>

958
00:42:05,314 --> 00:42:07,983
<i>Just sitting with Toons, you don't even</i>
<i>realize you're getting tattooed.</i>

959
00:42:09,693 --> 00:42:11,320
<i>I think the next tattoos he did</i>

960
00:42:11,403 --> 00:42:13,864
<i>was he started filling in</i>
<i>my ghetto blaster.</i>

961
00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,075
<i>He also did this Marilyn piece</i>

962
00:42:16,158 --> 00:42:18,494
<i>right on my Adam's apple,</i>
<i>that one's a hard one.</i>

963
00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:20,829
{\an8}<i>Look at that shit.</i>

964
00:42:21,038 --> 00:42:23,249
<i>My son was born,</i>
<i>and we were recording the new record,</i>

965
00:42:23,332 --> 00:42:24,792
<i>and I'd decided that I wanted to get</i>

966
00:42:24,875 --> 00:42:26,835
<i>my wife and son's name tattooed,</i>
<i>and Travis said...</i>

967
00:42:26,919 --> 00:42:28,629
<i>"Then you gotta go to Cartoon,</i>
<i>he's the best."</i>

968
00:42:28,712 --> 00:42:32,550
<i>And we were literally set up</i>
<i>on a road case in the living room</i>

969
00:42:32,633 --> 00:42:34,176
<i>with all my bass equipment in it.</i>

970
00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:36,470
<i>And I was nervous</i>
<i>about getting my first tattoos.</i>

971
00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:38,430
<i>I remember just as he was</i>
<i>about to start, he said,</i>

972
00:42:38,514 --> 00:42:39,890
<i>"Hey, man, I wanna give you props."</i>

973
00:42:39,974 --> 00:42:41,976
<i>[Cartoon] Being the first-class guy</i>
<i>you are, you picked</i>

974
00:42:42,059 --> 00:42:44,144
<i>one of the more painful spots</i>
<i>to get tattooed.</i>

975
00:42:44,770 --> 00:42:45,729
<i>[both chuckle]</i>

976
00:42:45,813 --> 00:42:47,940
<i>[chuckles]</i>
<i>And he started tattooing "Jack."</i>

977
00:42:48,023 --> 00:42:49,817
<i>And about halfway through "Jack,"</i>

978
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,069
<i>I didn't know that the wife</i>
<i>was gonna happen at all.</i>

979
00:42:52,152 --> 00:42:53,821
<i>These are still the only</i>
<i>tattoos that I have.</i>

980
00:42:53,904 --> 00:42:56,031
<i>I don't know, being tattooed by Cartoon</i>

981
00:42:56,115 --> 00:42:57,992
<i>kind of feels like you're</i>
<i>in an exclusive club?</i>

982
00:42:58,075 --> 00:43:00,202
<i>Anybody who has Cartoon tats,</i>

983
00:43:00,286 --> 00:43:02,621
<i>of any significance,</i>
<i>he's like... your brothers.</i>

984
00:43:02,705 --> 00:43:04,206
<i>Now I'm brothers with 50 Cent,</i>

985
00:43:04,290 --> 00:43:06,250
<i>Eminem, Beyoncé, and everybody else.</i>

986
00:43:06,333 --> 00:43:09,878
<i>[Roger] Cartoon is instrumental</i>
<i>in bringing his tattoo style</i>

987
00:43:09,962 --> 00:43:13,173
{\an8}<i>into the mainstream</i>
<i>for a really simple reason.</i>

988
00:43:13,507 --> 00:43:15,676
{\an8}<i>He's tattooing celebrities,</i>

989
00:43:15,759 --> 00:43:17,386
{\an8}<i>he's tattooing athletes.</i>

990
00:43:17,469 --> 00:43:18,929
<i>Those people are photographed.</i>

991
00:43:19,013 --> 00:43:21,515
<i>You see those tattoos.</i>
<i>Those people are everywhere.</i>

992
00:43:22,057 --> 00:43:25,227
<i>[Dallas] I was lucky enough to go</i>
<i>to my first World Series and win it.</i>

993
00:43:25,352 --> 00:43:27,688
{\an8}<i>I wanted that to stay with me</i>
<i>for the rest of my life.</i>

994
00:43:27,813 --> 00:43:29,356
<i>So I wanted Toons.</i>

995
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:33,736
<i>Being a tattoo artist,</i>
<i>our heroes were working out their kitchen</i>

996
00:43:33,819 --> 00:43:35,738
<i>or their garage at their mom's house.</i>

997
00:43:36,363 --> 00:43:41,994
<i>They hadn't been to really</i>
<i>a red-carpet level at that point.</i>

998
00:43:42,077 --> 00:43:44,413
<i>There was some tattooers</i>
<i>that was higher than others</i>

999
00:43:44,538 --> 00:43:45,664
<i>that we looked up to...</i>

1000
00:43:46,540 --> 00:43:50,628
<i>but it wasn't set up that that was</i>
<i>the jewelry of an NBA player.</i>

1001
00:43:50,711 --> 00:43:53,380
<i>-[commentator 1] Kobe!</i>
<i>-[commentator 2] Attacking. All the way!</i>

1002
00:43:54,298 --> 00:43:55,633
<i>[commentator 1] Kobe did it!</i>

1003
00:43:55,716 --> 00:43:58,427
{\an8}<i>Tattoos are a big thing in NBA.</i>

1004
00:43:58,510 --> 00:44:01,305
{\an8}<i>I mean, not just in NBA,</i>
<i>but just in sports culture in general.</i>

1005
00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:02,640
<i>You know, I always said--</i>

1006
00:44:02,723 --> 00:44:04,600
<i>'Cause I had guys on the team</i>
<i>that had tattoos,</i>

1007
00:44:04,683 --> 00:44:07,645
<i>but they didn't go to Mister Cartoon,</i>
<i>and it becomes pretty apparent</i>

1008
00:44:07,728 --> 00:44:09,938
<i>because I can't read</i>
<i>what the fuck's on their arm anyway.</i>

1009
00:44:10,022 --> 00:44:13,317
<i>[Cartoon] A lot of it is not</i>
<i>how good of a tattooer you are.</i>

1010
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:14,610
<i>It's your timing</i>

1011
00:44:15,235 --> 00:44:17,279
{\an8}<i>and who you surround yourself by.</i>

1012
00:44:17,363 --> 00:44:19,823
{\an8}<i>You could be</i>
<i>the dopest motherfucker in the world,</i>

1013
00:44:19,907 --> 00:44:23,118
<i>but if no one sees your shit 'cause you're</i>
<i>in some small town somewhere,</i>

1014
00:44:23,535 --> 00:44:24,995
{\an8}<i>that's not Hollywood.</i>

1015
00:44:25,329 --> 00:44:27,206
<i>[soft music playing]</i>

1016
00:44:27,289 --> 00:44:29,124
<i>[Cartoon]</i>
<i>We're right here in the mix of the shit.</i>

1017
00:44:32,127 --> 00:44:34,713
<i>[soft music playing]</i>

1018
00:44:34,797 --> 00:44:36,924
<i>I was in China.</i>
<i>We were staying at a hotel.</i>

1019
00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:38,217
<i>I went down to the weight room.</i>

1020
00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:40,427
<i>There was a young woman</i>
<i>working behind the desk, right?</i>

1021
00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:41,720
<i>They have a policy.</i>

1022
00:44:41,804 --> 00:44:44,723
<i>If you have tattoos on your arms,</i>
<i>you have to wear long sleeves.</i>

1023
00:44:44,807 --> 00:44:46,183
<i>I'm like, "What?"</i>

1024
00:44:46,266 --> 00:44:48,686
<i>She says, "I'm sorry,</i>
<i>you have to put on long sleeves."</i>

1025
00:44:48,769 --> 00:44:49,937
<i>And she goes,</i>

1026
00:44:50,020 --> 00:44:52,147
<i>"But that's Mister Cartoon, right?</i>
<i>He did the artwork."</i>

1027
00:44:52,231 --> 00:44:54,274
<i>I'm like, "Dude, how did you know</i>
<i>that's Mister Cartoon</i>

1028
00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:55,734
<i>but you know, I can't--?" You know.</i>

1029
00:44:55,818 --> 00:44:58,028
<i>But she knew that was</i>
<i>Mister Cartoon's artwork.</i>

1030
00:44:58,112 --> 00:45:01,573
<i>This is a young woman in Beijing.</i>
<i>It's so far removed from LA.</i>

1031
00:45:01,657 --> 00:45:02,866
<i>That's big.</i>

1032
00:45:03,158 --> 00:45:05,244
<i>Waiting on Paul Rosenberg...</i>

1033
00:45:06,578 --> 00:45:07,830
<i>manager of the stars,</i>

1034
00:45:08,539 --> 00:45:09,581
<i>Eminem.</i>

1035
00:45:09,665 --> 00:45:10,624
<i>[clicks tongue]</i>

1036
00:45:10,708 --> 00:45:12,876
<i>Paul, being the person he is,</i>

1037
00:45:13,043 --> 00:45:15,713
<i>recognized Estevan</i>
<i>and his photography skills,</i>

1038
00:45:15,796 --> 00:45:18,674
<i>and Cartoon</i>
<i>with his art skills and packaging.</i>

1039
00:45:18,757 --> 00:45:20,008
{\an8}<i>I certainly figured out</i>

1040
00:45:20,134 --> 00:45:22,720
<i>ways to maximize having access to them.</i>

1041
00:45:22,803 --> 00:45:25,264
<i>You know, everything,</i>
<i>from working with Eminem...</i>

1042
00:45:25,347 --> 00:45:26,807
<i>You see Big Lepke?</i>

1043
00:45:26,974 --> 00:45:29,017
{\an8}<i>...and designing the Shady Records' logo.</i>

1044
00:45:32,771 --> 00:45:35,774
<i>[Cartoon] When I was doing</i>
<i>the portrait of Eminem's daughter,</i>

1045
00:45:35,858 --> 00:45:38,026
<i>I knew it was big, but I didn't know how.</i>

1046
00:45:38,110 --> 00:45:39,236
<i>You know what I'm saying?</i>

1047
00:45:39,319 --> 00:45:42,489
<i>You know,</i>
<i>I wasn't looking at the major impact</i>

1048
00:45:42,573 --> 00:45:43,907
<i>that it would have later.</i>

1049
00:45:43,991 --> 00:45:46,160
<i>I was just doing what was in front of me.</i>

1050
00:45:48,245 --> 00:45:50,205
<i>♪</i> Or even worse, they can teach hate <i>♪</i>

1051
00:45:50,289 --> 00:45:51,498
<i>♪</i> It's like these kids <i>♪</i>

1052
00:45:51,582 --> 00:45:53,292
<i>Eminem video shoot.</i>

1053
00:45:54,501 --> 00:45:56,920
<i>Waiting on doing some tattoos</i>
<i>on the homie.</i>

1054
00:45:57,921 --> 00:46:01,592
<i>[Eminem] They came to Detroit,</i>
<i>and he said, "We should do a mushroom."</i>

1055
00:46:01,675 --> 00:46:04,094
<i>He said-- He was like,</i>
<i>"I can do a big-ass mushroom."</i>

1056
00:46:04,178 --> 00:46:05,596
<i>[imitates tattoo machine]</i>

1057
00:46:05,679 --> 00:46:07,222
<i>He did all-- my whole sleeves.</i>

1058
00:46:07,306 --> 00:46:10,350
<i>I don't know, I got them removed</i>
<i>since then. I'm kidding.</i>

1059
00:46:10,434 --> 00:46:12,936
<i>I wanna get something like this over here,</i>

1060
00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:14,980
<i>but just-- I wanna make sure</i>
<i>that it's the right shit</i>

1061
00:46:15,063 --> 00:46:16,648
<i>'cause tattoos are for life.</i>

1062
00:46:17,107 --> 00:46:19,610
<i>[Cartoon] You know,</i>
<i>We could bust something out like your--</i>

1063
00:46:20,486 --> 00:46:21,945
<i>Your daughter's portrait.</i>

1064
00:46:22,029 --> 00:46:25,199
<i>Right here, I would probably</i>
<i>put something around this</i>

1065
00:46:25,282 --> 00:46:26,742
<i>to beefen it up a little bit.</i>

1066
00:46:26,825 --> 00:46:27,701
<i>Right.</i>

1067
00:46:27,785 --> 00:46:31,872
<i>[Cartoon] And maybe put another ribbon</i>
<i>and kind of tie it into the other side.</i>

1068
00:46:32,998 --> 00:46:34,291
<i>It's so crazy.</i>

1069
00:46:34,374 --> 00:46:37,336
<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

1070
00:46:37,419 --> 00:46:40,798
<i>One of the things was Hailie.</i>
<i>I wanted to put her on my arm.</i>

1071
00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:42,382
<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

1072
00:46:42,466 --> 00:46:44,301
<i>[Cartoon] You should just outline...</i>

1073
00:46:44,384 --> 00:46:46,845
<i>[Estevan] My favorite rappers</i>
<i>were getting tattooed.</i>

1074
00:46:46,929 --> 00:46:48,514
<i>Like, that shit trips you out.</i>

1075
00:46:48,597 --> 00:46:50,432
<i>Let me put some bullet holes.</i>

1076
00:46:50,808 --> 00:46:54,186
<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

1077
00:46:54,269 --> 00:46:56,730
<i>[Estevan] I remember being in the bathroom</i>

1078
00:46:56,814 --> 00:47:01,109
<i>and I was tripping out</i>
<i>that I was the only person there</i>

1079
00:47:01,193 --> 00:47:03,403
<i>documenting Cartoon tattooing</i>

1080
00:47:03,487 --> 00:47:06,240
<i>the biggest artist in the world</i>
<i>at that time.</i>

1081
00:47:08,325 --> 00:47:09,535
<i>["I'm Back" by Eminem playing]</i>

1082
00:47:09,618 --> 00:47:10,744
<i>[yells]</i>

1083
00:47:14,414 --> 00:47:17,000
<i>-♪ </i>That's why<i> ♪</i>
<i>-[audience] ♪ </i>They call me Slim Shady <i>♪</i>

1084
00:47:18,043 --> 00:47:19,336
<i>[continues singing]</i>

1085
00:47:19,419 --> 00:47:22,422
<i>[Estevan] I remember, man,</i>
<i>I'm getting those shots</i>

1086
00:47:22,506 --> 00:47:26,093
<i>of the greatest of all times</i>
<i>in our lifetime,</i>

1087
00:47:26,176 --> 00:47:29,721
<i>like the number one celebrity, artist,</i>

1088
00:47:29,805 --> 00:47:31,348
<i>anything in the world.</i>

1089
00:47:31,807 --> 00:47:33,225
<i>And I was there documenting it,</i>

1090
00:47:33,308 --> 00:47:34,726
<i>I wished, I remember, like,</i>

1091
00:47:34,810 --> 00:47:37,479
<i>kind of like smiling in the mirror,</i>
<i>like I was happy.</i>

1092
00:47:38,146 --> 00:47:40,065
<i>I got a question I wanna ask you.</i>

1093
00:47:41,024 --> 00:47:43,777
<i>How many people are sick...</i>

1094
00:47:44,695 --> 00:47:49,157
<i>of motherfuckers talking shit about me?</i>

1095
00:47:49,241 --> 00:47:52,953
<i>[crowd cheering]</i>

1096
00:47:53,036 --> 00:47:54,872
<i>[Estevan] And it was a cool feeling,</i>
<i>you know?</i>

1097
00:47:54,955 --> 00:47:58,041
<i>It made me, like, think of all the times</i>
<i>when there was, like,</i>

1098
00:47:58,125 --> 00:48:00,752
<i>a picture of Elvis Presley</i>
<i>getting his hair cut</i>

1099
00:48:00,836 --> 00:48:03,005
<i>and it's just him and the barber.</i>

1100
00:48:03,088 --> 00:48:06,800
<i>Damn, that photographer</i>
<i>had some crazy-ass access, you know?</i>

1101
00:48:06,967 --> 00:48:08,552
<i>Oh, yeah, get one of those too.</i>

1102
00:48:08,635 --> 00:48:10,137
<i>You have to put that shit on your back.</i>

