In the Penitentiary, everything you’ve done, all the time that you put in none of that really matters. Of course it can always come back to haunt you. The reality of this existence is that life is cheap and it’s usually your own homeboys that will cash your check. […]
A recent USA Today headline touted, Prisons unlock mysteries at new tourist destinations. It went on to say how there’s new glamour in the slammer and how old prisons, from famous ones such as Alcatraz to lesser known state facilities are becoming tourist attractions […]
When people think of Detroit they think of the Motor City and the Lions, Pistons and Tigers. All storied professional sports franchises, but those in the know can relate to the reality of Motown’s streets. Once dubbed the Murder Capital of the World […]
Cavario H. is a well-known and respected member of the urban/hip-hop community having made his bones and honed his journalistic and writing chops as a founding father of two of the most respected magazines in …
Rolling Stone magazine called him “the William Howard Taft of the rap game; the self-proclaimed ‘big fat black nigga’; the guy T-Pain once called ‘Boss’ 20 times in 11 seconds; the only man alive with a diamond encrusted medallion of his own face […]
The Aryan Brotherhood or Brand as they are known in the federal prison system began with incarcerated white prisoners in California who aligned themselves against black and Mexican prisoners in the racial cauldron that existed inside the belly of the beast in the 60s and 70s […]
Derek Caldwell is a street cat who grew up in East New York in the rough Brooklyn borough. He ran the streets from an early age, without direction, just letting the hood mentality “Do what it do” dominate his mindset and life […]
Shakim Bio is a street general from Queens who has been buried in the belly of the beast for the last twenty years. But he hasn’t let that stop him from being recognized and having his voice heard. From the streets to the penitentiaries and back again Shakim Bio has represented to the fullest […]
For some reason I have never liked NFL superstar Ray Lewis. Maybe because he always been too bold, too brash and too cocky. I don’t know why but he seems not made out to be what he wants the public to think
This whole nightmare has been running since July 17th, 1994 for me. I started this bid off with two years flat for a controlled buy. Eight months before I was set to be released the Feds stepped in […]
