THEY WEREN’T BORN IN THE WEST OR THE SOUTH – THEY CAME OUT THE NORTH SIDE, WHERE EVERY BLOCK WAS A BATTLEFIELD AND EVERY FRIEND COULD TURN FOE.
THE SPANISH GANGSTER DISCIPLES ROSE UP FROM THE STREETS OF LAKEVIEW AND UPTOWN, BUILDING A NAME THAT MIXED LATIN PRIDE WITH DISCIPLE CODES. FROM TAGGING ALLEYS TO FORMING ALLIANCES, FROM PARK BEATS TO PRISON POLITICS – THEY CARVED OUT POWER ONE WAR AT A TIME.
BUT BEHIND THE UNITY WAS CHAOS. SET-UPS, SPLITS, BETRAYALS, AND BULLETS. THEY FOUGHT RIVALS. THE LAW, AND EVEN EACH OTHER. YET THROUGH IT ALL THE SGD NAME KEPT RINGING IN THE STREETS LIKE A WAR CRY.
THIS IS THE RAW STORY OF HOW A NORTH SIDE CREW BECAME ONE OF CHICAGO’S MOST TALKED-ABOUT LATINO MOBS. NO MYTHS. NO FILTERS. JUST REAL STREET HISTORY.