1103
00:48:10,220 --> 00:48:13,140
{\an8}<i>[tattoo machine buzzing]</i>

1104
00:48:13,849 --> 00:48:15,934
{\an8}<i>Cartoon. Big Cartoon.</i>

1105
00:48:16,018 --> 00:48:17,311
<i>Call him Big Cartoon now.</i>

1106
00:48:17,394 --> 00:48:18,645
<i>Guy's good, man.</i>

1107
00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:19,855
<i>He's pretty decent.</i>

1108
00:48:21,523 --> 00:48:25,193
<i>[Cartoon] Estevan's eye for seeing</i>
<i>what angle to shoot something...</i>

1109
00:48:26,737 --> 00:48:29,364
<i>how to bring someone's best look</i>
<i>out of them.</i>

1110
00:48:29,448 --> 00:48:30,949
<i>[camera shutter clicking]</i>

1111
00:48:31,033 --> 00:48:33,952
<i>[Cartoon] A lot of other photographers,</i>
<i>that's what they don't understand.</i>

1112
00:48:34,828 --> 00:48:36,705
<i>They don't know</i>
<i>how to make someone look good.</i>

1113
00:48:38,582 --> 00:48:40,918
<i>[presenter] George Lopez!</i>

1114
00:48:41,001 --> 00:48:43,170
<i>[people cheering]</i>

1115
00:48:43,253 --> 00:48:45,756
<i>[George] When I got my star</i>
<i>in the Walk of Fame, Estevan came over</i>

1116
00:48:45,839 --> 00:48:47,591
<i>and took</i>
<i>this fucking amazing picture of me</i>

1117
00:48:47,674 --> 00:48:49,009
<i>surrounded by the fans,</i>

1118
00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:51,303
<i>and thousands of people,</i>
<i>maybe a couple thousand people.</i>

1119
00:48:51,386 --> 00:48:53,388
<i>And to get that,</i>

1120
00:48:53,472 --> 00:48:55,766
<i>of me and my suit, of me with the flag,</i>

1121
00:48:55,849 --> 00:48:57,768
<i>of me surrounded by, you know,</i>

1122
00:48:57,851 --> 00:49:01,355
<i>other Latinos right there</i>
<i>on Hollywood Boulevard was-- It was great.</i>

1123
00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:02,940
<i>[soft music playing]</i>

1124
00:49:06,568 --> 00:49:09,112
<i>[Cartoon] Same thing, that's why</i>
<i>he gets a lot of jobs in hip-hop.</i>

1125
00:49:10,614 --> 00:49:12,240
<i>'Cause he knows hip-hop.</i>

1126
00:49:14,034 --> 00:49:15,327
<i>Grew up in that shit.</i>

1127
00:49:16,370 --> 00:49:18,789
<i>So it's better for someone from the inside</i>

1128
00:49:19,331 --> 00:49:21,500
<i>to shoot the outside, you know?</i>

1129
00:49:24,670 --> 00:49:28,298
<i>On my </i>Ego Trippin'<i> cover, me and Estevan,</i>

1130
00:49:28,382 --> 00:49:30,884
<i>we went back to my old high school,</i>
<i>Poly High School,</i>

1131
00:49:30,968 --> 00:49:34,346
<i>got an old B210</i>
<i>like I used to have in high school,</i>

1132
00:49:34,429 --> 00:49:35,889
<i>had on my Letterman jacket,</i>

1133
00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:37,891
<i>and it just felt like</i>
<i>I was in high school.</i>

1134
00:49:37,975 --> 00:49:38,976
<i>That shit was hard.</i>

1135
00:49:39,518 --> 00:49:42,104
<i>But only he could capture what I wanted.</i>

1136
00:49:42,187 --> 00:49:44,982
<i>This is an era</i>
<i>when Dogg didn't have money.</i>

1137
00:49:45,524 --> 00:49:46,566
<i>He understood that.</i>

1138
00:49:47,067 --> 00:49:50,237
<i>Shoot Snoop Doggy Dogg.</i>
<i>Snoop Doggy fizzle fizzle.</i>

1139
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:51,947
<i>[upbeat music playing]</i>

1140
00:49:52,030 --> 00:49:56,660
<i>[camera shutter clicks]</i>

1141
00:49:56,743 --> 00:50:00,789
{\an8}<i>If Estevan did your album cover,</i>
<i>Cartoon was doing the artwork.</i>

1142
00:50:01,623 --> 00:50:04,042
<i>[Cartoon] Some people try to do</i>
<i>everything by themselves.</i>

1143
00:50:04,126 --> 00:50:06,837
<i>We just did different ends of the table.</i>

1144
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,548
<i>He covered photography</i>

1145
00:50:09,631 --> 00:50:12,592
<i>while I would do the logo,</i>
<i>I would draw the concept.</i>

1146
00:50:12,676 --> 00:50:14,469
<i>[upbeat music playing]</i>

1147
00:50:28,191 --> 00:50:32,237
<i>I've seen this, when they're snapping</i>
<i>400 pictures to get some shit,</i>

1148
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,031
<i>and I've seen this guy walk out...</i>

1149
00:50:35,824 --> 00:50:36,658
<i>Bam.</i>

1150
00:50:36,742 --> 00:50:38,201
<i>Stand against that wall. Click.</i>

1151
00:50:38,285 --> 00:50:40,162
<i>And then you see it,</i>
<i>it could be an album cover</i>

1152
00:50:40,245 --> 00:50:41,955
{\an8}<i>or, like, the cover of a magazine.</i>

1153
00:50:44,166 --> 00:50:45,751
<i>[upbeat music playing]</i>

1154
00:50:50,338 --> 00:50:53,383
<i>You feel like you're being directed,</i>
<i>like you're in the hands of the director.</i>

1155
00:50:53,467 --> 00:50:55,927
<i>I love it when a director</i>
<i>knows exactly what he wants</i>

1156
00:50:56,011 --> 00:50:58,096
<i>and he says, "Look, this is what I want."</i>

1157
00:50:58,180 --> 00:51:02,267
<i>Okay, cool. You got hired to direct me,</i>
<i>I got hired to act.</i>

1158
00:51:04,102 --> 00:51:07,981
<i>I was around lowriders and gangsters,</i>
<i>and I was around hip-hop.</i>

1159
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:09,900
<i>With both of those comes girls.</i>

1160
00:51:09,983 --> 00:51:10,901
<i>[girls screaming]</i>

1161
00:51:10,984 --> 00:51:12,235
<i>[Estevan] LA culture.</i>

1162
00:51:12,778 --> 00:51:15,405
<i>Like, I get Estevan's book. Wow.</i>

1163
00:51:15,489 --> 00:51:16,615
<i>[camera shutter clicks]</i>

1164
00:51:17,783 --> 00:51:20,285
<i>[sexy music playing]</i>

1165
00:51:22,621 --> 00:51:26,249
{\an8}<i>I always thought my dad's work</i>
<i>was very inspiring.</i>

1166
00:51:27,793 --> 00:51:31,004
<i>For girls, like, he just captures beauty,</i>
<i>like, so perfectly.</i>

1167
00:51:31,588 --> 00:51:33,590
<i>[sexy music playing]</i>

1168
00:51:35,217 --> 00:51:37,135
<i>[Cartoon] A lot of the art too</i>
<i>comes from jail,</i>

1169
00:51:37,219 --> 00:51:39,387
<i>where guys are sitting in a cell</i>

1170
00:51:39,471 --> 00:51:41,681
<i>and fantasizing about their girl.</i>

1171
00:51:42,224 --> 00:51:43,517
<i>I always looked at it</i>

1172
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,436
<i>as really uplifting women.</i>

1173
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:49,189
<i>They may not have any clothes on,</i>
<i>or they'd be topless.</i>

1174
00:51:49,648 --> 00:51:52,776
<i>I think as an artist,</i>
<i>I always looked at the beauty of it,</i>

1175
00:51:52,859 --> 00:51:55,237
<i>but knowing who to shoot,</i>

1176
00:51:55,946 --> 00:51:58,281
<i>where to shoot, when to shoot,</i>

1177
00:51:58,365 --> 00:52:00,659
<i>you look at that, you're like,</i>
<i>"That shit's real."</i>

1178
00:52:01,368 --> 00:52:02,994
<i>[over phone]</i>
{\an8}If I wasn't shooting LA culture,

1179
00:52:03,078 --> 00:52:05,831
{\an8}<i>I was going on tour</i>
<i>with bands like Blink-182,</i>

1180
00:52:05,914 --> 00:52:07,874
{\an8}<i>only I wasn't a road manager anymore.</i>

1181
00:52:08,708 --> 00:52:12,170
<i>[Travis] Right about the time we went</i>
<i>on that tour to Iraq and Europe,</i>

1182
00:52:12,254 --> 00:52:14,506
<i>touring was, like, more fun</i>
<i>when you brought friends.</i>

1183
00:52:15,132 --> 00:52:17,467
<i>Having Estevan out there was so fun.</i>

1184
00:52:17,551 --> 00:52:20,178
<i>It is freezing like a motherfucker</i>
<i>in Paris.</i>

1185
00:52:20,262 --> 00:52:23,348
<i>[Mark] The tour</i>
<i>that Estevan came with us in Europe</i>

1186
00:52:23,473 --> 00:52:26,393
{\an8}<i>was a very difficult time</i>

1187
00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:27,811
<i>in Blink's history.</i>

1188
00:52:27,894 --> 00:52:29,271
<i>We were arguing...</i>

1189
00:52:30,564 --> 00:52:31,565
<i>the entire tour.</i>

1190
00:52:31,648 --> 00:52:33,859
<i>Leave me fucking be! I'm fucking tired!</i>

1191
00:52:33,942 --> 00:52:36,695
<i>[rock music playing]</i>

1192
00:52:39,156 --> 00:52:41,074
<i>[crowd cheering]</i>

1193
00:52:41,241 --> 00:52:43,076
<i>-[Travis] How was that?</i>
<i>-[Estevan] It was the shit.</i>

1194
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:44,911
<i>-That was fun, right?</i>
<i>-[Estevan] Hell, yeah.</i>

1195
00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:46,204
<i>[laughter]</i>

1196
00:52:46,288 --> 00:52:50,375
<i>[Mark] The last show that we played</i>
<i>before the band broke up the first time,</i>

1197
00:52:50,709 --> 00:52:52,669
<i>we finished the last note,</i>
<i>and I thought to myself,</i>

1198
00:52:52,752 --> 00:52:56,006
<i>"This is probably gonna be the last show.</i>
<i>This feels like the end of something."</i>

1199
00:52:56,089 --> 00:52:58,175
<i>And Estevan came on stage and said,</i>

1200
00:52:58,258 --> 00:53:00,135
<i>"Hey, I wanna get</i>
<i>a shot of the three of you guys."</i>

1201
00:53:00,218 --> 00:53:01,970
<i>And it's actually</i>
<i>on our </i>Greatest Hits<i> album</i>

1202
00:53:02,053 --> 00:53:03,221
<i>that came out after that.</i>

1203
00:53:04,431 --> 00:53:07,517
<i>It goes back to Estevan's ethos</i>

1204
00:53:07,601 --> 00:53:09,644
<i>of putting himself in these situations</i>

1205
00:53:09,728 --> 00:53:13,356
<i>where he is able to document things</i>
<i>that are happening with other people.</i>

1206
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:15,275
{\an8}<i>[helicopters whirring]</i>

1207
00:53:16,359 --> 00:53:17,235
{\an8}<i>[shouting]</i>

1208
00:53:25,035 --> 00:53:28,496
{\an8}<i>The United States and our allies</i>
<i>have prevailed.</i>

1209
00:53:28,580 --> 00:53:30,207
<i>[cheering]</i>

1210
00:53:30,290 --> 00:53:32,876
{\an8}<i>[Mark] Estevan came with us</i>
<i>when we went overseas</i>

1211
00:53:32,959 --> 00:53:35,629
<i>to the Middle East</i>
<i>to meet and perform for the troops.</i>

1212
00:53:36,296 --> 00:53:40,133
<i>[Travis] When we got to Iraq, everyone</i>
<i>was kind of shook about going there</i>

1213
00:53:40,217 --> 00:53:41,509
<i>'cause the war had just started.</i>

1214
00:53:41,885 --> 00:53:43,386
<i>I don't have any idea what to expect.</i>

1215
00:53:43,470 --> 00:53:45,055
<i>I'm just going in, having this adventure.</i>

1216
00:53:45,138 --> 00:53:46,348
<i>It's really cool.</i>

1217
00:53:46,431 --> 00:53:47,974
<i>It was scary,</i>

1218
00:53:48,099 --> 00:53:49,976
{\an8}<i>it was hot, it was dusty.</i>

1219
00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:52,395
<i>It was like five or six days</i>

1220
00:53:52,479 --> 00:53:54,731
<i>of being transported</i>
<i>to an entirely different world.</i>

1221
00:53:55,148 --> 00:53:55,982
<i>It's like a movie.</i>

1222
00:53:56,066 --> 00:53:57,817
<i>[Mark] We were on a nuclear submarine</i>

1223
00:53:57,901 --> 00:54:01,238
<i>literally crawling in the torpedo tubes.</i>

1224
00:54:02,864 --> 00:54:06,534
<i>[Travis] So that whole trip was fireworks.</i>
<i>It was scary as fuck.</i>

1225
00:54:06,618 --> 00:54:08,411
<i>It was definitely</i>
<i>an eye-opening experience.</i>

1226
00:54:08,495 --> 00:54:09,788
<i>Travis, what's your job, Travis?</i>

1227
00:54:09,871 --> 00:54:11,915
<i>-I play the drums.</i>
<i>-Drummer, all right. How are you?</i>

1228
00:54:11,998 --> 00:54:13,667
<i>Don't hit the torpedo buttons.</i>

1229
00:54:14,251 --> 00:54:15,794
<i>[Mark] You fire torpedoes? You shot one?</i>

1230
00:54:15,877 --> 00:54:17,337
<i>-I shot one.</i>
<i>-[Mark] Cool.</i>

1231
00:54:17,629 --> 00:54:21,508
<i>We were in a marine forward base</i>
<i>on the border of Iraq.</i>

1232
00:54:21,591 --> 00:54:24,094
<i>[man] We got Blink-182 in the house!</i>

1233
00:54:24,511 --> 00:54:26,596
<i>[applause]</i>

1234
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:28,473
<i>-[man] Don't turn the key on.</i>
<i>-[Travis] I won't.</i>

1235
00:54:28,556 --> 00:54:30,225
<i>I guess things were getting heated,</i>

1236
00:54:30,767 --> 00:54:32,269
<i>so we took a COD plane</i>

1237
00:54:32,352 --> 00:54:33,728
<i>that boomeranged us</i>

1238
00:54:33,812 --> 00:54:35,981
<i>off of the aircraft carrier.</i>

1239
00:54:36,064 --> 00:54:38,441
<i>[Mark] But it was insane.</i>
<i>I was really glad that he was there</i>

1240
00:54:38,566 --> 00:54:39,734
<i>to get those photos.</i>

1241
00:54:39,818 --> 00:54:43,280
<i>[upbeat music playing]</i>

1242
00:54:47,284 --> 00:54:50,662
<i>As a lot of photographers</i>
<i>were breaking into digital photography,</i>

1243
00:54:50,745 --> 00:54:53,206
<i>Estevan stuck to film</i>

1244
00:54:53,290 --> 00:54:55,292
<i>and the development process.</i>

1245
00:54:55,375 --> 00:54:57,502
<i>Because it's grainy</i>
<i>and it looks like film,</i>

1246
00:54:57,585 --> 00:54:59,963
<i>it's a document of one specific moment.</i>

1247
00:55:00,046 --> 00:55:02,716
<i>Before you know it, you know,</i>
<i>Estevan was doing more directing.</i>

1248
00:55:02,799 --> 00:55:04,926
{\an8}<i>Started to do mad videos for everybody.</i>

