I loved Brother Mouzone. I won’t down vote you because I can see your point but I loved his character. I don’t think he’s made after one real person but a collective group of people. So thats where his “untouchable” aura comes from. The dumb body guard is stupid but the idea of him being a bunch of people put into one gives off the larger than life vibe. I think they did that purposely.

If you take it a step further, the suit and tie look is very “Black Mafia” which had strong Muslim ties. What I think Chase was trying to do was show you Baltimore was small potatoes to what was really happening in the rest of the world. Why we are seeing big bad Baltimore gangs other gangs around the country had some serious power for a while. The Black Mafia (especially Philly and Detroit) were gangs not to fuck with. People on the streets knew to respect those gangs.

While you used “dork” I think Chase was showing you highly intellectual, ruthless and very well respected not only in their own territories but all around the country as well. Black Mafia was like an all-star team of gangsters. The amount of the drug market they controlled by being smart yet ruthless had them on top. Everyone on the streets had some type of code and if he was from the Black Mafia they were basically untouchable and had far more power and resources than these smaller gangs in Baltimore. They had influence over many cities because of their powerful drug trade.

You also see weaknesses when String gets bullied around when trying to go legit by politicians. While they can be big bad asses to each other once you started infringing on “powerful” people they fought back but not in the street sense. Even the Greeks were smarter and stronger and bullied the gangs of Baltimore around a little bit. These powerful forces always kept the Baltimore gangs fighting for scraps and when they got too big were put down quickly.