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Local police labeled them a threat to the safety of the city. The FEDS labeled them a continuing criminal enterprise. People in the street who weren't connected labeled them a group of violent homies or a gang. They were all of the above and much more. They were The Philly Commission and they had their hands in damn near every bit of money(legal and illegal) that came through the city of Philadelphia since 1986! The Philly Commission was created by Brian "Bird" Kennedy in 1985. He was only 13 years old when he formed The Commission. It was originally created to be just another drug gang, ...

Living in the same neighborhood sometimes brings people together. Even when there was a time that you thought you had absolutely nothing in common with someone. Damiko was home, fresh off doing a 12-year stretch in the penitentiary. Things had changed drastically. Everybody from the old days were gone. The hood was now run by a bunch of faces that he did not recognize. He did run into two recognizable faces from the days of old though. Mack and Armani. They were not actually friends back in the day, but being the last of a dying breed bought the three together. The three were feeling the ...

Latisha Douglas was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She was privileged enough to be born to a mother and father who gave her anything she wanted. Tisha was a spoiled brat. Raised in Beverly Hills and totally unaware of the real world. When tragedy strikes the family, Tisha is taken from the comforts of her Beverly Hills lifestyle and inserted into the mean streets of North Philly. The young and naive Latisha struggles with the harsh transition at first, but she soon adjust to the new lifestyle and finds her way..........or so she thought. Damn near everyone she runs across in her ...

After damn near being killed by D "the pimp" Tisha's whole perspective on life has changed. She's no longer the naive young woman who tried to see some good in every person she meets. Tisha now believes that every person she comes across has bad intentions until they show her otherwise. Tisha believes that someone needs to deal with all of the pimps and woman abusers walking the streets, and she figures there's no one more capable for the job than her. With her partner in crime Janae by her side Tisha sets out to dispense some good ol' vigilante justice. She hasn't forgot about D either. ...

When love becomes a game everyone involved loses....... What started as a chance meeting as teenagers and grew into love, turned into something ugly when Jacob and Trina seemed to be competing to see which one could hurt the other more. Jake knew he was in love with Trina from the moment he met her. He was young and naive to the ways of the opposite sex, but Jake knew that he would have Trina for himself one day. At the present moment Jake was more concerned with living out his dreams of being the next Scarface. First he would get the money, then he would get the power, and then he would ...

Terrel managed to survive the violence and craziness of the County Jail, but after blowing trial Terrel is headed Upstate. The County Jail was bad, but the penitentiary proves to be on a whole other level of bad. The plotting, scheming, and violence is multiplied by ten in the pen. Throw in the constant war between Philly and Pittsburgh inmates and you have a volatile environment that is ready to explode at any minute! As Terrel fights to survive on the inside, his support system on the outside seems to be crumbling. His best friend Gene is headed down a path that looks as if it will send ...

What do you consider rich? Some people believe that rich has something to do with monetary value. Some people believe that rich is simply being happy and content with life. Julius Ruffin had a rough upbringing. After being shipped from foster home to foster home as a child, Julius truly believed that being rich was all about having the simple things in life that most people take for granted every day. Like truly loving someone and having someone who truly loved you. Julius dreamed of being this kind of rich every night. That was until he got a small taste of being that other kind of rich. A...

Don was born into a world of hell. He was born to a heroin addicted prostituting mother. Her biggest pleasure in the world besides shooting the dope into her veins was making her only son's life as miserable as she could. His mom hated him from the day he was born. She beat on Don daily and sat back and watched as her tricks and pimp beat on him too. By the time he was 10 years old Don had no love for anyone or anything. Don learned early on in life that nothing in this world would ever be given to him. If he wanted something he would have to take it. Don hit the streets to get money any ...

Family Is 4ever is a story about the Harris family and the seemingly never ending circle of poverty, drug use, and teenage pregnancy which has plagued the family for generations. To most people who knew them it was a foregone conclusion that every Harris would go to prison, have a baby as a teen, or live in poverty and collect welfare and food stamps all of their lives. Most of the family seems to accept the fact that this was how their lives was going to be. Will any Harris ever break this cycle of negativity and stereotyping that the family seems to be cursed with?

Alaina was running from a life of boredom. Vick was running from all of the gangsters in the city he owed money to. Sakeena was running from the police and courts. They were all running from different things, but they all had one thing in common. They needed to get the hell out of Philly! Alaina was stuck in a dead end job that was going nowhere. She was in a relationship that was going nowhere. She felt as if her whole life was going nowhere. She wanted more out of life, but she'd always been too scared to leave the comfort and security of Philly and go somewhere else to pursue her dreams ...

