That "ID" is a Photoshop of this:
As for the book blurb, however, that's for real.
It got changed when Zero's ambitions exceeded becoming Mayor of Chicago. Until then, it enhanced his legend as somebody different and presumably better. But, running for the top job, it would have been a constitutional problem.
zero was and is ambitious all right...
see #5
last sentence of first paragraph, and first sentence of last paragraph...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3113859/posts?page=5;q=1#5