Hardaway Brothers speak
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- čas přidán 17. 10. 2020
- As reporters, there are some stories that just stick with us through the years. For WGN’s Tonya Francisco, it was the story of Yummy Sandifer, a young man who at 11 years old had a rap sheet longer than most adults.
He died violently in a gangland execution by 14- and 16-year-old brothers.
Now, for the first time, we hear from both of those brothers about that fateful night, what they’ve learned and their hopes for the future.
At 36, Cragg Hardaway is older, wiser and also a little nervous when it comes to the interview.
Twenty years after a notorious murder that thrust him into the national spotlight, he and his younger brother Derrick are talking about the case that changed their lives forever.
“It took me years to admit and accept my role in it,” Derrick said.
It was an unusually chilly September night in 1994 when Yummy was shot twice in the back of the head in a hit ordered by leaders of the Black Disciples.
Cragg was only 16 years old when his mugshot was plastered on TV when he arrested for the murder of Robert “Yummy” Sandifer.
Cragg’s brother Derrick, who was 14 at the time, was too young for his mug shot to be released. He was convicted of driving the getaway car.
Cragg, Derrick and Yummy were all members of the same gang, the Black Disciples. And all three would eventually learn that membership in a street gang comes at a high price.
Chicago recorded 930 homicides in 1994, the second highest on record. Among the dead was 14-year-old Shavon Dean, who shot in the head by a stray bullet during a shooting spree in the city’s Roseland neighborhood that injured two other teens.
Chicago police quickly identified 11-year-old Yummy as the gunman. Gang leaders decided Yummy needed to be silenced because he knew too much. So they ordered Cragg to kill him.
Derrick refused to leave his brother’s side.
"A lot of people don’t know that he actually took me home,” Derrick said. “And I could just feel something wasn’t right, so when I asked him, 'What’s going on,' he told me everything. I refused to let him go by himself.”
“I should have been more of a big brother,” Cragg said. “But at the time, that ain’t the way you think.”
After the murder, both brothers were in custody, and months later, they were convicted felons: Cragg got 60 years for murder and Derrick got 45 for driving the getaway car. They were the only two ever tried in the case even though they say others were involved.
Abandoned by their fellow gang members and isolated from their families, the brothers have spent the past 20 years rehabilitating themselves. Both have gotten their GEDs and associate degrees. Derrick is cultivating his landscaping skills by working in the prison garden and Cragg is involved in anti-violence programs.
But for Cragg, there’s one piece of unfinished business: Reaching out to Yummy’s family, who has not responded to him or WGN.
“I’ll answer any questions that they may have, concerning that night, leading up to that night,” Cragg said.
Both brothers say they think about Yummy’s murder every day. The tears, they say, have long since dried up. Instead, they are focused on getting out one day and making sure others don’t end up on the same path that led them to prison.
“I know most people will listen to this and be like, 'What the hell does this dude know, he been in jail for 20 years, he shouldn’t have did what he did,'” Cragg said. “That still don’t take away from the message: Value your life, you matter, looking in the mirror and tell yourself that you matter.”
Derrick is eligible for parole in 2016. Cragg will be eligible in 2024. Neither brother plans to return to the Roseland neighborhood where they grew up, for fear they could be drawn back into a lifestyle that Derrick says will only lead them back to prison -- or to a grave.
Everyone talking about poor yummy. But no one is talking about the girl yummy shot.
Shavon is the real victim in this story
they both victims yes. But the story is focusing on the cycle of gang life and the punishments, rather then the causality of a gun shot which of course is still hard breaking. Damn Black Americans have been through tough times
LLYUMMY
Typical in the black community as the women matter.
A friend big Shavon spoke out and said he was there and Yummy didn’t shoot hers even the alleged killers said it was a gang shootout they led to her getting killed. They both Denied killing Yummy. The bothers lost their mother and father because of what happened to Yummy. Most people say they’re lying but what would be their point of lying when they already severed their long sentence?
They’re all victims 🙄
I don’t think enough youth know about Robert Sandifer this should be taught in history class. A tough realization!
I’m just now learning about him today 🕊 and I was born in 94
@@QuanyBx5 3 pieces of trash are off the street that's the whole story
I agree
@@te6607 Yeppers. I’m with you on that.
