How The Crips Gang Actually Works | How Crime Works | Insider

Tyrone White was a member of the 65 Menlo Gangster faction of the Crips gang in South Central Los Angeles during the late '80s and '90s, witnessing police brutality and the LA riots.

White held the position of a street soldier and participated in drug dealing, gangbanging, and neighborhood drive-bys. He later joined a police force in Oklahoma. After resigning, he went to jail for robberies.

White speaks with Business Insider about his experience as a gang member, the culture of the Crips, and the rivalry with the Bloods. He talks about money-making activities, clothing, and music. He also covers the role of celebrity Crips, such as Snoop Dogg and Big U, in gang prevention within California.

After he was released from jail, he pursued a career in acting and worked with the Eagle Ridge Institute.

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00:00 - Intro
00:42 - The Weapons
01:43 - The Drive-Bys
03:58 - The Beef
06:20 - The Recruitment
07:42 - The Culture
10:55 - The Hierarchy
13:00 - The Money
14:48 - The LA Riots
17:10 - The Expansion
18:53 - Becoming A Cop
21:48 - Prison
24:42 - The Aftermath
25:56 - Credits

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[ravenmoore]

This is exactly how these stories need to be told, from the complex perspective of someone that has lived it.

[rs]

In the 90s, I remember so many kids in my suburban middle school idolized gang members and all of sudden said "they were from the hood". I was like "you grew up like 5 houses down from me in a cul-de-sac."

[secondsense]

My brother was a crip. Killed in 1995. 18 years old "defending" a neighborhood that was gentrified in the early 2000's. Incredibly pointless. EDIT: Thanks for the kind comments. That ish is still very painful. A couple of things to note...My parents owned their house, and they still own it. My primary point is that gangbanging is stupid IMO, but honestly, if you grow up in certain neighborhoods you have very few choices. My brother made bad choices, I did not. Also the people asking me to name the city and set... I tried, but every time I replied youtube deleted it.

[MikeTythonLLC]

i was going down this path as a teen all my cousins and uncles are bloods, you couldn't catch me not wearing red, super glad i smartened up and got into cooking cant have time to be in the streets when you always in the kitchen.

[TheMinipily]

Everytime I see crips walk, I can't help but recall the South Park meme when they go "Wow, these guys really are crippled."

[KK-dwwq]

"Sticks and Stones can break your bones but Names can get you Shot?"DAMN....

[rogerpunk]

Imagine being a cashier at McDonald’s in the 90s and have a grown man walk up to you and order a “curger” with extra “cacon” oh and I want a “boke” for my drink

[drfarrin]

I remember one guy telling his story. He got people out of gangs through Dungeons and Dragons. He knew people who wanted to play on both sides and set up a game and didn't tell them about the other people. Everyone shows up and it was tense, but luckily it didn't escalate. They started playing and had fun and did more sessions. The gang members had to start making excuses about where they were so their fellow gang members didn't get suspicious then they started spending less and less time with their gangs and eventually they made quiet exits. They guy got a hand full of people over several years to quit in favor of playing D&D.

[dannigro]

Imagine the logic of these people fighting for no reason, and the grand prize is either death, or spending the rest of your life in prison.

[higgsxboson]

From Crip to Cop - from one blue gang to another - dude really does love the color blue.

[scootergirl]

I really like how he balances calling out racism and the police without exonerating the gangs and the "us vs them" mentality. That is still hard to find.

[MrPvtrandall]

When my son was in middle school in the late 2000s they had former gang members in conjunction with the police come in the school and talk with the kids about the dangers of gang banging. My deepest respect and thanks to men like them and Mr White for doing so. It definitely had an impact on my son and his friends and I believe steered him in the right direction.

[marcellusnewkirk]

"Please don't die over the neighborhood. That your mama rentin' Take your drug money and buy the neighborhood. That's how you rinse it”

[charlierodriguez]

This sounds even dumber now than it did when I was 13 in 93'.

[ВасилийФурсов-мч]

3:43 "One of my big homeboys, he was a real ni- ...Very known" got me ahahahahahahhaha

[Air-tscu]

Dude just said he joined a gang because he liked the color blue...

[endlessnameless]

Gang members having a 'Sunday funday' is immensely amusing to me

[Grizzology]

This guy at 15 yrs old: *drive by shooting*
Me, today as a 37 yr old man: *eating one of my kids pizza lunchables*

[Yesyou_]

People think gang banging is something to be glorified I grew up gang banging in Northern California as a Norteño and some of the things I did and some of the thing I risked going to jail or dying over were just plain stupid I’m glad I made it through with only a few battle scars

[officialmotomoto]

Fighting for a neighbor hood that you don't own has to be the dumbest way to start an argument and still an ongoing active gang wars.