The UNTOLD STORY of Compton’s Super Crip

All The Smoke

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Sports, Society & Culture, Basketball

4.7 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Tyson Chandler and The Game put us on to Compton legend David Hamilton aka Super Crip, and the fans demanded we bring him on. Now he finally got to sit down with Matt Barnes to tell the full story. Shot in high school. Recruited to Auburn. Caught up in an NCAA investigation. Did time in federal prison. Now he's doing motivational speaking and just dropped a new book. The Compton urban legend speaks for himself. You asked for it. Here it is.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.0	Welcome back to all the smoke.
0:08.2	Today's guest.
0:10.9	Today's guest.
0:12.7	There's only probably one person that gets mentioned as much as him that's not like a superstar known athlete.
0:19.1	And that's term.
0:20.7	So we got term on here with BD one day.
0:23.6	But y'all been asking, man, y'all been asking about my homeboy right here to the right.
0:28.9	Let me welcome none other than David Hamilton, aka Super Crip.
0:35.3	My dog.
0:36.4	Good to see you. My dog. Appreciate you. Good to see you.
0:38.3	My dog.
0:38.9	It's been a minute.
0:39.7	Been a minute, man.
0:40.9	We've been trying to line this up for it. I mean, they've been talking.
0:42.1	We started this show, bro, like seven years ago.
0:43.8	They've been talking about you since we started this show.
0:45.6	I mean, I just appreciate the love, though.
0:47.2	Yeah.
0:47.6	You know, just by being remembered.
0:49.8	Mm-hmm. Respect it. Yeah, respected and being remembered for something good. Yeah. So I'm cool with that, man. Tell me when you gave up on the curly top, because when you think LA curly tops, you think Super Crips curly top, when do y'all part ways? I didn't part ways with that. You know, I went to the braids. Okay. And I went in longer hair. Braids might have fucked it up though. Yeah, but then I went to the hats and du rags. Yeah.
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