How the Crips and Bloods Really Work, According to Former Members

Since leaving the gang, he has worked as an actor and worked with the Eagle Ridge Institute.

Skipp Townsend was a member of the Rollin’ 20s Avenue faction of the Los Angeles Bloods gang for 27 years. Townsend talks to Business Insider about the Crip rivalry, gang signs, culture and music. He also covers the role of celebrities and Bloods-affiliated groups such as Suge Knight and Death Row Records in preventing gangs in California.

After his release from prison, Townsend founded the intervention organization 2nd Call to support local communities in LA.

Find Skipp Townsend here:

https://www.2ndcall.org