My Brother S Name Is Kenny

The future looks bleak. The present feels hopeless. Yet, for two young African-American brothers from the slums of New York City, failure is not an option. The reader will experience a once-in-a-lifetime, true story of how courage, desperation, and a love for Hip-Hop shaped music history. Author Kenny Parker is the renowned deejay for the groundbreaking Hip-Hop act Boogie Down Productions. He provides a first-hand account detailing how he and his older brother, the iconic rapper KRS-One, escaped crime, extreme poverty, brutal violence, and betrayal to carve out an unparalleled musical legacy. The reader gets a glimpse into a dysfunctional family's rollercoaster ride through "The Crime Capital of America" - 1970's & 80's New York City and how living legend KRS-One overcame enormous odds to rise from a homeless teen to a Rap superstar. Kenny Parker, whose musical career spans over three decades, gives a behind-the-scenes look into Rap Music's evolution and reveals never-before-told stories from Hip-Hop's golden era. Whether you're a casual music fan, a Hip-Hop historian, or merely nostalgic about "Old School" New York City, this book is a must-read.

The story of Lacey Stone from the age of eleven through fifteen. The most beautiful, the smartest, everyone's favorite teenager, and beneath it all a psychopathic killer. No one is safe from her, no one knows about her, no one that is except Detective Sergeant Jake Dolan. Jake Dolan the ex-drunk cop who happens to fall in love with Lacey's mother, Faith. Jake Dolan who thinks all his prayers have been answered. But answered by what...heaven or hell.

I started writing at the age of sixty-one. I've read over a thousand books and decided to try it. Since the first one, I have written nine books. I hope you enjoy it. This book is about a lone woman who is going through hard times raising her children in the mountains of West Virginia. The oldest child goes out on his own with the ideal of making a new life for his mom, brother, and sister, only to get caught up in a jam in which only his brother could get him out of and finally made his mother's dreams come true through the barrel of his Colt .45 in the form of death to wanted outlaws.

I have now seen 67 snows. The things I have endured throughout my life to some may seem horrific for a child to be placed in or witness. These stories are true! I have wanted to write this book for many years to perhaps help others to realize that just because their life may seem unbearable, there are others that may have been through worse situations. I learned at a young age to take every bad thing I have been put through and flip it, to be a lesson to teach me that when I see others going through similar situations or maybe feel helpless that maybe I can be an inspiration to them and give them strength. Life is about choices. I had the choice of being a thief or Bank robber or a bad person, but I chose to have compassion for the weak and sick and those who are bullied. Believe me. There is a true and living God who watches over those who believe in him.

Saleem, Trey, Bruce and Shymire are four teenagers that are fed up with living a penniless lifestyle. Together they decide their only way to escape poverty and get lots of money is to enter the lucrative drug trade in the city of Pittsburgh. In their quest to take over the entire city, the four knew they will have to set examples out of people to let the streets know they're not to be played with even if it meant starting a war with the most ruthless drug lord in the city. Will this be a mistake that could cost them their lives and also the lives of their family members as well?...

A smalltown Florida detective must put his faith in a woman with a shadowy past in this uplifting holiday romantic thriller. After witnessing a murder in her own home, Rikki Allen goes running for help. But when she finds detective Blain Kent, she isn’t sure how much she wants to reveal about herself. Blain suspects that Rikki may have been the intended target. And he wonders why this vulnerable beauty is being so cagey. When the killer comes after Rikki at a safe location, Blain finally gets the truth: Rikki is the daughter of notorious crime boss Franco Alvanetti. A by-the-book former marine, Blain has made it his life mission to put the Alvanetti family out of business. Yet he has to trust Rikki to protect her from a killer who wants her dead by Christmas.

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