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RedruM 781 (born Jermaine Carter) (July 22, 1972 - October 30, 2021) was an American rapper from Inglewood, California. RedruM 781, Tweedy Bird Loc and producer Ronnie Phillips organized the hip hop project Bloods & Crips, a collaboration between Bloods and Crips members. [1] He was a Piru gang member himself.
Hip hop artists have a higher rate of homicide than artists of any other genre of music, ranging from five to 32 times higher. [1] [2] Some reasons cited for the high homicide rate include poor background of many artists, criminal gang activity, drug use, and inadequate pastoral care among artists and record labels.
Richard Johnson, better known by his stage name Tweedy Bird Loc, was an American rapper. Johnson and producer Ronnie M. Phillips organized the hip hop project Bloods & Crips, a collaboration between members of the California-based Bloods and Crips street gangs. [2] Johnson was a Crip himself, affiliated with the Kelly Park Compton set. [3] [4] [5]
Prosecutors called a gang expert to shed more light on the claim that the Florida rapper is affiliated with a Bloods set. Masked witness, gang ties and limited DNA? Where YNW Melly double murder ...
The book Once Upon a Time in Compton, by Brennan and Ladd with author/screenwriter Lolita Files, about their years in the Compton Gang Unit, the rise of Gangsta rap, gang wars, the L.A. riots, the investigations of the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., and the fall of the Compton Police Department, was published on April ...
The Tree Top Piru (also known as the Bompton Tree Top Piru) are a "set" of the Piru gang alliance, which is itself a part of the larger Bloods gang alliance. The gang gained notability for its connection to rappers YG 400 and DJ Quik. [1] The gang started in Compton, California in the 1970s, but has since spread to other parts of the United ...
Ra Diggs was arrested on October 5, 2010, on drug charges, and was alleged to be leader of the Bloods-affiliated "Murderous Mad Dogs". [5] [6] [7] He was convicted on June 26, 2014, of 21 federal charges, including racketeering, drug dealing, and three murders.
Bloods-related articles or biographies on figures who have claimed to have ties with a gang affiliated with the Bloods. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.