Latin Kings

Introduction
Latin Kings was started in Chicago by men from Spanish-speaking areas.  It was found in 1964.  It has several sets, ranks, and rules.  It has its own culture.  Latin Queens is the female version of Latin Kings.        

History
In the 1930's there were small gangs of Spanish-speaking people in Chicago. They came together to protect themselves from their enemies.  Latin Kings became very violent over time and they sold a lot of drugs.  LKs are the largest Spanish-speaking gang in the US. They are a member of the People Nation.  

Factions
King Motherland: This is the oldest faction.  This faction has sets in 41 states and Spanish-speaking countries.  It's also in parts Europe and Canada.   

Bloodline: This is the New York faction.  It was created by Luis Felipe.  He left Chicago so he wouldn't go to jail.  NYPD arrested him after he set up the Bloodline.   Antonio Fernandez became the leader in 1999. 

There are various sets of this faction named after American tribes or "local names."  They have their own ranking system, which consists of Crowns.  Each crown has a certain duty.      

Latin Queens
LQs focus on self-improvement, help with substance abuse and creating a nurturing environment.  This gang gave Spanish-speaking women cultural pride. The LQs promote family and education.  It gave and still gives hope to a lot of Spanish-speaking women.  Some of them engage in the same crimes as Latin Kings, but not as often.  

Kingology

"The Oath (Bloodline)

Almighty father King of Kings we the Latin kings are 360’ in 

knowledge and understanding and respect strong whole and 

unbreakable. On this very day and in front of my almighty Crown: 

promise to be a Latin king for life. I fully understand no one has 

forced me to join the Latin king nation, therefore: Will be by at my 

brother's side in good or bad situations and: shall follow through 

with any and every order given to me by my superiors. I fully 

understand that once a king always a king. Amor De Rey

Five Points  

• Respect your brothers your crown and your nation.
• Mark by the truth. Your word is your crown your crown is your nation. A king must live by this word.
• The condition of being united into a single whole. One for all. All for one.
• The knowing of lessons and prayers gained from your experiences within the Latin King Nation.
• Love is what I carry within my heart for my brothers my crown and my nation.

3 Colors  

Black/Onyx – knowing of both your past and prevent superiors.

Yellow/Gold – for the sun that shines down on us and gives light to our crown.

Red/Ruby – for the brothers that shed their blood for the cause of our nation."

Conclusion
This gang gives a lot of pride to Spanish-speaking people.  That's great!!!!!!  This gang would be super sweet if the gangstas weren't violent criminals.  This gang seems softer than the other gangs I wrote about. Maybe that's a good thing.  Latin Queens are positive most of the time I think.  That's terrific!!!!!!!!      

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Kings_(gang)
http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=LATIN_KINGS
http://www.alkqn.org/
http://www.gangenforcement.com/latin-kings.html
http://www.segag.org/ganginfo/frlkings.html
http://thehoodup.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=43773#.WFnUT9QrLDc
https://www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/etext/mn/mn188/alkqn.txt
http://prisonwriters.com/latin-kings-gang/
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/gangs/sets.html
http://www.policemag.com/blog/gangs/story/2011/04/the-almighty-latin-king-and-queen-nation.aspx
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/latin-queen-mother-saved-kids-article-1.295177
http://www.clal.org/jpf13.html
Latin Queen Interview
King Motherland
Punishment for Violation  
Bloodline
LK Rappers
LK Stacking
Teen Queens

Black Mafia Family

Introduction
The BMF was created in River Rouge, MI.  It was founded in 1980's by Big Meech & Southwest T (Flenory Brothers).  BMF became nationwide drug supplier and/or dealer.  Big Meech created their own record label.  BMF leaders started getting arrested in 2000's.  The soldiers never got caught.

History
The Flenory Brothers started selling dope when they were in high school.  In 2000 BMF was operating in several states.  In 2001 the brothers fell out because Southwest T didn't like Big Meech being so extravagant.  Big Meech stayed in Atlanta and Southwest T moved to LA.  In 2008 the Flenory Brothers got sentenced to 30 years in jail.

