The Deceptz NYC stick up kids/Gang However, as a gang, the Deceptz were far from fun, cartoon characters who were consumed with boyish fun and brawling for expensive gear. There are countless stories of them pouring into a place, hundreds deep, causing a ruckus that brought entire neighborhoods to a standstill. Rapper Jay-Z reminisced over the gang’s control on his track “BK Anthem” featuring MC Lyte: “Wasnt safe on the A-Train/ in G or the F/Decepticons, LoLife n***as/Snatch the polos off your chest.” Over their nearly 10 years, the Deceptz were accused of vandalism, thefts and assaults, and even murder. Local schools held awareness assemblies to teach students how to protect themselves from the Deceptz. Their young members were ruthless and raw but talented – and some of them went on to become world-renowned rappers and Hollywood actors. Case in point is Sticky Fingaz of the rap group Onyx. To say he has always seemed a little “off” is an understatement. The fact that he was front and center at the height of the Decepticons reign during comes as no surprise when one considers how his wild, Tasmanian devil-like image has endured a life in entertainment since the early 90s. Long before Blade: The Series and sidekick stints in the Friday movies, as a student at Brooklyn Tech, Sticky Fingaz admits to “running with the Deceptz all the time.” “I was introduced to the ‘Rico Cons’ by Steele from Smif ‘n Wessun (a.k.a. the Cocoa Brovas),” says Sticky Fingaz. “They were the Puerto Rican Deceptz…there were all kinds, you know? You either hung with them, or you became their victim.” “In the cartoon, the Decepticons were the bad guys, and that’s who we were. I can’t deny it – I’d either be lying to the world now, or I was lying back then.” - Rock During his recent interview with AllHipHop, Sticky says that at that time, he wasn’t nearly as focused on music as his cousin Fredro Starr, who was living in Queens and embarking on a rap career as a protege of the late Jam Master Jay. “Before I went to Brooklyn Tech, I went to Arts and Science, and you had to take a test to get into that school,” says Sticky Fingaz. “Brooklyn Tech didn’t have a test, so you had all kinds of kids up in there. From my memory, the ‘train runs’ were what made us infamous. We would cut school, jump the train, go to other schools, and just terrorize motherf**kers.” “Those times sort of formed who we were,” says Fredro Starr. “At the time, Sticky was only like 17 or 18 and living that Decepticon lifestyle, but we were all following their ways, fighting, doing petty robberies…and our early stuff was about adolescence and the crazy stuff we would do everyday. We were always affiliated with the Decepticons.” Beyond the time Sticky Fingaz was around, the Deceptz continued to beat up and pilfer from random locals into the early 1990s. Rockness Monster, one half of the dark and critically-acclaimed rap group Heltah Skeltah, recalls his years in Brooklyn as a time filled with mostly “doing dumb shit.” In fact, “Rock” is one of only a few rappers who will outrightly admit his Deceptz membership away from the recording booth. “We were doing bad things….long before I came along,” says Rock during a recent interview with AllHipHop. “In the cartoon, the Decepticons were the bad guys, and that’s who we were. I can’t deny it – I’d either be lying to the world now, or I was lying back then.” The Decepticons(Legendary street gang from Brooklyn during the 80s/90s), The Decepticons were on the stickup kid circuit in New York, During the mid 80s to the 90s(Along with the Original 50 Cent from Fort Green ...
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