Chance may have a good job, a nice home and a beautiful girlfriend, but he still has ties to his past, like his homeboy, Calhoun, a drug-selling deadbeat. Then Chance's upright life flips upside down when he's framed for murder and loses everything—his job, his home, his girlfriend and almost his mind. Behind bars, Chance's only ray of hope in his life is his pen pal, Deyja. . .. When he's released after seven years, he finds her, but he doesn't reveal his true identity to her. Deyja doesn't realize she's falling for her former pen pal. All she knows is she's finally found a man who satisfies her every desire. But when Chance's old friends creep back into his life, will his past destroy his future with the woman he loves?

"Explores every aspect of Tupac's career in a diverse selection of interviews, articles, reviews and essays"--Page 4 of cover.

UPDATED 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Offering an intimate and indispensable window onto the gifted and impassioned, yet vulnerable and uncertain human behind the hip-hop legend of Tupac Shakur, this collection of original poems, letters, and conversations from his time spent incarcerated in 1995 reveals the artist and activist as never seen before. With a new introduction and closing note from Angela Ardis, as well as a foreword by writer, activist, and television personality Kevin Powell In 1995, one year before Tupac Shakur was shot dead in Las Vegas, he was jailed for two months inside New York City’s notorious Rikers Island. While there, he received a letter from a stranger—Angela Ardis, acting on a casual bet with her friends. She included her photo and phone number . . . and soon found herself answering a call from Tupac himself. Remarkably, their near-daily contact grew into a complex kinship of souls that neither could define—and touched both in unexpected ways. Alive in letters and original poems—some available nowhere else—Tupac’s ever-relevant heart beats within these pages. Playful, sensual, and serious, he gives insightful observations on music, prison, and life’s uncertainties—and his dreams for a future that would soon be tragically cut short. In this moving, one-of-a-kind tribute, generations of fans can experience a profound connection to the mind and unbroken spirit of a passionate, unpredictable musical icon.

The streets pump blood through Rocko’s heart, but his women are the electricity that spreads and causes it to contract. Though he’s madly in love with his fiancée, Troi, he can’t keep his past mistakes with other women from catching up with him. “Mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before.” Troi is tired of his constant lies and cheating ways, while Heather and Mai find that being Rocko’s baby mamas comes with more than they bargained for. Troi discovers that she’s pregnant just when she’s wishing she could shake Rocko for the last time. When things seem as if they can’t get any worse, Rocko discovers he has yet another baby mama who hid his child from him. Trying his best to stay out of prison for a murder he didn’t commit, he keeps Troi out of harm’s way. While the streets want him, his children, and the women in his life dead, the only thing he wants to do is to marry Troi once and for all. Will Rocko be able to keep everyone safe and change his life for the better? Or will the street jury find him guilty and take everything away?

Read the book that inspired the movie! Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping novel about one girl's struggle for justice.

Identical twin sisters, Denver and Aurora Andrews were always close until a traumatic situation left the twins to figure out life on their own. Denver was the one who had her entire life planned out by the age of ten. After achieving the dream husband, career and home, she still feels like something is missing when it comes to love. Malik isn’t doing it for her anymore. She’s over the lies and is ready to be with someone who knows her worth. The comes Myles Mills, a handsome and very successful kingpin with a thug allure that catches her eye. Myles has never had a problem getting ladies, so when he meets the beautiful Denver Andrews, he knows that she’s not like the rest. She’s off limits but Myles has a hard time leaving her alone. And, eventually it becomes clear that he won't...

You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe. Brie overcame the horrors of hell; she’d undergone the darkest times. It made her hard. She now strides with the fearlessness of the wolf. She lives with the bravery of the lion. And acts with the fierceness of the dragon. Now, can she prove to Rock that she’s capable of loving him, being the woman that she is? In a choice between love and fear, choose love. That’s what Rock aims to do, but everything he wants is on the other side of fear. He doesn’t know meeting with a client about drugs would be with his love Brie. Everything he knows about her seems to be illusory. Knowing Brie has been running her uncle’s empire for years, Rock is left with battling with his heart. Would his fear with being with a woman like Brie decide his future? Lynn and Ace’s love is moving along, even with Caren trying her hardest to break up their love affair. With what Lynn learned about Caren, she’s not so sure she wants to go to Ace with the news. When Ace starts to act distant, she investigates on her own only to find out that he’s been spending time with Caren. With a battered heart, she still asks herself one question, why am I so afraid to lose you, when you’re no longer mine? While the men try to get their women problems under control, a war has started when the east-side gang finds out that Rock and Ace killed their brother. Will the two be able to conquer love with the women they considered to be their first ladies with the war going on, or will they lose at conquering both? Find out in this finale, A Thug’s First Lady 2: Make the Dope Boys Go Crazy.

Malika has been through a lot in her life, from being raped by her mother’s dealer to not knowing who her father is. She thinks love is just a word that’s meant to hurt people. Her mother intends for Malika to be the way she gets drugs without having to pay for them, until one day, her knight in shining armor saves and offers her to come stay with him until her mother gets herself together. In the midst of this, she falls for him, even though he has a girlfriend, Nyah. They are on and off again lovers. Malika thinks they’re over; he and she have relations, which is soon turned into her feeling like he was just like the rest of the guys that tried to get with her, and she leaves his home. Meeting a man named Boobie, she thinks she’s hurting Dominic, but in reality, she realizes she’s gotten herself into some deep stuff, and only one person can save her. Will her knight in shining armor come to her rescue or leave her to drown in her sorrow?

The crew is back at it again. Malika is in a medically induced coma. Dominic has baby mama drama. Keno has commitment issues, and Kia is fed up with it. All the couples are trying to make things work, but one couple has trust issues, and one of them is ready to throw in the towel. Malika and Dominic got engaged, and he is now ready to get married. Malika thinks it’s all glitter and gold until she quickly realizes when marrying a man in the streets, you’re not just marrying that man. You’re marrying the streets as well. Kia still hasn’t gotten over what happened when she and Malika were kidnapped and doesn’t know if she will ever be able to get over it. Keno is trying to be a good man, but of course like all men, he has a tempting moment. The question is does he fall for the temptations or not? In the end, sometimes love may not be enough, and maybe it is, but what happens when your happy life is cut short because of what your man does in the streets?

Dominic and Keno are locked up and don’t know if they’re going to get out. The only communication they have with their women is through letters because they don’t want them at the prison. Malika is enjoying being a mommy and handling her business. She likes being able to go to work and know that her baby is in good hands. She is worried about her husband but knows that he will be straight no matter what happens. Malika turns into a savage behind her man and baby girl. Kia and Keno are still having issues, but they are about to hit the fan after a murder occurs in the club. Kia finds herself in some trouble, and she doesn’t know how she’s going to get out of it... that is until an unlikely person steps up and decides to take the wrap for her. Keno is confused about being with Kia, and instead of him telling her, he strings her along. When he tells her, it may be the last thing he ever says.