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AARON “ACE” WRIGHT<br />
THE GAME DON’T CHANGE,<br />
THE PRODUCT DO!”<br />
<strong>OHM</strong>: Can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?<br />
AARON: My name is Aaron Wright AKA “ACE”. I am a former Chief of the Mickey Cobra Nation<br />
in Chicago. We were one of the most revered, craziest gangs in the land. I’ve seen things that<br />
you would’ve never thought a young dude in the early 70’s would see. My mission here today is<br />
to give whoever wants to listen my testimony, you got these cats still running around here<br />
gangbanging, that stuff is dead! There was a purpose for everything that I’ve done…. It gave me<br />
the mindset to build and not destroy!<br />
<strong>OHM</strong>: What was your role as Chief of the Mickey Cobras?<br />
AARON: I was the enforcer, I was a leader. When anyone needed disciplinary actions taken, I<br />
was the one to enforce that. Sometimes they paid a fine, worked in the community, or ran laps<br />
but if it ever came to causing bodily harm, we always struck the body, never the face. It was the<br />
equivalent to when mama whopped you.<br />
<strong>OHM</strong>: What motivated you be a stickler for the law and not abuse the authority you had?<br />
AARON: Common sense, if you put your hand in a fire what is going to happen? You’re going<br />
to get burned! I also had a strong background with my grandparents, my mom and my uncles,<br />
regardless of what I did I still knew about respect and family. Even though we were a gang we<br />
still had laws and bylaws that you had to follow. If you joined a fraternity, there would be a creed<br />
or rules that you would have to go by… same thing! In order to represent Mickey Caldwell, who<br />
was professional, educated, and invited to the White House by former President Nixon you had<br />
to abide by our laws. Mickey was about fighting for young black males to have union jobs, unity,<br />
taking care of family, making 18 to 20 dollars an hour so that you could get out of the projects<br />
and buy your first home. That’s what he was fighting for, he was the black Jimmy Hoffa.<br />
Regardless of who he dealt with we always ate!<br />
<strong>OHM</strong>: What was the point in your life that transformed Ace into Aaron Wright the Crusader?<br />
AARON: When my son was killed in 2008 and I had the Devil on one shoulder and God on the<br />
other shoulder. The Devil wanted me to take my 40 cal and blow the whole damn family away,<br />
but I still had other kids that needed their daddy, so I took my son’s death and flip flopped it.<br />
He gave me strength because he knew what type of person I was, I would give my life to save<br />
other kids.<br />
ONE HUNDRED MAGAZINE 6
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