According to the U.S. Department of Justice, these dues may be either $31 or $93 (3 x $31) the numbers 1 and 3 are of significance, as they are symbolic in the Bloods' canon (via a report from the Virginia State Police). The West Side (W/S) 52 (or "5-Deuce") Hoover Gangster Crips are an active and long standing African-American street gang founded in the western region of South Los Angeles, California. Most gangs are classified as 100% black with less than a 1% white membership (Gang and Gang Awareness, 1989). Members find many ways to say the same thing. This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 20:38. His orders to inmates belonging to the Bloods gang were to attack members of a "renegade gang called Pretty Tony," causing several extended prison lockdowns and multiple injuries. Three Triangle Burn Marks/Tattooed In the blood world, these are referredto as Dog Paws and are one of the most common ways for a blood to identify. The color then became associated with Crips. This shows disrespect to Folk Nation. Another Blood rival would be the LA Denver Lane Bloods; who bolsters a membership similar to the Eight Trays. The Crips are one of the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States. [42], Crips have served in the United States armed forces and on military bases in the United States and abroad. For example, the words "kick back" are written "kicc bacc", and block is written as "blocc". Orders are taken with military-like obedience, too, scaling from simple, local tasks such as collecting membership dues to state-wide war. 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[51], In the late 1980s and early 1990s, as many Crip gang members were being sent to various prisons across the country, an alliance was formed between the Crips and the Folk Nation in Midwest and Southern U.S. prisons. Cripsare also known to do a Crip Whistle which consists of 2 short bursts of loud whistles followed by a long burst of loud whistle. By the early 21st century, it was operating in some 40 states and had upwards of 20,000 members. A detailed look inside the American street gang alliance that never dies, and only multiplies. The latter is especially common in prisons where guns (of both the bullet and tattoo variety) are scarce. Updates? Richard Valdemar has heard allegations that "Crip" was an acronym for "Communist Revolution In Progress", though he considers this unlikely to be true. According to the film Bastards of the Party, directed by a member of the Bloods, the name represented "Community Revolutionary Interparty Service" or "Community Reform Interparty Service". Snitching, particularly to law enforcement, is forbidden and needs a seriously big carrot (say, a large sentence reduction, such as one case reported in the Virginian-Pilot) to happen. Becoming a Blood when in prison, especially for a first-time inmate, can be appealing for the protection and support it seemingly offers to those that qualify. Gang territories became more important as the many Blood and Crip sets fought over drug sales locations. Ash to ash, dust to dust, bloods I trust; Crabs we bust, kill a crab, win a prize; Kill a blood your whole family dies. As the Cripsgrew in South Central Los Angeles in the early 1970s they began targeting other gangs. Devine also put pressure on subpoenaed gang members to keep their silence, as well as taking the trouble to personally beat up a member whose loyalty he doubted. Crip gangs strictly bang (go to war) to defend their territory (hood) before any alliance or card, and are known to be very vicious in their attaccs. Additionally to their Blood rivalries, the Eight-Trays are hostile towards any Sureos gang showing hostilities toward African Americans. [48] In the mid-1990s, the Hoover Crips rivalries and wars with other Crip sets caused them to become independent and drop the Crip name, calling themselves the Hoover Criminals. Despite such