The Double II Set is a chapter of the Bloods

Bloods

The Bloods are a street gang founded in Los Angeles, California. The gang is widely known for its rivalry with the Crips. They are identified by the red color worn by their members and by particular gang symbols, including distinctive hand signs...

 street gang centered in East Orange, New Jersey

East Orange, New Jersey

East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the city's population 64,270, making it the state's 20th largest municipality, having dropped 5,554 residents from its population of 69,824 in the 2000 Census, when it was the state's 14th most...

. Chapters of the Bloods are called "sets."

In 1993, Bloods members from the Queen Street Bloods Gang ("QSBG") of Inglewood, California

Inglewood, California

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. Its population stood at 109,673 as of the 2010 Census...

 came to East Orange, initiating East Orange members in the practices and traditions of the west coast Bloods. East Orange is known colloquially as "Illtown," so the set was titled "Double II" . Tewhan Butler was the "Godfather" of the Double II Set.

The East Orange hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 group Naughty by Nature

Naughty by Nature

Naughty by Nature are a Grammy Award-winning American hip hop trio from East Orange, New Jersey that at the time of its formation in 1989 consisted of Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay Gee...

 cultivates the perception of a connection to the Double II Set, double spelling the letter I in album titles (e.g. "IIcons

IIcons

IIcons is the sixth album from Naughty by Nature, released on March 5, 2002 on TVT Records. The album was a success, peaking at 15 on the Billboard 200 and 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned the single, "Feels Good " which made it to 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 and featured 3LW.-Track...

").

External links

• Double II Federal Rico Indictments
• http://www.livefromlockdown.com

The Blog of Tewhan "Massacre" Butler- leader of the Double ii Bloods profiled on Season 1 of the History Channel series Gangland