Grape Street Watts Crips
Bounty Hunter Bloods[3] |
The Grape Street Watts Crips is a
Bounty Hunter Bloods has been described as being "the most violent and long lasting feud between two gangs that are in the Watts area."[3]
History
Brandon "BL" Bullard, a veteran of the Grape Street Watts Crips, was murdered by the East Coast Crips in 2008. The murder of Bullard sparked a war that resulted in 26 wounded and 9 dead in the six weeks that followed.[4]
Media appearances
Members of the Grape Street Watts Crips appeared in the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America, directed by Stacy Peralta.[5] Another Crips member and legendary rapper Eazy-E mentioned the area of Grape Street and maybe the gang's set of the same name in that territory in his song "Creep n Crawl".
See also
References
- ^ "16 with ties to 'Grape Street Crips' gang indicted on drug trafficking". August 7, 2019.
- ^ "The gang leader who loved Instagram. Inside the takedown of Jersey's notorious Grape Street Crips". August 5, 2018.
- ^ Superior Court of Los Angeles County. June 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- National Public Radio. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ Stacy Peralta (Director) (January 20, 2008). Crips and Bloods: Made in America (Motion picture). United States: PBS.
Further reading
- "PCP drug bust in South Los Angeles: 20 arrested". ABC7 Los Angeles. February 13, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- "Second South Los Angeles Gang Leader Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Federal Prison for Distributing PCP". FBI. February 4, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- "13 L.A. street gang members indicted in sale of PCP". Los Angeles Times. March 27, 2008. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- Watts Beset by Retaliatory Shootings. Los Angeles Times.
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