efforts, the Crips continued to expand during that decade as more gangs in the city became affiliated with them, forming a loose confederation. THE NAME STUCC AND NEVER LEFT. So if Bloods aren't rampaging and slashing their way through the streets as the rumors say, what are they actually doing on October 31? THE 63 HOOVERS ARE A BRAND NEW SET THAT DOSENT HAVE VERY MEMBERS BUT STILL ARE TAKEING OVER EAST TEXAS AND IS GROWING FAST. Although the specifics vary between Blood "sets," many of these rules are common to all Bloods, who must obey or face their homies' wrath. Members are required to know the meanings behind acceptable colors: They wear blue to signify their roles as soldiers, black for gangsters, purple for war, and green for money. 1. Their ferocity would help them overcome their numerical disadvantage and . 4 (via gang expert nonprofit Throggs Neck-La Famiglia [TNLF]): "In our organization we will respect every commanding officer." Members typically consist of young African American men, but can be white, Hispanic, Asian, and Pacific Islander. The East Coast Crips (from East Los Angeles) and the Hoover Crips directly severed their alliance after Washington's death. Gangs who aligned themselves with the Eight Tray Gangster Crips adapted the Gangster Crips or Tray(3x) card while those who aligned themselves with the Rollin 60s adopted the "Neighbor Hood Crips" or Deuce(2x) card. They have a long and bitter rivalry with the Bloods. Blood gang members use several ways to identifythemselves. About the author: GS KLIVANS is a gang consultant and lecturer. Finally, we examined a code used by a gang that is rich in culture and history and this code was deciphered as a result of knowing what was important to the code writer. Lexipol. Crips with higher rank are respectfully refferedto as Big Homies by Bloods with lower rank. He can be contacted at: KLIVANS@optonline.net. Other Cripcards include: Neighborhood Crips(NHC), Trays (Gangster Crips), BloccCrips, Coasts, Deuces, and CC Riders. I'm classified as a civilian. This type of code can be identified by the type of symbols which are taken from shapes made from components of a tic-tac-toe symbol, also called a pound sign or Octothorpe and an X symbol. The Crips is an alliance of street gangs that is based in the coastal regions of Southern California.Founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams, the Crips were initially a single alliance between two autonomous gangs; it is now a loosely-connected network of individual "sets", often engaged in open warfare with one another. Their ferocity would help them overcome their numerical disadvantage and propel them into notoriety as one of the largest and most feared gangs in the United States, and the archetypal opponent of the Crips. Although the majority ofdog paws are burnedonto the skin, you will also find them tattooed. Many of these gangs, however, remained independentand fiercely territorialwith fighting between them extremely common. Each Cripset has significant differences such as hand signs, use of secondary colors, and customs. Many Cripsets have names which include the name of their City, a street that runs through their turf, or the name of the projects, apartment complex, or community they control. historically the five deuce hoovers are closely aligned with the. The name Cripswas first brought up in L.A. a Los Angeles newspaper in a articalabout young Cribs with canes, as if they were crippled. True to their name, the color most associated with Blood members is red, though other colors may be worn depending on the particular set, asan NYPD gang manualdescribes. ", As detailed in a report by the State of Virginia, depending on the length of membership and work put in, members progress through a set of ranks, whose names vary from set to set and by affiliation to West or East Coast Blood gangs. Various gangsnotably those around Piru Street . These