Apparently, I'm the only one." Since the formation of the Bloods in the 1970s the organization has grown to more than 800 active sets in the United States. There are currently more than 120,000 inmates incarcerated in California and many of these inmates are members of California prison gangs. -- Curry, after becoming the NBA's first unanimous MVP in 2016. We don't believe the government, the institutions, the political parties. 2. In the 1990s, there were over sixty thousand gang members in Los Angeles. -- Harry Redknapp, who managed Walcott at Southampton, with the famous comment that helped build the hype around a teenage phenom. 1 Xie Xingfang. Martin Scorsese, who directed De Niro in his infamous mobster roles, first met the method actor during De Niro's days as a gangster. The source added that when Shakur signed with Death Row, he "immediately [became] enemies with the Crips. There are more than 450 active gangs in the City of Los Angeles and A Celebration Of Life For Nipsey Hussle August 15, 1985 March 31, 2019. The two-time African Footballer of the Year helped Chelsea win four Premier League championships and a Champions League title. They suck." How dull that all anyone wants to talk about now are his goals, goals, goals as the Golden Shoe winner in 2015-16 as Europe's leading marksman. Take a look at this list to find out. "I love this," he says. They called me and asked me to be the face of the franchise. We could wax lyrical all day about the Barcelona and Argentina nonpareil's unreal goals, visionary assists and magic wand of a left foot, but it's surely better to simply follow his old mentor Pep Guardiola's wistful advice: "Don't write about him, don't try to describe him. They're more positive than me almost." I woke up in jail," Brolin said. Despite coming off a 13-month hiatus, Rousey commanded a purse of $3 million for her most recent fight -- 30 times more than her opponent, UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, was guaranteed. 2 Jim Thorpe (American Athlete and Olympic Gold Medalist) 32 9 Many of these gangs have been in existence for over 60 years. Since being traded to the Rockets in 2013, he has proven himself as a franchise player by averaging 27.4 points, 7.6 assists and 5.9 rebounds per game. I want to be happy and feel at peace with myself wherever I'm at." Since the formation of the Crips in the late 1960s the organization has grown to more than 800 active sets in the United States. -- Jim Caple, "It was really cool to see that kind of support, something that they organized so well. Lil' Wayne, Young Thug, and Birdman are rumored to be affiliated with the Bloods gang and in a bizarre twist, that gang was accused of trying to murder Lil' Wayne. Those mesmeric feet might not be tripping the light fantastic at Barcelona's Nou Camp as regularly as they once did as damnable age pursues him, but the shy genius can still exert a magical hold over us all. That was my time to leave.'' -- Bouchard, on the Genie Army. 35 is one of only three jerseys retired by the Longhorns basketball team. "Mob Piru was built off of Death Row [Records]," the source said. He's the UFC's biggest pay-per-view draw and a colorful talker and boaster, which has prompted comparisons to Muhammad Ali. -- Ning, after his historic win at the 2015 worlds. And regardless of his results, he has gained attention with his brightly colored fashion style on the course, sometimes wearing all orange or all blue. Hero villain superhero. In April, Williams announced that her first baby was on the way and she won't play again this season. In October 2017, he dropped an eight-song LP, Make America Crip Again, the cover of which was largely comprised of an image of the gang's signature blue bandanas. These 12 Hip-Hop Producers are the BEST to ever do it from California! He was reportedly involved in a brawl at age 19 that eventually turned into a physical altercation with police who'd arrived on the scene. -- Ben Arledge, "I believe I can help them reach MLS. 1 in the world, a spot she held for 67 weeks over two stints from 2010 to 2012. 1-ranked men's table tennis player; award for best male athlete of 2016 from CCTV, China state television; one of the most decorated players in table tennis history (23 ITTF World Tour singles titles). I want to be known for how I play, how I treat people and how I am as a role model. -- Brees, after the Saints' victory in Super Bowl XLIV. I just wanted to race." One of the greatest athletes ever, Usain Bolt is popular by the nickname 'Lightning Bolt'. The 26-year-old died Saturday while finishing the final leg of the Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup off the coast of Dubai. We asked fans from around the globe if they could identify athletes in the ESPN World Fame top 10. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. Rapper Snoop Dogg joined the Crips as a teen, affiliated with the group Rollin 20s Crips. Lil Wayne, on the other hand, joined the Bloods after he became famous, and has frequently written lyrics about that affiliation. The Rockets, however, saw much more than a sixth man when they acquired him in 2012. Dive into the best new hip hop with our list of 2020's top rap songs, The Best Solo Artists Who Used to Front a Band, The Best Singers Who Only Need To Go By One Name. On top of that, the 24-year-old attacker already has five Bundesliga titles and three German Cup medals to his name. All famous athletes are stars, but Nadal goes beyond that; he's an asteroid. 