Author: Ethan Brown
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307489930
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Based on police wiretaps and exclusive interviews with drug kingpins and hip-hop insiders, this is the untold story of how the streets and housing projects of southeast Queens took over the rap industry.For years, rappers from Nas to Ja Rule have hero-worshipped the legendary drug dealers who dominated Queens in the 1980s with their violent crimes and flashy lifestyles. Now, for the first time ever, this gripping narrative digs beneath the hip-hop fables to re-create the rise and fall of hustlers like Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols, Gerald “Prince” Miller, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, and Thomas “Tony Montana” Mickens. Spanning twenty-five years, from the violence of the crack era to Run DMC to the infamous murder of NYPD rookie Edward Byrne to Tupac Shakur to 50 Cent’s battles against Ja Rule and Murder Inc., to the killing of Jam Master Jay, Queens Reigns Supreme is the first inside look at the infamous southeast Queens crews and their connections to gangster culture in hip hop today.
Author: Mz Lady P
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781674767222
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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It's always been said that Chicago is one of the most corrupt cities in the nation. From the beginning of time criminals have partnered with political figures in an effort to retain control. These partnerships have kept criminals a step ahead of the law and politicians richer. Team Supreme is a criminal organization that has done just that. Meet Givenchy, Prada, and Fendi Alexander. With the help of their OG grandmother Ms. Gladys they've become a force to be reckoned with on the streets of Chicago. Their political connections have helped them to solidify themselves as the Upper Echelon of crime families. Their love for the street life has overshadowed the importance of building their own families. Enters Miyani and Gavin Mills. The neglected daughters of Malcolm Mills the Mayor of Chicago. Their father is knee deep in criminal activities with the Alexander Crime Family. With their friend Dream Brooks along for the ride the women find themselves torn between family and love. Follow these criminal and political families as war is waged in the streets that can only end with bloodshed and broken hearts.
Author: Seth Ferranti
Publisher: Gorilla Convict Publications
ISBN: 0980068754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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When the crack era jumped off in the 1980s, many street legends were born in a hail of gunfire. Business minded and ruthless dudes seized the opportunities afforded them, and certain individuals out of the city's five boroughs became synonymous with the definition of the new era black gangster. Drugs, murder, kidnappings, shootings, more drugs, and more murder were the rule of the day. They called it "The Game," but it was a vicious attempt to come up by any means necessary. In the late 1980s, the mindset was "get mine or be mine," and nobody embodied this attitude more than the Supreme Team.The Supreme Team has gone down in street legend and the lyrical lore of hip-hop and gangsta rap as one of the most vicious crews to ever emerge on the streets of New York. Their mythical and iconic status inspired hip-hop culture and rap superstars like 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Biggie, Nas and Ja Rule. Born at the same time as crack, hip-hop was heavily influenced by the drug crews that controlled New York's streets. And the cliché of art imitating life and vice versa came full circle in the saga of the Supreme Team's infamous leaders- Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff and Gerald "Prince" Miller. In the maelstrom of the mid-80s crack storm and burgeoning hip-hop scene, their influence and relevance left a lasting impression.Going from drug baron to federal prisoner to hip-hop maestro to life in prison, Supreme was involved in hip-hop and the crack trade from day one. His run stretched decades, but in the end he fell victim to the pitfalls of the game like all before him had. His nephew, the enigmatic Prince, who had a rapid, violent, and furious rise in the streets also fell hard and fast to the tune of seven life sentences. The Supreme Team has been romanticized and glorified in hip-hop, but the truth of the matter is that most of their members are currently in prison for life or have spent decades of their prime years behind bars. This book looks at the team's climatic rise from its inception to its inevitable fall. It looks at Supreme's redemption with Murder Inc. and his relapse back into crime. This book is the Supreme Team story in all its glory, infamy, and tragedy. It's a tale of turns, twists, and fate. Meet the gangsters from Queens where the drug game influenced the style and swagger of street culture, hip-hop and gangsta rap and made the infamous cast of characters from the Supreme Team icons in the annals of urban lore.
Author: Priya Parmar
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 908790939X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Knowledge Reigns Supreme: The Critical Pedagogy of Hip-hop Artist KRS-ONE argues for the inclusionary practice of studying and interpreting postmodern texts in today’s school curriculum using a (Hip-hop) cultural studies and critical theory approach, thus creating a transformative curriculum.
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Author: Augusto Roa Bastos
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525564691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Patiño, his secretary and only companion. The opening pages present a sign that they had found nailed to the wall of a cathedral, purportedly written by Dr. Francia himself and ordering the execution of all of his servants upon his death. This sign is quickly revealed to be a forgery, which takes leader and secretary into a larger discussion about the nature of truth: “In the light of what Your Eminence says, even the truth appears to be a lie.” Their conversation broadens into an epic journey of the mind, stretching across the colonial history of their nation, filled with surrealist imagery, labyrinthine turns, and footnotes supplied by a mysterious “compiler.” A towering achievement from a foundational author of modern Latin American literature, I the Supreme is a darkly comic, deeply moving meditation on power and its abuse—and on the role of language in making and unmaking whole worlds.
Author: Jon Paul Miles
Publisher: Jon Paul Miles
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Jesus promised that the end times and his second coming would happen in the disciples' generation. Matthew 24:34 (New International Version) Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. What precisely was promised to happen in that generation? Is the above verse a mistranslation? Did we misunderstand him? Did Jesus change his mind? Did Jesus give a false expectation on purpose? Was Jesus just assuming he would return soon? In trying to find a sensible answer, I found myself asking the one question I was least willing to consider. "What if he returned on time?" This critical re-examination of the traditional view of the end times compares Biblical prophecy with historical accounts to uncover if Christ returned in the first century.
Author: Michael Collins Piper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984635023
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Author: Ralph E. Wierenga
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525590650
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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The Garden Gate is a gentle, nourishing collection of poetry that will feed the soul with ancient truths and fresh insights. When we step beyond the garden gate, we find a beautiful and illuminating world that will encourage, heal, and inspire all who enter. Wierenga’s poetry recognizes the sacredness of being present with a dying parent; revels in the freedom that comes from God; and invites you to slow down and notice the hidden world in nature. Here you’ll find poems of tenderness, love, and freedom. The Garden Gate guides you to a place of wonder and spiritual fulfillment.
Author: Shane J. Wood
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004308393
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Many assume the book of Revelation is merely an “anti-imperial” attack on the Roman Empire. Yet, Shane J. Wood argues this conclusion over-exaggerates Rome’s significance and, thus, misses Revelation’s true target—the construction of the alter-empire through the destruction of the preeminent adversary: Satan. Applying insights from Postcolonial criticism and 'Examinations of Dominance,' this monograph challenges trajectories of New Testament Empire Studies by developing an Alter-Imperial paradigm that appreciates the complexities between the sovereign(s) and subject(s) of a society—beyond simply rebellion or acquiescence. Shane J. Wood analyses Roman propaganda, Jewish interaction with the Flavians, and Domitianic persecution to interpret Satan's release (Rev 20:1-10) as the climax of God's triumphal procession. Thus, Rome provides the imagery; Eden provides the target.