Drug Operation
BMF bought drugs from Mexican drug cartels in LA.  Then the drugs were distributed in Detroit and Atlanta.  From there the drugs was sold in 11 different states.  The drug operation was worth $300 million.

Label
Big Meech created a label with Atlantic Records.  It was called BMF Entertainment.  He made $25,000 a month from the label.  He had one rapper on his label. His name is Bleu DaVinci.  Big Meech spent half a million dollars on Bleu video and he helped Young Jeezy with his rap career.

Jay-z was on the video set of Soul Survivor with a brand new Maybach.  In response to this, Big Meech came with 2 brand new Maybaches.  Sometimes he hung out with rappers even b4 he owned a label.  Big Meech was very flashy.  He sent a lot of $ at strip clubs.  This brought more attention to him by the FBI.  Big Meech is an inspiration too many rappers.

The End of Good Times
The cops were trying to take down Flenory Brothers since the early 90's.  In 2003 Detroit cops and the DEA started an investigation into BMF.  It was called Operation Motor City Mafia.  Indictments started in 2005 and it continued to 2007.  Drug dealing leads to death or prison, so don't do it.  Do good and avoid evil.

Conclusion
BMF may have been biggest drug cartel in the US!  They made a bunch of $ from drugs and entertainment. BMF came to an end because they didn't go legit.  No one should ever commit crimes; but if you do you should have a deadline.  Go legit as soon as possible.  The longer you stay doing crime the more likely you are to end up dead or in prison.  Make $ by doing something positive.                

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mafia_Family
https://forum.grasscity.com/threads/nationwide-drug-ring-bmf-snitching-left-and-right.189122/
http://atlantablackstar.com/2012/12/21/bmf-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-hip-hop-drug-empire/
http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/10/28/bmf-drug-empire-hip-hop/
http://pd-evolution.blogspot.com/2007/07/black-mafia-family-bmf-crips-empire.html
BMF Doc
Bleu DaVinci
Li Meech
BMF Story

Vice Lords

Introduction
Vice Lords is the oldest black gang in Chicago.  There were 8 different sets of Vice Lords.  One of the sets created Vice Lord Nation.  They have their own culture and ranks.  Willie Lloyd had a big impact on the Vice Lords.

Lordology

• "A hat cocked to the left side.(Left represents the People Nation alliance and cocking to the right represents the Folk Nation alliance)
• Rabbit wearing a bow tie (The Playboy logo)^[6]
• Martini glass
• A glove
• Top hat
• Cane
• Five-point star - The five points represent (clockwise from top): Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom and Justice.
• Crescent moon
• Scimitar
• Pitchfork pointing down - The pitchfork is a symbol of the Gangster Disciples
• Broken heart with wings - As above, the heart with wings is a symbol of the Gangster Disciples, breaking it is a sign of disrespect
• Like the Black P. Stones, the Vice Lords often utilize pseudo-Islamic ideology and symbolism in their gang motif
• Pyramid with an eye above it.
• a six-point star broken in half to disrespect Folk Nation.
• Five-point crown"

Ranks

"Supreme Chief-King of Kings

Prince of the Nation

Minister of Justice

Free and Accepted Almighty Minister

Kings of the Nation

Universal Elites

Ambassadors

Minister of Command

Precinct Elites

Lieutenants

Minister of Literature"

History
Vice Lords was created by Edward Perry in a correctional facility.  It was founded in 1958.  There were 8 original sets of Vice Lords.  One of the sets was called Conservative Vice Lords.  They helped the community. The CVL received $ from politicians and community leaders.  The CVL became corrupt after Martin Luther King, Jr got killed.

Vice Lords incorporated other gangs into their nation.  This made the gang a lot bigger.  They committed a lot of crimes at this time.  They became very violent when drugs became more prevalent.  They became drug dealers of heroin and cocaine in the 70's.

