The Life of a Gangster Crip - Sanyika Shakur aka Monster Kody
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- Sanyika Shakur aka Monster Kody [Mini Doc] In 1993 Monster Kody Scott wrote an autobiography that shocked the world forever changing the way the people looked at gangs in Los Angeles. His book also forever changed the way that people looked at him, as after almost 30 years he's still recognized as Monster Kody. Even after changing his name to Sanyika Shakur and renouncing gangs violence, his reputation as a Eight-Tray Gangster Crip continues to follow him where ever he goes.
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👍🏿great vid! How about Turtle from Santana blocc !
T Rodgers
Too Pretty Kenney Original Compton Crip
Follow up on his brother, Kershaun Scott, aka lil Monster.
Raymond Washington the founder of the crips!
That one guy who took his lunch money created a killer overnight
It definitely gotta be dead lol
Sometimes that's all it takes, one tiny, seemingly insignificant event can be the catalyst for something much, MUCH bigger.
Which is why children have to be taught as early as possible that their actions have consequences, both for one's self and for others.
Literally created a MONSTER
The monster in genghis Khan was created in a similar way. All monsters are a product of the world we live in.
Moral of the story, dont steal lunch money
@Virgil Hardjo LOL
Yeshua is coming back read your bible everyone.
Oragans Dan Aristilde nigga please
@@WizDaGod
I always had dreams where i would call on God to wake me up. It was uncontrollable.
Jesus is coming back. One time i did bloody mary and i ran and yelled uncontrollably.
One time i said God twice and i felt something in my chest like a bucket of water pouring on it.
Another time i heard a voice say God is not with me and the next day something came from my belly and hit my chest. it was a very sharp pain.
I was walking back in forth asking God for forgiveness and saying I didn't know like i didn't know there was a God.
God is real God is alive and everyone knows Him through creation so they are without excuse.
think its get smart and dont be a sucker......
I hated reading when I was young, then I came across this book by Monster Kody! This book changed the way I looked at reading! For the first time I realized I could be totally immersed in a book and feel like I was actually there. God works in mysterious ways and I am so glad that he led Kody in the direction that brings about positive change.
I read this guy's book when I was in middle school or early high school. Dude... what a crazy story. One of the part that stuck out to me was the first time he got in a gun fun fight, they handed him a shotgun and said "If you come back and there are still bullets in that thing we are using them on you." He was 12 I believe, it is about 23 years later and I still remember that.
Read this book in one sitting in training school and still remember most of the story, the part of the book I’ll never forget is his dirty cell with no light that was full of rats. he remember over time where everything was in his cell, just goes to show you this man could adapt to anything.
Just stArt reading it 🔥 one of the best I’ve ever read no joke
Or when they were passing around that arm... I couldnt put that book down
@@michaeldemascio5521 yep. same here..read his book on my first deployment with the Army...within a couple of months everybody in my platoon had read the book...Even the ones who i never saw reading a book before..
i thought he was 8 years old not 12
Went to college with 2 of his sons, he did a great job in raising them and teaching them different as they both have college degrees, one graduated from Clark Atlanta and the other from William Penn University. Both turned out to be great men.
Really?? How'd u find out about who there dad was?
@@davidgee6452 one of Kodys sons look just like him and they have the last name Shakur
So you went to college with both of them? But they went to different places...
and one went to a college and one went to a university??
@@OlivetheDoge a million reasons why the statement could still stand.
@@OlivetheDoge he probably went to both of they started at different times at different schools.
He was the one 2pac was on the phone with discussing the plan on taking the community back in 95
Yooooooooo i fucking knew it💯
It's in the booklet of all eyez on me, at least in the original cd booklet from late 95/early 96. Free Sanyika Shakur, Mutulu Shakur, Senkyo Odenga. Last 1 Kadafi dad. Could have written names wrongly.
On Makaveli album, think white man's worls, he says all those names and free them.
yep tupac and him were friends😎😎😎
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1Natiioooooon
His book was given to me by my guidance counselor in the 9th grade i was going down a very dark path in my life. I never read it and she moved on to a new position. A few years later i was sent to training school and asked my sister if she could bring the book in so i could read it because the reading material in the training school wasn’t very good. I picked it up and didn’t put it down till i was done with it. his story spoke to me on so many levels, It was so authentic and raw. something i felt like everyone there should read so i passed it around to my peers and they loved it. To that guidance counselor out there thank you, his story gave me the strength to change for the better and showed me we don’t always have to be a product of our environment. Cody Scott was a real one
@Shin Shaman lol classic maybe he was a anime crip
His book had a profound impact on my life- Monster Kody passed away today, R.I.P Sanyika Shakur.
