Sanyika Shakur - Monster

“The book succeeds as the story of a man struggling to make sense of a hostile environment, and Shakur must be credited for progressing from gang-banger to messenger.”

Copyright © 1993 by Kody Scott

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Published simultaneously in Canada

This is a work of nonfiction; the names of some persons involved, however, have been changed.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication

Scott, Kody, 1964–

Monster: the autobiography of an L.A. gang member/Kody Scott.

ISBN 10: 0-8021-4144-7

ISBN 13: 978-0-8021-4144-6

1. Scott, Kody, 1964–. 2. Crips (Gang). 3. Gangs—California—Los Angeles—Biography. I. Title.

HV6439.U7L774 1993 364.1’06’092—dc20 93–14948

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