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Crips Street Gang

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Last Night's Town Hall Meeting on Clubhouse Music Venue Shooting Filled With Anger, Accusations, and Rhetoric

    ​Tempers flared and angry words filled the air at last night's town hall discussion regarding the Clubhouse Music Venue and the recent gang-related shooting that look place in its parking lot.Angry accusations and livid tirades filled the air inside a packed meeting room at the Tempe History Museu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Mobb Deep and Dean's List Shows at Clubhouse Music Venue Canceled in Wake of Recent Shooting

    ​The gang-related shooting outside of the Clubhouse in Tempe last Friday continues to make waves in the local music scene as venue management has announced the cancellations of this weekend's performances by NYC hip-hop duo Mobb Deep and Boston rap trio The Dean's List.California-based hip-hop pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Suspect in Clubhouse Music Venue Shooting Identified by Tempe Police Department

    ​Tempe Police officials have revealed the identity of the suspect in custody from Friday night's gang-related gun battle in the parking lot of the Clubhouse Music Venue. At a news conference earlier this afternoon, Tempe cops identified Raynon Keswun Jones, a 19-year-old gang member, as the indiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    FBI Report Officially Classifies Juggalos a Hybrid Gang; Arizona Boasts "Strong Juggalo Presence"

    ​Move over Mara Salvatrucha.Watch your backs Bloods and Crips. The rabidly loyal Insane Clown Posse fanbase otherwise known as Juggalos have earned the title of "hybrid gang" in the FBI's 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. The report states that, "many Juggalos subsets exhibit gang-like be ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2011

    Tempe Police Allowed Shaquille O’Neal to Play Cop by Giving Him Secret Info on Software Used to Detect Kiddy Porn

    ​Move over Mara Salvatrucha.Watch your backs Bloods and Crips. The rabidly loyal Insane Clown Posse fanbase otherwise known as Juggalos have earned the title of "hybrid gang" in the FBI's 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. The report states that, "many Juggalos subsets exhibit gang-like be ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2011

    A Kafka-esque Catch 22 Keeps Kini Seawright Off the AHCCCS Rolls, Thanks to Governor Brewer and the State Legislature

    ​Move over Mara Salvatrucha.Watch your backs Bloods and Crips. The rabidly loyal Insane Clown Posse fanbase otherwise known as Juggalos have earned the title of "hybrid gang" in the FBI's 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. The report states that, "many Juggalos subsets exhibit gang-like be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Juggalettes Gone Wicked: 10 Chicks You'll Admit Are Hot Even Though They Love Insane Clown Posse

    ​The 11th Annual Gathering of the Jugglos is right around the corner. Don't know what that is? Well, consider yourself lucky. Actually, let me ruin it for you. Watch this. OK, now that you have descended into the mouth of madness with me let's move on.If there is one thing I can't stand it's Jugga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Strictly Fo Da Parkys: Watch 66-Year-Old Rap About Parkinsons Disease

    It takes some serious guts to laugh at yourself whilst fighting a debilitating disease, and that's exactly what you'll get from Sharon Kha, a former veep from the University of Arizona who is now suffering from Parkinsons, the progressive wasting disease that also afflicts Michael J. Fox. As Tucson ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Eazy-E: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

    ​This is the final installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com caught up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today's post is on Eric "Eazy E" Wright, who passed away 15 years ago today. To read the other installments ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    "Fluffy Bunny Crew" One of Three Street Gangs Busted by DPS

    Department of Public Safety DPS officers taking a "fluffy bunny" into custody during yesterday's gangster roundup.​In the past, criminal street gangs have used names that strike fear in the hearts of their rivals. The Bloods, the Crips, the Jets, the Sharks -- all have an intimidating conno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    The Game: Slower Than Baseball, the Excitement of Curling

    Jonathan McNamaraSee more shots in our The Game Slide Show.Even to those of us who aren't huge proponents of mainstream rap, The Game's second album, Doctor's Advocate, was hugely influential a few years back. Advocate was a note-perfect throwback to gangsta rap's halcyon days of the early '90s and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    When Can Cops Pat You Down? State Takes Case to U.S. Supreme Court Today

    The case of an Arizona police officer who found a gun after she patted down the passenger of vehicle who had committed no crime goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The state, as represented by the Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, will argue that such pat-downs -- and&nbs ... More >>

  • Music

    November 20, 2008

    Insane Clown Posse’s Juggalos Aren’t a Gang — Just Punk Kids

    The case of an Arizona police officer who found a gun after she patted down the passenger of vehicle who had committed no crime goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The state, as represented by the Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, will argue that such pat-downs -- and&nbs ... More >>

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    Willy Northpole and the Phoenix hip-hop scene explode

    The case of an Arizona police officer who found a gun after she patted down the passenger of vehicle who had committed no crime goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The state, as represented by the Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, will argue that such pat-downs -- and&nbs ... More >>

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, June 1, 2006

    The case of an Arizona police officer who found a gun after she patted down the passenger of vehicle who had committed no crime goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The state, as represented by the Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, will argue that such pat-downs -- and&nbs ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    "Nigga," Please

    Two rival b-boys dance around the N-word

  • Culture

    July 15, 2004

    He Who Laughs, Lasts

    Markham Breen is crazy with laughter

  • Music

    February 6, 2003

    Shortwaving Radio

    Proposed legislation by the U.S. Senate aims to deter the spreading radio empire. Good luck.