How so? Do you recommend it?
I had his book too . Great book
@@diegolos4867 yes read it
He died a drug addict and homeless
so?@@Chillerveli
Fantastic, I worked Street Gangs for 20 years. I have lectured and consulted on Gangs and Extremists for 30+ years. Monster is one of the greatest stories in American gang history and you did such an exceptional job covering the good, bad and ugly of the story.
Thank you so much.
What’s up homie I worked gangs in Texas and I agree
This guy is one of the reasons why crips and bloods can make money together now and respect each other.
Dick bass smh. What a guy. His son is more of legend than him. And he was in the nfl
😂😂😂😂
@Sara Griffith absolutely wouldnt have been in a gang. He's a soldier and would've been n the army or Played Ball. But either way that energy would've been used productively
@Jay Jay excuses. Bitch ass excuses.
@Jay Jay I don't wanna belittle the fact that black lives matter just as much as anyone's should, when ya poor or from the ghetto it seems that no lives matter regardless of race and maybe we should start seeing it as a social issue that unites us as a community and is directed at them, instead of being used by 'them' as a tool to conquer and divide us!?
His dad was responsible...
If his father would of showed him the love he deserved he could of be a great leader like Malcolm x. Respect and love to you brother Shakur
@Virgil Hardjo How do you call an 11 year old weak minded for joining a gang after having his lunch money stolen?
Virgil Hardjo your opinion is weak
@Virgil Hardjo It's easy for you to say that considering you probably grew up in the suburbs. This isn't for you kid.
Even kids with fathers in the home join gangs.
He still has plenty of time to make a positive impact. I wish he did regular interviews/podcasts and put himself out there more. Very interesting fella with a lot to say. Much more than just an ex gangbanger.
I read his book 3 times... they should make a movie based on his life...
Great Book
Antoine Fuqua nearly did but Denzel Washington talked him into making Training Day-fact.
They should have a movie about him
Great book . They should make a movie on his story .
Crazy how all gang members once they mature, they realize the life of violence and crime isn’t good and better to life a normal stable life
Most gang members are youths that are taken advantage of by adults.
Nice, good to see they found the light after they became murderers.
@@DapperDop yeah most gangsters are groomed kids, kinda sad how kids in low income communities throughout the world. Are forced/pushed into a life of crime.
That's bc they did not have any positive influencers... Had they had someone who was teaching them better maybe they wldnt have made the choices they made... It takes a village, but takes only one who will lead a child down the wrong path.
That's not crazy it's just common sense that as you grow older and mature you begin to value your life more and others around you
Monster Kody died in Ocean View California recently of drug addiction. His body was found 2 weeks later in his tent. The dudes he spoke about in his book are the guys I hung out with. R. I. P Kody. Most of them are no longer.with us.
Dam💔🙏🏾
Tent?
He died in Oceanside San Diego area not Ocean View
@@houseofclubs2437 When you're getting so high u can't pay rent, u live in a tent
Man, That's a Sad ending to his life. Dying in a Tent. Homeless an more than likely addicted. There are no reasons. No ifs, ands nor Buts. Only a man's man's Destiny. RIP Brother 🙏
Moral of the story= men if you make a baby then you man up and raise your child into a respectful citizen!
Quite running away and letting gangs raise your children while the mother works 2 jobs! If you want respect then show some respect! Peace
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Thats not the moral of the story homie 👎🏿
Citizen lol man wtf
Thanks, well said 💯
Moral of story this what Happens when Fathers neglect their responsibilities,,, & he needed the streets to protect him!!!!
The streets didn't do a great job of protecting him!
Nah he needed brotherhood, love, and something to live and die for, because the streets gave him that its a strange phenomena but thats how it goes, the circle of life, I had to sell weed to these baby gs in school, and was entrusted with their experience with ogs and how they see them and idolize the way everyone is united under their command, lesson to be learned is dont have a kid if your not a good dad be standup, someone to look up to.
If you've seen the interview he gives on his book the one time he almost sheds a tear all interview is when they're talking about his dad walking out
No. This is what happens when the state removes the fathers from children's lives and grant automatic mother custody.
Sad he died homeless without his gangs help wow that goes to show you all alone in this life Rip Monster Kody 🙏🏾💯
Streets love nobody except 💯 for the dead bodies 💯 underneath the white sheets
He wasn’t a gang member when he died
His book was great, it influenced me to change my life.
The ray charles thing was mad random lol
Just good REPORTING!!
