Scoop even said to him that his “heart is bigger than his chest,” in reference to his determination (). The way Malo responded after being knocked down during the initiation shows that he doesnt like to lose, when he got up, he got up swinging and he didn’t stop until they knew how he was ready. If I tapped him lightly, he responded more forcibly just to make sure if it were combat, I would know that he was ready” (). This incident made me think of something Amina wrote about Malo in her journal, she wrote “From the very beginning of his life, it was win by any means necessary. With just two more codes left to be read, Malo just kept swinging… even when they bear-hugged him and tried to get him to stop, he was still swinging. overwhelmed with pain, but he stayed down for a bit and got up swinging. Amir and Malo were to fight back this form of initiation was to test their strength. This was a form of initiation into the crew UPK which stands for “Uptown Killaz.” During the initiation, Ted yelled the 15 “Thug Life codes all UPK members shall live and die by,” while everyone basically fought Amir and Malo (). In chapter 16, Amir and Malo are being “jumped” into UPK. In the beginning of the book, back on page 3, Malo said “the rawest crews in Philly are all three letters ” one of the crews he mentioned was UPK.
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