Larry Hoover, 74, denounced his past and has been locked up for more than 50 years. But Trump is hardly the harbinger of ...

Larry Hoover Jr. thanked Kanye West for his help getting his dad Larry Hoover's sentence commuted by Donald Trump.

Hoover, 74, still faces the remainder of a 200-year sentence in Illinois for the 1973 murder of William "Pooky" Young.

Hoover and David Barksdale created the Gangster Disciples in the late 1960s, ruling as “King Larry” and “King David” until Barksdale was killed in 1974.

Former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover’s federal prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump, sparking widespread discussion and renewed attention to his decades-long incarceration. Hoover ...

Larry Hoover Jr. thanks Donald Trump but says his father’s fight isn’t over, while NBA YoungBoy celebrates his full pardon and credits legal advocates.

Hoover’s federal sentence commutation is one of a number granted by Trump, but the former gang leader is still serving a 200-year state sentence for murder. Larry Hoover [Courtesy: Creative Commons] ...

Hoover was originally imprisoned for a 1973 murder and was later convicted in 1998 for operating a criminal enterprise.

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of a Chicago gang leader who was convicted for a 1973 murder. Here's what to ...

Larry Hoover has been locked behind bars since the ‘70s, and despite Trump’s clemency agreement, he won’t be getting out anytime soon. Suggested Reading .

Larry Hoover, also known as “King Larry,” was born on November 30, 1950, in Jackson, Mississippi. His parents moved the family north to Chicago when Hoover was 4 years old.

Larry Hoover, 22, is shown in a police booking photo in March 1973. (Chicago Police Department) Undeterred, Hoover ran his drug enterprise from state prison over the next two decades.