A gang member kody scott reflects and retells the story of his life as a member of the eight tray gangster crips. A former member of the eight tray crips gang, shakur has been in and out of confinement since he was 14. Gang member by sanyika shakur, a k a monster kody scott 383 pages. His book also forever changed the way that people looked at him, as after almost 30 years hes still recognized as monster kody. Monster kody scott eight tray gangster crip history of hip hop. The gangbanger autobiography of monster kody jstor. Jaron rust no, it can be a bit graphic in some spots of the book. After living in the suburbs, the pair moved with their mother to the innercity. How did an eighttray gangster crip named monster go from. Monster kody scott eight tray gangster crip history of. Shakur was initiated into the eight trays, a set of the crip gang. Lil crip toe from eight tray gangster crip, back west side, just released from prison.
The eighttray gangster crips were said to favor stealing guns and cars. Confirmation on craziest incident in monster kodys book. Series 500 motorbooks international by johnston scott published by ebook free. Even after changing his name to sanyika shakur and renouncing gangs. Monster kody eight tray gangster crips exclusive on. He got the nickname monster at the age of thirteen when he beat and stomped a robbery victim until he was disfigured. I read this book initially because 2 dear friends of mine were murdered by a gang. He quickly matured into one of the most formidable crip combat soldiers, earning the name monster for committing acts of brutality and violence that repulsed even his fellow gang members. He is the one who started the feeding frenzy for his book, rejecting an initial. Monster kody og crip telling how 8 trey gangsta and rollin 60s beef started. The word after the frankfurt book fair was that monster had received an.
During his youth, monster shows his loyalty to the set by shooting opposing rival gangs, often times killing them robbing civilians, committing grand theft auto and defending the hood he grew up on florence and normandie at all costs. Big monster kody, from eight tray gangster crips was paroled to san diego back in 2012 but was rearrested in san diego on a great bodily injury charge according to the san diego police. After pumping eight blasts from a sawedoff shotgun at a group of rival gang members, twelveyearold kody scott was initiated into the l. Monster kody scott aka sanyika shakur, discusses joining. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Monster kody, an ex eight tray crip gang member gives a first hand story of what gives them their motive and an inside look of how gang life is. Raymond washingtonarte lowridertupac artreal gangsterprison life black comicsthug lifecomic book charactersold skool. But in the end, no star in frankfurt would burn brighter than a complete unknown.