While there is no certainty to the exact date of establishment for the East Nashville Crips, evidence of Los Angeles-based gang activity in the Nashville Metropolitan Area dates back to 1994, with the discovery of the body a former Los Angeles Parks employee, who became a drug-dealer, in Cheatham County.
Mens den nøjagtige, dato for grundlæggelsen af East Nashville Crips, er ukendt tyder noget på at den Los Angeles-baserede bandes aktiviteter i Nashville Metropolitan Area, kan dateres tilbage til 1994, med opdagelsen af en tidligere ansat bodybuilder, hos Los Angeles Parks, som blev afsløret i at være narkohandler, i Cheatham County.