text: He looks barely teenage. But this child has amassed thousands of Twitter followers with his pictorial updates of 'gang life'. The baby-faced boy from Memphis, Tennessee, poses with guns, cash, and bags of what looks like marijuana. Scroll down for video . Baby-faced: This little boy has amassed more than 3,000 followers on Twitter with pictures like these . In many pictures he is smoking suspicious substances, with captions such as 'High Life' Backlash: The boy, from Memphis, has prompted a wave of critics calling his stunts 'sad' In one video he laughs and points the gun at the camera in an apparent attempt to look menacing - as adults laugh in the background. In others, he is pictured blowing smoke, with the caption: 'High Life'. Tweets include the phrases, 'I need a bad b****', 'f*** da police', and 'gang sh** n****'. Some feature sexual references, such as: 'quit suckin my d***'. As he is a minor, DailyMail.com will not identify the little boy. The child's tweets have prompted backlash from other Twitter users and members of the community. One woman tweeted him: 'you need help i feel so bad for you your parents should be ashamed please get help and a education this is sad and disappointing.' Another Twitter user said: 'You poor baby. Just stop it & go to school.' Adults around: Many of his pictures and videos are taken with adults who are seen laughing, unfazed . Guns: The little boy, who appears to be barely teenage, regularly poses for his followers with guns . The boy hit back at his critics claiming he has had a tough year and the backlash is 'stressing out' his mother . Orrden Williams, a Memphis resident who has been the victim of gang violence, told AOL.com: 'What he's doing on here is something that he's going to bring upon society one day. It's just inevitable.' He added: 'All it takes is the right influence, and all this can change. So that's a wake-up Memphis call right there.' Hitting back at critics, the boy tweeted on Friday: 'Wish some people would mind dey own business' as 'it's stressing my mama out'. He adds that his sister has 'been locked up for two years' and his critics 'don't know the half of what we been through end of 2014 & beg of 2015.' Authorities are increasingly cognizant of Twitter as a means of perpetuating gang culture. While many like this young boy use it as a forum to flaunt their drugs and guns, around 50 per cent of organized gangs maintain in the United States maintain a social media profile.
target: Child has amassed thousands of Twitter followers with 'gang life' photos .
  In one video he points gun at camera as adults look on unfazed .
  His tweets have prompted backlash with calls for intervention .