Rudy Corpuz: Surviving The Dope Game, SoMa's Filipino Hood, Founding United Playaz

History of the Bay Podcast Ep. 108: Rudy Corpuz, Jr. has been a fixture in the San Francisco community as the founder of United Playaz. His work focuses on violence prevention and youth mentorship, headquartered in the SoMa District. As the child of Filipino immigrants, Rudy struggled with identity issues and began getting into trouble at an early age. This led him towards selling and eventually using drugs, which landed him in jail. After turning his life around, he got a job doing outreach to Filipino gangs who were involved in riots at Balboa High School. After helping bring Black, Samoans, and Filipinos together at the school, Rudy started United Playaz. -- For promo opportunities on the podcast, e-mail [email protected] -- History of the Bay Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZU... Online Store: https://dregsone.myshopify.com Follow Dregs One: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UNuC... Instagram:   / dregs_one   TikTok:   / dregs_one   Twitter:   / dregs_one   Facebook:   / dregsone415   0:00 How Dregs met Rudy 5:42 Philippines to SF 10:52 SoMa & Manilatown 18:57 Identity crisis 24:26 Crack era 31:20 Life in SoMa 35:31 Asian gangs 40:24 Dope game, jail, addiction 52:34 Making a change 56:52 Filipino gang prevention 1:08:53 United Playaz 1:13:22 Working with the youth 1:17:24 SoMa today #unitedplayaz #filipino #sanfrancisco #violenceprevention