1249
00:55:05,010 --> 00:55:07,387
<i>♪</i>{\an8} Hold you down <i>♪</i>

1250
00:55:07,470 --> 00:55:09,097
{\an8}<i>[white noise]</i>

1251
00:55:09,180 --> 00:55:12,058
{\an8}<i>[Eminem] Estevan did</i>
<i>the first D12 video we ever shot.</i>

1252
00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:15,645
<i>It was supposed to be</i>
<i>a gritty, grimy-looking video,</i>

1253
00:55:15,729 --> 00:55:18,231
<i>and Estevan captured that perfectly.</i>

1254
00:55:18,315 --> 00:55:20,358
<i>["Shit On You" by D12 playing]</i>

1255
00:55:20,442 --> 00:55:22,944
{\an8}<i>I know we shot the outside of the house,</i>
<i>the Dresden house,</i>

1256
00:55:23,028 --> 00:55:25,989
{\an8}<i>but I'm pretty sure we shot</i>
<i>the inside of it too.</i>

1257
00:55:26,072 --> 00:55:27,574
<i>I'm like, "Yeah, that's the bathroom."</i>

1258
00:55:30,493 --> 00:55:33,747
<i>It wasn't really a lot of fun</i>
<i>dressing up...</i>

1259
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:36,082
<i>like Richard Simmons.</i>

1260
00:55:36,666 --> 00:55:38,585
<i>But, hey, man, at that point in time,</i>

1261
00:55:38,668 --> 00:55:40,462
<i>I was doing whatever it took.</i>

1262
00:55:40,545 --> 00:55:42,630
<i>He directed a couple of Cypress videos.</i>

1263
00:55:42,714 --> 00:55:44,716
<i>♪</i>{\an8} Hello, my name is Dr. Greenthumb <i>♪</i>

1264
00:55:44,799 --> 00:55:47,052
<i>♪</i>{\an8} Hello, my name is Dr. Greenthumb <i>♪</i>

1265
00:55:47,135 --> 00:55:48,261
<i>♪</i>{\an8} I'd like to tell you... <i>♪</i>

1266
00:55:48,345 --> 00:55:51,598
{\an8}<i>[Sen] You know, we had the same ideas,</i>
<i>we grew up in the same part of the planet,</i>

1267
00:55:51,681 --> 00:55:54,059
{\an8}<i>so it wasn't hard for him to know</i>
<i>what we were gonna like</i>

1268
00:55:54,142 --> 00:55:55,643
<i>and what we wanted to see in our videos.</i>

1269
00:55:55,727 --> 00:55:58,063
<i>♪</i> Hello, my name is Dr. Greenthumb <i>♪</i>

1270
00:55:58,146 --> 00:56:00,774
<i>And then, when we went down</i>
<i>to Mexico City, in DF,</i>

1271
00:56:01,274 --> 00:56:03,818
{\an8}<i>we had thousands and thousands</i>
<i>of kids following us</i>

1272
00:56:03,902 --> 00:56:04,944
{\an8}<i>on the street that day,</i>

1273
00:56:05,028 --> 00:56:06,154
{\an8}<i>and in the midst of it all,</i>

1274
00:56:06,237 --> 00:56:08,740
<i>Estevan was on point</i>
<i>the whole time with the camera, you know.</i>

1275
00:56:08,823 --> 00:56:11,117
<i>[in Spanish]</i>
<i>♪</i> Here is something you can't understand <i>♪</i>

1276
00:56:11,201 --> 00:56:13,161
<i>[Roger] He understood</i>
<i>what made a good story</i>

1277
00:56:13,244 --> 00:56:15,455
<i>and he understood what was authentic.</i>

1278
00:56:19,584 --> 00:56:20,543
<i>I like that.</i>

1279
00:56:20,627 --> 00:56:22,670
<i>I'll tell you when,</i>
<i>just keep the light on him</i>

1280
00:56:22,754 --> 00:56:24,214
<i>so when I sweep back around--</i>

1281
00:56:24,422 --> 00:56:26,132
<i>[Mark] </i>With this video, it was an idea

1282
00:56:26,216 --> 00:56:29,135
<i>that was thought out by the director,</i>
<i>Estevan Oriol.</i>

1283
00:56:29,219 --> 00:56:31,888
{\an8}<i>He directed this video</i>
<i>that really shook everything up.</i>

1284
00:56:31,971 --> 00:56:33,932
<i>It was really like, "What in the world?"</i>

1285
00:56:34,057 --> 00:56:35,683
{\an8}<i>Like it's the real deal.</i>

1286
00:56:35,767 --> 00:56:39,229
{\an8}<i>[Mark] Having him come in</i>
<i>and direct a video for us</i>

1287
00:56:39,312 --> 00:56:41,689
{\an8}<i>just, I don't know,</i>
<i>brought a really element of cool</i>

1288
00:56:41,773 --> 00:56:43,441
{\an8}<i>that I think was really ahead of its time.</i>

1289
00:56:43,525 --> 00:56:47,612
{\an8}<i>That shit was, like, really amazing.</i>
<i>Just the way he-- His style.</i>

1290
00:56:48,363 --> 00:56:51,991
<i>[Travis] The "Down" video was fun.</i>
<i>It was the first time I ever met Trigz.</i>

1291
00:56:52,075 --> 00:56:56,287
<i>It was I think the first time</i>
<i>we ever brought Mark and Tom to the hood.</i>

1292
00:56:56,371 --> 00:56:58,373
<i>[chuckling]</i>
<i>I think they were tripping a little bit.</i>

1293
00:56:58,915 --> 00:57:02,001
<i>[Terry] He put me in the Blink-182 video.</i>

1294
00:57:02,085 --> 00:57:02,961
<i>As a cop.</i>

1295
00:57:03,044 --> 00:57:04,921
<i>What I loved was the authenticity.</i>

1296
00:57:05,004 --> 00:57:07,924
<i>Here was an example of the culture</i>

1297
00:57:08,007 --> 00:57:09,801
<i>needing another voice.</i>

1298
00:57:09,884 --> 00:57:11,636
<i>Here I was this cop after this guy,</i>

1299
00:57:11,719 --> 00:57:13,596
<i>he's on the run,</i>
<i>and there was a helicopter.</i>

1300
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:15,640
<i>You know, shot in the LA Basin and...</i>

1301
00:57:15,723 --> 00:57:17,517
<i>There were people in the video</i>

1302
00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:19,561
<i>that looked like for real LA.</i>

1303
00:57:21,020 --> 00:57:24,065
<i>[Travis] But that was fun, man,</i>
<i>that video came out so cool and it had...</i>

1304
00:57:24,691 --> 00:57:27,026
<i>just a different energy</i>
<i>than anything we ever did and...</i>

1305
00:57:27,527 --> 00:57:29,863
<i>Estevan just really killed the visual.</i>

1306
00:57:32,699 --> 00:57:34,742
<i>[helicopter whirring]</i>

1307
00:57:44,419 --> 00:57:46,337
<i>[Estevan] You ready?</i>
<i>Let's set up the shot.</i>

1308
00:57:46,421 --> 00:57:48,006
<i>[producer] Are you gonna sit on the chair?</i>

1309
00:57:48,131 --> 00:57:49,799
<i>-[Estevan] Can I direct?</i>
<i>-[producer] Yes, sir.</i>

1310
00:57:49,883 --> 00:57:51,509
<i>Don't follow me.</i>
<i>You're gonna be on the shot.</i>

1311
00:57:51,593 --> 00:57:54,262
<i>-[producer] Tell me what you're gonna do.</i>
<i>-I'm gonna make a documentary</i>

1312
00:57:54,345 --> 00:57:55,805
<i>and talk about the Sixth Street Bridge.</i>

1313
00:57:55,889 --> 00:57:57,348
<i>-Ready?</i>
<i>-[producer] Yes.</i>

1314
00:57:57,432 --> 00:57:59,476
<i>Okay, so, we're sitting right here</i>

1315
00:57:59,559 --> 00:58:02,729
<i>at what was formerly known</i>
<i>as the Sixth Street Bridge.</i>

1316
00:58:02,937 --> 00:58:04,981
<i>So you see these pieces right here?</i>

1317
00:58:05,899 --> 00:58:08,860
<i>There was two arches.</i>
<i>They were part of the bridge.</i>

1318
00:58:08,943 --> 00:58:10,028
<i>That's them now.</i>

1319
00:58:10,987 --> 00:58:13,364
<i>I have 20 years of photos</i>

1320
00:58:13,573 --> 00:58:15,158
<i>of this street</i>

1321
00:58:15,241 --> 00:58:17,660
<i>and where this bridge was,</i>
<i>and that bridge.</i>

1322
00:58:17,744 --> 00:58:19,037
<i>And they're gonna redo it.</i>

1323
00:58:19,120 --> 00:58:21,247
<i>They're gonna have a poodle park here,</i>

1324
00:58:21,331 --> 00:58:23,541
<i>a cappuccino bar, a juice bar.</i>

1325
00:58:23,625 --> 00:58:25,376
<i>This whole area is changing.</i>

1326
00:58:25,460 --> 00:58:27,545
<i>[clicking]</i>

1327
00:58:29,380 --> 00:58:32,842
{\an8}<i>[Estevan] This was the access way</i>
<i>to the LA River.</i>

1328
00:58:33,176 --> 00:58:35,512
<i>And this was like our playground,</i>
<i>our stomping ground.</i>

1329
00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:39,015
<i>I had a lot of good photo shoots here,</i>
<i>a lot of good times.</i>

1330
00:58:39,224 --> 00:58:40,225
<i>Get it out of the street.</i>

1331
00:58:40,308 --> 00:58:44,020
<i>[Estevan] I was shooting a lot of women,</i>
<i>gangsters, and lowriders,</i>

1332
00:58:44,103 --> 00:58:46,064
<i>'cause, you know,</i>
<i>that's what I was around.</i>

1333
00:58:46,731 --> 00:58:48,525
<i>["Gin And Juice" by Snoop Dogg playing]</i>

1334
00:58:49,108 --> 00:58:50,902
<i>♪</i> Aye, baby, aye, baby <i>♪</i>

1335
00:58:50,985 --> 00:58:54,197
<i>♪</i> Aye, baby, get some bubblegum
In this motherfucker or somethin'... <i>♪</i>

1336
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:56,783
<i>[Estevan] I don't know what it is</i>
<i>about California, man.</i>

1337
00:58:57,325 --> 00:59:01,412
<i>Don't let the palm trees</i>
<i>and the white picket fences fool you.</i>

1338
00:59:01,496 --> 00:59:03,498
<i>There's wrought iron on the windows</i>

1339
00:59:03,581 --> 00:59:06,042
<i>and the murder rate</i>
<i>is through the roof, you know.</i>

1340
00:59:07,460 --> 00:59:09,420
<i>[man] </i>Perrito,
<i>don't worry about nothing. I got this.</i>

1341
00:59:09,504 --> 00:59:10,588
<i>[man 2] Are we keeping score?</i>

1342
00:59:10,672 --> 00:59:13,341
<i>[indistinct chatter]</i>

1343
00:59:13,424 --> 00:59:14,384
<i>Hey, man.</i>

1344
00:59:16,052 --> 00:59:17,929
<i>Pass already, dog. [chuckles]</i>

1345
00:59:18,846 --> 00:59:21,891
<i>[Estevan] I was shooting this girl</i>
<i>that was a gang member.</i>

1346
00:59:21,975 --> 00:59:23,268
<i>She just threw up LA.</i>

1347
00:59:23,351 --> 00:59:24,310
<i>[Baldacci] LA, baby.</i>

1348
00:59:24,394 --> 00:59:27,480
<i>And I went in and just took</i>
<i>two frames of the LA.</i>

1349
00:59:27,564 --> 00:59:29,941
<i>♪</i> I got bitches in the living room
Gettin' it on... <i>♪</i>

1350
00:59:30,024 --> 00:59:32,110
<i>He caught it first.</i>
<i>A lot of the photographers</i>

1351
00:59:32,193 --> 00:59:36,573
<i>didn't know some of that type</i>
<i>of finger lingo, if you will, you know,</i>

1352
00:59:36,656 --> 00:59:38,408
<i>when you throw up the West Coast</i>

1353
00:59:38,491 --> 00:59:40,910
<i>or you throw up LA,</i>
<i>whatever clique you're from.</i>

1354
00:59:40,994 --> 00:59:43,204
{\an8}<i>A lot of people</i>
<i>didn't wanna use that photo.</i>

1355
00:59:43,288 --> 00:59:45,039
<i>They said it was too gang-related.</i>

1356
00:59:45,123 --> 00:59:46,541
<i>[Estevan] At that time,</i>

1357
00:59:46,624 --> 00:59:49,210
<i>if the wrong person saw you doing that,</i>

1358
00:59:49,294 --> 00:59:52,088
<i>you'd get beat up,</i>
<i>or shot at or fucking stabbed.</i>

1359
00:59:52,171 --> 00:59:53,590
<i>Throwing up the L and the A like that,</i>

1360
00:59:53,673 --> 00:59:55,508
<i>that was something that we did</i>
<i>back in the day.</i>

1361
00:59:55,592 --> 00:59:58,428
<i>[B-Real] And that was</i>
<i>the first representation of it.</i>

1362
00:59:58,511 --> 01:00:01,014
<i>[Sen] Now it's a global thing</i>
<i>where kids in other countries</i>

1363
01:00:01,097 --> 01:00:03,391
<i>send me pictures of them</i>
<i>throwing up that sign.</i>

1364
01:00:03,474 --> 01:00:05,143
<i>That's pretty cool, man.</i>
<i>You know what I mean?</i>

1365
01:00:05,226 --> 01:00:06,644
<i>His LA hands photo?</i>

1366
01:00:06,728 --> 01:00:07,687
<i>That's Estevan.</i>

1367
01:00:07,770 --> 01:00:10,273
<i>That shit's been copied so much.</i>

1368
01:00:10,690 --> 01:00:12,650
<i>So many times. Ripped off.</i>

1369
01:00:12,734 --> 01:00:14,277
<i>Many have tried to bite it.</i>

1370
01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:16,863
{\an8}<i>[Pat] I see the LA hands,</i>
<i>and I know it's a bootleg.</i>

1371
01:00:16,946 --> 01:00:18,948
<i>Starbucks is ripping him off. Gosh!</i>

1372
01:00:19,032 --> 01:00:20,199
{\an8}<i>The H&amp;M thing?</i>

1373
01:00:20,283 --> 01:00:22,785
{\an8}<i>To steal from artists like that,</i>
<i>their images.</i>

1374
01:00:22,869 --> 01:00:24,037
<i>They have it on T-shirts.</i>

1375
01:00:24,287 --> 01:00:26,914
{\an8}<i>[chuckling] The LA symbol's notorious.</i>

1376
01:00:26,998 --> 01:00:29,667
<i>[Estevan] Everybody, you know,</i>
<i>and their mom, was doing it.</i>

1377
01:00:29,751 --> 01:00:31,919
<i>-[Angel Baby] The Mayor's throwing it up.</i>
<i>-Boom!</i>

1378
01:00:32,003 --> 01:00:35,590
<i>People gonna copy it, people gonna try it,</i>
<i>but we all know where it came from.</i>

1379
01:00:35,673 --> 01:00:39,469
<i>I advise everybody to dig into the roots</i>
<i>of anything they do</i>

1380
01:00:39,552 --> 01:00:42,930
<i>and see where it came from</i>
<i>and pay homage to the person before them.</i>

1381
01:00:43,014 --> 01:00:45,767
<i>[B-Real] It was iconic.</i>
<i>It's an iconic picture.</i>

1382
01:00:46,476 --> 01:00:49,020
<i>[sad music playing]</i>

1383
01:00:49,103 --> 01:00:52,899
<i>[Cartoon] One of the things</i>
<i>that is there with Chicano art</i>

1384
01:00:52,982 --> 01:00:54,192
<i>is violence,</i>

1385
01:00:54,692 --> 01:00:55,985
{\an8}<i>is poverty,</i>

1386
01:00:56,319 --> 01:00:57,820
<i>is addiction,</i>

1387
01:00:58,404 --> 01:00:59,822
<i>alcoholism.</i>

1388
01:01:01,074 --> 01:01:04,327
<i>[slow music playing]</i>

1389
01:01:05,411 --> 01:01:08,247
<i>[Lepke] When I met Estevan, I was</i>
<i>struggling through a lot of relapses.</i>

1390
01:01:08,331 --> 01:01:12,168
<i>We were in a motel, and I called Estevan.</i>
<i>I go, "Hey, I'm on a good one, man.</i>

1391
01:01:12,251 --> 01:01:14,504
<i>You wanna film some footage?</i>
<i>So why don't you come on through,</i>

1392
01:01:14,587 --> 01:01:16,839
<i>because we got it going on</i>
<i>real good right here."</i>

1393
01:01:16,923 --> 01:01:19,676
<i>I had every drug in my system,</i>
<i>'cause I don't discriminate.</i>

1394
01:01:19,759 --> 01:01:21,469
<i>I just went on a binge.</i>

1395
01:01:21,552 --> 01:01:23,971
<i>A simple binge.</i>
<i>Everybody does it once in a while.</i>

1396
01:01:24,055 --> 01:01:27,225
<i>You know, some people binge on donuts.</i>
<i>Some people binge on heroin.</i>

1397
01:01:28,518 --> 01:01:30,478
<i>This is some new shit I came across.</i>

1398
01:01:31,604 --> 01:01:33,481
<i>These are five-dollar </i>bolsas.

