Yes ( GDs & VLs the majority statewide) and Yes. It goes back to blacks leaving Mississippi for jobs in the Chicago area and due to the gang culture within the city was affected by it. Plenty of stories of gangs going into black communities harassing and assaulting blacks. Therefore blacks created clubs which later on turned criminal and migrate back to MS state ( mainly family reunions, parents don't want their kids harmed/killed, and business). Chicago black mobs been networking with Mississippi since the 70s. I could say it like this ; The Old Country is to LCN while the South is to Chicago/ L.A/ N.Y organizations.