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'He was not looking to show off strength. 'People really respected him in the hood and the people who were afraid of him, I think were afraid for all of the wrong reasons,' she told the Times. She remembered him as an intelligent and avid reader who was misunderstood by many because of his reputation. But the two made amends after Scott published his first book.Īccording to the Los Angeles Times article, Léon Bing, a fashion model turned journalist, landed Scott in the public eye after including him in her book about gang life called Do or Die.īing recalled coordinating a Toy Drive at a local hospital with Scott while he was in prison. Scott and Smith grew up in the same neighborhood, but Smith joined the rival gang, Rollin Sixties, and they became enemies. And in November 2013, he penned a book of essays called Stand up, Struggle Forward: New Afrikan Revolutionary Writings on Nation, Class, and Patriarchy.įriends hosted a vigil for Scott in South Central Los Angeles after his death on June 7īefore his death, he was working on a fourth book and in talks with a streaming service about adapting his story into a podcast with Leo 'Pretty Boy' Smith, a former gang rival, according to the Los Angeles Times.
That was the same year he wrote his first fiction novel, T.H.U.G. The next year, he pleaded no contest to carjacking and robbery charges and was sentenced to six years in state prison. In 2007, Scott was accused of breaking an acquaintance's home, beating him and attempting to steal his car.Īt the time, his name was on the Los Angeles most-wanted gang members list for parole violations and the arrest would mean a third strike that would land Scott in prison for life. It is out of desperation for the survival of the youths and civilians who are directly and indirectly involved in the fighting.' 'I propose to open my mind as wide as possible to allow my readers the first ever glimpse of South Central from my side of the gun, street, fence, and wall,' he opened the autobiography. L.I.F.E (left) in 2008 and Stand up, Struggle Forward: New Afrikan Revolutionary Writings on Nation, Class, and Patriarchy (right) in 2013 Scott went on to release two more books: T.H.U.G. Scott had a sawed-off 12-guage shotgun and was told not to leave until he used all of its bullets. Williams later wrote in his memoir Blue Rage, Black Redemption that he felt remorse for introducing Scott to that lifestyle when he was so young.Ī subgroup of the Crips, known as the Eight Tray Gangsters, formed in Scott's neighborhood in 1975 and he joined it after of his sixth-grade graduation.Īs part of his initiation, he joined the gang one night as they hotwired a stolen car and, armed to the teeth, opened fire on a group of Bloods known as the Brims. Williams would invite Scott to his house while gang members would lift weights, smoke PCP and talk about gang life. There, he used to hang out with his neighbor Stanley Tookie Williams, who was then the leader of the West Side Crips.
The couple divorced in 1970 and, two years later, his mother moved him to the gang-riddled streets of South Central Los Angeles. He got the nickname Monster, or Monster Kody, when he was 13 and beat a robbery victim until his face was disfigured Scott went by several names through the different stages of his life.
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