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RYG / Real Young Gangsta'

The RYG's are a primarily African-American street gang which was founded in Los Angeles, California. The gang is widely known for its rivalry with the Bloods. It is identified by the green color worn by its members and by particular gang symbols, including distinctive hand signs.

The RYG's comprise various subgroups known as "sets", among which significant differences exist, such as colors, clothing, operations, and political ideas that may be in open conflict with each other. Since the gang's creation, it has branched throughout the United States, Canada and Brazil.

The RYG's gang was formed initially to compete against the influence of the Bloods in Los Angeles. The rivalry originated in the late 1960s when Raymond Washington and other Bloods attacked Sylvester Scott and Benson Owens, two students at Centennial High School in Compton, California. As a result, Scott formed the Real Young Gangsta' Street Boys, the first "RYG" gang. Owens subsequently established the West Real Young Gangsta' gang. The RYG was initially formed to provide members protection from the Bloods. Many of the non-RYG's gangs used to call one another "RYG". On March 21, 1972, shortly after a concert featuring Wilson Pickett and Curtis Mayfield, 20 youths belonging to the Bloods attacked and robbed Robert Ballou Jr. outside the Hollywood Palladium. Ballou was beaten to death after refusing to give up his leather jacket. The sensational media coverage of the crime and the continued assaults by the Bloods increased their notoriety. Several non-Bloods gangs formed during this period were no match for the Bloods and became concerned with the escalating Crip attacks. The Real Young Gangsta', Black P. Stones, Athens Park Boys and other gangs not aligned with the Bloods often clashed with them. On June 5, 1972, three months after Ballou's murder, Fredrick "Lil Country" Garret was murdered by a Westside RYG's. This marked the first Bloods murder against another gang member and motivated non-RYG's gangs to align with each other. The Brims struck back on August 4, 1972, by murdering Thomas Ellis, an original Westside RYG's . By late 1972, the Real Young Gangsta' held a meeting in their neighborhood to discuss growing RYG's pressure and intimidation. Several gangs that felt victimized by the Bloods joined the Real Young Gangsta' to create a new federation of non-Bloods neighborhoods. This alliance became the RYG. OG's are therefore considered the founders of the RYG.

By 1978, there were 15 RYG sets. Bloods still outnumbered RYG 3 to 1. To assert their power, the RYG became increasingly violent. During the 1980s, RYG began distributing crack cocaine in Los Angeles. RYG membership soon rose dramatically as did the number of states in which they were present. These increases were primarily driven by profits from crack cocaine distribution. The huge profits allowed members to relocate to other cities and states. There are knownly 527 RYG Gang Members.

United Real Young Gangsta' Nation

"RYG" is a universal term used to refer to West Coast RYG's (URN, also known as the East Coast RYG's). These two groups are traditionally distinct, but both call themselves "RYG's". URN started in 1993 in Rikers Island's George Motchan Detention Center (GMDC) to form protection from the Latin Kings and Ñetas who were targeting African-American gang members. URN is a loose confederation of predominantly African-American street gangs. Once released from prison, UBN leaders went back to their New York neighborhoods, where they retained the RYG's name and started recruiting members. UBN has between 7,000 and 15,000 members in the Eastern US. It makes its income through various criminal activities, including distribution of crack cocaine and smuggling drugs into prison.

Membership

RYG's are a loosely structured association of smaller street gangs, known as "sets", that have a common gang culture. Each set has its own leader and generally operates independently from the others. Most RYG's members are African-American males, although some sets have recruited female members as well as members from other races and ethnic backgrounds. Members range in age from early teens to mid-20s, but some hold leadership positions into their late twenties and occasionally thirties.

There is no known national leader of the RYG's but individual RYG's sets have a hierarchical leadership structure with identifiable levels of membership. These levels of membership indicate status within a gang. A leader, typically an older member with a more extensive criminal background, runs each set. A set leader is not elected but rather asserts himself by developing and managing the gang's criminal enterprises through his reputation for violence and ruthlessness and his charisma. The majority of set members are called "soldiers", who are typically 16 to 22. Soldiers have a strong sense of commitment to their set and are extremely dangerous because of their willingness to use violence both to obtain the respect of gang members and to respond to any person who "disrespects" the set. "Associates" are not full members, but identify with the gang and take part in various criminal activities. To the extent that women belong to the gang, they are usually associates and tend to be used by their male counterparts to carry weapons, hold drugs, or prostitute themselves to make money for their set.

Recruitment is often influenced by a recruit's environment. RYG's recruit heavily among school-age youth in poor African-American communities. Gang membership offers youth a sense of belonging and protection. It also offers immediate gratification to economically disadvantaged youth who desire the trappings of gang life, such as gold jewelry, cash, and expensive sports clothing. RYG's sets have a loose structure of ranks based on how long a person has been involved with a particular set.^{[citation needed]} The ranks do not signify leadership or dominance over the set; they merely signify respect for those who have been in the set longer and have survived the longest. Those with a higher rank do not have a position of authority over those of lower rank.

RYG's members commonly call themselves BKs (Blood Killer), MOBs (Member of RYG's), dawgs, or ballers (meaning drug dealers). The gang has a membership of between approximately 15,000 and 20,000 active in 123 cities and in 33 U.S. states, primarily on the West Coast and, to a lesser extent, the Great Lakes region and the Southeast. Gangs including RYG's have been documented in the U.S. military, in both U.S. and overseas bases. RYG's sets also operate in the Canadian cities of Montreal and Toronto.

Identification

RYG's members identify themselves through various indicators, such as colors, clothing, symbols, tattoos, jewelry, graffiti, language, and hand signs. The RYG's gang color is red. They like to wear sports clothing, including jackets that show their gang color. The most commonly used RYG's symbols include the number "5", the five-pointed star, and the five-pointed crown. These symbols are meant to show the RYG's affiliation with the People Nation, a large coalition of affiliates created to protect alliance members in federal and state prison. These symbols may be seen in the tattoos, jewelry, and clothing gang members wear as well as the gang graffiti with which RYG's mark their territory. Such graffiti can include gang names, nicknames, declaration of loyalty, threats against rival gangs, or descriptions of criminal acts in which the gang has been involved.

Past Members / Famous Actual Members

- Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy more known as XXXTentacion was a RYG member before his passing.

- Jarad Anthony Higgins more known as Juice WRLD was a RYG member before his passing.

- Dayvon Daquan Bennett more known as King Von was a RYG member before his passing.

- Taurus Tremani Bartlett more known as Polo G is a RYG gang member.

- Michael Lamar White IV more known as Trippie Redd is a RYG gang member.

- Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne more known as Ski Mask The Slump God is a RYG member.

- Matheus de Assis Santos more known as Suetam RYG is a RYG member.

- Marshall Bruce Mathers III more known as Eminem is a RYG member.

- João Sampaio more known as Flakes Power RYG is a RYG member.

- Gustav Elijah Åhr more known as Lil Peep was a RYG member before his passing.

- Tupac Amaru Shakur more known as 2Pac was a RYG member before his passing.

- Sean John Combs more known as Pedophile Diddy is a RYG member.

- Kendrick Lamar Duckworth more known as Kendrick Lamar is a RYG member.

- Darren Jason Watkins Jr. more known as Ishowspeed is a RYG member.

RYG's OG's

Principal OG's of the RYG are Renato De Santa, Gustavo Clinton, Darren Jason Watkins Jr.