1399
01:01:33,731 --> 01:01:35,149
<i>I love it. There's no excuse.</i>

1400
01:01:35,233 --> 01:01:37,860
<i>I love to get high on this.</i>
<i>I love the feeling I get from it.</i>

1401
01:01:39,862 --> 01:01:42,615
<i>If you don't cook it right,</i>
<i>it fucks your stomach good.</i>

1402
01:01:42,782 --> 01:01:45,702
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

1403
01:01:48,371 --> 01:01:50,498
<i>This is the picture they took</i>
<i>of the heroin</i>

1404
01:01:50,581 --> 01:01:53,626
<i>that wasn't getting me high no more</i>
<i>with the syringe, the crack pipe,</i>

1405
01:01:53,710 --> 01:01:55,962
<i>and I don't know</i>
<i>why I had the nail clipper there.</i>

1406
01:01:56,045 --> 01:01:57,255
<i>God only knows, right?</i>

1407
01:01:57,588 --> 01:01:59,215
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

1408
01:02:01,217 --> 01:02:03,302
<i>Estevan could take me into the lab</i>

1409
01:02:03,386 --> 01:02:05,513
<i>and pull out all these pictures</i>
<i>and I'll go,</i>

1410
01:02:05,596 --> 01:02:08,474
<i>"What the fuck? Are you serious, bro?"</i>

1411
01:02:12,437 --> 01:02:15,022
<i>I looked like</i>
<i>an Ethiopian research monkey.</i>

1412
01:02:17,692 --> 01:02:19,485
<i>I don't even know why I'm alive today.</i>

1413
01:02:19,569 --> 01:02:22,029
<i>For some good reason,</i>
<i>the good Lord didn't drop me</i>

1414
01:02:22,113 --> 01:02:23,406
<i>and put me on my back.</i>

1415
01:02:23,489 --> 01:02:25,700
<i>Sometimes, I sell real shit. Sometimes--</i>

1416
01:02:26,492 --> 01:02:29,036
<i>And I was in a bad stage right here.</i>

1417
01:02:29,245 --> 01:02:31,497
<i>And those are balloons of heroin</i>
<i>in my mouth.</i>

1418
01:02:31,622 --> 01:02:33,666
<i>I sell fake shit. All this is fake.</i>

1419
01:02:33,750 --> 01:02:34,625
<i>This is all fake.</i>

1420
01:02:34,709 --> 01:02:36,753
<i>Either way, this is getting sold,</i>
<i>all right?</i>

1421
01:02:36,836 --> 01:02:39,088
<i>Because, see,</i>
<i>you can't buy drugs on the street.</i>

1422
01:02:39,172 --> 01:02:41,340
<i>That's illegal.</i>
<i>You can't sell them. It's illegal.</i>

1423
01:02:41,424 --> 01:02:43,634
<i>There's no drugs in here.</i>
<i>So it's a bungle case.</i>

1424
01:02:43,718 --> 01:02:46,095
<i>So the proof is in the pudding,</i>
<i>ladies and gentlemen.</i>

1425
01:02:46,554 --> 01:02:48,389
<i>[Scott] If you wanna know</i>
<i>the real street culture</i>

1426
01:02:48,473 --> 01:02:51,058
<i>and that street life,</i>
<i>open one of Estevan's books.</i>

1427
01:02:51,434 --> 01:02:54,270
<i>And this is where it leads to.</i>
<i>Everything leads to this picture.</i>

1428
01:02:54,812 --> 01:02:56,647
<i>This is 2003,</i>

1429
01:02:56,731 --> 01:02:58,983
<i>July 9th or 8th, I believe.</i>

1430
01:02:59,066 --> 01:03:02,403
<i>I got shot</i>
<i>in front of the Econo Lodge hotel.</i>

1431
01:03:02,487 --> 01:03:05,490
<i>From where you're at, from where</i>
<i>the camera's at, they shot me six times.</i>

1432
01:03:05,573 --> 01:03:06,866
<i>[Lepke] I took five bullets there.</i>

1433
01:03:06,949 --> 01:03:08,910
<i>And they came and told me</i>
<i>I didn't have insurance,</i>

1434
01:03:08,993 --> 01:03:12,079
<i>so five days after that, I walked out,</i>
<i>caught walking pneumonia, almost died,</i>

1435
01:03:12,163 --> 01:03:15,124
<i>and then went back and had to stay</i>
<i>another additional 30 days.</i>

1436
01:03:15,333 --> 01:03:18,294
<i>See? Karma hits, 'cause I was supposed</i>
<i>to be doing Estevan a favor</i>

1437
01:03:18,377 --> 01:03:19,337
<i>and moving somebody.</i>

1438
01:03:19,420 --> 01:03:20,671
<i>See how that works?</i>

1439
01:03:20,963 --> 01:03:23,549
{\an8}<i>[Cartoon]</i>
<i>The '90s were very, very violent.</i>

1440
01:03:23,633 --> 01:03:26,135
{\an8}<i>You saw the peak of gang violence.</i>

1441
01:03:26,385 --> 01:03:30,097
<i>You saw people that were there</i>
<i>that seen enemies they didn't like,</i>

1442
01:03:30,181 --> 01:03:31,974
<i>they just took off on them right there.</i>

1443
01:03:32,058 --> 01:03:34,560
{\an8}<i>You could hear the bullets going by.</i>
<i>[imitates bullets]</i>

1444
01:03:36,020 --> 01:03:38,481
<i>They were trying to stop here, homie.</i>
<i>They were coming too fast.</i>

1445
01:03:38,564 --> 01:03:41,901
<i>So they stopped right here.</i>
<i>And they went just like, "Hey, homie."</i>

1446
01:03:41,984 --> 01:03:42,860
<i>[imitates gunshot]</i>

1447
01:03:42,944 --> 01:03:44,070
<i>Man! [imitates gunshot]</i>

1448
01:03:44,153 --> 01:03:45,530
<i>I hit the floor quick, eh.</i>

1449
01:03:45,613 --> 01:03:47,114
<i>[Estevan] Why were they shooting at you?</i>

1450
01:03:47,198 --> 01:03:48,908
<i>[man]</i>
<i>See, this is a black neighborhood, right?</i>

1451
01:03:48,991 --> 01:03:51,702
<i>I guess they're going at it</i>
<i>with a Hispanic gang over there.</i>

1452
01:03:52,245 --> 01:03:53,704
<i>You know what I mean? Look at me, dog.</i>

1453
01:03:55,373 --> 01:03:57,291
<i>-[man] Look right here, homie.</i>
<i>-[man 2] Yeah.</i>

1454
01:03:58,459 --> 01:03:59,710
<i>♪</i> Word up, son, word <i>♪</i>

1455
01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:04,757
<i>♪ </i>Yeah <i>♪</i>

1456
01:04:04,841 --> 01:04:07,301
<i>♪</i> To all the killers
And the hundred-dollar billers <i>♪</i>

1457
01:04:07,385 --> 01:04:09,554
<i>♪</i> Yo, I got the phone thing
Know I'm sayin' <i>♪</i>

1458
01:04:10,179 --> 01:04:12,849
<i>♪</i> For real niggas
Who ain't got no feelings, feelings... <i>♪</i>

1459
01:04:13,099 --> 01:04:14,225
<i>You like that.</i>

1460
01:04:14,767 --> 01:04:17,019
<i>♪</i> Just watch my back
I got the front, yo <i>♪</i>

1461
01:04:17,103 --> 01:04:18,437
<i>♪</i> Check it out now <i>♪</i>

1462
01:04:18,521 --> 01:04:19,689
<i>Right there, West Los.</i>

1463
01:04:19,772 --> 01:04:20,940
<i>School of hard knocks.</i>

1464
01:04:21,023 --> 01:04:22,233
<i>Sometimes hard rocks.</i>

1465
01:04:22,316 --> 01:04:24,110
<i>Hard knocks and cooked rocks.</i>

1466
01:04:24,193 --> 01:04:26,153
<i>From stealin' and dealin'</i>
<i>to rollin' and chillin'.</i>

1467
01:04:26,237 --> 01:04:28,322
<i>Smack. Oh, ready.</i>

1468
01:04:28,948 --> 01:04:30,408
<i>♪</i> Queensbridge murderers <i>♪</i>

1469
01:04:30,491 --> 01:04:32,785
<i>♪</i> The Mobb comes equipped for warfare
Beware <i>♪</i>

1470
01:04:32,869 --> 01:04:34,328
<i>♪</i> Of my crime family who got... <i>♪</i>

1471
01:04:34,412 --> 01:04:36,831
<i>[man] My eagle right here,</i>
<i>'cause I'm Mexican-American.</i>

1472
01:04:36,914 --> 01:04:39,250
<i>I'm American-made, Mexican descent.</i>

1473
01:04:39,333 --> 01:04:40,918
<i>♪</i> Your brain with your nose bone <i>♪</i>

1474
01:04:41,002 --> 01:04:43,546
<i>♪</i> You all alone in these streets, cousin
Every man... <i>♪</i>

1475
01:04:43,629 --> 01:04:46,507
<i>[Speedy] They call me Speedy,</i>
<i>one of my fans gave me the name.</i>

1476
01:04:46,841 --> 01:04:48,718
<i>[Baldacci] In there,</i>
<i>the tattoo shop is your cell.</i>

1477
01:04:48,801 --> 01:04:51,470
<i>Just a couple of cases of soups</i>
<i>and coffee, man, from prison.</i>

1478
01:04:51,554 --> 01:04:54,432
<i>That's what they charge you in there</i>
<i>to do this type of thing.</i>

1479
01:04:54,515 --> 01:04:57,602
<i>Nowadays I guess that's just</i>
<i>a way to look cool, but...</i>

1480
01:04:57,685 --> 01:04:59,020
<i>All these tattoos right here?</i>

1481
01:04:59,103 --> 01:05:00,479
{\an8}<i>They were basically earned,</i>

1482
01:05:00,563 --> 01:05:02,940
{\an8}<i>they were basically put on me</i>
<i>for a reason.</i>

1483
01:05:03,441 --> 01:05:05,818
<i>[Johnny] All my tattoos</i>
<i>were done in prison, single needle.</i>

1484
01:05:06,068 --> 01:05:07,236
{\an8}<i>Never got tattooed in a shop.</i>

1485
01:05:08,029 --> 01:05:11,198
{\an8}<i>They were kind of like the old black</i>
<i>and gray feel to the ink.</i>

1486
01:05:11,282 --> 01:05:13,159
<i>♪</i> Don't make me
Have to call your name out... <i>♪</i>

1487
01:05:13,242 --> 01:05:16,078
<i>Some tattoos that some people have,</i>
<i>they put them on</i>

1488
01:05:16,162 --> 01:05:19,206
<i>because maybe they were in a lifestyle</i>
<i>where a life was lost.</i>

1489
01:05:19,290 --> 01:05:21,167
<i>Not to say that they took the life,</i>

1490
01:05:21,250 --> 01:05:23,419
<i>because we're not gonna say that</i>
<i>'cause we're on camera.</i>

1491
01:05:24,003 --> 01:05:27,048
<i>When I sleeve somebody,</i>
<i>they can't go into regular society,</i>

1492
01:05:27,131 --> 01:05:30,259
<i>but little by little,</i>
<i>those people will be business owners.</i>

1493
01:05:30,927 --> 01:05:33,721
<i>You know, over the next 10, 20 years,</i>
<i>those people that are getting sleeves</i>

1494
01:05:33,804 --> 01:05:36,474
<i>will be business owners</i>
<i>and shit will change up for them.</i>

1495
01:05:37,224 --> 01:05:40,853
<i>[Lepke] That's okay. It's a trend now.</i>
<i>We got the soccer moms putting tattoos on.</i>

1496
01:05:40,937 --> 01:05:43,064
<i>They're doing shit</i>
<i>that we were looked down on.</i>

1497
01:05:43,147 --> 01:05:45,691
<i>We were putting these tattoos</i>
<i>'cause we were outcasts,</i>

1498
01:05:45,775 --> 01:05:48,152
<i>because society rejected us.</i>

1499
01:05:48,235 --> 01:05:51,113
<i>Now they're putting them on</i>
<i>because now society accepts it?</i>

1500
01:05:51,197 --> 01:05:53,783
<i>So now I might just start</i>
<i>taking them all off.</i>

1501
01:05:56,702 --> 01:05:59,205
<i>[Cartoon] We're interested</i>
<i>in the darkest shit in life.</i>

1502
01:05:59,413 --> 01:06:01,374
<i>Ghetto bird in the sky...</i>

1503
01:06:02,416 --> 01:06:04,919
<i>homeless shit and drug addicts.</i>

1504
01:06:05,294 --> 01:06:08,631
<i>Watching and observing those cultures,</i>
<i>you know what I mean?</i>

1505
01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:11,884
{\an8}<i>What happened to your hand?</i>
<i>You got arthritis?</i>

1506
01:06:11,968 --> 01:06:14,387
{\an8}<i>No, I-- My ex-boyfriend broke it.</i>

1507
01:06:14,470 --> 01:06:15,471
<i>[Estevan] Oh, okay.</i>

1508
01:06:15,554 --> 01:06:18,391
<i>Okay, look, if you go out this way,</i>
<i>and go on the side,</i>

1509
01:06:18,474 --> 01:06:21,435
<i>go straight all the way down,</i>
<i>there's a little alley right there.</i>

1510
01:06:21,519 --> 01:06:22,895
<i>[Estevan] I'll go check it out.</i>

1511
01:06:23,020 --> 01:06:24,647
<i>-Take it easy.</i>
<i>-[producer] Bye, thank you.</i>

1512
01:06:25,815 --> 01:06:28,567
<i>[Estevan] When you're in the streets</i>
<i>in LA, in the bad neighborhoods,</i>

1513
01:06:28,651 --> 01:06:30,319
<i>it's like your blood is flowing,</i>

1514
01:06:30,403 --> 01:06:32,738
<i>the adrenaline is there.</i>

1515
01:06:32,989 --> 01:06:37,326
<i>When you know that it's an active area</i>
<i>and some shit might happen,</i>

1516
01:06:37,410 --> 01:06:40,997
<i>it's kind of like, okay, cool, you know,</i>
<i>you gotta be on point, you know.</i>

1517
01:06:41,205 --> 01:06:43,165
<i>Open the eyes on the back of your head,</i>

1518
01:06:43,249 --> 01:06:46,377
<i>'cause if you're just walking around</i>
<i>all "ladi da, da,"</i>

1519
01:06:46,460 --> 01:06:48,379
<i>you know, like an idiot,</i>
<i>you could lose that way.</i>

1520
01:06:48,462 --> 01:06:50,798
<i>They're just looking</i>
<i>for someone to fuck with, so...</i>

