“I come from the Shaolin slum, and the isle I’m from
is coming through with nuff niggas and nuff guns
so if you wanna come sweating, stressing, contesting
you’ll catch a sharp sword to the midsection”
— Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan), “Da Mystery of Chessboxin’,” Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Rap Sheet - updated 2/19/2009
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Example Gangs
The K-town Boys
Look: Tokyo pop biker gang
Fighting Style: Black Tiger Fist
Turf: K-town
Leader: Brad Pitt Coca Cola iPod (an alias, all members adopt one upon joining the gang. These aliases are usually an amalgam of pop ephemera)
The Hell City Murderers
Look: Psycho Rockabilly
Fighting Style: Eight Extremes Fist
Turf: Hell’s Kitchen
Leader: The Hell City Murderers are a marauding band of anarchists. The leadership of the gang shifts on an almost daily basis, with alpha dog status constantly challenged and exchanged.
The Geckos
Look: By day, the Geckos are Wall Street suits; by night they are financial district toughs. The Geckos treat banging as a hobby, ruling their turf on off hours. Membership is more like a fraternity than anything else. Don’t let their weekend warrior attitude deceive you though, the Geckos are as rough and tumble as anyone else. Their day jobs afford them cutting-edge technology, drugs and weapons.
Fighting Style: Southern Snake Fist
Turf: The Financial District
Leader: Managing partners Victor Leckman (aka Vic Ice) and John Stancroft (aka Tha CFO)
The Strays
Look: A motley group of urban primitives, all children under 14 and all runaways. The Strays have a number of hovels and tree houses secreted in the less traveled parts of Central Park. They fashion their clothes and gear from garbage and stolen materials. This gang is pack of blood thirsty savages, practically inhuman in nature. Rumors of cannibalism abound.
Fighting Style: Lost Track Fist
Turf: Central Park
Leader: Hightops, an obese child of about 9. Despite the rags she wears, she is always decked out in pristine, designer sneakers (no doubt cut from the feet of late-night joggers).
The Venoms
Look: A vicious street gang that dresses in traditional changshan and roams the streets with spears, swords and seven-section staves.
Fighting Style: Centipede, Snake, Scorpion, Lizard and Toad Styles
Turf: Stapleton, Shaolin
Leader: The Sifu