Country Dictionary

Set tripping is actually the act of hanging with a set that isnt of your own. Like a 83rd street crip hanging with (and pulling out missions with) a shotgun crip.

Isnt that smoke from 23rd with those shotguns? That niggas set trippin again!

"Sets" are refrences to street gangs. Set tripping is violent results from the confrontation of two rival gangs or gang members. Gang members identify eachother by tattoos, hand signs, and colors worn. Gang members or gangbangers rarley hesitate to attack another gang member who represents a rival gang.

"Ready to pop the clip in, ready to start (set) trippin'" - T.I.

We was in the club and this nigga' starts set tripping.

Killing someone in your own gang, but who is in a different set. i.e. a different street but in the same gang

Man the bloods beset trippin mofos in da same gang

To trip over the set (street, block, area) you claim.
To become violent towards a gang or crew.

I can't believe that nigga is set tripping. I'll bring it to his dumb ass.

Bring violence in the name of your gang. Gang violence.

The Compton niggaz all about to set trip.

To affiliate yourself with several different gangs without belonging to one particular gang.

The rapper x-zibit is a set-tripper. That's why he got jacked by then mexicans.

to throw down another gangs colors or sign

this fools about to set trip on the bloods