rumors, often spread through emails, have since been discredited by both Snopes and law enforcement. Also known as "The Young Hoggs", the 52 Hoovers are a sub-set of the . It later turned violent as gang warfare ensued between former allies. We must understand that this terminology, like all terminology, is a dynamic and . Either way, The name stuccand the Cripsalliance was formed. You will see the number 5 inside of the star sometimes and also the word Blood written from right to left around the points. None of the letter s were crossed out, no familiar three dots in a dog paw pattern. Crips don't die, We mupltiply. Hatred of the Crips is so ingrained that a Blood member can not wear the color blue (the primary Crip color), as per an NYPD gang manual, and must avoid using words containing the letter "C" as much as possible, otherwise writing this letter upside down or stricken through to show disrespect, a style often seen in their graffiti, Corrections.com reports. In the 1980s the Crips became more focused on drugs, especially crack cocaine, and the gang eventually formed alliances with Mexican cartels. But my Nation will always stand in the shine of the Six. All it takes for an entire independent organization or gang to become a Cripset is the will to become Crips, meaning any gang can become a Cripset if it chooses to do so. The vocabulary can be extensive and confusing. This is CripKilla, 51/50 5-King, 1-Nation, 5-Wins, 0-Losses / 5-Kings, 1-God, 5-Queens, 0-Crabs, 031 love/solidarity/number code for blood, 212 Blood code let me holla at you., 5 poppin6 droppin Bloods are shooting and Crips are dying. Born in the RikersIsland New York jail, African Americaninmates created the group as a way to protect themselves from the Latin Kings, which was the most prevalent group in the jail system at that time. Sadly though, even though the military certainly plays down any negative impact this may bring, such as reported in Stars and Stripes, not all manage to part ways with the Bloods. The day my Flag falls then so does my body fall. Letters of the alphabet are placed in the open portions of these symbols and then the letters are assigned that shape. The second line contained Alls Well (Note the punctuation). The West Side (W/S) 83 Gangster Crips (pronounced Eight-tray) are one of Los Angeles 's most well known African-American Crip gangs. WATS UNDER YA BED-A SHOT GUN AND A BLUE FLAG, WATS UNDER YA FOOT-5POINT STAR AND A RED FLAG, WATS ON YA BACK- A PITCH FORK GOING THREW MY HEART TO SHO LOVE FOR THA CUZ, WATS ON TOP OF THE PYRIMID- 2 BURNING PITCH FORKS, HOW DID FISH KILL DAVID- IT WAS POISINED BY A SLOB, WHY IS THE SKY BLUE- ALL CRIPS GO TO HEAVEN, WATS UNDER MY RIGHT FOOT- 2000 DEAD SLOBS, WATS CRACKIN CUZ-6 POPIN 5 DROPIN UPTOWN DOWNTOWN BLU FLAGS ALL AROUND CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG NUN BUT A CRIP THANG BK ALL DAY CANT STOP WONT STOP BK TILL MY BLUE CASKET DROP FUCC PEACE WONT STOP TILL ALL SLOBS DECEASED, WHO ARE THE 3 KINGS-KING DAVID KING LARRY HOOVER AND KING JOE HOOVER, WHY DO WE BANG ON A FULL NIGHT-FOR THE CAUSE, WATS THE CAUSE- 1 FULL MOON NIGHT QUEEN SHEBBA (KING DAVIDS WIFE) WAS RAPPED AND KILLED BY 5 SLOBS WE BANG TO AVENGE HER THATS THE REASON WE BANG ON A FULL MOON THE CAUSE, WAT DO U DO WHEN U GET TO KING DAVIDS CASTLE-HOLLA HOOVER THEN HE WILL COME, WAT DO U DO WHEN HE COMES-TAKE 6 STEPS UP, STACC YA SET, STACC WHO U ARE, STACC A 'C',THROW DOWN A 'B' THROW UP A 'C', AND SAY IM HOOVER FOR LIFE, WAT DO U BRING WITH U- 60 CENTS A BLUE AND ORANGE FLAG A SHOT GUN WITH 6 SHELLS AND A PITCH FOR, HOW DO U WALK TO THE TEMPLE- U DNT, U SKIP, 2 STEPS AT A TIME,THEN 'C' WALK DOWN THE YELLOW BRICC ROAD, WAT DO U TELL KING SALOMAN WHEN U GET TO HIS HOUSE-IM HOOVER FOR LIFE THE SAY THE OATH, WAT DO U DO WHEN U MEET SHEBBA- SAY THANK U MUTHER NOW I REST IN YA ARMS, WAT DO U TELL SHORTY C-BLESS MY PITCH FORK WITH YA FOLK LOVE, WAT DO U DO WHEN