In Popular Culture
- In the song "Difficult", Eminem says about the death of his friend Proof: "..purple gang yo gotta keep pressin' on, Don't ever give up your dream dog, I got love for you all.." released December 30, 2010.
- A line in the Elvis Presley hit "Jailhouse Rock" is "The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang ... "
- The Purple Gang are referenced thrice in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming. They supply two goons to the Spangled Mob in Diamonds Are Forever; are one of the gangs employed by Auric Goldfinger in his raid on Fort Knox; and in The Man with the Golden Gun, Francisco Scaramanga is said to have killed one of their Hitmen.
- In the videogame series Saints Row there are some references to this subject. The street gang 'The 3rd Street Saints' all wear purple. The default car for the gang is called the 'Bootlegger'.
- Legz Diamond released a 2013 album called 9 Pistolas with a group named the Purple Gang.
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