Gorilla Convict

  • Street Lit & True Crime

Street Lit & True Crime

Gorilla Convict has been interviewing and writing about street lit authors from the jump. Check out these exclusive interviews with your favortie urban fiction authors and true crime writers who pen stories on American gangsters.

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  • June 8, 2012
In the gangs and underworld of the Southside of Chicago, Art Williams grew up a local street tough and born hustler, who as a teenager learned the cen ...
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  • April 13, 2012
Pat O’Connor is a true crime journalist of note. He has been the editor and publisher of Crime Magazine since its inception in 1998. He is the autho ...
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  • March 30, 2012
Bo Brown is a real street dude and he pens real street novels. Currently in the feds, with a life sentence due to his alleged activities with Miami’ ...
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  • March 8, 2012
Straight out of the penitentiary comes Shakim Bio with his first book, Love, Hell or Right from Mikahs 7 Publishing. Buried in the belly of the beast ...
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  • March 3, 2012
As featured on BET's American Gangster series, here is street legend and Queens native Chaz "Slim" Williams of Black Hand Entertainment buying Seth's ...
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  • January 1, 2012
Everyone has heard about Rayful Edmond, the infamous Washington, D.C. drug lord turned snitch, but less is know about the crew behind him that put him ...
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  • November 5, 2011
Ex-Chili pimp, ex-corrupt cop, ex-hustler, ex-drug dealer andNew York Citynative Michael “Mickman” Gourdine tells his story in Chili Pimpin inAtla ...
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  • October 23, 2011
The world of gangster writers is a small one. You got the originals like Tiffany Chiles, Antoine Clark, Cavario H., Kevin Chiles, Shabazz, Ethan Brown ...
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  • October 23, 2011
Ron Chepesiuk is well versed in the arts of street knowledge. This Canadian born and internationally educated scholar has jumped into the true crime g ...
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  • October 23, 2011
“Ain’t nobody pen’in like us man,” is Badland Publishing’s motto and they’re right. Most urban authors claim straight out the hood but Bad ...
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  • October 23, 2011
How to Hustle and Win is a survival guide for the ghetto, written by hip-hop self-help guru Supreme Understanding, who has traveled the globe research ...
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  • October 23, 2011
In prison, there are many obstacles to a prisoner’s freedom. The razorwire topped perimeter fences, the walls and gun towers all ensure that the num ...