Bloods in South Central L.A. 90’s - Gang Life

Bloods Doin’ Damage In Da 90’s Thiazvids South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A., is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still widely known as South Central. It borders the Westside on the northwest, and Downtown LA on the northeast.[1] In 2003, the city of Los Angeles changed the area’s official name from South Central Los Angeles to South Los Angeles. The name “South Central“ had become almost synonymous with urban decay and street crime. Though the city took it upon itself to change street signs and freeway signs with the new name to make it “official,“ and though media like L.A. news networks now refer to the area as South Los Angeles, the name is not very widely used.[citation needed] The Los Angeles Times uses both the old and new names to describe the area. Some residents of the Los Angeles area (including residents of South Los Angeles) still use the old name. Prominent figures from South Los Angeles, such as Ice Cube, also continue to refer to the area as South Central Los Angeles. South Los Angeles is considered the forefront for gang warfare and poverty in the city of Los Angeles. Gang violence and crime in South Central were the main themes in songs such as ’s “Straight Outta Compton“, “Gangsta Gangsta“ and “The Dayz of Wayback“, Ice Cube’s “Dead Homiez“ and “How to Survive in South Central“, and Compton’s Most Wanted’s “Hood Took Me Under.“ South Los Angeles is the birthplace of many gangs famous for their notoriety such as the 38th street gang from the sleepy lagoon case and zoot suit riots, which influence the Chicano movement,“Florence 13“, “18st“, the “Bloods“, and the “Crips“.