Bloods & Crips was a musical collaboration between members of the Bloods

Bloods

The Bloods are a street gang founded in Los Angeles, California. The gang is widely known for its rivalry with the Crips. They are identified by the red color worn by their members and by particular gang symbols, including distinctive hand signs...

 & Crips

Crips

The Crips are a primarily, but not exclusively, African American gang. They were founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969 mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams...

 gangs formed by Tweedy Bird Loc

Tweedy Bird Loc

Rodney Johnson better known by his stage name Tweedy Bird Loc, is an American rapper from Compton, California. Tweedy and producer Ronnie Phillips organized hip hop project Bloods & Crips, collaboration between Bloods and Crips gang members...

, Redrum 781 and Ronnie Phillips in 1993.

History

Some Bloods and Crips are found all over the United States, however. For example, There are some Bloods in Newark, New Jersey. The Bloods & Crips project was organized by producer Ronnie Phillips , rappers Redrum 781 and Tweedy Bird Loc, who is a Kelly Park Compton Crip himself. Actual gang members, Crips from Compton

Compton, California

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 and Long Beach

Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

, Bloods from Inglewood

Inglewood, California

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 and Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 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 groups second and final studio album, Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues

Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues

Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues is the second and last album by the Bloods & Crips. Music videos were made for G's & Locs and Wish You Were Here.-Track listing:-Samples:*"G's and Locs"**"I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You" by Leon Haywood...

 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

Nationwide Rip Ridaz

The Nationwide Rip Ridaz were an assortment of Crips gang members from Compton, South Los Angeles, and Watts, California. They are best known for their collaboration with Bloods gang members, Damu Ridas on Bangin' on Wax and Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues. Five of the members of the rap...

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The idea behind the albums was to get the gang members to bang (slang for fight) on wax (i.e., record) and not in the streets. Each record consisted of a "B" side and a "C" side. The B side consisted of Bloods and the C side consisted of Crips. The song "Bangin On Wax" was the only song where the Bloods & Crips rapped together in the original album. Most of the songs were written and recorded in the same studio session.

Bloods

• Lil' Leak aka CK (Avenue Piru Gang) - Alive. Lil' Leak is the brother of Redrum781.
• RedruM781 (Avenue Piru Gang) - Alive. Redrum 781 is still rapping.
• Yank (Bounty Hunter Bloods) - Unknown
• Lil' Stretch (Bounty Hunter Bloods) - Alive and owns a motorbike store.
• Big Wy aka Red Rag (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Alive.
• Lil' Hawk (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Alive (incarcerated). Lil' Hawk is a member of the Damu Ridas. He's currently serving a 25 to life sentence.
• Spyder aka S.P (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Deceased.
• Tip Toe (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Deceased.
• O.G Mad Eye aka Big Mad Eye (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) - Deceased.
• Pimp D (Crenshaw Mafia Gang)- Deceased.
• Bloody Mary aka Nini X (Avenue Piru Gang) - Deceased.
• Green Eyez (Inglewood Family Gang) - Alive.
• B-Brazy (L.A. Denver Lane Bloods) - Deceased.
• Lil' Laniak 2 (L.A. Denver Lane Bloods) - Deceased.
• Peanut 2 aka KP (L.A Denver Lane Bloods) - Deceased.
• Batman aka Evil Bat (Mad Swan Bloods) - Deceased
• Dogg aka Suga Buga (Weirdos Bloods) - Alive. Suga Buga is still rapping with his homie Big Wy.
• O.G. - Unknown.
• Pops - Unknown.
• Big Hawk - Deceased.
• G'Len - (L.A. Denver Lane Bloods) - Alive.

Crips

• G-Bone aka G-Bizo (Atlantic Drive Compton Crip) - Alive.
• B.G. Scarface (Atlantic Drive Compton Crip) - Alive
• Twin Loc aka G-Cell (Avalon Gangsta Crip) - Alive.
• Broncoe (Fudgetown Mafia Crip) - Alive.
• AWOL (Kelly Park Compton Crip) - Deceased, on July 4th, 1997, AWOL was shot and killed.
• Crip Inch (Kelly Park Compton Crip) - Deceased
• Fo' Clips Eclipse aka Young Malcolm (Kelly Park Compton Crip) - Deceased.
• Sin Loc (Kelly Park Compton Crip) - Alive
• Troll Loc (Kelly Park Compton Crip) - Alive, he moved to Portland.
• Tweedy Bird Loc
  Tweedy Bird Loc
  Rodney Johnson better known by his stage name Tweedy Bird Loc, is an American rapper from Compton, California. Tweedy and producer Ronnie Phillips organized hip hop project Bloods & Crips, collaboration between Bloods and Crips gang members...
  
   aka BK (Kelly Park Compton Crip) - Alive.
• Blue Ragg (Neighborhood Compton Crip) - Alive
• Do Or Die aka A-Love (Neighborhood Compton Crip) - Alive, active on Facebook.
• C-Note (Rollin 20's Long Beach Crip) - Alive
• Genuine Draft
  Domino (rapper)
  Shawn Antione Ivy, known as Domino, is an American rapper born in 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Long Beach, California. Being a Crip himself, he auditioned for the Bloods & Crips project in the early 1990s. He is the first rapper, in order of appearance, in the title track Bangin' on...
  
   aka Domino (Long Beach Insane Crip) - Alive
• Keystone (Watts Franklin Square Crip) - Alive.
• Koollay (Watts Franklin Square Crip) - Unknown.
• Cixx Pac (Watts Franklin Square Crip) - Unknown.
• Big Freeze (Watts Franklin Square Crip) - Deceased,

Discography

Year	Title	Chart positions
		U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	U.S. R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
1993	Bangin' on Wax Released: March 9, 1993 Label: Dangerous	86	18
1994	Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues is the second and last album by the Bloods & Crips. Music videos were made for G's & Locs and Wish You Were Here.-Track listing:-Samples:*"G's and Locs"**"I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You" by Leon Haywood... Released: September 13, 1994 Label: Dangerous	139	20

Compilations

Year	Album
1996	Bangin' on Wax: Greatest Hits Bangin' on Wax: Greatest Hits Bangin' on Wax: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by rap group, Bloods & Crips. The album was released on August 27, 1996 for Dangerous Records.-Track listing:#"Slob B.K.O."- 5:55#"Going to Crip Nick"- 1:16#"C-Alright"- 4:53... Released: August 27, 1996 Label: Dangerous

Music videos

Year	Video
1993	"Bangin' On Wax"
	"Steady Dippin'"
	"Piru Love"
1994	"G's & Loc's"
	"Wish You Were Here"