Chamberlain Varrio Project Boys 13

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Reflections on the history of tag–banging in Los Santos

Graffiti started as a relatively innocuous activity in Los Santos throughout the the early to mid 1970s, outside of its gang connotations. The concrete maze “rivers” of Los Santos county served as a canvas for early painters, with colorful throw-ups and complex graffiti pieces dotting the various tunnels, alleys and canal walls. By the 1990s, however, the traditional roaming grounds of a non-banging graffiti artist were reduced to a no-man’s land. Dead bodies, drug-deals and shootouts were common place. The river was embanked with trash and urban runoff on either side, long before the current pushes for cleanup efforts and gentrifiying art initiatives. Even so, graffiti artists still wrote their names on the walls, loud and proud, wherever they could get. Graffiti, however, became a reflection of the times of Los Santos in the 1990s, and spawned a subculture known as tag-banging.

 

Tag-bangers share many similarities with regular taggers apart of a crew – they represent it in their graffiti, they share a close bond with their friends, and most of all share a desire to get up. The difference being, however, that tag bangers operate more like pre-mature street gangs, adding gasoline to the fire that was already the explosion of gang violence in the 1990s. These quasi-gangs terrorized the streets of Los Santos for the next decade and change, with the violence peaking in 2001 – with a 54.9% gang-related homicide rate.

 

However, this peak also saw a fast downfall in random acts of gang violence, homicides, and graffiti. Following gang crackdowns, recruitment from established street gangs and arrests, the tag banging phenomena lost much of its traction, and many of Los Santos’ most famous tag-banging crews either went defunct or were completely absorbed into larger neighborhoods. Many Mexican-Americans, however, who were among the first to clung to the tagging lifestyle, maintained their tagbanging culture throughout the years. During this period of relative downtick in gang violence, many tag-bangers were recognized as Sureños and stopped operating as a tagging crew, notably gangs such as Krazy Ass Mexicans 13 (KAM13).

 

 

This recognition, of course, cannot be mistaken for a stamp of approval on the activities of tag-banging crews. The option to become a Sureño was no such thing; it was join us, or die. Tag-bangers operate outside the set criminal structures of Los Santos, and as such may experience immense difficulties should they land in prison, or if they are caught by a gangbanger in public. For these reasons, to this day many tag-bangers still carry knives, guns, and other weapons, very much similar to their golden days in the mid 1990s.

 

The Bricks

The gang culture in South Los Santos has always managed to thrive. In spite of police crackdowns, high density pedestrian areas and an increase of the cost of living, Mexican and African American gangs alike have been able to call Chamberlain Hills their home. Winding alleyways that connect apartment complexes, storefronts, billboards and other “heaven spots” have become favorites to South Los locals.

 

 

The Project Boys 13 are a Mexican-American street gang known to hold pockets of turf within Chamberlain Hills within a primetime of activity during the 80s-90s, but saw a decrease following a series of hits throughout the 2000s and 2010s with an increase of indictments and arrests. With the majority of older figures now serving time within the San Andreas Correctional system, the street gang is now near defunct status and is predominantly composed of youth in their early to late teens. The Project Boys are known to operate more as a tag-banging crew rather than a full blown street gang.

 

The Project Boys only known allies with the Sentinel Boys 13 and often time with neighboring Crip gangs, and are known to feud with neighboring Piru gangs and Sureno gangs alike.

 

Man sentenced to prison for killing teen in dispute over graffiti

A Chamberlain Hills resident  received a prison sentence of 25 to 65 years on Friday for fatally shooting a teen in the head nearly eight years ago in a dispute over graffiti. The Los Santos County jury found Luis Loya, 26, guilty in December of first-degree murder and conspiracy in the May 2023 killing of Angel Campos, 17, on Carson Avenue crossing onto Forum Drive. Authorities said Campos was part of a street gang called the Project Boys 13, or PJBS13 . He had been having trouble with a rival graffiti group when Loya and a co-defendant, Mauricio Mejia, then 17, approached him. Loya then shot him in the head. “He took the gun from Mr. Mejia and not only shot Mr. Campos, but shot him in the head at close range and did not give him a chance,” O’Halloran said. “Over spray paint. Over the fact that the defendant’s friend was in a fight with somebody that … the victim wasn’t even involved in."

 

 

Edited August 2, 2024 by prison isnt bad

[260RSEDY]

Here at Project Boys 13, we fully expect all of our members to adhere to all of GTA:W’s preset rules. We aim to portray a modern-day sureno gang in the Chamberlain Hills area. As of right now, we are an only invite faction; however, if you have any questions about our concept, you can PM @260RSEDY@caspero @prison isnt bad via forum PMs. Any fresh forum accounts or ones with little to no posts will be ignored and assumed to be alt or burner accounts.

Edited August 9, 2024 by 260RSEDY

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Edited July 20, 2024 by caspero

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