And the material it printed to agitate, educate and organize clearly reflected this rejection of colonialism and neo-colonialism. Aint no off switch on national oppression ever. The most fundamental things are ideology, theory and philosophy. I wish we could hook up on the streets but it is never to (sic) late. It wasnt cleansing me. I asked, feeling myself getting angry. Well, when I got to San Quentin in January of 86, on the tier was study material from the Black Liberation Movement (BLM), a lot of material from the Black Panther Party, the African Peoples Party, the African Peoples Socialist Party etc. The first book that I read on my book list after I decided to consciously educate myself to be a part of the movement was Sanyika Shakurs Monster in the mid-90s. JR: Can you tell us a little bit about the case you are locked up on now? Sanyika: When I first was captured, as I said, there were still remnants of the old Black Liberation Movement around largely publications, periodicals, books etc. Sanyika Shakur's, aka Monster Kody Scott, Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. What if i used his banging name and called him Sugar Bear? Still didnt get that necklace, though. This is philosophy. He wanted to get out of prison. My homeboy Poc (sic) had love for you so you know how it go if he had love for somebody I did too. It's difficulty lay not in the writing but in the content and the emotions they evoke. When asked how Sanyika Shakur got his gang nickname "Monster" he replied, "Well, America produced me," but he basically said that he beat a man so badly that the police said whoever did it was a monster, and the . It's thought og mack read about this and started his own ubn in rikers. But you see, the old Prison Movement was a reflection of the movement at large. Monster recalls the 1992. This was the staple material Soledad Brothers, Blood in My Eye, Wretched of the Earth and there was the Burning Spear newspaper of the African Socialist Party. I gave here that money. Most prisoners I knew could shower, shave, masturbate, and get their shoes on before the door opened again. These thoughts ran through my head before i met the man. Eh, Monster, he said, breaking the ice, I heard Geronimo Pratt was here too? I told Suge that Pratt left the same day Suge came; in fact, he had taken Geronimos cell. Plus, how Im sposed to shave and shower in ten minutes? Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Now, all Suges prior infractions were being reviewed. Its a genocidal tactic utilized by law enforcement to keep the Natives in line. And unlike us, who have to contend with day to day struggles, the beast is on some future-of-the-empire stuff. So that was it for me. All the jewelry, the limbo bills, and hotel accommodations were stacked against Makaveli like an advance. Monster Kody aka Sanyika Shakur Beyond Hate ( 1991 Exclusive) Street Gangs, Tupac & Monster Kody Phone Conversation October 18, 1995, HAKI SHAKUR, BREAKS IT DOWN ABOUT THE SHAKUR TRIBE & REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE, U.K. INTERVIEW, http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=305382.0. He got his nickname 'Monster Kody' at the age of 13. But let me say this, I didnt really know how to study at that time. But on this day, as Townsend and a schoolmate passed by 69th Street near Florence and Normandie avenues, they happened to catch Scott on a good day. I told him naw, to keep his songs, but Id get him out. I said I was well and just taking it one day at a time. 40 Glock up on yo block Headshot / Chestplate gettin blown when tha 9 Knocks / , Im already unstable, I get some cognac n a blunt, I get offgimme a pill and someone gone. On top of his never having been in prison-despite his numerous convictions-Suge was staying in the Hole, where he would find it hard to breathe. Even when he ran off with my mothers .25 automatic and my mother was chasing me around about it. All right, Ill see you tomorrow, he said, then sent them on their way, unscathed. We are looking for ways of struggle that correspond to our particular set of circumstances. He was named as a top ten gang members in 2007 and sentenced to six years in 2008. These killings are used as shocks and strains on the mass psychology of the people, and thats on the national level. We both had our demons. What did Disney actually lose from its Florida battle with DeSantis? Kody Scott, whose gang autobiography sparked a literary career, lands on the LAPDs most wanted list. One day while Scott and Bing were riding in the backseat of a car through the hood, she recalls asking him to show her his mad dog face. As real as it can be, this guy was a compassionate guy. AEW media call report: Live notes on Tony Khan speaking with the pro wrestling media ahead of Sunday's AEW Revolution pay-per-view March 2, 2023 