@@lagosfury5142 no I think he’s saying he didn’t see that coming and it was a random twist, I don’t think he was saying the reporting was bad
The whole store crazy
Yea that was off guard
Naw.... it's part of his story it definitely shld have been included, it's called being thorough. That's what great reporters, journalist, investigators, yt content creators do.
We gotta love our sons and daughters man. Dude life crazy
I read his book years ago. I spoke to him once on MySpace. He was proud I understood his book.
In college I had to write a paper about this guy bc we were reading the book. I got an A on the paper.
Dude seems almost like a mythical figure. A Biopic could be great ...
That would be a terrible idea these kids will only take the negative part and run with it.
youngfase5
Right? LOL! They literally did that with his book, imagine a movie.
I read his book, Monster. It was deep. It's an eye-opener for those that think being a gangbanger is cool.
ES-MSB 779 damn bro you just recently seen colors??? were you been living under a rock my boy
Look up war stories movie
His book Monster an autobiography of an la gang member is insane. The book is eye opening to say the least
Over the years following Kody, reading his book and watching his interviews, I've grown to really like the man. God be with you brother! Keep it straight
“If you hit a man, in time, his wounds will heal.”
And if you steal from a man, you can replace what you've stolen. But always cross in the green, never in between. Because the honorable Elijah Muhammad Ali floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. And always remember my brother, one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, knick knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone, two thousand, zero, zero, party, oops! Out of time, my bacon smellin' fine🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
southeast78 south central
[NOBODY] .........
[INMATE] "I had a boy...."
Lor Haki You’re the only one that caught on! LOL
OG Bobby Johnson
People say it's a white man I should fear. But it's my own kind during all the killing here. 2pac
White man manipulate the murder don’t play dumb. The FBI started gang war google cointelpro
@@subzerozayx1524 thanks for the input I only stating the song. But once again thanks for the input.
Who ever told u the white man will kill u is racist as fuck I'm sorry to tell u. If I said that about a black man, I would be classed racist, it cuts the same way.
@@subzerozayx1524 yeah ok, obviously you've got it messed right up coz it's u who is a racist.
Sad but true.
He kept trying to change. Even though he kept falling back into his old ways. Respect ✊🏾
Well it don't happen overnight, evolution takes time, got to believe in progression to change.
I mean have u seen hiz recent interviews cool dude. Definitely got his his right, as he get older gets wiser. Go check it out.
💯✝️
Respect? How is that the response to someone that would jack your car and shoot you in the face if you tried to stop him? Is it because he didn't fuck you up specifically that you look up to him? We can go story for story about where we've been if you'd like but it seems like a waste of time. Gangsters don't respect you in the slightest
I remember reading his book wayyyy back in the day and being proud of his evolution to stopping gang violence🙏
His book really is a masterpiece, the narration style it has definitely makes for such an interesting read. Much respect for this man and his journey out of the hood 💯
Rest In Peace Monster.🙏🏽
Oh when did he died bro
June 6th
R.I.P i remember coming across his book 20 odd years ago, such a good read!
I read that book as a kid, I’m now 40 . It’s been out a minute. Monster was a legend, love that he came back to the hood to reach out to the youth.
Don't lie you can't read lol.
I‘ve read his book months ago and it’s shocking but also great 👍🏾
My mom gave me this book on punishment at 14 . One of the best books I ever read.
He looks like his father
Totally eh. No doubt Dick Bass is his dad
crazy how diff his life would've been with his father there
@@yarchism Most definatly wouldve beem in the NFL too
nomo whites that’s not what he said. He said his life would be different and it would.
No look like his Mama
He would’ve been a bad ass actor like Denzel Washington! He has similar characteristics in speaking. Smart.
Reminds me of a young Ving Rhames
Denzel studied him for Training Day
Thats as Crip as it gets
Isaac G Loc pretty much.
CUZZ
M8V3N
NUTTY BLOCC WESTSIDE cuh
That's what's up cuzz
That's why having a loving father in the home is critical, key word, "Loving"
He wasn’t completely dropped out of school because when I was in the 8th grade at Henry Clay Jr High in LA, he was in one of my classes. We called him Crazy Kody. People didn’t start calling him Monster until later. Henry Clay at that time was the worst school I went to. They had almost every gang there at that time. Gangster Crips, Shot Guns, Water Gates, Hoover’s, Blocks. It was a crazy time. I was fortunate to make it through those years without to many bumps and bruises
what was he like in school ?
RIP Monster, I remember reading your book when it came out as a youngsta. 1 of the few books i ever wanted to read at that age.
Man he look just like his father
His God father was ray Charles!
I guess it did not work out.
