Los angeles gang

A Los Angeles graffiti wall I photographed while taking the L.A. Gang Tour—my solution to researching gang life for BRUJA BROUHAHA. The tour guides, all former gang members, were wonderful. The tour itself was fabulous; I learned so much about the history of gangs in my city.

Happened upon this mural going up in LA, in the alley right across the street from Pink's Hot Dogs (Melrose and La Brea). The artists were busy working on it and what they had done was pretty cool. Not sure how the LA Times will feel about it, tho... Can't wait to see it finished.

Boyle Heights, Los Angeles on Instagram: “Cuz I'm getting chased by the ghetto birds #boyleheights”

Latino - Hispanic prison gangs, i.e., Surenos, Sur 13, Nortenos, Mexican Mafia, La Eme, Texas Chicano Brotherhood, Nuestra Familia, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), Texas Syndicate, Mexikanemi, Barrio Azteca, Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos, Fresno Bulldogs, Florencia 13, 18th Street gang, Latin Kings, Maniac Latin Disciples, Latin Counts, Tango Blast, Los Solidos, Tri City Bombers, Border Brothers, West Texas Tango, Raza Unida

Venice Beach, CA, rival gangs the Bloods and the Crips, agree to make a peace treaty. The initiator and "god-father" is Daude Sherril (center) with the ex football player and actor, Jim Brown. On the left, a member of Bloods and on the right, a member of Crips. Photographs by Abbas. Above, members of the Bloods photographed in a part of LA controlled by the Crips. A member of the Crips. A member of the Jawbone gang. Tattoo of a Crip. Downtown LA.

The most prevalent pop culture images of gangs in Los Angeles can be traced to the proliferation of gangsta rap in the late 1980s, when NWA, led by Ice Cube, ...