Adin Live - November 24, 2021Adin Ross Reacts to Why Rappers Are Scared Of O’Block
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Summary
Why are rappers scared of O Block? In this episode of Rap Central, we will tell you about the history of the O Block Gang, and the factions that make up the gang, and why rappers are scared of the gang.
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gangs used to actually be friends and uh they would actually like like love each other and like
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of south dr martin luther king drive lies o block o block is home to the parkway gardens
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low-income apartment complex these days there are various reports that rappers are scared of
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o block this complex is o block still um considered like a hot location or no 35 buildings and then
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one of them was where a young michelle obama and her family once lived she once described the place
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as a wonderful small apartment building so why then are rappers scared of o block today on rap
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central we'll show you just why o block history originally named parkway garden homes the
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apartment complex was built from 1950 to 1955 and was the first apartment complex to be
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cooperatively owned by chicago's african-american residents it was built to fix the problem of the
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urban housing shortage that happened after world war one the complex has 35 buildings in which 24 of
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them are walk-up buildings while the remaining 11 are eight-story buildings chicago's african-american
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population boomed from 1920 to 1970 and this was a time when o block became quite popular and in 2011
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the complex was even added to the national register of historic places however while o block became
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popular so did gangs and violence began to rise in the neighborhood o block gang i don't know if
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you guys knew this but guys real quick on some gang talk is that bobby i don't know if you guys knew
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this but um gangs used to actually be friends and uh they would actually like like love each other
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and like basically fight against the police or no they would keep the city clean
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these gangs in chicago were founded or began in 1958 by a group of young teenagers these teenagers
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were from the major black neighborhoods in chicago such as hyde park kenwood and inglewood with the goal
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of creating an alliance to combat their enemies some of the notable founders are david barksdale
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richard strong larry hoover leonard longstreet kilroy prince old timer etc they named this alliance
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devil's disciples but by the beginning of 1961 david barksdale had taken full control of the devil's
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disciples barksdale's goal was to turn all the small gangs around the neighborhood into factions
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of the disciples barksdale created the black disciples nation in 1966 so as to make the gang
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stronger and make them able to counteract threats from other gangs this move increased the number of
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people who joined the gang into the thousands but the gang became even bigger in 1969 when larry
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hoover the leader of the rival gang gangsta disciples agreed to a merger with barksdale
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and together they created the black see chat i'm jewish that's a jewish star i don't know if you guys
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knew that it's a star of david um i'm actually thinking about getting a chain of that um that's
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kind of cool i didn't know they repped that that's really cool is that their flag or their emblem i
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should say is that is that is that what they rep disciples nation however not long after the
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alliance was formed larry hoover was sentenced to prison for murder and with larry in prison
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barksdale became the only leader of the gang but in 1974 at the age of 27 barksdale died due to
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kidney complications his death left the problems within the black gangster disciples nation and the
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gang eventually split into different factions called the black gangster disciples and the black
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disciples now this is a crucial moment in the history of chicago and old block gangs because these
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two same gangs still rule the block till this very day the creation of these two factions led to a
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rivalry and a bloody gang war that has never ended but instead they only have peace for a while
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and then end up back at war again also these two gangs have factions that have been responsible for
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perpetrating violence on the streets of chicago for many years black disciples the black disciples
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gang have spread from chicago to other parts of america particularly to the midwestern and southwestern
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states the gang's colors are blue red and black as of 2004 research showed that there are as many
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as 300 factions of the black disciples wow each faction has over 30 members and they all maintain
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the same structure the highest rank okay so 300 times 30 is um 6 000 or no 9 000 in each set is king
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shorty and after which comes the minister assistant co-minister and then the demetrius the primary
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activity of the gang is illegal drug trafficking and other criminal activities of the gang include arms
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trafficking burglary money laundering murder racketeering robbery illegal gambling kidnapping
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and theft the black disciples are the dominant gang in old block many fans believe that the old block
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faction of the gang is responsible thank you hold up hold up listen when you guys roll dice do you roll
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two or three dice because snaggy mo came over last night and tried fucking finessing three dice
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everyone knows when you roll dice it's two bro fucking snaggy mo you weird ass bitch
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fans believe that the old block faction of the gang is responsible for most of the killings and
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violence that happens on the block and that the gang is also responsible for most of the violence
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that happens in chicago some other gang rivals of the black disciples are vice lords black p-stones
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mickey cobras latin kings and of course the gangster disciples due to the history of chicago gangs
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almost all families are involved with the gang one way or the other the gangs are generational which
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is why in most situations the grandfather is a gang member the father is a gang member and the
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son is a gang member it's kind of sad because you're literally like this kid is like like 13 14
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13 years old and he's and he's literally born into being a gang member it's cruel it's like