They were influenced by Islam.  New rules were created because of this.  It helped some them become more disciplined.

In the 80's crack became popular.  The members became very undisciplined because of greed.  The members became obsessed with making big bucks from selling dope.  They were selling crack in various states.  

The Vice Lords are in many states and several nations.  There are 20,000 Vice Lords in Chicago and 30,000 nationwide.

Sets
-'Traveler Vice Lord aka Taliban(TVL)- They shot up a lot of BDs and GDs.  
-Conservative Vice Lords (CVL)-They helped create the People Nation.
-Unknown Vice Lords aka Ghost Mob (UVL)-This faction was led by Willie Lloyd.  
-Renegade Vice Lords (RVL)- They were created in the 80's.  
-Imperial Insane Vice Lords (IIVL)-Unknown 
-Mafia Insane Vice Lords (MIVL)-Unknown 
-Cicero Insane Vice Lords (CIVL)-Unknown 
-Spanish Vice Lords (SVL)-Latino set. 
-Undertaker Vice Lords (UTVL)-They sold a lot of dope and they have age groups. 
-4 Corner Hustlers (4CH)'- Fought other sets of Vice Lords.       

Willie Lloyd
He joined the UVL when he was 12.  When he was 14 he recruited 1,000 followers.  Willie and 3 of his soldiers went to Iowa and robbed people at a hotel.  They got in a shootout with police.  One pig got killed. He got 15 years in jail 4 this.  He got out of prison when he was 35 years old.

The Vice Lords loved him after he got out of prison. They called him cop killa.  He went back to prison in 1988 for having guns in his car.  He got out in 1992 and became a dope fiend.  Willie wanted to be the leader of the UVL again, but Baby Tye didn't want him too.

Baby Tye became the leader while Willie was in jail.  Willie had his brother kidnapped so he could get $6,000 Baby owed him.  Baby had Willie car shot up after he got his brother back.  The members of Baby's faction killed Lloyd's lieutenant, 2 drug dealers, and shot up Willie's car.  Willie and 3 passengers were injured when the car got shot up.

Willie got arrested again in 1994 because the pigs founded a gun in his house.  He got out of prison in 2002. He decided to stop being a gangsta.  He told younger Vice Lords to turn from their wicked ways. Some felt he was trying to pull rank, so he got shot 6 times in 2003.  He now paralyzed, but he still advocates non-violence.

Conclusion
The Vice Lords have been around for over 50 years.  They have their own culture, ranks, and sets.  They are nationwide and worldwide.  Willie Lloyd is a Vice Lord celebrity.  I don't like this gang.

References
http://www.stonegreasers.com/greaser/vicelords.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almighty_Vice_Lord_Nation
http://www.ncgangcops.org/vice-lords
http://www.hipwiki.com/Vice-Lords
http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=TVL
http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=CVL
http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=SVLN
http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=UNDERTAKER_VICELORDS
http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=4CH
http://www.biography.com/people/willie-lloyd-504960
Vice Lords Doc
Vice Lords Rappers
VL Stacking
CVL

Gangsta Disciples

Introduction
The GDs was created in the 60's.  They come from The Black Gangsta Nation.  Now they are a member of the Folk Nation.  They have their own culture.  They have their own ranking and several different sets.  They have many allies and enemies.  Some GDs are famous.  There are GDs in the police force and the military.  

History
Larry Hoover was the leader of the Gangsta Nation.  It was a collaboration of Gangsta gangs.  David Barksdale was the later of the Disciples Nation.  It was a collaboration of Disciples gangs.  They came together and formed Black Gangsta Disciple Nation.  

BGDN, Black P. Stones, and Vice Lords came together and improved the Black community in Chicago. They built restaurants, free lunch programs, they were involved civil rights movement, etc.  A lot of drugs were pumped into the community.  The gangstas became greedy and sold drugs.  The community went to hell because of this.  

