3Live Kru The 3Live Kru ( 3LK ) was a professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . The 3Live Kru debuted in July 2003 , and was initially a trio of wrestlers , consisting of Ron Killings , Konnan and B . G . James . The gimmick of the 3Live Kru was that each member of the group exemplified a racial caricature of their particular ethnicity . In addition , the Kru would rap as they approached the ring , and each member of the group wore camouflage clothing . The Southern white James was dubbed " The Trailer Park Gangsta " or " B - Jizzle " . The black Killings , already known as " The Truth " , was dubbed " The Suntan Superman " . The Hispanic Konnan was dubbed " The Magic Stick " , his New World Order ( nWo ) nickname " K - Dogg " , or sometimes " K - Dizzle " . In November 2005 , they aligned with Kip James , and began referring to themselves as the 4Live Kru ( 4LK ) . They have since disbanded . History . The beginning . 3LK began as an on - screen entity on June 18 , 2003 . In the preceding weeks , Konnan , James and Killings appeared together on the pay - per - views in varying combinations , but June 18 was the first time all three appeared together . At first , they did spots where the three of them were made fun of other TNA wrestlers and , occasionally , each other . They also began wrestling together as a three - man tandem in dark matches and on " TNA Xplosion " . Starting on July 16 of that year , they began with a series of vignettes where they all went to the settings of their individual stereotypes . In the first one , the three went to the ghetto , where B . G . ended up dressed like a pimp . In the second one , they all went to a Mexican restaurant , where The Truth ordered orange juice and instead got tequila , proceeding to get drunk . In the third one , they all went to B . G . ' s " home " in a trailer park , where The Truth was lusted over by a " Deliverance " - inspired redneck . It was during these vignettes that the term " 3Live Kru " was born . The titles . 3LK is one of the most recognized stables in TNA , and at some points has been its most powerful stable . Killings and James got a shot at the NWA World Tag Team Championship by winning a four - team / eight - man Gauntlet Match on November 12 . On November 19 they faced Simon and Swinger , the team of Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger . The match ended with the titles held up after Killings and Swinger double - pinned each other . On November 26 , the entire 3LK would face Diamond , Swinger and Glenn Gilberti in a six - man tag team match for the titles . 3LK ultimately won the match thanks to revenge interference by America ' s Most Wanted , and became the first team to win the Tag Team titles in a six - man tag team match . 3LK would defend the titles using the Freebird Rule , just as Triple X did earlier in the year . They would beat AMW in their first title defense on December 10 . They were ultimately defeated for the titles by Red Shirt Security — Kevin Northcutt and Joe Legend — on January 28 , 2004 . As part of the rap persona , they recorded two songs together . On September 24 , 2003 , they performed " 3 Live K " on a TNA pay - per - view . They performed a new song , " Beware ( The Remix ) " , on January 7 , 2004 . Both have since been used at different times as their entrance music . 3LK would continue to make an impact in TNA throughout 2004 , with The Truth eventually returning to singles action and going after the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . He would win the title in a four - way match on May 19 , 2004 , over champion A . J . Styles , Chris Harris and Raven . He would lose the title two weeks later to Jeff Jarrett in the first King of the Mountain match on June 2 . Over the next few months , 3LK would feud directly with Jeff Jarrett and his hired guns , the Elite Guard ( Shawn Hernandez , Chad Collyer & Onyx , assembled by Jarrett specifically to foil the ethnic diversity of 3LK ) . Their first match in Orlando , Florida on " TNA iMPACT ! " was a six - man tag match against David Young and The Naturals - - Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens — on June 11 . 3LK would finally come across the Tag Team titles once more at Victory Road on November 7 , when B . G . James and Konnan defeated Bobby Roode and Eric Young of Team Canada . They would lose the titles back to Roode and Young at Turning Point on December 5 . The Kru would begin 2005 with a feud with Shazarian - - Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian — which embroiled " TNA iMPACT ! " analyst Jeff Hammond . B . G . James and Jeff Hammond would beat Shazarian in a tag - team match at Against All Odds on February 13 , a humiliation which would help precipitate Shazarian ' s ultimate breakup . Kip James . The group suffered some turmoil during 2005 . Soon after Billy Gunn signed with TNA initially as " The Outlaw " , he started targeting B . G . , his former tag - team partner in the WWF , and began a campaign of sabotage against the 3LK . This first led to The Outlaw and B . G . James being on opposite sides of the Lethal Lockdown at Lockdown on April 24 , with The Outlaw on Jeff Jarrett ' s team , and B . G . on the team of Diamond Dallas Page as their " mystery partner " to replace an injured Kevin Nash . The two avoided confronting each other , but Page ' s team won the match ultimately . The next month , B . G . James asked Diamond Dallas Page to tag with him against their respective foes , The Outlaw and Monty Brown at Hard Justice on May 15 . B . G . however continued his unwillingness to come to blows with The Outlaw as " travel problems " led to him not arriving in time for the match . The Truth took his place , but he and Page lost the match when Page was Pounced by Brown . By this time , Konnan was beginning to distrust B . G . to the point of not even recognizing him as a member of 3LK . Ron Killings , however , still trusted B . G . At Slammiversary on June 19 , B . G . James promised his 3LK teammates that he would prove his loyalties . After The Truth ' s solo match with The Outlaw , which Killings won , The Outlaw tried to hit Truth with a steel chair . B . G . took the chair from The Outlaw , but refused to strike his former tag - team partner once more . Konnan ultimately ran The Outlaw off . Later , Konnan and B . G . James took on America ' s