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it's fuck because you don't even choose that life so i kind of i feel for you guys when you guys like
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well some of you hold on a second let me rephrase this for any of you guys that go through this shit
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and i'm really sorry if you do like it's just crazy because i feel for you like you're born into it
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there's nothing you can do about it as a result many chicago rappers are born into these gangs
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and some of them are chief keith lil dirk la capone fredo santana lil reese and king von and in case
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you don't know the original leader of the black disciples david barksdale is the grandfather of
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king von this is also why von is called grandson and also the reason why he named one of his mixtapes
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grandson oh my god gangster disciples unlike the black disciples the gangster disciples are not
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just a street gang but also a prison gang the old color of the gangster disciples is black and blue
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but these days gang members now wear black and gray instead the gangster disciples have a significant
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presence in the u.s prison system and the gang is active in 110 cities and in 31 states just like the
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black disciples the gangster disciples are predominantly in the midwestern and southwestern states
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and this is why most times the gang are always in a war for territory the gangster disciples mostly
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hold territory in the near north side of chicago and the gang has over 25 000 to 50 000 members
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the gang is involved in criminal activities such as assault auto theft fraud homicide prostitution rings
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firearms violations money laundering and drug trafficking some gang allies of the gangster disciples
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are the crips simon city royals etc bro all those law-breaking activities and stuff it's just
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crazy i i would never i couldn't even imagine that like it's just insane bro i i feel for all of you
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guys bro i'm sorry for all of you guys that have to go through that and some of their rivals are latin
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kings people nation bloods vice lords and black peace stones some rappers who are members of the
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gangsta disciples are fbg duck little mister little mo ruga billionaire black oh jojo etc
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the death of tuca and od perry now in the past the neighborhoods with the most shootings in chicago
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were inglewood and the west side but nowadays o block has become perhaps the most dangerous
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neighborhood in all of chicago between june 2011 and june 2014 o block had the most shootings of any
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blocks in all of chicago this is undoubtedly a result of the gangs in the city and the complex was also
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named oblock by gang members in august 2011 od perry was shot and the block was named after him
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many fans believe that the block was named after him because he was a member of the black
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which street is although it isn't clear who killed od fans are speculating that he was killed by members
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of the gangsta disciples as a retaliation for the killing of gregory shondale who was popularly known
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as tuca was killed in january 2011 and after his death a set of gangsta disciples members who were
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originally known as st lawrence boys or as they're popularly known stl renamed themselves after him
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the gang is known as tuca and the territory they own is called tucaville 15 year old tuca was killed
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in january 2011 at a bus stop according to various fan speculations tuca was also killed as retaliation
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for the death of another black disciples member now this is another crucial point in breaking down the
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reason why rappers are scared of o block as the death of tuca began a long series of killings
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between the black disciples and the gangster disciples rappers attacked by the old block
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black disciples after the death of tuca the two gangs have been involved wait so chat wait so it's bd
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versus gd right so what how far away um how many how many how far away how many blocks would you say
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one there's literally no way you guys are being serious
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that is the most sketchiest shit i've ever heard in my life so you're telling me you could be walking
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your dog you cross the street nah i'm not even that's insane bro like that's actually the craziest
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shit of all time what the fuck their neighbors what the fuck and multiple retaliation killings
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with victims on both sides one of such victims was lil jojo the 18 year old rapper had been involved
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with a feud with black disciples chief keith and lil reese jojo had aimed a couple of twitter messages
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at lil reese and a number of other black disciples members although reese never responded jojo was shot
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in the back when the car pulled up while he was riding a bicycle in inglewood now fans have
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speculated that jojo was killed for disrespecting lil reese and chief keith were members of the
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old block faction of the black disciples another rapper who was allegedly attacked by the old
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black black disciples is fbg wooski wooski is a member of the flyboy gang who are allegedly
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members of the gangsta disciples wooski had a deadly rivalry with king von and the duo were
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allegedly involved in retaliation killings of their friends and associates according to various
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reports wooski had allegedly been involved in the death of one of von's friends and von
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responded by allegedly killing wooski's cousin and fans believe that von might have ordered the
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shooting of wooski at the funeral of another rapper dooski the man dooski was killed in a
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drive-by shooting fans even believe that von rapped about it in his song exposing me when he said
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wooski got shot up right in his top now the other rappers who are mentioned in this video were killed
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either after releasing the song dissing old block black disciples members or mocking the death of one
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of the gang members but before we delve into that don't forget to like and subscribe to the
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channel to watch more videos like this one another rapper who fans believe was killed by black
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disciples members was lil mark lil mark is the brother of tuca and unfortunately this shit is
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really all crazy to think about bro i'm not gonna lie this is this shit is really fucking crazy to think