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The Crips, the gang that condemned California inmate Stanley Tookie Williams helped to create, has survived -- and has even gone international.... Tookie Williams and the History of the Crips ...
On this date in 2008, the Stacy Peralta-directed documentary, which delves into the everyday life of the Crips and Bloods in the ghettos of America and why the gang narrative is so alluring to today’s ...
Created by the Crips street gang in the 1970s, the iconic dance move became a fixture in popular culture after being popularized by rappers from the West Coast. The TikTok user’s rendition of the ...