The Four Corner Hustlers founded by Mr. Walter Wheat of Chicago’s Pulaski Road of the Westside is currently the largest of seven remaining tribes included inside of the Almighty Vice Lord Nation. Tea Mack is a universal representative for the Four Corner Hustlers and his Four Corner Hustlers Chronicles column will be a regular feature on Gorilla ... [Continue Reading]
New Documentary Details the Life and Times of Street Legend Frank Matthews
In 1974, Frank Matthews, history’s first African American drug kingpin, jumped bail in New York City with $15 to 20 million and ostensibly a beautiful girlfriend. Nearly four decades later, the fate of Frank Matthews, the money and the girlfriend, Cheryl Brown, remain a complete mystery. “It’s as if Matthews dropped off the face of the earth,” ... [Continue Reading]
Queens Five Percenter Street General Pens Book
Straight out of the penitentiary comes Shakim Bio with his first book, Love, Hell or Right from Mikahs 7 Publishing. Buried in the belly of the beast for almost two decades Shakim Bio has written a riveting and moving book on building and maintaining a relationship with doing time. This book is a prison love story but it is so much more. But don’t ... [Continue Reading]
Vonda’s Gang
The Boobie Boys were one of Miami’s most violent gangs responsible, according to the Miami Dade Police Department, for more than 35 murders and 100 killings over an eight-year period, beginning in 1993. The Boobie Boys were led by the gang’s namesake, Kenneth “Boobie” Williams, who, from the late 1980s, built a drug empire worth an estimated $80 ... [Continue Reading]
Some fiends scream about Supreme Team/a Jamaica, Queens thing- Nas, Memory Lane (Sittin’ in the Park), Illmatic (1994)
One of the most lionized and lauded drug crews in rap, the Supreme Team has gone down in hip-hop’s lyrical lore as one of the baddest to ever do it in the 1980s crack era in New York City. Their stomping ground, Baisley Projects in the Southside of Queens became ground zero for both crack and hip-hop. They were ghetto superstars in the extreme in ... [Continue Reading]
Junior Black Mafia Revisited
The Junior Black Mafia terrorized inner-city Philadelphia in the mid to late 80s. Since their arrests and convictions in federal and state courts their legacy has lived on in street lore and popular culture. Books have been written, fiction and nonfiction, movies made and magazine articles profiling the crew have appeared detailing their exploits ... [Continue Reading]
Words with a Real Washington, D.C. Gangster
Everyone has heard about Rayful Edmond, the infamous Washington, D.C. drug lord turned snitch, but less is know about the crew behind him that put him in power. The majority of them stand up men of honor, who kept their mouths shut and have been buried in the belly of the beast since the late-80s crack era. Antonio “Yo” Jones is one of those men. ... [Continue Reading]
Fight Club
Prison and boxing go together like Harley Davidson’s and bikers. Sometimes professional fighters go to prison a la Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and Mike Tyson. It’s not that much of a surprise to see men who participate in a violent sport going to prison. Not to say they all do. Boxing used to be real big in prison. Prisons all over the country had ... [Continue Reading]
Mafia Inspired T-Shirts
The mob and Italian mafia has been a part of popular culture ever since The Godfather catapulted the mythical Don Corleone into the national consciousness. From Al Capone and Lucky Luciano to John Gotti and Sammy the Bull, America has been obsessed with their mobsters and Hollywood has taken note with movies like Casino, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, ... [Continue Reading]
Life and Times of a Chili Pimp
Ex-Chili pimp, ex-corrupt cop, ex-hustler, ex-drug dealer andNew York Citynative Michael “Mickman” Gourdine tells his story in Chili Pimpin inAtlantic Cityout on Strategic Media Books. His vivid tale is told in the first person and in Mickman’s unique style and voice. Mickman was featured in As Is Magazine and now you can read his story in this ... [Continue Reading]
