The City of Chicago has long been credited as being the birthplace of gang banging. It was the old stomping grounds of Italian mob boss Al Capone and later Gangster Disciple founder Larry Hoover and Black Disciple founder David Barksdale among other notorious gang leaders.

Twista attributed Chicago’s gun violence to a culture of “gang banging” during an interview with Hip Hop Nation.

“The shorties out there gang banging real hard,” Twista said. “They always used to do it like back in the day. After a while, that type of vibe had slightly died down. It was more about area and turf, who was hustling on what corner, and things like that. But it’s getting back to ‘who don’t like who.’ And it’s like senseless killings… over the smallest things. We gotta try to figure something out.

“The way they are trying to figure it out… they starting to get the feds involved with the police trying to help them with certain tactics,” he continued. “All type of things they’re doing that’s making it rough.”

Bloodshed during Easter weekend in Chicago prompted action from the federal government. Nine people were killed and 36 wounded in the city that has long been plagued by gun violence. Those wounded included five children, ages 11 to 15.

U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon created a new Violent Crimes section that includes 16 prosecutors from the larger Narcotics and Gangs section, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The specially selected prosecutors will reportedly use drug and gun statues to tackle gangs responsible for violent acts, Randall Samborn, a spokesman for Fardon, said, according to the Tribune.

“This is putting a group of talented attorneys together and telling them that their mission is to help the city and the district tamp down violent crime…and to use all the tools and strategies at their disposal that are going accomplish that mission,” Samborn said, according to the Tribune.


Tymisha Washington, 11, and four other children, were shot upon leaving a park on Easter Sunday.

A car of four occupants pulled up and asked the children if they were in a gang. Jamante White, who was shot in the leg, recalled the gunmen not giving the group an opportunity to respond.

“They never gave us a chance to speak,” the 14-year-old boy told NBC Chicago. “They just started shooting.

White, who was treated at Comer Hospital, said a total of three gunman fired.



A 14-year-old girl was shot in the abdomen and also taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in serious condition.

Tymisha was hit by two bullets. One bullet hit her chin and another punctured a lung and broke her collarbone. She was transported to Stroger Hospital where she was listed in critical condition.

A 15-year-old girl was shot in the arm and also taken to Stroger Hospital.

The last victim, a 14-year-old girl, was grazed in the buttocks and taken to St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center.



“We need to do something to give the shorties something else to do to stop them from killing cause it’s getting real bad out there,” Twista said. “It’s turning to how it was back in the days when it was at its worst. I think we gotta do something about it soon cause it’s real senseless now and it’s close to people that you know. People that was never around any type of violence, like they seeing things, certain people that had families that stay in certain areas that doesn’t affect them, it’s getting to those areas, too.”

Chicago has been under the national spotlight after ranking number one in the number of homicides recorded in 2012, according to a report released by the FBI.

There were 506 murder victims in the Windy City in 2012. There were 421 homicides recorded in 2013.

Chicago recorded its highest peak of homicides in 1992 with 943 murders, according to statistics compiled by the Chicago Police Department.



Twista plans to open a youth center in the 51st street area.

“That’s the Low End of Chicago,” Twista explained. “When you talk about the West Side and the South Side, that’s kinda like a middle point. I just think the area is real good. I’m talking to a few people and some of the partners I’m trying to do it with, we just think that area would be a good place. It’s real rough over there. We think it’d be a good start….to try to stop what’s going on in Chicago.”

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