West Side Poserz 13 (PRZ) was founded by a group of African American teenagers in the early 80s, an interesting background considering that the gang now falls under the Sureno flag. The gang started off as a party/dancing crew that mostly indulged in break dance. Rumors have it that they came up with the name Poserz from the break dance pose, but also because of the black teenagers who were claiming it and were said to be dressed like cholos, a very common wave back in the day. Therefore the name Poserz was given to them.
Back in their crew days, they didn't really have a specific turf. They were usually very flexible and were frequently hanging out in different areas, including Santa Maria, Verona Beach and all the way over to Idlewood as well. Although the crew was mostly composed of African American teenagers and outsiders that belonged to different sub cultures, they decided to form the clique for the main reason that none of the members wanted to join their local gangs. The clique was composed of break dancers, taggers and several other people that held a grudge against the Rolling 60s and the surrounding gangs.
Poserz, mostly being driven by Cholo/punk mixed style became large in numbers and began attracting a lot of young Hispanic teenagers who later on got initiated into the gang. Once they settled down and became large in numbers, Poserz started disputing mainly active gangs back in the day such as Idlewood 13 and Criminals 13. The clique would later become a full fledged neighbourhood and represent the 13 in the mid 90s, despite being a multi cultural gang.
The gang was operational around the surrounding areas of LSX airport. However due to the massive changes that the gentrification bought around LSX, the second and third generation was composed of Hispanics, but the gang still remains diverse and contains different cultures (African Americans, Caucasians, etc).
