How exactly did la/chicago gangs spread throughout the country?

[Will Ross]

Rap made it cool to the people that arent directly near it

It made it cool for people living in areas that are prime for gangs too.

 

[Mowgli]

The Hidden Hand of the white man

 

[Da_Eggman]

Money

People went where there was money to be made

 

[Noriega]

Dealer/distribution network (Chicago).

They flooded the south with drugs in the 80s/90s.

This plus a lot of Chicago nikkas families originally come from Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia etc.

 

[Thurgood Thurston III]

rap music hands down is the reason why it spread

No it isn't... There weren't really any mainstream songs that featured those specific gangs around the time those gangs spread to other areas.

 

[Black Hans]

The white man and the Illuminati

 

[Shadow King]

What bugs me out is how @Uncouth Savage allegedly Jamican but a Latin King. Tf?

I know y'all beefing but there were black Latin Kings...not many but it exists...

 

[DonB90]

Glad I grew up in Florida in the 90s/00s away from all that pickme/no identity shyt

 

[DropTopDoc]

Prisons, but Larry had ties to family in Mississippi so you know it would spread same with blood/crips

 

[Remote]

Don't all gangs spread through prison?

 

[PatCake]

Men have an inherent need for a culture and a sense of belonging. The lost ones end up in gangs.

 

[Kasper KArr]

I know y'all beefing but there were black Latin Kings...not many but it exists...

Oh. I did not know that. But at the same time, I am not surprised. In chicago? If so, they still present today?

 

[Will Ross]

No it isn't... There weren't really any mainstream songs that featured those specific gangs around the time those gangs spread to other areas.

rap music played a huge role in the spread of LA gangs. no its not the only cause but to down play the role is not realistic

 

[Shadow King]

Oh. I did not know that. But at the same time, I am not surprised. In chicago? If so, they still present today?

Probably more likely in New York than Chicago.

 

[How Sway?]

Probably more likely in New York than Chicago.

No offense but I could NEVER see me as a black man claiming to be a "latin king", but different strokes for different folks