Shahidi Islam, formerly Tony Saunders, made his bones in New York City as O.G. Foot-C of the Brooklyn, New York Crips in the late 1990s. After returning to London he soon reconnected with the godbody movement existing in South London, taking the name Shahidi Islam upon joining. Islam has since become a member of the Society for the Study of Theology as well as an advocate for the godbody movement.