Most Wanted . They lost when Konnan was distracted by The Outlaw , causing B . G . James to not be able to tag out and get pinned after a Hart Attack . B . G . James was upset that Konnan had let The Outlaw get to him so badly , and left the iMPACT ! Zone alone . B . G . James stopped appearing alongside Konnan and The Truth for the next few months . However , he also refused The Outlaw ' s advances , despite Outlaw ' s changing his name to Kip James in brotherhood with B . G . at TNA No Surrender 2005 on July 17 . Kip James and Monty Brown beat Konnan and The Truth there , and B . G . finally appeared at the end of the match . Kip James gave B . G . an opportunity to join with him by hitting The Truth with a chair , but he refused to do it . The Truth saw that as hope that B . G . could be talked back into the Kru , but Konnan had long since given up , calling himself and Killings the " 2Live Kru " . At TNA Sacrifice 2005 on August 14 , Truth and Konnan faced Kip James and The Alpha Male once more . On the July 29 , 2005 , episode of " TNA iMPACT ! " , TNA Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko , citing fear from the referee team in the face of Kip and Monty ' s intentional targeting of them , named B . G . James the special guest referee for the match . B . G . proved his allegiance to 3LK after two months of silence , making his decision loud and clear when he stopped Kip from using a steel chair , then attacked Kip himself . Konnan got the pin , and 3Live Kru reunited and celebrated together after the match . Together Again . In the 2005 Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament where tag teams are formed by pairing a veteran wrestler with a rookie , a quarterfinal match pitted B . G . James with Cassidy Riley against Ron Killings and Sonjay Dutt on the August 19 , 2005 , episode of TNA iMPACT ! Eventually B . G and The Truth ended up facing each other in the ring , but they refused to fight , drawing the ire of their respective partners . Ultimately B . G . hit Cassidy with the Pumphandle Drop after Cassidy , an admirer of Raven , used one of Raven ' s moves on The Truth . This allowed Sonjay to hit the Hindu Press and get the pin for the victory , advancing with The Truth to the semifinals . B . G . did not seem too upset to lose the match , and celebrated with Ron and Sonjay . Konnan also participated in the tournament , teamed with Lance Hoyt , but both remaining 3LK teams were eliminated in the semifinals . The full tandem won a match against the Diamonds in the Rough at Unbreakable on September 11 . In the weeks before TNA Bound for Glory 2005 , Kip James again came to the rescue of B . G . James in situations with Team Canada , suffering the ire of Konnan in the process . He offered his protection ( to neutralize D ' Amore in particular , in his own words ) to the group at BFG , but Konnan thought it was a bad idea . 3LK lost their match with Team Canada , but Kip James made the save when Team Canada beat down 3LK after the match . Team Canada held Konnan , expecting Kip to hit him with a steel chair . Instead , Kip proceeded to lay out members of Team Canada , saving Konnan instead . Later that night , after being eliminated from the 10 - man Gauntlet Match to determine Jeff Jarrett ' s opponent for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , Kip would save The Truth from elimination twice before being restrained by the referees . 3LK came to the rescue of Rhino after he beat Jarrett for the title at the end of Bound for Glory . Kip James refereed a Hockey Stick Fight between 3LK and Team Canada at Genesis on November 13 and called the match fairly . 3LK won the match . 4Live Kru . On the November 26 episode of " iMPACT ! " , B . G . brought Kip and the 3LK to the ring , and asked the Truth and Konnan to give Kip James a yes / no vote to be accepted into the group . After B . G . got heated with Konnan , both gave Kip " yes " votes , and the " 4Live Kru " was born . That night , Kip James had a fight with NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett , and almost won before the usual interference tipped the match in Jarrett ' s favor . On December 3 , 4LK gave an interview to Terry Taylor along with BG ' s father , " Bullet " Bob Armstrong . Armstrong opined that 4LK were the chosen ones , and that if they stuck together they could rule TNA . On December 11 at TNA Turning Point 2005 , Konnan hit Kip James with a steel chair at the end of their match with Team Canada . He also hit B . G . with the same chair . He offered his companionship to The Truth , but Killings was extremely upset , yelling at Konnan to hit him , too . Aftermath . In the weeks that followed " Turning Point " , " Bullet " Bob Armstrong tried to reform the Kru . Kip and B . G . James were both suspect but went along with the plans . Ron Killings was finished with 3LK , and didn ' t want any part of the situation . Konnan pretended to be convinced , then turned around and assaulted Armstrong backstage with the aid of Apolo and the debuting Homicide . Currently , the Latin American Exchange , as they are called , consists of Konnan , Homicide and former Elite Guard member Hernandez . Kip and B . G . James have since formed a tag team called Voodoo Kin Mafia ( reminiscient of their days as the New Age Outlaws in WWF ) . Ron Killings proceeded to work solo , and has gotten back into the NWA World Title picture with an entry into the King of the Mountain match at TNA Slammiversary 2006 . Introduction . Similar to what he would do in World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) ' s New Age Outlaws with Kip James , BG James would do an intro in the Kru . The monologue would be : BG James : " And now were gonna do it old school , with a little bit of new school . Ladies and gentlemen , boys and girls , children of all ages . . Total Nonstop Action . . proudly brings to you . . its ( soon to be ) NWA Tag Team Champions of the World ! Not one , not two , but the 3Live Kru ! " The last bit of the piece was edited when the group became the 4Live Kru : " Not one , not two , not three , but the family tree , the 4Live Kru ! " An additional piece would be added by Kip James when he joined the group . Kip James : " And if you ' re not down with that , I got four words for ya : I ' M KIP JAMES , BITCH ! " This is similar to what D - Generation X does today . ( 2006 – present )