He lived by the sword and he died by the sword. End of story
The ironic part about this is the Hardway Brothers came from a loving supportive two parent household and still chose a lifestyle that wound up sending them to prison.
They were young teenagers, I dont think they could fully comprehend the lifestyle they were in till its too late.
@@theboldandthebeautiful3729 sadly i feel thats what happens to most of these guys. And the ones that actually know what they got in and choose to stay do it because of what they already seen and been through. No matter the age or circumstances killing somebody or having a loved on taken from you in that way changes you for life. And sometimes its too late to make that realization
Influenced by the 90s gangster rap music and the gang culture.
@@prestonpowers7376 and the school shooters are influenced by rock music
Can't always say it starts at home
The streets don’t love nobody
The streets come with a expiration date!
FACTS
Gang members ask me to join a gang at the time I was about like 21 ,He say to get in I have to rob that lady to prove to him and gang..I say nope he call me a name ....I Lose a homie that was in the gang in 2010..Last time talk to him was 2 years early @ his job at Erines'..I was order food by that time.
PLEASE LISTEN YOUNG PEOPLE, THESE GANGS AINT SH*T, THEY WILL LEAVE YOU IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION.
So true!!!!
In they will forget about you if you end dead are in Jail.
You think those kids join bc they’re already leading a peachy lifestyle?? These things start at home… And these gangs are just waiting for a space to move into these kids minds. That’s the way extremist groups work. They target the vulnerable, children, the abused, and the isolated. Same thing as predators and traffickers… Imagine that.
It's true that gang bullshit don't matter
Everytime
OGs was playing with these kids lives and left them high and dry
They always do.
They gone answer to God for sure
Crash dummies
But you still call them OGs...theyre scumbags.
The game don't change but the name!
Lives wasted and the gang did NOTHING to help either of them.
🤦♂️
Nope! Gangs don't give a shit about anyone.
It’s crazy I see ppl who get 7, 10, 15,20 years for murder, 2-5 years for the rape of a child. 40 years for a driver. I’m just curious how minors get 60, 40 years and most adults get 4x’s less of a sentence. I wonder why people’s lives have such different values. The system is so confusing
White man's laws
What a waste of life. Gangbanging is no joke bruh!! It's not for kids or the weak and the obsolete
That’s what he got what’s wrong wit yall in these comments he crashed out !! Big brudda kilked a kid yall be blowin me in da comments justifying kilking
What’s being done now is the juveniles sentenced as adults cases are being reviewed…
Justice system is corrupt and wicked
Wow Chicago is still with the nonsense to this day .
Yep
Except now, we don't have the gang leadership we once had and that much needed structure.
Yep that’s why I got tf out !!!!! Ma started my own business all over the east coast Ma
@@getmoneyfuckyou7129 ok ?
@@OGimperial97 yup now it seems like everybody is a walking zombie drugged up on pills , shooting without any directions
the little brother even though he was the get away driver & did’t actually shoot the gun he’s reaping the mistakes of his brothers actions… i know everyday he regrets driving that car
He was an accomplice. F that.
He knew what he was getting into shut up
They were children
The lil bro is just as guilty he played his part in yummy's death
Accessory to the murder of a 10 year old serial killer.
"And they say it's the white man I should fear/but it's my own kind doing all the killing here." - Tupac
It was deep with Tupac was talking about yummy
@Bryan Bradley why they call you racist ?
@Bryan Bradley you shouldn’t be saying it you don’t live in the black community
@@khalilphinazee8164 Why do people like you say that nonsense? People do have eyes.
@@khalilphinazee8164 Truth is truth, regardless of who says it or what community they're from.
When i was a officer I remember when the older brother came to stateville cc. He was a wild child..hot head hard headed. Always in trouble with staff and inmates..I retired a Sargent in 2020 I have to say I'm glad he changed his ways.. hope the best for him..
Everybody thought they didn’t do it especially the sister that was on camera the little kids also see u never know I could never kill anyone cuz someone told me 2 I’m getting help 11 yr old n he also killed it had to been older ones I like to know where the ones who put the hit on him they gotta be the 2 stupidest brothers
I believe their remorse is sincere...writing Yummy's family and the willingness to address their concerns regarding his murder is honorable.
