Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, an ...

The Gangster Disciples and Hip-Hop’s Political Echo Chamber. ... For years, Larry Hoover has been a polarizing figure—a gang leader to some, a symbol of redemption to others.

Larry Hoover, now 74, was the leader of the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples and was convicted in 1997 for running the criminal enterprise ...

Hoover, 74, still faces the remainder of a 200-year sentence in Illinois for the 1973 murder of William "Pooky" Young.

Larry Hoover tries again for sentencing break, says he wants ‘nothing to do’ with Gangster Disciples A judge last year declined a request from Hoover for a lower sentence under the First Step Act.

Outside of rapper Rick Ross’ reference to the gang leader in his song “B.M.F.” (I think I’m Big Meech, Larry Hoover), most folks don’t know much about Hoover or the Gangster Disciples ...

Larry Hoover: Ex-gang leader championed by Kanye West and Drake renounces Gangster Disciples. Hoover is currently serving time in a Colorado prison ...

The Gangster Disciples was formed in 1974 and matured from a 60-man operation to a centralized criminal organization with nearly 30,000 members in Chicago, according to a 1995 gang profile ...

A gang based on Jacksonville’s Westside that took its name and symbols from the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples was dismantled in a lengthy multi-agency undercover operation, Sheriff T.K ...