I Was a New York Pimp — Then Got Sent to Rikers Island | Mr. Based

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8 • 745 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Meet Mr. Based, a highly controversial streamer and the mastermind behind NYC’s largest escort empire. His journey is a wild ride from reigning over New York’s nightlife to surviving the harsh realities of Rikers Island. While in prison, Mr. Based crossed paths with Lilo Brancato, the actor from A Bronx Tale, who was serving time alongside him. But survival was just the beginning. In a bold move, Mr. Based turned the tables on those in power by ratting on the governor, exposing corruption at the highest levels. And with the mysterious Joshua Block playing a key role, this episode unravels a thrilling tale of crime, survival, and redemption. #MrBased #TrueCrime #JoshuaBlock #PrisonStories #SurvivingRikers #ExposingCorruption #ControversialFigures #LiloBrancato Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Connect with Mr Based: https://youtube.com/@MrBasedIRL?si=eYK8ZwKigFUX11Lo Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://shop.ianbick.com/ Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 - The origin of Mr Based 00:05:16 - Growing Up in New Jersey 00:10:29 - Growing Up with a Successful Lawyer Stepdad 00:15:45 - High School Memories and College Experiences 00:20:58 - From Professional to Entertainer 00:26:22 - The Trip Around the World and the Drug Deal 00:31:42 - The Phone S*x Company Journey 00:36:47 - Life in Prison: Weirdos and Crazies 00:41:40 - The Escape of Reading in Prison 00:46:54 - Starting an Escort Agency 00:52:16 - The Risks of High Profile Clients 00:57:26 - The Business Operations of an Escort Agency 01:02:35 - Life in Prison 01:07:34 - Life at Rikers Island 01:13:12 - Becoming a Streamer and the Journey to Success 01:18:24 - Meeting Josh Block and the Impact on Live Streaming 01:23:48 - Everything Happens for a Reason Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jason, welcome to Lockton, aka Mr. Baste, New York City.
0:05.1	How do you get the name Mr. Baste? Well, Ian, first of all, it's such a pleasure, and you're such a fun, cool guy. Thank you for coming to my home. You asked me if I'd come to Connecticut, I'm like, I don't go anywhere. And you came here, thank you. So how did I get the name? First of all, what's the word Baste mean to you? What do you think the word means?
0:20.6	You're based in New York City.
0:23.3	Foundational, you know, rebuilding. So how did I get the name? First of all, what's the word based mean to you? What do you think the word means? You're based in New York City.
0:23.2	Foundational, you know, rebuilding after you lost something, get knocked down.
0:27.1	You're building a stronger base, a following base, that type of base.
0:31.6	All right.
0:32.0	So I was on this thing called One Minute Talk Show about two years ago, two, three years ago.
0:39.2	And they interviewed me while I was staring at the sun in Washington Square Park. One interview was about how I took out
0:45.8	Elliot Spitzer because he took me out wrongly, like a little eye for an eye. And another video was
0:53.6	me and this local comedian, Matthew Silver, me teaching him
0:57.5	how to sun gaze, and he claimed I ruined his eyes, which I didn't. I see him all the time.
1:01.5	He had blurry vision for a week, whatever, according to him. So these two videos got 17 million
1:08.7	views each, right? And I was going through the comments, and every third comment, every second comment is
1:15.1	based, based, based, what the fuck's that?
1:18.4	So I look it up and I see that it's like this guy, Little B, some rapper from 15 years ago,
1:24.9	12 years ago.
1:26.0	And then it basically means to be like supremely authentic, honest, real.
1:31.2	And I was like, what a cool word.
1:33.6	And like, even though like, what's the name
1:36.2	for the 20-year-olds?
1:37.3	What's their age thing called?
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