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Gangland is a television series that aired on the History Channel. Gangland explores the history of some of America's more notorious gangs. It premiered on November 1, 2007, with an episode about the Aryan Brotherhood. The theme song was performed by rapper Buckshot of the Boot Camp Clik.
The core members of the Damu Ridas were from two different Blood gangs: the L.A. Denver Lane Bloods and the Crenshaw Mafia Bloods. The two gangs have been close allies for decades and are still allied today. [14] B-Brazy, Peanut II and Lil' Laniak II were from the Denver Lanes. Tip Toe, Pimp D, Spyder, O.G Mad Eye, Big Hawk and Lil' Hawk were ...
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 ...
The gang has over 2,000 documented members and is subdivided into numerous subsets and cliques, including the Lot Boys, Block Boys, Bell Haven, Ace Line, Duece Line, Tray Line, Four Line and Five Line. [1] [5] Like all Bloods gangs, the Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods affiliate themselves with the color red. Its members tattoo themselves with the ...
Crips and Bloods: Made in America is a 2008 documentary by Stacy Peralta that examines the rise of the Crips and Bloods, prominent gangs in America who have been at war with each other. The documentary focuses on the external factors that caused African-American youth to turn to gangs and questions the political and law enforcement response to ...
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.
Nevertheless, by the early 1970s, the Piru Street Boys formed an alliance with other smaller street gangs such as the Brims, Bishops and Denver Lanes, which also opposed the Crips. [9] This alliance became known as the Bloods, as the members of this alliance called each other "blood". [9] Eventually, more Piru sets would form.
In the 1993 song "Piru Love" by Bloods & Crips from their album Bangin' on Wax, the Crenshaw Mafia is mentioned. [8] In the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton, a Crenshaw Mafia member named OG 2 Tone confronts some students on Ice Cube's school bus, after they display Crip gang signs. He warns "Remember me. OG 2 Tone. Crenshaw Mafia, Blood." [9]