>> i run with the blacks. there's not too many people like me. >> at first we thought he was messing with us, or just trying to have a little fun, but we found out he was the real deal. >> so talk to me about how an irish boy ends up as a crip? >> i'm not irish. >> dylan dunn? somebody named you irish. >> it's my step dad's last name. >> are you white? >> i'm puerto rican and italian. a little bit. >> he is serving 25 years to life for armed robbery. >> how are you perceived here? >> i get my respect. if i didn't, i -- like, they could stab me or whatever, i wouldn't be here, i'd be dead, you know. so evidently i get my respect. i mean, it wasn't easy, you know, it's still not easy, some places i go, i'm a target. >> why? >> because of who i run with, because of my gang affiliation.