It be niggas like me posted up in the cut ANITA ”NEEDA BEE” DE ASIS MIRALLE: Hi, my name is Anita De Asis Miralle. They say, a nigga like me, I put the funk in tha streets Like —. And it’s happening across the country. Who you think I am, fuck ya'll, steady mobb'n [Crooked Eye] Chorus x2 [Billy Bavgate] Niggas like me got you smokin' dat weed Sellin' dat D, north south west to … For the crooked shit they do man it's got to stop And at the weddn', any reason why these two shouldn't be married, she a They didn’t have the proper legal resources or representation to even fight it, so they’re on the streets. Or —. Everyone calls me Needa Bee. As the crisis deepens, so has the criminalization of homelessness, with increasing efforts by city and state officials to crack down on unhoused people occupying public space. Herd Immunity: Is It a More Compassionate Approach or Will It Lead to Death or Illness for Millions? Right now, when it comes to San Francisco and Oakland, what do you think would be the most important thing to happen? And it was devastating, so I had to leave from there. All they want to do is acquire land to build property for the rich to make more money off of, and the poor is just being decimated at every turn. It’s their new temporary homes. Please do your part today. ANITA ”NEEDA BEE” DE ASIS MIRALLE: I think, on an immediate level, releasing public lands, where people can park their cars or people can build homes — like safe homes, like those — to kind of weather this crisis, weather this storm, until, like I said, the permanent housing is actually built, which isn’t going to happen immediately. But right now, with the way everything is going, all it is is pushing people from one shelter to another shelter. I’m Amy Goodman. Drug dealers feeln' me I'm smokn' my weed We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work. There we go AARON EDMOND: It has humbled me. This is a housing disaster. In... JordanThrilla is your most unique source for urban, sports, entertainment, political, conspiracy theories, and world news. AMY GOODMAN: Can you talk about how you came to be here? And in the past two years, homelessness has increased in Oakland, California, by 48%. (Missing Lyrics). The state is home to 12% of the U.S. population, but half the country’s unsheltered people. Who is being — so, if you look at the city’s goals and numbers, between the next — in the next four years, there is more than 50,000 market-rate and above-market-rate units that are scheduled or approved to be built. Steady Mobb'n was an American hip hop duo composed of Crooked Eye and Billy Bavgate, from the Ghost Town section of West Oakland. Oakland, New Orleans, L.A., The Bay Area, New York. I’m the founder and lead organizer of The Village and Feed the People, also a co-founder and member of the Homeless Advocacy Working Group and the Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance and Housing & Dignity Project. Niggas like me make the world go 'round Crooked Eye from No Limit Soldiers Steady Mobb'n Now Homeless in Oakland California In Need of Help. AMY GOODMAN: Oakland is a quarter African-American —. President Donald Trump made headlines this month for attacking California’s politicians over the homelessness crisis, threatening to destroy encampments, increase police enforcement, even jail homeless people. What would you do based on you living here? So, this is people’s new homes. You other producers back up and put them drumsticks down The following year, Steady Mobb'n would release their second album titled Black Mafia, only making it to number 82 on the Billboard 200. You’re not going to see much of this at all. Chorus Yeah I, I ain't bout that talkin nigga. He’s known as Crooked Eye or Crook. You know, I think California might be the epicenter of it, but it’s happening across the country. But —. But if we’re talking about alternative housing, like tiny homes, which the mayor is completely opposed to, because she said it’s too permanent. The Bay Area is experiencing a huge, huge boom, so much to the point where we’re probably about neck and neck with L.A. County. Steady Mobb'n, we into gangsta shit Beats by the pound is them niggas droppin' platnum sounds JPGOINDIGI VOL 1 TAPE Billy Bathgate then changed his name to Bavgate and is now signed to Thizz Entertainment, he has made numerous appearances on compilations released by the label. Yeah, Beats By The Pound special report, we look at the rise in homelessness in many major cities across the United States. ANITA ”NEEDA BEE” DE ASIS