T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E.The follow up to his best selling memoir Monster, Sanyika Shakurs T. H. U. G. L. I. F. E. is a vicious, heart wrenching and true to life novel about an LA gang member that masterfully captures the violence and depravity of gang life. Shakurs protagonist is Lapeace, the leader of the Eight Tray Crips gang in South Central Los Angeles. In a deadly gunfight with Anyhow, a Blood and Lapeaces rival since childhood, eight innocent civilians are killed.