U GET TO RAYMOND WASHINGTONS HOUSE-RING THE DOOR BELL 6 TIMES AND SAY KIND DAVID SENT ME, HOW DO U BANG IN GANGSTA CITY-U DNT YA KNOWLEDGE BOOK WILL GUIDE U, WAT DO U BRING TO GANGSTA CITY-A BLUE AND A ORANGE FLAG, WATS ON THE HIWAY OF YA LIFE-BLUE LITES AND A ROAD SIGN, WATS ON THE SIGN-GANGSTA CITY 6 MILES AHEAD, WATS THE POPULATION- THERE IS NO TOTAL POPULATION, WAT DO U DO WHEN U REACH GANGSTA CITY-TURN YA HAT AND SAY I MADE IT, WAT DO U GET OUT YA CAR-KNOWLEDGE BOOK AND SHOT GUN, HOW DO U WALK DOWN THE BLUE LANE-WITH JACOB ON MY LEFT SIDE, HOW DO U WALK DOWN DAVID ROAD-EYES CLOSED AND HEAD BOWED, HOW DO WALK DOWN HOOVER LANE-STACCIN HIGH AND TALL LIKE PETTER PAUL, HOW DO U WALK DOWN SALOMAN'S STREET-SPEAKING YA KNOWLEDGE CHAPTER BY CHAPTER, HOW DO U GET TO KING DAVIDS CASTLE-BY PASSING ALL 720 STEPS OF THE YELLOW BRICC ROAD, WAT DO U GET WHEN U PASS ALL THE STEPS-THE BLACC BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE, WHY DO U WEAR YA FLAG ON THE LEFT SIDE-SO IT CAN BE CLOSE TO MY HEART, 28.NEVER WEAR YA FLAG WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF IT, IN 69 THE CRIP WAS STARTED. Cross out all 6s. FREDMONT HIGH SCHOOL ON SAN PEDRO STREET IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES. The Crips gained national attention for their bitter rivalry with the Bloods. This is because many independent organizations outside of California, and across the United States have also turned into Cripsets. Make the letter T an upside down pitchfork. The older brother of the 60s member who was killed, also a member of the Rollin 60's himself, demanded that the Eight Trays hand over the new recruit to be punished in order to prevent a war between the two gangs. Turning out in smart business attire, their appearance drew comparisons to CEOs by the prosecutors, with one stating in opening arguments, "They are the CEOs, the presidents, the supervisors, the managers of the Bloods." [33] Williams however appears to discount the sometimes-cited founding date of 1969 in his memoir, Blue Rage, Black Redemption.[33]. The two rival gangsters united together to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation ( BGDN ). By age 13 . I have found that the method of knowing what is important to the writer can be a valuable tool in deciphering gang codes. They craftedthe 31 rules for UBN members to follow and, for the gang, those numbers have meaning. When Washington was fatally shot in 1979, some believed a Crips gang was responsible. Perhaps most troubling to the science of deciphering, is the fact that writers of documents written in a gang code dont spell words correctly or use rules of grammar. The creation of this gang has been attributed to a guy named OG Sidewinder, who is regarded as the main founder who created this neighborhood which was a split of Stanley "Tookie" Williams West Side Crips. Long Beach Rollin 20s Cripsare known to wear yellow and blaccin addition to blue. Although Blood gangs share the same name, there is no formal leadership structure that controls all Blood gangs. WE STAND STRONG FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH EAST TO THE WEST TO MYNEST I PROMISE I WILL DO MY BEST I WILL ALWAYS RIDE NEVER DENIE TO I WILL LAY IN MY NEST BUT UNTILL THENKING DAVID WILL HAVE MY BEST IMA GANGSTA NOW NO TURNING BACC KISS MY FLAG CUZ I LOVE MY RAG GRAUD MY CEEDS TILL I BLEED WHEN I DIE PLEASE DNT CRY TAKE MY FLAG AND USE IT TO RIDE LOVE MY FOLK AND MY LOC TILL I DIE C'S UP HIGH, DEFIND ALL CRIPS UNTILL I DIE FOREVA THROWINGC'S IN THE SKY WHEN I DIE PLACE 3 C'S ACROSS MY CHEST TELL KING HOOVER I DID MY BEST LET IT RAIN LET IT FLOOD U A SLOB OR A CRIP BUST A SLOB IN HIS LIP WATCH HIS FAVORITE COLOR DRIP, WHEN I DIE SHOW ME NO PITTY BURY ME DEEP IN GANGSTA CITY PLACE 2 GAUGES AT MY SIDE A 6 POINT ACROSS MY CHEST MY GOLDEN CROWN UPON MY HEAD MY FLAG AROUND MY LEFT WRIST A BLACC ONE OVER MY EYES A SLOBS BLOOD AT MY FEET, TELL KING