What is Bloods?
[[File:Hancock Street Bishop Blood Gang ( BBN ).jpg|thumb|right|A group of Hancock Bishop Bloods in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]]] The '''Bloods''' are a [[gang|street gang]]. They were founded in 1972 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. They are rivals with the [[Crips]], another street gang. Bloods members are known for wearing mostly red colors which is their gang color. During their rivalry with the Crips in the 1970s, a faction of the Crips called the Pirus street gang broke away from the Crips and joined other smaller gangs to make a gang which would later on become known as the Bloods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/cripsandbloods/timeline.html|access-date=2014-01-19|title=Crips and Bloods: Made in America - Timeline: South Central Los Angeles|publisher=[[PBS]]|archive-date=2014-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220014511/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/cripsandbloods/timeline.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some notable Bloods are [[Rap music|rappers]] [[The Game (rapper)|Game]] and [[Suge Knight]]. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.streetgangs.com/bloods/ Bloods gang profile] {{US-stub}} [[Category:1972 establishments in California]] [[Category:Gangs]] [[Category:People from Los Angeles]]