funeral services for Marquis Robinson are held at the Christian Love Baptist Church in Irvington and revenge is in the air. Robinson, who had eight arrests for drug and gun offenses, was a member of the Grape Street Crips, according to police. Undercover cops watch the funeral...
Grape Street is one of infamy in South Los Angeles. The 9500 block sits north of the Jordan Downs housing projects, and both are home to the Grape Street Crips. When I worked at Firestone, it was considered a cherry patch for drug and gun arrests, and it probably still is. It is als...
By next month, they plan to present the accord to the four principal gangs in Watts, where the first link in the truce was forged between the Grape Street Crips at the Jordan Downs housing project and the PJs at Imperial Courts weeks before the riot. “Many of them are very intelligent ...
Founded in Los Angeles in the late 1960s, the infamous Crips gang has thousands of members in North and Central Jersey, according to State Police. The gang is considered a Tier 1 threat. Significant local sets include Grape Street, Hoover Deuce, and Rollin 60s. In January 2024, the U.S....
One such family lived on Grape Street. The home was a favorite target of rival gangs and was constantly being shot up. The street side of the home was riddled with bullet holes and broken glass. Having been inside the home on several occasions, I knew that the front door, when closed,...
by the time he got his car going and pulled away—amid high-fives between two of his attackers—looters had stolen thousands of dollars in equipment and a hurled rock had smashed his window and face, leaving his left cheek the size of a grapefruit. at last, the crowd turned and ...
(selling bags of crack) on a street corner called Jolly Time, which got its name because it was frequented by drug dealers. The other Crips called Edwin “the Baby Gangsta,” and he loved it. “I felt protected,” he said. “And when you’re a little kid running the streets, ...
She from Grape Street, she know how to work the mag And only buy white tees, tell 'em to keep the purple tags Cause the laces in my Chucks keep the beef crackin I lay niggaz out like creased khakis In that G-wagon, lean like the 23's draggin I got the whole N-Y-C saggin [...
She from Grape Street, she know how to work the mag And only buy white tees, tell 'em to keep the purple tags Cause the laces in my Chucks keep the beef crackin I lay niggaz out like creased khakis In that G-wagon, lean like the 23's draggin I got the whole N-Y-C saggin [...
the slight hunchback and scheming deliberation. He looks like he subsists on overripe grapefruit and serpent eggs swallowed whole. He seems to relish quoting the word “nigga” out loud, exuding the greasy vengeance of a man who would block the sun or steal candy from a baby on a larf....