Editing Death Row Records (section)

=== Feud between the Mob Piru and Fruit Town Piru ===
By the early 2000s, a rivalry had developed between the Mob Piru Bloods and the Fruit Town Piru Bloods, resulting in the deaths of several Mob Pirus associated with Death Row Records, including (but not limited to):

* [[Murder of Alton McDonald|Alton "Buntry" McDonald]], who was shot dead on April 3, 2002, allegedly by George Williams, who also went by the nicknames "G" or "Ponytail".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tupac Pal Shot To Death |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tupac-pal-shot-to-death/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=April 5, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Murder of Henry Smith|Henry "Hendog" Smith]], who designed the logo for Death Row Records.<ref name=":0" /> Smith was shot dead on October 16, 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Lee Smith, 33 - The Homicide Report |url=https://homicide.latimes.com/post/henry-lee-smith/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=homicide.latimes.com |date=October 16, 2002 |language=en}}</ref> Smith was killed by a member of the Denver Lanes Bloods.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Chuck |date=September 15, 2003 |title=Knight Associate to Go on Trial |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-15-me-roo15-story.html |access-date=June 21, 2024 |newspaper=LA Times}}</ref>
* [[Wardell Fouse|Wardell "Poochie" Fouse]], who was shot dead on July 24, 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wardell Fouse, 43 - The Homicide Report |url=https://homicide.latimes.com/post/wardell-fouse/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=homicide.latimes.com |date=July 24, 2003 |language=en}}</ref>

This feud started when George "G" Williams, who worked as a bodyguard for Suge Knight, was fired after he failed to return two Death Row Records cars which he borrowed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pugmire |first=Lance |date=2005-07-29 |title=Knight ex-bodyguard convicted in PCP case |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-suge29jul29-story.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> After Williams was fired, he became a close associate of Rodrick Cardale "Lil Rod" Reed, a Fruit Town Piru member. The pair are alleged to be behind the murders of the Mob Piru Bloods from Death Row Records.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Brennan |first1=Tim |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1128129589 |title=Once upon a time in Compton : From gangsta rap to gang wars ... The murders of Tupac & Biggie ... This is the story of two men at the center of it all |last2=Ladd |first2=Robert |date=2017 |isbn=978-1-9841-6386-8 |location=Houston, Texas |oclc=1128129589}}</ref>