Edition Details Professional Reviews Awards Format: Paperback Language: English That is, it is capable of morphing, melding and adapting to most any circumstance. But on this day, as Townsend and a schoolmate passed by 69th Street near Florence and Normandie avenues, they happened to catch Scott on a good day. She got some lawyer who says hes been a friend of the family for twenty years, talkin bout Pac had a bad contract. Anyway, we rollin; everything is tight. Its the underdog story. But even then his stress was evident. In closing, anyone who has the vaguest notions about the length the American ruling class will go to maintain dominance or to answer your question about targeting conscious leaders should read The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders by John Potash. To be New Afrikan is to recognize that you are a member of a distinct culture, that you are a citizen of a nation unto itself in the belly of the beast. M.O.I. I knew that one day I wanted to be able express myself as articulately as the two of them. JR: What do you think about the state killing Tookie and the reason they gave? While in prison, he wrote the frighteningly authentic memoir Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. In that sense it was very successful, more so than we had anticipated it would be. 85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors; More than 150,000 Images beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom . On went the cuffs, open came the door. Gang Member." Scott joined the Crips at the age of 12 and spent much of his youth involved in gang activity and crime. (LogOut/ etc. As the guards gear suggests, the Hole has seen its share of warfare. But. So once the rads in the Army sent me this material, I could for the first time really feel the reality of our situation. Kody Scott (Atlantic Monthly Press: $22; 383 pp. Gang Member (1994), Kody often refers to himself as a warrior (e.g., 27, 216, 220). Former gang member turned best selling author Monster Kody Scott has died, according to sources with AllHipHop. He just was who he was and he wasn't a showoff.". I too was still talking after the shooting. You know how we gets: when its on, its on. Monster: Autobiography of an L.A. Gangmember . I knew that coming from L.A. County Jail he would have nothing. The archaic cell blocks that extend from the central cooridor stretch threee tiers above the floor with as many as thirty-six cells to a tier. Why all this talk about cars? Monster, listen, when I went out to New York to see Pac, he was stressed out. The two had grown up in the same neighborhood and knew each others families, but when Smith joined a rival gang, Rollin Sixties, they became enemies. Cats were pushing a Nationalist line, recognizing, if only rudimentarily, that we were more of a nation inside of this empire than a disenfranchised minority of citizens of the empire. Lon Bing, a fashion model turned journalist, was the first to bring Monster Kody to the attention of the world beyond South Centralin a book about gangs called Do or Die.She became the woman . Written in solitary confinement, Kody Scott's memoir of sixteen years as a gangbanger in Los Angeles was a searing best-seller and became a classic, published in ten languages, with more than 300,000 copies in print in the United States alone. Sunday Morning . Then the Vegas police come and draw down on us; they fin to shoot us! Crip gang member monster kody full interview 1993 - YouTube 0:00 / 17:54 Crip gang member monster kody full interview 1993 Vinmoonsu 87.2K subscribers Subscribe 7.8K 791K views 5 years. Baby Lane, he said and exhaled. In order to rebuild our organizations and our movement, well need competent cadres professional revolutionaries that can handle the tasks at hand. After years of moving up the gang ranks and then being shipped to prison for crimes like possession of an assault rifle, Scott decided to trade in his gang career, convert to Islam and strive to dissuade other youth from joining gangs. This nigga had 18 bodies and you niggas praise people for 1 or 2. So the empire, the capitalist-imperialist, was yet again morphing to live by implementing a neo-colonial system of Civil Rights and integration, and the Black Liberation Movement rejected that. Yeah, we got one just alike, 1961. 