This Book is the first of a must read trilogy. A definite page turner penned by rapper turned author Rae Zellous. A true to the hood narrative about a poster child for a dangerous new generation of American hustlers. Former drug kingpin turned high- powered music mogul "Wilfred 'Ill' Johnson III" travels a powdery fast lane that leads to a vortex of greed, corruption, deceit and murder.
A victim of society becomes the victor of poverty. Ill is caught in the cross-hairs of powerful enemies, while ducking mayhem and dream-shattering gunshots in the lawless sections of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. As he wars with Narco Street Crews over the crown of absolute power, his heart gets torn in two pieces and shared between two prominent leading ladies. One is a well connected business manager and promoter, and the other, a trigger-happy gangstress.
Devastated by the murders of his parents and his older brother's twenty-year sentence, he's driven by a burning ambition, to return to the streets to its rightful owners. Thus begins a murderous adventure that entangles him in a sticky web of double-crosses, police informants and contract killings.
Advised by some extraordinary men of vision, his ruthless vehemence lays the foundation for a lucrative and enduring street empire. From a remarkable era of dope dealing, in his convalescence, he climbs the mound of dead casualties to the throne