Cragg 1:15 the murderer is out and denying it all & talkin/actin all street slang.Not at all like in this interview. His brother is living back at the very same house he lived in when they were busted.
@@miller6910How do u know? Is there any videos or articles?
@@ViperDAZ czcams.com/video/uOrCIgCDv74/video.htmlsi=Qt_S6mdjbTCeRt13
Last interview they did. They just seemed pretty honest
They act nothing like this now there back to there old ways
his brother was eligible for parole in 2016 so i think he got released but i can't find anything about where he's living @@ViperDAZ
45 years for being the driver is beyond crazy.
Ya he's definately not a threat
The driver was part so 45 years fit good. Should have gotten the death penalty.
Especially being a minor
14 year old kids gets 45 years wtf
Frfr
The brothers are guily in Yummies death but Yummies family failed him and are complicit in his death and reckless youthful life. Where were they in raising young Yummy to become a positive and productive lad . Yummy, RIP, had a rap sheet of crime, murder, gangs, etc. His family are equally blamed in his demise.
Tru that. He had all types of scars and cigarette burns all over his body. I read somewhere he was abused in the home. Just real sickening. I'm from that area this happened in. I was going to my junior year in highschool when this happened. Sad thing is, it's even worst now.
Agreed
Completely failed him. If you watch the funeral documentary while his mother speaks about him, You can tell she knew nothing about her son at all. She was really never in his life like that and I'm pretty sure his other families didn't keep an eye on him like that too because they just let him dropped out of school at a really young age
@@Sbzmike she was also a crack addict and made a crack baby from what I heard
I 100% agree with this comment
Gang banging is going to be the death of the youth. Love is needed when growing up in your formative years. It was heartbreaking to see the picture of Yummy looking older than his 11 years. Hard life takes a toll.
Where were their fathers?
Actually he looked younger than 11 he only weigh 68 pounds 4ft
It’s the parents’ and the older generations’ fault for constantly perpetuating these dark deadly child abusing trafficking cycles.
@@elfspicer dey moms are responsible for them so its their fault
Non marriage and disregard for religion is what is predicted to be our demise
Yummys family didn’t care about him when he was alive; so they don’t deserve an apology.
I mean, ya kinda got a point lol
His grandmother did
45 yrs for being the get away driver? Bullshyt
Word
They deserve all that shii killing a kid u don’t gotta listen to nobody
@@getpaid7398 dat la nigga was steppin on shii you reap what you sow
@@flexonnembixthh7679 still tho look how old they is bro u just said a whole bunch of nun
Lady justice is not blind.
Robert had such a tragic life in just 11 years 💔
I think he had a veil over his eyes and never got a chance to use his caul for the good..smh
Derrick Hardaway was released from prison in December 2016 and lives in Chicago. Craig is up for parole in 2024.
Damn.
I thought Craig got released in 2020
@@JotahPeh619 he was
Maybe chicago is not the place for them to be
They should never have been released or up for parole.
They said the other gang members didn't call them or send letters or give them money. Who would have thought gang members would be unreliable ? Who would have thought
@Mo E also they were kids
Seriously?! 🤦🏾♀️...
Vulnerable children looking for acceptance would.
I worked in a male prison and my client said the same thing. He was crip and accidentally killed a lil girl aiming at rival gang.
No honor amoungst thieves
Dumb Kids.
As a father I tried my best to develop my children mind and they actions at a early age to understand right and wrong making good choices and consequence making bad choices.
God bless sir 🙏🏼. Sincerely wishing you all the best 💞
R u frim Michigan?
I'm from Baltimore it's alot of yummy's in my city I try to keep them right tho it's hard they don't wanna listen
Atleast u try bro I do the same shit
Yea bro it's hard to get them to listen about life they really don't value life nomore I think it's sad bro and at least you tryed to bro salute G
You are a true angel 🙏🏼💙 the children need guidance.
Just keep trying.....even if you get through to one of em that’s success. Glad to have a brother like you trying
Remember how sometimes the words of our elders echo in your mind years later. Sometimes these words have a positive effect years later when we need then most.
It really be your own people
Gang members aren't your people. They take you out first. Criminal minds first.
