Scarlettwood Court

From Rap Dictionary

Scarlettwood Court is a housing project that sits high on the banks of the Humber River in Toronto's west end. Built in the 1960's, this Toronto Community Housing Corporation neighbourhood is home to hundreds of tenants from diverse backgrounds. On the outermost fringe of Weston Road-Mount Dennis, this neighbourhood is geographically isolated from other neighbourhoods with no recreational or social services in and around the Scarlett Rd. corridor. During the 1980's, this area was saturated with the proliferation of narcotics, controlled mainly by West Indian and African immigrants who arrived during the 1970's and would later be controlled by their off-spring, who would later adopt the Crips identity by the mid 1990's. This neighbourhood is the birthplace and home turf of the All Crips Gang (aka the Scarlett Blocc Crips).