California, with its enormous urban population and complex socioeconomics, has become home to some of the most infamous and influential criminal gangs in the United States. Names like the Crips ...

What started as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into violence and six days of civil unrest known as the Watts Riots ...

The nonprofit was founded by Aqeela Sherrills, a former gang member born and raised in Watts who, in 1992, helped broker a peace treaty between the Crips and Bloods gangs.

The nonprofit was founded by Aqeela Sherrills, a former gang member born and raised in Watts who, in 1992, helped broker a peace treaty between the Crips and Bloods gangs. Although Sherrills, now 55, ...

Off of Lamar's 2015 album, To Kill a Butterfly, the song "Hood Politics" sees the Compton rapper pose comparisons between gangs, the rap industry and the world of politics.