Bloods & Crips

Bloods & Crips
Also known as	Bloods And Crips, Crips & Bloods, Bloods & Crips
Origin	Los Angeles County, California
Genres	Gangsta rap, G-funk, West Coast hip hop
Years active	1992–2014
Labels	Warlock Records (U.S.) Dangerous Records (U.S.)
Members	Damu Ridas (Bloods) Nationwide Rip Ridaz (Crips)

Bloods & Crips was a gangsta rap group from Los Angeles County mostly known for their record selling song [Piru Love] .

History

The success of N.W.A. had frustrated many in the gang community, who saw the group capitalizing on the gang lifestyle. The Bloods & Crips project was originally organized by rappers O.Y.G redruM781 and Tweedy Bird Loc. Actual gang members, Crips from Compton, Watts and Long Beach, Bloods from Inglewood and Los Angeles auditioned for the group and the best ones were chosen for the album. In 1993 the Bloods & Crips released their debut album entitled "Bangin' on Wax" for Warlock Records. One year later, the group's 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.

1993: Bangin' on Wax

"Bangin' on Wax" was the first album by Bloods & Crips. The album was released in 1993 for Dangerous Records. Bangin' on Wax was a success, making it to #86 on the Billboard 200. Four singles were released "Bangin' on Wax", "Piru Love", "Crip, Crip, Crip" and "Steady Dippin'". The album has sold over 500,000 copies, reaching Gold status. Music videos were made for "Bangin' on Wax", "Piru Love" and "Steady Dippin"'.

On the single "Piru Love", only a Crip sang the hook, it was Fo' Clips Eclipse. The next single, "Steady Dippin'", that was performed by Crips members Do Or Die (a.k.a. A-Love), Miss C-Note (a.k.a. Dannygirl), Sin Loc and Blue Ragg (a.k.a. The General), they emerged a group called the Underworld Connection (UWC). The Underworld Connection was formed in the early 1990s but was put on hold to do projects like Tweedy Bird Loc's "187 Ride By" and the controversial album "Bangin' On Wax". It was the first time since the 1990s the group has reconnected in the late 2000s. Also DJ Battlecat made a guest appearance in the Steady Dippin' music video as the event's DJ for the intro, the song was produced by him, along with QLuso and Ronnie Ron.

1994: Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues

"Bangin' on Wax 2... 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". The album was recorded and released in 1994 for Dangerous Records, the album made it to #139 on the Billboard 200 and #20 for Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Feud with Lil' Keke Loco

At the height of their success, the Bloods & Crips became a target for Lil' Keke Loco of the Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips and Niggaz Off The Streets (N.O.T.S.), another gangsta rap group. Keke Loco even dedicated a diss track called "Bustas' on Wax", which was a slander to the original album "Bangin On Wax" and took numerous shots at members of the Bloods & Crips including Bloody Mary, redruM 781, AWOL, Big Wy, Sin Loc, and many more. Criticizing them for collaborating with rival street gangs, Keke Loco considers the members from "Bangin' on Wax", a disgrace to all real Bloods and Crips. "Its disrespectful to all the fallen gang members who lost they life over colors, it’s like spitting on their graves", Loco said.

Lil' Leak, known as CK, was one of the main rappers from the Bloods & Crips, who retaliated with several verbal insults of his own. Lil' Leak and Damu Ridas also dedicated a whole verse on a song called "CK Ride" and "True Flue Killer" to insulting Keke Loco and his fellow N.O.T.S. (True Blue).

"I saw you wearing your dirty clothes to match your dirty hood[...]It's hell up in Harlem, like you say, yeah, the Brims and the 20s leaving niggas dead"

Lil' Leak's verse on "CK Ride". Full lyrics of Damu Ridas cover at Rap Genius

The "Dirty" is a derogatory term, and a reference to the Rollin 30′s Harlem Crips. Shortly after the album "Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues" was released, the Damu Ridas members from the album ran across Lil Keke Loco and buried the feud.