MIRALLE: It depends. Uh. I would really love to take a bath for a change. CANDICE ELDER: So, in the Bay Area, particularly Oakland, over 70% of the unhoused population is African-American. Some of the people living on this cramped lot were forced there when a larger encampment across the street was shut down by the city earlier this year. It’s a humbling experience. [Crooked Eye] [Crooked Eye] [Chorus x2] Yeah, this dedicated to them real gangstas. AMY GOODMAN: What you think is the solution right now? So, the high rents, which have like doubled or tripled in some cases, people cannot afford to live here anymore. It used to be a U-Haul truck, and I made it into a little room and shelter, you know, to keep me from the elements and to try to keep warm and dry at times. I mean, that would mean the world for me, just to take a bath or a hot shower, you know, normally, like other people, anywhere. The album was a success and made it to #29 on the Billboard 200 and #6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. So, when that happens, you have two choices: either you’re going to go commit crime and try to stay up in there, or you’re coming out here. CANDICE ELDER: Yes, yes, yes. unhoused Oakland resident, who lives at the East Oakland encampment. We need eviction defense. This is a rush transcript. AMY GOODMAN: Talk about city housing policy. Sauce Walka Quit Drinking Lean Codeine Going Through Withdrawals and Sauce Walka Reveals he Spent $5 Million on Lean, Wallo Slaps Gillie Da Kid in the Head then Gillie Da Kid Fights Wallo For it Almost, Blonde Ayesha Curry Looking like a White Woman with Blonde Hair Goes Viral. AARON EDMOND: I would give the gas station’s address or, you know, an address that’s close to me, that’s right here or something like that. California has become the poster child for this economic and humanitarian disaster, with growing encampments in Los Angeles and the Bay Area as more people are forced into the streets. Mystikal, he into gangsta shit Community advocates and other data from healthcare organizations actually show that there are more than 9,000 unhoused people in Oakland. Cuz niggas like me be in some gangsta shit x2 Niggas like me roll wit extra clips After leaving that encampment, we traveled just down the road, passing a number of tents under the freeway to arrive at a smaller encampment, where at least 10 people were living in trucks and makeshift structures. And that does it for our broadcast. California has become the poster child for this economic and humanitarian disaster, with growing encampments in Los Angeles and the Bay Area as more people are forced onto the streets. Before niggas like me was into R-A-P It’s either this or jail. AMY GOODMAN: So, do you live here at the encampment? As the city, they — it seem like they don’t care. I have children here. At all. ANITA ”NEEDA BEE” DE ASIS MIRALLE: Yes, we are in a state of emergency, and a shelter crisis declaration has been declared in 2016. In 2015 the duo would reunite and would release their first single titled "West Coast" featuring Studio Mike and would also released a music video for the song, they are currently planning to work on their upcoming fifth album Controversy coming soon. So, we are — and that’s why we use the term “unhoused,” because it covers the whole gamut of people facing housing insecurity. So they are experiencing some blight issues, but, you know, either the city will come pick it up or sometimes the residents will put it all into piles. Deeply Troubling: Kristen Clarke on How Rush to Confirm Barrett Endangers Voting & Civil Rights, Preserving Roe: West Virginia Mom Tells Abortion Story in Heartfelt Speech Against Amy Coney Barrett, Dark Money & Barrett Nomination: The Link Between Big Polluters & the War on. Put me next to moms and pops Well, Democracy Now! CANDICE ELDER: It definitely matters. The two members, Billy Bathgate and Crooked Eye, issued a pair of albums on No Limit: Pre-Meditated Drama (a number six R&B/Hip-Hop album, 1997) and Black Mafia (a Top 20 hit, 1998). It is huge. CANDICE ELDER: Such as renter protection, such as a decades-old history of redlining, you know, black folks not being able to get housing loans, being pushed out from certain neighborhoods, and this influx of the STEM, you know, and these really high-wage jobs, but not enough lower-wage jobs. Silkk The Shocker, he into gangsta shit. They provide community. Certain shelters are picking and choosing who they want to help and how they want to help. AMY GOODMAN: And how long have you lived here?