Grape Street Watts Crips (gang)
| Founding location | Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Years active | 1970s - present |
| Ethnicity | African American |
| Membership (est.) | 11,000 |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, robbery, extortion, murder, burglary, identification theft, car theft |
| Rivals | Bounty Hunter Bloods, PJ Watts Crips, East Coast Crips |
The Eastside Grape Street Watts Crips (known by the acronyms GSC, GST, WBLC, and GSW) is an African-American Crips subset based in the Watts neighborhood of South Los Angeles. The gang is located in the Jordan Downs Housing Project, and was named after a north-south street in Watts near 103rd street.. The gang's rivalry with the Bounty Hunter Bloods has been described as being "the most violent and long lasting feud between two gangs that are in the Watts area."
During the 1970s, the gang's neighborhood originally contained a Mexican-American and African-American gang called Watts Varrio Grape (WVG). When the Mexican gangs in Los Angeles had started to align themselves under the wing of Sureños, the Mexican members started the Watts Varrio Grape Street 13 gang. The African-American members established the Eastside Watts Varrio Grape gang. In 1986-87, the gang became known as the Eastside Grape Street Watts Baby Loc Crips (Baby Loc Crips for short).
After 1987, all African-American members from the Jordan Downs Housing Projects were known as members of the Grape Street Watts Crips gang.
Brandon "BL" Bullard, a veteran member of the Grape Street Watts Crips was murdered by the East Coast Crips. The murder of Bullard sparked a war that resulted in 26 wounded and 9 dead.
The gang is primarily located in the "103 two-story shotgun-style buildings" that had describe the Jordan Downs Housing Projects. The buildings are separated by numbers, and separated by Grape Street. The Grape Street Watts Crips have been described as a dominating force within the complex. The gang's factions are known as the following: Baby Locs, Peta Roll Squad, Peta Roc Squad, Peta Loc Squad, Parolee Squad, 91st Baby Locs, 95th, Bandera Blocc 97, 103rd, Anzac, 105th, 107th, 112nd Blocc, Dust Town Hoggs,Peda Roll Mafia, East Side Kids, Real Boss Playas, Ten Tray Ballas, BlueGates Baby Locs and Tip Top.
Members of the Grape Street Watts Crips have appeared in the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America, directed by Stacy Peralta. Members have also been interviewed in Gangland on the History Channel.
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