
They got members that make money through various ways such as drugs or robberies.”

But there are many other roles members play within their own area, such as the gang banger who is the poster child for one's set. “For one, the original concept and mission of street gangs was to keep outsiders and rival enemies and different races away from committing various crimes in one neighborhood. “There are many roles gangs play in a neighborhood,” James II explains. Its members and bosses are viewed as part of the community and forces for both good and evil. For youngsters growing up in the decades since, these well-established gangs are part of the neighborhood like certain mom and pop stores. James II can be seen in the photo on the right holding a photograph of Crips founder Raymond Washington. “The Notorious 4 Corner Bloc Crips was originally established in the early 1960s as the Squarehood Crips and later changed its name to 4 Corner Bloc Crips in the early 1980's,” James II tells Gangsters Inc.

There are over 26 thousand gangs with around 750 thousand members in the United States.
