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REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal cover image

Chris Wilson began to develop the “Master Plan” for his future while serving a life sentence

REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal

CHAPTER

The Beginnings of Gentrification

As a kid, my mom was always like, you should act. And they were trying to throw me out of school and then getting in trouble with the launch. I remember she got me to go to this studio theater up on U Street. Back in the day, that area was a different kind of thing. It's just like, why are y'all trying to erase? Even recently, I'm trying to eradicate GoGo music. That's part of our like, it's sold about city.

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Speaker 1
Like, I remember
Speaker 2
like that, that, that, that, um, that U Street quarter and up by Cardoza. Yeah. You know, I remember, you know, as a kid, like, you know, my mom was always like, you should act. You know, I was always going to fucking trouble. And they were trying to throw me out of school and then getting in trouble with the launch.
Speaker 1
Yeah. And I was like, you know, you just cray, like, you should put that towards that. I was like, I don't fucking bitch ass.
Speaker 2
I fought it. I remember she got me to go to, you know, the studio theater up on, it's on, I think it's on P. is it on P or U? I think it's on U Street. Maybe on U Street. I think so. U Street. And like back in the day, that area was a different kind of thing. Yeah. You know what I mean? It was dangerous out there and bad shit was going on. And you can see it all the time. And then I remember going back, you know, this was like right at the beginning of the gentrification, I went and I actually did a play at that same theater. And I remember seeing like the neighborhood was starting to change. And there were these people. I remember they like built a Whole Foods. Yeah. And the whole thing was like, hey,
Speaker 1
yeah, that's the same. Whole Foods kind of like, I remember like being like,
Speaker 2
it was like way in the beginning of that Whole Foods shit. And I remember like the people at Whole Foods were like, we're bringing jobs to the neighborhood. And like, I remember talking to folks and they're like, yeah, I grew up in this neighborhood. And I was like, oh shit,
Speaker 1
Whole Foods. Yeah. Like they're doing a damn thing. Like,
Speaker 2
you know, like it was so, you know, and this is going to be the, but then going back 10 years after that. Yeah. And it was like, where'd all the people go? Yeah. It's like they're, you know
Speaker 1
what I mean? And they started changing the names of the neighborhoods in the community. Oh, we don't call it this. So it's just like, we're a baby New York. It's just like, why are y'all trying to erase? And even recently, I'm trying to eradicate GoGo music. And that's part of our like, it's sold about city. That's right. And we had to like fight to keep that. That's
Speaker 2
right.

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