HISTORY OF THE
MIGHTY ZULU KINGZ
THE ZULU KINGS WERE CREATED ON THE SAME DAY ZULU NATION WAS, NOVEMBER 12 1973,
AND THEY WERE TO BE THE OFFICIAL BBOY CREW FOR THE ZULU NATION. THIS CONCEPT
CAME ABOUT SINCE THE FIVE BROTHERS WHO HELPED AFRIKA BAMBAATAA ORGANIZE THE
ZULU NATION, WERE ALL BBOYS! THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE ZULU KINGS ARE AS
FOLLOWED:
AHMED HENDERSON, AZIZ JACKSON, SHAKA REED, KUSA STOKES, & ZAMBU LANER.
AS TIME WENT ON ZULU KINGS BECAME BIGGER. ONE OF THE FIRST 2 BBOYS TO GET
GHETTO CELEBRITY STATUS WAS ROBBIE ROB, AND MOST NOTABLY, BEAVER FROM THE
ZULU KINGS, WHO SET OFF THE BBOY BOOM IN THE BRONX
"ANY ONE WHO SPEAKS ON BBOY HISTORY, AND DOESNT START WITH ZULU KINGS,
DONT KNOW WHAT TRUE BBOY HISTORY IS" SAYS 1ST GENERATION BBOY PIONEER,
TRAC2.
OTHER EARLY MEMBERS INCLUDE:
AFRIKA ISLAM, JAZZY JAY, POW WOW, RED ALERT, D.ST, TROUBLE, & SUNDANCE.
AS THE YEARS WENT BY, ALL THE ORIGINAL ZULU KINGS STARTED TO FADE, ISLAM STARTED TO DJ AS WELL AS JAZZY JAY. BIGGS & POW WOW AND G.L.O.B.E. WENT ON ALONG SIDE AFRIKA BAMBAATAA TO START THE KNOWLEGENDARY SOULSONIC FORCE, WHILE TROUBLE AND SUNDANCE MAINTAINED CHAPTER 2 OF THE ZULU NATION, AND BY 1979 BREAKING WAS "PLAYED OUT."
IN 1981 REAKING HAD NEW LIFE IN THE FORM OF THE ROCK STEADY CREW. RSC WERE
PART OF THE FIRST HIP HOP TOUR AND WERE GIVEN THE HONOR OF CARRYING THE TRADITION
OF ZULU NATION HAVING A TIGHT BBOY SQUAD BUT THIS TIME "BOOGIE BOYS"
WERE ALSO INCLUDED. RSC WERE THE LAST BBOY CREW TO REPRESENT ZULU KINGS UNTIL
OCTOBER OF THE YEAR 2000, WHEN AFRIKA BAMBAATA DECIDED TO GIVE ALIEN NESS
THE HONOR OF RESURECTING THE LEGENDARY CREW BY ADDING NEW, YOUNGER MEMBERS
TO REPRESNT THE MIGHTY ZULU KINGS FOR BAMBAATAA.
ALIEN NESS HAD A VISION TO NOT ONLY INCLUDE DANCERS, BUT TO MAKE IT A HIP
HOP ORGINIZATION THAT WILL BOAST THE BEST DANCERS, DJ.S, MC'S, PRODUCERS AND
PROMOTERS WORLD WIDE, AND HAS SUCCEFULY CONTINUED TO DO SO FOR ALMOST A DECADE.
ZULU KINGS MISSION STATEMENT: TO UPHOLD AND MAINTAIN THE TRUE ESSENCE OF AFRIKAS BAMBAATAA'S VISION.