Krazy Get Down Boys

The Krazy Get Down Boys started in the year 1987 as a party crew that had aspirations to become part of the Marquette Park area Ambrose gang (Future Ambrose).  The party crew was named “Crazy Boys” and they had a very tight relationship with Ambrose. In the year 1988, the Crazy Boys founder became Ambrose while the rest of the group did not which strengthened Crazy Boy’s relations with Ambrose now that their founder had turned Ambrose.

Juanito then took over leadership of the Crazy Boys and renamed the group the “Krazy Get Down Boys.”  During the 1989-1990 years the Krazy Get Down Boys became very popular in the Marquette Park area recruitment into their group grew which brought more attention from gangs in the area.

In the year 1991, Krazy Get Down Boys began to clash with new crews in the area.  The TAP Boys of Marquette Park was one new group KGBs get into it with then another group was Latin Mafia from the Ashburn area.  The conflict with Latin Mafia became deadly which led to the shooting death of Juanito.  After Juanito’s death, two brothers named Cito and Beto took over the KGBs for some time, I do not know what happened to them but by 1992 they were no longer in charge.  This is when “Hitman G” took over the KGBs and arranged for the KGBs to go from being a neutral party crew/future Ambrose to having their own full fledged gang that would be allied with Ambrose and the Folk alliance.  KGBs now became “Almighty Krazy Get Down Boys.”  Ambrose and KGBs were now considered “first cousins.”

In the year 1993, the Satan Disciples moved into nearby 59th and Spaulding in the Gage Park community and this sparked a war with the Satan Disciples because of their aggressive recruitment.

KGBs fought viciously with their arch rivals the TAP Boys in the 1990s and weakened them to the point of near extinction in Marquette Park.

KGBs became quite popular in Marquette Park as they now had territory at 61^st and Troy “Brother City,” 61^st and Lawndale “Getdown City,” 69^th and Rockwell “Krayzie Side,” and 71^st and California.  The KGBs were able to spread into the nearby Ashburn neighborhood at 79^th and Kenneth (Rainey Park) “Purple City” and 83^rd to 85^th and Kenneth.  The KGBs also spread heavily in the suburb of Homewood and they set up in Blue Island, Calumet City and Dolton.  They also opened a nice sized chapter in Hammond Indiana.

After some time the KGB leader and founder Hitman G was shot and killed in the streets leaving “Lil Siegel” in charge until he was imprisoned a short time later then “Chief G” took over.  KGBs would eventually conflict with fellow Folks Two Six and La Raza.  The KGBs would also fight a vicious war with Saints and Latin Kings.

KGBs really have not lost territory that I know of over time but their expansion stopped some time ago, nevertheless, this late bloomer gang has proven that they can survive alongside older gangs.

If you have any late 1980s or any early to mid 1990s KGB pics, please send them in!

Questions:

1. What started the war with the Insane Guess Boys and what year did it start?
2. What year was Hitman G killed?
3. What year did Lil Siegel get locked up?
4. What happened to Chief G?
5. What year did Purple City and 85th start up?

Sections of the Krazy Get Down Boys past and present

Ashburn neighborhood 90s-present years

Sections of Ashburn

77^th to 79^th, Cicero to Tripp (Rainey Park, Purple City)

Homan from 77^th to 79^th

83^rd to 85^th, Kostner to Kenneth

81^st & Kostner

81st & Tripp 90s, 2000s, 2020s (present years)

83^rd Place & Knox 90s-present years

79th & Pulaski 90s, 2000s, 2010s

Marquette Park neighborhood Established 1988-2010s

Sections of Marquette Park

64^th to 65^th, Richmond to Sacramento

61^st & Troy (Brother City)

69^th & Rockwell (Krayzie Side)

71^st & California

West Lawn neighborhood Established 1992-present years

Sections of West Lawn

61^st & Lawndale (GetDown City) Established 1992-present years

Suburbs

Blue Island

Calumet City Stateline from Webb to Hohman, 16st Street

Dolton

Hammond, IND Michigan & Indianapolis (HMDKGBs)

Homewood 183^rd from Aberdeen to May, Pleasant from 185^th to 186^th, 187^th to Coach, May to Royal, 187^th & Pleasant

Kankakee (Folk Burrow)