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The TAP Boyz (an acronym for The Arabian Posse, sometimes Tall Arabian Posse), was a Chicago-based Arab American street gang or self-described "movement" formed on the corner of West 63rd Street and South Kedzie Avenue in 1992. They disbanded in 1999 after losing members to Gangster Two-Six and Almighty Ambrose in the area.

The Posse was formed in response to anti-Arab sentiment from rival gangs. The movement's goal was to protect the Arab-American community from racially motivated assaults precipitated by the Gulf War. Their gang colors are white and red and their gang symbol is a four pointed star, though they occasionally use a moon and crescent to represent allegiance to Islam, which most members practice.

References

1. National Gang Crime Research Center :http://www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page12.htm
2. Lawrence M. Salinger (2005). Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime. SAGE Publications. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3004-4.
3. ^ "Partial List of Gangs in the Chicagoland Area". sobs.org. Archived from the original on 2000-02-29.

• Organizations established in 1992
• 1992 establishments in Illinois
• Organizations disestablished in 2001
• 2001 disestablishments in Illinois
• Arab-American culture in Chicago
• Former gangs in Chicago
• Palestinian-American culture
• Syrian-American culture