Imagine pushing 50 and still being hung up on being a street figure, still thirsting for respect as a tough guy.![]()
Funny enough them west coast nikkaz older them him. They gang bang for life lolAll his peoples moved on in life, he’s on the corner at night with young dudes, it’s them he wanna be like. It’s sad but it’s fun to him, right? He never grew up, 31 & can’t give his youth up. He’s in his 2nd childhood” - Nas
Yea obviously we shouldnt praise disfunction but la gang life seems more structured especially for older guys. they not 50 years old banging that’s they lifestyle they lived for 40 years and they stayed alived and did snitch they gonna be respected and held to a certain status by they people.but the thing is in those sets the OGs and shotcallers are usually balling pretty hard. Jim's more on that level. Those guys still roll to the picnic, the memorial, the cookout. People have this idea that gang life ends in your early 20's or teens, and ends with sagging pants and bandannas, but for these guys it's a lifestyle and criminal enterprise that they take to the last days.
it's also a criminally structured mini empire/pyramid. Not every gang, but those major LA sets, the money guys are heavy in the game. I could speak on SD too, but when I was at the Nipsey memorial, there was a row of 60's guys, OG, way in the back, they had abut 4 hitters in front of them, face tats and rags, and they had two RR's pulled up, with like 50k watches on, no chains, no flags, just jeans and t shirts.
Yea obviously we shouldnt praise disfunction but la gang life seems more structured especially for older guys. they not 50 years old banging that’s they lifestyle they lived for 40 years and they stayed alived and did snitch they gonna be respected and held to a certain status by they people.