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Carlotta Mercedes has been misunderstood her entire life. When she was pulled into a robbery gone wrong, she still went by the name she’d grown up with in Fort Greene, Brooklyn—before it gentrified. But not long after her conviction, she took the name Carlotta and began to live as a woman, an embrace of selfhood that prison authorities rejected, keeping Carlotta trapped in an all-male cell block, abused by both inmates and guards, and often placed in solitary.

GRAMMY®-nominated and Stellar Award-winning hip-hop artist FLAME invites you to step up to his mic as he takes you through his life, from the streets of Saint Louis, Missouri, as a young man in youth group to a renowned Christian rapper on the red carpet.

Biology was Emily’s most painful class - not because the subject was difficult, but because she was sitting next to Avery, the sexiest woman alive! Avery, with her long blonde hair and panty-flashing skirts, was Emily’s fantasy in the flesh. Emily, nicknamed Mouse in high school, couldn’t hope to be noticed by the dream girl in the next seat. Except, Avery was throwing out a lot of signals. Inviting Emily for a hike, brushing up against her, murmuring her name in a voice that sent bolts of desire pulsing through Emily’s core.