He toughed it out the whole interview and when they brought up his father he started crying... talking about murdering other brothas but the only thing that brought him to tears was his deadbeat dad... family, we don't understand the importance of being in our children's lives... this is a result.
Agreed. Since his father was absent, as he readily admitted to, he sought out male role models in the streets. It's rather unfortunate too, he's rather intelligent and articulate. I think fatherless homes are the #1 systemic issue coupled with drug use in these neighborhoods. Sadly, communities like these have changed very little, if not regressed worse than when this aired.
@@davidking1804 For some reason, parents look at their children as kids regardless of how old they get…She still sees the little 5 year old intelligent innocent kid, before the streets grabbed him
Unless you have an abusive alcoholic mother who beats you as a child and as an adult leaves phone messages insulting you every which way. I kind of wonder what it would have been like to have not a coddling mother, but one who at least viewed me like a son properly.
Sanyika Shakur!! If he never accomplishes anything else in life, his memoir is one of the greatest pieces of African in America (Americans -SWS could never really understand the message) literature ever written
@Ellie5621 The D.A. seems to had been the real smart one there after all. Thanks for a great ending, I had wondered the same thing. I noticed that when he was asked of his intentions for writing the book he almost rejoiced outwardly but managed to contain himself right before stating that reaching a broader audience was his goal.
@@sir.roe-say Boys look up to their dads and respect their dads more then their mom. If he abandons them then the kid feels worthless and will look for acceptance anywhere. That’s how daughters are with male validation, that’s why they turn into thots when they’re fatherless.
I'm a single father of a 15 year old daughter and a 10 year old son. There mom by choice has not seen this 1 time in 8 years. It's so sad. I've been raising them alone ever since. I do my level best. They're both Honor roll students, and neither have gotten in trouble at school 1 time. They are well behaved and loving at home. I really try to teach them right from wrong, and to love them intensly, and to make sure our communication is tops. I still am scared the scars they will carry from not having a mom around when they're older.....I try to do my best but someone else's shoes can only be filled with their own feet. Much love and respect.
Product of the Environment.. smart enough to understand that it was a norm at the time. Smart enough to make money after all of that.. but not sure if it was to late.. something have to happen for a person to be an impact in life.
He is a con artist: period. He wasn't "made" as he's conned you into thinking. He had many advantages many other minorities didn't have, however he chose to live the way he did. He decided he wanted money and power the easy way, and loved taking lives. He is no different than thousands of other convicts who are exceptionally manipulative. You fell, hook, line and sinker for his slick talk.
@@jonloftness5210 he was left at a young age to grow up fast in the streets. Just because your mother works and your godfather is a famous musician that has nothing whatsoever to do with how you will turn out. Who was there for him to teach him right from wrong? Who was there to protect him when he was being beaten up by bullies? Nobody but the local gang bangers. Read his book and watch interviews from other people who knew him.
@@Red-Rambo I read the book back in the early 90s when it came out and I worked around Crips, Bloods, Gangster Disciples, Mexican Mafia, and every other gang you can think of, for 31 years. He's a product of his own desire to get $ and power at the expense of his victims. There are millions of kids who grew up poor and in bad neighborhoods and still knew right from wrong; good from evil. Monster had a choice and made it.
When i was in prison i got into a fight with someone and i was sent into solitary confinement it was my first time in there i was going crazy for about week kicking the doors and screaming but then i went quiet and started to look at myself and started realizing how fucked up i really was mentally i cried like a bitch but then i trained myself to be patient i began meditation working out planning for my future it was then and there i changed my life and have never been back to prison since the day i was released 02/01/2008 made peace with all my enemies moved away from my neighborhood and now i am married with 4 children own 3 properties and run a successful business.. life is great im just saying that you can turn the worst situation in to the most positive action you ever take in your life.. 💯💯💯
Bro I can only imagine. One of my biggest fears is silence. Scared of it on everything. The less peace you have the bigger the fear. That's like when you said, it all comes out where you struggle with those demons until you confront them rather than run away. I can't count how many nights I slept in silence and had to put on the TV or got my headphones on to block out that silence and self-reflection, let alone being forced to be in that situation. Much respect to you for it. Peace and blessings ✌🏾
At 12:50 the fact that the narrator said that Kody being a black separatist was more dangerous than him being a Crip, responsible for possibly hundreds of black lives lost, is quite telling
It really brings home just how important fathers are in a child's life. To see this man, this hardened criminal brought to tears even after all the years just by the mention of his father's absence in his life.
@@hekapalacephaterless home is a receipe for chaos for a boy. Its no excuse but in most case we end up whit a lot of issues in adult life. My phater left when i was 3, he cheated on my mom and decided to divorce and stay whit that women, i used to see him sometimes but at 13 he met a women and had a child whit her, im not included in his new familly, he kicked my mom and me to the curb, the abbandon & betrayl plus the fact that he was verbally abusive and mean didnt help. I realised all that when i when to therapy, im 39 and i still have a lot of issues and a lot of other trauma from childhood, steerts and prison. Ppl need to listen and take those situation seriously and stop looking at the few ones in those types of situations who had a normal life.
@jessed3648 shit.. we need to be transparent in our kids lives more. I feel you on that. My dad left me at 13. I been on the streets since then. It's fucked man.. he left me and my mom. I lost my mom's and he had his perfect family. We rarely talk.
The hell does that even mean? Either you're saying people are absolved of crime bc the government is worst. Or that there is a country somewhere in this world that is completely free of past sins or corruption? Clout chasing opinions are some of the worst.
@@oflex1735 much respect bro. All is well with me n mines. Time does fly. They grow so fast. My daughter is 18 months now. They r a bundle of joy. Peace brother.
