Germano Tomassetti

I think I probably worked at McDonald's and, you know, whatever crap jobs you work when you're 16 years old.

And then I eventually get into, there was an underage party.

It was called feel the heat in Winnipeg.

It was a really popular thing.

So like 3000, 4000 kids would show up once a month for these underage parties, obviously no alcohol or anything like that.

But that is where I got introduced to the street life.

so keep in mind I'm coming from Transcona white picket fence whatever else like you know what I mean like there's fights and stuff but it's not a dangerous place so now I'm starting to go downtown and I'm going to these parties and I'm being friends with people that are friends with other people and you know etc and I get introduced to this kid that's basically locally famous for rapping he was actually really good if he stuck to it he would have he would have been successful he would have made money he would have been a star I think so he

but he was too involved in the street stuff.

So at this time, I'm like 17 years old, 18 years old, and he's probably a year or two younger than me, but he was deep into the game.

He was selling probably...

I don't know, over the weekend, he'd sell like four ounces.

You know what I mean?

Because that's what it started with.

And then eventually, just because it was more money and it was more prevalent in the streets.

But keep in mind, this is like a 16, 17-year-old kid making thousands or tens of thousands of dollars while trying to maintain this kind of this rap career as well.

And he just, he was the one I always credit him for showing me the street life, everything from drugs to guns to, you know, we'd go to host parties and we'd, we'd have a problem with people because of him all the time.

So here's the thing.

A lot of the gangs didn't like him.

Cause he had a big mouth and he, and he was very popular with women.

So he's a mulatto guy who was good looking and he was young and he was stealing everybody's girlfriends, including some gangsters.