1. Larry Hoover is the founder of the Chicago street gang, the Gangster Disciples.
23 Facts About Larry Hoover
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Larry Hoover was previously sentenced to life imprisonment plus 200 years for a 1973 murder.
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Larry Hoover has made multiple attempts to have his sentence shortened.
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Larry Hoover was born on November 30,1950, in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Larry Hoover moved to Chicago, Illinois, at the age of four.
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At the age of 13, Larry Hoover dropped out of junior high and joined a gang called the Supreme Gangsters, when he was involved in petty theft and muggings.
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In 1968, Larry Hoover was romantically involved with Winndye Jenkins, with whom he shares one of his three children.
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Larry Hoover involved himself in fighting cold cases about murders that are only now coming to light, tied to the organization.
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In 1974, after the leader of the Black Disciples, David Barksdale, died of kidney failure stemming from injuries incurred in a 1970 assassination attempt, Larry Hoover took over the reins of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation.
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Larry Hoover's killing was ordered by Hoover after his name was mentioned as one of three people accused of stealing drugs and money from the gang six days earlier.
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Andrew Howard was arrested on March 16,1973, while Larry Hoover went in to hiding in Chicago.
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On September 21,1973, Larry Hoover was driving a stolen truck and was asked to stop for a traffic violation.
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Larry Hoover tried to run away from the scene but was arrested.
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In October 1973, Howard and Larry Hoover were both indicted for murder and in December both were sentenced to life imprisonment plus 200 years in prison.
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Larry Hoover was sent to Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, to serve out his term.
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Larry Hoover was arrested at the Dixon Correctional Center by federal agents, and moved to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago to stand trial.
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Larry Hoover was sentenced to three additional life terms in federal prison.
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Larry Hoover is currently serving his sentence at the ADX Florence in Fremont County, Colorado.
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In 2021, Larry Hoover, having hired Bill Cosby's former attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, tried to appeal his sentence under the First Step Act, but was denied by US Judge Harry Leinenweber.
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In 2014, Winndye Jenkins-Hoover, who had been Hoover's partner since 1968, created the Larry Hoover Project, aimed to give her husband clemency and have his criminal history reviewed.
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Drake's performance and cry for Larry Hoover's clemency was accidentally edited off of the original stream, but was later revised.
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Larry Hoover appears via phone from prison on multiple skits of Geto Boys' 1996 album, The Resurrection, where he discusses his views on the prison system and the youth of the black community.
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Larry Hoover is mentioned in rapper Killer Mike's 2023 song "Down by Law," which serves as the opening track of his album Michael, which won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2024.