Bloods History
Bloodis an alliance of individual street organizations known as 'sets' or'hoods'. The Blood
Bloods.com makes it's home in Hackers Canyon We've been there since 1999 OIG. Understand the history and power of the Blood symbol. The Bloods were originally a Los Angeles gang that rose in prominence as a counter to the infamous Crips. The Bloods have since spread across the United States, often with the profits from the illegal sale of crack cocaine.
Bylate 1971 the Crip alliance was well established in Los Angeles . In this same year the Avalon Garden Crips and the Inglewood Crips had joined forces with other Crip sets and began to engage in violentwarfare with non-Crip sets. They began to expand to non-Crip set territoriescontrolled by other independent (gangs not in an alliance) gangs including TheL.A. Brims, which started in 1969 on the west side Los Angeles and was alreadya powerful organization by 1971. The Crips targeted these independentorganizations because they were not part of the Crip alliance or any allianceand therefore lacked the strength in numbers that the Crips had and were easytargets. The Piru Street Boys, who presented a powerful force in Compton ,actually collaborated with the Crips prior to 1972. For a short time the Piruswere sanctioned by the Crips as the Piru Street Crips, and they also wore the traditionalblue flags of the Crip alliance.
Duringthe summer of 1972 the Piru Street Crips had a conflict with the rest of the Crip gangs and warfare ensued. Theconflict was over a murder the Crips had committed on March 21st of that yearat the Hollywood Palladium. After a concert atthe Palladium, up to 20 Crips attacked a small group of young men and robbedthem of their wallets and leather Jackets. During this attack a young man bythe name of Robert Ballou Jr. was beat to death after he refused to give up hisJacket. Robert Ballou was not a member of any organization so the Piru Street Cripshad a problem with the other Crip gangs for attacking a neutral person. Aneutral person is a person not in a gang, and is also known as a civilian or neutron.The Piru Street Crips were strongly against the abuse of civilians and wagedwar against the other Crip gangs over this event, but they were severelyoutnumbered by the rest of the Crip gangs and the Crips prevailed in thatbattle. The Pirus dropped out of the Crip alliance and wanted to terminate allpeaceful relations with all Crip gangs after this war, so they turned to the Lueders Park Hustlers for assistance. The Lueders Park Hustlers agreed and a meeting wascalled on Piru Street .The Pirus also invited every independent organization targeted by the Crip setsto join the meeting. The Crips had murdered an L.A. Brim member by the name of Lil Countryearlier that year, so the Brims attended the meeting as well. Others thatattended were the Denver Lanes and the Bishops.
Atthe meeting, the groups discussed how to combat Crip intimidation, along withthe creation of a new alliance to counter the Crips. At that time the color offlags was not important, but since the Crips were known to wear blue flags, thePirus and the other independent organizations decided to discontinue thewearing of blue flags. They decided to take on the wearing of an oppositecolor, red, and created a united organization which became known as the Bloodalliance. Blood gangs also decided to start demonstrating their flags to theright side, since all Crips are known to demonstrate their flags to the left.Even though all Blood gangs now demonstrate their flags to the right as aresult of that meeting, some old school Blood members continued to demonstrateto the left regarding it as the original side and how they were raised. TheAthens Park Boys and Pueblos were later also sanctioned into the Bloodalliance, and soon after, other independent gangs who had been threatened or attackedby the Crips were also sanctioned into the Blood alliance as well.
Anotherorganization, called the Black P Stones, was also sanctioned into the Bloodalliance in Los Angeles .The Black P Stones actually originated in Chicago ,Illinois and were brought to Los Angeles in 1969 by T. Rodgers, who was sent to L.A by Chicago 's main 21 at theage of 12 to spread the nation and its teachings. T. Rodgers started 2 decks ofBlack P Stones in Los Angeles, one deck is called the Jungles (Baldwin Village ,an area that had an organization called the Jungle Boys which T. flipped intoStones) and the other deck is called City (in the West Adams area). The People Nation alliance did not yet exist in Chicago at the time, so the Stones joined the Brims in Los Angeles as their own Brim sets before the Brimsrequested to be sanctioned into the Blood Alliance .Even though the Black P Stones in Los Angeles joined the Blood Alliance withthe rest of the Brims and soon became their own Blood sets separate from theBrims, The Black P Stones in Chicago remained independent until the PeopleNation was created in 1978. The Black P Stones in Los Angeles took on the wearing of red flags, but kept demonstrating tothe left and used the same symbols and teachings as the original Stones in Chicago . The originalBlack P Stones in Chicago have been known to show great animosity towards theBlack P Stone Bloods in Los Angeles for joining the Blood alliance withoutpermission from the Stones in Chicago, so the Black P Stones in Los Angeles areregarded as renegades by the original Stones in Chicago. Renegade is a personor group of individuals claiming a gang or organization that they are not orare no longer really a part of or on count with. The Blood Stone Villains (alsoknown as East Side Villains) and Blood Stone Pirus of Los Angeles are not partof the Black P Stone Bloods, they got their name from a 1970's R&B groupcalled 'Bloodstone' and have no connection to the Black P StoneBloods in L.A. other than being under the Blood alliance. Contrary to popularbelief, T. Rodgers did not start the Bloods, and was not even at the meetingwhere the Bloods were created.