@@brandong5676 He was a ghetto star. Some people thrive on violence and walking tall. It's attractive when you think it it. Feeling power in any way you can achieve it. Envy, lust, inspiration are but a few emotions many feel towards these types. The freedom to do as you please in any way you see fit. Just think of all the timed you had to bite your tongue or walk the other way or choose higher ground. Not all individuals feel compelled to move that way. They just act and swing on sight and carry on. There's gratification in that Regrdless of how society has bred us to think otherwise.
This guy is very intelligent, listen to what he says at "5:35... it's a war actually for nothing... with the dropping of bodies you get a reputation and you climb a ladder, and that becomes your goal... to win respect, when you don't feel respect you create what is respect to you", damn! that's deep, this is no different from knights back in the days or soldiers who wanted to feel honour, they were doing it for the sake of that feeling of that position. This man knew what he was all about it.
TheLandOfTears s you know what's funny about this? We think about Gladiators & Knights under the context of "glory" without realizing they fall under the same blanket as this guy.
my tears fall for this young man who truly didn't have a chance. I became a widow with 2 young boys very young in life, and I learned pretty quick that there were certain things I couldn't teach my boys. I loved them, fed them, clothed them, worked hard to keep them safe, but eventually they have to make their way in the world. I knew I couldn't bring a 'part time step dad' into their lives so I chose to never introduce them to any dates I went on. Now, they are grown and I am married to a wonderful man who respects me and has slowly forged solid and true relationships with them. He's never tried to be their father, but they sometimes call and ask to speak to him, and I hand the phone over and never ask what the conversation's about. Call it this woman's intuition, but I think they're learning how to be better men from him now and I want that for them. Father's?? be there for your son's cos you've been MIA for too long. Step up!!
Yes i suggest his book is a good read and you'll see he had a body count that was above his age. Was terrible to think a kid can go unload a sawed off pump on his enemies that he inherited once. He vowed loyalty to the set. He is a wonderful racontour. (Meaning hes a great story teller)mannnn the book was good go cop that and understand because only the blind will say "well its just a damn color"Nothe colors were only meant for those affiliated within the same set or an allie wouldn't face the drama of being at the other end of his GUN. IT WAS LIFE IT WAS A AND IS A JOB FOR THEM.LIKE I ACtually started the book called the "art of war" by seung sui .... I see why he's so serious tho nothing any regularcitizen mother would want for any of my sons yes have mad family up there most are in damu or piru but thats not what i want for mine at all!!just educate yourselves a bit more like i have an see how shit got mad real real quick albeit a shame but it is what it is.#nostreets&decils #youwillnotgetmyboys #devilgeyltbehindthee#inthename&bloodofjesuschrist..............
@@sela562jig That's a lovely story, and you told it so well.....Many a drive by with no regard to the bullets being sprayed, have killed and disabled the innocent. Integrity and Honor can't be bought with the profits of crack and other street drugs!
9:40.... this proves how important and necessary a father is to his son's life. This man is a very feared and respected gang member from LA, one of the most violent and agressive ppl to bang in LA, and yet look at how he breaks down when he is asked about his father. He basically just told us his father not being there is why he is like that. That shit touched me
The WHITEMAN/Government know this henceforth he is our enemies and their job is to destroy us. But they don't realize everything is going to flip on them. Rev 13:9-10!!!!
@@strauqq1 Yes the severity of the entire interview was sad to me, but it’s the dichotomy that’s the saddest part. How one person can barely be affected by things like murder, yet cry when speaking on his father being absent. If I relate to that part more than other parts of the interview, why does that give you the right to judge my perspective on it? And you’re calling him a killer, but these guys were engaged in the war with one another. They signed up for what they signed up for. They all know what it is. A child doesn’t sign up for an absent father.
Also remember he’s not a serial killer it’s a game it’s called gang banging people just don’t understand Kody didn’t kill random people he killed his so called enemies and probabaly they would do the same to him, it don’t make sense to most but it does to them obviously, with the introduction of crack cocaine and other hard drugs and severe prison sentences handed down it really fucked up families either through addiction or prison sentences and still does to this day yet we point our finger at other countries and ridicule there ways lol say no to drugs stay and school and keep the family together if possible and pray that’s all you can do
Streets couldn’t kill him drugs did. After a long life of Killing & being isolated & living like that most turn to drugs cause living with your thoughts becomes hard to deal with. Drugs take the pain away for atleast a moment 💔
ibmor Joey it is I stopped bagging at 16. Getting shot at shooting at people could not fuck with chicks from a certain block shit gets old. Watching over your back daily and friends getting killed or locked up. Then you can kill 10 people for the gang but when you go to jail still have to prove myself all over again. It never stops
Most people will never understand the power of peer pressure...When your mother moves into a neighborhood as a single parent and works 40 plus hours a week to keep a roof over your head and food on the table...Very easy for negative influences to consume a young man who is already lost without any direction from a strong caring male figure...Very easy to fall between the cracks and get sucked into the vacuum of gang life...Many times the street niggas filled that void that the fathers absence left..."I Hung With The Thugs And Even Though They Sold Drugs They Showed A Young Brother Love ~ Tupac
Wicko They are looking for a surrogate family of some kind or any kind. Peer Pressure is, indeed, very powerful... especially on impressionable young boys who don't know any better... well, almost... as most people usually have a good idea of right and wrong.
Also this was the era where you had to get out in society and show up yourself. No phones and regular home computers around. It was who was around your environment and whatever you saw on tv.
I believe he became so violent because he was scared. He wanted to hurt people before they hurt him. This all stems from physical and psychological abuse.