@@GT-mc9eg not my people, but they were all that little boy knew
U are right smh
@djbasquiat You are absolutely right. They will convince you theyre your people when they don’t care about or protect you fr. They put a hit out on a FRICKIN CHILD. Just sick 😔
What do you mean. Just because your black doesn’t mean they are your people if someone would murk you. stop the fucking nonsense
These guys were in just much danger as yummy was. It was a him or me situation and they were kids ....yes they did something terrible but it wasn’t they’re idea or their intention just controlled by some older thugs
True
@@reazallykhan8614 this is manipulation I’m not letting nobody put me up to kill a kid
@@righteousmasculine well your tough ass would've been dead but in reality most of us would've did it too. Wether you close your eyes to do or shed tears while you say "I'm sorry"💥
@@righteousmasculine 😂😂😂😂😂 sure tough guy
@@righteousmasculine kids being manipulated and threatened by adults. Not too far fetched.
What about Yummys mother? She should be in jail as well. Her baby would not been out there like had she not did what she did.
According to reports I read online, she died in 2005
Damn 11 years later that’s scary
@@sc3055 yea it is his dad and mom neglected him Idk if his grandma still alive but she was a strong woman raising all them kids
Yes the grandma was raising him but the state should have been them kids out of that the 4 times he was in trouble . Why not tell she ask because they would have died themselves. And most of them was maulpated in this gang stuff
@@sc3055 that is a very wild coincidence
Living in Chicago my whole life, all the things I have heard, this was one of and always will be, the saddest stories I have ever heard . It started with the Shavon Dean murder . She was only a year older then me . Hearing a 11 year old Robert “ Yummy “ Sandfur was involved. Then shortly after that , hearing that he was murdered by 2 young men not much older then not only myself , but “yummy” as well . I ‘ve seen this interview before but nice to see it again . It’s sad to even see how their lives were ruined by bad choices . I hope and pray they are out now , people do give them a second chance , they turn their lives completely around hopefully give their lives over to Jesus one day and be a inspiration to others who might be going down the same wrong path they once went down . The sad part is the gang promised them all those things to make sure they didn’t snitch , and gave them absolutely nothing .
Yep. All these lives ruined for no damn reason. I'm pretty much done with Chicago. Can't even go downtown and just chill for real.
@@onhn2655 I feel you on that one.
@@alfredmcglothen6050 crazy part is they killing the south burbs with the nonsense too. Be well and be safe out here. My head stays on a swivel.
Why'd mostly all the killing in Chicago happen in the summer time? 🤔🤔
Who running the drill rap scene right now influencing the youth??? them damn BDS same ones killed yummy,smh 🤦🏿♀️ this was my neighborhood he was my friend misunderstood, neglected and lost I thank God he got me out the pain of my childhood years still lingers the world don't understand but the Lord knows💪🏾🙏🏾
As minors the punishment did not fit the crime. These young men were brainwashed so easily as children and victimized a second time by the criminal system. Yes they killed a young boy, who also killed someone, but they did not have the mental and social maturation to full understand the scope of what they were doing with adults influencing them otherwise. It's soo sad 😔
It's honestly sad law enforcers, Politicians and judges don't really take the time out to put themselves in that type of situation . Not to mention the brothers were threatened to do this or be killed so you could only imagine what going through their heads as teenagers. Yes what they did was wrong but that was too harsh of a sentence. They should had at least got 25 or 30 years to be fair. Mind you this murder happened during the time they was trying to give harsher sentences on gang members. They didn't stand a chance
@@Sbzmike they don't care.
@@LadyDayK87 They never do, Especially for us black folks. Always want to report about struggles and harsh reality but don't tend to really understand
Tell that boy family that
@@nynylayready2slay724 they may be more understanding than you think considering he killed someone because of the same influence. It's a sad vicious cycle and they were all victims to it; so heartbreaking all around.
As tragic as this story is and what have we done to help the inner-city? Something has to be done.
Marry before you carry
45 years for driving a car, foh. Just a while back in my country a woman shot her man, she called her mr. friend zone and he helped her get rid of the body, he got 6 months. I said "If this was America that dude would have gotten 30 years". We're both "Western" countries but the difference in punishment is crazy. T.f. you gonna give a minor 45 years for driving a car for?