His gang just simply fell in line with the BloodAlliance after the Blood Alliance was created.
Today,some Blood sets are known to put aside the Blood alliance concept on thestreets and go to war with other bloods if necessary. Also, many Piru setsbegan to use burgundy flags in addition to the red flags to separate themselvesfrom the rest of the sets in the Bloods alliance. The Bloods strictly bang (goto war) to defend their territory (hood) before any alliance, and are known tobe very vicious in their attacks. Also, Blood sets are always trying to expandtheir territories and find new territories to take over.
Thereare significantly more Blood sets today than when the alliance was firstcreated. This is because many independent organizations outside of California and across the United States have also decided tobe sanctioned into the Bloods alliance. All it takes for an entire independentorganization to be sanctioned into the Blood alliance is the permission from amember of an already sanctioned legit Blood set. Many Blood sets have nameswhich include the name of their City, a street that runs through their turf, orthe name of the projects, apartment complex, or community they control.
TheBloods representing the 5 point star started in Chicago with the OLB's (Outlaw Loco Bloods).The OLB's in Chicago are a mostly Asian Bloodset that are a legit extension of the OLB's (Oriental Lazy Boyz) Asian Bloodset in Los Angeles .OLB's were introduced to Chicago in the late80's by members who migrated from Los Angeles Asian neighborhoods to Chicago Asian neighborhoods. The OLB's in Chicago occupy the area of Argyle Street & Damen Ave and have a strong relationshipwith the Black P Stone deck in that neighborhood. This strong relationship withthe Black P Stones lead the OLB's in Chicago to being sanctioned into thePeople Nation and representing the People Nation's 5 point star. This BPS/Bloodrelationship in Chicago along with the Black PStones in L.A. becoming a Blood set lead toBlack P Stones and Bloods all across the U.S. to create tight relationshipswith each other. These tight relationships soon lead to the creation of theAlmighty Flame Alliance .
TheAlmighty Flame Alliance (AFA) started in theMidwest in Kansas City after the 8 ball alliance that occurred in 1993 during a gang peace summit. Itstarted because the local crip sets and Gangster Disciple decks were getting savagelyattacked by the local Blood sets and Black P Stone decks. The Bloods and BlackP Stones in Kansas City would naturally team up against other gangs because ofrelationships they had with each other that were influenced by distantrelationships in Los Angeles with the Black P Stone Bloods and in Chicago withthe relationship of the OLB's (Outlaw Loco Bloods) that were sanctioned intothe People Nation and had a very tight relationship with an Almighty Black PStone deck. For this same reason, Blood sets and Black P Stone decks are knownto form tight relationships in almost every City that they co-exist in. So thelocal Crip sets and Gangster Disciple decks decided to create a secondaryalliance to combat the Blood sets and BPS sets and unite under the 8 ball,which is what you get when you put the 'C' hand sign and a'Pitch Fork' hand sign together. This alliance caused the GangsterDisciples in Kansas City to allow the Crips who participated in the alliance to adopt the 6 point starwith their own meaning and create their own literature to implement the 6 pointstar in. In light of the Crip and Gangster Disciple alliance, the local Bloodsets and Almighty Black P Stones in Kansas City took it upon themselves to finally form anofficial secondary alliance also, instead of just a tight relationship. Thename for this alliance was called the Almighty Flame Alliance (AFA). This alliance caused theAlmighty Black P. Stones in Kansas City to allow the Blood sets whoparticipated in the alliance to adopt the 5 point star with their own meaning,and create their own literature to implement the 5 point star in and the Bloodsallowed the Almighty Black P Stones the right to fly the red flag of the Bloodsin Blood territory. All Bloods and Black P Stones who agreed to uphold the AFAalliance were to add new teaching to their lit called 'The Red FlameManifesto'. All Crips and Gangster Disciples under the 8 ball alliancewere to add new teachings to their lit called 'The Universal 8 BallDoctrine'. These alliances were widely embraced and quickly spreadthroughout cities where both ABPSN and Bloods coexist.
