Each member exemplified an ethnic stereotype, and rapped as they approached the ring in camouflage clothing.
The Latino Konnan was dubbed "The Magic Stick", his New World Order (nWo) nickname "K-Dogg", or sometimes "K-Dizzle."
In the World Wrestling Federation in late 2000, Degeneration X finally came to an end following a short feud between Road Dogg (B.G.
Afterwards, James was paired with the debuting K-Kwik (Ron Killings) in a short lived hip hop-themed tag team.
At first, they did spots where the three of them were made fun of other Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestlers and, occasionally, each other.
Starting on July 16 of that year, they began with a series of vignettes where they all went to the settings of their individual stereotypes.
In the second one, they all went to a Mexican restaurant, where The Truth ordered orange juice and instead got tequila, proceeding to get drunk.
Killings and James got a shot at the NWA World Tag Team Championship by winning a four-team/eight-man Gauntlet Match on November 12.
On November 26, the entire 3LK faced Diamond, Swinger and Glenn Gilberti in a six-man tag team match for the titles.
They were ultimately defeated for the titles by Red Shirt Security, Kevin Northcutt and Joe Legend, on January 28, 2004.
3LK continue to make an impact in TNA throughout 2004, with The Truth eventually returning to singles action and going after the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
was a six-man tag match against David Young and The Naturals, Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens, on June 11.
The Kru would begin 2005 with a feud with Shazarian, Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian, which embroiled TNA Impact!
Soon after Billy Gunn signed with TNA initially as "The Outlaw", he started targeting B.G., his former tag-team partner in the WWF, and began a campaign of sabotage against the 3LK.
on the team of Diamond Dallas Page as their "mystery partner" to replace an injured Kevin Nash.
James asked Diamond Dallas Page to tag with him against their respective foes, The Outlaw and Monty Brown at Hard Justice on May 15.
however continued his unwillingness to come to blows with The Outlaw as "travel problems" led to him not arriving in time for the match.
James with Cassidy Riley against Ron Killings and Sonjay Dutt on the August 19, 2005, episode of TNA Impact!
Eventually B.G and The Truth ended up facing each other in the ring, but they refused to fight, drawing the ire of their respective partners.
This allowed Sonjay to hit the Hindu Press and get the pin for the victory, advancing with The Truth to the semifinals.
He offered his protection (to neutralize D'Amore in particular, in his own words) to the group at BFG, but Konnan thought it was a bad idea.
Kip James refereed a Hockey Stick Fight between 3LK and Team Canada at Genesis on November 13 and called the match fairly.
On December 3, 4LK gave an interview to Terry Taylor along with BG's father, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong.
On December 11 at Turning Point 2005, Konnan hit Kip James with a steel chair at the end of their match with Team Canada.
He offered his companionship to The Truth, but Killings was upset, yelling at Konnan to hit him as well, thus ending the team.