Growing Up XBy: Ilyasah Shabazz Ilyasah Shabazz has written a compelling and lyrical coming of age story as well as a candid and heart warming tribute to her parents. Growing Up X is destined to become a classic. SPIKE LEE February 21, 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated in Harlems Audubon Ballroom. June 23, 1997: After surviving for a remarkable twenty two days, his widow, Betty Shabazz, dies of burns suffered in a fire. In the years between, their six daughters