section_path: Biography/Death of David Barksdale and Disciple takeover/Dispute with the Black Disciples
section_name: Dispute with the Black Disciples
paragraph_text: Dispute with the Black Disciples
  
  In 1989, the Black Gangster Disciples began having leadership problems as they noticed Hoover's leadership of the Folk Nation alliance deteriorated once he shifted his sole focus toward the now-splintered Gangster Disciples. The decline of the BGDN leadership infuriated a majority of its members and resulted in the two gangs separating into the aforementioned Gangster Disciples and the reincarnated Black Disciples. One instance of their split and later animosity was a drug-dealing dispute in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, which escalated into a shooting that killed several people. By early 1993, Hoover claimed to have renounced his violent criminal past and became an urban political celebrity in Chicago. Hoover proclaimed that the GD initials had changed to mean "Growth & Development."
  
  As of July 2022, Hoover confirms that he no longer affiliates with the Gangster Disciples and wants "no part" of the gang "whatsoever". He also claims that he was "no longer the Larry Hoover people sometimes talk about, or he who is written about in the papers, or the crime figure described by the government." Many believed it was a ruse for his plan to have his sentence reduced or either way appealed.
  
  Ronnie Bo, formerly known as a national spokesman for the Gangster Disciples, has also officially denounced his association to the gang in a new song titled “Digital Social Hour."
  
  In 1989, the Black Gangster Disciples began having leadership problems as they noticed Hoover's leadership of the Folk Nation alliance deteriorated once he shifted his sole focus toward the now-splintered Gangster Disciples. The decline of the BGDN leadership infuriated a majority of its members and resulted in the two gangs separating into the aforementioned Gangster Disciples and the reincarnated Black Disciples. One instance of their split and later animosity was a drug-dealing dispute in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, which escalated into a shooting that killed several people. By early 1993, Hoover claimed to have renounced his violent criminal past and became an urban political celebrity in Chicago. Hoover proclaimed that the GD initials had changed to mean "Growth & Development."
  
  As of July 2022, Hoover confirms that he no longer affiliates with the Gangster Disciples and wants "no part" of the gang "whatsoever". He also claims that he was "no longer the Larry Hoover people sometimes talk about, or he who is written about in the papers, or the crime figure described by the government." Many believed it was a ruse for his plan to have his sentence reduced or either way appealed.
  
  Ronnie Bo, formerly known as a national spokesman for the Gangster Disciples, has also officially denounced his association to the gang in a new song titled “Digital Social Hour."