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“Have you ever wanted something so bad you was willing to crawl over bodies to get it? I mean, fiend for it so hard it didn’t matter who you hurt, how low you had to scrape, it was gonna be yours? That’s what music and balling did for me. They were the fundamentals behind my rise . . . and the perpetrators of my fall. They called me Harlem’s black prince–a rising star who carried street dreams on his back. But the streets,...
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American Royalty (Tracey Livesay) volume 2
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Taking their relationship public, American rapper Danielle "Duchess" Nelson and brilliant reclusive royal Prince Jameson learn that their popularity comes with a price when people try to take advantage of their fame, especially when his family is embroiled in yet another scandal.
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Working at Miami's Queen of Diamonds gentleman's club to support herself until turning twenty-one, Desirae discovers her talent for rap music and becomes famous seemingly overnight, before her success is threatened by a rival newcomer and a friend's brutal murder.
"Desirae Fernandez is kicked out of her parents' home in Little Havana on her eighteenth birthday. She has only one plan, and that is to be agrown-up. When her best friend gives her the...
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Crescent Crew volume 4
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The founder and leader of the Crescent Crew negotiates a supply of products from lockdown while his second-on-command, Bone, has a secret agenda that is starting an internal war.
5) Dirty Jersey
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From zero to hero
What's cool at Eric Posey's high school? A player's swagger, a baller's style, and game enough to catch every girl. Unfortunately, Eric is seriously uncool—unlike his popular sister, Kenya, who sings like an angel. But forget the choir; Kenya wants the fabulous life—bad boys and fly girls.
A chance encounter with Fiasco, one of the hottest rappers around, gives Eric entr?into the world of the "Dirty Jersey"...
What's cool at Eric Posey's high school? A player's swagger, a baller's style, and game enough to catch every girl. Unfortunately, Eric is seriously uncool—unlike his popular sister, Kenya, who sings like an angel. But forget the choir; Kenya wants the fabulous life—bad boys and fly girls.
A chance encounter with Fiasco, one of the hottest rappers around, gives Eric entr?into the world of the "Dirty Jersey"...
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Karen Williams has never been a big believer in fate. As she fights to make her neighborhood a safer place, her motto is determination, not destiny. But from the moment they meet, the community activist feels an instant, powerful connection to searingly sexy Darius (D-Roc) Rollins. And when they share a soul-stirring kiss, she knows their passion is meant to be. Darius came up the hard way. Now the celebrated rapper and up-and-coming Hollywood star...
8) Dirty music
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Crescent Crew volume 3
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When a rising star's reckless power grab ignites an industry war between a rap mogul and a leading R & B artist, a label founder on the brink of becoming the world's biggest independent resorts to extreme measures to maintain control.
9) Street rap
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Crescent Crew volume 1
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"For Reece and Qwess, being rap superstars was the dream, but in real life nothing moved without money. So they formed the Crescent Crew, and outfit of young, ruthless hustlers that locked the Southern drug trade in a stranglehold. They're at the height of their power when Qwess is offered a record deal from a major label. He accepts and makes plans for his whole crew to go legit, but Reece enjoys his position as king of the streets and has no desire...
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"Former bodyguard D Hunter has moved to Los Angeles to become a talent manager. Business is good: he has signed a hot Atlanta rapper named Lil Daye for management and negotiated a lucrative endorsement with a liquor brand. However, when D learns of the liquor CEO's unsavory sexual habits and reactionary political views, he worries that he has sold his soul. Back in Brooklyn, a body has been found in the waters near the Canarsie Pier, a body that connects...
11) Vagablonde
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"Prue is a 30-year-old attorney who wants two things, the first is to live without psychotropic medication, and the second is to experience success as a rap artist. Her life is good on paper: she has an easy government job and a nice girlfriend who gets her in to all the right shows, but she wants to truly thrive. When Prue is introduced to music producer Jax Jameson, a human disco ball as manic and unpredictable as he is talented, they instantly...
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Professional bodyguard D Hunter takes a gig protecting rapper Asya Roc at an underground fight club in poverty-stricken Brownsville, Brooklyn. Unknown to D, the rapper has arranged to purchase illegal guns at the event. An acquaintance of D from the streets named Ice turns out to be the courier. During the exchange a robbery is attempted and a bloody shoot-out ensues. D finds himself involved in multiple mysteries. Who were the gunmen? Why were they...
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Entertainment reporter Amari Christopher begins to rethink her party-girl lifestyle as she approaches forty and decides to start attending church, where she meets devout and loving Mandrel Ingram, but a series of flings with singer Apollo Rison complicate her choice.
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"The son of a hustler, ... Power has followed in his family's footsteps and made a name for himself as one of the most respected hustlers on the streets of [Queensboro]. Along with his best friend and partner Kane, [he] create a super group that sets out to take the streets and hip-hop world by storm. But soon Power finds himself in the middle of a love triangle gone wrong with a label owner and his lead singer Egypt, which threatens the freedom and...
17) Supreme
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The second installment of Men of the Bitch Series follows the journey of Supreme. Supreme was destined for greatness but he had to pay a high price to get there. He went from a young man with big dreams to a superstar rapper, who had the music industry in the palm of his hand. With much success comes many lessons and Supreme had to learn them the hard way. His path to greatness left a trail of secrets that Supreme would like to remain buried with...
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