1 for more than 300 total weeks and has picked up four Olympic gold medals. -- Irving. As the founder of the Joe Peg Leg Morgan rose to become one of the highest ranking members of the Mexican Mafia but he was not Mexican. On a different kind of floor, Raisman appeared on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2013 and finished fourth. Benzema, who has Algerian roots, claimed his exclusion from France's Euro 2016 squad was racially influenced, which raised poisonous responses from far-right politicians. Despite that, he might be only the second-most famous person in his household since marrying singer/actress Ciara last year. "I tried heroin," he admitted. Which California rapper has donated the most money to charity? More: Will you still hate Lochte by the end of this story? That makes you who you are." Not Xavi or Iniesta. -- Ian Chadband, "I want to see him go third on the Ballon d'Or list one day soon and I think he'll do it." The gang particularly appreciated his kind gesture of donating 1,000 pairs of sneakers to underprivileged children in Compton. Now, after winning his fifth Super Bowl championship, there is little doubt that Brady is the GOAT. Manager Antonio Conte did not have much use for Fbregas at the start of his reign, but when the former Arsenal and Barcelona playmaker got the chance, he made enough telling interventions to be indispensable. Over the years membership has grown to thousands of members, including athletes, rappers, singers and actors but these 5 Crips will always be known as the most famous Crips in history. -- Anthony Olivieri, "There are so many memes going around whenever I stand next to a tall person. Either way, it should be exciting to find out more about the electric Manchester City winger who at 22 is already the most expensive English player of all time, having moved from Liverpool for 49 million. Neymar took down one of the baddies with a nifty bit of footwork in his movie debut in "xXx: Return of Xander Cage" this year. A week later he was killed. To identify the 100 most famous athletes in the world, we . Most of those guys I grew up with, they're all dead now.". -- Richard Jefferson, Cleveland teammate, He remains the greatest current exponent of global soccer, a player of such otherworldly skill that the one remaining question to be answered in his career is whether he can be considered the best in the game's history. The Sultan of Swoon admitted to meeting with Luciano, but insisted he was just saying hello at an event and denied any further involvement, though he'd allegedly continued to rub elbows with organized criminals for the rest of his heyday. Over the years membership has grown to thousands of members, including athletes, rappers, singers and actors but these 5 Crips will always be known as the most famous Crips in history. He won the Bola de Ouro, given to the best player in Brazil, captured the Olympic gold on home soil, helped form a devastating attacking trident for the rejuvenated Selecao along with Neymar and Philippe Coutinho and led Palmeiras to a championship in the Brazilian top flight. We have also excluded amateur athletes -- Deshaun Watson, Lonzo Ball and Katie Ledecky, for example -- due to lack of salary and endorsements. But who was he and why is he Raymond Washington was just 16 years old when he created what has now become one of the largest street gangs in the world. -- Harden, on his reluctance to take games off. Orlando Baby Lane Anderson has become the man at the center of one of Hip Hops greatest mysteries. -- Raina. -- Pep Guardiola, when Barcelona captain, talking to a then-young Xavi about the even younger Iniesta. Yet, of course, he's much more than that, someone whose midfield industry and intelligence enabled him to take over from the incomparable Xavi so seamlessly after his signing from Sevilla that he was key in helping Barca to the Champions League/La Liga/Copa del Rey treble in his first season in 2014-15 and a Liga/Copa double the next. Kohli took over India's one-day international captaincy and scored over 2,500 runs in ODIs. I want to give what I can do." If he's playing well, you have a chance of winning." Fillmore Slim has lived a life most couldnt even imagine. He has more assists for Leo Messi than anyone else in Barcelona history. Sometimes you gotta do certain things to get higher, to get higher and higher. He played for Duke, was the No. Heres how their love story began. Soccer's greatest actor? 26 in 2016) are absent. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. The world's 13 biggest soccer transfers have involved creative attackers. -- Dotun Akintoye, "I don't understand why everyone fights for power, money, fame. It was fitting that a man described by Sir Alex Ferguson as "a perfect player," but one who might have lived in the shadow of Leo Messi in the Barca dream factory, will always have his 2010 World Cup final-winning goal for Spain in Johannesburg as the exclamation mark to his beautiful career. She was also the senior member of the 2012 squad. It just seemed brutal to me. "After the Cinco de Mayo riots at San Quentin, in 1968, they said I threw a rock and hit the lieutenant in the head, but you know what? We had them thinking there was hundreds of us. The Northern Irishman has serious global appeal, having been named PGA Tour Player of the Year twice and European Tour Golfer of the Year three times. -- Ian Chadband, "I've known Radamel since he was a boy. The Arsenal sorcerer was named player of the 2016 Copa America Centenario after his three goals helped Chile win the tournament for the second consecutive year. I grew up in a neighborhood in Southeast San Diego this public assistance area called Bay Vista. Perhaps the only adequate way to describe the miracle of Pacquiao's career is to ask you to imagine an eighth grader traveling around the world and knocking out the toughest high school seniors he can find. That means how focused