Young Money 051

Young Money 051 (2018)

Young Money 051 is a set of Maniac Cobras, Black P. Stones, and Gangster Disciples located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on 51st Street & Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Young Money 051 is one of Chicago's most hated gangs due to them being responsible for multiple high-profile murders including the 2013 murder of Leonard "L'A Capone" Anderson and the 2017 murder of Kamari "Bob-O" Belmont.

## History (1961-2008)

### Pre-History (1961)

The Mickey Cobras have been around this area since the 1960s, since a cab driver was robbed and murdered on 51st & Cottage Grove by three Mickey Cobras gang members in March 1961 and a Mickey Cobras gang member named Henry “Johnny Ringo” Ponder was arrested for the murder of a security guard on 51st & Cottage Grove in August 1961.

### The Start Of Young Money/Zeko World (2008)

Fast forward to 2008, a high school friend group that loved basketball (later known as Young Money 051) was starting to hang around areas like 51st & Cottage Grove and 50th & Evans (aka "E-Block"). At the time, they didn't gangbang but that was until Isaiah "Zeko" Walker, one of the group's leaders, was shot and killed by Akee Walton from THF 46 at a McDonald's parking lot on 47th & Cottage Grove in September 2008.

After Zeko's death, his friends wanted to become more tougher and bigger so they officially became a gang which at the time was known as "Zeko World". They later became "Young Money" inspired by Lil Wayne's record label.

## Early Years (2009-2010)

Around 2009, Young Money 051 cliqued up with "LCMG", a set of Mickey Cobras located in the Drexel Towers on 48th & Drexel (4808 HitSquad/DrexSide) and 49th & Drexel (D-Block 049) that existed for a long time and had older members. They started using the term "YMLCMG" and at the time, their only rivals were THF 46 and Gutta Ville. They also cliqued up with "Met Boyz", a set of Gangster Disciples on 51st & Calumet, and went by "YMMB".

### Dyett High School Shooting (March 2010)

On March 9, 2010, at around 2:45 p.m., Dyett High School (549 E. 51st St) was dismissed where two Young Money 051 members "Aero" and "Rockhead", and another person were walking together. Rio from Gutta Ville, which was a rival set of Mickey Cobras on 51st & King Drive was 25 feet away from the three where he started shooting. Aero was shot and the other two managed to escape, where Aero walked to the hospital which was right across the street. Aero refused to press charges, but he did tell police Rio was the shooter.

On March 17, 2010, at around 3:00 p.m., Rio from Gutta Ville was arrested for fighting near Dyett High School on 51st & King Drive.

## Murder Of Leonard "L'A Capone" Anderson (2013)

On September 26, 2013, upcoming rapper L'A Capone real name Leonard Anderson from the rival 600 set was at a recording studio on 71st Street & Stony Island Avenue. At about 6:25 p.m., L'A Capone would exit the studio from the back door and start walking into an alleyway. A gunman approached L'A Capone and fired 2-3 shots before the gun jammed hitting L'A Capone in his lower back and thigh. The gunman fled northbound and when police arrived, they asked L'A Capone who shot him and he replied "I don't know!". L'A Capone was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:33 p.m.

On July 23, 2014, Michael "Rockhead" Mays, a gang member from Young Money 051 who was locked up in Cook County Jail for stealing a vehicle, decided to tell detectives he had knowledge of L'A Capone's murder and told detectives the shooter was Sakhee "Lil Mick" Hardy-Johnson, who was also a member of Young Money 051. Rockhead also admitted to being involved in the murder. On August 21, 2014, Lil Mick was also arrested and charged with L'A Capone's murder with a third individual named "Meiko Buchanan" from a gang named "Met Boyz" also arrested.

In December 2016, Meiko was sentenced to 45 years, with Rockhead sentenced to 21 years in April 2017, and finally, in November 2017, the shooter Lil Mick was sentenced to 60 years. In 2022, Lil Mick decided to appeal his sentence and won with him receiving a shorter sentence soon.

## Murder Of Kamari "Bob-O" Belmont (2017)

On March 6, 2017, at 11:12 p.m., Kamari "Bob-O" Belmont, a member of THF 46 was released from Cook County Department Of Corrections after getting locked up since May 2015 for a murder charge, which he beat, and an armed robbery charge he got bailed out for $10,000. He was picked up by a friend on 2700 S. California Avenue and they drove southbound on California Avenue in a blue car.

At 11:40 p.m., Bob-O's driver stopped at a red light near the I-55 Highway on 3400 S. California Avenue (0.3 miles/2 traffic lights from Cook County DOC) when a white SUV pulled up beside, where the driver of the white SUV who was YM051 member Ricky "Rosé" Anderson and the back passenger, another YM051 member David "Oochie" Adjei started firing multiple shots. Bob-O was hit in the right rear hip, lower left leg, upper left leg, and chest, and Bob-O's driver was shot by Rosé. Bob-O later exited the car but collapsed on the road and died at 11:57 p.m. 24 shell casings which were .40 S&W's and .45 ACP's were found on the scene.

