I use to laugh at the Crips in New York City episode because they seemed like wannabe. But damn... Gangland for once was on point or at least foreshadowing because the Crips are BIG in NYC at least Brooklyn. Bobby Shmurda gang was making noise and some GS9 members still making noise.
There was always Crips in Brooklyn. There are just more Bloods in BK. I remember way back in 04/05 there were kids in my junior high school who were "crippin." The crips were always a minority and were known to be savages and shyt.This was way before Bobby Schmurda. One of them that was crippin was my homeboy and his brother was a Crip. nikka carried a gun with no bullets trying to act tough.
I was like 14 so that shyt fascinated me that he had a real gun.
But he never busted a gun. He got caught with some other shyt that I am not going tell.
And this was around the time Snoop's "Drop it like it's hot," was poppin. So the line "I keep a blue flag hanging on my backside. Only on the left side. Yeah that the Crip side," was quoted ad nauseum by them.
So being Crip was cool for a minute. But before that, there was always Crips. To this day Crips are still a minority but they wylin out crazy.
Bruh everybody in high school was a blood it was so corny. I remember nikkas in the hallway would always yell "Suwoooo!" Doing the blood handshake knowing damn well if they moms saw that they would beat they ass.
And most these nikkas parents were doctors,teachers, nurses and lived in nice houses in Canarsie and Flatbush
nikkas in the basketball and football team were blood. Wearing red durags like they down and shyt, Most of them now got kids and regular jobs.
There were a few crips in high school and there would be fights and shyt.
NYC gang politics is stupid. And nowadays there is just local cliques and crews.