President Donald Trump has commuted the federal life sentence for infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, abruptly ending Hoover’s yearslong quest to win early release under the

President Donald Trump commuted infamous the life sentences of Chicago gang founder, Larry Hoover Sr, on May 28. Kanye West advocated for Larry to be pardoned to Trump in 2018 during the Republican's first presidential term.

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.