Monster kody got his name from killing and terrorizing young black men whom he considers his worst enemies ( little does he know) lol Its unbelievable how the real enemy can manipulate someone to a degree that they dedicated all their life to do the enemies work... It's mind bugglin...
You can tell that Kody wasn’t comfortable with the judgement that was being placed on his life while in the spotlight. He almost cringes at the interviewers reaction at times. In the words of Kody, one must “overstand” to understand his life.
Bruh for real ? , there is people who fight and get bullied by people like him You are honestly lost If you think a grown man has years to decide and change his life And still decide to gamgbang deserves Sympathy to people who actually made choices to avoid those situations
Humans are a the bait created by God in a spiritual war. He almost understood what is going on. This means evil spirits were attracted to earth because of humans, bit the bait, swallowed millions, but some cannot be touched, and are saved. Millions will end up destructed in hell fire for eternity, but many will be crowned in glory for eternity also. This is man's reason for existence. It is written in thew Bible, but if you are blind, you cannot see this.
Monster got me into reading heavy and I am still to this day, different genre more so but still a fan of the auto/biography 👌 💯♥️🔥🔥🔥 📕 one of the dopest.
I read his book when it came out. He's the same age as me, I'm a white UK woman, and reading that scene in the supermarket killed me. All I could think was how the fuck do you deal with that environment at that age? You don't, you adapt, you engage with what is around you. He's a very intelligent guy and had no immediate choice
*I don't wholly agree. I am no conservative, either. I will just point out that with the exception of his brother Kershaun, none of his other siblings got sucked into the gang life. That being said, the factors that set the stage for Kody joining the Crips and becoming Monster were and are quite prevalent. I just got back from visiting Los Angeles for the first time yesterday. Those conditions are still there, and have magnified.*
@Realestate1 *You really need to re-read what I first read before you say anything else. You've overextended yourself in your attempts to sound more intelligent than you really are.*
@Realestate1 *Do you know the point that YOU are trying to make? Because it just looks to me like you're wanking in a persistent attempt to appear clever. Run along, why don't you?*
The mother says it all. If she didn’t have to work 3 jobs, she may have been able to prevent this. Once the state took the fathers out of the home, this is what happens. So sad.
This man isn't a sociopath nor a narcissist I can tell just from the way he carries himself. I don't know what the prosecutor was implying that since she must deal with real sociopaths all the time. She however has an interesting body language. Projecting???? He is however susceptible to manipulation by narcissists from what I read in his book and his naivety at being set up to be killed when he was 16 was astounding. It's really incredible to be this violent and not have a personality disorder.
Some real pain there regarding his estranged father. I felt for ol' Monster during that segment. Such a brilliant, talented, handsome young man. He could have been a lot of things. RIP 🙏 🕊
I don't know anything about gangs being from Detroit. I watch a few of these videos and this dude is makes you feel some of the things that he and a lot of people go through with the way he tells the stories. He said one of the funniest comments/replies I've ever heard at 12:19 "I've had an eventful life."
One of the greatest interviews ever. a awesome raw look at how inner city youth easily for lack of opportunity, mentorin7g, nurturing, education, and economic bdepravity
nnumybusiness He's a piece of shit and it's no secret, and she should feel like shit for bringing that into the world. Now imagine how all the mothers feel of ppl he harmed of stupidity? Fuck her and him...
This is and he could have been one of the greatest leaders we could have ever had. His father Dick Bass failed miserably, on what his son could have been on every level. He's obviously very intelligent, well spoken, articulate and knows the issues at hand.
This is way deeper than an absentee father. Black people have suffered from absentee fathers since being kidnapped and trafficked away from their original land and families. Then for 250 years+ of constant breaking up selling off Black Families. Then the new generation is left stripped and ignorant of their long ago duties and roles and in actuality have no place to use them and are not allowed to assimilate into other cultures to learn the basics and regain values and responsibilities as he hasnt even been allowed to bear his own responsibility of self so how was he to do it for another and when he has no solid family structure or village to draw from? And every means have been employed to impede or disrupt his journey to rebuild and re-establish himself in a place where his civil rights are not guaranteed and protected to the extent of all others? Way deeper than what you talking
Mix 90s gangsta Rap ua-cam.com/video/X9echaOrVVI/v-deo.html
His daddy wasn't there to put a foot in his ass.
Gas hella cheap
383 pages and he was an 83 gangster Crip?? 🤔
The link doesn't work
What's the name of the rap song in the end of the documentary
He toughed it out the whole interview and when they brought up his father he started crying... talking about murdering other brothas but the only thing that brought him to tears was his deadbeat dad... family, we don't understand the importance of being in our children's lives... this is a result.
Marcus well said brother
Very true
Agreed. Since his father was absent, as he readily admitted to, he sought out male role models in the streets. It's rather unfortunate too, he's rather intelligent and articulate. I think fatherless homes are the #1 systemic issue coupled with drug use in these neighborhoods. Sadly, communities like these have changed very little, if not regressed worse than when this aired.
Ed McBoy No father can make you that way you dumb fucking idiot.
Ed McBoy are u speaking on a lifestyle you have never lived. ?if so...., then you should know what the nxt suggestion to you is....
“A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth “
Then some heavy words....gud shit
Damn!!!! Straight!!!!!!,,,.
Just saying man not trying to be a foo,,,
Yup
Good one
Man I felt his mother “help couldn’t come fast enough for my little guy”
Yeah that "little guy" phrase hit home for real
I fucken felt that 💯💯💯💯💯💯
You see and feel the pain.