After the fallout between Bird and Tre, The Commission looks as if it might be falling apart. The brotherhood has been broken beyond repair and it seems as though everyone is scrambling to chose sides. It's hard to trust anyone, but like always life goes on and so does business........ The heat is on for Tre and his team after the Tasker Street massacre. Everyone is looking for a place to hide out at except for Tre. He doesn't change up his lifestyle one bit even though he knows he's a wanted man. He and Diana continue to have their every night get high parties at their beach house. That is...

The Boujee Circle is a series of books about four friends/enemies. Let's call them "frenemies." Ashley, Dina, Brittney, and Miranda. Four women, with four very different personalities. The one thing these women have in common is money. All four of the ladies do pretty well financially. Some ladies get their money in different ways than others, but money, or the perception of having money, is the one thing the ladies have in common. You know that saying "birds of a feather flock together?" Yeah that. The Boujee Circle series is broken down into seasons and episodes. The first season has four...

NOT GUILTY PART-2 A FIGHT TO THE END....AVAILABLE AT AMAZON TODAY!!! At only 14 years old Terrel Porter was quickly becoming a young famous hood legend. His fame came from being one of the best basketball players in the city. It was clear to anyone who had ever watched him play that he was going places. Most people said that place would be the NBA. Terrel wanted to be famous, but not for the reasons one would expect. He wanted to be famous in the hood for doing some gangster type ish....... Terrel got his wish when he teamed up with his buddy Gene. The two went on a robbing spree. After a ...

Someone is blackmailing four very wealthy ladies for a stupid crime they committed back in their college days. The person that is framing them looks at the ladies like they're a quick and easy come up. That person obviously has no idea how much these ladies love their lifestyles and how far they are willing to go in order to protect it! Follow Keisha, Angelina, Bianca, and Marquita on this journey to discover and track down the blackmailer. In this first book of the series the reader will be introduced to the ladies and discover how they became to be the rich, powerful, and vicious women ...

Don't look now, but there are some new players in town! The Philly Commission 2.5 is a prequel to The Philly Commission part-3, and an official introduction to some of the new players in the game. The Philly Commission 2.5 is also an update on some of your favorite characters from parts 1 and 2. ***SPOILER ALERT*** Bird ain't dead! He is, however, mad as hell and very paranoid! Bird has no idea who shot him or why. The one thing that he does know is that he can't trust anybody. To have a person like Bird thinking this way is bad news, and a very dangerous thing for everybody he has ever ...

When you look at powerful people or people in a position of power, you probably think to yourself "Wow! That's a person who really went about doing things the right way!" You know, college, grad school, hard work and the whole nine. They maybe even made some great contacts in their respective fields along the way. No matter how you think about it, a person looking in from the outside will probably think that the powerful person went about obtaining their power in a legal manner. Working their way from nothing to something. Achieving the American dream through hard work and perseverance. ...

Trapped is the story of a single mother trying her best to raise three kids on her own, the best way that she can, while trying to manage some sort of a love life for herself. Trapped is the first installment in this series of books that will take you through the trials and tribulations of Zakia, a young woman who was on her way down a very dark and destructive path.

Sex sells. Tawanna learned this early on in life and had been applying this knowledge to every aspect of her life ever since. Tawanna had no problem with using what she had in order to get what she wanted. Tawanna's daughter, who was only 15 years younger than her, was the complete opposite. Alie wanted nothing from anyone. She believed that hard work was the thing that got you to the top. Alie was an up-and-coming R&B singer whose career had risen earlier, but was now stuck at a standstill.

J.J. was a loner. He'd always been this way, even though he didn't realize it. J.J.'s loner ways led him to the perfect occupation for a person like him. A hired assassin. J.J. quickly became one of the best at his job. Being the best required a few things from him. Steady work, practice, and the ability to never love anyone or anything. Enter Makayla. A beautiful woman with a good heart. Makayla was a good person, but she had a bad habit of falling in with the wrong people. Makayla was attracted to the bad boy type of guy who treated her terribly. They say opposites attract. J.J. and ...

***This is a complete book. No sequels no spinoffs*** Is the grass really always greener on the other side? Two couples are about to find out first hand. Fatimah has always been.....how can I say this lightly.....a free spirit. Her life had always been about getting hers any way that she could. Fatimah thought that people who did the whole relationship thing were some damn fools. Fatimah ran through life doing whatever, with whoever she wanted to do things with. She was happy living this way. Or so she thought. Fatimah found that the life she was living had become tiresome. When Fatima met ...