BGDN stop being an organization and became a gang.  Hoover created the Folk Nation because of this. The GDs are descendants of BGDN.  GDs are part of the Folk Nation.  They are one of the most powerful gangs in the world.

There are about 50,000 members in Chicago.  200,000 members nationwide and 800,000 worldwide.  This gang is huge!!!!!  They are only 150,000 members shy of 1 million!!!!!!!!!! 

Gangstaology
The GDs have 17 laws.  Their symbols are the 6 point star, crown, pitchfork, etc.  They have their own prayer.  Thpitchforkrk means body, mind, soul.  The 6 pointed star means "love, life, loyalty, wisdom, knowledge and understanding."  The star is made out of 2 pyramids, which are composed of 13 bricks. 
The 13 brick represent the 13 founders.

Ranks

• "Chairman Of the Board
• Board of Directors (2) (Prison & Street)
• Governors/Area Coordinator
• Regents
• Street Enforcers
• Soldiers/Non Members"

Rapping GDs
Lil Scrappy is a rapper in Atlanta.  He was on a VH1 show.  He is a GD.  Lil JoJo was a rapper and a GD in Chicago. He was shot down when was 16.  King Louis is a rapper in Chicago.  He may be a Gangsta Disciple.  King Yella is a GD in Chicago.  

GDs in the Police Force and Military
Feds indicted cops in Atlanta that were GDs.  It happened in 2016.  Cops in other states were indicted too. Some of them threatened Rick Ross in 2012.  This may be the reason he canceled his tour.  The GDs have killed 10 people in Georgia.  

There are GDs in the military.  A sergeant wanted to join the gang.  The gang members beat him up so he could be initiated.  He was gravely harmed, so he asked the gang members to take him to the hospital.  He died because they wouldn't take him.  The gang members were sentenced about 7 years in prison.  The leader was given 22 years in prison.

Conclusion
The GDs have been around for 40 years.  They have ranks and culture.  There are quite a few rappers in GDs. They have infiltrated the police and the military.  They would be a great gang if they weren't violent criminals.

References
http://gd7414.weebly.com/growth--development.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangster_Disciples
https://www.reference.com/government-politics/ranking-system-gangster-disciples-6779ac0751ac50d2
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/us/gangster-disciples-indicted/
http://custom-essay-cheap.com/the-constitution-and-literature-of-the-gangster-disciple-street/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-gangster-disciples-indictments-20160504-story.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/05/was-this-cop-a-gangster-disciples-executioner.html
http://hiphopdatabase.wikia.com/wiki/Gangster_Disciples
http://www.hipwiki.com/Gangster+Disciples
http://www.angelfire.com/ga/gangstadisciple/
http://www.angelfire.com/la/mafia6/litkno.html
http://blackgangsta.blogspot.com/2006/04/better-growth-development.html
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-gang-that-could-go-straight/Content?oid=886552
http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=GDN
http://gangresearch.net/ChicagoGangs/BGD/bgdnhistory.html
http://www.corrections.com/tracy_barnhart/?p=486
http://www.ndsn.org/summer96/gdgang.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feds-indict-ex-georgia-cop-alleged-members-gangster-disciples-n568541
GD Stacking
GD Doc
GD Rappers
Larry Hoover
GD Ready to Bang with Rick Ross

Black P. Stones

Introduction
The Black P Stones was created in Chicago.  It was founded in the 1950's.  This gang was called Blackstone Rangers at first.  This is the most powerful gang in Chicago.  This gang was influenced by Black Nationalism.  They have various sets.

Blackology
They have their own hand signs.  They like the colors red and black.  Some of their symbols is a pyramid with an eye at the top, crown, cane, 5 point star, etc.  The 5 point star means love, truth, peace, freedom, and justice.  They have great ideas.  They having rankings that are Islamic.

History
Jeff Fort and Eugene Bull Harrison created Black P Stones.  Jeff Fort became a gang leader when he was a teenager.  His gang fought white gangs and other black gangs.  His gang got to bangin with Eugene gang. They joined forces after they made a truce.  They became the Black Stone Ranger.