Members

Crips	Bloods
Nationwide Rip Ridaz	Damu Ridas

Crips

Kelly Park Compton Crips	Notes
Tweedy Bird Loc	Tweedy (a.k.a. BK) has released two solo albums
Fo' Clips Eclipse	Fo' Clips is deceased. He had released a solo album
AWOL	AWOL is deceased
Crip Inch
Troll Loc	Troll Loc is alive
K-Tone	K-Tone's status is unknown
KeyLow G	KeyLow G's status is unknown
Stonegone	Stonegone (a.k.a. The Little Man) is alive . He appeared on the first Bangin' On Wax on a couple of tracks such as "Crazy Lil' Nigga" & "K's Up"
Hun Locc	Hun Locc's status is unknown. He appeared on the third verse of a song called "Niggaz Don't Want No Problem" on the Nationwide Rip Ridaz album
Crip Face	Crip Face's status is unknown. He appeared on a chorus of the song called "Not the Nigga You Thought I Was" on the Bang'n on Wax: The Best of the Crips compilation album
PlayBoy Hustler Crips	Notes
Trouble Loc	Trouble Loc's status is unknown
Atlantic Drive Compton Crips	Notes
G-Bone	G-Bone (a.k.a. G-BIZO, Grown Folk) is alive, he has released a book and several music projects as a writer and musician.
B.G. Scarface	B.G. Scarface is deceased
Rider-J	Rider-J's (a.k.a. Big Bun) status is unknown
Neighborhood Compton Crips	Notes
Do or Die
Sin Loc	Sin Loc (a.k.a. Hittman D, O.G. Sin Loc) has released two solo albums
Att Will	Att Will has released a solo album. Deceased.
Blue Ragg	Blue Ragg (a.k.a. Notorious Joe) is alive. Released New Single "Respect" ft. Malachiii Deep Dec. 2018
Watts Franklin Square Crips	Notes
Big Freeze	Big Freeze is deceased, he was shot and killed in a restaurant
Ice "Lil' Star" Onion
Six Pac	Six Pac is alive
Keystone	Keystone is alive
Koolay	Koolay is alive
Baby Half Dead	Baby Half Dead is alive
Half Dead	Half Dead is deceased
Mac-11	Mac-11 is deceased
Teroma	Teroma's status is unknown
Sinbad The Slayer	Sinbad The Slayer's status is unknown
Young T-C	Young T-C's status is unknown. He appeared on the second verse of a song called "Little Blue Devil" on the Nationwide Rip Ridaz album
Fudgetown Mafia Crips	Notes
Broncoe	Broncoe is alive
Rollin 20s Long Beach Crips	Notes
Domino	Domino (a.k.a. Genuine Draft) has released four solo albums and has since become a born again Christian.
GDogg	GDogg has even made an active online forum community for Crips
C-Note	C-Note (a.k.a. Miss C-Note, Dannygyrl) is an active rapper
Long Beach Insane Crips	Notes
Duv Mac	Duv Mac (a.k.a. O.G. Duv Mac) has released several projects
Avalon Gangsta Crips	Notes
Twin Loc	Twin Loc (a.k.a. O.G. Cell-E-Cell) is known under rap moniker "G-Cell". He has released a solo album
Rollin 60s Neighborhood Crips	Notes
C-Rider	C-Rider (a.k.a. Battlecat) is alive, currently producing music.

Bloods

Avenue Piru Gang	Notes
O.Y.G Redrum 781	O.Y.G Redrum 781 he has released an album and several mixtape(s)
Lil' Leak	Lil' Leak (a.k.a. CK) is the younger brother of Redrum 781
Bloody Mary	Bloody Mary (a.k.a. Nini X) is deceased. She has released two solo albums, she died in a motorcycle accident in 2006
Bounty Hunter Bloods	Notes
Lil' Stretch	Lil' Stretch owns a motorcycle store
Yank	Yank's (a.k.a. Gangsta Yank) status is unknown
Big Stretch	Big Stretch's status is unknown, he is the older brother of Lil' Stretch
Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods	Notes
Big Wy	Big Wy (a.k.a. Red Rag) he has released an album with the group Young Soldierz. He founded the hip-hop group Cali Swag District
Lil' Hawk	Lil' Hawk (A.K.A. Red Ridin' Hood) is serving a 25 to life sentence for a gang-related murder.
Spyder	Spyder (a.k.a. SP, G-Spyder) is deceased
Pimp D
Tip Toe	Tip Toe is deceased. He was a member of the 104th Street CMG. He was killed by a Piru gang, the Neighborhood Pirus.
Big Mad Eye	Big Mad Eye (a.k.a. O.G. Mad Eye) is deceased. He was one of the oldest Damu Ridas and was a respected O.G. of the Crenshaw Mafia Gang.
Baby Hawk	Baby Hawk is deceased. He was the younger brother of Big Hawk and Lil' Hawk
K-Low
Lil' Mad Eye	Lil' Mad Eye is deceased. He was the younger brother of Big Mad Eye
Big Hawk	Big Hawk is deceased. He was older brother of Lil' Hawk and Baby Hawk
T-Kayduse
Lil' G-Bone
Inglewood Family Gangsta Bloods	Notes
Dock-B
Green Eyez	Green Eyez died May 11, 2015
L.A. Denver Lane Gangster Bloods	Notes
B-Brazy	B-Brazy is deceased. He was set up and killed by a Mexican gang. His case is still unsolved. He was the last of the Damu Ridas to be killed.
Lil' Laniak 2	Lil' Laniak 2 is deceased, he was shot and killed by a Piru gang, the Campanella Park Pirus
Peanut 2	Peanut 2 is deceased, he has been killed by a gang. He was the first of the Damu Ridas to be killed. His brother O.G Peanut has also been killed
Eightball
June Dawg	June Dawg is an active rapper
Mr. Dulo
G-Len	G-Len (a.k.a. O.G. Len) has released a solo album
Mad Dog	Mad Dog's status is unknown. He appeared on the second verse of a song called "All My Niggas" on the compilation album, The Best of Ronnie Ron's Gansta-Lations.
Mad Swans Bloods	Notes
Batman	Batman (a.k.a. Evil Bat) is currently in prison
Weirdos Gangster Bloods	Notes
Dogg	Dogg (a.k.a. Suga Buga) is currently making music as a solo artist and he also worked with Big Wy to form a duo called The Relativez.
Pops
Blood Stone Villains	Notes
Geek	Geek's (a.k.a. Captain Geek) status is unknown. Along with Noise they started as a production team called East Side Tag Team, the two helped produced music for the artists on Dangerous Records.
Noise	Noise's (a.k.a. DJ Noise) status is unknown. Along with Geek they started as a production team called East Side Tag Team, the two helped produced music for the artists on Dangerous Records.
Gangsta Red	Gangsta Red's status is unknown, he appeared on the Bangin' on Wax: Greatest Hits with the other members of Blood Stone Villains.
Fruit Town Brims	Notes
Stretch	Stretch (a.k.a. Big CK Stretch, Big Stretch not to be confused with the other Big Stretch from Bounty Hunters) is alive, appeared on the Bloody Mary compilation album, Day Of Resurrection along with few other members of Fruit Town Brims
Ms. Bonnie	Ms. Bonnie status is unknown, appeared on the Bloody Mary compilation album, Day Of Resurrection along with few other members of Fruit Town Brims
Finders	Finders status is unknown, appeared on the Bloody Mary compilation album, Day Of Resurrection along with few other members of Fruit Town Brims
Lady S.	Lady S. status is unknown, appeared on the Bloody Mary compilation album, Day Of Resurrection along with few other members of Fruit Town Brims
Moe-B	Moe-B status is unknown, appeared on the Bloody Mary compilation album, Day Of Resurrection along with few other members of Fruit Town Brims

