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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Yani, author of A Thug’s Redemption

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Yani, author of “A Thug’s Redemption”
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After Jamal decides to take matters into his own hands by avenging his best friend’s murder, he is forced into the street life. He is forever in debt to his cousin Samir, one of Philadelphia’s biggest drug lords. After finding love, separating himself from the game and turning his life around, fate comes into play when a desperate act by his younger brother Shawn brings back the haunting night from Jamal’s past.

Secrets are revealed, and Jamal is forced back into the street life to save his brother as well as himself. In this story about friendship, love and the dangers of North Philly streets, Jamal will soon learn that mistakes are hard to clean up and they will cost him dearly in the end.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “A Thug’s Redemption”?

Yani: A friend of mine was killed when we were 14 years old. Although I was used to people being killed around me in my old neighborhood in North Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Yani, author of A Thug’s Redemption →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ophelia Brown, author of How to Quench a Thirst Born in the Wilderness

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Ophelia Brown, author of How to Quench a Thirst Born in the Wilderness
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In “How to Quench a Thirst Born in the Wilderness”, Ophelia Brown is a modern Ophelia and heroine representing a woman who has been to the depths of despair, and there, reached a life affirming knowledge of self that saves her life, realizing that she is the Author (creator, mother) of Love.

A lesson that teaches that women should pay it forward and share their gifts with others to let them know that they should celebrate the journey that got them to today and be ashamed of nothing.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “How to Quench a Thirst Born in the Wilderness“?

Ophelia Brown: The story of Ophelia inspired me to write “How to Quench a Thirst Born in the Wilderness”: A young girl who is happy and free, but Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ophelia Brown, author of How to Quench a Thirst Born in the Wilderness →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Mike Jefferies, author of A Life for a Life 2

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Mike Jefferies, author of A Life for a Life 2
(Wahida Clark Presents)

“A Life for a Life Part 2: The Ultimate Reality”, is where you will finally get the full meaning of “A Life For A Life.” Drako ups his own label, Reality Records, and of course his artist and RedRum’s roster are at each other’s throats!

Drako has a few more schemes to finish and Wiz is into even more industry scandal. More cars, cash, and beautiful women fill this tale, which hopefully won’t be the thing to blind them because there are still traitors waiting to bring them down harder than either of them could ever imagine.

It’s the mind-boggling, fast conclusion that Hip-Hop Fiction has been waiting for. You won’t want to miss it!

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “A Life for a Life 2“?

Mike Jefferies: Again, it came to me easily with the love I have for Hip-Hop. And after the response I got on “A Life For A Life”, I went hard. I just Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Mike Jefferies, author of A Life for a Life 2 →