@@davidking1804 For some reason, parents look at their children as kids regardless of how old they get…She still sees the little 5 year old intelligent innocent kid, before the streets grabbed him
Exactly.. Always mommas babies 💯💯💪🏽
man, when his mom says "my little guy", it crushes me. You will always be a baby in your mothers eyes.
Unless you have an abusive alcoholic mother who beats you as a child and as an adult leaves phone messages insulting you every which way. I kind of wonder what it would have been like to have not a coddling mother, but one who at least viewed me like a son properly.
that little slick grin on the interviewer’s face rubs me the wrong way
bruh, the sly fox smile. Devil
Of course. As long as it's us at war with ourselves.
Lol it's fuckin weird and monster had to look at dis dude
I feel that
They be fascinated and intrigued with our plight. Our lives is their entertainment, literally.
Monster Kody!! If he never accomplishes anything else in life, his memoir is one of the greatest pieces of American literature ever written.
Sanyika Shakur!! If he never accomplishes anything else in life, his memoir is one of the greatest pieces of African in America (Americans -SWS could never really understand the message) literature ever written
Definitive1 absolutely
No shit ! It aint War & Peace ! Its a story of a murderous sociopath !
Definitive1 Get the fuck out of here. You don’t respect Black lives.
@Ellie5621 The D.A. seems to had been the real smart one there after all. Thanks for a great ending, I had wondered the same thing. I noticed that when he was asked of his intentions for writing the book he almost rejoiced outwardly but managed to contain himself right before stating that reaching a broader audience was his goal.
His father helped create him by simply not being there. What a shame. He seems like a super intelligent human being.
Hey.
I'm not convinced it his father's fault at all.
What's your explanation?
@@sir.roe-say Boys look up to their dads and respect their dads more then their mom. If he abandons them then the kid feels worthless and will look for acceptance anywhere. That’s how daughters are with male validation, that’s why they turn into thots when they’re fatherless.
@@showcrime7332
Hi.
Did this interviewee define what is respect to him in his book or this interview?
@@showcrime7332
You mean thots without fathers?
@@sir.roe-say I think so
I'm a single father of a 15 year old daughter and a 10 year old son. There mom by choice has not seen this 1 time in 8 years. It's so sad. I've been raising them alone ever since. I do my level best. They're both Honor roll students, and neither have gotten in trouble at school 1 time. They are well behaved and loving at home. I really try to teach them right from wrong, and to love them intensly, and to make sure our communication is tops. I still am scared the scars they will carry from not having a mom around when they're older.....I try to do my best but someone else's shoes can only be filled with their own feet.
Much love and respect.
Respect to you!
Keep going lord help you ❤
Just seeing this comment and you a real one!!!
By my estimation... Your situation is what's best for everyone involved.
Kids do way better with a single father than a single mom. Your children will be fine. Respect 👍🏿
Damn this guy is so fkin intelligent. I think he is just a product of his environment.
tim smith facts
His environment was nice idiot, he had a mother he lived in a nice neighborhood!
Marcos Marcos - He lived in gang territory, in south side LA during the 60s, 70s, 80’s. This was not a “good environment” lol.
@@niaahniaah7401 lol u missed his whole backstory huh
Don’t even reply to dude mans a troll,clown or both
He wasn’t born this way...he was made. How heartbreaking.
Product of the Environment.. smart enough to understand that it was a norm at the time. Smart enough to make money after all of that.. but not sure if it was to late.. something have to happen for a person to be an impact in life.
He is a con artist: period. He wasn't "made" as he's conned you into thinking. He had many advantages many other minorities didn't have, however he chose to live the way he did. He decided he wanted money and power the easy way, and loved taking lives. He is no different than thousands of other convicts who are exceptionally manipulative. You fell, hook, line and sinker for his slick talk.
Facts!
@@jonloftness5210 he was left at a young age to grow up fast in the streets. Just because your mother works and your godfather is a famous musician that has nothing whatsoever to do with how you will turn out. Who was there for him to teach him right from wrong? Who was there to protect him when he was being beaten up by bullies? Nobody but the local gang bangers. Read his book and watch interviews from other people who knew him.
@@Red-Rambo I read the book back in the early 90s when it came out and I worked around Crips, Bloods, Gangster Disciples, Mexican Mafia, and every other gang you can think of, for 31 years. He's a product of his own desire to get $ and power at the expense of his victims. There are millions of kids who grew up poor and in bad neighborhoods and still knew right from wrong; good from evil. Monster had a choice and made it.
the mom’s reaction to her saying she didn’t have any help is heartbreaking.
Fr 🤦🏾♂️
That’s what feminism was designed to do kill steal and destroy.
"I won't shoot nobody that doesn't deserves to be shot."
So avoid it
You won't get it
Social distance salute to survive 💯
Hahaha
I read MONSTER back in 93.
I couldnt put it down.
Great autobiography
I’m going to buy it today I’m surprised Barnes and nobles carry it
@@jrgunman904 what is the book called?
@@jordanod_1946 monster autobiography of a la gang member by sanyika shakur
Me Too
The best 👌
When i was in prison i got into a fight with someone and i was sent into solitary confinement it was my first time in there i was going crazy for about week kicking the doors and screaming but then i went quiet and started to look at myself and started realizing how fucked up i really was mentally i cried like a bitch but then i trained myself to be patient i began meditation working out planning for my future it was then and there i changed my life and have never been back to prison since the day i was released 02/01/2008 made peace with all my enemies moved away from my neighborhood and now i am married with 4 children own 3 properties and run a successful business.. life is great im just saying that you can turn the worst situation in to the most positive action you ever take in your life.. 💯💯💯
It must have been a long road...respect.
