Before the Bloods: How the Pirus Changed Compton | FOUNDERS

Sponsorship inquiries: criminalbusiness6@gmail.com Before the red bandanas became a global symbol, Piru was a neighborhood identity in Compton. How did that local story become part of the Bloods alliance—and why did shared names fail to stop local conflict? FOUNDERS follows King Bobalouie, Cynthia Nunn, Mob James, CJ and Nate through dated interviews, period photographs and court records. Their recollections are compared, not treated as one uncontested founding story. Like and subscribe to Criminal Business for more FOUNDERS. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold Open 01:09 The Place 03:23 The Founders Question 04:32 The Park 05:47 The Alliance 08:07 What The Name Could Not Stop 09:26 Same Alliance, Another Funeral 10:31 The Name Travels 11:38 Hip-Hop And The Neighborhood 13:38 What She Built Afterward 15:06 A Different Image 15:48 Case Notes INTERVIEWS / EXCERPTS ANALYZED Kev Mac Videos / King Bobalouie (2017):    • AC Moses aka King Bobalouie West Side Comp...      • AC Moses aka King Bobalouie Co Founder of ...   Street TV / Cynthia Nunn (2019), CJ & Nate (2020):    • Lueders Park Piru history & the de@th of t...      • Cynthia Nunn forming non-profit after fami...      • CJ on transition from Stockton Street Mob ...   VladTV / Mob James (2019):    • Mob James on Joining Mob Piru, Getting Sho...   RECORDS / RESEARCH Compton history: https://www.comptoncity.org/our-city/... Alex Alonso: https://www.streetgangs.com/bloods/co... People v. Cooper, S273134 (2023): https://cases.justia.com/california/s... Maryland plea record: https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/... Suge Knight sentencing: https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default... PHOTO CREDITS Photos are scaled/framed. Dates shown onscreen; later images are not presented as founding-era photographs. CentennialHighAlumni / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Lunchbox LP / CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Mikko Koponen from Finland / CC BY 2.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Nick Leisure / CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Jordan Miller | Propagandaphoto.net from Sherwood, OR, United States / CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Jengod / CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Epolk at English Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Ron Sterling / CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... John Malmin, Los Angeles Times / CC BY 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Joe Kennedy / Los Angeles Times / CC BY 4.0 https://digital.library.ucla.edu/cata... Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection; photographer not identified in catalogue / CC BY 4.0 https://digital.library.ucla.edu/cata... Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection; photographer not identified in catalogue / CC BY 4.0 https://digital.library.ucla.edu/cata... Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection; photographer not identified in catalogue / CC BY 4.0 https://digital.library.ucla.edu/cata... METRO96 / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Other archive credits: John Margolies / Library of Congress; California Department of Corrections; LAPD; U.S. HUD; Douglas Dollarhide portrait, Press-Telegram (1973), via Wikimedia Commons. Pop Out frame: Amazon Music / Twitch via KQED, directly analyzed: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960019/th... Cover: King Bobalouie interview frame / Kev Mac Videos, editorial composite. Photo-license terms: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Photo adaptations retain their source license; credits do not imply endorsement.