Ché Avery; 53, the younger brother of Lloyd Avery II grew up in a good home in Los Angeles, California, but thuggery and crime robbed him of a decent life in his younger days. He was arrested and charged with several crimes, including armed robbery, however, he made amends before his trial began. Avery was released from prison in 1996 before his 25th birthday, and never returned to his old ways.
Here is everything you were never told about Lloyd Avery II’s brother.
Early Life And Family Background Of Ché Avery
Ché Avery was born on October 7, 1971, in Los Angeles, California to Lloyd Avery Sr. and Linda Avery. His father was a plumber, electrician, and carpenter, while his mother used to be a stay-at-home wife until she secured a job at a local bank as a senior accounting clerk.
Ché was the third of his parents’ five children. His older brother, Lloyd Avery II was an actor known for his role in two of John Singleton’s movies, Boy n the Hood (1991) and Poetic Justice (1993). However, his big brother’s life was cut short in 2005 while serving a life sentence for a double homicide.
Moving on, Avery attended Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills and was an excellent student. He graduated with a GPA of 3.6 and was offered admission by two Ivy League schools; the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of California, Berkeley (UC), but he declined, and enrolled at Los Angeles Trade Tech, his father’s alma mater.
This decision and the path he treaded after high school would later see him committing to crime and subsequently spending time in federal prison.
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1. Che Joined A Group Of Friends Known As The “Scandals” When He Was 15
While growing up, Lloyd’s younger brother was described by his father as “willing and cooperative, good at anything he tried”. However, he joined a group of about 20 friends in his neighborhood who called themselves the “Scandals”, they only attend parties and ballgames or hang around theaters and burger stands.
Despite the meaning of the name, the group was never involved in any crime, except getting drunk a few times at night. So, he wasn’t doing anything that his parents wouldn’t like, according to him.
But his life began to change when he was enrolled at Beverly Hills High School. He became fascinated by fashion trends that were a symbol of gang life, and his parents didn’t frown at it. That made him popular in school, the girls began to take an interest in him, and party invites started coming.
By the time Che was about to graduate, he has already given in to peer pressures around him.
2. He Founded The Don’t Give A F**ks (DGFs) Crew
As indicated, Ché Avery was an intelligent student in high school. But his good grades were wasted when he declined to further at the university level and chose to attend the tech school where his father graduated from.
It was during this period that Che founded a new clique known as “DGFs”, which stands for the Don’t Give A F**ks. He claimed the crew wasn’t involved in drug peddling or gunslinging, but they have a few guns and also stole. However, they were more interested in partying and chasing girls.
As time went by, he began to admire some group of guys from Rollin’ Sixty’s Crips. He wanted to be part of them, and indeed he became one of them.
3. He Lost Three Friends To Gang Violence In Less Than A Year
Between the mid-1990 and early 1991, Avery lost three friends; Jason Jones, Terrance Ferris, and Earl (Little Looney) Williams to gang violence. In July 1990, 14-year-old Jason was shot at a gas station by a Campton-based rival gsng and a month later, his best friend Terrance,18, was killed in a parked car. Similarly, he lost Little Looney (27) who was shot and killed in what was supposed to be a fistfight with a rival gang in early 1991.
Having lost three friends through gang violence, Avery became upset with the Rollin 60s for failing to take action and blamed the police for failing to investigate and bring the killers to justice. So, he turned his frustrations into a life of crime. He started carrying a and began to steal.
Some of the things he stole included jewelry, jackets, and paychecks.
4. The Los Angeles Native Was Arrested Shortly Before His 20th Birthday
Some few months before Che’s 20th birthday, he was arrested in March 1991 after a robbery operation. Similarly, he was connected to two earlier robberies.
Avery spent seven months in jail before he stood trial, and pleaded guilty to all nine felony charges of armed robbery. During the trial, he surprised everyone including his lawyer by accepting his wrongs and denouncing gang life.
He went on to spend more than four years in Californian prisons, including Chino, Richard J. Donovan, and Jamestown.
5. Lloyd Avery II’s Brother Was Released From Prison Few Months Before His 25th Birthday
In March 1996, Avery was released from prison. He came out a changed man after learning a couple of skills in carpentry and building friendships with former rival gang members. Furthermore, he promised to make the most of his life by going back to school and launching a business.
After three years, his life changed as he had promised earlier. He had a son whom he named Lloyd after his late older brother and also won $2,500 worth of tools from a Trade Tech scholarship.
In 2008, he relocated to Augusta, Georgia.
