Born Antonio DeLuca, but Degiorno he goes by Toni Pepperoni. Born in the late 1950s in Little Italy, New York, Toni was the eldest son in a family deeply entrenched in the local mafia scene. His father, Giovanni DeLuca, was a respected caporegime in the Moretti crime family, ensuring that Toni grew up in a world where loyalty, respect, and power were paramount.
By his twenties, Toni wasn't just a made man; he was a bad man. He ran the family's illegal operations out of a fleet of food trucks, selling “special” calzones that made customers see double – both a front for money laundering and a source of some seriously psychedelic baked goods.
Pepperoni Toni's tale takes a dark and twisted turn in this chapter of his life. After taking 3 calzones to the dome and banging several hookers he got into an altercation with some no good guidos down at the Rusty Nail. These guidos were dirty indigents and Toni had to let them know. After busting a move on the floor, he busted their faces, and a nut on their wives. When the head guido reached for his piece Toni knew what he had to do. He blasted him between the eyes with his Tech-9.
Coming down from the drug induced haze Toni, realized he committed the unthinkable act of murdering a rival made man, a grave violation of mafioso code.
The retribution was swift and horrifying. The Moretti family, known for their cruel and unusual punishments, concocted a gruesome revenge. They kidnapped Toni's beloved wife, Maria, known as Mari, and in an act of unspeakable brutality, they baked her into a giant pizza, forcing Toni to consume the horrifying meal. This act broke something in Toni, pushing his already unstable mind further into the abyss.