Download or read book A South Side Love Story written by Jessica N Watkins and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tricey, Vic, and Lyric are three friends from the Southside of Chicago fighting in the tumultuous war between finding the one amongst the chaotic sea of Mr. Wrongs. After breaking up with her baby's father, Memphis, Vic is in the arms of one new beau after the next; turning her heartbreak into a life filled with bald-headed h*e shenanigans. Vic's new approach to love terribly clashes with Asa's uncontrollable need for being more than her next sneaky link. However, Vic's refusal to commit doesn't keep Asa's alpha male, street swag from trying desperately to blow up the wall that she has built around her terribly damaged heart. As Vic runs from Asa's attempts to woo her, Tricey has done the unthinkable: fallen in love with her friend-with-benefits. After the heart-rendering endings of her past relationships, Akbar was the ideal replacement. Everything was perfect about him... except for his pregnant wife. After fighting against it, she falls in love and realizes that she needs to walk away from the man that she can't imagine living without. Then enters "Blood" the dope boy ready to sweep her off of her feet. But can she find the courage to walk away from the explosive chemistry between she and Akbar in order to enjoy the life that Blood wants to give her? While Tricey is stuck between a dope boy and her married love, Lyric and Salem are approaching their wedding date. As they prepare to spend the rest of their lives together, Salem is under the impression that he has chosen the perfect wife-to-be. Lyric struggles with this cloak of perfection as she figures out a way to quietly end the affair she's had on the side since the day she met her soon-to-be-husband. This is only the beginning of this Urban Romance, which is filled with love that hurts, betrayals, and feels tragically unsustainable. Packed with a sea of characters that add their own two cents of drama and contribute to the shocking and heartrending end, this love story is of three homegirls, not only falling in love with the one, but also falling in love with themselves. * This is a re-release of the previously published book, Love, Sex, Lies. Since this book was written when I was very young, I wanted to give it the quality and attention that these characters deserve. This story has been revamped. Changes have been made, and many scenes have been added.
Download or read book Holding A Dope Boy Down written by CoCo Shawnde and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born and raised in the trap, Dime loved the streets like no other, but when the love she was showing the streets returned void, this young teen was ripped from all she knew. Losing all that was familiar to her and everyone in the process, she finds herself in a group home with strangers who were out for self. Never one to fold, Dime chose to adapt to her circumstances, only she didn’t know that adapting meant busting sales for Blocc. Though the money was slow, Dime held her dope boy down like no other. When the money doesn’t seem to pick up, Dime starts to wonder how long is she supposed to remain a dope boy's down chick. Blocc comes with a murderous background that he keeps sealed. His dope boy character is only a stepping stool to the kingpin status he thirsts for. Even at the tender age of sixteen, he’s been grooming himself to join the big league in the game. Dime coming along for the ride opens him up to the love connection that is evident between the two young birds. With time, he sees the drug game for how treacherous it is but takes on the losses, never giving up on his cocaine dreams despite barely having crack money. With Dime by his side, climbing up the ranks is bound to happen, but will Dime stay down for the climb? Kingpins aren’t made overnight, and the road ahead will consist of bloodshed, betrayal, and young love in the streets of St. Louis
Download or read book Southside Provisional written by Kieran Conway and published by Orpen Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the more important, courageous and insightful books on the Troubles, all the more so because of the southern angle. I predict that it will be remembered for a long time." – Ed Moloney, journalist and author It's August 1969 and Northern Ireland is burning. Catholics are marching for civil rights and loyalist attacks have brought the British army onto the streets to quell the riots. In the middle-class suburbs of south Dublin, the political atmosphere that is transforming the North finds an unlikely convert in law student Kieran Conway. Determined to play his part, he goes to London to join the IRA. Following his training, he participates in gun fights, bank raids and intelligence-gathering sorties in England, on the Irish border and in Derry, where he encounters the young Martin McGuinness. Arrested during a British Army raid on a safe house, he is imprisoned in Crumlin Road prison, where he participates in the successful hunger strike for political status. He is transferred to Long Kesh, where he becomes adjutant to the legendary Billy McKee. On his release, he reports back to the IRA and is appointed to its general headquarters staff, where he serves during the controversial ceasefire of 1975. Profoundly disillusioned by the dysfunction within the movement, he resigns in late 1975 and returns to university, although he rejoins the IRA in 1981 before eventually leaving for good in 1993. Southside Provisional provides candid portraits of the leading IRA figures of the 1970s, alongside detailed accounts of the politics, organisation, training and operational methods of the IRA. Throughout the story, Conway's personal journey from teenage middle-class Anglophile to committed IRA activist is set against the political and military developments of the 1970s. He is not afraid to address difficult issues such as the IRA bombing campaign and its response to the loyalist killing of nationalists. Honest, fearless and frank, Southside Provisional is a fascinating first-hand account of Conway's time within Ireland's most secretive and notorious organisation.
