Damu means "brother" or "relative" in swahili. Some slob niggaz adopted this name for their hood a long time ago, and fucked the meaning up for african americans
Dangerous Assassin Maroon Uniformed.
A Gang created in Compton but grew most on the East Coast. Use Maroon/Burgundy/Red to represent. Not a faction of but Affiliated with Bloods, Piru, Brims, etc... Locations include California, Nevada, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, DMV area and South Carolina.
What some children in Franklin like to get tattooed on themselves, or use as their myspace display names, or emails, because they believe they are a member of the Bloods gang.
"Yo, what's that tattoo say?"
"Shit, it says Damu. I'm a five star general, son."
also,
"Hey, what's your myspace?"
"Yo baby, just look me up, my display name is Damu b's up woop woop."