Former Vice Lord Sets Kids Straight
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In Episode 7 of Last Chance High we meet 13-year-old Keontay, who is enamored with gang life, his disabled mother Takita, who has lost all hope of prying him from the streets, and a former gang chief nicknamed Shotgun, who has a plan to help them both.
On Chicago's West Side, there is a school for the city's most at-risk youth - the Moses Montefiore Academy. Most of the students at Montefiore have been kicked out of other schools for aggressive behavior, and many have been diagnosed with emotional disorders.
Last Chance High takes viewers inside Montefiore's classrooms, and into the homes of students who are one mistake away from being locked up or committed to a mental hospital.
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Hn
You always gotta respect a former gang member trying to put kids on the right path
Not really
Anime squad ok anime squad
I have the least respect for people who create violence, I have the upmost respect for those who cease its existence.
@@Trentnick98 he got a good cover up
But they ain't on the right path they self lmao
the realest kid this whole video was the one playing coolmath run 2 in the beginning lmao
Only Natural tru fam lmao
Only Natural 😂😂😂
Its Jax aa
Nsh Dreadhead
Only Natural lmaooo
I've pretty much binged all of this in one sitting. Coach Williams is an amazing human being, as are all the teachers and admin doing their best to just help these kids anyway they can. Complete unsung heroes that plug along each day without the thanks they need and deserve.
Heres a follow up, the school shut down and now he’s jobless. Rn he’s run out of money and he hears about his former students being shot.
Source: “Chicago”
@@williamlin2076 no way
The fact that he said the odds are jail or dead and Cortez is in jail and Keontay is dead is so heartbreaking. Poor babies never stood a chance 💔
I think all of them either died or went to jail :(
Can u please link to a news article or something
@@Ompadidthabeat you have to search their names
@@Ompadidthabeat Keontay Hightie, 21, was on a porch in the 3800 block of West Maypole around 11:40 a.m. on June 8 when he was fatally shot during an argument, he died in 2022. Absolutely tragic, what a loss of life.
One of the staff in a previous episode said they were doomed and were already a statistic that is pretty much how it pans out. It's like superdeterminism, they don't even have free will at this point, their destiny is already set and the outcome is known, it just has to play out. That's why the bigger problem isn't in rehabilitating but in abolishing the horrible conditions in these underdeveloped parts of America and really changing the system, because it is all a systemic issue. Vice's Last Chance is literally a first-hand insight on how these kind of criminals are made, from childhood to adulthood, you sympathize with them and see their human side, but they are still destined to fall back into the streets. These boys are pre-programmed to act out in the way they do, it's why no amount of advice can really get them to think, unless they already have some small level of stability in their life or inside them to heed the warning, if they don't, it's like you are talking to a brick wall.
Those who come out of the gang life against all odds, already have some little semblance of sense inside of them, and deep down truly didn't even wanna be a part of it, so it isn't really a case of this person changed or was saved, but more of this person finally got the chance to show who he really was, those who don't have this little glimmer of hope are doomed to a life like this. Next time I ever hear about gang related cases, I will think back to this doc and remember this is probably the environment they came from, they weren't born blood thirsty, but in broken households.
i remember watching this 2yrs ago, i wonder where all these kids are now?
vice needs to do an update...
I want to know too
Dead or upstate
sameee
lovelyti2002 prison
cortez got killed and keontey got shot for the second time he still bangs
Nobody:
Me at 4 in the morning: 0:01
thats the first time i laughed since the divorce
nando 💀💀💀
Lmao
Me successfully getting a midnight snack out the kitchen going to my room.
@@typicalalesa5248 😭 deadass i yelling
Anyone in 2023, just me OK.
This makes me realise that my parents are so important in my life and that I'm thankful I'm being brought up in a stable household.
2020 over here ✋
2020
Yes august
Nope
2020
R.I.P. Keyonte. Street life isn’t the life to live.
He died???
@@561Kell yeah he died a few weeks ago on his block
Wow
@@561Kell sadly yes
Shoulda learned
When he said boxing out negativity, I thought he said Boxing out Niggativity
Delta 70 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Yoo🤣
Same thing
Fr tho
Agustin isn’t even a bad kid he’s just a bullied kid that actually stood up for himself
Dr. Phil ong
The man who fell in the river in LEGO City facts
Kty
@Norfside Father omg no
He’s not
In case anyone would like to know:
After the show ended cortez fell into a life of violence, drug dealing and street life, forcing him and his family to flee the city. Coach william had gotten laid off and burned through the majority of his savings, but he says he continues to see some of the kids on the west side. Crystal and her son(Rudy Andrew Sanchez II) sadly died on Friday September 28, 2018. Spanky (montreal almond) got arrested just this year. And lastly, keontay was shot and killed. This is all the information I found for the people that wanted an update.
wow
Thank u..