  • Music

    November 14, 2002

    Preservin' the Real

    Jurassic 5 stays true to hip-hop -- even as its core audience lives in an alternative universe

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 26, 2002

    Best 12-Step Gift Shop

    Gifts Anon

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Crips In the Courthouse

    Authorities suspect the clerk of the court helped Lindo Park Crips evade justice.The cadaver in her home didn’t help.

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    Deaf Jam

    An accident robbed rapper Bryan Erwin of his hearing, his happiness and - for a few minutes - his life. Now his therapy is his music. But can rap save him?

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Letters

    For the week of 06-15-2000

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Bad Dog

    White gangsters or misunderstood jocks? The Devil Dogs beat their victims -- and the system.

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    The Lore of the Luhrs

    Adam Diaz remembers 50 years of work and play in Phoenix's first skyscraper

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Invisible Scourge

    While society frets over the threat of school massacres, a more insidious and lethal rampage mounts on the streets, unacknowledged

  • Music

    December 23, 1999

    A Dogg's Life

    Rapper Snoop Dogg comes to terms with his violent past and pleads for peace in his autobiography

  • News

    December 23, 1999

    Suspended Animation

    Two senior court officers sit at home, wondering if they've been blacklisted

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Is It Time To Pull The Thug?

    Gang style blasts through popular culture. Can the media be used to fight back?

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    The Gang's All Fear

    The Crips who raped a retarded girl sprang from a 'hood where too many kids aspire to the thug life

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Gang Influence Runs Deep in Phoenix's Roots

    The Crips who raped a retarded girl sprang from a 'hood where too many kids aspire to the thug life

  • Film

    July 22, 1999

    Bum Rap

    Flashback-fueled hip-hop nostalgia gets lost in The Wood

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Full Mettle Junket

    For gangbangers and delinquents, Project Challenge boot camp is a last chance to avoid prison

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    Crackdown

    After years of neglect, a Maryvale neighborhood and the Phoenix police evict the West Side City Crips

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Larry Jack's Second Shot

    He survived two bullets in the face from a man he claims killed five in South Phoenix last month

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Sole Survivor

    Howard Youngblood's roommates were shot to death, yet he clings to the place where it all went down

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Flashes

    Howard Youngblood's roommates were shot to death, yet he clings to the place where it all went down

  • Music

    July 24, 1997

    Recordings

    Howard Youngblood's roommates were shot to death, yet he clings to the place where it all went down

  • News

    July 3, 1997

    Crime Spree on the Reservation

    Teen-gangster Crips on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community got high on crystal meth and cheap beer and terrorized the reservation with drive-by shootings, murder, beatings, fire-bombings and robberies for two years--until the feds busted them fo

  • Music

    March 27, 1997

    Who's the Man?

    With Suge Knight in prison, onetime receptionist Norris Anderson is now the big man on Death Row

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Family Affairs

    A professional Phoenix woman wanted to help one poor, "at risk" family. It was the type of private initiative that both political parties say will ease the harsh impacts of welfare reform. Her three-year experiment in personal responsibility rescued an 1

  • Music

    November 28, 1996

    Reeling and Dealing

    "Suge" Knight is behind bars, Tha Doggfather is on the shelves, and the future of Death Row Records hangs in the balance

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    On His Feet, On The Street

    Less than two years after a sniper's bullet nearly tore off his leg, Detective Jeff Dauer is back on the Gang Squad, cruising Phoenix's toughest turf

  • Music

    October 3, 1996

    Live by the Gun . . .

    Tupac Shakur's murder leaves behind a formidable legacy--and disturbing questions

  • News

    December 5, 1995

    TIMBERLAKE AND THE BOYS IN BRIGHT BLAZERS

    Tupac Shakur's murder leaves behind a formidable legacy--and disturbing questions

  • News

    November 17, 1994

    THE FREALITY OF THE "RIOT"

    Tupac Shakur's murder leaves behind a formidable legacy--and disturbing questions

  • News

    June 23, 1993

    STRONG MEDICINE

    WHEN ITS YOUTHS FALTERED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE TRIBE LOOKED WITHIN

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