Myths and Misconceptions of the Universal Zulu Nation

 1. Zulu Nation is a gang. 
 
No. UZN was started in 1973 by Afrika Bambaataa who at the time was a gang  leader. After realizing that it would benefit the community more if the 
gangs unified to better the community and to better each other, Zulu was 
formed. Also, Zulu started gathering information from other religions and 
historical sources to give the gang members a chance to better themselves 
so the violence would end. News spread around all of the tri-state area 
and eventually, the world. 

2. Zulu is a religion/cult. 
No. We gather positive infomation from all sources weather religious or 
historical. We deal with truth and fact. It doesn't matter what name you 
choose to call The Supreme Force. A religion suggest a belief structure. 
We do not have a belief structure. ALL walks of life are a part of Zulu 
Nation. ALL religions are a part of Zulu Nation. If its true to you and 
its positive, no problem. 
 
3. Zulu is only a "hip hop thing". 
 
Not completely true. We use Hip Hop as a means to get across the positive 
message of "Knowledge, wisdom, overstanding, freedom, justice, equality, 
peace, love, unity and having fun." UZN is more about bettering one self 
and overstanding the people and enviroment around oneself. 
 
4. Zulu is a "black" thing. 
 
No! UZN is for all people of any color, age, culture or gender. As long as 
  you have a open mind and are really ready to better oneself. We have to 
start to understand or overstand each other a lot more so that we can 
break the stereotypes that we are "trained" to know from generation to 
generation. Look at the name of this organization. The key word is 
"Universal". Why would we want to limit peace and unity to just one race 
or for that matter, even humanity? 
 
5. I have to do something Hip Hop (Break, DJ, Rap, Graph) in order to be a 
 Zulu. 
 
No. UZN has doctors, lawyers, activists, pilots, construction workers, 
actors, probation officers, etc. ALL walks of life. You see everyone has 
their only kind of knowledge to bring to others. No one man or woman knows 
everything. When you get all this collective knowledge together under one 
roof, its very enlightning. That's what Zulu does. It bring people of different backgrounds together under POSITIVITY. We are all teachers in 
life whether a person overstands it or not. Zulu members overstands that 
they are teachers so they do just that. We share our knowledge of what we 
learn in life and/or Zulu with others so their can be a balance within the 
other person life so that an understanding can be achieved and from that 
peace can be obtained. 
 
6. So all a person has to do is join, its that easy? 
 
Yes and no. You see Zulu is for everyone but not everyone is for Zulu. 
There is hard work involved.