Bro I can only imagine. One of my biggest fears is silence. Scared of it on everything. The less peace you have the bigger the fear. That's like when you said, it all comes out where you struggle with those demons until you confront them rather than run away. I can't count how many nights I slept in silence and had to put on the TV or got my headphones on to block out that silence and self-reflection, let alone being forced to be in that situation. Much respect to you for it. Peace and blessings ✌🏾
Much respect to your transformation
Respect
Power Brother. You inspired me more now just reading your comment!
At 12:50 the fact that the narrator said that Kody being a black separatist was more dangerous than him being a Crip, responsible for possibly hundreds of black lives lost, is quite telling
Facts I peep the Dog whistle with that also but I like his come back when he said general Swartz ‼️😒
It really brings home just how important fathers are in a child's life. To see this man, this hardened criminal brought to tears even after all the years just by the mention of his father's absence in his life.
Damn you’re right brother
Yeah i think my life would have been better with my dad around. It means more than most people think.👍
Literally ignored everything he said in the video lol
@@hekapalacephaterless home is a receipe for chaos for a boy. Its no excuse but in most case we end up whit a lot of issues in adult life. My phater left when i was 3, he cheated on my mom and decided to divorce and stay whit that women, i used to see him sometimes but at 13 he met a women and had a child whit her, im not included in his new familly, he kicked my mom and me to the curb, the abbandon & betrayl plus the fact that he was verbally abusive and mean didnt help. I realised all that when i when to therapy, im 39 and i still have a lot of issues and a lot of other trauma from childhood, steerts and prison. Ppl need to listen and take those situation seriously and stop looking at the few ones in those types of situations who had a normal life.
@jessed3648 shit.. we need to be transparent in our kids lives more. I feel you on that. My dad left me at 13. I been on the streets since then. It's fucked man.. he left me and my mom. I lost my mom's and he had his perfect family. We rarely talk.
The Most Amazing Thing About This Is That He's An Angel Compared To The American Government
The hell does that even mean? Either you're saying people are absolved of crime bc the government is worst. Or that there is a country somewhere in this world that is completely free of past sins or corruption?
Clout chasing opinions are some of the worst.
@@iteilejm Do you think that those are the only two possibilities. Lol!!!
Tell that to the people he killed.
Your so right!!! America killed bob Marley michael Jackson Eazy E 2Pac Lisa Lefteye and put Bill Crosby in jail
Ed Lo if you cannot see evil in the USA 🇺🇸 Government I’ll buy you glasses
Wowzers even the mothers of hardcore gangster killers talked and carried themselves with more class back then. Says alot...
Watching his mom cry made me tear up some. Dude could've been anything, just goes to show how environments affect men. It's strangely relatable.
Women too
he chose to do all of this. fuck him.
Sad as a grown man crying about his absent father hope all dads learn from watching this
Went from Crip to Revolutionary and once he became a Revolutionary he became a threat
No. Once you start murdering people on your own choice you become a threat. Place responsibility where it should be placed. *Think.
The fact u think there’s a difference
He was always a threat...
🤣 fool was blasting fools in the streets before any of it.
You an idiot
God willing my son will be born in August and I swear he's gonna know I love him.
Peace bro. Hope all is going well. Keep showing ur son ur love. 👍🏾
@@Frank.and.Beanzz always bro, thank you. He just turned 2 years old on the 16th. It's crazy how time flies. hope all is well with you and yours
@@oflex1735 much respect bro. All is well with me n mines. Time does fly. They grow so fast. My daughter is 18 months now. They r a bundle of joy. Peace brother.
Mine was born August 17 2018 first born
Yaya
When was urs 16th August 2018?
Thats love bro
R.i.p monster kody he kept alot of people out of gangs including me when I was younger.
Rest In Paradise Sanyika "Monster Kody" Shakur.
Respectfully, Joshua David
This guy is sharp. Could have done anything
Intelligence is but one component of potential success. It has many forms and not all of these are scalable.
Reel shit
@@AB-jp2eb no he died of a stroke and was found dead by his family he had been dead for days
Exactly 💯. It’s like all u can do is shake your head and try to figure out what happened. Sadly it’s a lot of black brothers like him.
@@brandong5676 He was a ghetto star. Some people thrive on violence and walking tall. It's attractive when you think it it. Feeling power in any way you can achieve it. Envy, lust, inspiration are but a few emotions many feel towards these types. The freedom to do as you please in any way you see fit. Just think of all the timed you had to bite your tongue or walk the other way or choose higher ground. Not all individuals feel compelled to move that way. They just act and swing on sight and carry on. There's gratification in that Regrdless of how society has bred us to think otherwise.
This guy is very intelligent, listen to what he says at "5:35... it's a war actually for nothing... with the dropping of bodies you get a reputation and you climb a ladder, and that becomes your goal... to win respect, when you don't feel respect you create what is respect to you", damn! that's deep, this is no different from knights back in the days or soldiers who wanted to feel honour, they were doing it for the sake of that feeling of that position. This man knew what he was all about it.
Just like the government today !
TheLandOfTears s you know what's funny about this? We think about Gladiators & Knights under the context of "glory" without realizing they fall under the same blanket as this guy.
To win respect, when you don t feel respect you create what is respect 4 you!!!!!
So you have to kill to earn people respect
@@charlesanderson8335 NO!!.UNFORTUNATELY...YOU HAVE TO KILL PEOPLE, WHO ARE TRYING TO... UNFORTUNATELY....KILL YOU...TO EARN RESPECT!!😳😳
Man it shattered my heart to see tears shedding as he spoke about his Dad....like I felt it more than words. We must do better.
