A blood gang that started in Compton (or Bompton) in the mid/late 70s which was popularized by Gangsta rappers Dj Quik (90s) and YG (2014). Estimated to have over 500 members, the Tree top Piru bloods have expanded to Maryland, and has a possible connection to a blood gang in Montreal Canada.
Damn, don't Fuk with that niga, he's in tree top he be bangin' Bompton with the homies. Tree top Pirus/Bloods don't fuk wit us lil homie.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”