VIDEO: Cornell Jones Final W.mp4

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Yo, what's good evil streets family, you know the deal we back at it with another one. Mad love to everybody watching and everybody subscribed and big shout out to every member locked in with the channel. If y'all rocking with the content make sure you hit that like and subscribe. It helps the channel bubble, which lets me keep feeding y'all these videos. Every single beat you catching in these videos and shorts is cooked up by yours truly. So anybody interested in any of the production you hearing on this channel shoot us an email at evil streets media at gmail.com. That goes for anybody trying to promote they music or business too. Reach out and we can put something together. We started dropping these episodes on Spotify's podcasts too. So anybody can just listen on whatever device while you driving or out here trapping. Link is in the description. I'm launching a Patreon too where I'll be posting extended videos with more thorough deep dives so keep your eyes open for that. Also anybody looking to just support the channel in general you can send a dollar or a million dollars to our cash app evil streets TV. Every cent donated gets invested right back into the channel. Make sure to comment if you do so I can shout you out on the next video. Alright I kept y'all long enough let's get into this gangster shit. Enjoy the show. This is the split reality of Washington DC. One city, two different worlds. On Capitol Hill politicians drafting policies debating aid programs and discussing global interventions. Just past those white marble buildings in the shadow of power sits another DC. A city of struggle where underfunded schools and poverty make everyday survival a grind. And for decades at the center of that other DC there was Hanover Place. An uncut, relentless marketplace where money flipped just as fast as power did on the hill. Hanover was moving 24 7 365 a self-running black market where supply always met demand. Christmas, business doubled up, New Year's it tripled up. There were no holidays in this game. And at the top of all of it Cornell Jones a ghost in the system an architect of the underground economy and the man who laid down the law on Hanover. Jones wasn't just another kingpin he was the conductor of a symphony of chaos linking Hanover to an international pipeline of drug suppliers while molding the city's underground in ways most could never understand. Operating from the shadows his influence stretched beyond the block. While politicians controlled policy Jones controlled the heartbeat of the streets. Georgetown today is DC's elite playground a neighborhood of waterfront mansions high end boutiques and political power players. But back in the 1940s when Cornell Jones's family first moved in it was a whole different story. Georgetown was the heart of black DC one of the city's oldest African American communities built by the labor of black workers who found employment in meat packing plants flower mills and small industries. Then came the old Georgetown act of 1950 a chess move disguised as preservation. Congress didn't need to say we pushing black folks out. They just passed new zoning laws jacked up property taxes and enforced restoration standards that made it impossible for working class families to stay. The result was a mass exodus generations of black families got forced out scattered across DC's public housing projects in spots like Barry Farms, Langston Terrace, Sir some quarter and Hanover place. Cornell's father was a brick layer for 45 years working himself into the ground but still stuck in poverty. One morning young Cornell woke up face to face with a rat in his own bed and right then he made a choice this ain't gonna be my life. Coming up in the 1960s Cornell spent time at the number two police boys club run by community leader Bill Butler where sports stars and street legends mixed freely. These clubs were the glue of the neighborhood spots where young men found mentors some leading to the straight and narrow others to the game. While his classmates were focused on grades and sports Cornell had other plans. Him and his crew started hustling early snatching cameras radios whatever they could flip for a dollar. Junior high school was basically just a pit stop. They kicked him out for petty crime, wilding in the hallways and never showing up to class. But Cornell found his real education on Hanover place. Only there he wasn't just a student. He was a rising star. Hanover place wasn't just a neighborhood. It was DC's underground casino, a spot where money flipped fast and lives changed even faster. Crap games ran 24 seven drawing hustlers, high rollers and out of towners looking to test their luck. If you knew how to play. You could walk away with 100 maybe 200 grand in an hour. Easy. Any day of the week, the action never stopped. But Hanover wasn't just about gambling. It was a proving ground. You had dice shooters, drug dealers and straight up professional bank robbers. And if you were a young hustler like Cornell Jones, you were watching, learning and taking notes. Cornell and his crew weren't just spectators. They were in the mix early. By 12 or 13 years old, they were gambling with some of the most dangerous men in the city. Bank robbers were the superstars back then. These weren't just stick up kids hitting corner stores. These were pros pulling off major heists and walking around with stacks of cash, tossing it like it was nothing. At 16 Cornell and his crew made their first real move and damn near their last. They decided to hit the Army Navy bank just steps from the Pentagon, a bold move for some teenagers. The getaway was chaos, high speed chases, police sirens wailing bullets flying. They barely made it out alive. But instead of slowing down, they got hooked. Bank robbing became an addiction. It was easy money. Wake up at 9 a.m. Hit a lick, be home by 10 and sit on enough cash to live good for months. The proof was in the flex. Cadillacs with no driver's licenses, fresh lizard and gator shoes. The prettiest girls on their arms. People were watching, whispering. Where the hell these young boys getting all this money from, Cornell didn't care. The choice was simple. Stay broke or risk prison. And he made his decision. He was all in. By 17, Cornell Jones got jammed up, arrested and sent to a federal youth center. Three years on the inside gave him time to think, to learn, to plot his next move. One of the agents who questioned him dropped a jewel. You can get away with robbing 50 banks, but they only need one to catch you. Cornell sat on that, and by the time he stepped out in 1975 back to hand over place, he wasn't thinking about banks anymore. He had a new play, one that didn't come with high speed chases and shootouts with the feds. The timing was perfect. The Vietnam War was winding down, but the aftershocks were just starting to hit American streets. Especially DC soldiers came home strung out, traumatized and looking for an escape. Heroin, which had been a battlefield habit overseas, was now a full blown epidemic in the city. In DC's dope game, everything came down to the measuring spoon. Your product could be cut, stretched and flipped for insane profits. A single wholesale brick could make a dealer rich overnight. And Cornell, he had the right connections. Three years inside wasn't wasted time. It was an education. Behind those prison walls, he met the real players, men who controlled the supply, not just the corners. By the time he hit the streets, he had a pipeline. He wasn't just another hustler. He was plugged in. Cornell Jones wasn't robbing banks anymore. He was about to own the city. Cornell Jones wasn't just another hustler. He was a mastermind. His connects were overseas, direct from Amsterdam and Thailand. No middlemen, no cut up product, pure potency straight to the streets. While most dealers were playing small, flipping scraps through a chain of suppliers, Cornell had a pipeline feeding DC directly from the source. That alone put him ahead of the game. And Hanover Place, that was his fortress. A tight, secluded block. More alley than street. One way in, one way out. If you weren't supposed to be there, you weren't getting in. It wasn't just a dope spot. It was a controlled zone. Hustling happened on the main streets, but the real business was deep inside the block out of reach from the cops. Cornell and his crew watched everything. They knew the cops' schedules when they rolled in, when they left. They stayed three steps ahead, avoiding heat while keeping the money flowing. But heroin wasn't the only game. Cornell saw the next wave coming. Cocaine. The white powder wasn't just a street drug. It was an upscale addiction, a party drug for politicians, lawyers, executives, the city's elite. DC was more than just a capital. It was an international playground. Politicians came for power. Businessmen came for deals, and some just came to indulge.