They recruited a lot of people in the 60's because the Devils Disciple was moving in on their turf.  Rev. Fry helped the gang get federal funding and helped them create a government structure.  Eugene and Jeff created a council called Main 21.  Leaders of various gangs joined the council.  The council created Almighty Black Stone Nation.

Jeff made the Black P. Stones seem like a charitable organization.  He got $ from the federal government. The Black P. Stones made small bizznesses pay them. Jeff was invited to the inauguration of Nixon.  He didn't go, he sent his minions to it.  Black Panthers started to move into their turf and they were going to bang with them.

After Jeff got out of jail he tried to join the Moorish Science Temple.  He was unable to, so he created the Moorish Temple of America.  He imposed his new ideas on Black P Stones.  Jeff created a new set of Stones.  The set was called El Rukns.  They befriend Muammar Kaddafi.  They got some weapons from Libyans, which they were going to use on cops and government officials.  The highest ranking members of El Rukns were put in prison because of this.              

Sets
There are 7 major branches of the Blck P. Stones.

The Almighty Black Stone Nation is the biggest branch.

Familia Stones:  They are a Hispanic branch.  They were called P.R. Stones.  Today there are members that aren't Puerto Rican that's why they changed their name.

Jet Black Stones:  They are led by Jeff Fort son.  They are younger and more violent.

Rubinites: They were very powerful in the 90's.

Micky Cobra Stones:  They were a branch of Black P. Stones.  Jeff Fort got their leader killed.   They broke away from the Black P. Stones because of this.

I didn't find information on the other branches.

Black P. Stone Bloods: Some members of Black P. Stones moved to LA.  They created their own set. Then they became a  Bloods set.  Bloods are in the People Nation.  Black P. Stones were one of the creators of the People Nation.  Black P. Stone Bloods were the gang that was shooting at Denzel Washington in Training Day.  

Conclusion
The Black P. Stone have their own culture and 7 branches.  They have a long history and were influenced by Black Nationalism.  They got a million $ of funding from the government.  They were so popular its leader was invited to the White House.  They would be sweet if they weren't violent criminals.

References
Black P. Stone Rappers
Documentary of the Stones
Stone Up
Blackology
http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=BPSN
http://www.ngcrc.com/bpsn2003.html
http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=JET_BLACK_STONES
http://www.hipwiki.com/Black+P+Stone+Nation#The_7_Branches_of_the_Black_P\._Stone_Nation
Stone to the Bone

Bloods

Introduction
Bloods are one of the most notorious gangs in the world!  Bloods was created so certain gangs wouldn't get beat up by Crips.  Pirus created the Bloods Alliance.  Other gangs joined the Bloods Alliance later.  There are many sets of Bloods.  A lot of people became members of the Bloods when crack became popular.   There are members of this gang in the military.

Bloodology
The color of their clothes is red.  They like to wear clothes for different sports teams.  They like the # 5 and 5 pointed stars.  They are a member of People Nation.  They have gang signs and sometimes they disrespect other gangs by drawing their symbol upside down.  They call themselves CK (Crip Killer), MOB (Member of Bloods), dogs, and ballers.  Bangin means batting other sets or gangs. Bloods gang members aren't supposed to kill innocent people.  If they do they'll be murdered. Sometimes they speak to each other in Kiswahili.  They have their own body language.  

History
Bloods was created in Compton, California.  Pirus created the Blood Alliance.  The Athens Park Boys, Pueblos, Black P Stones, Brimms, and other gangs joined the Bloods Alliance.  The Pirus were a Crip gang until other Crips killed an innocent person.  The Pirus broke away with the Crips Alliance and went war with Crips.  The Bloods decided to use the color red because they opposed the Crips that use the color blue.   Some of the gangs in the Blood Alliance use other colors instead of red.  Banners are alliances between gangs within the Blood Alliance.  Any gang can become a blood set by joining Blood Alliance. Bloods protect their hood from other gangs.  That's why they were created.