Wtf he needed more they killed a 11 year old child I swear white ppl wanna be on our side so much that y’all say dumb shit without thinking
@@ptgworldwide4727 Well, as a black person who also is from outside of the States I have to agree with him though. With the dude being the get away driver but him also being a minor I think a 45 years sentence is a bit unreasonable. I agree he should be sentenced for his role in the murder but as a minor I believe a lower sentence and investing in future rehabilitation in society would fit more than taking almost the half of a human life
@@ptgworldwide4727 that 11 year old killed another child
Facts
Will never forget this story...i was born in 83 as yummy and was shocked at how young he was to be causing all that chaos at 11years old
Somebody told him to do his mama abused him . His grandma had 19 other grandchildren && other people misled him and killed him he never was the problem he was lost
Same born in ‘83 as well. And yea Tupac was my awaking when he was in prison
@@idkjustliving5375 man
@@idkjustliving5375AND his absentee father abandoned him from the beginning!
He never had a choice. He came from a broken family
Shouldn’t the crooks that ordered the hit be serving time instead??
Yea, he be laughing his ass off right now, sometimes I just can't understand American justice system, the dude ordering the hit is guilty as them and he also should do time himself
Chicago police do not give a fuck the gangs outnumber them so they sit back let them kill each other and pick up the ones they can easily convict without putting they ass to much on the line
@@unknown-nh9fv ugh and you call us dumb. Most of the time they do
State just want a conviction! Once u learn that u know the system is unjust
@@Zamorant345 you think these two want to give names?
They were just scared kids. I should imagine the fear of themselves being killed is what drove them to kill Yummy. Sad, all round.
Exactly, but then you have mfs that never came from a rough environment. That actually got to be a kid and have a normal childhood. Then have the nerve to judge and say what they would have done in that situation. In all actuality most of us in their same position would've done it too , wether you close your eyes or crying hard as hell an right before you kill him you muffle "I'm sorry" 💥
Yummy took a life early and lost his early.
Damn they are so well spoken. I'm glad they are working on their lives
They was straight A Students
So what? they should have known better not to kill a child making him get on his knees and shooting him in the back of his head,they are lucky someone don't kill them when they get out! that baby had a very hard life no Guidance, but God will repay.
@@pennyparham7007 your name is Penny. Anything you say it worth a penny.
@@pennyparham7007 u act like they had a choice it’s either kill him or be killed did you not listen ?
@@pennyparham7007 you do understand they where kids themselves right ? All 3 them boys where kids being manipulated by grown men. Not saying what they did was right but understand the situation before you speak.
Broken families often produce broken and lost people. 😭😭😭
Sadly, PUT TOGETHER FAMILIES tend to produce worse
Yep, it’s generational and very unfortunate! It takes a strong person to end generational destructive habits!
The fact that GROWN men let all of them take the fall, Yummy and these brothers, it’s disgusting! I hope they paid everyday of their life for what they did! They set all three of these kids up!
What people dont know is yummy had multiple bodies and shot a lot of other surviving people. He had a hit on his life anyway so it wouldn't have been long before he died.
SO THAT DONT MAKE IT RIGHT! SOME OF THOSE TH I NGS HE DIDNT DO
@@pennyparham7007 I know for a fact a few things he did do, I'm from the same area and used to see him all the time.
@@intellect2610 was he as bad as the portray him? What happened to his BD set are they still around?
Yeah, he was extra bad and probably worse than what you think. And yes, he was from the 8-ball (108th) they call it Dirty Perry now.
Where was his relatives letting him run wild like that?
Praying for both sides of the family🙏
Indeed
It’s sad how gangs turned out,it’s sad that we no longer look after our own,and I mean really look after,put boys through school,pay for their Tyrion,feed the kids breakfast,teach young black men about politics,finances,and self defense.what happened to us?
Wow anyone that young shouldn't be doing this kind of time, not that what they did wasn't evil, but a brain that young cant comprehend the level of intent. Throw in the environment they grew up in and they had no chance, give these men a chance at a free life
I agree the people who sent them should have fried
Let someone shoot one of your kids like that,they should never get out,they were honor students they know what they were doing.
@@pennyparham7007 being a honor student doesn’t impact how your environment effects you
Thanks for talking to the media.