HOOVER I DID MY BEST, TELL KING DAVID TO LEAD THE WAY AND JACOB TO OPEN THEDOOR, SHEBBA TO SHOW PURITY WITH A SINGLE TEAR, GOING TO STACC EM HIGH AND TALL BY STACCIN LIKE PETTER PAUL IF U AINT CRIP DNT STACC AT ALL, I RAN WITH MY CUZZ ALL THE TIME, HIGH ROLLIN MY ASS TILL 1 DAY ALL MY GANGSTA IN ALINE THE LINE BROKE, I GOT SMOKED TELL EM TO FORM THE LINE EVEN TIGHTER THIS TIME FOR IF YOU DNT BELEAVE ASK MYCUZZ PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL CUZZ'IN ON THE RUN THATS Y I STICCWITH JESUS ANDGOD ALL IS ONE AND ALL IS WELL FOR JUST ASK THE PANTHER, JACOBS QUESTION BEFOR THE GOLDEN GATE WILL OPEN, LET IT RAIN LET IT DRIP FOR IT FLOOD ANUTHER JUST BUSTEM IN HIS LIP AND IF HE ASK U YOUR TRIP U BETTA SHOUT HOOVER CRIP NOW MYCUZZ WAT SHALL U BUST (HE IS ASKIN U TO BUST HIM IN HIS NAME, FOR THE BLUE IS TRUE THE RED IS DEAD FOR ALL THE BLOOD KING DAVID SHED WE SHAL BURRY ANUTHER FIVE CAUSE ONLY CRIP FEAL THE JIVE AS THE SKY RAISES IN THE SKY I SEE EYE TO EYEWITH THE BEST AS HOOVERS EAGLE BRINGS ME MY SWORD OH LARRY HOOVER WAS THE ONLY SLOB THUS SLOB REMOVER. The Eight Tray Gangster Crips are considered by Federal Agents and city officials, to be one of the most violent street gangs, in all of Los Angeles County. While over the years it's true that a wealth of knowledge about the Bloods and their inner workings has been either leaked or been straight-up seized, asreported by the NYPD, any Blood member or set is still expected to keep Blood business purely Blood to Blood unless expressly permitted by the highest-ranking members. King David spittin knowledge What's behind your heart? Accordingly, it's said Bloods should fast on the 31st to honor this date, according to an New York Police Department gang manual. All rights reserved. 5 (via TNLF): "In our organization we will never argue in front of outsiders." Do Not Sell My Personal Information. However, by the early 1980s, they were engaged in all out warfare. This may be called Tools or use an icon like the cog. GKB This represents Gangsta Killa Blood, also referred to asG-Shyne, 757 Virginia Area Code (Tidewater Area), 311 Third letter of the alphabet is C and the eleventh letter is K. Anyone forgetting this rule and getting into it with a fellow Blood risks then getting jumped by other Bloods in attendance, one instance of which was shown in an episode of "60 Days In.". The Gangster Disciples (often abbreviated as the GD's, formerly GDN) are an African American street and prison gang, which was formed in 1969, by Larry Hoover and David Barksdale. Former Army Spc. They later became obsessed with protecting themselves from the other non-cripalliance independent gangs in the community which began to increase violence and resistance towards the Crips. These two counts included responsibility for a murder as well as a separate count involving a conspiracy to murder a different victim. Cripsare known to shout CaRip and OoWoo as a greeting to other Cripsand to let their presensebe known. What was once a single gang is now a loosely connected network of individual sets, often engaged in open warfare with one another. [40][41], In 1992 the LAPD estimated 15,742 Crips in 108 sets; other source estimates were 30,000 to 35,000 in 600 sets in California. The "Chairman" will truly bless you if you have any hand in bringing this nation back together again and upholding the laws of the "FOLK DISCIPLES". Stanley TookieWilliams is one of the co-founders of the Crips. "You can go on a robbery or something," Red said. The West Side (W/S) 83 Gangster Crips (pronounced Eight-tray) are one of Los Angeles's most well known African-American Crip gangs. Many Cripgang members can be found on TheHoodUp.com, which is a notorious virtual gathering-place for many other gangs as well. Some Blood members moved to several large cities throughout the West Coast to expand their drug market.
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