Thats bullshit. Gang Member." Scott joined the Crips at the age of 12 and spent much of his youth involved in gang activity and crime. 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. What I can say though is that he died well head up, chest out, glaring menacingly at the enemies no crying or wringing of the hands in sorrowful gestures. 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. 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. Twelve years before the U.S. government opened Guantanamo Bay for so-called enemy combatants, California opened Pelican Bay for threats to institutional security. No charges, no rules, violations, no crimes all politics. That is, I didnt truly overstand capitalism, imperialism or colonialism. Cooper, who joined the gang at age 13, said Scott took him and other recruits to the gun range, where he shared street game with them. When the time is right we will talk. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Gang Member, By Sanyika Shakur, a.k.a. The curious life of "Monster" Kody Scott was soon to emerge as a cautionary tale of redemption and the relentless tug of gang life. Any false teeth, dentures, or partials? Yeah, we got one just alike, 1961. Despite his promising career in Hollywood his memoir was discussed as a possible film by Training Day director Antoine Fuqua, which never materialized Scott wound up being placed on L.A.s most wanted list for allegedly stealing a car, a potential third strike that would carry a long prison term, and living at an Oceanside homeless encampment. M.O.I. So when opportunities present themselves, such as with Dhanifu and this weapons charge, the enemy will swoop in and take full advantage of any given situation. Still didnt get that necklace, though. See, one thing about colonialism as a method of control and exploitation, it is dynamic and flexible. And as I said, I read it all. 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. With the death of Comrade George and then the Attica Massacres, the death knell was sounded across the empire. Newman, 71, has presided over the high-profile trial . I was a bit apprehensive preparing for our first meeting. Or challenge it and resolve it. Good looking out. Black Power had been turned into Black capitalism; so-called Black nationalism had been twisted into Black community control and other watered down appendages. Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads! Source: http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=305382.0, Haki Kweli Shakur ATC NAPLA NAIM MOI 4-22-53 ADM 2018 Free Sanyika Shakur. And I cant help but want to make our enemies sorry for ever having treated any of us this way. 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. Its the underdog story. And the material it printed to agitate, educate and organize clearly reflected this rejection of colonialism and neo-colonialism. He was bald and had brown eyes, his height was 5ft 9ins (1.75m) and he weighed around 165lbs (75kgs). But even then his stress was evident. Its a genocidal tactic utilized by law enforcement to keep the Natives in line. He said hed always wanted a rag Benz, so I got him one. JR: How successful was the Pelican Bay hunger strike? JR: What does being New Afrikan mean to you, and why did you choose this ideology? The following day he responded with a note that said I should let Death Row do the soundtrack for a movie about my life. Scotts girlfriend discovered his badly decomposed body in a tent, said Tom Bussey, a public information officer for the Oceanside Police Department. Them niggas thats catchin heel right now. I knew he was talking about the Southside Crips. Suges entourage was allegedly made up of top-ranking (Blood) Pirus, so why would a Crip pass up all those points to shoot someone who wasnt even a Blood? Kody Scott, whose gang autobiography sparked a literary career, lands on the LAPDs most wanted list. Before Id be unarmed. Thats my best friend, he said, speaking in present tense. We were escorted through two security doors and out into the law library, where we were put into gray, telephone booth-size cages. The Jags, the Bentleys. I always [saw] pops. My mind was racing. So with me its ideological, theoretical and philosophical studies. Sanyika: When I first came to the kamps in 1985, I couldnt really read, perhaps on a fifth grade level. M.O.I. Study, write, exercise, think. This is not the shockingly raw man who's the frightening gang-banging boogeyman most people freeze in time. I said I was well and just taking it one day at a time. Townsends schoolmate told Scott he had a stomachache and was just trying to get home. Monster Kody: an interview wit' author Sanyika Shakur June 20, 2012 by Minister of Information JR 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 Shakur's "Monster" in the mid-'90s. The next day he replied: A Monster, Friends say the fugitives inclusion is unjustified. The oppressor has the luxury of having a long memory, of being able to strategize far into the future, to project, you dig? "As real as it can be, this guy was a compassionate guy. What tools do we use to get free? This audio is from Part 1 of Monster Kody Scott interview on Kev Mac Videos youtube channel. It is the essence of their power over us. What did Disney