You have grown men commit murder free as a bird after they did their time these boys were forced to murder and they are still in prison
I've told people about Chicago since the early 90s. My grandma and moms family lived all over the south side. BDs and all. But, It was always crazy to me.. Little kids was killing grown me out there back then. Seen a kid walk up to a 18 year old on the basketball court. Shot dude 3 or 4 times. Everyone ran. He walked off. I was like 8 when I saw that.
I remember reading that time magazine with Yummy on it in middle school.
Same. If I'm not mistaken, my classroom had to read about it.
Yummys are now in my neighbourhood 12 years they are strapped up. Back then it was rare now it’s extremely common so it’s getting worse and worse. Try having a tour around Baltimore it’s Normal so sad
"Back then it was rare"
Ya, that's just not true lol.
No love from the gang leaders while incarcerated? This aint the mob!
So, not one person from Yummy's family gave a damn about him when he was alive, but all of a sudden, they do after he gets executed? This is one of the saddest incidences I've come across. So sad
My exact thoughts!
Wow not only was Robert a kid , but these brothers were kids themselves!
Poor Yummy 😭
I used to read a book about Robert Yummy Sandifer what I was in high school it's called yummy the last days of Southside shorty
When I was young I fought to stay out of gangs until they respected me! Life comes down to Choices and Prayer!
What point we're u trying to make ain't every body in the same living situation
I remember this case " never forgot it " all around tragic .
Really got a feeling this happened to my baby brother as well in Detroit smh I’ve been wanting to direct a movie based on yummy and kids like the hardaway brothers
Sorry to hear that .
I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU OUT WITH THE MOVIE
@@danniellerush2980 o yes do u have email or social media I definitely want to work with independent people on these type of films important messages and shocking events in the world like yummy story so many young lives like his Tupac would have loved movies like that I think let’s definitely manifest teaming up to get stories like this out more ♥️💯
Accept my sympathy
@@stacyr4768 plz know I truly do thank u so much ❤️🥰
His mom passed from cancer before even hitting 50 last year on tupac bday I want to ask for his ashes to get in a locket but I’m scared to ask his only surviving sister besides me what would u do if it was your brother 🥺🙏🏾❤️
it was no way out from that situation i'm glad that the killers realized there mistake my prayer goes out to yummy family as fucked up the mother and grand mother was to him they still had a title towards him and to everybody out there just because your father wasn't in your life don't mean its the end of the world be your own person how ever if you are feeling that way and thats the path you are choosing just know what that comes with jail or in the grave look in the mirror and ask yourself is it worth it and if you have outlet like rapping please don't diss nobody and get out the hood its never to late to change take care.
Not the killers, just participated in some way
I really want to hear more from Yummy's family..I know they will never reveal themselves bc honestly they all (who was alive during that time) should be ashamed of themselves...EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM
Here you go. czcams.com/video/AvLrkBgQH2Q/video.html
The mom is truly disgusting fr
I think there all dead now. I know his mom is
I’m related to yummy newer generation tho
The mom.abused him, burned him woth cigarettes and shi.
This breaks my heart ! Most ppl that join gangs just wanted a family and that same delusion of family will rid of you based off an assumption 🤬
Still crazy to give 45 to a 14 getaway driver
exactly
If they was white kids they would've did 2 years
I believe the prosecutor's line was that they were super-predators and that they could not be helped. So their conditioning of the jury this way aided in their sentencing. Derrick (the 14 year old getaway driver) was told by lawyers not to react (or get emotional) in the courtroom, and later, it was said that he showed no remorse, when he was only following his lawyers instructions.
@@MediaGoffTV stop it! They would have given white kids a long sentence, too.
Stfu brah its 2021 everybody knows about white privilege 🙄
I will never ever forget this we lived on 103rd cottage grove at the time of yummy’s death..i remember asking my dad why would they kill him he was just a lil boy and i cried..Chicago is such a rough azz place to grow up and if you’re not mind strong the streets of Chicago will eat you alive
Yummys story is a really sad one 🙏🏾
Looking at this video trips me out. I went to HS wit they older sister Katrice. Derrick looks and sounds exactly like her. Before this all went down I remember their sister telling me about the brothers but she never mentioned they were BD's. Crazy how we can be less than 3 degrees connected to a person or situation.