Who doesn't feel good alone, hang around with bad company.
my tears fall for this young man who truly didn't have a chance. I became a widow with 2 young boys very young in life, and I learned pretty quick that there were certain things I couldn't teach my boys. I loved them, fed them, clothed them, worked hard to keep them safe, but eventually they have to make their way in the world. I knew I couldn't bring a 'part time step dad' into their lives so I chose to never introduce them to any dates I went on. Now, they are grown and I am married to a wonderful man who respects me and has slowly forged solid and true relationships with them. He's never tried to be their father, but they sometimes call and ask to speak to him, and I hand the phone over and never ask what the conversation's about. Call it this woman's intuition, but I think they're learning how to be better men from him now and I want that for them. Father's?? be there for your son's cos you've been MIA for too long. Step up!!
lesson to this video father's are important.
Best comment in here.
Fifty8 P word
A psychopath is a psychopath. No father would have changed that.
+Guapo's Brother Slavko STFU
OSAMA DAMU, You miss daddy huh? Poor baby miss daddy.. :(
He was a og at 16
the founders started at 15 but i get now
Yes i suggest his book is a good read and you'll see he had a body count that was above his age. Was terrible to think a kid can go unload a sawed off pump on his enemies that he inherited once. He vowed loyalty to the set. He is a wonderful racontour. (Meaning hes a great story teller)mannnn the book was good go cop that and understand because only the blind will say "well its just a damn color"Nothe colors were only meant for those affiliated within the same set or an allie wouldn't face the drama of being at the other end of his GUN. IT WAS LIFE IT WAS A AND IS A JOB FOR THEM.LIKE I ACtually started the book called the "art of war" by seung sui .... I see why he's so serious tho nothing any regularcitizen mother would want for any of my sons yes have mad family up there most are in damu or piru but thats not what i want for mine at all!!just educate yourselves a bit more like i have an see how shit got mad real real quick albeit a shame but it is what it is.#nostreets&decils #youwillnotgetmyboys #devilgeyltbehindthee#inthename&bloodofjesuschrist..............
Thats what we do
Damn, RIP, homie. Hope you’re finally getting that well needed rest we all seek down here on earth.
"IF" he is in heaven; otherwise no human can describe his pain in hell for eternity.
If there is a heaven hope he is frying in hell 🤣🤣🤣
@@chevyatkins558 why? He didn't pray on the innocent. He was a gang member. They kill each other. That's the life.
@@sela562jig
That's a lovely story, and you told it so well.....Many a drive by with no regard to the bullets being sprayed, have killed and disabled the innocent. Integrity and Honor can't be bought with the profits of crack and other street drugs!
Fukn right ✅ 👌
All he needed was a loving father.
A brotha with a strong mind and wisdom, can touch the sky, limitless opportunities. Black men don't waste your mind
9:40.... this proves how important and necessary a father is to his son's life. This man is a very feared and respected gang member from LA, one of the most violent and agressive ppl to bang in LA, and yet look at how he breaks down when he is asked about his father. He basically just told us his father not being there is why he is like that. That shit touched me
That game
The WHITEMAN/Government know this henceforth he is our enemies and their job is to destroy us. But they don't realize everything is going to flip on them. Rev 13:9-10!!!!
Literally ignored everything he said in the video lol
It’s not father change it’s the community 😂😂😂
One of the saddest things about this interview is when he cries and he can’t wipe away his tears because his hands are shackled.
He's a killer and that was sad to you? Smh, okay
@@strauqq1 Yes the severity of the entire interview was sad to me, but it’s the dichotomy that’s the saddest part. How one person can barely be affected by things like murder, yet cry when speaking on his father being absent. If I relate to that part more than other parts of the interview, why does that give you the right to judge my perspective on it? And you’re calling him a killer, but these guys were engaged in the war with one another. They signed up for what they signed up for. They all know what it is. A child doesn’t sign up for an absent father.
I felt that also.
@@strauqq1 so are the colonizers of this land, George Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson and all the rest of those elks 🤡‼️🗣🤦🏾♂️🤣
Also remember he’s not a serial killer it’s a game it’s called gang banging people just don’t understand Kody didn’t kill random people he killed his so called enemies and probabaly they would do the same to him, it don’t make sense to most but it does to them obviously, with the introduction of crack cocaine and other hard drugs and severe prison sentences handed down it really fucked up families either through addiction or prison sentences and still does to this day yet we point our finger at other countries and ridicule there ways lol say no to drugs stay and school and keep the family together if possible and pray that’s all you can do
Found dead in a tent in a homeless encampment in California, age 57. Surprising that he survived that long.
Fr ? Damn
In San Diego behind the 76 freeway
Streets couldn’t kill him drugs did. After a long life of Killing & being isolated & living like that most turn to drugs cause living with your thoughts becomes hard to deal with. Drugs take the pain away for atleast a moment 💔
Watching this a day after nipsey got killed. Man ........
By another 60. 60s suck
the prosecutor looks sadistic and seems to be describing her own personality
Yo I was saying the exact same thing! She the one that looks like a sociopathic chameleon.
Like a archon looking ass
Yes!!!!! I see straight through her
Yup
Yes, by looking in her eyes she's a liar and one who wants her way everytime.
This made me tear up, me and my big brother started getting into trouble in the early 90's and I can relate about the absence of a good father
The interviewer is thinking, damn this guy is way smarter than me.
No he wasn't
@@Zeppelin927 cause he’s racist
No he wasnt. He was thinking poor black man. Another bastard.