The8 Ball Alliance and Almighty Flame Alliance was firmly established by the end of 1993throughout the United States .Many (not all) Chicago and Los Angeles motherland natives have shown greatanimosity and hatred towards these new alliances due to the many changes in thestructure and ways of the Bloods, Crips, Gangster Disciples, and Almighty BlackP Stones that participate in these alliances have made from their origins. Eventhough the Almighty Black P Stones strictly represent to the left, the AFABlood sets have continued to mostly represent to the right like most of theoriginal blood sets. Not all Bloods represent the 5 point star or the A.F.A. Alliance . Only Blood setswho are sanctioned under the AFA alliance represent the 5. A vast majority oftoday’s new-age Blood sets that represent the 5 don't know the history of howthey started representing the 5 due to superior members neglecting to hand downthe Red Flame Manifesto literature (lit). The AFA alliance has allowed membersfrom both the Bloods and Black P Stones to splinter off and create new hybridBlood/Black P Stone combination gangs that are all sanctioned under the AFAalliance. All Black P Stone decks that participate in the AFA alliance aredeclared renegade.
ManyPirus began to use burgundy flags in addition to the red flags to separatethemselves from the rest of the sets in the Blood alliance, essentially turningPiru into a 'Card' or 'Car' for short. Cards are smalleralliances of individual Blood gangs within the Blood alliance itself, whichgangs within the cards are known to put before the whole Blood alliance. Bloodgangs strictly bang (go to war) to defend their territory (hood) before anyalliance or card, and are known to be very vicious in their attacks. Also,Blood sets are always trying to expand their territories and find newterritories to take over which essentially makes their wars never ending.Bloods are known to mark their territories and all boundaries by the use ofextreme wall banging. Wall banging consists of marking territory with graffitiwhich shows what gang controls that turf or going into a rivals turf andcrossing out their graffiti.
Thereare significantly more Blood gangs today than when the alliance was firstcreated. This is because many independent organizations outside of California and across the United States have also decided tobe sanctioned into the Bloods alliance. All it takes for an entire independentorganization or gang to be sanctioned into the Blood alliance is the permissionfrom a member of an already sanctioned legit Blood gang. Many Blood sets havenames which include the name of their City, a street that runs through theirturf, or the name of the projects, apartment complex, or community theycontrol. Bloods are known to shout 'SuWhoop' and 'Blaaat'as a greeting to other Bloods and to let their presence be known. All membersmust shed the Blood (shoot, stab, slice, etc.) of an enemy before becoming aBlood to prove that he/she is really down to 'ride' (put in work) forthe set/hood.
Contraryto popular belief, real Bloods do not represent any People Nation 5 point starand are notpart of the People Nation Alliance .The confusion of Bloods representing the People Nation's 5 point star startedon the internet with unknown persons creating various fictional 'BloodBooks of Knowledge' which consist of mixing Blood history and PeopleNation history, symbols, and literature (lit) together. These fictional'Books of Knowledge' spread rapidly throughout the internet andeventually into the streets with wanna-be's taking these books seriously. Thereare, however, legit Bloods who use the terms '5 poppin' and 'Weride the 5', but these are Blood sets that were created in New York City(East Side UBN Blood sets) and they use the term/number '5' tosignify the Nation of Gods and Earths 5 point star meaning A.L.L.A.H. whichbreaks down into Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, Head. The reason New York Bloods use theNation of Gods and Earths 5 point star dates back to when the New York Bloodsfirst started when many members of the Nation of Gods and Earths and NYGAlliance gangs joined the Bloods and brought their teachings along with themessentially making a large portion of NY Bloods followers of the Lessons of theNGE. The reason the East Side UBN representsthe NGE 5 instead of the NGE 7 is to separate the Bloods alliance from the NYGalliance in NY. The New York Bloods 5 has absolutely nothing to do with thePeople Nation Alliance or any People Nation Mobs 5 point star, but the New YorkBlood sets use of the number 5 may have sparked the idea in someone’s head ofcreating the fictional internet 'Blood Book of Knowledge' for falseclaimers to use. The East Side UBN's use of the NGE's lessons, the NGE's 5point star, their separate rank structure than West Coast Blood sets, and theiruse of ever-changing secret codes to communicate with each other with hascreated a divide in the Blood alliance into 2 main categories, The East Coast(East Side) Bloods and West Coast Bloods, with both practicing extremelydifferent ways of 'banging'. The East Coast Blood sets are known tobe highly structured, extremely organized, and have adopted to the New YorkCity Gang culture with the use of beads, secret codes, rules, strict hierarchy,etc. as opposed to their Los Angeles counterparts who have a more'savage' and 'unorganized' gang culture. These differencesin ways of banging has lead to friction between East Side Blood sets and some(not all) West Coast Blood sets, with some West Coast Bloods even going as faras making DVD's and YouTube videos speaking out against East Coast Bloods.These differences have also lead to friction between East Side UBN Bloods andalmost all Folks Nation Mobs that exist in New York , who view the UBN as'finballers'. Another war was sparked between loyal God Body membersand the East Side UBN because God Body viewed the UBN as an organization fullof former God Body 'transformers' (people who switch gangs) and misusethe teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths. This war soon escalated to theUBN being at odds with the whole NYG alliance. Against all these odds, the EastSide UBN remains strong and is still growing at a staggering rate.
