Bloods & Crips

 

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Bloods & Crips
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Gangsta rap
Years active	1993–1994
Labels	Warlock Records Dangerous Records
Associated acts	Tweedy Bird Loc Young Soldierz
Members
Damu Ridas (Bloods) Nationwide Rip Ridaz (Crips)

Bloods & Crips was a musical collaboration between members of the Bloods & Crips gangs formed by Tweedy Bird Loc, Redrum 781 and Ronnie Phillips in 1993.

History

Some Bloods and Crips are found all over the United States, however. For example, There are some Bloods in Newark, New Jersey. The Bloods & Crips project was organized by producer Ronnie Phillips , rappers Redrum 781 and Tweedy Bird Loc, who is a Kelly Park Compton Crip himself.^[1] Actual gang members, Crips from Compton and Long Beach, Bloods from Inglewood and Los Angeles^[1] auditioned for the group and the best ones were chosen for the album.^[2] In 1993 the Bloods & Crips released their debut album entitled Bangin' on Wax for Warlock Records. One year later, the groups second and final studio album, Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues was released. After Bangin' on Wax 2, the Bloods & Crips parted ways, with the Bloods becoming the Damu Ridas and the Crips became the Nationwide Rip Ridaz.
The idea behind the albums was to get the gang members to bang (slang for fight) on wax (i.e., record) and not in the streets. Each record consisted of a "B" side and a "C" side. The B side consisted of Bloods and the C side consisted of Crips. The song "Bangin On Wax" was the only song where the Bloods & Crips rapped together in the original album. Most of the songs were written and recorded in the same studio session.

Members

Bloods

• Lil' Leak aka CK^[3] (Avenue Piru Gang) - Alive. Lil' Leak is the brother of Redrum781.
• RedruM781^[2] (Avenue Piru Gang) - Alive. Redrum 781 is still rapping.
• Yank (Bounty Hunter Bloods) - Unknown
• Lil' Stretch^[2] (Bounty Hunter Bloods) - Alive and owns a motorbike store.
• Big Wy aka Red Rag^[2] (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Alive.
• Lil' Hawk (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Alive (incarcerated). Lil' Hawk is a member of the Damu Ridas. He's currently serving a 25 to life sentence.
• Spyder aka S.P (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Deceased.
• Tip Toe (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Deceased.
• O.G Mad Eye aka Big Mad Eye (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Deceased.
• Pimp D (Crenshaw Mafia Gang)- Deceased.
• Bloody Mary aka Nini X^[2] (Avenue Piru Gang) - Deceased.
• Green Eyez (Inglewood Family Gang) - Alive.
• B-Brazy (L.A. Denver Lane Bloods) - Deceased.
• Lil' Laniak 2 ^[2] (L.A. Denver Lane Bloods) - Deceased.
• Peanut 2 aka KP (L.A Denver Lane Bloods) - Deceased.
• Batman aka Evil Bat (Mad Swan Bloods) - Deceased
• Dogg aka Suga Buga (Weirdos Bloods) - Alive. Suga Buga is still rapping with his homie Big Wy.
• O.G. - Unknown.
• Pops - Unknown.
• Big Hawk - Deceased.
• G'Len - (L.A. Denver Lane Bloods) - Alive.

Crips

•  G-Bone aka G-Bizo (Atlantic Drive Compton 
• Crips) - Alive.
• B.G. Scarface (Atlantic Drive Compton Crips) - Alive
• Twin Loc aka G-Cell (Avalon Gangsta Crips) - Alive.
• Broncoe (Fudgetown Mafia Crips) - Alive.
• AWOL (Kelly Park Compton Crips) - Deceased, on July 4th, 1997, AWOL was shot and killed.
• Crip Inch^[3] (Kelly Park Compton Crips) - Deceased.
• Fo' Clips Eclipse aka Young Malcolm (Kelly Park Compton Crips) - Deceased.
• Sin Loc (Kelly Park Compton Crips) - Alive.
• Troll Loc (Kelly Park Compton Crips) - Alive, he moved to Portland.
• Tweedy Bird Loc aka BK^[2] (Kelly Park Compton Crips) - Alive.
• Blue Ragg^[2] (Neighborhood Compton Crips) - Alive
• Do Or Die aka A-Love^[3] (Neighborhood Compton Crips) - Alive, active on Facebook.
• C-Note^[3] (Rollin 20's Long Beach Crips) - Alive.
• Genuine Draft aka Domino^[2] (Long Beach Insane Crips) - Alive.
• Keystone (Watts Franklin Square Crips) - Alive.
• Koollay^[3] (Watts Franklin Square Crips) - Unknown.
• Cixx Pac (Watts Franklin Square Crips) - Unknown.
• Big Freeze (Watts Franklin Square Crips) - Deceased.