text: Gangster DisciplesFile:Gangster Disciples.gifGangster Disciples logoFoundedLarry Hoover and David BarksdaleFounding locationChicago, Illinois, United StatesYears active1968–presentTerritoryVariousEthnicityMostly African-AmericanMembership25,000–50,000 (2009)Criminal activitiesStreet-level drug distribution, assault, auto theft, firearms violations, fraud, homicide, prostitution rings, money launderingAlliesCripsRivalsBloods