actually lose from its Florida battle with DeSantis? You, he answered, indicating Suge with a nod. Although our sets dont get along, we never had any combat because of the distance between South Central and Compton. From there, they began sending letters back and forth. Kody certainly thinks that he is a warrior. It appears Scott died of natural causes and not foul play, though the cause of death has yet to be determined, Bussey said. We were in what George called the riot stage of rebellion. It was about action war about being physical and macho, dig? Scott was initiated into the Eight Tray Gangster Crips the day of his sixth-grade graduation at age 11. He was eventually arrested and sentenced to prison . Earlier that day, Suge began in a solemn tone, dude snatched a necklage with the Death Row coat of arms. 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. (LogOut/ You seen all his jewelry, right? I felt Suge was changing the subject again. 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. Scott, who changed his name to Sanyika Shakur marking his rebirth and the end of his gang career, had a complex life. She got some lawyer who says hes been a friend of the family for twenty years, talkin bout Pac had a bad contract. 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 . I respected the reason he was writing, in the same way that I respected the intellect of Tupac Shakur, another thinker from my generation. But you see, the old Prison Movement was a reflection of the movement at large. But even then his stress was evident. I never heard monsta being out there but maybe. Its revolutionary nationalism. It was an honor for me to get a letter from Sanyika Shakur over the summer of 11 and be able to do this interview with a souljah in this struggle that I highly respect and that I had gained from without ever meeting. Monster is his moniker and melodrama is his claim. So I became frustrated and I began to study for new tools to fight with. I related to the book, not because I come from street-tribal society of Los Angeles, but because a lot of what he wrote about reminded me of my memories and what I heard about Oakland in the 80s. Monster Kody Scott from Eight Tray Gangster Crips in South Los Angeles in a 2001 interview. This led me to the Black Liberation Army Coordinating Committee (BLA-CC). Prisoners will invariably fall into this, simply because it is the nature of the beast to capture and imprison us to the degree it does. Just the same old bullshit. He just was who he was and he wasnt a showoff.. 32:31. I eased over to him, noting his dimensions-six foot four, 330 pounds-in case things got out of hand. Suges orange jumpsuit was two sizes too small. So Im reading all the material, but I wasnt getting well. Part 3 of the Monster Kody series with Og Cutes can be seen on Youtube Kev Mac Videos 3.5.3 thanks for listening. Of course, I was never on the run. Never ran. We want those rights accorded to humans, but the system of imperialism cannot allow this. Our demands are not irrational. these kamps are for nationals of internal colonies: New Afrika, Aztlan, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Indigenous Nations, and those very few outlaws and anti-imperialists from their own empire. Although Scott escaped death numerous times as a member of the Eight Tray Gangster Crips, then became an author who counseled others to avoid gang life, the 57-year-old was found dead on June 7 at a homeless encampment near the San Luis River Trail in Oceanside, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiners office. Lon Bing, a fashion model turned journalist, was the first writer to bring Scott to the attention of the world beyond L.A. in her 1991 book about gang life, Do or Die. This entails being free from capitalism, imperialism and colonialism. he said he needed it, so I let him get it even though he never gave it back.. Bing remembers him being an avid reader whom she considered intelligent and someone who could easily hold his own when they playfully traded insults. The book tells the story of how and why Kody Scott got involved in gang life, what happened during his time as a gang member, and how his life changed after his incarceration. ; Ambrose Video Publishing. This was the guy that comes in, hes ready to play all day. 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. Sanyika: Well, it was very successful in that it swung the spotlight this way and illuminated the draconian reality of our situation. I punch it; bust a U-turn, but realize I got a flat. I thought wed only need to gather enough people together in order to get free. They brought in special attorneys for the prosecution and came with all kinds of propaganda and what have you. I knew that coming from L.A. County Jail he would have nothing. Monster. Price finally hit a bulldog on Jake. Baby Lane, he said and exhaled. It is just one more place we find ourselves that needs agitating, education and organization. As it stands, I am due out in 2012. I could quote George, Robert Williams, Huey and Malcolm, but I couldnt make coherent sense of 86 Amerika. Our resistance was lateral within our own class and nation, as opposed to vertically, up against the oppression that held us down. And why would you still be working on it now?