Sanyika Shakur

Sanyika Shakur (born Kody Dejohn Scott; November 13, 1963-June 6, 2021),”SANYIKA SHAKUR, FORMER GANG MEMBER TURNED MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, PASSED AWAY AT 57”, Black Enterprise, Retrieved June 9, 2021.  also known by his former street moniker Monster or Monster Kody, was a former member of the Los Angeles gang the Eight Tray Gangster Crips. He got his nickname when he beat a robbery victim until he was disfigured.”Throwing the book at' “Monster’”, Los Angeles Times He wrote a 1993 memoir called Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member. He was born in Los Angeles.

Shakur was found dead in a homeless tent in Oceanside, California on June 6, 2021 at the age of 57.

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