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A music video by the up-and-coming Gudda Brvckin, who is a public member of the Madd Swan Bloods a/k/a Byrd Gang. THE ORIGIN STORY— The Mad Swan Bloods or Byrd Gang, are a blood gang located on the East Side of Los Santos, California. This gang is predominately African American, but in recent years the Swans have amassed a large amount of Mexican members, just like their counterparts, the Hoovers. This group was originally known as the Main Street Swans, but they eventually changed their name as well as their alignment after their original founder was murdered. Elvis Dexter, the original founder, was often seen hanging around some of the most original gangs in Los Santos. Surprisingly, Dexter was close in relationship with many of the Original East Crips in the early 1970's, but he eventually broke off and founded the Main Street Swans. Within a couple of years, Dexter was murdered in Manchester Park by the alleged Hoover Crips. THE ESTABLISHMENT— The Swans then carried on his legacy by establishing many new gangs as well as sets under the gang. When it comes to the Madd Swan Bloods, they are located on the eastside of Los Santos, but can be seen around different areas of South Los Santos. The Madd Swan bloods are broken down into different sets, and these sets consist of the 77th Street Madd Swan Bloods, the 79th Street Madd Swan Bloods, the 80th Street Madd Swan Bloods, and the 84th Street Madd Swan Bloods. Although the Madd Swans are one of the largest Swan subsets, there is also the Neighborhood Family Swan Bloods. The Neighborhood Family Swan Bloods emerged from the abyss along with the Madd Swan Bloods, but they kept their own identity, despite the shared name with the Madd Swans. The Neighborhood Family Swans get their name because of their alliance with the Madd Swan Bloods and their alignment with the Neighborhood and Family Bloods umbrella. The two Swan Bloods gang come together to form the Family Swan Blood alliance. ALLIES & RIVALRIES— Together, these two street gangs share some of the same allies and rivals. The Madd Swan Bloods are closely allied with the Neighborhood Family Swan Bloods, Inglewood Family Gang, Centinela Park Family Bloods, which is known as the Family Alliance or Family Gang. The rivals of the Madd Swan Bloods are are in deep rivalry with a couple of different gangs in South Los Santos as well. They mainly beef with the 18th Street Gang, Avalon Gangster Crips, Kitchen Crips, Main Street Mafia Crips, East Coast Crips, and Pueblo Bishop Bloods. Although they have had beef with the Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods, in recent years they have made efforts for piece. Many rising stars coming out of the Madd Swans are coming together and forming relationships with other stars coming out of the Bounty Hunter Watts Blood Gang. The background of the beef with the Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods may coincide with their politics, because it is believed that the Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods are too friendly with other crip gangs, but there is no public reason behind the beef. THE MSB'S VS. THE 6 PACC EAST COAST CRIPS— The Mad Swan Bloods and the East Coast Crips have had a very violent rivalry since the beginning of both gangs. On February 2, 1990 a shooting broke out between two parties. Allegedly, two un-affiliated males were standing, sporting the color red, a popular color worn by bloods. Within moments, a green Cadillac drove past the group, doing a double take after seeing the male's red attire. The driver then pulled into a burger restaurant parking lot and hopped out, making his way towards the group. Upon the shooter's approach, the male began unveiling a weapon from his right side. Once the three male's spotted the weapon, the group of young boys then took off running. The shooter then started firing at the group, supposedly, while the male was shooting, he shouted "Mad Swan Bloods" and kept sending shots at the group. The male had appeared to be firing a .22 caliber pistol from a distance of approximately 30 feet. Although the male missed many of his shots, he eventually struck on of the male's in his lower back, killing him. When you think about this situation in today's time, this un-called for murder was probably a result of the rising "color-banging" epidemic back in Los Santos during the early 90's. For those who are not familiar with color-banging, it is the idea of "banging on" someone who is wearing the colors of your opposition's. For example, if someone were to wear blue or red in the 90's, they would have most likely been subject to gang violence because of the color they are wearing. In the sense of now, color-banging is seen as a pre-historic idea. It was abandoned as the years passed because of how "silly" the idea is. In today's time, you will see bloods dressed in all blue and crips dressed in all red.