Craig Monson's Avenues Gang in South LA

[alexalonso]

This is a gang that was active during the 1960s, probably after the Watts Riots probably forming around 1967, just a guess on everything I heard. They probably weren't really a gang, who knows what labels were used then, and perhaps the police put the "gang" label on them.
Craing Munson names always comes up, he had some brothers and there were others too.

[alexalonso]

Learned today that the Avenues started on the corner of Hooper and 83rd Street. That was ground ZERO for the Avenues and today that is Kitchen Crip neighborhood.

[bgcasper]

yeah but kitchen existed prior to crips i doupt any of the og kitchen ever been part of avenue if u watched the jimmy lavender og bishop interview kitchen wasnt fighters they was not victims eithers but more on the gun side but on the era of avenue street didnt gun bang... it wasnt crack and automatic guns era ...and avenue was all about macho fight and acording to the different interviews avenue was the gang who was kinna dominating the scene seems like most people wanted to be with avenues ...i have a question what is the connection with avenue and slauson village ????

[bgcasper]

yeah but kitchen existed prior to crips i doupt any of the og kitchen ever been part of avenue if u watched the jimmy lavender og bishop interview kitchen wasnt fighters they was not victims eithers but more on the gun side but on the era of avenue street didnt gun bang... it wasnt crack and automatic guns era ...and avenue was all about macho fight and acording to the different interviews avenue was the gang who was kinna dominating the scene seems like most people wanted to be with avenues ...i have a question what is the connection with avenue and slauson village ????

[xxx]

Casper, Kick Back and let the Story be Told.

Your like a dude that interrupts conversations.

Kitchen Crips are a (1973) Gang.

The Kitchens had Avenues & Eastside Crips in their formation.

The Area went from Avenues to Crips to Kitchen Crips.

[alexalonso]

Casper, Kick Back and let the Story be Told.

Your like a dude that interrupts conversations.

Kitchen Crips are a (1973) Gang.

The Kitchens had Avenues & Eastside Crips in their formation.

The Area went from Avenues to Crips to Kitchen Crips.

I am uncertain on Kitchen's origin. I put them in 1971/1972 but I need to speak to Leonard "Skull" Hall and see what he says.

[alexalonso]

yeah but kitchen existed prior to crips i doupt any of the og kitchen ever been part of avenue if u watched the jimmy lavender og bishop interview kitchen wasnt fighters they was not victims eithers but more on the gun side but on the era of avenue street didnt gun bang... it wasnt crack and automatic guns era ...and avenue was all about macho fight and acording to the different interviews avenue was the gang who was kinna dominating the scene seems like most people wanted to be with avenues ...i have a question what is the connection with avenue and slauson village ????

Dont think there is any direct connection between the SLausons, which started to fade after the 1965 riots and the Avenues which formed after the riots, maybe around 1966 or 1967. WHat's interesting though, Bunchy Carter and Craig Monson were friends, lived in same neighborhood and when Craig was this buff teenager, he would function with a lot of the Panthers. He know the entire Carter family very well.

[bgcasper]

yeah thats what i though ...i think there must be some kinna connection between those two

[bgcasper]

[quote="alexalonso"][quote="xxx"]Casper, Kick Back and let the Story be Told.

Your like a dude that interrupts conversations.

Kitchen Crips are a (1973) Gang.

The Kitchens had Avenues & Eastside Crips in their formation.

The Area went from Avenues to Crips to Kitchen Crips.[/quote]

I am uncertain on Kitchen's origin. I put them in 1971/1972 but I need to speak to Leonard "Skull" Hall and see what he says.[/quote] the interview of jimmy lavender is very interresting he went thru many points that would need to be followed and asked to other og during futur interview ..i think his interview was really a stepping stone to gather deeper knowledge of that era

[alexalonso]

Casper, Kick Back and let the Story be Told.

Your like a dude that interrupts conversations.

Kitchen Crips are a (1973) Gang.

The Kitchens had Avenues & Eastside Crips in their formation.

The Area went from Avenues to Crips to Kitchen Crips.

Did Kitchen ever exist as a gang, like Kitchen Boys or Kitchen Gang before they were Crippin? Or did their origins start as Crip from the beginning of their formation?

[bgcasper]

jimmy lavender interview 14mn he talked about kitchen prior of being kitchen

[bgcasper]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue5pU0XYDP8[/youtube]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue5pU0XYDP8

that interview cover a gang of history question

[alexalonso]

I just watched it hoping to hear something about the Avenues and Craig Monson, but I did notice that some of the questions were about gang I posted on this string last year: viewtopic.php?f=156&t=61039

Specifically the Central Avenue Crips and the Black Mafia Crips.