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The Crips and the Bloods, two majority-Black street gangs founded in Los Angeles (L.A.), California, have been engaged in a gang war since the 1970s. [30] [31] The war is made up of smaller, local conflicts between chapters of both gangs, and has mostly taken place in major cities in the United States, especially L.A.
The Saga Continues was the second and last album by the Bloods & Crips. Music videos were made for the album singles "G's & Locs" and "Wish You Were Here". Both videos gained positive reviews. The album was recorded and released in 1994 under Dangerous Records. The album made it to No. 139 on the Billboard 200 and #20 for Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ...
Bloods members commonly call themselves CKs (Crip Killer), MOBs (Member of Bloods), dawgs, or ballers (meaning drug dealers). [25] The gang has a membership of between approximately 15,000 and 20,000 active in 123 cities and in 33 U.S. states, [2] primarily on the West Coast and, to a lesser extent, the Great Lakes region and the Southeast. [26]
In Los Angeles' labyrinthian networks of Bloods and Crips gangs, with shifting alliances and feuds, Skipp Townsend is a mediator with credibility on both sides.
Incredible images from a Black Lives Matter protest in Atlanta show members of the Crips and the Bloods tying their flags together in a display of unity.
In 1993, "Bangin' on Wax" was a gangster music developed project by both the Bloods and the Crips. At first it seemed impossible that the two rival gangs would collaborate on a music project but the impossible happened. The music project was organized by Ronnie "Ron" Phillips and rappers redruM 781, Tweedy Bird Loc. Actual gang members from ...
Eastside 187 Homicide Bloods [41] Eastside Disciples Crips [42] Eastside Mafia Crips [42] East Side Orton Park Bloods [43] [44] Falstaff Crips [45] G-Siders [46] [47 ...
After one of their own was killed, the men began targeting Bloods, in some cases killing and wounding bystanders, prosecutors say. Prosecutors accuse 9 alleged Crips members of carrying out ...