81 Comments for "Sanyika Shakur, aka Monster Kody" Reply While in prison, he wrote the frighteningly authentic memoir Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Not one vehicle, however-not the Benz, the Jag, the Rolls, the Hummer, or the lolo-was in Makavelis name. It appears Scott died of natural causes and not foul play, though the cause of death has yet to be determined, Bussey said. Whatcha think about that? asked Rev. Despite his reputation, people closest to him said that they rarely or never saw the Monster side of him. I gotta be ready for my next and upcoming encounter with the beast. Did you see the lowrider I got him?. This way wed be next to one another for at least three hours a week. We found ourselves stumbling blindly around the issues. When shes not penning an article, shes DJing at events and parties around the city. People really respected him in the hood and the people who were afraid of him, I think were afraid for all of the wrong reasons, she added. He was not looking to show off strength. So I make them 10 count. Change). I hadnt yet fully overstood the extent to which Id need to go in order to transform my criminal, colonial mentality into a revolutionary mentality, dig? In closing, Id like to say we appreciated all the support for our hunger strike and all the work you and Comrade Fred Hampton Jr. do. Meri and Kody recently announced publicly that they are "permanently terminating" their marriage, even though they have not acted like a married couple in years. I aint worried. What conclusions can you draw about his. January 13, 2020. So once I found myself in the hole at San Quentin in 1986, I was stuck because here I was this OG dude, you know, with major street clout and a growing prison rep, but I couldnt read, comprehend or write. Plus, I got his mother a house. Thats my motto. By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet). r/Chiraqology, a subreddit to discuss drill music and Chicago gang culture. My mind was racing. Before Scott died, he also made amends with Smith. Friends say the fugitives inclusion is unjustified. No sooner had we made it through the door than the library clerk named Reverend Stern started yapping. My mom was probably at home taking care of all the business [and] getting on our behind, he comes in, he wants to play, crack jokes, tickle, play fight, things like that.". Basically starting ny bloods. With this sock puppet Obama up there, its a new day of the system morphing. podcasting News Sanyika Shakur, aka Monster Kody Kody Scott author of Autobiography of an LA Gang Member and member of the Eight Tray Gangster Crips in Los Angeles. Yeah, well, when I was a criminal movin with the street organization, I had a nascent overstanding about us being essentially one people. JR: When you were in the streets gang bangin, what brought you into political consciousness? This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. We are now in a post neo-colonial era. I got in touch with Sundiata Acoli, who in turn sent me to Owusu Yaki Yakubu, who was using the pseudonym Atiba Shanna at that time, and he began to send me the New Afrikan ideological material and things just cleaned up. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Monster Kody founded Northern 83G Crips in Los Angeles, California Former Crip member Sanyika Shakur, aka Monster Kody Scott, has passed away. Whats up, homie? I was momentarily taken aback by his jovial greeting. The cage squeaked against his shifting body weight. Sanyika Shakur (born Kody Dejohn Scott; November 13, 1963), also known by his former street moniker Monster, is a former member of the Los Angeles gang the Eight Tray Gangster Crips. ", He added, [He was] like the older best friend. With the letter I included soap, deodorant, lotion, and a few Top Ramen soups. And of course, this neo-colonialism was being rejected for Black Power self-determination by the youthful revolutionaries of that time. Lateral warfare has always served the system. Yet in my experience, Makaveli went nowhere without a vest or his heat. Just the same old bullshit. If you sit around and get hypnotized by the TV, sports or gossip about whos gonna get kicked off of Big Brother or, as Gil Scott Heron said, If Dick finally got down with Jane on Search For Tomorrow, then time is doing you. Tookie, like Tupac, like Eazy E, like George Jackson, like Malcolm and Martin and countless others, was bad for business. These killings, public and obvious as they are, serve as psychological demonstrations to keep the masses traumatized against struggle. This is ideology. Any false teeth, dentures, or partials? LA Eight Trey Gangster Crip OG MONSTER KODY Interview from 1997. last minute of the video he drillin shit, freestyling. The beast is on all of the time. Before Id be unarmed. Oh yeah? said Suge, his voice indicating more concern than he intended. One cant be disenfranchised, if youve never been enfranchised, feel me? And Im not trying to romanticize it or anything, but we thought we were like the Panthers; I mean that in the sense that we were outlaws. Press J to jump to the feed. Stern, leaning over a graffiti-scarred banister. The police officer who finally caught Britain's once most-wanted man Michael Sams after he murdered one woman and held another hostage in 1991 and 1992 has revealed chilling details about his arrest.