1521
01:06:50,881 --> 01:06:52,550
<i>Right here, you know what I'm saying?</i>

1522
01:06:52,967 --> 01:06:54,468
<i>Just gotta make sure you're strapped.</i>

1523
01:06:55,261 --> 01:06:57,513
<i>[Estevan]</i>
<i>A lot of people we've known have died.</i>

1524
01:06:57,638 --> 01:06:58,514
<i>[shotgun]</i>

1525
01:06:58,597 --> 01:07:00,433
<i>[Estevan]</i>
<i>Can't even think of how that would be</i>

1526
01:07:00,516 --> 01:07:01,976
<i>if Cartoon passed away.</i>

1527
01:07:02,059 --> 01:07:04,562
<i>[sad music playing]</i>

1528
01:07:08,065 --> 01:07:10,192
<i>We've had to make out wills before,</i>

1529
01:07:10,276 --> 01:07:13,029
<i>and it was, like,</i>
<i>the will went to, like, each other.</i>

1530
01:07:13,320 --> 01:07:15,281
<i>We would look out for each other's family.</i>

1531
01:07:16,615 --> 01:07:19,535
<i>Let's see what we have here</i>
<i>in this little box.</i>

1532
01:07:20,661 --> 01:07:23,956
<i>This is my friend Mono. He passed away.</i>

1533
01:07:25,041 --> 01:07:28,210
<i>He's the guy that introduced me</i>
<i>and my wife to each other.</i>

1534
01:07:28,294 --> 01:07:29,170
<i>[D.P.] Oh, yeah?</i>

1535
01:07:29,253 --> 01:07:31,255
<i>[Estevan]</i>
<i>And he introduced Cartoon to his wife.</i>

1536
01:07:32,631 --> 01:07:35,760
<i>Right here, this is one</i>
<i>of my favorite pictures of all times.</i>

1537
01:07:35,843 --> 01:07:37,219
<i>His name was Chato.</i>

1538
01:07:37,303 --> 01:07:38,929
<i>Rest in peace. He died.</i>

1539
01:07:39,346 --> 01:07:40,723
<i>Trigz got shot.</i>

1540
01:07:40,806 --> 01:07:44,643
<i>He got murdered</i>
<i>'cause he got into a fight with somebody.</i>

1541
01:07:44,727 --> 01:07:46,312
<i>Rest in peace.</i>

1542
01:07:46,979 --> 01:07:49,482
<i>This was another guy that was shot.</i>
<i>His name was Nene.</i>

1543
01:07:50,816 --> 01:07:53,360
<i>I think he got shot 33 times.</i>

1544
01:07:53,444 --> 01:07:55,738
<i>-[D.P.] What happened to him?</i>
<i>-[Estevan] He died.</i>

1545
01:07:56,989 --> 01:07:59,075
<i>You know, I think they're living</i>
<i>the life they wanted to</i>

1546
01:07:59,158 --> 01:08:01,452
<i>and they died doing what they loved doing.</i>

1547
01:08:01,535 --> 01:08:05,039
<i>Those guys were gangsters</i>
<i>and they died doing some gangster shit.</i>

1548
01:08:05,122 --> 01:08:07,750
{\an8}<i>[D.P.] So you think they kind</i>
<i>of dig being a gangster.</i>

1549
01:08:07,833 --> 01:08:08,793
{\an8}<i>They'd rather do that--</i>

1550
01:08:08,876 --> 01:08:11,253
<i>Yeah, they loved it, or else</i>
<i>they wouldn't have been a gangster.</i>

1551
01:08:12,671 --> 01:08:15,800
<i>[in Spanish]</i>
<i>♪ </i>{\an8}I spend my time in the hood <i>♪</i>

1552
01:08:15,883 --> 01:08:19,804
<i>♪</i>{\an8} That old Florencia district <i>♪</i>

1553
01:08:20,846 --> 01:08:23,599
<i>♪</i>{\an8} I don't play games <i>♪</i>

1554
01:08:23,682 --> 01:08:25,684
<i>♪</i>{\an8} And if you ask for it <i>♪</i>

1555
01:08:25,768 --> 01:08:29,230
<i>♪</i>{\an8} I carry an AK-47 <i>♪</i>

1556
01:08:29,772 --> 01:08:32,942
<i>♪</i>{\an8} I was shot five times <i>♪</i>

1557
01:08:33,067 --> 01:08:36,695
<i>♪</i>{\an8} And almost lost my life <i>♪</i>

1558
01:08:37,696 --> 01:08:40,199
<i>♪</i>{\an8} At the gates of hell <i>♪</i>

1559
01:08:40,282 --> 01:08:44,370
<i>♪</i>{\an8} A smiling Devil awaits <i>♪</i>

1560
01:08:44,995 --> 01:08:48,165
<i>♪</i>{\an8} These are facts of life <i>♪</i>

1561
01:08:48,707 --> 01:08:53,420
<i>♪</i>{\an8} Consequences of this life <i>♪</i>

1562
01:08:54,255 --> 01:08:59,593
<i>♪</i> Because everything
{\an8}Must be paid for in this world <i>♪</i>

1563
01:09:00,344 --> 01:09:05,349
<i>♪</i> I spend my time smoking
{\an8}With my homies in the hood <i>♪</i>

1564
01:09:05,516 --> 01:09:08,561
<i>♪</i>{\an8} I come from that gangster clique <i>♪</i>

1565
01:09:08,644 --> 01:09:11,230
<i>♪</i>{\an8} Don't you dare betray us <i>♪</i>

1566
01:09:11,313 --> 01:09:13,858
<i>♪</i>{\an8} I am a man of respect <i>♪</i>

1567
01:09:13,941 --> 01:09:16,443
<i>♪</i>{\an8} And my word is worth a lot <i>♪</i>

1568
01:09:16,527 --> 01:09:19,155
<i>♪</i>{\an8} Around Converse and Miramonte <i>♪</i>

1569
01:09:19,238 --> 01:09:21,866
<i>♪</i>{\an8} I patrol through the night <i>♪</i>

1570
01:09:26,662 --> 01:09:31,000
<i>["Darling (Please Bring Your Love)"</i>
<i>by Phil and Harv playing]</i>

1571
01:09:32,918 --> 01:09:36,755
<i>♪</i> Oh, darling <i>♪</i>

1572
01:09:39,216 --> 01:09:43,846
<i>♪</i> I'm so blue and lonely <i>♪</i>

1573
01:09:46,515 --> 01:09:51,353
<i>♪</i> Want your love here only <i>♪</i>

1574
01:09:53,856 --> 01:09:56,275
<i>♪</i> Please... <i>♪</i>

1575
01:09:56,358 --> 01:09:58,777
<i>[Cartoon] That violence, that poverty,</i>

1576
01:09:58,861 --> 01:10:00,321
<i>that madness,</i>

1577
01:10:00,696 --> 01:10:02,573
{\an8}<i>spawned a beautiful art form</i>

1578
01:10:02,656 --> 01:10:04,366
<i>of music, and tattoos,</i>

1579
01:10:04,450 --> 01:10:06,368
<i>and wall murals,</i>

1580
01:10:06,452 --> 01:10:08,954
<i>pinstripe, and gold leaf.</i>

1581
01:10:09,038 --> 01:10:12,416
<i>Those guys sitting in cells</i>
<i>that will never get out</i>

1582
01:10:12,499 --> 01:10:15,377
<i>helped shape an art form,</i>

1583
01:10:15,461 --> 01:10:18,172
<i>this rose out of a crack in the concrete.</i>

1584
01:10:18,756 --> 01:10:21,842
<i>Now you have a new wave of Chicano artists</i>

1585
01:10:21,926 --> 01:10:24,261
<i>that can focus on Chicano pride.</i>

1586
01:10:24,720 --> 01:10:27,806
{\an8}<i>To be Chicano</i>
<i>means identifying with your roots.</i>

1587
01:10:28,015 --> 01:10:29,683
<i>[David F., Jr] The number one thing</i>
<i>is family.</i>

1588
01:10:29,767 --> 01:10:30,684
<i>It's all about family.</i>

1589
01:10:32,645 --> 01:10:35,397
<i>♪</i> I want to hold you <i>♪</i>

1590
01:10:36,774 --> 01:10:37,983
<i>♪</i> Squeeze you... <i>♪</i>

1591
01:10:38,067 --> 01:10:40,945
<i>[Michelle] You don't really hear</i>
<i>about the heart of a Chicano,</i>

1592
01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:43,364
<i>but you can see it in a lowrider.</i>

1593
01:10:43,447 --> 01:10:44,990
{\an8}<i>The way we build our cars,</i>

1594
01:10:45,074 --> 01:10:48,118
<i>they're old Benny's thrown away</i>
<i>that we pick up and we shine.</i>

1595
01:10:48,661 --> 01:10:51,330
<i>[Michelle] It's almost like watching</i>
<i>a Chicano's heart</i>

1596
01:10:51,413 --> 01:10:53,540
<i>being poured out onto paint</i>

1597
01:10:53,666 --> 01:10:56,877
<i>and coating a vehicle with love, you know?</i>

1598
01:10:59,088 --> 01:11:01,423
<i>[Javi] Those people that threw them away</i>
<i>wish they had them back</i>

1599
01:11:01,507 --> 01:11:04,426
<i>after they see them all fixed up</i>
<i>and clean and shined up.</i>

1600
01:11:04,885 --> 01:11:07,263
{\an8}<i>You don't own a lowrider.</i>
<i>You are a lowrider.</i>

1601
01:11:07,388 --> 01:11:10,182
{\an8}<i>Promoting a great culture in America.</i>

1602
01:11:10,683 --> 01:11:13,143
<i>There are people</i>
<i>that are incredibly wealthy</i>

1603
01:11:13,227 --> 01:11:16,146
<i>that actually know the culture</i>

1604
01:11:16,438 --> 01:11:18,691
<i>and are admirers of the culture.</i>

1605
01:11:18,816 --> 01:11:21,068
<i>[Bobo] The culture grew to places</i>

1606
01:11:21,151 --> 01:11:22,444
<i>like Japan, Europe,</i>

1607
01:11:22,528 --> 01:11:23,779
<i>South America.</i>

1608
01:11:23,862 --> 01:11:26,448
{\an8}<i>They introduced</i>
<i>the whole rest of the world basically</i>

1609
01:11:26,532 --> 01:11:28,325
<i>to the East LA esthetic.</i>

1610
01:11:28,409 --> 01:11:31,578
<i>["Boo Hoo Hoo" by The Sa Shays playing]</i>

1611
01:11:34,665 --> 01:11:37,751
<i>[Bobo] You go to Japan</i>
<i>and you see some of the Japanese kids</i>

1612
01:11:37,835 --> 01:11:39,586
<i>dressing like cholos.</i>

1613
01:11:40,129 --> 01:11:41,171
<i>To the T.</i>

1614
01:11:41,255 --> 01:11:43,048
<i>You would think, they could put on glasses</i>

1615
01:11:43,132 --> 01:11:46,468
<i>and have the whole thing</i>
<i>and they could look all "Chicanoed-out"</i>

1616
01:11:46,552 --> 01:11:48,470
<i>until they started to speak.</i>

1617
01:11:48,554 --> 01:11:50,222
<i>Sheeba city ghetto family.</i>

1618
01:11:52,224 --> 01:11:54,476
<i>[Wilmer] Asian culture has become obsessed</i>

1619
01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:56,895
<i>with East LA and lowriding.</i>

1620
01:11:56,979 --> 01:12:00,357
<i>There's a big lowrider scene</i>
<i>that's gone around the world.</i>

1621
01:12:00,441 --> 01:12:01,775
<i>[people speaking Japanese]</i>

1622
01:12:01,859 --> 01:12:06,530
<i>[man] Because of what Cartoon</i>
<i>and Estevan did with Chicano culture</i>

1623
01:12:06,613 --> 01:12:11,201
<i>and made it so pervasive</i>
<i>and popular in Japanese subculture,</i>

1624
01:12:11,285 --> 01:12:15,205
{\an8}<i>it made it even extra cool</i>
<i>back here in the States.</i>

1625
01:12:15,289 --> 01:12:19,126
{\an8}<i>And I think a lot of it comes</i>
<i>from how pioneering these two gentlemen</i>

1626
01:12:19,209 --> 01:12:20,669
{\an8}<i>have been to the culture.</i>

1627
01:12:21,211 --> 01:12:26,258
<i>[Cartoon] We listen to oldies,</i>
<i>we listen to Motown-style, classic soul.</i>

1628
01:12:26,508 --> 01:12:29,970
<i>["One Like Mine" by The Salas Bros.</i>
<i>playing]</i>

1629
01:12:32,431 --> 01:12:36,352
<i>Due to the weather on the West Coast,</i>
<i>we wear T-shirts all year long.</i>

1630
01:12:36,435 --> 01:12:38,479
<i>We invented the white tee,</i>

1631
01:12:38,562 --> 01:12:39,897
<i>khakis and Dickies,</i>

1632
01:12:39,980 --> 01:12:41,106
<i>that whole look.</i>

1633
01:12:42,066 --> 01:12:44,360
<i>The West Coast grew up</i>
<i>wearing Cortez shoes.</i>

1634
01:12:45,069 --> 01:12:47,237
<i>This is the staple for the West Coast.</i>

1635
01:12:47,571 --> 01:12:49,990
<i>In the '80s, though,</i>
<i>it was like a gang-banging shoe.</i>

1636
01:12:50,074 --> 01:12:52,701
<i>Like, you wearing that shoe,</i>
<i>people asked you, "Where are you from?"</i>

1637
01:12:54,787 --> 01:12:57,581
<i>I had meditated why it was relevant,</i>

1638
01:12:57,664 --> 01:12:59,458
<i>and why it had to be done.</i>

1639
01:12:59,541 --> 01:13:01,377
<i>My own Nike, period.</i>

1640
01:13:01,835 --> 01:13:03,462
<i>And once I got them in,</i>

1641
01:13:03,545 --> 01:13:04,922
{\an8}<i>it was time to drop,</i>

1642
01:13:05,005 --> 01:13:06,256
{\an8}<i>"I have to do a Cortez,"</i>

1643
01:13:06,382 --> 01:13:08,384
<i>paying homage to that era,</i>

1644
01:13:08,467 --> 01:13:10,344
<i>to the NWA era.</i>

1645
01:13:10,969 --> 01:13:12,262
<i>When that happened,</i>

1646
01:13:12,346 --> 01:13:15,224
<i>I was like, "Man, this is fucking amazing.</i>

1647
01:13:15,307 --> 01:13:18,560
<i>I'm gonna design the shoe</i>
<i>I grew up wearing."</i>

1648
01:13:18,727 --> 01:13:21,855
<i>It'd be like McDonald's calling you,</i>
<i>and be like,</i>

1649
01:13:21,939 --> 01:13:24,191
<i>"You're gonna do</i>
<i>your own signature Big Mac.</i>

1650
01:13:24,274 --> 01:13:25,109
<i>Get ready."</i>

1651
01:13:25,192 --> 01:13:27,152
<i>Nike is doing a Mister Cartoon shoe?</i>

1652
01:13:27,236 --> 01:13:28,654
<i>They're giving you a shoe?</i>

1653
01:13:28,737 --> 01:13:30,114
{\an8}<i>And letting you design it?</i>

1654
01:13:30,197 --> 01:13:31,281
<i>It's-- It's crazy.</i>

1655
01:13:31,365 --> 01:13:34,076
<i>There's not a lot of artists out here</i>
<i>to have their own Nike shoe.</i>

1656
01:13:34,159 --> 01:13:37,329
<i>[Cartoon] I walk into a business meeting</i>
<i>with confidence.</i>

1657
01:13:37,413 --> 01:13:40,499
<i>I walk in like, "I'm-- The boss is here."</i>

1658
01:13:40,999 --> 01:13:43,335
<i>And you convince the client</i>

1659
01:13:43,836 --> 01:13:45,170
<i>that you know what's poppin'.</i>

1660
01:13:45,254 --> 01:13:47,589
<i>This is inspiring to me.</i>

1661
01:13:47,673 --> 01:13:51,135
<i>I can apply that same philosophy</i>
<i>to what I'm doing.</i>

