Tags: Criminal.
Sanyika Shakur (born Kody Dehjon Scott; November 13 1963) also known by his former street moniker Monster is a former member of the Los Angeles gang the Eight Tray Gangster Crips. He got his nickname as a 13-year-old gang member when he beat and stomped a robbery victim until he was disfigured. Shakur claimed to have reformed in prison joined the Republic of New Afrika movement and wrote an acclaimed autobiography called Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A.