Part One (A Boy) Born in Louisiana (Napoleon Country, the Mafia Birthplace, Bottom of the Map) into a Family of honor, respect, loyalty, crime, hustle, and power, is where the Priest Pepone Story starts. At a tender age, a quarter of his family moved West, some in California, the rest in Las Vegas. Louisiana would always be home, but one Priest didn't see or know anymore. This southern boy was placed in the middle of a Gangsters Paradise, where he would soon become lost fast. The Eighties is where Old Vegas and New Vegas Collided, this was the era of 'Out with the Mafia' and 'In with the Corp' but it wasn't an easy era. Drugs were on the rise, Gang Violence was up, Cash flow was up, and everyone was down, the entire Clark County. Vegas was a close knit town, not a city, and there was a world outside of the Fab Strip & the Glitter Gulch. This world, North LV (NorthTown) West LV (Westside) and East LV (Eastside) is where Priest existed, this is where Priest Pepone made his bones as a child. No longer lost this was home. While some Family members worked in The Casino Hotels and Gambling Halls, others worked on the strip, or in the street, and some did both. Priest grew up family first, with principles and that was his life. No doubt he had talent & creativity, but he had a undeniable temper. A trouble maker in kindergarten, grade school, and in the local community, he didn't back down, didn't bite his tongue, was violent, was slick, was charming, and was well ahead early ...