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The Crips and the Bloods, two majority-Black street gangs founded in Los Angeles (L.A.), have been in a gang war since around 1971. [30] [31] It has mostly taken place in major American cities, especially L.A., but is also present in Australia, Belize, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Such graffiti can include gang names, nicknames, declaration of loyalty, threats against rival gangs, or descriptions of criminal acts in which the gang has been involved. [7] Bloods graffiti can include rival gang symbols (especially those of the Crips) drawn upside down. This is meant as an insult to the rival group and its symbols.
Crips traditionally refer to each other as "Cuz" or "Cuzz", which itself is sometimes used as a moniker for a Crip. "Crab" is the most disrespectful epithet to call a Crip, and can warrant fatal retaliation. [45] Crips in prison modules in the 1970s and 1980s sometimes spoke Swahili to maintain privacy from guards and rival gangs. [46]
The song "Piru Love" from Bangin' on Wax (1993) by Bloods & Crips makes references to various Piru sets, including Holly Hood, Elm Street and Lueders Park. The song "M.A.A.D City" from good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012) by Kendrick Lamar makes references to the Bloods, being Pirus particularly with the line "If Pirus and Crips, all got along" in the ...
“Bloods gang members typically and often will disrespect the rival Crips by avoiding the use of the letter C,” often replacing it with the letter “B” or an X or by crossing out the letter ...
Bloods. Black P. Stones; Bounty Hunter Bloods; Pirus; Chosen Few MC; Crips. Asian Boyz; Grape Street Watts Crips; Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips; Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips; Sons of Samoa; Tongan Crip Gang; Venice Shoreline Crips; Devils Diciples; Diablos Motorcycle Club; Fresno Bulldogs; Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club; Gypsy Joker Motorcycle ...
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.
They were associated with gang names that included O’Block, 8 AM, and the Food Lion Projects. But a Crips gang leader ended the dual memberships, Magwood said, and members had to pick one or the ...