😥
I've seen this series more than a few times and it really highlights the inner cities across America, how underdeveloped they all are, just destined for this type of life
LOL THANKS FOR THE UPDATE AFTER 10 PLUS YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2:44 The pain in his eyes is immaculate
Keontay wasn't listening to a damn thing they were saying
@T C True but I don't think it really works like that. Most of the time its the parents that makes the kids bad by something tramatic
@T C True
What the teacher doing lol
Keontay gone blow regardless. My niggas ain't fa nun.
Lol wit. Wasn’t listenin
No Father's in sight, problem number one.
Cass Larsen well im okay
Timothy Watson No you are not ( I'm)😂😂😂
couldn't agree more.
not at all lmao
Number 2,3,4, and 5.im from Chicago and I know how this story goes!
The fact that he knew his uncles and father that were in the gang was crazy and they didn’t knew it until the young showed up
"Vice Lord", "Vice News", I see what you did there.
+GrimHadez vice lords are a gang in chicago, its just a coincidence.
I know, I still found it funny though.
+GrimHadez lol true
+nikhil I know that they are a group. But, I think they moved towards community work in some areas of business to improve the black communities. My source is their website.
what?
Vice Lords is a gang that's been around for a long ass time (since 1958). The word "vice" means immoral, or criminal activities. That's why the gang named themselves that, and that's why Vice news is named that...because it mostly covers stuff considered to be criminal or immoral.
lmaoo bro just started cutting dudes hair 😂
He just faded his letters out.
Trying to look out for the kid.
Lol I would of been like hol up big homie.
Chicagorilla if it saved you from dying, no you wouldn’t have said shit
It was seriously nice of him to do that for him before somebody tried to cut that boys hair with a 4-5.
3:40 I spent a couple weeks interviewing guys in the local inner city for a college research project, you wouldn't believe how common this story is. Young kids, 8-12 years old, hanging out doing normal kid stuff, and some gang member offers them easy money to help them sell. Most of the kids are too young to know any better, and the ones who do, they just wait until their mom gets sick just like Keontay's, because then even a good kid who knows better is hard-pressed not to do it when their mom is sick, their landlord is knocking on their door, and there aren't any legitimate jobs they can do to help cover costs because there aren't any real businesses in their neighborhood. Get them when they're that young, and those gang members can basically guide them growing up to be exactly what they want them to be.
It's a sick, vicious cycle, and I've always had huge respect for the guys I spoke to who got out of that life and were adamant in keeping their kids from falling down it.
Keontay Hightie was shot to death 06/08/22 at the age of 21 years old in Chicago. RIP to those who have fallen victim to street violence.
I’m finna look it up
Yup your right
very sad
@@PersianPrincess why would they lie 💀
“Why fight for free when you can get paid for it?”
Ight thanks for the advice I’m telling the thots at my school why smash for free when you can get paid for it
@Eric Andre bet 💀
I read that as he said that
@@Kevin-pd5xh me too, i swear it happens so much
Those kids knew at that moment that he was tryna pimp them out in boxing and they weren’t having it
kid dances like forrest gump
haha
+Chris Hagen Buhahahahaha
lol
Rosegold Banks he ain't knowin
stfu chris.
Watched this 7 years ago and imma watch it again 😂
I like how everyone in the class is used to that guy dancing😂
he ain't trying to smoke with that girl. he has other plans. nasty
😂😂😂😂😂
yana212
yana212 was that u
yana212 true PERVERTS
yana212🤣🤣🤣🤣😏
Them dancing had me *dead* 💀🤣
Shia& Jhyla in 6 years all this 2018 2019 dances not gone look to good trust me
Warning ⚠️ this may contain people having seizures, and some individuals may find it disturbing. I’m out of Chicago now. It’s actually a hard place to live in, all the videos: FAKE. It’s different. It’s not you getting shot every second or you homies getting shot up. It’s mainly about who you have beef with and what type of territory your on
@Mansa Musa im saying lmaoooo
ohhh noooo 😳
@@ajlawton8352 thank you
Still praying for these kids. This makes me so sad
dey not kids no mo dey grown n in jail.
@@bryanacosta5339 and some dead like keontay
One of them recently got killed
Rip Keontay fly high 🕊💯
This series is really amazing vice. I'll be honest and say it has made me shed a few tears and feel grateful for being born into a world where i'm not exposed to gangland crime and poverty. My heart breaks for all of these kids who are born into a cycle that never seems to break. I hope for these kids they break the cycle and change the example that has been set for them.
