Gets,

I seen Colors a few time and didn't realized it. Tookie was into the bodybuilder culture and that impressed those around him to do the same. Look at the pics of Raymond Washington and you'll see that he's much like T Rodgers size but well known as a lethal street boxer. Tookie reputation was more or less appearance per say.

Here's an article from an interview on T Rodgers back in 2005:

http://www.streetgangs.com/features/t-rodgers-new-book-02260