Kareem “Doc” Louallen
Kareem “Doc” Louallen is from 139th Street in Harlem. He became as one of the founding members of the NFL Crew, made up of the young men from the block who grew up together. The crew was both respected and feared throughout Harlem from the late 1980s into the 1990s. Doc was deep in that world until an undercover officer who had befriended him set him up, leading to a federal conviction and seven years in Allenwood Prison.
Prison ended the illusion of the streets. Behind the prison walls, Doc confronted the destruction that came with that life — the people lost, the time wasted, the city changed forever. What began as punishment became the start of a mission.
After his release, he co-founded The Beat 139 Podcast and The Beat 139 Foundation, along with Diamond Back Entertainment, VK Collections, and Rose Gold Fashion Boutique. Through these platforms, he speaks openly about the streets that raised him and the cost of that life, using truth as both a warning and a bridge for others trying to change.
Doc has always wanted to help young people. Since elementary school, Doc had taken some of Harlem’s most legendary people under his wing— organizing youth basketball teams with Cam’ron, Mase, and Alley Moe, and forming early rap groups with Big L and Herb McGruff.
Now married to Vera Owens Louallen and father to four sons — Docquan, Kajuan, Avery, and Leo — Kareem “Doc” Louallen lives as proof that you can’t rewrite your past, but you can redefine what comes next. From Harlem’s hardest streets to the light of Beat the Streets, Kareem “Doc” Louallen turned his survival into purpose. His life stands as proof that strength isn’t measured by what you endure in the street life, but by the courage it takes to rise above it — to lead, to rebuild, and to pull others out of the same darkness you escaped.
