THE 5 DANCERS WANTED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS THE DANCERS FOR ZULU NATION SO AMAD HENDERSON CREATD THE NAME "ZULU MASTERS" WHICH LATER ON WAS CHANGED TO ZULU KINGS BY AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
2 OF THE DANCE WORLDS EARLIEST PIONEERS WHO RARELY GET ANY CREDIT FOR THIER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE AMED HENDERSON, AND POW WOW.
AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE BLACK SPADES, AMAD HENDERSON ALONG SIDE AFRIKA BAMBAATAA, HELPED CREATE THE "ORGINISATION."
SHORTLY AFTER, AMED INCLUDED 4 OTHER DANCERS, (AZIZ JACKSON , SHAKA REED, KUSA STOKES, & ZAMBU LANER, AND THOSE 5 DANCERS HELPED AFRIKA BAMBAATAA CREATE THE ZULU NATION.
THE 5 DANCERS WANTED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS THE DANCERS FOR ZULU NATION SO AMAD HENDERSON CREATD THE NAME "ZULU MASTERS" WHICH LATER ON WAS CHANGED TO ZULU KINGS BY AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
SHORTLY AFTER, A DANCE STUDENT OF AN OUTLAW FROM THE REAPERS GANG NAMED POOCH AKA DOC BY THE NAME OF POW WOW WAS ADDED TO THE GROUP.
POW WOW WAS A STYLISTIC DANCER WHO USHERED IN THE INDIAN STYLES OF TOP ROCKS WHICH LATER ON LEAD TO THE CREATIONS OF NAMES LIKE THE INDIAN STEP.
IN A RESCENT INTERVIEW POW WOW CLIAMED.....
"AIN'T NO SUCH THING AS AN INDIAN STEP, THATS WHAT THE NEW JACKS CALLED MY CROSS OVERS, I USED INDIAN STYLES, BUT ME OR ANYONE EVER CALLED ANY STEPS AN INDIAN... WHAT EVER!"
POW WOW WENT ON TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SOULSONIC FORCE, AND ALONG SIDE AFRIKA BAMBAATAA, G.L.O.B.E. AND MR BIGGS, ENJOYED HITS LIKE PLANET ROCK, LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT BEAT, AND RENEGADES OF FUNK.
AMAD HENDERSON HELPED AFRIKA BAMBAATAA START ANOTHER GROUP IN THE TRADITION OF THE SOULSONIC FORCE, NAMED SHANGO BACK IN 1982 WITH OTHER MEMBERS INCLUDING JAZZY JAY. WHEN AFRIKA BAMBAATAA FIST STARTED WARNING FOLKS ABOUT NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE POWERS THAT BE.
THE 2 GROUPS EVENTUALY MADE A FEW SONGS TOGETHER AND ALSO APEARERD SIDE BY SIDE ON THE MOVIE BEAT STREAT AS AFRIKA BAMBAATAA AND THE SOULSONIC FORCE FEATURING SHANGO IN THE FAMOUS ROXY SCEN OF THE MOVIE DOING THIER HIT FRANTIC SITUATION.
THE ZULU KINGZ WERE CREATED ON THE SAME DAY ZULU NATION, 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 KINGZ ARE AS FOLLOWED:
AHMED HENDERSON, AZIZ JACKSON (MENTIONED IN THE MOVIE SCRATCH), SHAKA REED, KUSA STOKES, & ZAMBU LANER.
AS TIME WENT ON ZULU KINGZ BECAME BIGGER. ONE OF THE FIRST 3 BBOYS TO GET GHETTO CELEBRITY STATUS WAS BEAVER FROM THE ZULU KINGZ. OTHER EARLY MEMBERS INCLUDE:
ROBBIE ROB, AFRIKA ISLAM, JAZZY JAY, POW WOW, RED ALERT, D.ST, TROUBLE, & SUNDANCE.
AS THE YEARS WENT BY, ALL THE ORIGINAL ZULU KINGZ STARTED TO FADE, ISLAM STARTED TO DJ AS WELL AS JAZZY JAY, POW WOW. BIGGS & POW WOW BECAME THE SOULSONIC FORCE, WHILE TROUBLE AND SUNDANCE MAINTAINED CHAPTER 2 OF THE ZULU NATION, AND OF COURSE BBOY WAS GETTING "PLAYED OUT" BY 1979.
BY 1981 BBOYING 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 KINGZ 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 REP 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.
ZULU KINGZ MISSION STATEMENT: TO UPHOLD AND MAINTAIN THE TRUE ESSENCE OF AFRIKAS BAMBAATAA'S VISION.