I think these two brothers shod get a second chance they can be of more value working outside with the kids in the communities than sitting in prison i hope they get a second chance. ❤🇨🇦
Your Right I’m from Chicago it’s a lot of yummy family members that ain’t got over this jail the safest place
@@righteousmasculine bs, lmfao. The beef with who sent the hit moreso than the kids sent off to do it. They'll be fine.
@@LaidBack-- Man U crazy if u think that I still got family back home and I go there and I still know some of yummy cuzns u crazy if you think they won’t get them boys and whoever ordered it too One of them actually pulled the trigger they in more danger
@@righteousmasculine shorty didn't even really have no family outside his grandma and a few others who mostly not even alive right now, so that's bs... If so it would've BEEN a war with his family. Born, raised, and still here. Ain't nobody doing nothing to them dudes... That's just talking and capping.
@@righteousmasculine That's sad and that's why its a cycle that needs to be broken. You kill these dudes but Yummy is still gone.
Boy them 2 was wild, I grew up with them
I figured they were,after killing them had the nerve to go home and go to sleep?
@@pennyparham7007Sandifer aint innocent
@@blackiechan4577 I didn't say he was HE WAS A CRUELY TREATED CHILD SINCE BIRTH,HE SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN ASSASSINATED ON HIS KNEES SHOT TWICE IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD THESE BOYS THAT KILLED HIM WERE YOUNG MEN,THAT GIRLS MURDER THEY SAID ONE OF THOSE gang members kill that girl and put it on sandifer,Those boys shouldn't be out now,the driver did show so.remorse, the trigger man didn't.
The young lady he killed was my cousin, yummy had a criminal record a mile long he was not a innocent little boy
I’m sorry for your lost but that little boy was failed by his mom , dad and grandma so this tragic story is the result of it all
Not that I'm trying to talk down on him but he sounded like a nightmare: strong-arming other kids, picking fights no matter how much bigger or smaller somebody was, etc... and even fighting church-goers when the young lady's mother took him to church. Based on his autopsy and notes from his psychiatrist, months before he was killed, he had been abused. Cigarette burns were found on his neck, buttocks and other places. Even if he had not been in a gang, I believe he still would have terrorized others around him.
"Regulate" was the shit.
Still is
@@niqueg2963 #FACTory👏🏾👏🏾
My aunt loved that song back in the day
@@amannamesolo 💯
Where are all your kids you ghetto queen
The system and reckless streets/adults failed these young men tremendously. This very heartbreaking 💔 #RestEasyYummy
When that music video started playing; I nearly fell out of my seat LAUGHING!🤣🤣😂😂
What's so funny about that? 🤔
This is what happens when the Father figure is gone. My wife and I have 5 children I hope I set a good example for my sons and hope I do the same when my daughters look for a husband. Nobody is perfect.
Their parents were happily married, they also had a very tight knit family with their grandmother and aunt living within walking distance of their family home. It’s not always a case of the missing dad.
Do you even know what their situation was? Lol. Their dad was present and still married to their mom. He was a software engineer and their mom was an educator (a council member in fact). And their sister was in college at the time with aspirations of becoming a television producer. The boys, themselves were said to have been book smart, with Cragg being somewhat of a math whiz. It's not right to jump to conclusions.
@@anonimothy5979 good for them but a lot of issues today in America is the breakdown of the 2 parent family. So I stand behind my comment, black white green it doesn't matter what color skin they have either.
@@letsgobrandon8375 Okay, I respect your opinion. Sorry.
@@letsgobrandon8375 you can stand by whatever you want, your comment doesn't apply here is THE POINT. This is a perfect example of you can do everything right and your children can still do wrong. So your logic is stubborn and low key ignorant. instead of admitting you were wrong in this case, you want to stubbornly stand by your comment that doesn't apply here like a douche bag.
this is such a sad story
I wonder how many BD’s been checking up on these guys over the last 20 years.
Good question
4:10 is your answer
Him reaching out to his fam and they not responding. They didnt care about that boy
evil deed. But 45 years for a 14 yr old getaway driver seems rough
It's right
Facts
Yeah the lawyers sold him out, probably convinced them to take "blind plea agreements" in which they plead guilty without an agreement on how much time they'll get. Murder carried 20-60 yrs back in the 90s, judge gave him 45 and his older brother the max at 60. They have spent more than 2 times their original ages in prison. No doubt they are institutionalized. 45 yrs at age 14 and a alleged getaway driver is a lot of time. I think he would have done 50% of that time, so about 23 yrs, and his brother 30. They both should be out of prison now.
