I Was a New York Pimp — Then Got Sent to Rikers Island

Mr. Based went from growing up in New Jersey with a successful lawyer stepfather to running New York City's largest escort empire — and everything in between involved a world trip drug deal phone company and some of the most controversial decisions in New York nightlife history. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Mr. Based pulls back the curtain on all of it.He opens up about building and running a high profile escort agency the risks of working with powerful clients and what surviving Rikers Island actually looked like — including crossing paths with Lilo Brancato the actor from A Bronx Tale who was serving time alongside him. Then he gets into the most explosive part of his story — ratting on the governor and exposing corruption at the highest levels of New York power. And he shares how he turned everything into one of the most controversial streaming careers on the internet. #MrBased #TrueCrime #JoshuaBlock #PrisonStories #SurvivingRikers #ExposingCorruption #ControversialFigures #LiloBrancato Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?h... https://ianbick.com/ Connect with Mr Based: https://youtube.com/@MrBasedIRL?si=eY... Timestamps: 00:00 NYC Escort Empire Rikers Island and Exposing the Governor — Mr. Based's Full Story 05:16 Growing Up in New Jersey and the Comfortable Life He Left Behind 10:29 What It Was Like Growing Up With a Successful Lawyer as a Stepfather 15:45 The High School and College Experiences That Set Everything in Motion 20:58 Going From Professional to Entertainer — The Transition Nobody Saw Coming 26:22 The World Trip and the Drug Deal That Changed the Direction of His Life 31:42 The Phone Company Journey Nobody Expected That Led to Something Bigger 36:47 Life Inside Prison — The Weirdos the Crazies and How He Survived 41:40 How Reading Inside Prison Became His Greatest Escape 46:54 Building NYC's Largest Escort Agency From Scratch 52:16 The Risks of Working With High Profile and Powerful Clients 57:26 How the Business Operations of a Major Escort Empire Actually Work 01:02:35 Life in Prison and What That World Really Looked Like 01:07:34 Life at Rikers Island — Including Meeting Lilo Brancato From A Bronx Tale 01:13:12 How He Became One of the Most Controversial Streamers on the Internet 01:18:24 Meeting Joshua Block and How He Changed Everything About Live Streaming 01:23:48 Ratting on the Governor Exposing Corruption and Why He Has No Regrets