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Still Hood

A HoodRat Novel

K'wan

St. Martin's Griffin

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ISBN10: 031236010X
ISBN13: 9780312360108

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352 Pages

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Only the strong survive on the streets of Brooklyn. While Dena Jones definitely has what it takes not only to survive, but to succeed, she wants out. She's determined to make it out of Crooklyn by any means necessary and doesn't have a problem manipulating men to get what she wants. Just ask her boyfriend Lance, or his girlfriend Michelle.

True has finally made it. His debut album has the streets going crazy and is threatening to spill over into the mainstream. After the murder of his group, his jump off and almost his dreams, True's life is finally starting to look up, until karma catches up with him. Somebody wants him dead and he doesn't know why, or does he?

Jah and Yoshi's was supposed to be a romance straight out of a storybook but there are no such things as fairy tails in the ghetto. Her position as a stylist keeps her in the mix and in the company of some industry heavyweights. Jah tries to be understanding but he can't help but wonder just how much he can trust his girlfriend. He had promised to love her regardless of her past but in addition to wondering whether his girlfriend is creeping with her clients, Jah has got a bigger problem. Someone is trying to kill True and it's his job to make sure that doesn't happen.

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Chapter 1

"Yo, this muthafucka is gonna be popping tonight!" Roxy said, louder than she needed to.

The midtown Manhattan block had started to resemble a parade more than a club line. Women pranced back and forth, scantily clothed,...

About the author

K'wan

K'WAN is the #1 Essence bestselling author of Welfare Wifeys, Section 8, Gutter, Hood Rat, and others. He wrote his first novel, Gangsta, as a therapeutic release, and it went on to become an Essence bestseller and a part of urban-lit history. In 2008 he received the Black Author of the Year Award from Black Press Radio. He has been featured in Time, KING, The New York Press, and on MTV and BET. Besides an author, K'wan is also a motivational speaker, a mentor to at-risk children and the C.E.O. of Black Dawn, Inc. He lives in New Jersey.