1662
01:13:51,218 --> 01:13:52,636
<i>My homie did it, I can do it.</i>

1663
01:13:52,719 --> 01:13:53,846
<i>Oh, wow.</i>

1664
01:13:53,929 --> 01:13:57,641
<i>Whoa, Mister Cartoon is completely</i>
<i>crossing over to a different level,</i>

1665
01:13:57,724 --> 01:13:58,559
<i>you know?</i>

1666
01:13:58,642 --> 01:14:01,520
<i>[Cartoon] I did the LA edition,</i>
<i>which was putting the "LA"</i>

1667
01:14:01,603 --> 01:14:03,772
<i>and having the Nike check go through it.</i>

1668
01:14:04,022 --> 01:14:06,608
<i>The next one I did was the Aztec.</i>

1669
01:14:06,692 --> 01:14:10,112
<i>This was crazy</i>
<i>because here I'm doing an Aztec</i>

1670
01:14:10,195 --> 01:14:11,238
<i>on a Cortez.</i>

1671
01:14:11,321 --> 01:14:16,243
<i>So you have the Spaniards</i>
<i>coming to New Spain, which was Mexico,</i>

1672
01:14:16,326 --> 01:14:17,995
<i>to bring disease,</i>

1673
01:14:18,078 --> 01:14:21,623
<i>great war between the Spaniards</i>
<i>and the Aztecs</i>

1674
01:14:21,707 --> 01:14:24,585
<i>to create Mexican people.</i>

1675
01:14:24,877 --> 01:14:27,796
<i>So, I had that on a shoe,</i>
<i>which is a little heavy,</i>

1676
01:14:27,880 --> 01:14:29,798
<i>you know what I'm saying?</i>
<i>For a shoe design.</i>

1677
01:14:30,174 --> 01:14:34,094
<i>And then on the Aztec warrior,</i>
<i>I put a brush mustache,</i>

1678
01:14:34,178 --> 01:14:37,181
<i>which is representative of the homies now.</i>

1679
01:14:38,140 --> 01:14:39,892
<i>When it finally went through,</i>

1680
01:14:40,142 --> 01:14:41,602
<i>I was blown away.</i>

1681
01:14:41,685 --> 01:14:45,397
<i>I'm surprised every time</i>
<i>one of these huge deals goes through.</i>

1682
01:14:45,481 --> 01:14:47,232
<i>So, to balance that,</i>

1683
01:14:47,316 --> 01:14:49,610
<i>it was important that I did outreach.</i>

1684
01:14:50,235 --> 01:14:53,489
<i>Talking to youngsters, explaining to them,</i>

1685
01:14:53,572 --> 01:14:56,033
<i>"Look, I went to LA Unified School,</i>

1686
01:14:56,116 --> 01:14:57,493
<i>and I designed my own shoe.</i>

1687
01:14:57,576 --> 01:14:59,203
<i>What would your shoe look like?"</i>

1688
01:14:59,286 --> 01:15:01,872
<i>And I would ask these kids,</i>
<i>and they'd get all shy.</i>

1689
01:15:01,955 --> 01:15:04,750
{\an8}<i>It's beautiful to see</i>
<i>that Cartoon can set an example</i>

1690
01:15:04,833 --> 01:15:05,918
{\an8}<i>for these young kids,</i>

1691
01:15:06,126 --> 01:15:08,212
<i>giving kids hope in art.</i>

1692
01:15:08,295 --> 01:15:11,632
<i>[Cartoon] My goal was to motivate them</i>
<i>and get them to think,</i>

1693
01:15:11,715 --> 01:15:15,135
<i>"Man, if this knucklehead can do it,</i>
<i>man, I can design my own shoe."</i>

1694
01:15:15,302 --> 01:15:18,096
{\an8}<i>["Poochum" by The Mixtures]</i>

1695
01:15:20,974 --> 01:15:22,059
<i>[chuckling] What?</i>

1696
01:15:22,142 --> 01:15:24,561
<i>-[Danny chuckles]</i>
<i>-Motherfucking premiere of Machete.</i>

1697
01:15:24,645 --> 01:15:27,231
<i>Yeah, that was sweet, with the lowriders.</i>

1698
01:15:27,731 --> 01:15:30,108
<i>[Cartoon]</i>
<i>Seeing these big Hollywood events.</i>

1699
01:15:30,192 --> 01:15:32,236
<i>In the back on my mind, I was like,</i>

1700
01:15:32,319 --> 01:15:34,279
<i>"We can get a team together and do it."</i>

1701
01:15:34,363 --> 01:15:35,322
<i>We had the budgets.</i>

1702
01:15:35,405 --> 01:15:37,241
<i>And we were able to have some power</i>

1703
01:15:37,824 --> 01:15:40,577
<i>to do some of those events,</i>
<i>and it came out dope.</i>

1704
01:15:40,661 --> 01:15:41,954
<i>And it was beautiful, man.</i>

1705
01:15:42,037 --> 01:15:45,123
<i>People in the street,</i>
<i>happy that somebody's representing.</i>

1706
01:15:45,207 --> 01:15:47,292
<i>This is a historical moment right here.</i>

1707
01:15:48,835 --> 01:15:50,546
<i>We're taking our culture</i>

1708
01:15:50,629 --> 01:15:51,838
<i>and trying to lift it up.</i>

1709
01:15:51,922 --> 01:15:55,092
<i>[Michelle] It would be hard</i>
<i>to be downtown that day</i>

1710
01:15:55,175 --> 01:15:56,593
<i>and not feel our presence.</i>

1711
01:15:56,677 --> 01:15:58,512
<i>We here. [laughs]</i>

1712
01:15:58,720 --> 01:16:01,056
{\an8}<i>[Cartoon] Damn, man,</i>
<i>we're bringing Chicano art</i>

1713
01:16:01,139 --> 01:16:03,058
{\an8}<i>into places that it's never been before.</i>

1714
01:16:04,434 --> 01:16:07,729
{\an8}<i>Shout-out to S.A. Studios.</i>
<i>Grand Theft Auto, good looking.</i>

1715
01:16:07,813 --> 01:16:12,401
<i>GTA</i> is the iconic video game that ended up
{\an8}becoming because of the Estev and Toon.

1716
01:16:12,484 --> 01:16:14,278
<i>I played Cesar Vialpando.</i>

1717
01:16:14,820 --> 01:16:17,823
<i>[Cartoon] We did</i>
<i>all the tattoos, graffiti,</i>

1718
01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:19,366
<i>murals,</i>

1719
01:16:19,449 --> 01:16:20,492
<i>liquor store,</i>

1720
01:16:20,576 --> 01:16:23,370
<i>and the Virgen de Guadalupe</i>
<i>would be on the side.</i>

1721
01:16:23,453 --> 01:16:25,122
<i>Estevan would take them around</i>

1722
01:16:25,205 --> 01:16:26,498
<i>to all the sick shit</i>

1723
01:16:26,582 --> 01:16:28,375
<i>and fucking recreate that.</i>

1724
01:16:29,585 --> 01:16:31,336
<i>You've been on a trajectory</i>

1725
01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:33,338
<i>from the bottom-bottom,</i>

1726
01:16:33,422 --> 01:16:35,215
<i>and I guess prison, possibly.</i>

1727
01:16:35,299 --> 01:16:38,093
<i>You got out of that, survived that,</i>

1728
01:16:38,176 --> 01:16:42,514
<i>and you're on this uphill trajectory</i>
<i>of perfecting this art form.</i>

1729
01:16:42,598 --> 01:16:45,851
<i>[Cartoon] It was a great time.</i>
<i>Record businesses were still going.</i>

1730
01:16:45,934 --> 01:16:47,811
{\an8}<i>And magazines were popping</i>

1731
01:16:47,894 --> 01:16:52,649
<i>and commercials were getting</i>
<i>anywhere from 100,000 into the millions.</i>

1732
01:16:52,733 --> 01:16:54,443
<i>Then the digital age came.</i>

1733
01:16:54,526 --> 01:16:56,695
{\an8}<i>It's over, and the Internet has allowed</i>

1734
01:16:56,778 --> 01:16:59,031
{\an8}<i>global communication</i>
<i>with a lot of people...</i>

1735
01:16:59,114 --> 01:17:01,575
<i>[anchor] Twenty million people</i>
<i>get their music this way.</i>

1736
01:17:01,658 --> 01:17:04,161
{\an8}<i>-They worst offender is Napster.</i>
<i>-Metallica filed a...</i>

1737
01:17:04,244 --> 01:17:08,123
<i>At that point, S.A. Studios,</i>
<i>it was kind of like a barber shop.</i>

1738
01:17:08,206 --> 01:17:11,043
<i>People came by afterward and bullshitted.</i>

1739
01:17:11,126 --> 01:17:16,465
<i>That's what S.A. Studios felt like.</i>
<i>A bunch of big-ass kids having fun.</i>

1740
01:17:16,548 --> 01:17:17,758
<i>"What's up, homie?</i>

1741
01:17:17,841 --> 01:17:20,218
<i>What you doing, man?</i>
<i>What you've been up to?"</i>

1742
01:17:20,302 --> 01:17:22,346
<i>It'd be like showing up</i>
<i>at a doctor's office.</i>

1743
01:17:22,429 --> 01:17:23,930
<i>You're like, "What's up, fool?</i>

1744
01:17:24,014 --> 01:17:26,642
<i>Yay, man. Wow, you're doing</i>
<i>some surgery. What's up?"</i>

1745
01:17:26,725 --> 01:17:28,560
<i>Working on the ice-cream truck.</i>

1746
01:17:28,644 --> 01:17:30,479
<i>I'm gonna stay here</i>
<i>until five, six in the morning.</i>

1747
01:17:30,562 --> 01:17:31,980
<i>I'll probably just go crash upstairs.</i>

1748
01:17:32,064 --> 01:17:34,358
<i>A little bit overwhelming for me.</i>

1749
01:17:34,441 --> 01:17:37,402
{\an8}<i>I don't need a lot of people around</i>
<i>to do what I do.</i>

1750
01:17:37,861 --> 01:17:39,029
<i>They're changing.</i>

1751
01:17:40,739 --> 01:17:42,074
<i>Life's about change.</i>

1752
01:17:42,282 --> 01:17:43,283
{\an8}<i>[bell ringing]</i>

1753
01:17:43,367 --> 01:17:44,910
<i>[reporter] After a rare week of gains--</i>

1754
01:17:44,993 --> 01:17:46,995
<i>[reporter 2]</i>
<i>Worst one-day losses since 911.</i>

1755
01:17:47,079 --> 01:17:48,538
<i>The stock market fell hard--</i>

1756
01:17:48,622 --> 01:17:49,915
<i>[reporter 3] 533,000--</i>

1757
01:17:49,998 --> 01:17:51,917
<i>[reporter 4]</i>
<i>Two point six million people--</i>

1758
01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:54,711
<i>In 2008 there was the depression.</i>

1759
01:17:54,795 --> 01:17:57,297
<i>The country just fell apart.</i>

1760
01:17:57,381 --> 01:17:59,841
<i>[reporter 5] Spinning the economy</i>
<i>in a vicious cycle,</i>

1761
01:17:59,925 --> 01:18:01,218
<i>people losing their jobs,</i>

1762
01:18:01,301 --> 01:18:03,637
<i>then falling behind on their mortgages.</i>

1763
01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:06,556
<i>[Estevan] Magazines shut down,</i>
<i>record labels shut down.</i>

1764
01:18:06,640 --> 01:18:08,684
<i>[reporter 6]</i>
<i>President Obama facing increasing pressure</i>

1765
01:18:08,767 --> 01:18:10,102
<i>for a new stimulus package.</i>

1766
01:18:10,185 --> 01:18:11,770
<i>All the budgets went away.</i>

1767
01:18:11,853 --> 01:18:14,231
<i>[reporter 7]</i>
<i>Eleven point three trillion dollars.</i>

1768
01:18:14,314 --> 01:18:16,149
<i>...to stabilize the housing market,</i>

1769
01:18:16,233 --> 01:18:18,860
<i>and help responsible home-owners</i>
<i>stay in their homes.</i>

1770
01:18:18,985 --> 01:18:23,281
<i>That cut at least 75% of my work</i>
<i>that was coming in.</i>

1771
01:18:23,865 --> 01:18:26,201
<i>S.A. Studios was a certain time.</i>

1772
01:18:26,284 --> 01:18:29,204
<i>Everything evolves,</i>
<i>and everything is a moment in time.</i>

1773
01:18:29,538 --> 01:18:34,251
<i>[Cartoon] That whole place of downtown LA</i>
<i>got over-gentrified in my opinion.</i>

1774
01:18:34,626 --> 01:18:36,378
<i>It became uncool.</i>

1775
01:18:36,461 --> 01:18:38,463
<i>It became very corporate.</i>

1776
01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:41,425
{\an8}<i>[Roger] If everything always</i>
<i>stays the same, how special is it?</i>

1777
01:18:41,508 --> 01:18:42,467
<i>It's about moments.</i>

1778
01:18:42,551 --> 01:18:45,637
<i>Five years, ten years.</i>
<i>However long that moment was.</i>

1779
01:18:46,430 --> 01:18:48,306
<i>The vibe. Something happened.</i>

1780
01:18:48,807 --> 01:18:52,436
<i>[David] You have one guy</i>
<i>who's in the profession of tattoos,</i>

1781
01:18:52,519 --> 01:18:54,771
<i>which has gone from, like, this fringe,</i>

1782
01:18:54,855 --> 01:18:58,108
<i>and now I don't know one fucking person</i>
<i>who doesn't have a tattoo.</i>

1783
01:18:58,191 --> 01:18:59,901
{\an8}<i>And then on this side of the spectrum,</i>

1784
01:18:59,985 --> 01:19:02,571
<i>you have photography, which was</i>
<i>like this, and now it's, like, nothing.</i>

1785
01:19:02,696 --> 01:19:04,990
<i>Both things are symbiotic</i>
<i>and feeding off each other.</i>

1786
01:19:05,073 --> 01:19:08,160
<i>But one of those things</i>
<i>brings in a ton of cash,</i>

1787
01:19:08,243 --> 01:19:10,579
<i>and the other one,</i>
<i>the cash is disappearing.</i>

1788
01:19:10,662 --> 01:19:13,165
<i>The tension that must bring</i>
<i>between brothers...</i>

1789
01:19:13,248 --> 01:19:14,166
<i>Eventually...</i>

1790
01:19:14,750 --> 01:19:15,667
<i>it was gone.</i>

1791
01:19:15,751 --> 01:19:18,044
<i>[sad music playing]</i>

1792
01:19:20,338 --> 01:19:22,132
<i>The last time I'll ever be here.</i>

1793
01:19:23,008 --> 01:19:24,468
<i>We were here for 13 years.</i>

1794
01:19:24,551 --> 01:19:28,972
<i>We used to call our little thing here</i>
<i>"Skid Row's finest"</i>

1795
01:19:29,055 --> 01:19:32,058
<i>because we were surrounded</i>
<i>by the people of Skid Row.</i>

1796
01:19:32,142 --> 01:19:34,436
<i>And that's it. It's a wrap.</i>

1797
01:19:34,519 --> 01:19:35,771
<i>S.A. Studios.</i>

1798
01:19:35,896 --> 01:19:37,355
<i>We're out of downtown.</i>

1799
01:19:38,148 --> 01:19:39,024
<i>Gone.</i>

1800
01:19:40,275 --> 01:19:43,236
<i>That was probably one</i>
<i>of the most challenging times in my life.</i>

1801
01:19:43,862 --> 01:19:44,946
<i>And...</i>

1802
01:19:46,740 --> 01:19:48,742
<i>I made it, 'cause I'm a fighter.</i>

1803
01:19:49,910 --> 01:19:51,161
<i>That was it.</i>

1804
01:19:52,037 --> 01:19:52,996
<i>You got it?</i>

1805
01:19:54,748 --> 01:19:56,082
<i>[Estevan exhales]</i>

1806
01:20:01,004 --> 01:20:04,841
<i>[police car wailing in the distance]</i>

1807
01:20:11,389 --> 01:20:13,642
<i>["Da Rockwilder" by Method Man and Redman</i>
<i>playing]</i>

