Download or read book Hustler s Dreams Federal Nightmares written by Amir Sanchez and published by Urban Soul. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The game once had three major rules that were never to be broken or compromised, regardless of how serious things got in one's life. Death before dishonor was more than just a code; it was the law of the streets, written in the blood of the OGs who killed and died upholding it. Back then, there were many rewards for those who followed the codes. On the other hand, the penalty was death for anyone who violated the laws, and anybody close to him. At the very least, that person would be blackballed from the hood and any illegal street ventures. Clearly the game as we once knew it has been changed by today's hustlers, gangsters, and crooks. Most of them have strayed far from the script. The majority of them would rather save their asses than save face. They would sooner live with shame and disgrace than die with honor and respect. With the current status of the game and the sheisty individuals who are playing it, is there anyone who will honor the past and acknowledge the rules of the game for what they used to be? A newcomer to the urban lit scene, Amir Sanchez delivers a realistic, gripping story of life on the streets, where hustlers still rule, but honor and loyalty have taken on new meaning.
Download or read book Loving A Dopeboy Through It All written by Prenisha Ajá and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As women, we all find ourselves playing tug of war with our hearts and our minds, even when deep down, we know what she should do. Tiyanna is just like many women who can’t decide if she wants to stay or leave her husband, Charles, whom she has been married to for years. She finds herself being held hostage in an abusive relationship for the sake of keeping the picture-perfect image. However, with a best friend named Briesha in her corner, she leans on her for support and advice, not knowing that Briesha isn’t being a real friend because, even though Tiyanna is opening up to her, Briesha is keeping secrets. Find out the price you’ll pay when you fall in love with a dope boy by reading Loving a Dope Boy Through It All by Prenisha Aja’. You’ll find yourself glued to your seat as you ride a wave of a storm as Tiyanna walks a tightrope as thin as sewing thread that will eventually snap. Blood will be drawn, secrets will be kept, and love will be lost, but will death be the only way out?
Download or read book Cecil Jarrell Dowden s Dopeboy Hustle the Play written by Cecil Jarrell Dowden and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a seventeen year old ex carrier named Calvin Wilkins who is trying to straighten his life around because of the recent pregnancy of his girlfriend. After getting into some trouble, he is now staying with his girlfriend Briana, her mother Yvette Parker, her sister Keisha Parker, and grandma Miss Gloria. Besides Briana, Miss Gloria is the only other person in the house that likes Calvin. Struggling with his drug problem, his brother being released from juevnile hall and adapting to a new life with the Parkers, Calvin is learning how to change for the better and that even though hustle is neccessary, being responsible and showing discipline is what makes you a man.
Download or read book Dopeboy Dreams Nightmares written by Sonya Davis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hood nigga meets a good girl and changes his ways only to have his past come back with a vengeance. Dream was everything Cali never thought he wanted; smart, educated, and beautiful; she turned his world upside down and had him ready to do the unthinkable. But what happens when dreams turn into nightmares and betrayal lurks around every corner. Cali Washington is "that dude". At 21, he has the streets all figured out, and lives by his own "G" code....."Money over Everything". Dream Carter is a young, beautiful, and educated woman with her life all figured out. She has "standards" that she must live by and while it's fun to date the "bad guy", she has no intentions of falling in love with one. Two people, seemingly on opposite paths, find themselves on a collision course with destiny. Can Cali's "G code" live up to Dream's standard and eventually win her heart? Follow Cali, Chaz, Dream, and Nesha on a journey that could only end in heartache, prison, or death.
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 Beautiful Boy written by David Sheff and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheff's story tells of his teenage son's addiction to meth, in this real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the family's gradual emergence into hope.
Download or read book The Bitch is Back written by Joy Deja King and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Bitch Is Back, Precious is relishing in every hood queen's dream life. She has her king, Supreme, and her princess, their daughter Aaliyah. With an estate in Beverly Hills, a fleet of luxurious cars and endless cash flow, the drama Precious experienced in the gritty streets of New York is a distant memory -- or so she thought. Without warning, Precious worst nightmare becomes a reality. Pretty Boy Mike, the man who brutally raped Precious and who plotted to have her husband Supreme killed, has escaped from prison. With her life in danger, Precious resorts to what she knows best -- murder and mayhem -- to defend herself and the people she loves. Hell hath no fury than a gangsta chick out to protect what she cherishes the most -- her family. Brace yourself as Precious again wreaks havoc from West to East Coast battling her most treacherous enemy yet.
