Growing Up In The Streets | Nathan Simpson

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8 • 745 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Nathan Simpson shares how he got started in the drug game, his experience in lock up, the entertaining stories from the life and the lessons he learned along the way. Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Connect with Nathan Simpson: https://www.instagram.com/natetherealist_?igsh=bGdpYWJlM3prZmNy Buy his book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/public-pretender-nathan-simpson/1144825958 Buy Merch: https://lockedinbrand.com Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:43 - The Need for Radical Change 00:11:34 - Corruption and the Power of the Government 00:17:17 - The Psychology Behind Driving Without a License 00:22:48 - Formative Years and Peer Pressure 00:28:19 - Freshman Year Memories 00:33:55 - Memories of Selling 00:39:26 - Getting Arrested and Sent to Juvenile Jail 00:45:00 - A Month in Juvenile Detention 00:50:29 - Making the Biggest Change in My Life 00:55:58 - Basketball, Trouble, and College 01:01:58 - Dealing and Living Dangerously 01:08:07 - The Robbery and Its Aftermath 01:13:54 - Getting Caught and Set Up 01:19:32 - Leaving the Game, Pursuit of Success 01:25:24 - Working for Family and Personal Success Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Back then in 2004, the clothes were big.
0:01.8	I don't know if you ever heard of Jabot jeans, but they're huge jeans.
0:05.3	You always wore basketball shorts under your jeans and you're ready to play ball at any change you had.
0:09.4	But I would tie strings around my basketball shorts in a sock and put all the weed in the sock, stuff it in my pants.
0:16.0	So if I ever ran into cops and they touch me, they're just feeling some business down there.
0:20.0	They don't know whether I'm packing a hog or not, but they're like,
0:22.5	Welcome back to another episode of Locked In. On today's episode, Nathan Simpson reveals how he got into the drug game at a young
0:38.9	age, run-ins with the law, including a stint in an adolescent prison, and how he was able to overcome
0:45.0	his troubled years and turn it all around. I want to give a big shout out to Kendra Baker at the
0:50.9	Danbury News Times for an incredibly well-written article following my past journey,
0:57.2	my present journey, and my future journey. It was really exciting to see a redemption piece done
1:02.3	by the Danbury News Times, and I really encourage you to give it a look and a read.
1:07.1	Came out really good, and I'm so excited for the future. Now, I hope you sit back, relax, and get ready to lock in with Nathan Simpson. Nate, welcome to Locked in, man. Pleasure having you on the show today. Thank you for having me. Happy to be here. Where are you coming to us today from? I actually stayed the night. Oh, really? Right up their way in Danbury, but I'm actually coming from Salem Mass.
1:28.5	Oh, okay.
1:28.8	Yeah.
1:30.0	Where'd you stay in Danbury?
1:31.7	Hampton Inn.
1:32.4	Hampton Inn.
1:33.2	Where is that?
1:35.7	84 West, right off 84.
1:36.7	Is that by like Walmart?
1:39.1	There was a ton of places.
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