LET THE STREETS TELL IT is truly a must read. 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, a well connected business manager and promoter. The other, a trigger-happy gangstress. Devasted 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 it's 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. In search of his exodus, he reaches a milestone, by turning a underground recording studio into one of the most prestigious record label's With the number one female rap artist in America signed to his roster, spewing a mellifluent audio-biopic to millions of fans, that dangerously plays out like Ill's tell-all confessional. She becomes "Number One with a Bullet" As she raps about a towering saga of events and mortal frailties. Naming the vivid cast-members of notorious men, women, drug lords and street-soldiers associated with Ill's past, As she tops the charts. In which, sending Ill's old conglomerate after his new, with gunplay. In desperate pursuit to hush the gangstress rapper that could turn their facet of gems into their decadence and eventually, a Federal Indictment.
- | Author: Rae Zellous, Artessa Michelle
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Nov 18, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 434 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1539772047
- | ISBN-13: 9781539772040