Download or read book THE Dummyboi SAGA written by Alan K. Stanley and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dummyboi Saga... In this laugh now, cry later, coming of age tale; a teenage gangster, Sigger P. Stanley, while nearing adulthood, behaves well beyond his years, operating as a soldier inside a local drug cartel. Strategically, he navigates his way through adolescence, fighting to win battles in the high-stakes vintage war of good against evil. But which side is he on? Set in the poverty stricken inner-city of Southside Goings (Donald County), Little Sigger showcases his deep desires for money and women, his fascination with love, and his never-ending chess game with the streets. Will he stay honorable and loyal to his gang, aligning with the visions his leaders have for him? Or will his ambition for control and independence of self lead him down a path headed straight for the grave?
Download or read book My World of Poetry written by Jonathan Owens and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book you will experience real emotions that I dealt with in my life. I felt different like I didnt belong, poetry was the only way I could express myself. Some of the poems may seem like rap or hip-hop, which was my way of fitting in. I also fell victim to the world of addiction for me that is how I dealt with my emotions. As a member of a 12 step fellowship I realized that I didnt want to feel. Drugs and Alcohol made me feel alive, but that feeling would only last so long. After a while I felt misery, pain, and unhappiness. Until one day God granted me the gift of desperation. From that day on Ive been sober, but like a good addict those feelings come back. Thats why I consider myself Still in The Grips.
Download or read book Can t Leave You Alone written by Brittany R. Harris and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen-year-old Egypt Montes never let herself get mixed up in the streets unlike her mom, sister, and brother. Graduation is approaching and soon Egypt will be off to college. Never will she have to look back at her block. But will her plans change when RoShawn Coldfield enters her life? RoShawn Coldfield is a high school dropout who is also deep into the streets. Egypt tries to stay far away from him, but can't seem to pull away especially when he brings life threatening drama and danger into her once peaceful life. she figures out she's been living in a world she knew nothing about. Twenty-year-old Roshawn, better known on the block as Rosh, was on top of his game until a bad turn of events landed him in the last place he wanted to be. School. Yet he will let nothing stop his success as he sets up a plan of events in the midst of someone unknown having a hit out for him. Rosh fights to protect Egypt and his rep, but will it all be worth it or will he fall and drag innocent Egypt down with him?
Download or read book Old THOT Next Door written by Quan Millz and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OLD THOT NEXT DOOR is indeed a long-anticipated ratchet soap opera thriller by bestselling African-American Urban Fiction author QUAN MILLZ.Meet Vernita Ernestine Washington, a feisty 76-year-old woman who doesn't care what you think about her ways, especially for a woman her age. Yeah, she might be a senior citizen but she'd be the first to tell you AGE AIN'T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER! She's convinced the honeycomb between her legs doesn't taste a day older than forty. "Don't let the gray hairs fool you now!"A retired employee of the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles, Mrs. Washington runs the mean, cold streets of Chi-town messing with all types of young thugs with multiple felonies. A widow for some time now, Vernita is determined to make up for her stale marriage. However, when a major health scare sets her back, she finds herself losing everything. Reality sets in that her time on Earth is about to come to a close. Now faced with a death sentence, Vernita seeks to live out her remaining days being the biggest old super freak. She gets her mojo back and begins living her life again. But a major, surprising twist will throw her life into more unpredictable chaos.Read more in OLD THOT NEXT DOOR!
Download or read book There Are No Children Here written by Alex Kotlowitz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed journalist that "informs the heart. [This] meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape" (The New York Times). "Alex Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the subiect of urban poverty."—Chicago Tribune The story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.
Download or read book Hurricanes written by Rick Ross and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *AN XXL BEST RAPPER-PENNED BIOGRAPHY* “A gripping journey.”—People The highly anticipated memoir from hip-hop icon Rick Ross chronicles his coming of age amid Miami’s crack epidemic, his star-studded controversies and his unstoppable rise to fame. Rick Ross is an indomitable presence in the music industry, but few people know his full story. Now, for the first time, Ross offers a vivid, dramatic and unexpectedly candid account of his early childhood, his tumultuous adolescence and his dramatic ascendancy in the world of hip-hop. Born William Leonard Roberts II, Ross grew up “across the bridge,” in a Miami at odds with the glitzy beaches, nightclubs and yachts of South Beach. In the aftermath of the 1980 race riots and the Mariel boatlift, Ross came of age at the height of the city’s crack epidemic, when home invasions and execution-style killings were commonplace. Still, in the midst of the chaos and danger that surrounded him, Ross flourished, first as a standout high school football player and then as a dope boy in Carol City’s notorious Matchbox housing projects. All the while he honed his musical talent, overcoming setback after setback until a song called “Hustlin’” changed his life forever. From the making of “Hustlin’” to his first major label deal with Def Jam, to the controversy surrounding his past as a correctional officer and the numerous health scares, arrests and feuds he had to transcend along the way, Hurricanes is a revealing portrait of one of the biggest stars in the rap game, and an intimate look at the birth of an artist.