Bloods and Crips became friends after the Rodney King verdict.  Their color was purple.  Cops stole a Crip car and did a drive-by on Bloods.  Bloods thought the Crips did it so they started bangin on them.

Ranks
These are ranks of the Southside Brimm.
Tiny Young Gangsta: A member that is under age of 18.
Young Gangsta: A member over 18 years old that was in the gang for less than 10 years.
Original Young Gangsta: A member that is older than 18 that has been gangbanging 4 over 10 years.
Original Gangsta: A member that been bangin over 20 years.
OOG: A member that has been bangin for 30 years.
OOOG: A member bangin for 40+ years.
Godfather or Godmother: The founder of a set.
Other sets have a different ranking.
Most of the members of the gang are soldiers.  They tend to be very violent.  They are violent to prove themselves to higher ranking members.  There are associates.  They commit crimes with the gang, but they aren't a part of it.  Lower rank member calls higher rank member Big Homie.

$ Making
The Bloods commit many crimes to make money.  They also make money in legally.  They sell drugs and guns.  They do loan sharking, prostitution, and sometimes they are bodyguards.  They also have made movies and record labels.  Chyanne Jacobs is a pornstar and a Blood.  If any company is doing bizzness on their turf they will have to pay a hood tax.  Selling crack helped the Bloods become super rich.

Sets            
Bounty Hunter: This set is located in Watts.  They were named the Green Jackets in the begin.  The Bounty Hunter is nationwide and it's in other countries.  There even in Detroit.

Crenshaw Mafia Gang: They are located in Inglewood.  They are also in Denver.  This set is mentioned in several movies.  The Damu Ridas was a rap group.  Its members were in Crenshaw Mafia Gang.  Damu Ridas came from the rap group called Blood & Crips.

West Side Piru: This set was created in the 1970's.  They are bangin with some Crip sets.

There are many other sets, but this will suffice.

United Blood Nation
UBN is the biggest Bloods set on the east coast.  They are a super-set!!!!!!!! They are the biggest gang in NYC.  There may be 10,000 people in this gang.  UBN spread to 10 other states and made a lot of $ from selling crack.  They are friends with MS-13.  UBN is in jails and communities.

Conclusion
The Bloods have a long history and their own culture.  They have many ways to make $.  They have many sets and they are part of the People Nation.  They are all other the US and the world.  This gang would be neat if it wasn't violent and criminal.

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloods
http://blood-knowledge.com/
http://hiphopdatabase.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Blood_sets_worldwide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_Hunter_Bloods
https://info.publicintelligence.net/BloodsStreetGangIntelligenceReport.pdf
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/04/19/bounty-hunter-bloods-sentenced-detroit-street-gang-federal-court/83260524/
https://unitedgangs.com/bloods-2/
http://cryptome.org/gangs/united.pdf
Bloods
Blood Rappers
Bloods & Crips Unite
A Blood Upset with Souljah Boy

Crips

Introduction
Crips were created in California during the 60's.  The creators of the Crips was Stanley Tookie Williams and Raymond Lee Washington.  They were leaders of 2 different gangs, they simply combined their forces.  The gang was originally called Cribs because the members were no older than 17.  Then they started walking around with canes, so people called them cripple.  Crip is short 4 cripple.  In the 70's the Crips broke up into different sets (groups) and they fought each other.  When crack became popular in the 80's, the Crips became very rich and famous.  They spread all over the nation and the world.  There are over 800 sets of Crips and 30,000 members nationwide.   Bloods are the Crips rivals.  They are like Superman and Lex Luther.  Some Crips joined the military to become better killers.

Cripology
Crips love to wear blue.  They roll their right pants leg up and cock their caps to the right.  They have their own lingo.  They call each other Cuz.  They say what is C like to greet each other.  Some of their symbols are 6 pointed star, crowns, pitchfork, back to back C's (some sets see this as disrespect), etc.  If they weren't violent and didn't commit crimes they would be sweet!

