The Gatorz

From Rap Dictionary

The Gatorz are a notoriously violent street gang based out of the Jane and Woolner area in Toronto's west end, but then later seized control of the Black Creek/Trethewey area from the local Crips gang by the year 2000. The Gatorz were formed in the early to mid 90's by Jamaican, Guyanese and Trinidadian immigrants to combat the growing spread of Blood and Crip sets in Toronto's west end (although some members have shown affiliation or alliance with some Crips gang members). Members of The Gatorz will commonly sport some article of green clothing (most notably bandannas) or standard green army fatigues to show affiliation with the gang. Most members are of West Indian or African decent (although there are known Hispanic and Caucasian members as well) and range in age from early 20's to well in their 30's. Although this gang began as a form of protection against roaming neighborhood Blood and Crip gangs, they quickly turned into the aggressors in most conflicts and gained a reputation as being very violent and confrontational. As founding members grew older and tired of the police attention that gang banging attracted to their territory, most began to migrate from their neighbourhood and concentrated solely on the street level distribution of cocaine and marijuana within the surrounding communities outside of the Greater Toronto Area, leaving younger, aspiring members adopting The Gatorz card with little to no guidance or mentor ship. Today police consider The Gatorz to be a well-established, yet unorganized, street gang with little to no structural hierarchy that have branched out from street-level drug distribution to gun-running along the Hwy. 401 corridor. Their allies include the Trethewey Gangsta Killaz and the Eglinton West Crips. They are considered rivals of the Five Point Generalz and Southside Gatorz.