1808
01:20:35,622 --> 01:20:37,958
<i>♪</i> Microphone checker
Swinging sword lecture <i>♪</i>

1809
01:20:38,041 --> 01:20:40,210
<i>♪</i> Closing down the sector
Supreme neck protector <i>♪</i>

1810
01:20:40,293 --> 01:20:42,587
<i>♪</i> Better warn 'em kid
Mr. Method boiling pot <i>♪</i>

1811
01:20:42,671 --> 01:20:44,506
<i>♪</i> About to blow his lid
From the pressure <i>♪</i>

1812
01:20:44,589 --> 01:20:46,091
<i>♪ </i>Too hot for TV for sheezy <i>♪</i>

1813
01:20:46,174 --> 01:20:47,884
<i>♪</i> Too many wanna be hard be easy <i>♪</i>

1814
01:20:47,968 --> 01:20:50,095
<i>♪</i> It's all in together
Going all out together <i>♪</i>

1815
01:20:50,178 --> 01:20:51,638
<i>♪</i> It don't take much to please me <i>♪</i>

1816
01:20:51,721 --> 01:20:53,473
<i>-Congratulations.</i>
<i>-Thank you.</i>

1817
01:20:53,557 --> 01:20:56,434
<i>♪</i> We don't condone biting
See them selling crossbones <i>♪</i>

1818
01:20:56,518 --> 01:20:58,854
<i>♪</i> Protecting what am writing
Don't clash with the Titan <i>♪</i>

1819
01:20:58,937 --> 01:21:00,146
<i>♪</i> Who blast with a license... <i>♪</i>

1820
01:21:00,230 --> 01:21:03,525
<i>[Estevan] To me,</i>
<i>LA's the blood pumping through my veins.</i>

1821
01:21:03,608 --> 01:21:04,776
<i>I love everything about it.</i>

1822
01:21:04,860 --> 01:21:06,027
<i>♪</i> Put your lights out <i>♪</i>

1823
01:21:06,111 --> 01:21:08,530
<i>♪</i> Get the shit to the cracking
Got you feelin' with your... out <i>♪</i>

1824
01:21:08,613 --> 01:21:11,241
<i>[Estevan] I mean, look at it.</i>
<i>How fucking cool is that shit?</i>

1825
01:21:11,324 --> 01:21:14,536
<i>♪</i> Where I used to battle crews
Back when Antoinette had that attitude <i>♪</i>

1826
01:21:14,619 --> 01:21:16,663
<i>♪</i> Cover me, I'm going in
Walls closing in <i>♪</i>

1827
01:21:16,746 --> 01:21:18,039
<i>♪</i> Got us busting off these... <i>♪</i>

1828
01:21:18,123 --> 01:21:19,749
<i>♪</i> My... got issues again <i>♪</i>

1829
01:21:19,833 --> 01:21:21,626
<i>♪ </i>Same song, armed with the mega bomb <i>♪</i>

1830
01:21:21,710 --> 01:21:23,378
<i>♪</i> Blow you out the frame
And then I'm gone <i>♪</i>

1831
01:21:23,461 --> 01:21:24,838
<i>[electric buzzing]</i>

1832
01:21:24,921 --> 01:21:27,632
<i>♪</i> Look up in the sky
It's a bird, it's a plane <i>♪</i>

1833
01:21:27,716 --> 01:21:29,968
<i>♪</i> It's the funk Doctor Spock
Get on a train <i>♪</i>

1834
01:21:30,051 --> 01:21:31,094
<i>♪</i> How high? <i>♪</i>

1835
01:21:31,177 --> 01:21:33,388
<i>♪</i> So high that I can kiss the sky <i>♪</i>

1836
01:21:33,471 --> 01:21:35,807
<i>-[police car siren wailing]</i>
<i>-♪ </i>So sick than you can suck my...<i> ♪</i>

1837
01:21:38,435 --> 01:21:39,477
<i>[electric buzzing]</i>

1838
01:21:39,561 --> 01:21:40,562
<i>[car speeding off]</i>

1839
01:21:40,645 --> 01:21:43,315
<i>♪</i> I was gone too, but we roam
Cellular phones <i>♪</i>

1840
01:21:43,398 --> 01:21:44,858
<i>♪</i> Doc-Meth back in the flesh... <i>♪</i>

1841
01:21:45,233 --> 01:21:47,861
<i>[Estevan] This is where I come</i>
<i>and get all my film done right here.</i>

1842
01:21:48,445 --> 01:21:50,906
<i>♪</i> Suckers break like Turbo and Ozone... <i>♪</i>

1843
01:21:50,989 --> 01:21:52,407
<i>[Estevan] Oh, wow.</i>

1844
01:21:52,949 --> 01:21:54,576
<i>Wow, I got some good ones.</i>

1845
01:21:54,659 --> 01:21:56,202
<i>[whistles]</i>

1846
01:21:56,286 --> 01:21:58,121
<i>♪</i> Three nines in the glove with Masu... <i>♪</i>

1847
01:21:58,204 --> 01:21:59,915
<i>[Estevan exhales]</i>

1848
01:22:00,707 --> 01:22:02,250
<i>[elevator gates closes]</i>

1849
01:22:04,252 --> 01:22:07,756
<i>So, after 13 years, we've now relocated,</i>

1850
01:22:07,839 --> 01:22:10,258
<i>and I'm gonna show you</i>
<i>the new S.A. Studios.</i>

1851
01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:13,845
<i>Well, my part of it.</i>
<i>Cartoon has a different part.</i>

1852
01:22:15,347 --> 01:22:17,599
<i>So... here we are.</i>

1853
01:22:18,975 --> 01:22:20,477
<i>S.A. Studios.</i>

1854
01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:23,521
<i>[door creaks]</i>

1855
01:22:25,315 --> 01:22:27,067
<i>[Estevan] You can barely fit in here.</i>

1856
01:22:28,026 --> 01:22:29,986
{\an8}<i>These are the new S.A. Studios.</i>

1857
01:22:35,200 --> 01:22:37,202
<i>These are all bills</i>
<i>that haven't been paid.</i>

1858
01:22:37,702 --> 01:22:39,079
<i>You know, just so everybody knows</i>

1859
01:22:39,162 --> 01:22:42,374
<i>what it's like to be</i>
<i>a world-famous photographer.</i>

1860
01:22:57,180 --> 01:22:59,140
<i>[Cartoon] Where am I today?</i>
<i>I'm in a good place.</i>

1861
01:22:59,724 --> 01:23:00,892
<i>I'm an optimist.</i>

1862
01:23:01,142 --> 01:23:03,853
{\an8}<i>I'm always gonna look</i>
<i>at what's the solution,</i>

1863
01:23:04,187 --> 01:23:06,189
<i>what do I got to be grateful for,</i>

1864
01:23:06,439 --> 01:23:07,941
<i>how can I make this pop.</i>

1865
01:23:09,609 --> 01:23:12,779
<i>I haven't stopped one day</i>
<i>since S.A. Studios.</i>

1866
01:23:13,113 --> 01:23:15,031
<i>I have a private studio right here.</i>

1867
01:23:15,115 --> 01:23:17,575
<i>I own this property. Can't kick me out.</i>

1868
01:23:18,118 --> 01:23:19,869
<i>And it's all dialed into my needs,</i>

1869
01:23:19,953 --> 01:23:21,663
<i>I airbrush the cars in here.</i>

1870
01:23:21,997 --> 01:23:24,666
<i>I've been here for five years now and...</i>

1871
01:23:25,041 --> 01:23:25,917
{\an8}<i>I love it.</i>

1872
01:23:27,794 --> 01:23:30,088
<i>[car engine revs]</i>

1873
01:23:31,798 --> 01:23:34,009
<i>[Estevan, in Spanish]</i>
<i>Attention! Attention!</i>

1874
01:23:35,301 --> 01:23:37,345
<i>[in English]</i>
<i>There's our lovely Sixth Street Bridge.</i>

1875
01:23:38,054 --> 01:23:39,305
<i>[in Spanish] No more.</i>

1876
01:23:39,597 --> 01:23:41,725
<i>[in English]</i>
<i>So crazy to see all this shit.</i>

1877
01:23:41,808 --> 01:23:44,102
<i>Fucking changing so fast.</i>

1878
01:23:45,437 --> 01:23:47,731
<i>This is a mural by my friend Risky.</i>

1879
01:23:47,814 --> 01:23:49,232
<i>Everybody knows Risk.</i>

1880
01:23:49,858 --> 01:23:51,776
<i>This was a parking lot before.</i>

1881
01:23:54,070 --> 01:23:55,739
<i>Some metal rinky-dink buildings,</i>

1882
01:23:55,822 --> 01:23:57,115
<i>and now it's like...</i>

1883
01:23:57,991 --> 01:24:00,785
<i>the biggest fucking most...</i>

1884
01:24:01,619 --> 01:24:04,831
<i>apartments, fuck it,</i>
<i>whatever you could get in there.</i>

1885
01:24:05,498 --> 01:24:09,627
<i>[Cartoon] I don't feel like a victim.</i>
<i>I feel like I'm on top of everything.</i>

1886
01:24:09,711 --> 01:24:11,337
<i>I'm on top of social media,</i>

1887
01:24:11,421 --> 01:24:14,299
<i>I know how to use Photoshop,</i>
<i>I know how to use a computer.</i>

1888
01:24:14,382 --> 01:24:15,925
<i>I taught myself all that.</i>

1889
01:24:16,342 --> 01:24:19,846
<i>The guys that didn't do that,</i>
<i>they probably feel overwhelmed.</i>

1890
01:24:24,225 --> 01:24:27,228
<i>And then I was trying to keep up</i>
<i>with the Joneses, and, you know,</i>

1891
01:24:27,312 --> 01:24:28,271
<i>trying to post--</i>

1892
01:24:28,354 --> 01:24:29,522
<i>I tried all that shit.</i>

1893
01:24:29,606 --> 01:24:31,316
<i>I tried to post hot girls,</i>

1894
01:24:31,399 --> 01:24:33,401
<i>big celebrities, gangster stuff.</i>

1895
01:24:33,485 --> 01:24:34,861
<i>I tried to post everything</i>

1896
01:24:34,944 --> 01:24:37,530
<i>at certain times a day</i>
<i>on certain days and I'm like,</i>

1897
01:24:37,614 --> 01:24:39,824
<i>"How the fuck does this guy</i>
<i>have a million followers</i>

1898
01:24:39,908 --> 01:24:43,078
<i>and I got 115,000 or whatever?" You know?</i>

1899
01:24:43,161 --> 01:24:46,122
<i>Every time I'd think</i>
<i>I was doing some big shit, good shit,</i>

1900
01:24:46,206 --> 01:24:48,666
<i>and I go, "Oh,</i>
<i>I'm gonna show Instagram right now.</i>

1901
01:24:48,750 --> 01:24:50,001
<i>Fuck everybody."</i>

1902
01:24:50,376 --> 01:24:52,796
<i>You know. "All my haters</i>
<i>are gonna come out on this one."</i>

1903
01:24:52,879 --> 01:24:55,715
<i>I would post something and it'd be like,</i>
<i>"wah, wah, wah."</i>

1904
01:24:55,799 --> 01:24:56,966
<i>And I was like, "Man."</i>

1905
01:24:57,050 --> 01:24:59,803
<i>I got more likes just from taking</i>
<i>a picture of my dog</i>

1906
01:24:59,886 --> 01:25:01,846
<i>with my iPhone or something, you know.</i>

1907
01:25:01,930 --> 01:25:04,849
<i>All the algorithms and the analytics</i>
<i>and all that, and I was like,</i>

1908
01:25:04,933 --> 01:25:08,186
<i>"Man, this shit is,</i>
<i>like, so time-consuming</i>

1909
01:25:08,269 --> 01:25:09,479
<i>and overwhelming."</i>

1910
01:25:09,562 --> 01:25:12,273
<i>It's tiring to try</i>
<i>and keep up with the Joneses, so...</i>

1911
01:25:12,357 --> 01:25:15,485
<i>Sometimes I just say,</i>
<i>"Fuck it, who am I doing all this shit--?"</i>

1912
01:25:15,568 --> 01:25:17,779
<i>And I go and, you know, do work</i>

1913
01:25:17,862 --> 01:25:19,656
<i>that I need to be doing, to...</i>

1914
01:25:20,698 --> 01:25:22,617
<i>To keep the-- keep the...</i>

1915
01:25:23,159 --> 01:25:24,285
<i>the checks coming in,</i>

1916
01:25:24,369 --> 01:25:26,454
<i>to keep up with the bills</i>
<i>that are coming in.</i>

1917
01:25:26,538 --> 01:25:29,290
<i>♪</i> Money's growing
{\an8}Like grass with the mass appeal <i>♪</i>

1918
01:25:29,374 --> 01:25:31,793
<i>♪</i> Money, money, money... <i>♪</i>

1919
01:25:31,876 --> 01:25:34,420
<i>[Cartoon] People on the other side</i>
<i>of the world looking at our shit,</i>

1920
01:25:34,504 --> 01:25:37,423
<i>we don't realize a lot of times</i>
<i>'cause it's in front of us.</i>

1921
01:25:37,507 --> 01:25:38,842
<i>[Loco speaking German]</i>

1922
01:25:38,925 --> 01:25:39,843
<i>We're from Berlin.</i>

1923
01:25:39,926 --> 01:25:41,553
<i>We're driving lowriders.</i>

1924
01:25:41,636 --> 01:25:43,805
{\an8}<i>We wear that clothing stuff and...</i>

1925
01:25:43,888 --> 01:25:45,014
{\an8}<i>listen to the music.</i>

1926
01:25:45,098 --> 01:25:46,057
{\an8}<i>Latino life.</i>

1927
01:25:46,141 --> 01:25:47,267
<i>[chuckles]</i>

1928
01:25:47,350 --> 01:25:50,937
<i>[Cartoon] I think that this art form</i>
<i>embraces everybody.</i>

1929
01:25:51,020 --> 01:25:53,398
<i>People are affected,</i>
<i>and we don't know about it.</i>

1930
01:25:53,481 --> 01:25:55,692
<i>Inside I always looked like a cholo.</i>

1931
01:25:56,526 --> 01:26:00,113
<i>I'm a trans man and I'm tattooed.</i>
<i>I love tattoos.</i>

1932
01:26:00,196 --> 01:26:01,781
<i>-[Loco] Yeah? Good?</i>
<i>-[man] </i>Danke schön.

