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Sanyika Shakur (born Kody Dejohn Scott; November 13, 1963 – June 6, 2021), also known by his former street moniker Monster or Monster Kody, was an American author and former gangster. He was a member of the Los Angeles-based Eight Tray Gangster Crips. He got his nickname as a 13-year-old gang member when he beat and stomped a robbery victim ...
Jun 15, 2021 · Mad Bone stands near a poster remembrance at a vigil for Kody Scott, a former L.A. Crips gang member, in South Los Angeles. Scott, who changed his name to Sanyika Shakur marking his rebirth and...
- Kailyn Brown
- Staff Writer
- kailyn.brown@latimes.com
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member is a memoir about gang life written in prison by Sanyika Shakur.
- Sanyika Shakur
- 1993
Jun 9, 2021 · He claimed to have reformed in prison, joined the Republic of New Afrika movement, changed his name to Sanyika Shakur, befriended rapper Tupac Shakur and wrote a 1993 memoir called “Monster:...
Jun 15, 2021 · Scott, who changed his name to Sanyika Shakur marking his rebirth and the end of his gang career, had a complex life. For every step forward, he seemed to take at least one step back.
- Kailyn Brown
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Jun 8, 2021 · Monster Kody, who was born Kody Dejohn Scott in 1963, but changed his name to Sanyika Shakur in the late 80s after his association with a member of the Republic of New Afrika in prison and...
Jun 29, 2004 · When the inevitable jail term confined him to a maximum-security cell, a complete political and personal transformation followed: from Monster to Sanyika Shakur, black nationalist, member of the New Afrikan Independence Movement, and crusader against the causes of gangsterism.
- Sanyika Shakur
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