A senior prison gang member, typically incarcerated in the SHU, who calls the shots for the soldados on the streets. The Big Homey orders removals and receives a cut of profits from drug sales.
Mosquito: Damn! I just made 10 Gs flippin' those kilos of ice! I'm gonna get some blades for my Smart Car!
Lizard: Hey fool! Before you get them blades, you gotta pay the Big Homey his 25 percent cut!
Mosquito: Fuck him! What's he gonna do? Drop the soap again? He's in the SHU!
Lizard: Listen pandejo! Word travels fast to the SHU! Your name is probably already on the Bad News List!
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A California prison sentence served in County jail. Following completion of the term, the offender is transported to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Reception Center, assigned a CDCR Number, and released on parole. A Paper Commitment suggests that the offender received favorable treatment from the District Attorney's Office.
Slim: Hey homey! That fool Sneaky just got released from jail!
Zo: What? That cat was caught up in a murder case!
Slim: Sneaky got out on a Paper Commitment. Plead to being an accessory. Got time served.
Zo: Uh huh. Sneaky's been tellin'.
Slim: Cuz there's no way a bitchmade rat witness like him gets a Paper Commitment in a murder case without signin' some statements.
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A list of individuals in bad standing with the Nuestra Familia prison gang. Reasons may include dropping out, failure to pay debts, or failure to carry out orders. Individuals on the Bad News List are subject to removal.
Sombra: Odelay holmes! You've seen Lobo?
Cartoon: Nah bro. And you won't be seeing him. He's on the Bad News List.
Sombra: Whad he do?
Cartoon: He didn't follow the Big Homey's orders! There's a greenlight on his ass!
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Ex. 1
"South side Richmond, yea IΓ’ΒΒm from the 30s, 100s on the K, hand thangs with the 30s."
Laz Tha Boy, South Side Richmond
Ex. 2
Sanjay: My Desi homey, you got them hand thangs?
Deepak: It's all good. We got more firepower than the average NATO army.
Sanjay: Excellent. Cuz we gonna hit a lick on them suckas that pulled the 211 on our convenience store.
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Bouncin' Out Popin'. North Richmond, California slang for arriving on scene in a vehicle, getting out, and, without hesitation, emptying the clip at your target.
Slim: Yo Will-Bop! Lil' Sweets wants to holla at you! You know what time it is!
Will Bop: Don't trip homey! I've been Project Trojans from Day 1! I'll be BOPin' on that fool!
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Robert Lott's trailer in the Ranch Verde mobile home in Rohnert Park, California. Functioned as a drug den and flop house. Also, the scene of a lick that led to a 187.
Tacho: Damn Holmes! I gotta pay taxes to the Big Homey! I need some shards to slang!
Tweety: Kill two birds with one stone! Go over to Chateau Lott and pull a 211! You'll get some lettuce and water!
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A form of punishment for prison inmates that involves non-stop transfers between correctional facilities on diesel buses.
Ex. 1
'That's diesel therapy. When you fuck up in the system, you'll end up on that bus and you won't get off that bus. Cuz they'll lose your paperwork. And you'll never been seen from again. Eventually you'll get off, but you won't know when the ride's gonna end.' J.D. Rutherford, Prison Break Raw, Sept. 4, 2019
Ex. 2
Darjon: Hey fool! I need to get at the homey Sweets! He has my fuck book!
Will Bop: You're too late. He got shipped out on the grey goose!
Darjon: What he do bro?
Will Bop: He was bustin' the female COs cheeks! The Warden found out and gave that fool Diesel Therapy! He was last seen somewhere between Chino and Pelican Bay!
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