I didn’t see that coming
Dorian Welch
I'll bet Ray didn't either. lol *bah dum bum*
@@commentcopbadge6665 disrespecttt
That's fruit
I'm reading this book again for the first time in decades and it's STILL just as powerful... what a crazy life
This was the very first book i ever read. My probation officer gave it to me when i was locked up at the age of 14 for multiple felonies. And because of the violent nature of the charges i was remanded Until my trial. Because of my criminal history and my knuckle head behavior i was placed in isolation for 6 months and my probation officer came to my cell every day and got me to read this book before my trial and just talked to me about any and everything. He spoke to the judge on my behalf and. Got me a deal where i plead to two misdemeanors and got 4 years probation and had to see him every Saturday where he had me volunteer at the city of Hope cancer hospital. On my 18th birthday my record was expunged and. 2 years later because god has a sick sense of humor. My probation officer started dating my GFs mother. He married her 5 years later. So he like to tell people that he was so successful with my rehabilitation that he let me marry his daughter. Even though her and I were married 4 years before Him and my mother in law were married. Today he os still married to my mother in law while i am awaiting divorce papers. LoL
Word
Always lessons to learn from g. live yo life and make the best of it.
Thats cool man. I love seeing people that come from down and out places like me eventually do get straight. It takes time but it happens. I thank God every day for my kids for kicking that mindset out of me.
ive just ordered his first book after watching this. thanks
Great book he wrote I learned a lot from that book. I come from the hood myself I became a gang member at age 9 and later 10 to 11 years in prison also hooked on Crack and heroin oops also done time en Corcoran Shu 1990s now I Been doing humanitarian work Worldwide mainly in Uganda East Africa 🌍 May 15 I will be having 12 years Drug free from Heroin and Crack Cocaine I was part of the hunger strike en Sacramento as well protesting Saludos Monster Kody Asante for being now part of the community doing good things I. Have done time with Joker ETG en Calipatria 1994 he was very firme with me with me Asante Jambo vipi I was known as Gatito 18st Bonnie Brae Locos I feel like a champion now 4 times being and lived in Africa Peace yall👌
EDWARD ROSADO that’s amazing bro. Hope others can be like you
Gud job bro
@@Terracecasualx5 gracias muchas gracias see for yourself on my Facebook Edward Rosado
@@markdiego6024 gracias bro
@@edwardrosado9974 this is awesome story you have man! How did you get involved with humanitarian work? Like what or which organizations did you start with? I'm interested in doing work like this.
Listen to the phone call between him and 2Pac if y'all haven't checked it out yet.
Yea some real shit.. Listen when they talk about Easy E.. And how he says they got Easy..
Seen it in 2017
@Rush66 Rush66 sure lol
Rush66 Rush66 No, kody and pac are the government.
Big veil how so? I'm curious to why you say that
Thanks for the video, CALIFACES
You are a fantastic speaker. Thank you for all your hard work in bringing us the stories of these men's lives! I really appreciate how you show so many pictures so we can I dunno see the transformation of self.
T.I.P. BIG MONSTER YOU WILL BE MISSED CUZ
The book “Monster”. Good book. Read it in middle school
radrcer I’m kinda calling bullshit on the body count in his book. According to him he’s killed like 50+ people
5th grade and I'm still fu bout it 😔 but shit it's G.O.E.
read it in jail good book
This was a great video with great insights and great narration. I remember reading that book “Monster” while I was in my late teens. And it was that book that really opened up my eyes to the struggle that was and is South central L.A
Even though I had watched movies like Colors, South Central, Boys in the Hood, American Me, and many others. But it was reading “Monster” and his struggle and how he lived life like a soldier to the fullest and I am not glorifying his past as a teenager but he was just not afraid to kill and learning about how many of the gangs in L.A had started and how it would evolve from many people starting community activism and protection of their own neighborhoods into what it was in the 80’s, 90’s all the way to today.
Love your channel, sis 🔥🔥🔥 great content
R.I.P Sanyika Shakur🕊️🕊️
From what I heard, a lot of other bangers hated him for that book. He put a lot of peoples business on the street.
yea
@Danny Owens Forreal, and the one's whose business he did put out were already dead for years before.
You heard? 🤦🏽😂😂😂 From who?
I was thinking after my jummah prayers that how beautiful islam is.how blessed we are to follow islam.
It teaches
How to pray
How to do charity
How to fast
Sacrifice
How to be united
And everything from sleeping to waking up to the day to day activities.
