The Hard Luck Show

Inmate turned author, Riley Perez joins the show to reveal mind-blowing details about breaking into the home of Girls Gone Wild creator, Joe Francis, and forcing his captive to make a mortifying video. Author and professor, Pete Conti laces us up with his own sensational wit.

Hard Luck Studios records live at the Regime Contemporary Art Gallery bringing you up-close to Lyon Herron, the extremely talented photographer. Big Lucks and the crew chop it up with industry icons, luminaries, friends of the show like Charlie Chacon, Riley Perez, and Esteban Oriol and you're in the front row.

Keith takes us on a jaw-dropping, hysterical journey through his youth growing up in West Covina, to the edge-of-your-seat crime sprees and drug escapades that sent him to California State Prison.

Tattoo Legend, Big Tiny, owner of Unauthorised Ink, reunites with Big Luck to reminisce on the prison stint where they first met. Tiny reveals what it's like managing the demand of his global recognition as a tattoo artist, being a big dude during riots, how to craft streetwear brands and more.

Jameson whiskey meets Chicano history when Diablo holds court in the studio brandishing a volatile mix of deadly serious street lore, mythic sagas, outlandish side trips wrapped up by spoken word perfection, leaving you feeling like you were in a Westside edition of Stranger Things.

Infamous tattoo artist, Baby Ray who trained Mr. Cartoon, blasts our ears with his tragic stories. But tagging along with our hero is his absolute miscreant sidekick, Puck from MTV's Real World, who almost derails the show with his salacious, untamed madness. Lucks isn’t having it. Chumahan tries to hang. Sean laughs at the wreckage. FULL WARNING: This episode is not for the faint of heart.

A true Westside Certified OG firestarter that started so much shit that we can't even write about it. Oh... And he toured with Young MC, ICE T, builds his own bikes, owns his own bike dealership, and mediates conflict between the notorious.

Big Luck reveals his take on The Irishman, Deniro, Pacino and Pesci, and peels back the ugly truth behind Scorcese's feud with comic book movies, dives deep into gangster cinema, what news Lucky actually cares about, new music's low energy level and Pumping Iron.

Maria describes what it's like to counsel criminal women in jails, walking through death and loss with her mother and how that gave her the courage to beat her own bout with cancer.

Ernie G serves up a Proper Dos of Westside History to cure your Westside cravings, laying it down on pioneering the Chicano rap scene, how they found the iconic name, the fans, the smash hits, the rapstar lifestyle and what he's doing now.

The Venice legend and Westside stalwart who hails from a grand Lowrider family and tradition, reveals the secrets of his longevity and how Westsiders tribe up inside the penitentiary.

Man's Search For Meaning. Anthony steers us through the savage saga starting with being locked up at 19 with 3 decades of hard institutional time to finding the key to inner and outer freedom in solitary confinement where one book changed his heart, mind and spirit forever. https://amzn.to/2p9foAZ

Noah Levine, LA Buddist Master, author of 4 books, reveals the secrets of monks, his crazy life and how to love your Lowrider without being attached.

Trump, clipping people, baby won't sleep, how to say no. Chumahn dissects Trump's syndicate, Sean guilt-tripped into giving up the Beemer, Big Lucks runs us through how upper-management works on lames to bring in fresh geniuses to the show.

Mando guides us through the fiery labyrinth between the street and traveling the world and how to handle yourself like a king when the street comes looking for you later in life.

Culver City Homie Carlie Chacon, heir to the Royal Chacon Classic Low Rider Estates, lays it out on shooting the controversial true-story Westside Lowrider Documentary in the face of politics, drama, jail, murders and his knucklehead sidekick 'Smirnoff.'

Rama launches an epic journey into Ayahuasca and Steve's inner healing.

Sel tags the story walls with graffitiing his entire school, how he met Big Lucks, and the origins of his 'Punk Rock Zen.'

Big Lucks and Chumahan compare and laugh about their volatile, angry fathers.

Tattoo titan, Frank Ball Sr. reveals how one glass of wine dragged him back to prison after 10 years of sobriety and fires off about neck tattoos, tattooed mummies, tattoo culture and explores the idea of American Indian Fast Food.