WestCoast Blood sets have a loose structure of ranks based on how long a person hasbeen banging for their particular hood and how much work they put in for thehood. Their rank structure is as follows:
(From lowest to highest)
Y.G. (Young Gangster)
O.Y.G. (Original Young Gangster)
O.G. (Original Gangster)
O.O.G. (Double O.G.)
O.O.O.G. (Triple O.G.)
Y.G. (Young Gangster)
O.Y.G. (Original Young Gangster)
O.G. (Original Gangster)
O.O.G. (Double O.G.)
O.O.O.G. (Triple O.G.)
Theseranks don't signify leadership or dominance over anybody else in the set, theyjust signify respect for those who have been in the hood longer, put in morework for the hood, and have survived the longest. This means that in West Coastsets, Bloods with higher rank don't give out orders or call shots over thosewith lower rank. The only exception to this rank structure is the East Side UBNBlood sets, who are far more structured and organized than West Coast Bloodsets and use their own set of ranks which does involve higher ranking membersbeing superior or dominant over lower ranking members. The reason the East SideUBN sets had to become better organized and structured than West Coast Bloodsets is because during the East Side UBN's rise they had to combat gangs whowere very organized and structured (Like the Latin Kings, DDP, La Familia,Trinitarios, God Body, Ñetas, Zulu Nation, etc.) and the UBN would not have hada chance to fight against these highly organized gangs by using the traditionalLos Angeles unorganized and non-structured way of banging. Because of this, East Side Bloods had to adopt the East Coast way ofbanging.
TheEast Side UBN rank structure is as follows:
(From lowest to highest)
000 - Foot Soldier: The footsoldiers function is to comply with orders from Lieutenants, and to keepputting in work for the set at all times.
090 - Y.G. (Young Gangster) -Lieutenant: The Lieutenants function is to ensure the soldiers carry out ordersas issued by the Head Lieutenants.
080 - O.Y.G. (Original YoungGangster) - Head Lieutenant: The Head Lieutenants function is to assist andadvise the Captain, pass Captains orders on to the Lieutenants, and to carryout the Captain's duties in his absence.
070 - O.G. (Original Gangster) -Captain (Capo): The Captains function is to pass down orders from the Generalsamongst the Head Lieutenants and assist and advise the Generals. The captainhas the authority to start his own lineup within the set with the permission ofa General.
060 - 1 Star General - CommandingOfficer: The Commanding Officers function is to dictate orders as specified bythe Ranking Generals to the Captains of each lineup under the set.
050 - 2 Star General - Head ofSecurity: Head of Security’s function is to provide weapons and discipline toall member of the set.
040 - 3 Star General - Ministerof Information: The Minister of Information’s function is to provideinformation concerning the set and its enemies.
030 - 4 Star General - Ministerof Defense: The Minister of Defenses function is to provide strategies andinformation to the FirstSuperior for the operations of the set.
Low 020 - SecondSuperior :The Second Superiors function is to assist and advise the First Superior and carry out the First Superior 's duties in his absence.
High 020 - Double O.G. - FirstSuperior : The First Superior 'sfunction is to oversee the set. This individual acts as the disciplinaryofficer.
010 - 5 Star General - Godfather:Highest rank of the set. Triple O.G
000 - Foot Soldier: The footsoldiers function is to comply with orders from Lieutenants, and to keepputting in work for the set at all times.
090 - Y.G. (Young Gangster) -Lieutenant: The Lieutenants function is to ensure the soldiers carry out ordersas issued by the Head Lieutenants.
080 - O.Y.G. (Original YoungGangster) - Head Lieutenant: The Head Lieutenants function is to assist andadvise the Captain, pass Captains orders on to the Lieutenants, and to carryout the Captain's duties in his absence.