Gang life sounds like alot of stress
Your either the sheep or the wolf in this game, choose wisely.
ibmor Joey it is I stopped bagging at 16. Getting shot at shooting at people could not fuck with chicks from a certain block shit gets old. Watching over your back daily and friends getting killed or locked up. Then you can kill 10 people for the gang but when you go to jail still have to prove myself all over again. It never stops
Hes saying its stress full stop. Whether your a wolf sheep or magpie
It’s is kill or be killed
@@BaehelpDee -Eww, that mentality got generations of people all fucked up, and fucked off. The thought of banging alone is stressful...
12:15" youve shot ppl, stabbed ppl."
"Ive had an eventful life"
Lol respk
😏#Gangsta
I knew someone noticed that too. Won't be long before that's and intro. Smh
No respect at all
Lol That Had Me Rolling On The Floor
Monster has denzel Washington's charisma ...and articulation..
never thought of that but saw your comment and that so true reminds me of denzel a lot
Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and I’m not saying that to disparage him
I can’t get enough of this channel
Gas was $1.09 and this was in Cali.....Shit
hah! I was looking at that too. I was born in 73 though, so I remember filling my 69 dodge up for $23
I was trippin on the same thing...I lived in Cali for 15 years and typically ,gas prices out there are 3x greater than the national average
Drew Noble i know damn
That was around the early 2000's
arnola88gt this is the 80s
Most people will never understand the power of peer pressure...When your mother moves into a neighborhood as a single parent and works 40 plus hours a week to keep a roof over your head and food on the table...Very easy for negative influences to consume a young man who is already lost without any direction from a strong caring male figure...Very easy to fall between the cracks and get sucked into the vacuum of gang life...Many times the street niggas filled that void that the fathers absence left..."I Hung With The Thugs And Even Though They Sold Drugs They Showed A Young Brother Love ~ Tupac
Wicko
They are looking for a surrogate family of some kind or any kind.
Peer Pressure is, indeed, very powerful...
especially on impressionable young boys
who don't know any better...
well, almost...
as most people usually have
a good idea of right and wrong.
I ddnt have my father & iam A good man, and help raise a little girl iam not in no Gang iam 28
Wrong
Tupac went to an acting and dance school in New York he was a fake gangster and led many people down a negative road.
Also this was the era where you had to get out in society and show up yourself. No phones and regular home computers around. It was who was around your environment and whatever you saw on tv.
"I've had an eventful life" 😂😂😂
I believe he became so violent because he was scared. He wanted to hurt people before they hurt him. This all stems from physical and psychological abuse.
Monster kody got his name from killing and terrorizing young black men whom he considers his worst enemies ( little does he know) lol
Its unbelievable how the real enemy can manipulate someone to a degree that they dedicated all their life to do the enemies work...
It's mind bugglin...
White man be holdin’ us down!! Dixkhead
@Apollo Spade
U
If u white
Nooooo ....just one gang against another gang , if the gang was Chicano or white he would be killing them !!!
🤣🤣 yet millions of blacks successful and many from the hood. But keep crying while everybody passes you by.
Should turn this book into a movie. It’s detailed
Great video, thanks!
I wish I could articulate my emotions and opinions as well as Monster did he truly was so intelligent
Tears of a "MONSTER".....For his father.
Lol i love how he brought up oliver north.
Facts!!!!!!!
You can tell that Kody wasn’t comfortable with the judgement that was being placed on his life while in the spotlight. He almost cringes at the interviewers reaction at times. In the words of Kody, one must “overstand” to understand his life.
Bruh for real ? , there is people who fight and get bullied by people like him
You are honestly lost
If you think a grown man has years to decide and change his life
And still decide to gamgbang deserves
Sympathy to people who actually made choices to avoid those situations
U can tell by the interviewers question he didn’t understand nothing monster kody was talking about
Can't stand how programs like 60 mins exploit the pain and suffering of human beings.
he's second generation he was tookies young homie
He would of killed of tookie
@Robert Epps tookie was a good man.rest in paradice big homie
@@simmack17 you must didn't read the book? He idolized Big Took as did the majority of the Westside Crips
@J. Professional lol you wild...crips coming after you'
What the hell am I reading in these comments...wtf😣 I don't put shit pass no one
I read this book back in '95. To this day, one of the MOST fascinating books I've ever read. It's a literal modern day Manchild in the Promised Land.
Exactly what I was thinking. RIP Claude Brown and Kody Scott.
The war is for no reason just the destruction of human beings. The most chilling line I've heard
Humans are a the bait created by God in a spiritual war. He almost understood what is going on. This means evil spirits were attracted to earth because of humans, bit the bait, swallowed millions, but some cannot be touched, and are saved. Millions will end up destructed in hell fire for eternity, but many will be crowned in glory for eternity also. This is man's reason for existence. It is written in thew Bible, but if you are blind, you cannot see this.
13:08 that guard acting all tough but if monster was unchained in a cell with him he would shit his pants lol
find a man in prison with a decent dad, let me know.
Found 3
Find me an honest law for black people or an honest weasel of Wall street fake Israeli new or a catholic priest that's not a pedophile .....soooooo
wulfina moon Boston George 🤷🏽♂️
Myself…
Monster got me into reading heavy and I am still to this day, different genre more so but still a fan of the auto/biography 👌 💯♥️🔥🔥🔥 📕 one of the dopest.
He made me be an even greater father when he talked about his dad not there. I shedded a tear too. God rest your soul brother 🌹🙏🏿
I read his book freshman year (2010). Barely came across this never even knew about this interview.. to hear him speak about it was pretty dope
God bless her. Look at the bags under her eyes from stress and worry smh
Leslie Mcneal Its sad huh😔
Leslie Mcneal or maybe she’s just old as hell
Yup
His moms words made me tear, forreal.
