Hood Stories
Everybody in the hood has a story to tell
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SEEDS OF WAR! There's a drought of Marijuana on the West Grand. Crazy Joe is looking for a twenty dollar sack of weed. Him, 3D and Koran are together headed to the East Grand to Dodge's store. 3D knew who to get some weed from, a teenager named Elijah, The brother of a gang leader. Crazy Joe didn't want to call him because they were enemies. So he had 3D to call him to bring some to Dodge's. 3D called up Elijah, His phone rung three times, but he finally answered. There were people in the back ground talking and laughing. Elijah answered, "Hello". 3D said "Say Bruh", I need a dub sack, Elijah recognized his voice and asked him where was he at. 3D said he was at Dodge's and asked him could he bring it to him. Elijah said "Fo'Sho", I'll bring it in a minute, 3D said aiight and hung up. Elijah got off the phone telling his girlfriend, "Amy" he's going to jack somebody. He had three of his homeboys at the house too, Ralph, Tattoo, and Tyrone. Ralph asked, "Who was that? Elijah said 3D from West Grand. Tyrone asked, So you're fucking with them West Grand niggaz now? Elijah said "nah" I'm going to sale him some fake weed not knowing it's for Crazy Joe. He broke down a swisher sweet cigar, Took the tobacco out and put it in a napkin to act like it's weed and left out the door. A few minutes later, He showed up in a maroon Regal at Dodge's and was surprised to see Crazy Joe and Koran. Elijah rolled down his window and asked them to ride around the corner with him. Crazy Joe got in on the passenger side, 3D sat behind him, Koran sat behind Elijah and they rolled off. Elijah figured that Crazy Joe really wanted the weed so he put the napkin in his hand. Crazy Joe put a twenty dollar bill in Elijah's hand and Koran seen him when he gave it to him. Koran started feeling on his cross because he was getting a bad vibe about something. Elijah said yeah 3D, this beef between East and West Grand need to stop. "I feel you", but we're not the ones who started it. As they were talking, Crazy Joe started feeling on the napkin realizing that it didn't feel like weed. He through the napkin down. Pulled his .45 out and said if you don't give me my weed, "I'm a blow yo MUTHAFUCKIN brains out! Elijah said slowly, Joe you didn't give - Crazy Joe cut him off by firing"BOOM", Shooting Elijah in the head killing him instantly. Crazy Joe jumped out the car on the other side, Pulled Elijah out the car, got his money out his pocket and they left Elijah in the middle of the street dead. "NOW THE WAR BEGINS!"
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HOOD STORIES Is a book about a teenager named Koran Davis who leaves South Central Los Angeles to escape drug dealing and violence, When he comes to Hot Springs, Arkansas, he encounters the same drug dealing and violence. He meets three people in High School. One is "3D", A natural born hustler who supply the crew with everything they need. Second is "Crazy Joe", An unpredictable psychopath who will do anything at anytime. Then there's "Stacy", The girl Koran falls in love with. When his family in Arkansas sees the attention he shows her, they get jealous and suddenly betrays him. When this happens, he has no choice but to turn his back on them. He depends on his family he left from California with, his Mom, Dad, and his Sister. A war is started between East and West Grand when Crazy Joe shoots and kills the brother of a gang leader. It's up to Koran to try to guide him and his friends out of the cycles of violence they're in. When his friends don't listen, It's up to him to listen to his conscious to survive. Black Male chose the title "HOOD STORIES" because every time somebody comes from out of town, they have stories to share about there neighborhood. They'll share stories about ours to them, plus I want to tell people my opinion on why teenagers become criminals. THE BEST URBAN BOOK OF 2010. E-mail blackmale0405@yahoo.com and tell him your opinion about the free preview.
About the Author
Joe Young a.k.a Black Male was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1977. He grew up in Hot Springs, but was moving back and forward from Arkansas to Marion Louisiana as a kid. He got use to both environments and was getting educated in school and on the streets which was a good thing because a High School diploma is a powerful tool to have. On the streets you learn what to do and not to do. His Dad died in 1990, and he had to decide what to do on his own to survive. There's seven kids on his Dad side which three have died. He graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1997. He got a Welding Diploma in 2000. On his Mom side, He have six brothers and one sister who deeply protected her before her passing in 2007. He have a lot of nephews and nieces older and younger than him, Some who really support him. When one of his brothers started doing rap music, that influenced him to do it to. He wrote his first song called "Lord have mercy", He kept writing and produced first album called "Da world belongs 2 Da Black Male" which sold 231 copies on the streets. His second album, "Da B.O.S.S a.k.a Blacassassin that sold 339 copies, and a compilation called Spa City's Most Wanted that sold a 153 copies. Him and another artist is working on his fourth album called Life of a B.O.S.S that's going in stores. Now he finished a novel called Hood Stories, A fictional story about street life in Hot Springs that everybody can relate to. When "Bangin in Little Rock" came out, they showed the violence and drug selling that black men did. In Hot Springs, they were doing the same thing and no one got to tell their stories, So his Novel gives you an idea of what was going on in Hot Springs, Arkansas.