1933
01:26:01,865 --> 01:26:03,533
<i>[Loco chuckles]</i>

1934
01:26:03,616 --> 01:26:05,952
<i>♪</i> And with my unique skills, nah
You can't compare...<i> ♪</i>

1935
01:26:06,035 --> 01:26:07,871
<i>[passerby] All good, bro bro!</i>

1936
01:26:07,954 --> 01:26:11,040
<i>[Chris] Oh, I've been arrested</i>
<i>over 20 times for graffiti.</i>

1937
01:26:11,124 --> 01:26:13,793
{\an8}<i>And I've been chased with things</i>
<i>and attacked by dogs</i>

1938
01:26:13,877 --> 01:26:14,919
{\an8}<i>and my leg--</i>

1939
01:26:15,003 --> 01:26:17,005
<i>ripped my leg open over jumping fences.</i>

1940
01:26:17,088 --> 01:26:18,298
<i>But I love it.</i>

1941
01:26:18,381 --> 01:26:20,216
<i>Watching Estevan's photos</i>

1942
01:26:20,300 --> 01:26:21,634
<i>and Cartoon's tattoos</i>

1943
01:26:21,718 --> 01:26:24,721
<i>put me into an understanding</i>
<i>about a lot of things out here.</i>

1944
01:26:24,804 --> 01:26:26,848
<i>-[man] Oh!</i>
<i>-That was perfect timing.</i>

1945
01:26:26,931 --> 01:26:30,143
<i>[Mark] Between Estevan and Cartoon,</i>
<i>they have really brought</i>

1946
01:26:30,226 --> 01:26:32,812
<i>the culture of downtown Los Angeles</i>

1947
01:26:32,896 --> 01:26:36,608
<i>to a place of respect and high art.</i>

1948
01:26:36,691 --> 01:26:39,652
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

1949
01:26:41,446 --> 01:26:44,699
<i>[Roger] For this show, we wanted</i>
<i>to be true to the spirit of the artform.</i>

1950
01:26:44,782 --> 01:26:46,534
<i>Vandalism, ambition,</i>

1951
01:26:46,784 --> 01:26:49,412
<i>rebellion, being out in the streets.</i>

1952
01:26:50,038 --> 01:26:51,706
<i>[Mark] </i>Beyond The Streets<i> show</i>
<i>that's out now,</i>

1953
01:26:51,789 --> 01:26:54,042
<i>you have Banksy, Basquiat,</i>

1954
01:26:54,125 --> 01:26:56,085
<i>Murakami, Shepard Fairey.</i>

1955
01:26:56,169 --> 01:26:58,713
<i>And then you also have Cartoon's church,</i>

1956
01:26:58,796 --> 01:27:02,425
<i>and you have</i>
<i>the iconic Estevan LA hand sign.</i>

1957
01:27:03,259 --> 01:27:08,014
<i>[Martha] People might dismiss graffiti</i>
<i>as only being vandalism.</i>

1958
01:27:08,097 --> 01:27:10,266
<i>And I'm not saying</i>
<i>that it isn't vandalism.</i>

1959
01:27:10,350 --> 01:27:11,517
{\an8}<i>It is vandalism.</i>

1960
01:27:11,809 --> 01:27:13,519
<i>[Cartoon] This is vandal art.</i>

1961
01:27:13,603 --> 01:27:15,396
<i>Carving your name in a toilet</i>

1962
01:27:15,480 --> 01:27:17,482
<i>and shit. That's how people look at it.</i>

1963
01:27:17,565 --> 01:27:19,901
<i>We're not even supposed</i>
<i>to be there in the first place</i>

1964
01:27:19,984 --> 01:27:21,653
<i>or have our cars in there,</i>

1965
01:27:21,736 --> 01:27:22,779
<i>photography.</i>

1966
01:27:22,862 --> 01:27:25,156
<i>♪ </i>The building, Trinity Ave
Ten years... <i>♪</i>

1967
01:27:25,240 --> 01:27:26,574
<i>[Snoop] To come from nothing...</i>

1968
01:27:26,658 --> 01:27:28,993
<i>They ain't got no degrees.</i>
<i>They learned this from the streets.</i>

1969
01:27:29,077 --> 01:27:30,328
<i>♪</i> Why you think... <i>♪</i>

1970
01:27:30,411 --> 01:27:32,956
<i>[Haze] Are they responsible</i>
<i>for bringing that style</i>

1971
01:27:33,039 --> 01:27:36,376
{\an8}<i>and that culture to the forefront</i>
<i>of the movement? Definitely.</i>

1972
01:27:36,960 --> 01:27:38,878
<i>♪</i> I did it all, I put the pieces... <i>♪</i>

1973
01:27:38,962 --> 01:27:42,298
{\an8}<i>Hip-hop culture owes so much</i>
<i>to Toons and Estevan.</i>

1974
01:27:42,382 --> 01:27:44,717
<i>[Eminem]</i>
<i>Them being so prominent in the culture</i>

1975
01:27:44,801 --> 01:27:46,970
<i>helped shape that wave</i>

1976
01:27:47,053 --> 01:27:51,432
<i>that even the generation after us,</i>
<i>coming up...</i>

1977
01:27:51,975 --> 01:27:54,394
<i>[Brian] Where do Cartoon and Estevan lie</i>

1978
01:27:54,477 --> 01:27:56,771
<i>in the greater scheme of art itself?</i>

1979
01:27:56,854 --> 01:27:57,855
<i>I think pretty high.</i>

1980
01:27:58,815 --> 01:28:01,109
<i>[Roger] They're out there.</i>
<i>They're approachable.</i>

1981
01:28:01,192 --> 01:28:03,987
<i>They're shooting for magazines.</i>
<i>They're friends with people on Skid Row.</i>

1982
01:28:04,070 --> 01:28:05,697
{\an8}<i>You've done a lot for me, brother.</i>

1983
01:28:05,780 --> 01:28:07,490
<i>They're friends with graffiti writers.</i>

1984
01:28:07,573 --> 01:28:09,826
{\an8}<i>[OG Slick] I'll show you what I think</i>
<i>about H&amp;M, you know?</i>

1985
01:28:09,909 --> 01:28:11,828
{\an8}<i>[Roger] They're friends with musicians,</i>
<i>celebrities.</i>

1986
01:28:11,911 --> 01:28:15,373
<i>♪</i> In the gutter one, ghetto running 'em
Troublesome, extra double dumb... <i>♪</i>

1987
01:28:16,082 --> 01:28:17,292
<i>[George] They're still doing it.</i>

1988
01:28:17,375 --> 01:28:20,211
<i>They're doing it better</i>
<i>than they ever have, and that's pride.</i>

1989
01:28:20,295 --> 01:28:22,422
<i>That's heart. That's Chicano.</i>

1990
01:28:23,172 --> 01:28:25,425
<i>[man] With all the racism, xenophobia</i>

1991
01:28:25,508 --> 01:28:27,593
<i>that's going on right now in the US,</i>

1992
01:28:27,677 --> 01:28:30,722
<i>for Chicano art to just be pushed</i>
<i>as hard as possible,</i>

1993
01:28:30,805 --> 01:28:35,184
<i>whether it's a direct a political message</i>
<i>or just as a style, is a great thing.</i>

1994
01:28:35,268 --> 01:28:37,061
<i>These ICE agents and these raids</i>

1995
01:28:37,145 --> 01:28:38,271
<i>and the racism,</i>

1996
01:28:38,354 --> 01:28:40,732
<i>it's only gonna speak to our cultures.</i>

1997
01:28:40,815 --> 01:28:43,401
{\an8}<i>The culture has to be</i>
<i>a little louder than the hate.</i>

1998
01:28:43,484 --> 01:28:45,903
<i>♪</i> Cause they say I rhyme
They say I look like a gremlin... <i>♪</i>

1999
01:28:45,987 --> 01:28:48,865
<i>We're gonna keep moving forward,</i>
<i>keep creating</i>

2000
01:28:48,948 --> 01:28:51,617
<i>and stay true to this culture.</i>

2001
01:28:51,701 --> 01:28:54,829
<i>Thank you for coming!</i>
<i>Thank you for coming.</i>

2002
01:28:54,954 --> 01:28:57,749
<i>[people cheering]</i>

2003
01:28:57,832 --> 01:28:59,208
<i>[hip-hop music playing]</i>

2004
01:28:59,292 --> 01:29:00,668
<i>Ah!</i>

2005
01:29:01,336 --> 01:29:02,628
<i>[car honk honking]</i>

2006
01:29:02,712 --> 01:29:04,297
<i>[bicycle bells ringing]</i>

2007
01:29:04,380 --> 01:29:05,298
<i>[car honk honking]</i>

2008
01:29:05,381 --> 01:29:06,215
<i>♪</i> Slam <i>♪</i>

2009
01:29:07,300 --> 01:29:09,594
<i>♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>

2010
01:29:11,929 --> 01:29:13,723
<i>♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>

2011
01:29:13,806 --> 01:29:15,350
<i>♪</i> It's my city <i>♪</i>

2012
01:29:16,517 --> 01:29:18,227
<i>♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>

2013
01:29:21,064 --> 01:29:22,982
<i>♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>

2014
01:29:23,066 --> 01:29:25,485
<i>♪</i> It's my city <i>♪</i>

2015
01:29:25,568 --> 01:29:27,445
<i>♪</i> Wake up in the morning and I thank God <i>♪</i>

2016
01:29:27,528 --> 01:29:30,281
<i>♪</i> Pray for enemies and haters
That's the meaning of a gang star <i>♪</i>

2017
01:29:30,365 --> 01:29:32,450
<i>♪</i> I'm into everything
Hustle I get that money <i>♪</i>

2018
01:29:32,533 --> 01:29:34,952
<i>♪</i> I know I'm gonna make it
I chase it, I come and run it down <i>♪</i>

2019
01:29:35,036 --> 01:29:37,330
<i>♪</i> We out here chilled, it's Sunday
We got the pretty women <i>♪</i>

2020
01:29:37,413 --> 01:29:39,791
<i>♪</i> Barbecues popping, no stoppin'
We're drinking beer with lemon <i>♪</i>

2021
01:29:39,874 --> 01:29:41,793
<i>♪</i> Los Angeles, baby
We own the South side <i>♪</i>

2022
01:29:41,876 --> 01:29:44,504
<i>♪</i> Cruising down Pacific
The sickest, that's how the South ride <i>♪</i>

2023
01:29:44,587 --> 01:29:46,339
<i>♪</i> Lowriders and OG's with tattoos <i>♪</i>

2024
01:29:46,422 --> 01:29:48,925
<i>♪</i> Bouncing down the boulevard
Watching as they pass you <i>♪</i>

2025
01:29:49,008 --> 01:29:51,094
<i>♪</i> Hella smoke from this Charlie Brown
It's in the sky <i>♪</i>

2026
01:29:51,177 --> 01:29:53,596
<i>♪ Tacos de carnitas</i> with <i>salsita</i>
Boy, I'm feeling fly <i>♪</i>

2027
01:29:53,679 --> 01:29:55,723
<i>♪ Mexicano </i>by nature
I'm living out a zone <i>♪</i>

2028
01:29:55,807 --> 01:29:58,184
<i>♪</i> I just think with that alone
Really that I'm not alone <i>♪</i>

2029
01:29:58,267 --> 01:30:00,645
<i>♪</i> My city, my dreams, my lifestyle <i>♪</i>

2030
01:30:00,728 --> 01:30:03,064
<i>♪</i> I love LA and this is my style <i>♪</i>

2031
01:30:03,147 --> 01:30:07,151
<i>♪</i> I love cruisin' through my city <i>♪</i>

2032
01:30:07,860 --> 01:30:11,322
<i>♪</i> I love LA <i>♪</i>

2033
01:30:12,365 --> 01:30:16,994
<i>♪</i> We'll be chillin'
On a South Side Sunday <i>♪</i>

2034
01:30:17,078 --> 01:30:20,373
<i>♪</i> It's my favorite kind of day <i>♪</i>

2035
01:30:21,082 --> 01:30:25,503
<i>-♪ </i>Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> Out here chillin' with the homies <i>♪</i>

2036
01:30:25,586 --> 01:30:30,258
<i>-♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> Barbecues and family <i>♪</i>

2037
01:30:30,341 --> 01:30:34,303
<i>-♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> Ain't no place I'd rather be <i>♪</i>

2038
01:30:34,387 --> 01:30:37,682
<i>-♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> I love LA <i>♪</i>

2039
01:30:37,765 --> 01:30:39,434
<i>♪</i> Dude, man, I love LA <i>♪</i>

2040
01:30:39,517 --> 01:30:41,811
<i>♪</i> Another sunny day in California
This is Los Angeles <i>♪</i>

2041
01:30:41,894 --> 01:30:44,188
<i>♪</i> Beast Baldacci
Not to worry, let me handle this <i>♪</i>

2042
01:30:44,272 --> 01:30:46,441
<i>♪</i> Palm trees
It's the home of a real life <i>♪</i>

2043
01:30:46,524 --> 01:30:48,943
<i>♪</i> Battlefield, a war zone
But this is where I feel right <i>♪</i>

2044
01:30:49,026 --> 01:30:50,987
<i>♪</i> No hatin', we just livin'
Like we're supposed to <i>♪</i>

2045
01:30:51,070 --> 01:30:53,573
<i>♪ </i>Stand for who you are, yep
It's what we've been exposed to <i>♪</i>

2046
01:30:53,656 --> 01:30:55,783
<i>♪</i> I love my city, my people
I love my family <i>♪</i>

2047
01:30:55,867 --> 01:30:58,035
<i>♪</i> I love my haters, my rivals
And people mad at me <i>♪</i>

2048
01:30:58,119 --> 01:31:00,496
<i>♪</i> I'm on the grind
I can't stop, I'm all lit <i>♪</i>

2049
01:31:00,580 --> 01:31:02,790
<i>♪</i> And every second I thank Pops
This all him <i>♪</i>

2050
01:31:02,874 --> 01:31:05,251
<i>♪</i> Mini-bikes in the street going
The feedback <i>♪</i>

2051
01:31:05,334 --> 01:31:07,462
<i>♪</i> Prostitutes and the weed sacks
Believe that <i>♪</i>

2052
01:31:07,545 --> 01:31:09,714
<i>♪</i> Broken lights so it's dark out
The kids playin' <i>♪</i>

2053
01:31:09,797 --> 01:31:12,049
<i>♪</i> Yellow tape on the next block
I'm just sayin' <i>♪</i>

2054
01:31:12,133 --> 01:31:14,427
<i>♪</i> It ain't never gonna change
Boy, I love my city <i>♪</i>

2055
01:31:14,510 --> 01:31:16,512
<i>♪</i> LA to my day come and rep it with me <i>♪</i>

2056
01:31:16,596 --> 01:31:19,849
<i>-♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> I love cruisin' through my city <i>♪</i>

2057
01:31:19,932 --> 01:31:21,184
<i>♪</i> Cruisin' through my city, boy <i>♪</i>

2058
01:31:21,267 --> 01:31:24,395
<i>-♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> I love LA <i>♪</i>

2059
01:31:24,479 --> 01:31:26,522
<i>-♪</i> Man, how I love LA <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>

2060
01:31:26,606 --> 01:31:29,984
<i>♪</i> We'll be chillin'
On a South Side Sunday <i>♪</i>

2061
01:31:30,067 --> 01:31:33,905
<i>-♪</i> Just chillin' on a South Side Sunday<i> ♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> It's my favorite kind of day <i>♪</i>

2062
01:31:33,988 --> 01:31:35,490
<i>-♪</i> Yeah <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪ </i>Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>

2063
01:31:35,573 --> 01:31:39,452
<i>♪</i> Out here chillin' with the homies <i>♪</i>

2064
01:31:39,535 --> 01:31:43,998
<i>-♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> Barbecues and family <i>♪</i>

2065
01:31:44,081 --> 01:31:47,168
<i>-♪</i> Rainbow, rainbow <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> Ain't no place I'd rather be<i> ♪</i>

2066
01:31:47,251 --> 01:31:51,756
<i>-♪</i> Ain't no place I'd rather be <i>♪</i>
<i>-♪</i> I love LA <i>♪</i>

2067
01:31:51,839 --> 01:31:53,257
<i>♪</i> Uh-huh, I love LA, yeah <i>♪</i>

2068
01:31:53,341 --> 01:31:55,593
<i>♪</i> Family is everything
Tattoos represent mine <i>♪</i>

2069
01:31:55,676 --> 01:31:58,054
<i>♪</i> Everything ahead of me
I hope you try and test mine <i>♪</i>

2070
01:31:58,137 --> 01:32:00,306
<i>♪</i> Southern champion
California weed smoke <i>♪</i>

2071
01:32:00,389 --> 01:32:02,725
<i>♪</i> The real moonrock on the top
When the beast toke <i>♪</i>

2072
01:32:02,808 --> 01:32:04,894
<i>♪</i> Los Angeles, shout-out to my hometown <i>♪</i>

2073
01:32:04,977 --> 01:32:07,313
<i>♪</i> Fabuloso Geez, HP, how it goes down <i>♪</i>

2074
01:32:07,396 --> 01:32:09,607
<i>♪</i> Chikoe, Blazer
The Speedy's Estevan Oriol<i> ♪</i>

2075
01:32:09,690 --> 01:32:11,692
<i>♪</i> Free my brothers that's put away
Now let them go <i>♪</i>

2076
01:32:11,776 --> 01:32:16,280
<i>♪</i> I love LA <i>♪</i>