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Call it street literature or urban drama — we call it hip-hop literature. This exciting genre features fast-paced action, gritty ghetto realism, and social messages about the high price of the street life style. The interest level and the pace at which urban literature crosses over to multimedia is increasing as urban literature offers new and exciting content that caters to a growing demographic of Latino population, African Americans, and hip hop music fans.Lipstick Diaries 3 presents some of the best female storytellers in fiction today including Jasmine Clemente, Kisha Green, Melissa Castillo-Garsow, Tracee Hanna, Renarda Huggins, Fabiola Joseph, and many more.From coming-of-age stories to gangster tales, sexual fantasies and the dramas of love and romance—these stories ring true of personal experience and deep fantasy. Lipstick Diaries 3 is a page-turner that will excite, marvel, thrill and tickle the fantasies of readers everywhere.

Erick S. Gray cemented his reputation as a hip-hop writing legend with "Crave All, Lose All." Now, in this explosive sequel, Gray returns to characters Soul and America just as Soul is leaving his four-year stretch in prison for drug charges. America expects Soul to straighten up and fly right, but Soul has other ideas. As Soul once again becomes embroiled in the Queens drug scene -- a landscape rife with greed, betrayal, violence, and politics -- America and Soul find their love tested. The disintegrating relationship and intense plot twists -- including a crushing deception and a shocking murder -- make this a suspenseful, riveting read

"A Boogie Down Story" is a gripping fast paced drama jumping off at the beginning of the Hip Hop era. The explosion of the culture is a visual backdrop. Up in the Bronx where the people are fresh, The Blue Circle was the favorite hangout for b-boys and girls. As the culture grows so does the bond between four friends. Dawn, Keya, Forster, and Cash. Dawn juggles real love with her parents' self centered dreams. Keya is from a decent family, but her life transforms as she struggles with being a single teen parent. Forster and Cash are diehard friends, not even dough could separate them. Starting young in the street game, their pockets grew along with their attitudes. Envy and jealousy threaten these friendships until tragedy occurs. Forster has known Dawn since their teenage days and certainly never considered her a potential wife...until an unexpected heated kiss that brought hope and changes for all. Will they make it down the altar? Or must Forster pay with his life for Cash's beef?

Hip-hop fiction fans eager for more can feast on the second volume of this well-loved series. Featuring short stories from Genieva Borne, Camo, Endy, Brooke Green, Kineisha Gayle (the queen of hip hop lit), Carolyn McGill, Vanessa Martir, Princess Madison, Keisha Seignious, and a blistering foreword served up by Ms. Thug Love herself, Wahida Clark, "Lipstick Diaries Part 2" is a rousing collection from the voices that have come to define the genre

This latest installment of the popular, action-packed series follows Coco as her fortunes take a turn for the worse when she faces a looming threat while on the brink of fame.

Vincent lost his job and moved in with his mother. His friend Tyriq is a big time drug dealer and willing to sponsor him into a drug cartel. Vincent is reluctant, but his baby mama is nagging and bills are piling up. Hustling is the way. But his long-time friend (and an experienced hustler) Spoon is against Vincent getting down. Vincent ignores Spoon's advice and joins Tyriq. Vincent quickly starts stacking major figures. The never-ending gwap, expensive cars, jewelry and fast women prove addictive. What he craves could be his downfall. The higher he climbs, the more envy he encounters. Vincent is caught in a costly, ugly and vicious war. Younger soldiers are ready to kill in order to rise. Does Vincent have what it takes to succeed at this most ruthless, dirty game?

Boundless determination and hard work made Jaden the most celebrated athlete in the Northeast. Anyone who watched a Lincoln football game knew he was a budding star. With an ailing mother and bills to pay, a pro career seemed like a logical way out, but when jealousy eats at his best friend, Devlin, the latter derails all his hopes for living the high life, and the feud of a lifetime kicks off. Lacking job training and patience for a 9-to-5, Jaden teams up with his thug cohorts to live the illegal liferobberies and pushing the stuff that sells itself. With tons of help, J gets by, but his family comes apart at the seams, and the love of his life grows distant as his morals decay. Will he make it, or will the evils of the drug world tear him apart? Find out for yourself in "Hustle Hard, " a Harlem story.

A Good Day to Die is a thought-provoking look into gang violence in Gary. The Vice Lords and Gangster Disciples square off in a winner takes all, do or die, non-stop brawl. James Hendricks leaks a true story from his cell. His depiction of gang life is rife with knowledge. The story comes alive through Jon and Don, twins and products of Gary, charting their rise to fame in the drug game. From stick-up kids to carthieves, they put in work and get their rep. Rivals threaten to curtail their lives. Bullets have no names and the boys' actions bear repercussions. Everyone close to them is at risk and quickly learn, you live by the gun... Fascinating and high octane, A Good Day to Die will leave you breathlessly hanging on for dear life through all the twist and turns.