Where Are The Bloods In 2014?

[Isaiah Bradley]

i wholeheartedly agree with you. the man in the video is basically contradicting himself. he tells the younger kids to not gangbang but yet he can't seem to walk away from it himself.

and hell, folks don't even need to go that route where they have to fistfight. how about they learn to be men and walk away from a confrontation? not every single dispute or disagreement has to be resolved with through violence. these guys are men. they can talk it out.

At the 17.07 mark, he distinguish the difference in his message to kids about gangs. Shyt like this is frustrating cause basic reasoning about negatives of gang life is being warped to justify/tolerate it's existence

 

[RAX 010]

I don't know who fam is in the vid, I wrote him off as another ignorant fool...but in another video, it is clear he seems to have a good head on his shoulders. He does motivational speaking and encouraging kids to not be in gang, but yet he still in the streets. I can't stand a person who blur the lines on shyt. Pick a side. Either you co-sign gangs or you don't. Especially when you know as an OG that the gang life is only temporary and has very limited to no options to have a successful life

I don't care how fawked up a person life is, adding a gang life will add to the fukked-up-ness. In another post you said you came from the Army. Would you down play your experience in the Army when you are around your friends who gang bang OR will you pick a side, say against gang, and talk about the positive shyt you seen outside your hood that the homies need to experience?

I can respect where you coming from ...and your right ...i criticize rappers for banging on wax and glorify the money hoes and spoils of war but not showing the dark side of this reality...i wouldnt say im guilty of that tho

Honestly i would call it a case of me not being able to let it go....for example i wouldnt bring any of this up if it wasnt presented to me ...
like in real life somehow...i cant escape that life... in the army...young goon n1ggas would gravite to me like
i would drop knowledge and let nikkas know to be smarter and wiser...but before long....im dirtiyng my hands as well
so its like this life keeps calling me....im tryna go back to school and live a positive life...but my nikka
the last thing i did before i joined the army was live in enemy territory (grape street) and survive....now that
im out the army and been to iraq 2wice....its like suspended animation....i know im not the same wolf i was 9 years
ago when i joined but ...these wolves are still out here and i refuse to be a victim never was and nver will be...

but on some real shyt thats all i do is try to drop knowledge on young nikkas....but at certain junctures your wise words can render you to be percieved as soft or food...

what would you do?

 

[Pazzy]

At the 17.07 mark, he distinguish the difference in his message to kids about gangs. Shyt like this is frustrating cause basic reasoning about negatives of gang life is being warped to justify/tolerate it's existence

exactly, dude is a part of the problem. it's like he's saying stop gangbanging BUT under the same breath, advocates and supports it. at the 7:23 mark, he says that he's not opposed to gangs because you have these children with nothing, no parents to take care of them, impoverished or whatever problem and the gangs pretty much take them in. so basically he's for gangs are taking advantage of disadvantaged kids and turning them out into gangbangers. he claims that it's for their "survival" where it's a necessity. yeah, how is it helping those kids by putting them in a bad situation where they might have a fiend out parent to an even worse situation around people that are giving them money, taking care of them but they have to go out there and do violence, sell drugs, prostitute themselves and the whole nine in order to receive that. that's even worse because you're basically manipulating someone's situation. it's cringeworthy because that's how you have a good portion of people that are into that lifestyle being recruited into it by guys that are like him. they basically manipulate others by taken advantage of their misfortune by using them for their agenda which is doing dirt. i also blame society for this because if that's the case, the powers that be that are supposed to intervene is FAILING if that's happening.

another thing too. nobody does that shyt to be cool either. folks get involved in that gangster, gang lifestyle because they lack something. they either lack support or in rare cases where someone does this shyt to hurt others or get involved in the criminal lifestyle, they lack a conscience or are sociopaths that use this shyt to fulfill their primal urges.

 

[Young/Nacho\Drawz]

i still bang that 5. suwoooo to the b gang. max hold ya head...9 trey, stand up! red rag reppin time, all hands on deck! we murdering u dumb ass cowards if u cross that line... if u drop that soap, consider ya culo damaged and vandalized! we taxin nikkas whole asshhole out here! get down or lay down! b's up I'm out

 

[RicanFury]

Nobody jacking YG or YB no more either

not true. i work all in the slums. they're active and banging on each other. i know one giant building in the bx by the concourse where one side is yg and other is yb. they bang on sight in the lobby smh

 

[Pazzy]

I can respect where you coming from ...and your right ...i criticize rappers for banging on wax and glorify the money hoes and spoils of war but not showing the dark side of this reality...i wouldnt say im guilty of that tho