Download or read book A Ghetto Love Story written by Percy Levy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A GHETTO LOVE STORY Just because a person is a crack smoker doesn't mean they have to be treated like "Pookie" from New Jack City. With that fact in mind, A Ghetto Love Story makes sure that OG Black responds to the slightest hint of disrespect with extreme violence. By living this way he manages to maintain a comfortable existence on the streets of Seattle as a small time drug hustler. That is until his 18-year-old daughter (who has been in foster care since she was a child) forces herself into his life with some questions that need to be answered. A Ghetto Love Story is the story of what happens when a young girl raised up in the suburbs gets rudely introduced to the darker side of existence. Not only does Tia go looking for her father at the wrong time (in the middle of a bloody street war), but she also winds up becoming emotionally attached to a young gang leader in a way that will without doubt change her life forever. This book should not be confused with other current Urban/Street Lit books on the market. A Ghetto Love Story is intended to be a very realistic look into the pain and misery of the African-American street culture. Although the story line contains hard language and extreme violence-which is simply part and parcel of street life-it likewise contains an underlying message of love and hope.
Download or read book Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead Book 3 written by Rick Riordan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rick Riordan's Norse hero faces his greatest challenge yet in the final instalment of the series. Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. Now he's readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, armed with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the Norse gods and begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It's up to Magnus Chase and his friends to stop Loki's plans, but to do so they will have to sail across the oceans of Midgard, Jotunheim and Niflheim in a desperate race to reach Naglfar before it's ready to sail on Midsummer's Day. Along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, and an evil fire-breathing dragon who happens to be a former acquaintance. But Magnus's biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons. To defeat Loki, Magnus will need to use words, not force. This will require finding a magical elixir so deadly that it will either make Magnus Chase powerful enough to out-talk the silver-tongued Loki, or destroy Magnus utterly.
Download or read book Thousands of Lies written by Manuel Marrero and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-20 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Agent Rx, chronic criminal and fugitive, goes off on a dust binge, he hits rock bottom and hits the road, leaving a trail of tears, violence and infamy in his wake. Meanwhile, Jordan Strong uncovers a highly classified method of time travel under the fixed scrutiny of various government agencies and chapters of the occult all coveting his guinea pig tits 'n appeal. Enlisting Rx's blue-collar bred double helix for tedium and accumulation of detail, they exploit parallel realities and paradoxical time lines to mine a collaborative novel transcribed from the voices of the dead. They stage the Phenotypical Exploitation, a kidnapping of Jane Bale and subsequent sale to NYC's dance music circuit, purveyor of drugs, sex and art. But their interests unravel when Agent Rx tries to reverse engineer the domestic trial of the century, bringing the novel, its author and the Exploitation's fatally erotic subject into notoriety for dollars on retrograde dimes. Together, they embark on a literary crusade of self-sabotage that threatens to fall off the cutting edge of a techno thriller, picaresque odyssey and log of skeletons. An upscale Polish call girl develops a posthumous reputation as the poster child for the right to die movement. The simultaneous advances in medical science and life expectancy coincide with the human colonization of Mars. A transgendered stick-up thug pulls off a career robbery, befriends a US President, gets used by the CIA, and becomes a father. A media star attempts to change her image. Paranormal visitations threaten the sanity of hard drug addicts, all the while a support group for movement disorders braces as a roundtable therapeutic free-for-all. Is a telephonic method of time travel the real deal, or an exploitation in itself, a device for dredging up juice from a cold vein? This is the story of two men among hundreds of ghosts and trees, from Cuba in the 1930s to New York in 2046. I know folks from the rust belt to the dust bowl who've never seen these trees. Go see them. You owe it to yourself.
Download or read book Estimating the Size and Structure of the Underground Commercial Sex Economy in Eight Major U s Cities written by United States Government and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010, the National Institute of Justice funded the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center to measure the size and structure of the underground commercial sex economy in eight major US cities. The goals of this study were to: (1) derive a more rigorous estimate of the underground commercial sex economy (UCSE) in eight major US cities and (2) provide an understanding of the structure of this underground economy. To date, no reliable data exist to provide national or state policymakers with a verifiable and detailed understanding of underground commercial sex trade networks or the ways in which these networks interact with one another on the local, state, or interstate level. In addition, there is no information regarding the relationship between the UCSE and the local commercial sex trade or commercial sex activity conducted over the Internet. This study aimed to close the gap in our understanding about the nature and extent of these activities.
