Rocco


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Joey "Rocco" DiPensa was born into a hardworking, but poor family who immigrated from Italy. While his parents understood the value of making a life for yourself and your family, Joey saw things in a slightly different way. He couldn't understand why people like his parents had to work so hard for so little. When he asked his father about this, his father replied, "Hey Giuseppe, we worka this hard to make-a better life for you. Then you worka hard to make a better life-a for your family." But Joey wanted more for his parents and wasn't interested in working a lifetime when his parents would not be around to enjoy it. So Joey started to look into alternative employment opportunities.

While Megopolous had its criminal element, as every large city does, Joey realized that it was made up of small-time, disorganized little groups; they were nothing but a bunch of thugs. Seizing upon this knowledge, Joey decided he was going to organize the groups. He created a new persona for himself who he called Rocco. Rocco would deal with the criminal element and Joey would remain the loving son. Rocco got right to work.

As a personal joke to himself, he called his new group The Thugs. His organization began grow, and soon, many of the smaller groups were falling in line with Rocco, since he would occasionally make examples of those who did not. The Thugs took on larger and larger heists and found new ways of extorting money from the local businesses. Rocco had become rich and powerful.

Soon, Joey decided it was time to give his parents all of the things that they deserve: a new home, luxury cars with a personal driver, a wait staff and many other gifts. His parents were stunned. His father asked, "Giuseppe, how could you afforda this?" To which Joey replied, "I worked hard just like you said." But Joey's father was no fool. Outraged, he said, "No Giuseppe! No! Others have worked hard for this, not you! We will nota have any of this!" After a moment, Joey's father, holding his weeping wife, said, "You are nota the son we raised." It was at this point when Rocco emerged.

Incensed, Rocco asked one question; a question that has since been uttered countless times on countless gangster and police shows, "Do you know who you're talk'n to?" Rocco then viciously beat Joey's parents to death. In doing so, he effectively killed Joey as well. No one was going to stop Rocco and they most certainly were not going to talk down to him.

It was immediately after this event that Rocco began arms running and started funding certain organizations that the FBI and CIA had their eyes on. Rocco wanted to grow. He wanted to be important. He wanted to make history. He saw his new connections as a way to achieve all of this. Only time will tell if he succeeds.

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