THE DAMU RIDAS CONCISTED OF FOUNDER REDRUM781,LIL LEAK,B-BRAZY,LIL HAWK,BIG WY,G-SPIDER,G-LEN,DOCK-B,BATMAN,LIL LANIAL,GREEN EYES,SUGA BUGA,PENUT II,JUNE DAWG,PIMP-D, & MADEYES THEY WERE ALL ACTIVE GANGMEMBERS BEFORE THEY WERE SIGNED TO DANGEROUS RECORDS..THEY SAW RAP AS AWAY TO CHANGE THERE LIVES THEY RELEASED THERE FIRST ALBUM IN 1995 TITLED "BLOODS 4 LIFE"..THEY HAD 2 HIT SINGLES "TRUE FLUE KILLA" & "DAMU RIDE".. DAMU RIDE CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF PEOPLE THAT HAD NEVER HEARD OF BANG'N ON WAX AND HELPED THE ALBUM GO GOLD WITH 635,000 SELLS..THERE SECOND ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1999 TITLED "HOW DEEP IS YOUR HOOD"WAS THERE LAST ALBUM AS THE DAMU RIDAS..LIL HAWK,G-SPIDER,PIMP-D,LANIAK,& PENUT II WERE NOT FEATURED ON THIS ALBUM..SADLY LIL HAWK WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE, AND LANIAK,SPIDER,PIMP-D,& PENUTII LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE STREETS..MANY OF THE DAMUS CONTINUED THEIR CAREERS REDRUM781 & LIL LEAK SIGNED TO "REPUTABLE RECORDS" & WERE FEATURED ON THE "REP YO SET" ALBUM ON THE TRACK "WHAT IT DO",GREEN EYES IS DOING GOSPEL MUSIC NOW,BIG WY & SUGA BUGA FORMED THE GROUP "THE RELATIVEZ",B-BRAZY MADE MANY GUEST APPERANCES ON THE RELETIVEZ ALBUMS,AND CONTINUED TO WORK WITH REDRUM & GREEN EYES HE WAS FETURED ON "MACK10'S"COMPALATION "GHETTO GUTTER & GANGSTA"ON THE TRACK "FIGAROA RIDA"IN MAY 2003 B-BRAZY WAS SHOT & KILLED IN INGLEWOOD...TROUGH OUT THE TRAGEDIES, DRAMA,AND CONTROVERSY BEHIND THE BANG'N ON WAX ALBUMS THE DAMU RIDAS & THE RIP RIDAS WILL FOREVER BE HOOD LEGENDS!
