Renegade Vice Lords

The Renegade Vice Lords are one of the older branches of Vice Lords that was part of the major breakoff of Vice Lord factions in 1964, therefore, Renegade Vice Lords have been around since 1964.  Renegade Vice Lords formed in the North Lawndale neighborhood on in the 16^th and Lawndale area (Holy City).  Some say RVLs didn’t start until the 1980s, but this is not true because old timers remember RVLs at the House of Lords and according to the Chicago Tribune newspaper from July 19, 1970, members of the “Renegade Vice Lords” and Enforcer Vice Lords were shot by rivals outside of Hess School. Renegade Vice Lords were started by “Coonie” who did not pass away until about 2015. Renegade Vice Lords are the oldest branch besides Conservative Vice Lords and may have started before 1964.

I am not too sure when Renegade Vice Lords arrived in the Rockwell Gardens public housing project, but it was for sure by 1985, and this section was started by “King Spot.”  RVLs had the buildings by Jackson and Campbell and Madison and Rockwell in the Near West Side community, RVLs shared the 2515 building with Traveling Vice Lords.  RVLs also set up in the Henry Horner projects at Lake Street and Wood “The Hornets.”  RVLs had a very lucrative drug trade in the public housing projects and made lots of money until the buildings came down.  RVLs had a breakaway group known as the “Madd Renegade Vice Lords” that united heavily with a breakaway Traveling Vice Lord group known as “Maniac Traveling Vice Lords.”  The Madd Renegades operated only in the Rockwell Gardens but when the buildings were torn down the MRVLs may have possibly become extinct.

Renegade Vice Lords landed in the South Chicago neighborhood in 1979 and took 79^th and Coles area. This section was hard fought for over the decades. They RVLs fought hard against Black P Stones, Latin Kings, Gangster Disciples, and on and off conflict with Mafia Insane Vice Lords. These RVLs needed to be heavy hitters in order to survive in the middle of so much opposition.

At some point in the mid-1990s King Spot was shot and killed but RVLs still continued to grow as they colonized other states in the U.S. especially out in Ohio and Iowa or in the city of East St. Louis, Illinois.  RVLs are still large in other states but in Chicago many flipped to Madd Renegade Vice Lords allowing Madd Renegades to become the bigger power.  When the Rockwell Gardens projects were torn down beginning in the year 2003, RVL controlled buildings were razed first which mostly broke up the RVLs in Chicago, Madd Renegades went extinct too. The RVLs attempted to settle the streets nearby but young members were pressured to flip Traveling Vice Lord and in the mid-2000s TVLs pretty much consumed what was left of the RVLs.

Near West Side neighborhood, Established 1960-present years

Decks of the Near West Side

Campbell & Jackson, Monroe & Adams, 117 and 2450 buildings Rockwell Gardens projects (Shared with CVL and Four Corner Hustlers)

Lake and Wood (Henry Horner projects, the Hornets)

Traveling Vice Lords-Jackson & Campbell (Rockwell Gardens projects, shared with Conservative Vice Lords, Renegade Vice Lords and Four Corner Hustlers)

Traveling Vice Lords-Madison & Rockwell (Rockwell Gardens projects, shared with Conservative Vice Lords, Renegade Vice Lords and Four Corner Hustlers)

South Chicago neighborhood, Established 1979-present years

Decks of South Chicago

Renegade Vice Lords-79^th & Coles

Renegade Vice Lords-80^th to 82^nd, Exchange to Brandon

Suburbs

East St. Louis