Bloods
street gang founded in Los Angeles, California
The Bloods are a street gang. They were founded in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. They are rivals with the Crips, another street gang. Bloods members are known for wearing mostly red colors which is their gang color.
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During their rivalry with the Crips in the 1970s, a faction of the Crips called the Pirus street gang broke away from the Crips and joined other smaller gangs to make a gang which would later on become known as the Bloods.[1] Some notable Bloods are rappers Game and Suge Knight.
References
change- ↑ "Crips and Bloods: Made in America - Timeline: South Central Los Angeles". PBS. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-01-19.