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April 1, 2026

Slauson Avenue and the Rollin' 60s: LA's Largest Crip Gang

A single street in South Los Angeles produced the largest Crip gang in the city, a war that split every gang in LA in two, and a rapper who tried to undo all of it.

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Piru Street, Compton: The Block That Founded the Bloods

A residential block in Compton with no plaque, no monument — and a 1972 meeting that created one of America's largest street gang networks. Why here?

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