Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The evidence relating to the defendant's gang affiliation and the expert testimony regarding the customs, practices, and rivalries of certain gangs, was probative of the defendant's motive and provided a necessary background to explain to the jury the relationship between the defendant and the complainant (see People v Devers,
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