• Hoodlum

  • By: K'wan
  • Narrated by: Honey Jones
  • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (897 ratings)

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Hoodlum

By: K'wan
Narrated by: Honey Jones
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Publisher's summary

He set out to be the good son, but the streets had a different plan.

Born to one of New York City's most notorious crime families, Shai Clark has always managed to be a good kid. A college hoops star, Shai shunned the world that his father had created and focused on his dreams of going pro. Tommy, Shai's trigger-happy older brother, is next in line for the throne and rules under his father through brute force. But Poppa has bigger plans for Shai.

The situation soon turns ugly when Poppa is murdered and Tommy is removed from the equation. Suddenly Shai finds himself at the head of his father's empire, and the streets are thrown into chaos. Unable to sit idly by while the Clarks' underworld empire is pillaged, Shai takes up his father's mantle and brings his game to the streets. He quickly learns that there are two sides to every coin, and the streets hold no mercy for the weak.

©2007 K'wan Foye (P)2016 Blackstone Publishing, and Urban Audiobooks

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Awesome you go K'wan and Honey Jones

Loved it Honey Jones Did a fantastic job. keep going girl your awesome the way you read I will be looking for more books that you r evolved in.

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Ehhh

if you are thinking of reading animal read this this. The narrator bless her heart this was not for her. The first 15 chapters were BORING I had to stop and come back but overall the book was OKAY

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Great listen....

Nice to find out how Shai got his start at being the King of Harlem.

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Straight renegades and loyal to their people

The whole story was gangster and I didn’t have a dull moment in listening to the story. The author Kwan is so wonderful in writing and creating the Characters of his books. My imagination will always jump on board and right in the moment while his stories are being told. I love all his books. Keep ‘em coming Kwan. 🧏🏿‍♀️🫡☝🏾

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Great story

Loved the story. Hated the narrator. She just didn’t do it for me. She couldn’t pronounce a lot of words.

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Stop Letting Honey Narrate

Although the story is a page-turner, it’s hard to get through it with Honey reading. She isn’t believable at all! She clearly doesn’t know street slang so she says a lot of things incorrectly. Her voice is too monotone and she doesn’t bring life to the characters. Please let this be the last one she narrates. It is an injustice to K’wan and his masterpiece. I mean, she called detective Jesus Alvarez “Geezus”. She should know better!

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Ugh!!

I enjoy listening to Kwan books I did not like the way she read the book. She didn’t put any feeling behind the book and it was hard to listen to. She read the book slowly and I often found myself having to rewind parts of it to listen to it over. You can’t tell when there are different people talking so parts of it gets confusing. You can’t tell when the settings shift or the people talking change. The book was good but this was long and drawn out. I would say buy the book and read it on your own.

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Fan

I’ve been a fan of K’wan! It started for me with the animal series! I’m glad I decided to explore other books by the author! He his truly a master at storytelling! Just added Hoodlum to my favorites 🥰

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A Classic

K'wan went to a place that was a crime epic on the levels of The Godfather and New Jack City. 5 Stars and a must read.

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Great book

From beginning to the end was great. I could visualize the story all the way through.

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