November 30, 1950 - Larry Hoover

Larry Hoover Sr. (born November 30, 1950) is an American former gangster and street gang kingpin.

Hoover was serving six life sentences at the ADX Florence prison facility in Fremont County, Colorado. He was already serving a sentence of 150 to 200 years for a conviction in Illinois state court for the 1973 murder of 19-year-old William Young. However, in 1997, following a 17-year investigation, he was convicted of an additional 40 counts, including conspiracy, extortion, money laundering, and running a continuing criminal enterprise from inside the state prison, and received additional life terms in federal court. He has made multiple attempts to have his sentence shortened.

American rapper and fellow Chicago native Kanye West has been a longtime advocate to lessen Hoover's sentence. West urged President Donald Trump to do so at a televised White House event in 2018, hosted the Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert alongside Drake in late 2021, and referenced Hoover in songs such as "Jesus Lord" and "River".

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