Damu Ridas
Damu Ridas | |
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Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Gangsta rap G-funk West Coast hip hop |
Years active | 1993–1999 |
Labels | Dangerous Records Pump Records |
Associated acts | Bloods & Crips, Nationwide Rip Ridaz |
The Damu Ridas were an assortment of Bloods gang members from South Central Los Angeles who recorded the Bloods & Crips collaboration albums Bangin' on Wax and Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues.[1] The Bloods members formed the Damu Ridas, and the Crip members formed Nationwide Rip Ridaz.
Contents
1 Members
2 Discography
2.1 Albums
2.2 Collaboration with Nationwide Rip Ridaz
2.3 Compilations
2.4 Singles
2.5 Music videos
3 References
Members
The core members of the Damu Ridas were from two different Blood gangs: the L.A Denver Lane Bloods and the Crenshaw Mafia Bloods. The two gangs have been close allies for decades and are still allied today.
B-Brazy, Peanut 2 and Lil' Laniak 2 were from the Denver Lanes. Tip Toe, Pimp D, Spyder, O.G Mad Eye, Big Hawk and Lil' Hawk were from the Crenshaw Mafia. Of those 9 members, 7 have been confirmed deceased.
B-Brazy was shot and killed in 2003. He was the last member of the Damu Ridas to be killed. Peanut 2 was shot 17 times and died in November 1995 by some Crips. Lil' Laniak 2 was with his daughter when he was killed around 1995 by the 83 Gangsters. Tip Toe was killed by a member of the Neighborhood Piru. Spyder was in the neighborhood of the Rollin' 60 Crips when he was shot and killed in 2000. O.G Mad Eye and his little brother Lil' Mad Eye were both killed before 2001. Big Hawk is deceased and Lil' Hawk is serving a 25 to life prison sentence for murder.
Discography
Albums
Year |
Title |
Chart positions[2] |
|
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Heatseekers |
Top R&B/Hip hop albums |
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1995 |
Damu Ridas |
#25 |
#40 |
1999 |
How Deep Is Your Hood |
- |
- |
Collaboration with Nationwide Rip Ridaz
Year |
Title |
Chart positions[3] |
|
---|---|---|---|
Billboard 200 |
Top R&B/Hip hop albums |
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1993 |
Bangin' on Wax |
#86 |
- |
1994 |
Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues |
#139 |
#20 |
Compilations
- 1997: Bang'n on Wax: The Best of the Damu's
Singles
Year |
Title |
Album |
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1993 |
"Bangin' on Wax" |
Bangin' on Wax |
"Piru Love" | ||
"Steady Dippin'" | ||
1994 |
"Gs & Locs" |
Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues |
"Wish You Were Here" | ||
1995 |
"Damu Ride" |
Damu Ridas |
"True Flue Killer" |
Music videos
Year |
Video |
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1995 |
"Damu Ride" |
References
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^ "Albums chart positions". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
^ "Albums chart positions". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
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