Benjamin "Ben" King (10 December 1957-) was an American novelist, actor and former criminal who founded the Vice Kings street gang in Detroit, Michigan. The close friend and former partner of Julius Little, King worked with the 3rd Street Saints to eliminate surviving Vice Kings members following an internal plot to overthrow him.
After his departure from Michigan, King published an auto-biographical book titled Regicide which detailed his former criminal life and rise to power. The book was immensely successful and lead to the creation of a film adaptation. King later acted in movies produced by the Saints.
Biography[]
Benjamin King was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 10th 1957. King was a close childhood friend of Julius Little, both of them growing up in the same neighborhood of the city.