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Deep inside the belly of the beast, convicts are able to satisfy every dangerous desire with enough prison currency. Weapons, cigarettes, booze and drugs come easy with fat stacks of stamps. But getting off while waiting to get out is another story. Outlaw author and filmmaker, Seth Ferranti (producer/writer for White Boy) presents the lurid follow-up to his best selling Prison Stories. The sequel offers three salacious stories of sex in the big house along with illicit interviews and interludes giving the down low on how inmates get intimate. Pent up in the pen, prisoners spend long, lonely nights dreaming of that dime piece they left behind on the outside. It's enough to drive a man mad and given the opportunity they'll do whatever it takes to smash it again-even if that means getting their head smashed in the process. In Cookies and Cream, a convict attempts to con his way under the skirt of a female correctional officer. The only thing that stands in the way is the other prisoner already deep in it. But fair's fair when a dangerous liaison with a CO delivers other favors such as drugs and donuts. In Journey to Hell, Hipster only has a few months to survive the gangland gladiatorial schools before riding out to a medium security joint. He does his time playing soccer, rocking out in the band room, getting stoned, and chilling with some yoga until his celly's girl Kina becomes his new addiction. In prison, getting in that forbidden hole means going to the hole-if you don't get stabbed first! In One Night With Alanis, a meth-fueled convict goes hard painting his cell before getting hard. With nothing on hand but a People Magazine he takes matters into his own hand. Before long he's making moves on a Canadian rocker-at least in his tweaked out mind!

“Seth Ferrranti is not only a supremely talented writer, he has also experienced crime and hip-hop firsthand. He is part of the culture.”—“Freeway” Rick RossFrom the penitentiary to the streets, it’s on and popping. Thug life is more than spitting rhymes or hustling on the corner. Thugs live and die on the streets or end up in the “belly of the beast.” Rappers name-drop guns by model number and call out drug dealers by name. Gangsta rap is crack-era nostalgia taken to the extreme. It’s a world where rappers emulate their favorite hood stars in videos, celebrate their names in verse, and make ghetto heroes out of gangsters. But what happens when hip-hop and organized crime collide?From the blocks in Queens where Supreme and Murder Inc. held court to the neighborhoods of Los Angeles where Harry-O and Death Row made their names to Rap-A-Lot Records and J Prince in Houston, whenever rap moguls rose the street legends weren’t far behind. From Bad Boy Records and Anthony “Wolf” Jones in New York to Gucci Mane and the Black Mafia Family in Atlanta to Too Short and Daryl Reed in the Bay Area, thug life wasn’t glamorous. The shit on the street was real. In the game there was a common struggle to get out of the gutter. Cats were trying to get their piece of the American Dream by any means necessary. Drug game equals rap game equals hip-hop hustler.In Thug Life, Seth Ferranti takes you on a journey to a world where gangsterism mixes with hip-hop, a journey of pimps, stick-up kids, numbers men, drug dealers, thugs, players, gangstas, hustlers, and of course the rappers who live dual lives in entertainment and crime. The common denominator? Money, power, and respect. TABLE OF CONTENTSPart 1: “It’s Not about a Salary, It’s All about Reality.”—NWAChapter 1: Oakland—Too Short and Daryl Reed, 1986–1990Chapter 2: Houston—Rap A Lot Records and J Prince, 1987–2007Chapter 3: Los Angeles—Ruthless Records and Eazy, E 1988–1996Chapter 4: Los Angeles—Death Row Records and Harry-O, 1989–1998Chapter 5: Miami—Zoe Nation and Zoe Pound, 1990–2009Part 2- “Stop, Drop, Shut ’Em Down, Open up Shop.”—DMXChapter 6: Brooklyn—Jay-Z and Calvin Klein, 1992–2008Chapter 7: San Francisco—Thizz Entertainment and Mac Dre, 1992–2004Chapter 8: New York—Czar Entertainment and Jimmy Henchmen, 1992–2012Chapter 9: Harlem—Big Boss Records and Kevin Chiles, 1993–2007Chapter 10: Manhattan—Bad Boys Records and Anthony “Wolf” Jones, 1995–2003Part 3: “I Got a Hundred Guns, a Hundred Clips.”—Ja RuleChapter 11: Miami—Rick Ross, Boobie Boys, and Slip N Slide Records, 1997–2005Chapter 12: New Orleans—Cash Money Records and Williams Brothers, 1997–2018Chapter 13: Queens—Murder Inc. Records and Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, 1998–2005Chapter 14: New York—Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Darren “Dee” Dean, 1998–2005Chapter 15: Philadelphia—Take Down Records and Ace Capone, 2000–2005Part 4: “I'm on Some Rob a Nigga Shit, Take the Nigga Bitch.”—Tekashi 69Chapter 16: Chicago—1st & 15th Entertainment and Charles “Chilly” Patton, 2001–2007Chapter 17: Atlanta—Gucci Mane and BMF, 2004–2005Chapter 18: New York—GS9 Entertainment and Bobby Shmurda, 2012–2014Chapter 19: Detroit—BMB Records and Brian “Peanut” Brown, 2012–2014Chapter 20: New York—Tekashi 69 and Bloods, 2014–2019

