Four Corner Hustlers
African-American street gang founded in West Garfield Park, Chicago / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Four Corner Hustlers (4CH) is an African American street gang founded in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago in the 1960s by Walter Wheat and Freddy Gauge.[1] The Four Corner Hustlers at first were a single gang that would wear the colors black and brown.
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Founded | the late 1960s |
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Founded by | Walter Wheat and Freddy Gauge |
Founding location | West Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Years active | 1960s–present |
Territory | Chicago, Memphis Fayetteville, North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, Detroit and Atlanta |
Ethnicity | African American |
Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, robbery, street-level drug distribution, assault, auto theft, firearms violations, fraud, murder, prostitution rings, money laundering, and racketeering. |
Allies | People Nation, Black P. Stones, Latin Kings, Vice Lords |
Rivals | Folk Nation, Gangster Disciples |
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They were not in an alliance until the Vice Lords and the Four Corner Hustlers became allies, which later formed the group now known as People Nation. The gang has a reputation to be the most violent and feared street gang on the West Side of Chicago.