The Young Boys were innovative, opening franchises in other cities, promoting brand names, and unleashing extreme brutality to frighten away rivals.
Meanwhile, the leaders, adults aged in their late teens and very early 20s, remained largely insulated from law enforcement action for many years.
[2] In 1976, the group was formed by a bunch of Detroit neighborhood friends all in their late teens at Birney Elementary School's playground.
Shortly after the formation of Y.B.I., a man from the same neighborhood named Raymond Peoples(aka Baby Ray) joined and became a boss.
The organization in Detroit was seriously crippled in September 1982, when it was alleged that Butch Jones ordered the execution of Davis over a turf dispute.
They operated for about another six years, taking the group to another level until crack cocaine quickly surpassed heroin as the inner-city drug of choice.
Young Boys Inc. is the subject of hundreds of newspaper articles, dozens of documentaries, and at least two published books.
"YBI": The Autobiography of Butch Jones and Bound By Honor,Torn by Greed: The True and Untold story of The Young Boys Inc. Y.B.I'.s reputation and system of organization impacted and influenced drug gangs nationally during the 1980s and 1990s.