SweetDulces That's such a bullshit excuse, their own culture is the problem. Until they take responsibility for it and stop blaming 'the white man' for everything, it will never change.
SweetDulces There is no need to be rude and yeah, I am grateful. I know plenty of white people who have been born into a world of gangland crime. Judging from your previous comments you have racial profiling problems yourself. I understand police, judges, politicians and general people in power are racist but I personally see everyone as equal. If you have watched the previous episodes then you would know that many of these children's father were involved in gangs, they have shot people, robbed, and one father even laughed to his son about his crime. Their mothers don't care and the children are left to defend for themselves. This happens all over the world. Don't try bring racism into this issue, this is a global issue.
NakedWithoutMyLippy well said
NakedWithoutMyLippy i some what agree with what you say but that father didnt laugh out of him taking himself and his son situation as a joke..that was him being uncomfortable and not being able to show the right emotion at the right time.
SweetDulces
stfu you fucking idiot. its about the demographic and how people are raised. these blacks are raised in poverty and the cycle is hard to stop/control. Your fucking racist for saying that. Dumb shit
when bro was getting his haircut , he was like " fuck my life " 😂😂
😂😂😂
he was mad as fawk
'. M
cuz fuckk da lords fse
Roberto Paramo Jr otg 74 Murderville Moller rd
Rest up Keontay always hoped you’d make it out🕊🙏🏾
He passed? No way
@@n1mbus__ he got killed
@@kdubbbbbb damn where u get that information from
@@thebeastfugingtown1211 from his ass
@@thebeastfugingtown1211 search up his name it’s everywhere
RIP Keontay
0:35 HE PLAYIN COOLMATH?? MY DUDE!!
Last Chance High takes viewers inside Montefiore's classrooms, and into the homes of students who are one mistake away from being locked up or committed to a mental hospital.
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First comment
That's the first episode...
Just noticed he dropping rakes in the thumbnail lol 😂
Catoionuyougdecddse213028286butinandsoseeatwahtnotlifenewlifesex
Why is no one helping the kid he's have a seizure attack
Cortez: In jail
Keontay: Have face tattoos and is in the streets
Spanky: I heard he graduated high school, but is also in the streets
Joseph( Spanky bully): In the streets and have a video on worldstar playing with a gun and then the gun goes off
What's the song on world star bro?
@@working2478 search this on worldstar: His Heart Was In His Stomach: Dude Almost Killed Himself Playing With A Loaded Gun!
Damn that was recent too about Joseph. He ain’t gon last long.
YM_BELZZ Spanky in the streets? Nahhh
YM_BELZZ The way Keontay goin, its only a matter of time before he dead.
Rest In Peace Keontay, they tried to help him 🙏
The second part of your comment just isn't necessary.
@@369pendulum yea it is, he wanted to be Vice lord
@@gyroxaver6897 Then say he deserved to die if that's how you feel, don't attach RIP to pretend like you have a heart.
@@369pendulum So acknowledging the school administration’s best efforts to help kids like Keontay isn’t necessary??
@@almightyyeezydab5149 You said RIP, then they tried to help. What's the point of that comment? The video is about them trying to help him. Who does your comment help? No one. You just wanted to point out that he's dead by his own fault.
2:48 the sadness in his eyes😂😂🤣
he dead now ge got shot and the school in this program got shot down
Halfcastboy Gmbh cap his fb spark allat he did get shot 10 times though
Area 51 Alien cause that boy a killa too i think he was there too when pbg dutty got killed
you got fortnite pic
felt sorry for lil man at 6:17. when u aint got a dad and cant really have a mom due to physical or mental illness. You sposed to pick the torch up where they left it and raise your siblings like they were your own. Not only do you make yourself the man yo dad could never be but you learn to treasure those around you and you will look after yourself JUST so they have you.
I pray for you all in this situation
Lil boy wit camera: You like going to this school?
Cortez: Not that much
Is this meant to be a joke
It was Keontay not Cortez
It's very sad to hear that in 2022, Keontay Hightie, 21, was on a porch in the 3800 block of West Maypole around 11:40 a.m. on June 8 when he was fatally shot during an argument.
