Raymond Washington is one of the most popular and richest Criminal who was born on August 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, United States. He was the founding member of Crips, of which SchoolboyQ was formerly a part.
Raymond Lee Washington (August 14, 1953 – August 9, 1979) was an American gangster, known as the founder of the Crips gang in Los Angeles, California. Washington formed the Crips as a minor street gang in the late 1960s in Los Angeles’ South Central area, becoming a prominent local crime boss. In 1971, Washington formed an alliance with Stanley “Tookie” Williams, establishing the Crips as the first major African-American street gang in Los Angeles, and served as one of the co-leaders. In 1974, Washington was convicted of robbery and received a five-year prison sentence, during which his leadership and influence in the Crips declined.
In the late 1960s, there was an increase in youth crime in Los Angeles, particularly in and around South Central’s Watts neighborhood. Crime was especially prevalent in the three housing projects located in Watts, known as “the Bricks”: Imperial Courts, Nickerson Gardens, and Jordan Downs, where violent street robberies were common among adolescent criminals. Older African-American street gangs in South Central like the Slausons, the Businessmen, and the Gladiators, had been ended by activist groups such as the Black Panther Party and the US Organization. The absence of the old gangs saw numerous new youth gangs begin to form in their place, including the Sportsmans Park, New House Boys, Acey Duecy, and Chain Gang, on West Side.
He had four brothers.
He was against guns and knives. He prefers hand-to-hand combat as a way to settle disputes.
Raymond Lee Washington was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 1953, the youngest of four sons to Violet Samuel and Reginald Washington. His parents separated when he was two years old, and he was raised by his mother and stepfather. He grew up on East 76th Street, between Wadsworth Avenue and Central Avenues in Los Angeles’ South Central. Washington had a half-brother, Derard S. Barton, from his mother’s second marriage.
