Good, Gone, Gangsta with Gerald Awak
Gerald Awak is my guest. He is an African-American fella from Houston, TX. He would tell you that his experience growing up without a father had him seeking guidance from the older men in prison.
There were a lot of fights in prison. It sounds like a lot of them he initiated because it would help to make sure he maintained his own cell.
That was when he wasn’t in “solitary,” as he refers to it. What he calls the” free world,” we call solitary confinement.
But Gerald got a lot smarter spending so much time behind bars. With nothing but his thoughts.
He was let out of prison early for good behavior. But you know, and this isn’t to take anything away from him, I heard a lot of people got out of the pen early for good behavior during COVID — I should ask him about that.
He’s utilized the knowledge gained from them to make a real impact now that he’s out. He’s determined to do something with his life. He’s a rapper you can find on Spotify — he goes by 3G, which stand for Good, Gone, Gangsta, which he explains in this episode.
Other topics discussed:
- Finding Gerald’s long-lost brothers on Facebook
- How Gerald had guards bringing him phones in prison
- “G5” offender classification