3:30 “this the corner I almost died at” Litterly see two people fighting
Chris Ramey I seen that too
Then hes fr fr
Chris Ramey exactly😂
Yeah I was looking if anyone else noticed that
@David Lofgreen stfu
Who watching it right now in 2019
Me
Me
binge watching as we speak
What kind of fucking question is that? Its pretty obvious that anyone who responds to this as of now is in 2019.
lightemup #44 Peters yea he’s pretty much sayin comment on this he just wants likes and comments and to feel special lmao most of the top comments or comments period are from 1-2 years ago so that’s why he asked who’s watching now for comments and likes which did it work ?
keontay unfortunatly died recently. he was a upcoming rapper too. pretty sad expecially the time these guys took to try help him
Dang frrrr tufff
How'd he pass?
@@Miphathesiamese gunshot on the porch
@@Miphathesiamese murderd
Where the proof? Any news articles you can link?
Rip Keontay mans was shot and killed in early 2022
My daddy was a vice lord. My uncle was the chief in my area. I remember being younger and walking in the park, my daddy callin his gang to a group of people on a bench. They called back. I was too young to understand the meaning.
"I hit a teacher." That would have been my last day on earth because, my parent's would have killed me!! Anyway great show here!!!
@Never Broke Again are you dumb she's about 60
I want to beat the shit out of crazy frog 😂😂
Hey grandma
Grandma u forgot to bake me dem cookies on foe nem 😭😭😭
Sorry about the weird thread
I teach at risk elementary kids. Pray for these kids ;they a product of where they come from. They need people to care about them and teach them the right way
at 1 my friends school there was a gang shotin
Keontay was shot and killed last year(2022).
Coolmath is everywhere lol
LMFAO that beginning TURNUP
He looks like he was doing Elvis.
genghis khan how did you turn up
Genghis you be turning up them mongols?
Genghis Khan ... Ikr
@@methodman7876 lmfao elvis?..........no. More like MJ or James Brown
Mom is in a wheelchair and her house is spotless 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Keontay “Chief Spark” Hightie was killed June 8, 2022 on the west side of Chicago. We need more positive men involved these young ppl’s lives. His father wasn’t in his life and now he’s not going to be here to be involved in his children lives. The streets are cold hearted and relentless. #RIPTayTay 💔
Damm that was only a few months ago....this video 8 years smh
@@reniarellano8507 Yeah, it’s crazy. I’m a PO here in and his death was a little heartbreaking. A nice guy, but just dealt a bad hand and continued down the wrong paths. 💔
Damn I'm 20 years old and that 8th grader still has a deeper voice than me like wtf. 🤣😂🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Puberty b like
Derrick cushshon it’s ok my good sir puberty will jump on you in no time
Cushshon i deadass sound like pop smoke Lmfaooo and i just turned 14
He’s a natural alpha with no brains though
The dance he was doing beginning was called the tweaker shuffle😂😂
🕊🕊RIP keontay 🙏🙏
bro rest easy keontay bro he died recently
3:28 those two people were fighting, lmao 😂
Justin Tice XD
I'm tired of waiting a damn week for a 9 minute episode!!!!!!! Why can't we get a 25 minute episode like the first one!!!???
For real !! I'm with you on this !
Cause more important shit is going on in the world then some American sad story fuck up lol, I know its horrible but considering there are wars and countries being torn apart right now this really is just a side show. Plus we've seen this 100 times. Same ending, Poor people always get fucked by other poor people.
Mike Wills While Mike Wills does nothing except comment lol you don't want to fix any of these problems so are you just here for entertainment? Go watch some tmz or cnn if your tryna be amused ;)
One word, business lol. I mean, I'd imagine VICE is making quite a profit from this on-going series judging from the amount of solid 60k+ views each video is getting
Zuri Powell
Wasn't being a dick the truth just hurts i suppose.
This puts my heart in a state I can’t describe it breaks my heart and motivates me at the same time
The teacher doesn’t care if they play music and dance like a crazy person. Lol 😂
You have no idea how wild that school was. Those kids were kicked out of other schools. It wasn't going to be too much lecturing on serious academic topics.
6:28 “boxing out niggativity”
😭😭😭😭😭
RSVP.Oscar 😭🌀
😭😭
The most eye opening series that Vice has ever produced. Now I have something to look forward to every Thursday!
All kids need adults to guide them. Don’t just say something, sit back, and see how they do. Guide them, tell them what to do!
My mother taught Keontay Hightie at a school in Peoria Illinois in 2016, he was a good kid and led others.
And now he’s dead
@@brackbivins148 you dead serious?
@@brackbivins148 just googled it. Wow. That sucks. Thanks for letting me know
You get these kids in front of a positive male role model and they stand a chance. We need more men like this in these communities before it’s too late.
i hate how short the episodes are, i really feel like i'm getting to know these kids.
the ''jail or dead'' hit hard now cortez is in jail and keontay is dead...