Praise be to God
i am so glad i found your channel hun thank you
I read his book while i was in high school. Really made you visualize
I wish he would’ve been a muscle bound male model, or college professor. He is legendary good or bad. Peace black man🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
He had so much potential. It's really sad.
wow. what a man. I should look more into his life, but from this video he looks like someone we could all learn a lot from.
Great video!!
Her voice is so calming...subbed
This is Peace that the Brotha Changed His life and Moved on !!!!! Respect Fam
I hope people “gang members” learn from these mistakes an get a jump start on a good future. Sucks to go through what he went through but he learned to change to be a good influence to us all
Young black males let's unite please✊💯✌
Can you imagine the power we could have if we stopped fighting each other?
@@brentlashley2138 yall need to get educated and stop leaving your damn kids or this will continue indefinitely.
Great mini-doc. Great channel too 👍
Very well portrayed. Fundamentally necessary to know what the heck really took place. Thank you for shedding light on Sanyika's inspiring journey to unite and spread the message. 💯
Hey leticia
Monster 👹 Kody was a legendary Crip from Eight Tray Gangster Crips they say he did his first drive by when he was nine years old. The Los Angeles police said it must have been a monster 👹 that did this. That's how he got the name Monster 👹 Kody. And he to wrote a book on his life. 🙏💯😎💪🥃🥃🍻🍻🍺🍺 Rest in peace cuz O.G.
not exactly, haven’t even read the book but wasn’t a drive buy when the monster thing happened
I had the book years ago. I finally ordered it and cant wait! 2 weeks!!!
RIP Monster Kody 🙏🏽
He was born to be a star
But he wasnt
@Shaman Xeed just cuz its not a star to you dosent mean is not for him
Definately, he was star quality for sure, the textbook definition of a ghetto superstar. He also had the luck of being groomed other superstar Crips like Tookie, T Bone, Sidewinder and Tray Ball, he sites them as very important figures in his ascendance to being a Crip prodigy and ultimately the most notorious crip in the late 70s.
Yeah, a MonStar. Space Jam type shit lol
RIP. One of the best when it came to articulation.
I'm from Kenya and I haven't perfected swahili....but for sanyika to know it even tho he didn't graduate,that's one smart crip
I read the book twice and enjoyed every page. God Bless Monster Cody. I’m sure I will catch myself reading it a third time.
I read his book while in juvi and is still one of my favorite books to this day
Same here
What a legend! Respect all the way bro! Your a groundbreaker! Keep on keeping on dude!
love your content it is really interesting
Much respect for him, much respect for this professional channel, you are a genius
This is a good upload. Other people front and rip off other shit, read passages of his book without providing references, but you've researched this and added your own voice. Nicely done.
He still reps 83GC, but spits wisdom too. And to publicly apologise to the surenos and MM on Kev Mac's channel is no small thing.
They kicked the brother out of L.A County gah damn
Ain't he like 60 years old ? Why ?
Big U once got kicked out from California as a whole.
Brain Over Brawn That was common back in the day. Not exclusive to Big U.
@Niño King lol
Brain Over Brawn big u never went to pelican bay monster was was more high class gang member
I love your videos please keep up the good work
R.I.P Kody Scott🙏🏾🙏🏾
One of my all time favorite books.
I read the book at age 19 and finally got some reality to the fantasy that they show in movies about gangs. His book is about as raw as it gets, especially the part where he and his brother were eating raisIn bran and saw a rival gang member on his block in a car staking out his house. WOAH!
REST IN POWER OG 🙏
Bought his book at LAX before my flight about 20 years ago and it is still one of my favorite books
I remember reading his book in college for my juvenile delinquency class. I wished I kept it because it was very insightful.
If you haven't read it, I definitely recommend it. Talk about a total personal transformation despite all he had gone through.
You needed a juvenile delinquency course?
@@RobertJamesChinneryH Part of the sociology/criminal justice curriculum. The course title was "Sociology of juvenile delinquency".
Monsta is a street legend
On June 6, 2021, Shakur was found deceased in a tent in a homeless encampment in Oceanside, California. His cause of death is pending investigation, but it appears it was from natural causes and not foul play. EDIT: It was a stroke that killed him .
I read his 📖 many times. 🤘🏽👌🏽🚩.
Damn Cuzz! R.I.P. Monsta.
Damn rey charles was his god dad
One of the scariest books I ever read!
Everyone can change!💙
Respect big homie! Cuz of you crippin as we know it ain't ceen the same. I am proud of the transformation you have undergone. Cuz of that as well has had an enormous influence on the change I decided to make! 2 up!
That man looked so much like his father, it’s insane that dicc was being a dicc and just ignoring his responsibilities as a father. RIP Sanyika
Excellent work. Love your voice. 💖