I believe the get away driver is an accomplice, correct? Well then there it is. The driver is an accomplice to murder.
derrick hardway got out in 2016
I believe these two are serious and sincere !!!
Yes because they have been sitting in jail for years.
@@Mrs.TJ516 they have been released
They are doing just what they said they would do
Now it's time to lead by example... They was kids looking up to the wrong people. Rest in love yummy and hope they can touch and change lives
They showed derrick picture mugshot did you guys catch that
I'm in Philly where every other house has a Yummy...
Real rap Philly BMORE, New Orleans fisrt time I seen a 15 year old dope fiend was in Baltimore
Just sad all the way around....
I'm 40 years of age born in 82 and I just heard this story last year
Your average working productive person isn't able to know about everything in the news...too busy living life and doing things.
I'm from east but live in Annapolis keep ur head up bruh 💪🏾
I went to school with these cats. Craag was cool we called him CR. Shame this happened man.
That’s awesome
Just listening to the way the Hardaway brothers spoke it seems like Yummy wasn't the only one who was just caught up hanging with the wrong crowd.
This will always be a sad story almost 30 years later
I have never forgotten this, beyond sad,
Gangs are not the real family. But this does start at the home. Most like with the absence of the fathers to straighten out these kids to keep them off the street gangs. I pray for the future dads to keep this story in mind and please take care of your children, love them and lead them to a better path, much better than what we lived. Teach them.
To anybody that thinks the gang life Is all cool and glamorous.
Is it possible they can get a second chance? When you're young you don't think that things will go a certain away. They were all products of their environments including Yummy.
I thank God my siblings and I didn't grow up that way. My mom means everything to me.
My bro on my father's side has 4 life sentences and my baby bro passed trying to be a witness.
Please encourage our young black men to go another way. You're not lame cause you don't want to be in a gang. That's being a winner.
They have both been released by now
I was 9 in 1994 growing up in DC and remember how bad it was living in a rough city. We do each other dirty smh crazy times smh
3:58 - 4:21 reality
Sadly this era and their rap music is grooming alot of future yummy's. Anyone who says or thinks differently is indenial.
It's not the music, there are many factors, poverty, neglect, lack of educational systems, etc. I listened to the same music so not that simple. The same way metal doesn't cause white kids to kill ...
@@yvetteschools4979 you should study the effects of music and repetition on the human mind.
@@diamondgodisis5367 re read her statement, you ain’t understand
I know you white
@@qe1003 I understood. She CLEARLY stated it's NOT the music.
They should be in a program to speak to kids in middle school and high school. That should be thier sentence now, going to schools speaking.
Whoever put the hit out on yummy or told Craag to shoot him should definitely be in jail for life
Why did Robert kill that lil girl nobody ask that question but a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old get 40 and 65 years for killing somebody who killed a girl and shot two children
his gang ordered him to shoot at the enemy and he hit the girl by mistake, his own gang then killed him through fear he would snitch
@@ryanparry2476 All them was in the gang and they was 14 and 16 years old they still was young to
@@christinawilliams5068 I know there olders need to check themselves, sad thing is it's the norm out there now
He was turning his self in and they wanted make sure he didn’t say anything that’s why the hit was out
Bro an 11 year old is literally a baby he didn’t even experience puberty, at 14 and 16 you still knew more than an 11 year old, they turned that baby into a monster.
Yummys family care about him less than the ppl who took his life
I remember being in Juvenile in 1994 and seeing Yummy on the cover of the time magazine and a picture of him in his casket
I hope that was a wake up call for you
Dam, 930 homicides in a yr. That's at least 2-3 bodies a day. The 90's was a crazy time. This system is phucked up
Your own gang do you in, and yall consider them family . Crazy ass shit.
Hey it's no loyalty among theives
Fast forward to now and Cragg is doing drunk interviews where u can tell hes so proud of what he did..
I’m so sorry to anyone going through things like this you deserve better you aren’t worthless you can make it and find ppl that will love you. People that will except you and help you recover your worth it.
3:10 his voice almost sounds like 21 savage in interviews