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Sanyika Shakur (born Kody Dehjon Scott; November 13, 1963),〔(Google books )〕 also known by his former street moniker Monster, is a former member of the Los Angeles gang the Eight Tray Gangster Crips.〔(Monster: Autobiography of an LA Gang Member )〕 He got his nickname as a 13-year-old gang member when he beat and stomped a robbery victim until he was disfigured.〔〔(”Throwing the book at' “Monster’” ), ''Los Angeles Times''〕 Shakur claimed to have reformed in prison, joined the Republic of New Afrika movement, and wrote a 1993 autobiography called ''Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member''. ''Monster'' describes how Shakur was drawn into gang life, his experiences as a gangster both on the street and in prisons, and eventually his transformation into a Black nationalist. Shakur spent 36 months at San Quentin State Prison and five years at Pelican Bay State Prison, most of which was spent in solitary confinement, where he converted to Islam.〔(Transcript of Sanyika's taped message )〕 In March 2007, Shakur, already sought by police for parole violations and named on the city's most-wanted gang members list, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department for allegedly breaking into the home of an acquaintance and beating him in order to steal his car. The charges represent a possible third strike that could send Shakur back to prison for life.〔(Gang Member Turned Author Arrested in L.A. )〕 In May 2008 Shakur pleaded no contest to carjacking and robbery charges, and was sentenced to six years in state prison.〔http://da.lacounty.gov/mr/archive/2008/050508b.htm?zoom_highlight=SANYIKA+SHAKUR〕 Also in 2008, Shakur made his fiction debut with the publication of ''T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E.'' (Grove Atlantic Books). He was released from Pelican Bay after serving two thirds of his 6-year sentence in August 2012. ==Early life== Kody Dejohn Scott was born in Los Angeles, California on November 13, 1963 to Ernest Scott and Birdie Canada, both from Houston, Texas. Kody was the fifth of six children, including four brothers and two sisters. Kody claims to be the son of former Los Angeles Rams running back Dick Bass, and that he was conceived during an adulterous affair that his mother was having with the football star, a claim for which there is no compelling evidence. Ernest Scott held a bitter resentment towards Birdie's affair and physically abused his wife regularly throughout Kody's early childhood. Ernest Scott physically and emotionally abused Kody, routinely beating him and showing deliberate favoritism towards his biological children over Kody, which included taking the other children out to dinners, movies and trips to his hometown of Houston and intentionally leaving Kody behind. In 1970, Ernest and Birdie Scott divorced and for the next five years, Ernest Scott would visit the family on weekends but still openly displayed contempt for young Kody. In 1972, Birdie Scott moved her family into a house on W 69th St and Denker Ave in a very rough and gang-infested neighborhood on the west side of South Central Los Angeles. According to Kody Scott, his first encounter with street gangs occurred at age ten when he was assaulted by two thirteen-year-olds who stole his money. Because Birdie Scott worked several jobs to support her large family as well as the neglect that he received from Ernest Scott, young Kody would often hang out on the streets of his new neighborhood. It was around this time that Kody began hanging around his neighbor Stanley Tookie Williams, leader of the West Side Crips street gang. In his autobiography " Blue Rage, Black Redemption " Tookie Williams recalls the occasions where he and other adult members of the Crips would smoke PCP and lift weights at Williams' house. According to Williams, Kody was always present at the house and would watch in awe as the gang members would lift weights and tell stories about gang fights and shootings that they had committed. In the book Williams also expressed his regret regarding his behavior around the impressionable young Kody, and held himself personally responsible for exposing Kody to drugs as Kody himself would later become a frequent PCP user. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sanyika Shakur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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