TheViceKings

When Los Carnales terrorized the neighborhood of Sunnyvale Gardens in 1970's Stilwater, Benjamin King got the young folks in the neighborhood together to push back. With his friend Julius Little and even his sister, the Vice kings were able to push back and push out Los Carnales.

However, victory won, Benjamin didn't stop. Not even the death of his own sister at the hands of gang violence stopped his idea of building an empire. Julius left his side, but another ally, Anthony "Big Tony" Green, didn't.

Over the years, King didn't just build a gang empire, but one with music and community projects too.

Allied with the Mayor and the Police, the Vice Kings rose to power and kept pushing back against the second generation of Los Carnales, even going so far as to get into the Sex Trades with the introduction of the less than illustrious Tanya Winters into the gang.

Sitting at the top made Benjamin lose perspective and when the Saints came for him, they came for him hard, blowing up the Kingdom Come records building and more. And what was worse, discontentment in the ranks led to a coup attempt at the hands of his right hand Warren Williams, fomented by Tanya.

King escaped with his life and with the help of the Saints, had to tear down his own gang.

The name and legacy of the Vice Kings still lives on in Stilwater. Not only is there old gang graffiti and plenty of VKs still in jail, but the civil projects of Benjamin King live on, in his grocery stores and apartment buildings.

Not bad for a kid from Sunnyvale Gardens.