Stanley “Tookie” Williams
The term OG was meant for people like Crip gang co-found Stanley “Tookie” Williams. After being convicted of five murders, Williams became an anti-gang violence advocate. He was nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. Ultimately, he became the twelfth man put to death by California since capital punishment was reinstated in 1992 after a quarter-century hiatus. That’s enough to inspire a movie, which happened with 2004’s Redemption: The Stan “Tookie” Williams Story starring Jamie Foxx.
