Rival gangs in Los Angeles banded together in the streets of Compton on August 18 with the help of Keenon Dequan Ray Jackson, who is known to the world as YG. According to TMZ, over the weekend, the ...

After implicating himself in additional slayings in comments he made to prison employees in 2023, LBPD homicide detectives interviewed Cox, during which he confessed to three separate shootings ...

YG has never shied away from mentioning his ties to the Piru street gang, and he recently used his connection and influence to broker a peace walk between rival Piru gangs. Over the weekend, YG held ...

Eric "Lil Eazy" Wright at the Compton home he once shared with the late Eric "Easy E" Wright, co-founder of the hugely influential rap group N.W.A. A wall in Compton "tagged" by the Treetop Piru gang, ...

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For nearly three decades, Compton was infamous for gang violence and crime. This was fueled by the drug war of the late 1980s, the 1992 South Los Angeles civil unrest, and the devastating effects that ...

COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- Signs for Life, a new community initiative, is dedicated to helping a Compton neighborhood disassociate itself from any gang ties. By posting anti-gang signs on local streets ...

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