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...call Wu-Tang Clan ‘The Clan’ normally? How do you abbreviate it? R: We abbreviate it different, different forms. Sometimes its just Wu, it’s Wu-Tang, it’s The Clan, it’s The Killa Beez, you know, it’s whatever we call it at the time, because we don’t really look at it as just Wu-Tang Clan, we just look at it as Clan. Clan is the crew, the family, everything is family-oriented. FM: When...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Raekwon of The Wu-Tang Clan | 3/30/2008 | See Source »

...There are sinister signs that this teenage mayhem can turn swiftly into serious organized crime. One police intelligence report reveals how the Killer Beez (KBZ) have graduated to the big league. KBZ was formed in 2003, when a long-established motorcycle gang, the Tribesmen, were recruiting local teenagers to help deal drugs from tinny houses. Now KBZ's 50-plus members range in age from 15 to 25, wear yellow and black gang regalia, often featuring the word "Mojo" (the name of a deceased gang member) or their motto "F___ the world" on their clothes. The gang pay regular visits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tribal Trouble | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...Crime statistics reveal that in one four-month period in 2005, KBZ were responsible for almost 10% of crimes for the Counties Manukau East. One member has committed more than 100 burglaries. Two youth gangs known as Troublesome and the Bud Smoking Thugs are feeder gangs to The Killer Beez. Then there are the charmingly named "Motherf_____ Ruthless C___s," or MRCs. "The MRCs are known to the people in the area as bullies who use standover tactics to get money. They are also big on threatening people, snatching handbags and doing burglaries," says the intelligence report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tribal Trouble | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...counselor] there's a Killer Bee standing at the corner shop selling drugs, and a lot of kids see them stoned," he says. The youths show no respect even to older gangs: several months earlier Paea tried to break up a territorial dispute between the Killer Beez and the local Black Power chapter. "It was like something out of the movies," he says. "I heard they were all down at this park and when I got there it sounded like a football match." More than 100 youths had been summoned by phone text messages. "They were already fighting. I rang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tribal Trouble | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

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