Episode 2949
Larry Hoover
Fri, 2025-May-30 01:20 UTC
Length - 2:07
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Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.
With 254,351 views on Thursday, 29 May 2025 our article of the day is Larry Hoover.
Larry Hoover Sr. (born November 30, 1950) is an American former gangster and street gang kingpin. He is the founder of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago street gang.
Hoover was serving six life sentences at the ADX Florence prison facility in Fremont County, Colorado. He was already serving a sentence of 150 to 200 years for a conviction in Illinois state court for the 1973 murder of 19-year-old, William Young. However, in 1997, following a 17-year investigation, he was convicted of an additional 40 counts, including conspiracy, extortion, money laundering, and running a continuing criminal enterprise from inside the state prison, and received additional life terms in federal court. He has made multiple attempts to have his sentence shortened. On May 28, 2025, President Donald Trump commuted his federal prison sentence.
American rapper and fellow Chicago native Kanye West has been a longtime advocate for Hoover's commutation. West urged President Donald Trump to do so at a televised White House event in 2018, hosted a "Free Larry Hoover" benefit concert alongside Drake in late 2021, and referenced Hoover in songs such as "Jesus Lord" and "River".
Hoover must still serve his 150-to-200-year sentence for his 1973 murder conviction, but is eligible to seek parole on that charge since the crime was committed before Illinois abolished discretionary parole in 1978.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:20 UTC on Friday, 30 May 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see Larry Hoover on Wikipedia.
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