Prison War Stories from the Most Brutal New York Prison Units | Michael 'Champ' Baker

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Michael 'Champ' Baker shares the brutal realities of surviving in New York’s most dangerous prisons and the unwritten rules of survival. #PrisonWarStories #TrueCrime #GangWars #LifeBehindBars #JusticeSystem #SurvivalTactics #CrimeAndConsequences #HardenedCriminals Thank you to LUCY for sponsoring today’s episode: Let’s level up your nicotine routine with Lucy. Go to HTTP://LUCY.CO/IANBICK and use promo code (IANBICK) to get 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. Connect with Michael Champ Baker: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/championstyletv?igsh=MW1yNmVpamdsZ3p5aA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://youtube.com/@championstyletv?si=NlX9t9gFVInGoNbR" Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://convictclothing.net/collections/convict-clothing-x-ian-bick Timestamps: 00:00:00 Growing Up in New York Projects 00:08:00 Peer Pressure and Turning Point in 1995 00:16:07 Drug Trade and Control in Prison 00:23:24 Unexpected Police Encounter 00:30:58 A Sign from Above: A Life-Changing Letter 00:38:49 Taking Plea Deals: A Personal Account 00:46:04 Surviving Riker's Island: A Harrowing Experience 00:53:42 Adjusting to Life in Five Main Housing Unit 01:04:39 Surviving the Challenges in Jail 01:09:59 Life and Survival in Rikers Island 01:16:24 Therapy vs. Religion as Coping Mechanisms 01:23:37 The SoHo Spiderman Case 01:31:21 Success Story: From Inmate to College Graduate 01:38:55 Launch of Viral Magazine Featuring Nicki Minaj 01:46:39 Navigating the Music Industry: Connections and Opportunities 01:54:19 Public Apology and Regret 02:02:00 Viral Interview with Freaky Zy on Champion Style TV 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Champ, welcome to Lockton, man. We've been talking about doing this for a while now, and I'm glad we were able to set it up.
0:05.5	Absolutely, man. First and foremost, thank you for the opportunity. I've been watching your show for a while now.
0:12.0	Definitely falls in line with who I am and where I come from and what I do at this point. And you are a inspiration.
0:32.1	Just letting you know that, you know, coming from prison, coming out here, get into it immediately, you know, going through the, the ups and downs of life and figuring it out.
0:33.0	You know what I mean? And now you're here in such a lovely place, big-ass platform.
0:56.3	I love it, man. Thanks for having me. Thank you, brother. I appreciate it, man. That's what it's all about. And then plug the name of your show in at the top of this episode, too. Yeah, so my show is called Spin the Yard. It's on YouTube under my Champion Style TV YouTube page. You can follow me on Instagram at ChampionStylTV.
0:58.5	You can follow Spin.
1:00.4	The Yard on Instagram.
1:02.8	And that's that.
1:03.4	Awesome.
1:04.6	Yeah, and Facebook too,
1:06.9	obviously under my real name, Michael Smith Baker.
1:07.8	Okay, perfect.
1:09.7	And we'll have that all linked in the description in this episode for the audience, too. Did you grow up in New York? Yes. Okay, perfect. And we'll have that all linked in the description of this episode for the audience, too.
1:11.9	Did you grow up in New York? Yes. I grew up in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York. It's the
1:20.3	projects, conventional hood, you know, to live in in New York City. It's actually called this, I think it's the biggest projects in Brooklyn, New York
1:33.3	compared to Queensbridge in Queens, New York, which is the biggest throughout the five boroughs.
1:40.2	I grew up there for a little while.
1:42.8	Initially, I was living in Park Slope, Brooklyn, like me, my grandmother, my aunts, my mother,
1:50.8	my uncle Ross, we all lived under the same roof with my grandmother.
1:55.0	And my mother had me when she was like 15 years old.
1:58.1	And my mother did not want to have me right because she was so young and but my
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