I am, how accountable I'm holding myself." "People around me happen to be around more Bloods than anything else, so they assume that's what I'm doing. While Murray has 3.7 million Twitter followers, he gets additional attention thanks to his mum, Judy Murray, who also tweets about him to her 200,000 followers. With this strong statement, he is looking to make a strong comeback after a lukewarm season in the international arena. Mickelson isn't just wealthy for an athlete. -- Nadal, in August 2005, a couple of months after winning his first French Open. -- Thomas Neumann, "As a point guard, I'm like the quarterback, so a turnover is like an interception. When an 18-year-old Brazilian kid from Fluminense FC was signed by Real Madrid a decade ago, no one seriously expected Marcelo to one day surpass the achievements of the fullback he'd been hired to replace, compatriot and club legend Roberto Carlos. Just 19 at the time, Garcia would finish second, one stroke behind the 23-year-old Woods, for the first if his four runner-up performances in majors. Venus and Serena Williams. That is not a crime to be a gang member it's what you do as a gang member, that's when you get conspiracy charges and racketeering and all that. Although he received attention earlier in his career for wearing sleeveless shirts and capri pants on the court, he's updated to a more conventional look (yet his odd habit of picking at his shorts continues). It was 1987 when DJ Yella got together with friends from his Compton California neighborhood to form the rap group N.W.A. ", The insider toldPeople that the day Shakur was shot, he got into a scuffle with Crip member Orlando Anderson. "We actually created a fake gang. There's no better bargaining chip than being the best. When you're Ibra, you can say anything and get away with it. -- Mourinho, Jose Manuel Alvarez Rey/NurPhoto via Getty Images, Clive Brunskill/Getty Images for The Laver Cup, Scott Halleran/PGA of America via Getty Images, Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images, Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images, Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Leisure Opportunities, David Becker/Getty Images for Wynn Las Vegas, Mike Aguilera/ SeaWorld San Diego via Getty Images, Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images, Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images, Valeriano Di Domenico/FIFA via Getty Images, Jason Cairnduff/Action Images via ZUMA Press, Mike Ehrmann/PGA of America via Getty Images, Alexander Hassenstein/UEFA via Getty Images, Kevin Mazur/KCSports2016/WireImage/Getty Images, Eamonn And James Clarke/PA Wire via ZUMA Press. Manning is part of the first family of NFL quarterbacking, the aww-shucks son of Archie and little brother to Peyton. Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Play Golf Designs Inc. Katie Jones/Rex Shutterstock via ZUMA Press, Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images, Silverhub/Rex Shutterstock via ZUMA Press, David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for NBA, Stephane Cardinale - Corbis / Contributor, Andreas Metz/Rex Shutterstock via ZUMA Press, Waseem Gashroo/Hindustan Times via Newscom, Qamar Sibtain/India Today Group/Getty Images. He has that more than any fighter I've ever met. Borussia Dortmund fans love the face of the "FIFA 17" video game for his pace, technique and, above all, loyalty. A lot of people still locked up right now. Beckham is as exciting as any player in the NFL, a shape-shifting receiver who vaulted himself to stardom in the blink of an eye with an inexplicable, one-handed catch as a rookie in 2014. In 2015, it was reported he hired a helicopter to fly to a distant bakery so Anna could buy her favorite brioche. Raisman was kiddingly called "Grandma Aly" by her teammates on the 2016 U.S. team because of her age -- at 22, ancient by Olympic gymnastics standards, she was the team's oldest member -- and her fondness for naps. 5 5. -- Sharapova. Sometimes, fame strikes early and the achievements never quite catch up. He made boxing Scott Junior Ereckson joined the Mongols Motorcycle Club in 1980. In 2015, SportsPro Media ranked Bouchard as the world's most marketable athlete. Its almost impossible to be in Southern California and not know who Big Boy is. Update: Dive into the best new hip hop with our list of 2020's top rap songs. It's in the blood. Just watch him. Last year, no less a soccer seer than Pep Guardiola personally got on the phone to convince the then-teenager to join him at Manchester City. His combination of speed, strength, toughness and ability to make dynamic plays with both his arm and his legs make him one of the NFL's most exciting players. He often has looked like an accident waiting to happen, and sometimes it really does. Matthias Sammer called him "one of the greatest talents we have ever had," Felix Magath said he was a "once-in-a-century talent," and Pep Guardiola, when he became Bayern Munich's manager, put Gtze at the top of his wish list. I'm the managing director of carrots!" Our Second Annual Ranking of theBiggest Names in Sports, Who are the most famous athletes on the planet? ". One of the reasons I don't spend much time in Ireland or the UK anymore is because of that tabloid culture. Dhoni was played by Sushant Singh Rajput in what became one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2016. They have both been blessed with a genius that has never been seen before." -- Thomas Neumann, "When I was coming into the league, people were talking about Sammy Watkins and a lot of the other guys in my draft class, and I thought, 'I want to be talked about like that. 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