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In the hood, a snitch is the worst thing a person could possibly be. Rolling over on your best friend who has been with you through thick and thin, hungry and full, freedom and state bids – that's ''the cruelest lie told in silence.'' In this tale that plucks the innermost chords of emotion, jealousy turns to envy then to backstabbing as we observe two friends that have struggled together, hustled together and endured separate prison terms. While Jevon experiences the...
| Автор | Jason Poole |
The saga continues… When narcotics detective Lucas Cain meets news reporter Justine Greer, she stops his playa attitude in its tracks. It is love at first sight as the two fall head over heels for each other, despite the influence of Justine's jealous friend, Simone. The jealousy and betrayal leave a deadly trail of broken hearts. Now, two of New York's finest, both in beauty and detective work, join Lucas and his sarcastic partner Noah as they once again go undercover to bring down a...
| Автор | Sabrina Eubanks |
Life has never been a struggle for India, the hood's celebrity. For this inner city girl, escaping out of the Queens projects and settling into the suburban hills was more than easy. Accustomed to the luxuries of life, this ghetto-superstar has everything a hood-born chick could dream of, but most prominently, she's married to Queens' biggest dope king: Sumpter «Sump» Jones. With two beautiful daughters, the good life and her childhood sweetheart all in tow, living couldn't...
| Автор | Michelle Monay |
Fresh out of the Marines with only five grand in his pocket, Menage is looking to make his presence and his flamboyant taste in cars and clothes, felt on the extravagant, flossed-out streets of Miami. When Menage Discovers that he has a flare for flipping stolen cars into more cash then he can handle he befriends Dwight who helps him with his operation. What Menage soon learns is that when doing shady business, shady characters lurk where you least expect them. Follow Menage as he balls outta...
| Автор | Victor Martin |
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and if that woman is Nikki Bell, than that means everyone better jump outta the way. After giving up dancing at The Pink Palace and settling down with her family, Nikki believed she could have a normal life. She was wrong, and now her past is back to haunt her. After things start to go downhill fast, she learns that notorious drug dealer and the new owner of The Pink Palace, Malachi Turner, is the man responsible for destroying her new life. Nikki has no...
| Автор | Marlon McCaulsky |
They say you can t judge a book by its cover and I guess you can say the same thing about strippers, too. On the surface I m Mo Nique, the hottest stripper dancing at The Pink Palace, but on the inside I m really just Janelle Taylor, a teenage runaway trying to survive in Atlanta. You might wanna call me a hoe but I m the one your man is spending his whole paycheck on! This isn t the life I envisioned for myself but it s the path I was forced to take in order to get by. Nobody saw the real me...
| Автор | Marlon McCaulsky |
At only seventeen, Jayah Carter has everything a girl dreams of … but she wants more. Hood-bound to the bone and the envy of all the chicks, the affluent daughter of Miami's infamous drug lord Jay Carter is no fool. Jayah knows her father's business could take him out at any time, so she comes up with her own means of living: stay HOOD RICHEST playin' the old-fashioned game of gold-diggin'. But Jayah soon finds herself falling for Cheno. Knowing it's bad for her game,...
| Автор | Michelle Monay |
The Dirty-Dirty is runnin' the game. Fresh out of prison and down for whatever, Anshon is on the grind and ready to roll. Thirsty for street glitz, glamour and ghetto richness, Anshon never thinks twice about the universal street anthem, ''Mo' money, Mo' problems.'' Living life in the fast lane and never learning to ''juice the game slow,'' Anshon ends up on a downward spiral. But what will he do when he can't be his brother's...
| Автор | Victor Martin |
Sunshine & Rain is the story of two young divas who come from different parts of the streets of Washington, D.C. With their families torn apart from the vicious life of the streets, Sunshine & Rain find each other living with the same foster mother, Cathy, who has a secret life of her own. With Rain's stern heart of steel and Sunshine's innocent heart of gold, join the two gangtresses as they try to cope with traumatic, unforeseen circumstances that come their way. As these two...
| Автор | Dawn Desiree |
Delilah Brown, formerly nothing more than a girl from the hood-wanna be superstar, now finds herself on top of the world and the music charts. Living the so-called American dream, Delilah is proof that all good things come to those who wait. But when this pop phenom is found dead, she only proves that all good things come to an end. There are too many whispering rumors and circumstances surrounding her death, and too little time to determine the facts. Was it an accident? Was it murder? The list...
| Автор | KANE |
Amina is a bad girl born in the Bronx and raised in downtown Cincinnati. For a 17-year-old, Amina has a decent life. But after meeting her father and 23-year-old brother for the first time, things take a turn for the worse. Amina ends up alone, trying to fend for herself and save her boyfriend, Kayne, from 3 years in jail. Amina must prove her loyalty to Kayne, but can you be a Down Chick without being locked down yourself? This is a question that never crosses Amina's mind, leading her to...
| Автор | Mallori McNeal |
Experience life in the hood through the eyes of four friends, known around the way as The Hood Rats. As the girls go through the ups and downs of friendship and life on the streets, you ll be taken on a roller coaster ride of love, heartache and pain. When tragedy strikes the group, the bond of friendship is tested and easily broken by lies, deceit and betrayal. Open your mind, and see that sometimes a Hood Rat is just a girl trying to live her life the best she can with what she has. You can’t...
| Автор | ER McNair |