Honestly i would call it a case of me not being able to let it go....for example i wouldnt bring any of this up if it wasnt presented to me ...
like in real life somehow...i cant escape that life... in the army...young goon n1ggas would gravite to me like
i would drop knowledge and let nikkas know to be smarter and wiser...but before long....im dirtiyng my hands as well
so its like this life keeps calling me....im tryna go back to school and live a positive life...but my nikka
the last thing i did before i joined the army was live in enemy territory (grape street) and survive....now that
im out the army and been to iraq 2wice....its like suspended animation....i know im not the same wolf i was 9 years
ago when i joined but ...these wolves are still out here and i refuse to be a victim never was and nver will be...

but on some real shyt thats all i do is try to drop knowledge on young nikkas....but at certain junctures your wise words can render you to be percieved as soft or food...

what would you do?

hate to say it but if that's the case where you telling folks the right or logical thing makes you fear for your safety, you might want to distance yourself away from those folks or stay away from them. you don't need to be around them. it makes no sense to try to reach out to those that don't want to be saved. the only life you might save might be your own.

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

I can respect where you coming from ...and your right ...i criticize rappers for banging on wax and glorify the money hoes and spoils of war but not showing the dark side of this reality...i wouldnt say im guilty of that tho

Honestly i would call it a case of me not being able to let it go....for example i wouldnt bring any of this up if it wasnt presented to me ...
like in real life somehow...i cant escape that life... in the army...young goon n1ggas would gravite to me like
i would drop knowledge and let nikkas know to be smarter and wiser...but before long....im dirtiyng my hands as well
so its like this life keeps calling me....im tryna go back to school and live a positive life...but my nikka
the last thing i did before i joined the army was live in enemy territory (grape street) and survive....now that
im out the army and been to iraq 2wice....its like suspended animation....i know im not the same wolf i was 9 years
ago when i joined but ...these wolves are still out here and i refuse to be a victim never was and nver will be...

but on some real shyt thats all i do is try to drop knowledge on young nikkas....but at certain junctures your wise words can render you to be percieved as soft or food...

what would you do?

TooReal bruh
I would try to be consistent my message, not be phony about the dirt I like to do, but make sure that dirty does not contradict my message

I'm not gonna front like I know anything about the street life. I'm looking at the consequences of the street life and the consistent negative cycle that exist in every town/city that is ravaged by gangs, no matter the race. I've embraced that humans are a product of their environment, thus put anybody in a different environment, then you have a person who has more experience, thus more perspective about life. He/she will make more informed decisions about life

I agree about being perceived as soft/food/weak to dudes you are trying to pass knowledge on, it's very important that you straddle that line. That's why I support dudes like sara suten seti, who speaks about community improvement and the beast while being unfiltered, unpolished, straight to the point cause he knows how to reach certain street dudes he is trying to save

 

[RAX 010]

At the 17.07 mark, he distinguish the difference in his message to kids about gangs. Shyt like this is frustrating cause basic reasoning about negatives of gang life is being warped to justify/tolerate it's existence

i got to go for the night wish i could chop it up more but

you cant judge what you dont understand...u you never lived this life you

cannot began to fathom the complexities that comes with it

is it right no....am i trying to reach out to youths to show them

the error of my ways and so many others who are no longer here

yes...but at the same time ...this is me...and i went thru what i did for a reason

maybee its so that i could grow and reach youngstaz...we will see

 

[FreshAIG]

Someone answer me this question: Can anyone name any Blood rappers from the South or East Coast that were around in the 1990's? Don't worry, I'll wait...

It's a sad trend to see rappers like Lil Gayne, (the fake) Rick Ross, Coochie Maine, Waka Cocka Lame, ad infinitum... become spokespersons of the Bloods when they didn't start claiming until they were already famous and well into their 20's and 30's.

Hmm in the 90s? Treach, Lord Tariq (Always been Sex Money Murda under Pete Rollack), pretty sure Tragedy Khadafi got blooded in. He used to make a lot of references to Piru and certain sets. Majority of the Ruff Ryders was Blood affiliated, including DMX. I don't think any of their main rappers banged though (Years later ironically Drag-On is cripping now, but that's another story.)

That's all I can really think of off top.

 

[RicanFury]

RR got absorbed into the bloods. they were they own entity for a while.

 

[RicanFury]

RR got absorbed into the bloods. they were they own entity for a while.

 

[Wild self]

Hmm in the 90s? Treach, Lord Tariq (Always been Sex Money Murda under Pete Rollack), pretty sure Tragedy Khadafi got blooded in. He used to make a lot of references to Piru and certain sets. Majority of the Ruff Ryders was Blood affiliated, including DMX. I don't think any of their main rappers banged though (Years later ironically Drag-On is cripping now, but that's another story.)

That's all I can really think of off top.

Drag-On cripping

 

[Stuntone]

 

[Redwing80]

Looking at these comments it's clear a lot of nikkas are fully disconnected from the hood.

But I thought OP meant why aren't RAPPERS claiming Blood affiliation, if he meant the gang shyt is actually dying then the whole thread is stupid

 

[FreshAIG]

Drag-On cripping