I read his book when it came out. He's the same age as me, I'm a white UK woman, and reading that scene in the supermarket killed me. All I could think was how the fuck do you deal with that environment at that age? You don't, you adapt, you engage with what is around you. He's a very intelligent guy and had no immediate choice
*I don't wholly agree. I am no conservative, either. I will just point out that with the exception of his brother Kershaun, none of his other siblings got sucked into the gang life. That being said, the factors that set the stage for Kody joining the Crips and becoming Monster were and are quite prevalent. I just got back from visiting Los Angeles for the first time yesterday. Those conditions are still there, and have magnified.*
@Realestate1 *No, it's just that you are out of your depth.*
@Realestate1 *You really need to re-read what I first read before you say anything else. You've overextended yourself in your attempts to sound more intelligent than you really are.*
@Realestate1 *Do you know the point that YOU are trying to make? Because it just looks to me like you're wanking in a persistent attempt to appear clever. Run along, why don't you?*
"uve shot nd killed people" "ive had an eventfull life" lmao
higherthan u but he was dead serious bro...
not a game...
notice how he snapped in then thought of it and had to escape back out in his own mind
I feel his pain even Gangsters cry 😢💦
Thug tears
The mother says it all. If she didn’t have to work 3 jobs, she may have been able to prevent this. Once the state took the fathers out of the home, this is what happens. So sad.
But his daddy wasn’t a gangsta he was a pro baller that ditched his family
@@tysonblaq5300his mother was married to Mr. Scott and had an affair with Dick Bass so it wasn’t Bass’ family to begin with
This was the 1st book I ever fully read when I got locked up. 1st book that got my undivided attention. God bless 💯
seeing him walk down that prison cell block corridor so calm was eerie
This man isn't a sociopath nor a narcissist I can tell just from the way he carries himself. I don't know what the prosecutor was implying that since she must deal with real sociopaths all the time. She however has an interesting body language. Projecting???? He is however susceptible to manipulation by narcissists from what I read in his book and his naivety at being set up to be killed when he was 16 was astounding. It's really incredible to be this violent and not have a personality disorder.
"I've had a eventful life." -Kody 🤣
Some real pain there regarding his estranged father. I felt for ol' Monster during that segment. Such a brilliant, talented, handsome young man. He could have been a lot of things. RIP 🙏 🕊
Stay strong Mazz 💪🏽
This Video just shows/proves that real men cry...
The interviewer is a devil if you listen closely to his line of questioning.
Mutahi Elliott I did and seen that smirk on his face
He and his siblings are very articulate. His Mother did a great job. But when the streets are calling some can't resist the call. Sad !
I can relate when he started talking about his biological father
100% fathers are important that was really sad
The Streets still haves him at heart, BUT NEVER THE LESS A VERY WISE INTELLECTUAL, STUDIOUS INTELLIGENT BROTHER.
His mom is very well read and educated, reminds me of mine I feel for her
I don't know anything about gangs being from Detroit. I watch a few of these videos and this dude is makes you feel some of the things that he and a lot of people go through with the way he tells the stories. He said one of the funniest comments/replies I've ever heard at 12:19 "I've had an eventful life."
Close your eyes...........hear his voice...... Could swear this is a Eddie Murphy interview
Articulate brother.
@ToneBone far from foolery mayb acted like a buffoon but no fool
Why wouldn’t he be?
Only person I watch from start to finish on Kev Mac videos.
One of the best all time (60 minutes), interview, without a doubt., In a nutshell "POWERFUL "
9:49 Watching this is exactly why every kid needs their father in their life!
That doesn’t mean shit. People committing crimes everyday father or no father
@@megaton8184 it’s not about a father it’s about two parents
G Active from fruittown Brim had both parents, so did Og Turtle from Santanan Blocc
Jay-Z “Meet the Parents” comes to mind
Being an active present father in your son's life is really Gangster
One of the greatest interviews ever. a awesome raw look at how inner city youth easily for lack of opportunity, mentorin7g, nurturing, education, and economic bdepravity
Much luv my G!💎
The interviewer looks very impressed and intrigued with how Kody was speaking
I think the reporter was wrong for reading to his mom wat he wrote smh make her feel more like shit smh
nnumybusiness He's a piece of shit and it's no secret, and she should feel like shit for bringing that into the world. Now imagine how all the mothers feel of ppl he harmed of stupidity? Fuck her and him...
Scumbag n that prosecutor.....condescending asses
Absolutely wrong.
Real G rite here,stay up monsta ETG.
Denzel needs to land this role
You can see the hurt in his eyes when he speak of his dad…. We need more men to step up !
Nah you gotta love how they throw the word "sociopath" around so freely when talking about this dude. Gotta hold up a mirror to these types.
Monster kody that book was amazing i read it in 2 days, it just keeps you wanting more
This is and he could have been one of the greatest leaders we could have ever had. His father Dick Bass failed miserably, on what his son could have been on every level. He's obviously very intelligent, well spoken, articulate and knows the issues at hand.
This is way deeper than an absentee father. Black people have suffered from absentee fathers since being kidnapped and trafficked away from their original land and families. Then for 250 years+ of constant breaking up selling off Black Families. Then the new generation is left stripped and ignorant of their long ago duties and roles and in actuality have no place to use them and are not allowed to assimilate into other cultures to learn the basics and regain values and responsibilities as he hasnt even been allowed to bear his own responsibility of self so how was he to do it for another and when he has no solid family structure or village to draw from? And every means have been employed to impede or disrupt his journey to rebuild and re-establish himself in a place where his civil rights are not guaranteed and protected to the extent of all others? Way deeper than what you talking