070 - O.G. (Original Gangster) -Captain (Capo): The Captains function is to pass down orders from the Generalsamongst the Head Lieutenants and assist and advise the Generals. The captainhas the authority to start his own lineup within the set with the permission ofa General.
060 - 1 Star General - CommandingOfficer: The Commanding Officers function is to dictate orders as specified bythe Ranking Generals to the Captains of each lineup under the set.
050 - 2 Star General - Head ofSecurity: Head of Security’s function is to provide weapons and discipline toall member of the set.
040 - 3 Star General - Ministerof Information: The Minister of Information’s function is to provideinformation concerning the set and its enemies.
030 - 4 Star General - Ministerof Defense: The Minister of Defenses function is to provide strategies andinformation to the First
Low 020 - Second
High 020 - Double O.G. - First
010 - 5 Star General - Godfather:Highest rank of the set. Triple O.G
In all Blood sets (West and East), Bloods with higher rankare respectfully referred to as 'Big Homies' by Bloods with lowerrank.
History of the East Side UBN
The United Blood Nation (UBN) originated in the west coastprison systems in the early 80's to put down all street beef between bloods inprison who wanted to participate with the UBN and unite them to protectthemselves from the Crips, Sureños, and Aryans. The original UBN has aninfluence in O.G. Mack, whos real name is Omar Portee, was raised by hisgrandmother on 183rd Street and Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and was an activehigh ranking member of an independent and ruthless gang in the area called theOne Eight Trey Gangsters. He was arrested in 1988 at age 16 for an armedrobbery he participated in with his gang. After serving 3 years at
By early 1993 The Bloodline Latin Kings (Bloodline is anickname for the New York State Chapter of the Latin Kings, which was startedby King Blood) and the Ñetas were the 2 largest and most violent Latinoorganizations on the streets and prisons of New York City and were inflictingviolence on blacks along with other Latino organizations like DDP (DominicansDon't Play), Trinitarios (3ni), La Familia, and many others. The Latinoorganizations controlled the
Within a few days, 3 more black organizations in RikersIsland were sanctioned into Blood sets by O.G. Mack and helped speed up thegrowth of the East Side UBN. One person very instrumental in helping the EastSide UBN rapidly grow was O.G. Mack's right hand man named O.G. Deadeye(Leonard Mackenzie). O.G. Deadeye got his nickname for his cloudy right eyethat looked dead. Deadeye, formerly of
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By the year 2001, 8 years after the UBN was firstintroduced in
Even though the East Side UBN has Blood sets and lines inmultiple cities spread throughout much of the United states, each member ofthese sets and/or lines still show great loyalty to the East Coast and New YorkCity as the motherland of the East Side UBN no matter where they are. They allcall themselves East Side Riders and throw up the East Side hand sign to showtheir devotion and loyalty to New York City as the motherland of the East SideUBN. Also, many members of these 5 original sets have broken away and branchedout to form and establish their own
Reputed NYC mobster fatally shot at McDonald’s drive-thru
Reputed mobster Sylvester Zottola was shot at a McDonald’s drive-thru in the Bronx while waiting for a cup of coffee.
A high-ranking member of the Bloods gang was arrested Thursday in connection with a double-murder scheme that ended with the fatal shooting of a reputed mobster at a McDonald's drive-thru, New York City police said.
Bushawn “Shelz” Shelton, 34, of Brooklyn, was charged with “conspiracy to commit murder and possession of a firearm with intent to commit violence,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
Bushawn Shelton was arrested in connection with the shooting death of a reputed mobster. (State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision)
Shelton isn’t accused of firing the shots that killed Sylvester Zottola, an alleged associate of the infamous Bonanno crime family who was killed Oct. 4. Zolatta, 71, had just ordered a medium coffee at the McDonald's drive-thru when his car was suddenly boxed in and someone opened fire.
Law enforcement officials said Shelton had earlier hired a hitman to kill Zottola’s son, Salvatore Zottola, in a failed bid “to lure out” the elder Zottola. Salvatore was injured but survived the July 11 shooting.
The criminal complaint stated Shelton’s targets were named “John Doe #1” and “John Doe #2.” Officials identified the John Does as Sylvester and Salvatore Zottola, respectively, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Police arrested Shelton in 2006 on charges of assault and battery for an incident that occurred at the same Bronx McDonald’s that would later serve as the scene of Zottola's death.
Shelton did not enter a plea during his court appearance Thursday.
Prosecutors said police found a loaded gun and $45,000 in cash at Shelton’s home.
Fox News' Amy Lieu and the Associated Press contributed to this report.