ROBBING BANKS, F**K THE STREETS & 'INDUSTRY GATEKEEPERS' FT. JAJA SOZE | 90s Baby Show
90s Baby Show
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4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
JAJA SOZE: BRIXTON, THE STREETS, MUSIC & SURVIVAL | FULL PODCAST INTERVIEW
In this raw, unfiltered, and deeply reflective episode, JAJA SOZE sits down to tell his story in full — from growing up surrounded by American culture, dancehall, BMX bikes and street crews, to navigating crime, jail, music, and ultimately purpose.
This episode covers Brixton history, street politics, music industry truths and gatekeepers, prison realities, faith, culture, and growth. Nothing is rushed. Nothing is sugar-coated.
From favourite movies and Nike silhouettes to robberies caught on CCTV, jail time, industry manipulation, spirituality, fatherhood, and building Brixton Corner Studios, this is one of the most complete conversations JAJA SOZE has ever had.
🔥 WHAT YOU’LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE:
• Growing up influenced by American culture, dancehall & street dance
• BMX bikes, dust caps, Warriors, Atari, Amstrad, PlayStation & Xbox
• Early exposure to drug money and street life
• Moving from Birmingham to Brixton
• Formation of street crews and Brixton personalities
• First encounters with serious money at a young age
• Robbing banks, getting caught on CCTV & going jail
• Jail stories, holidays before jail & life behind bars
• Miami robbery gone wrong
• Positivity in music & whether it held him back
• Rapping, PDC & Indigo Youth
• Why he never fell into crack culture
• Brixton being blackballed?
• Music industry exploiting culture
• Why the streets needs hierarchy
• Surviving when many didn’t and feel subject to crack
• Faith, Rastafarian beliefs & spirituality
• Fatherhood, relationships & growth
• Freemasons, power structures & the glass ceiling
• Creating our own community & ownership
• Who is Brixton’s greatest rapper?
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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - COMING UP
03:00 - JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
08:00 - BMX’S & THE RUNNING MAN
15:00 - LETS FIGHT
23:00 - THE EARLY PDC DAYS
40:00 - ROBBING BANKS
49:00 - MY FRIENDS ENDED UP SMOKING CRACK
01:00:00 - 21 SAVAGE SAID F**K THE STREETS
01:09:00 - THE INDUSTRY HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF OUR CULTURE
01:20:00 - POSTY & GRM CAN’T KEEP EVERYONE HAPPY
01:50:00 - SURVIVING THE BRIXTON STREETS
02:01:00 - THREE BABY MOTHERS IN THREE YEARS
02:18:00 - THEY ARE INJECTING PRISONERS WITH BAD DRUGS
02:30:00 - THE PDC DOCUMENTARY
02:33:00 - WHAT HAPPENED WITH JUELZ SANTANA WHEN HE CAME TO LONDON
02:40:00 - THE STREETS NEED STRUCTURE AGAIN
02:50:00 - THE FREEMASONS TRIED TO RECRUIT ME
03:00:00 - HOW THEY KEEP THE BLACK COMMUNITY DOWN
03:15:00 - TRIVIA
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| 0:00.0 | Bricks in the place where a man comes to say, can't we fight? Alright, what's happening you civilians? It's another Friday. They stand up there, we're standing up there and the bullets are flying. And one went just past my head and I never forget when like, I couldn't sleep probably for about two months. Outside of your first baddie. Bro. Damn. It's your first baddies? No, you can't believe you're here. You can't believe it. I believe it. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm mad man. Your first baddie. Bro. Damn. It's your first baddies? No, you can't believe you're here. Bro. You can't believe it. If I had met a madman, I'd have been finished. Because I was literally left to the street. Luckily I had all the big boys that was real and they kind of taught, they was honest with me. And they kind of respected me so they kind of gave me good guidance in that way, the street, they've got two boys and three girls and how many baby man well well man's |
| 0:40.7 | well man's about the point oh yeah I don't know that was so much I was like that I was |
| 0:45.6 | scared oh no go go go are you challenging. You want to go, bro? |
| 0:56.0 | I won't lie, I'll lose. |
| 0:59.0 | It's been alongside. |
| 1:05.0 | Come down. |
| 1:08.0 | What's happening you civilians? It's another Friday. Your manager is asking for the end of week report. Tell them that's going to come after we find out who kidnapped Jewel Santana. |
| 1:19.6 | You got that? I like this. I love this. We need to find out what happened to Jules. |
| 1:28.3 | What? |
| 1:29.3 | What? |
| 1:30.3 | What? |
| 1:31.3 | What? |
| 1:32.3 | You know. |
| 1:33.3 | You know. |
| 1:34.3 | You can shout out your Jim Jones later, isn't it? |
| 1:38.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:39.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:40.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:41.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:42.3 | We're there. |
| 1:43.3 | We're there. We'll find out what happened. |
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