Interesting Read - Kangz Related

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>tl:dr FBI files regarding the "Five Percent Nation", early Kangz

https://vault.fbi.gov/5percent/five-percenters-part-01-of-01/view

From Wikipedia:

The Five-Percent Nation is a cultural movement founded in 1964 Harlem by a former member of the Nation of Islam named Clarence 13X (born Clarence Edward Smith and later known as ALLAH the Father). Clarence 13X, a former student of Malcolm X, left the Nation of Islam after a dispute with Elijah Muhammad over the fact that Elijah taught that the White man was the devil, yet did not teach that the black man was God.

Initially, the Nation of God and Earth, as it is known today, was viewed as little more than an offshoot of the Nation of Islam. While the Nation of God and Earth has been characterized as an organization, an institution, a religion, or even a gang, representatives of the Nation teach that Islam is a natural or mathematical way of living, not a religion. The New York City areas of Harlem ("Mecca") and Brooklyn ("Medina") were named after notable Islamic cities by members of the organization. Other areas include Detroit ("D-Mecca"), New Jersey ("New Jerusalem"), Chicago ("C-Medina"), Queens ("the Desert"), Connecticut ("New Heaven"), St. Louis ("Saudi"), Seattle ("Morocco"), and Dallas ("the Sudan").

Basically, the source is a litany of petty crimes and early gang-related activity, the group seems to be a mixture of loosely affiliated street gang and cult. The cultural influence of this group on (((((political)))) hip hop and the Kangz movement is quite interesting as well.

It also includes a short history of the Nation of Islam, another prominent Kangz movement.

Here's a shortened list of the hip hop artists that they've influenced, I've shortened it to ones I actually heard of, given I don't listen to Jungle Noise:

Wu-Tang Clan
Jay-Z
Busta Rhymes
KRS-One
MF Doom
Erykah (sic) Badu