The white SUV later fled but crashed 450 feet away from the crime scene, where the 3 occupants from the white SUV fled and escaped on foot and were last seen running eastbound on 35th Street.

In October 2021, Ricky "Rosé" Anderson, David "Oochie" Adjei, and Kendrick "KD" Dorsey, all Young Money 051 members were charged and questioned about the murder but beat it due to lack of evidence.

## More

### Allies:

* SuWu TTB *(Black P. Stones & Gangster Disciples)*
* Met Boyz *(Gangster Disciples)*
* 757 *(Gangster Disciples & Black Disciples)*
* Geo Drive *(Gangster Disciples)*
* MOB *(Gangster Disciples)*

### Rivals:

* 600 *(Black Disciples)*
* THF 46 *(Black Disciples, Gangster Disciples & Mickey Cobras)*
* THF 44 *(Mickey Cobras)*
* O'Block *(Black Disciples)*
* Tyquan World *(Gangster Disciples & Black P. Stones)*
* Lamron *(Black Disciples)*
* OBN *(Black Disciples)*
* Welch World (Black Disciples & Gangster Disciples))
* MTG 039 *(Gangster Disciples)*
* 800 *(Mickey Cobras)*
* OTV 029 *(Mickey Cobras)*
* Black Gate *(Black Disciples)*
* Folly Boyz *(Black P. Stones)*
* GGE *(Black P. Stones)*
* Hitsquad 049 *(Gangster Disciples, Black Disciples & Black P. Stones)*

### Deceased Members (24):

* Los - *(03/13/2008)*
* Lance - *(08/08/2008)*
* Zeko - *(09/27/2008)*
* T Streetz - *(11/10/2011)*
* Lil Chief - *(05/28/2012)*
* Fathead - *(06/22/2012)*
* CornBread - *(04/22/2013)*
* Big A - *(11/14/2013)*
* Lil Marc - *(03/28/2014)*
* Polo - *(06/30/2014)*
* Boom - *(11/21/2014)*
* Frump - *(01/27/2015)*
* Chinao - *(05/01/2015)*
* Wank - *(08/31/2015)*
* T-Berg - *(06/10/2016)*
* Bankroll Q - *(11/26/2016)*
* Shawt Mac - *(12/02/2016)*
* Big Lonnie - *(01/05/2018)*
* Melly -*`(`09/01/2019`)`*
* Lieemy - *(05/20/2020)*
* Poppa - *(08/14/2021)*
* Lil Law - *(06/30/2022)*
* Remy - *(09/23/2022)*
* Maneski - *(08/01/2023)*

### Murders:

1. Steven Billups (Unknown Affiliation) - *(12/16/2010)**\****
2. Quint (5th Ward/THF 46) - *(04/08/2011)*
3. Lil Tony (THF 46/affiliate) - *(07/16/2011)**\****
4. Shaq (600) - *(02/02/2012)*
5. Black (THF 46) *- (06/30/2012)*
6. Karmie (D-Town) - *(08/25/2012)**\****
7. Trixx (600) - *(11/01/2012)\**
8. Lil Rob (Lamron) - *(06/13/2013)*
9. L'A Capone (600) - *(09/26/2013)**\****
10. TJ (Whiz City) - *(04/19/2014)**\****
11. Aaron Rushing (Unknown Affiliation) - *(05/18/2014)**\****
12. OTF Nuski (Face World 079) - *(05/31/2014)*
13. Boom (Young Money 051) - *(11/21/2014)**\****
14. OTF Chino (THF 46) - *(03/27/2015)*
15. Lil Boo (600) - *(04/03/2015)**\****
16. Raheem (THF 46) - *(05/24/2015)**\****
17. Big Moe (Drexside 052) - (08/26/2015)
18. Lil Dell (Folly Boyz) - *(11/27/2016)*
19. Bob-O (THF 46) - *(03/06/2017)**\****
20. Dre (Quiet Money 050) - *(06/13/2017)**\****
21. Water (DrexSide 052) - *(06/15/2018)**\****
22. T-Why (GGE) - *(08/19/2018)**\****
23. Raysuan Turner (Innocent) - *(08/19/2018)**\****
24. Darnelle Flowers (Innocent) - *(08/19/2018)**\****
25. Draco (MTG 039) - *(09/26/2018)*
26. Lil Terry (MTG 039) - *(09/26/2018)*
27. Baby D (Central City) - *(10/08/2018)*
28. Richie Jerk (Tyquan World) - *(05/07/2020)*
29. Lonte (Poppy Gang) - *(07/09/2020)**\****
30. Pudy (OBN) - *(09/13/2022)*