Gotti grew up having a childhood of anger and fear. He turned to the streets at the age of 13 and ended up in prison at 14. He got out of prison at 19 and at 21 he left the Latin Kings.

The boys warm up during a winter day and eat breakfast in the living room.

Star, 31 years of age, was once a parole officer assistant. She met Gotti while in a Latin King equivalent female gang. Although Gotti provides the “Fatherhood role” Star is the head of the household.

Gotti sparks up a cigarette on the stove.

Gotti cleans the hallway.

Marco, one of the boys, wears Gotti’s leather hoodie attachment as a mask.

Spending the majority of his time cleaning and organizing the apartment, Gotti tries to find new ways to help and “provide” for the household.

Gotti meets me outside his Clay St. apartment at night in the South Bronx.

Star’s best friend, Jenny, age 29, rents the third bedroom and lives with her daughter Beba.

Gotti struggles with a load of laundry on the crumbling wheels of a broken cart.

The kids play in the living room with pet pitbulls, King and Isis.

Star prepares a bottle of milk for Vianni, the newborn and Gotti’s daughter.

The kids take a break from play and crowd in the kitchen to have a breakfast of blueberry waffles.

Vianni is Gotti’s firstborn daughter. She is the reason he left the streets and wanted to turn to family and fatherhood.

Feeding the dogs leftover Chinese food that has gone bad.

Marco and Justice dig thought the closet and pull out a picture of Star when she was 18 years old.

Marco is the middle child and sometimes struggles to adapt to his new father figure. He loves to ask questions.

Marco sleeps in on a Saturday morning.

One of the youngest Bebo stares off while Mom and Dad argue.

Gotti did not have a father figure in his life so he is trying to change that for his new family. He guides the youngest boy down the stairs.