That's so sad
Keontay was murdered last year and Cortez is in prison on a 25 year sentence for armed robbery. I watched the last chance high update episodes and its insane how worse they've become, especially Keontay
Dam that's heart breaking
wheres the "where are they now"? episode..??
the guy with the Mohawk been shot twice since the documentary
the guy with the Mohawk been shot twice since the documentary
+Willie LumpLump damn nigga you lookin like an oompa loompa😂
How u find this out
Willie LumpLump is he good tho?
Am I the only one who LOL'd at the Reverend whos name is Robin Hood
no lol
fucked up part is That's how it be....I don't go to church
@Henry Bunch reverend robin hood is literally living proof against your claim.
Seek truth There's historical proof on Jesus Christ
I came back years later to watch this video this was a real OG looking out for that youngin💯
The kid talking about his mother and making money to help her out really shows what the issue of gangs stems from. Poverty stricken homes and neighborhoods. This is an economic problem at its root. That’s why we get nowhere with it we treat it as if the people are the ones in the wrong, when it’s the system that has wronged them.
Nah idk hes doing that for himself and his gangster image.
@@POOPGOD999if you think an 8 yr old trying to feed his family is a gangster then you part of the problem
Poverty isn't quite the original issue. White gangs, from working class people, were active in Chicago before any of the Black gangs you can name still around today. We had to form some of our groups not to get our heads busted by them when we got caught in too few numbers.
Idk man, personally, I would just work for my family.
This system does nothing but create the cycle problems
2:47 when my mom makes me order by myself at Macdonalds
What does that have to with the haircut?
Vice brings us the realist shit out there it's no one better than VICE right now!!! BOTTOM LINE
✊
Dom P otf da fam
Dom P bd.
They Biased af too.
Shout out the all the elders who still care. Blessing's to you blessing's ✊🏿
I wish men knew how much we need them. Black men especially…..we really need you these babies need you. Your decisions affect generations to come.
The kids need more of us doing this type of positive mentoring. .right on brother. .keep pushing.
+Croatswagg cks
5:48 He tryna Smash🤯
😂😬
Lmao
Lol fr but everyone do that at a early age here where i live
Watching these videos shows what these teenagers really go through
0:04 “I walk around wit that pack on me dat sack on meh”
song?
He’s a lord but he’s throwing up GD in the thumbnail
They aint beefin rn
He’s dropping the fork
@@dwdwb6044 don't matter if u not 6eefin nigga u gotta rep the gang
T-town?
Max Mesa GDK
"Why they put Vice Lords in your hair?"
"Kuz Vice Lords where I'm, where I be at."
This kid is a victim of a terrible culture.
Nigga a ass whooping for banging the fin
Rip keontay 💔🤦🏿♂️ sad that bro couldn’t change his life especially cortez bro locked up now
I was with em in Audi smh
0:09 when my momma want me to show my auntie uncle and cousins that dance i always did 😂😂
lmao cortez hit the trap since the last episode, he done come back with a whole new swag
Lmao I can fuck with his hustle
Lol
Keontay looks like he's having none of this. Cortez actually looks like he is coming around and at least listening to adults now.
Damn Keontay actually dead now
When this comes in your recommended after 5 years
Rip keontae man
I always find my way coming back to this video💯
Yep these kind of programmes should help a lot of kids get right mentally man I respect what that form of vice lord is doing seriously 👊🏾.
0:34 Kid in the back playing coolmath games what a chad
We need to make a program that helps these families. Really helps them.
"If we do get high we need to smoke with her"
😂😂😂
Choo choo 🚂
We need a update on these kids
Prison.
Cortez just got outta prision, dancing dude at the beginning got shot and crystal got a fb look like she living life
@@mr.pierre5644 I hope they're in prison. Let the gutter trash live with the rest of the filth, no need for them to be in normal society.
@@xboxmoonpartingty104 how you gonna say that? you prolly support Trump, dont wanna help the broke and poor except keep em down. people like you make this world an even worse place to be
@@doperuns There are bigger problems to focus on than a bunch of failed abortions killing each other in the shitholes they live in.
Wow. Just read the updates. These kids never stood a chance in life.
Props to this man. He's really fighting for them and they can't see it. Tragic
“When I was 13 I had the same haircut”
Me : wait you had hair ?
xx muerto “had” is the word so
Man they have so much malice for their age. They need hope.
They need cages and tazings.
@@rivensnow3779 Fucking racist
Damn man. RIP Keontay.
And now Keontay and Cortez both VL themselves oof
Legit kinda sad to know they didn’t get out of the cycle