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L.A. Street Gangs Join Forces for Hip-Hop CD

Members of the Bloods and Crips street gangs in Los Angeles put aside their feuding, at least temporarily, to represent their L.A. neighborhoods on a new CD and DVD.

It's still gangsta rap -- filled with violent and sexist imagery -- but gang members say the project is proof they can profit by getting along.

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As an arts correspondent based at NPR West, Mandalit del Barco reports and produces stories about film, television, music, visual arts, dance and other topics.