1. Sanyika Shakur was a member of the Los Angeles-based Eight Tray Gangster Crips.
24 Facts About Sanyika Shakur
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Sanyika Shakur got his nickname as a 13-year-old gang member when he beat and stomped a robbery victim until he was disfigured.
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Monster describes how Sanyika Shakur was drawn into gang life, his experiences as a gangster both on the street and in prisons, and eventually his transformation into a Black nationalist.
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Sanyika Shakur spent 36 months at San Quentin State Prison and five years at Pelican Bay State Prison, most of which was spent in solitary confinement, where he converted to Islam.
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In March 2007, Sanyika Shakur, already sought by police for parole violations and named on the city's most-wanted gang members list, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department for allegedly breaking into the home of an acquaintance and beating him in order to steal his car.
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In May 2008, Sanyika Shakur pleaded no contest to carjacking and robbery charges, and was sentenced to six years in state prison.
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Sanyika Shakur was released from Pelican Bay after serving two-thirds of his 6-year sentence in August 2012.
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Sanyika Shakur was born Kody Dejohn Scott in Los Angeles, California, on November 13,1963, to Ernest Scott and Birdie Canada, both from Houston, Texas.
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Ernest Scott physically and emotionally abused Kody, routinely beating him and showing deliberate favoritism toward his biological children over Sanyika Shakur, which included taking the other children out to dinners, movies, and trips to his hometown of Houston and intentionally leaving Sanyika Shakur behind.
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On January 14,1979, Sanyika Shakur was arrested for assault and grand-theft auto and served nine months at Camp Munz in Lake Hughes, California.
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On December 31,1980,16-year-old Sanyika Shakur was ambushed and shot six times by three adult members of the Rollin' 60s after being set up by a group of girls who were dating friends from his set.
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Sanyika Shakur survived the shooting and was hospitalized for several weeks.
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Sanyika Shakur, who dropped out of high school, began to educate himself in prison.
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Sanyika Shakur changed his name to Sanyika Shakur and began changing his viewpoint regarding his role in the plight of black people in the United States of America.
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In January 1991, Sanyika Shakur was arrested for assault and grand-theft auto after beating up a crack dealer who was working as a police informant and stealing the dealer's van.
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Sanyika Shakur was incarcerated during the 1992 Los Angeles riots that occurred after the acquittal of the four police officers accused of beating Rodney King following a traffic stop.
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On September 13,1996, Tupac Sanyika Shakur died after being shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, seven days earlier, allegedly by members of the South Side Compton Crips.
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In March 2007, Sanyika Shakur, already sought by police for parole violations and named on the city's most-wanted gang members list, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department for allegedly breaking into the home of an acquaintance and beating him in order to steal his car.
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In May 2008 Sanyika Shakur pleaded no contest to carjacking and robbery charges, and was sentenced to six years in state prison.
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Sanyika Shakur was released from Pelican Bay after serving two-thirds of his 6-year sentence in August 2012.
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On July 10,2017, Sanyika Shakur was sent back to prison for an assault conviction out of San Diego County.
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Sanyika Shakur was incarcerated at Centinela State Prison in Imperial, California, and later at Solano State Prison in Vacaville, California, where he was interviewed by the radio program Uncuffed.
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On June 6,2021, Sanyika Shakur was found deceased in a tent in a homeless encampment in Oceanside, California.
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Sanyika Shakur's cause of death according to the San Diego County Coroner's Office is a stroke.