Follow infamous Italian mafioso, cocaine cowboys, hitmen, jewel thieves, outlaw bikers, and others as they leave a trail of carnage on their climb to the top of the criminal underworld. It's a vicious and dangerous game as determined authorities and bloodthirsty rivals try to take them down by any means necessary. With vivid scenes of murder, mayhem, and millions of dollars, Criminal Escapes chronicles the rise and fall of 20 of the most notorious gangsters to ever walk the cities, slums, and prisons in the modern era.Carmine "The Snake" Persico - A Boss Behind BarsJoe "Peg Leg" Morgan - The White Mexican Mafia LeaderNate "Boone" Craft - Evolution of a HitmanGriselda "Black Widow" Blanco - The Godmother of CocaineEugene "Nick the Blade" Geusale - A Real Life GoodfellaDawood Ibrahim - The Bombay Don Who Became a TerroristJosé Miguel Battle, "El Padrino" - The Corporation's Cuban GodfatherThe Aryan Brotherhood - Shamrocks and ShotcallersKenneth "Supreme" McGriff - The Supreme Team Define the Crack Era"Little Vic" Amuso & "Gaspipe" Casso - The Crew That Tried to Whack JerseyWillie Falcon & Sal Magluta - Miami's O.G. Cocaine CowboysPavle "Punch" Stamirovic - Legacy of the Pink PanthersCash Money Brothers - Even Mike Tyson Was Fair GameThe Kansas City Mob - The Casino Skim That Made MillionsThieves-In-Law - Russian Gangs of New YorkRichard "Iceman" Kuklinski - The Psycho Mafia HitmanBac Guai - Chinatown's White DevilWhitey Bulger - He Played the Feds ... and LostPeter "Big Pete" James - The Godfather of the Chicago OutlawsPop Culture - How Pop Culture Whacked the Mob

When the crack era jumped off in the 1980s, many street legends were born in a hail of gunfire. Business minded and ruthless dudes seized the opportunities afforded them, and certain individuals out of the city's five boroughs became synonymous with the definition of the new era black gangster. Drugs, murder, kidnappings, shootings, more drugs, and more murder were the rule of the day. They called it The Game, but it was a vicious attempt to come up by any means necessary. In the late 1980s, the mindset was get mine or be mine, and nobody embodied this attitude more than the Supreme Team.The Supreme Team has gone down in street legend and the lyrical lore of hip-hop and gangsta rap as one of the most vicious crews to ever emerge on the streets of New York. Their mythical and iconic status inspired hip-hop culture and rap superstars like 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Biggie, Nas and Ja Rule. Born at the same time as crack, hip-hop was heavily influenced by the drug crews that controlled New York s streets. And the cliché of art imitating life and vice versa came full circle in the saga of the Supreme Team's infamous leaders- Kenneth Supreme McGriff and Gerald Prince Miller. In the maelstrom of the mid-80s crack storm and burgeoning hip-hop scene, their influence and relevance left a lasting impression.Going from drug baron to federal prisoner to hip-hop maestro to life in prison, Supreme was involved in hip-hop and the crack trade from day one. His run stretched decades, but in the end he fell victim to the pitfalls of the game like all before him had. His nephew, the enigmatic Prince, who had a rapid, violent, and furious rise in the streets also fell hard and fast to the tune of seven life sentences. The Supreme Team has been romanticized and glorified in hip-hop, but the truth of the matter is that most of their members are currently in prison for life or have spent decades of their prime years behind bars. This book looks at the team s climatic rise from its inception to its inevitable fall. It looks at Supreme s redemption with Murder Inc. and his relapse back into crime. This book is the Supreme Team story in all its glory, infamy, and tragedy. It s a tale of turns, twists, and fate. Meet the gangsters from Queens where the drug game influenced the style and swagger of street culture, hip-hop and gangsta rap and made the infamous cast of characters from the Supreme Team icons in the annals of urban lore.