The King Built One of Chicago's Most Powerful Gangs at 15 — Then Died the Night Before His Release

This is the story of Frederick Gauge Junior — known on the streets as King Freddie, and inside prison as Al Malik Hodari. Co-founder of the Four Corner Hustlers, son of a Vice Lords original, and a man who spent every day of his adult life either on those corners or behind bars. He built the Four Corner Hustlers on a code: no drugs, no alcohol, no preying on the people around them. He did it at 15, in the ruins of West Garfield Park, two blocks from where the 1968 riots had burned three miles of Madison Street to ash. He never got to see what it became. In 1972, a Valentine's Day dance changed everything. In 1983, one cup ended it all — twelve hours before the gates were supposed to open. This video covers the full story: the founding of the Four Corner Hustlers, the father-son arc between Fred Gage Senior and Freddy Gauge Junior, the Valentine's Day conviction, the decade inside Illinois prisons, the Nation of Islam name change, and the night that ended everything one day too early. DISCLAIMER: This documentary is produced for educational and historical purposes only. The criminal activities depicted are condemned in the strongest possible terms. We do not glorify, promote, or condone violence, drug trafficking, or any illegal activity described in this video.