Filmography and documentaries

• 1995: Damu Ridas mini movie and Nationwide Rip Ridaz mini movie
• 1997: Bullets Don't Have No Names (Re-released as Damu Ridas vs Nationwide Rip Ridaz in 2003)
• 2003: From Bangin On Wax Comes The Best Of Ronnie Ron's Ultimate Video Collection
• 2006: Rep Yo Set: The Movie

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions
		US	US R&B/HH
1993	Bangin' on Wax Released: March 9, 1993 Label: Dangerous	86	18
1994	Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues Released: September 13, 1994 Label: Dangerous	139	20
2014	Bangin' on Wax Part III: No Passes Label: Dangerous	-	-

Collaboration album(s)

• 1994: Murder Was the Case (As Young Soldierz)
• 1995: Damu Ridas (Only Bloods)
• 1995: Nationwide Rip Ridaz (Only Crips)
• 1996: Bangin' on Wax: Greatest Hits (As Bloods & Crips)
• 1997: Bang'n on Wax: The Best of the Crips (As Nationwide Rip Ridaz)
• 1997: Bang'n on Wax: The Best of the Damu's (As Damu Ridas)
• 1998: How Deep Is Your Hood (As Damu Ridas II)
• 1999: Betrayed (Can't Trust Nobody) (As Nationwide Rip Ridaz II)
• 1999: The Best of Ronnie Ron's Gansta-Lations

Mixtape(s)

• 1996: Flamin B-Dawgs Come Better (As Bloods)
• 2005: Sactown Bloods vs. Sactown Crips (As Gang War)
• 2006: Rep Yo Set (As Bloods & Crips)
• 2008: Crips N' Bloods - The Hood Mixtape Vol. 1 (As Crips N' Bloods)
• 2008: The Hood Mixtape Vol. 2 (As Crips N' Bloods)
• 2008: The Right Side Vol. 1 (As Bloods)
• 2008: The Leftside Vol. 1 (As Crips)
• 2008: Slippin '10 Years With The Bloods Vol. 1 (As Bloods)

Compilation(s)

• 1993: Various - Ripe Recordings Sampler Number 1
• 1993: Various - Gangsta Hip Hop
• 1994: Various - Metrô Hits Dance & Hip Hop
• 1994: Various - Gangsta Hip Hop Vol. 2
• 1996: Various - Best Of Hip Hop
• 2003: Various - Ronnie Ron's Ultimate Video Collection
• 2013: Various - Gangsta Lean (Classic West Coast Rap)

Single(s)

• 1993: "Piru Love / Puttin' In Work"
• 1993: "Steady Dippin'"
• 1993: "Bangin On Wax"
• 1994: "Wish You Were Here"

Music videos

Year	Artist	Video
1993	Bloods & Crips	"Bangin' On Wax"
	Bloods & Crips	"Steady Dippin'"
	Bloods & Crips	"Piru Love"
1994	Bloods & Crips	"G's & Loc's"
	Bloods & Crips	"Wish You Were Here"
1995	Damu Rida's	"Damu Ride"
	Nationwide RIP Ridaz	"Nationwide"

See also

• Crime in Los Angeles
• Nationwide Rip Ridaz
• Damu Ridas

External links

• Warlock Records & Dangerous Records official site.
• Bloods & Crips at Billboard.
• Bloods & Crips on iTunes
• Bloods & Crips discography at Discogs.