Tha Screets 4-life

Part I of Essay
“Tha day before today I was gang banging around tha ‘hood in tha Screet. Chillin’ at tha crib making snaps wit them old heads.” Unless you where affiliated with a gang in some way you would not have a clue of what that meant. Gangs have been around ....

Part II of Essay
.... where simple. All their was, were knifes, leather, and your ‘hood and peeps. Back then, gangs were spontaneous and unplanned (Roth 698). There was no set leader, no set ways about doing things. If there was a fight going on and one of their members was in it the others would jump in too. Most original gangsters (OG) had an attachment to their ‘hood or territory (Roth 698). They stood up for their set. If other people that they don’t know come around started something. The gang would most likely get involved. In the 70& ....