Download or read book Creepin Around 2 written by Tabeitha Pollard and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drama continues as this group of friends learn to navigate through life. They all have their own lives with their own share of drama. With Prophet still around, will Chrystianna and Magic ever be free from his control? Will everyone be as forgiving of Magic and her past, or will she still be the odd man out? What happens when a major part of Dreaux’s life shows up in his kitchen? How will Tiana cope? What happens when she has her own surprises as well? There is more drama, tears and happiness in the continuing love story that started with Creepin’ Around?
Download or read book Houston Rap Tapes written by Lance Scott Walker and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The neighborhoods of Fifth Ward, Fourth Ward, Third Ward, and the Southside of Houston, Texas, gave birth to Houston rap, a vibrant music scene that has produced globally recognized artists such as Geto Boys, DJ Screw, Pimp C and Bun B of UGK, Fat Pat, Big Moe, Z-Ro, Lil’ Troy, and Paul Wall. Lance Scott Walker and photographer Peter Beste spent a decade documenting Houston’s scene, interviewing and photographing the people—rappers, DJs, producers, promoters, record label owners—and places that give rap music from the Bayou City its distinctive character. Their collaboration produced the books Houston Rap and Houston Rap Tapes. This second edition of Houston Rap Tapes amplifies the city’s hip-hop history through new interviews with Scarface, Slim Thug, Lez Moné, B L A C K I E, Lil’ Keke, and Sire Jukebox of the original Ghetto Boys. Walker groups the interviews into sections that track the different eras and movements in Houston rap, with new photographs and album art that reveal the evolution of the scene from the 1970s to today’s hip-hop generation. The interviews range from the specifics of making music to the passions, regrets, memories, and hopes that give it life. While offering a view from some of Houston’s most marginalized areas, these intimate conversations lay out universal struggles and feelings. As Willie D of Geto Boys writes in the foreword, “Houston Rap Tapes flows more like a bunch of fellows who haven’t seen each other for ages, hanging out on the block reminiscing, rather than a calculated literary guide to Houston’s history.”
Download or read book Hip Hop in Houston written by Maco L. Faniel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rap-A-Lot Records, U.G.K. (Pimp C and Bun B), Paul Wall, Beyonce, Chamillionaire and Scarface are all names synonymous with contemporary hip-hop. And they have one thing in common: Houston. Long before the country came to know the chopped and screwed style of rap from the Bayou City in the late 1990s, hip-hop in Houston grew steadily and produced some of the most prolific independent artists in the industry. With early roots in jazz, blues, R&B and zydeco, Houston hip-hop evolved not only as a musical form but also as a cultural movement. Join Maco L. Faniel as he uncovers the early years of Houston hip-hop from the music to the culture it inspired.
Download or read book 2Gether Rich 4Ever written by Ernest Calloway and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psycho was a lost little boy thatvwas scared of facing life alone. Psycho had to make a life decision that would affect his entire life. Psycho learn the game by his mentor Big head. In his rise to power he found love beyond his imagination. Little did Psycho know everything was about to change. Money power was now his new friend.
Download or read book Chicago Boy written by Edward Kenith Burbridge and published by L A & Chicago River. This book was released on 1991 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago Boy is about a gang youth who relives the ghost of his past, returning to the Windy City after a 23 year & six months absence. Chicago Boy, AKA, Kenny Edwards III, rejects a scholarship to the University of Chicago & takes a Steel mill job. At a deadend, he joined the Navy, later earning a journalism degree, became a television executive, & made a million in California real estate. Publisher: LA & CHICAGO RIVER UNDERGROUND PRESS, 417 N. Orange Avenue, West Covina, CA 91790, (818) 337-1050, FAX: Call for number.
Download or read book Hated with a Passion written by Lawanna Damous and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passion Coley began life with the world at her fingertips, due to her father's wealth. When her father was arrested and sentenced to 10 years, she and her mother went from riches to rags within a matter of months. Passion was often left in her grandfather's care which was a big mistake. After being molested and other traumatic events at home, she was placed into foster care where she met her best friend...and worst enemy. When she met Dru Tidwell, her life seemed to be changing for the better. With his New York/Miami ties, they reigned over the streets of Youngstown. Unbeknownst to Dru, she caught him cheating with the only person she trusted in the world and plotted to secretly destroy them and conquer the game all at once...but her plan backfired, leaving Passion to make a devastating, life altering decision that threatened to ruin her career and take her off the streets...permanently. Ride with Passion as she attempts to beat the odds. Will she succeed or succumb to the rough streets of Youngstown, Ohio?
