Piru

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

a member of the Piru set, part of the Bloods gang, founded in Los Angeles, California

Categories Gangs

Collocates Crip¹¹, blood⁷, Bompton², gang², blue, bool, color, Compton, crew, diss, dump on, fuck with, gangbang, homie, loc'd up, punk, rep, slang, slob, stay, tool, what's up, shout-out, beef, bitch, block

Domains Crime, Violence

Region L A, West Coast

Etymology from Piru, a street in Compton; the Bloods & Crips song "Piru Love" explains, "Piru is Crip in reverse, put the 'c's on his back"

Holonyms Blood

Related concepts clique, color, crew, Crip, gangbang, gang sign, set-trip, throw a set, throw up

Timeline

1992 Nigga's Off The Street "Niggaz Off Tha Street" feat. Lil Keke Loc [True Blue]
I wanna rep the big blue wrecking crew, and you gotta, I can't stand a Piru
1993-03-09 Bloods & Crips "C-K Ride" [Bangin' On Wax]
I gotta give a whole shout-out to them motherfuckin' Bompton Piru niggas
1993-03-09 Bloods & Crips "C-K Ride" [Bangin' On Wax]
Play with Piru and get your fuckin' jaw broken

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