Crips Street Gang

How Did the FBI Determine the Juggalos Were a Gang?

By Paul T. Bradley For those among you who are "down" and perhaps for those who are not, you know that much brouhaha was made by the FBI's inclusion of Juggalos -- ie fans of Insane Clown Posse -- in their 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. This, of course, put them in the same category as well- ... More >>

Second Suspect Arrested in Clubhouse Music Venue Shooting

Officials from the Tempe Police Department recently arrested a second suspect in connection with the now-infamous shootings that took place outside of the Clubhouse Music Venue earlier this year. According to documents from Maricopa County Superior Court obtained by Up on the Sun, Tempe cops appreh ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

"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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

Willy Northpole and the Phoenix hip-hop scene explode

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, June 1, 2006

"Nigga," Please

Two rival b-boys dance around the N-word

He Who Laughs, Lasts

Markham Breen is crazy with laughter

Shortwaving Radio

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

Preservin' the Real

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

Best 12-Step Gift Shop

Gifts Anon

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.

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?

Letters

For the week of 06-15-2000

Bad Dog

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

The Lore of the Luhrs

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

Invisible Scourge

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

A Dogg's Life

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

Suspended Animation

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

Is It Time To Pull The Thug?

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

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

Gang Influence Runs Deep in Phoenix's Roots

Bum Rap

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

Full Mettle Junket

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

Crackdown

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

Larry Jack's Second Shot

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

Sole Survivor

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

Flashes

Recordings

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

Who's the Man?

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

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

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

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

Live by the Gun . . .

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

TIMBERLAKE AND THE BOYS IN BRIGHT BLAZERS

THE FREALITY OF THE "RIOT"

STRONG MEDICINE

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