Sets of Crips
Pirus: This was a gang in Compton that spread to surrounding areas.  They later became a Crip set. They later joined the Brimms Gang and created the Bloods.

Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips: They are one of the worst gang in the Los Angles, California.  This gang has about 7,000 members.  They were allied to 8 Tray Gangsta Crips.  Later they became rivals. Rappers on Death Row Records was in this set.  Snoop Dog and Nate Dogg are down with the Rollin 20's.

8 Tray Gangsta Crips:  They like to wear Texas Longhorn caps. They are also one of the worst gangs Los Angles, California.  The feud they have with the Rollin 60's have resulted in the death of 50 people.  There are over 300 people in this gang.  They attacked an innocent person after the Rodney King verdict.  One of the gang's members known as Psycho ambushed 3 cops and caused them great harm.  They survived and one of them shot him in the head and he got 19 years in prison.  This was in response to the Rodney King verdict.  2 teenage women got killed by 5 members of this gang over a bad drug deal.  There is a gang member called Monster he was or is very violent.

Compton Crips: Mac Thomas was the founder of this gang.  This gang has dissolved into many different sets. CC Riders were formed in 1986.  It was created to bring all the Compton Crips sets under one roof.  Eazy-E, MC Ren, MC 8, and other rappers were in sets that were a part of CC Riders.  Bloods & Crips were created in 1993.  They were a group rappers from rival gangs.  They were signed to Ruthless Records.  The Southside Crips were beefing with Mac Mafia Crips, which resulted in the death of Venus and Serena sister. Her name was Yetunde Price, she was killed on 9/14/03.  The Orginal Swag Compton Crips are currently beefing with Compton Varrio 155.  The Orginal Swag Compton Crips are a set of CC Riders.  28 sets make up CC Ridaz.  Compton Varrio 155 is a latin gang that kills African Americans.

There are many other sets, but this will suffice.

Crips & Crack
Some people joined the Crips so they could sell crack.  They made a lot of $ from selling crack.  If someone sold crack to a White person they were more likely to go to jail than selling it to a Black person.  You get a lot more time in prison for selling crack than cocaine.

Freeway Rick Ross was a supplier of crack for gangs in Los Angles.  He became a hood celebrity. He got his drugs from a trafficker that was a member of Contras.  Contras were right-wing terrorist groups in Niagara.  They engaged in low-yield warfare, which means they killed innocent people. They thought the people would overthrow the government because of this.  Ronald Reagan called them freedom fighters. Contras were backed by the CIA.  Freeway trafficker name is Oscar Danilo Blando.  He got 4 years in prison.  After that, he became a US citizen.  He became an informant for the DEA and set up Freeway.

There are 2 rappers named after Freeway Rick Ross.  One of them is very famous and I think the other one lives in New Jersey.  Gray Web wrote books about the CIA bring drugs in the US.  He was assassinated for writing those books.

Crips in the Military
There was a Cuz (member of Crips) in the military.  He sold drugs so he was discharged.  Sometimes judges give gang members the option of joining the military instead of going to prison.  Gang members commit crimes in the military.  Sometimes they steal weapons and sell or use them on the streets.

Conclusion
The Crips have a long history and many rivalries between different sets and other gangs.  They are nationwide and worldwide.  A lot of rappers are Crips.  Some of them are in the military.  They would be cool if they weren't violent and if they didn't commit crimes.

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crips
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crips_subsets
https://unitedgangs.com/
https://lifeinthehood.wordpress.com/category/crips/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras
https://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/6/inside_the_dark_alliance_gary_webb
https://www.thebalance.com/gang-activity-in-the-u-s-military-3354199
http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-gang-assessment-us-military-2011-10
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-ideologies-of-gangs-like-the-Bloods-and-Crips-and-how-do-they-differ
http://www.hendonpub.com/resources/article_archive/results/details?id=1402
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