Download or read book Hip Hop And Other Things written by Shea Serrano and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HIP-HOP (AND OTHER THINGS) is about, as it were, rap, but also some other things. It's a smart, fun, funny, insightful book that spends the entirety of its time celebrating what has become the most dominant form of music these past two and a half decades. Tupac is in there. Jay Z is in there. Missy Elliott is in there. Drake is in there. Pretty much all of the big names are in there, as are a bunch of the smaller names, too. There's art from acclaimed illustrator Arturo Torres, there are infographics and footnotes; there's all kinds of stuff in there. Some of the chapters are serious, and some of the chapters are silly, and some of the chapters are a combination of both things. All of them, though, are treated with the care and respect that they deserve. HIP-HOP (AND OTHER THINGS) is the third book in the (And Other Things) series. The first two—Basketball (And Other Things) and Movies (And Other Things)—were both #1 New York Times bestsellers.
Download or read book Fellside written by M. R. Carey and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of a devastating fire, a prisoner is offered one chance at redemption in this haunting supernatural suspense from the author of USA Today bestseller, The Girl With All the Gifts. Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors. It's not the kind of place you'd want to end up. But it's where Jess Moulson could be spending the rest of her life. It's a place where even the walls whisper. And one voice belongs to a little boy with a message for Jess. Will she listen? Lose yourself in Fellside, M. R. Carey's chillingly atmospheric tale of addiction, revenge, and redemption.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-07 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Download or read book Houston Rap written by Lance Scott Walker and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Houston, Texas, neighborhoods of Fifth Ward, Third Ward and South Park have grown to be hallowed ground for modern rap culture, populated with celebrities, entrepreneurs, support networks and a micro-economy of their own. Photographer Peter Beste (photographer of True Norwegian Black Metal) and writer Lance Scott Walker spent nine years documenting the most influential style in twenty-first-century hip hop and the vibrant inner city culture from which it stems. Houston Rap, edited by Johan Kugelberg, profiles noted artists such as Bun B of UGK, Z-Ro, Big Mike, K-Rino, Willie D of the Geto Boys, Lil’ Troy and Paul Wall, alongside reflections on the lives of departed legends such as DJ Screw, Pimp C and Big Hawk. The book also features community leaders, rappers, producers, businessmen and family members, all providing an astonishing and important insight into a great American cultural narrative. In addition to featuring Beste’s previously unseen images of the contemporary Houston rap scene, Houston Rapincludes a detailed timeline charting the growth of rap music in Houston from its origins to the present.
Download or read book The Autobiography of Gucci Mane written by Gucci Mane and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly anticipated memoir from Gucci Mane, "one of hip-hop's most prolific and admired artists" (The New York Times).
Download or read book Queens Reigns Supreme written by Ethan Brown and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-12-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on police wiretaps and exclusive interviews with drug kingpins and hip-hop insiders, this is the untold story of how the streets and housing projects of southeast Queens took over the rap industry.For years, rappers from Nas to Ja Rule have hero-worshipped the legendary drug dealers who dominated Queens in the 1980s with their violent crimes and flashy lifestyles. Now, for the first time ever, this gripping narrative digs beneath the hip-hop fables to re-create the rise and fall of hustlers like Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols, Gerald “Prince” Miller, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, and Thomas “Tony Montana” Mickens. Spanning twenty-five years, from the violence of the crack era to Run DMC to the infamous murder of NYPD rookie Edward Byrne to Tupac Shakur to 50 Cent’s battles against Ja Rule and Murder Inc., to the killing of Jam Master Jay, Queens Reigns Supreme is the first inside look at the infamous southeast Queens crews and their connections to gangster culture in hip hop today.
Download or read book Every Savage Deserves A Hood Chick 2 written by J Dominique and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After experiencing the worst a man had to offer, Makiyah thought she was finally getting her happily ever after. Kane had given her a new sense of life, showering her with love, attention, and respect. Never having had that type of treatment is new for her, but she's quickly learning that the new man in her life will go above and beyond just to make her happy. Unfortunately, Romell isn't done with the beautiful Makiyah just yet. He's back with a vengeance and looking to fight for what he feels belongs to him. When he shows up on her birthday trip, things quickly go left, and he does the unthinkable. Will Kane be able to save the day once again? Or will Romell's plan mess things up for the couple? Dymani isn't used to the feelings she's growing for the rude and arrogant Kendu. But he's quickly breaking down the walls she has around her heart. When she finally begins to feel like she may be able to trust him fully, a secret he's been holding on to threatens everything they've built. Will she be able to look past his indiscretions in the name of love? Or will his lies prove to be too much? The brothers have a lot going on between revenge and proving their love for their women, but they have every intention of handling both by any means necessary. Come along on the final ride and find out why Every Savage Deserves A Hood Chick.
Download or read book When the Side N gga Catch Feelings written by Jessica N. Watkins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two women are unfaithful for two totally different reasons.
