Growing up just blocks from John Gotti's social club in New York City's Little Italy, Frank Parisi was raised in a world of Mafia figures, drug dealers, violence, and organized crime. His family owned a famous Italian bakery that secretly operated as a major marijuana distribution hub, moving hundreds of pounds of drugs through the streets of New York. Johnny sits down with Frank Parisi to reveal what it was really like growing up surrounded by the New York Mafia during the 1980s and 1990s. From witnessing brutal beatings outside his family's bakery as a young child to rubbing shoulders with powerful mob figures, Frank was exposed to the criminal underworld before he was old enough to understand it. His father was one of New York's biggest marijuana dealers, supplying everyone from street crews to well-connected organized crime figures. By age 12, Frank was selling drugs himself, and as he got older, he became involved in violent Staten Island street crews, drug trafficking, and an increasingly destructive opioid addiction. Despite countless arrests and dangerous encounters, he somehow managed to avoid a lengthy prison sentence. After years of addiction, violence, and brushes with death, Frank finally walked away from the streets and rebuilt his life in Texas. But in 2023, his incredible story took another shocking turn when he suffered sudden heart failure, experienced what he describes as dying on the operating table, and received a life-saving heart transplant from a 19-year-old girl. Frank reveals the untold stories of growing up in New York's Mafia underworld, the reality of life inside a criminal family, his descent into addiction, and the near-death experience that changed everything. Go Support Frank! Website and Book: https://frank-parisi.com/ Join The Patreon For Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6mc4qAxpztC6D20wzeS91C Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU69IWUT8m_qPT01AbelXiA/join