187 Iz An Art by Mikal El-Amin & Richard L. Brown (Book Spotlight)

187-Iz-An-ArtSYNOPSIS:
Kamikaze and Killa are cousins, who are two typical adolescents from the inner city streets of Durham, North Carolina. They hustle drugs and commit minor crimes, in order to keep pocket money to buy weed, clothes, and jewelry.Kamikaze becomes infatuated with Paula an older girl from his projects, but after she rejects him, he realizes that the world he is from is motivated by money and power. With a newfound determination, Kamikaze and Killa formulate plans to take control of their projects from a New York dealer.Paula, Tiffany, and Nee Cee, are three close friends from Liberty Street Projects, whom are all very beautiful street savvy older girls. The three friends willingly enter into a deadly life of hustling, deceit, and violence, when they join the cousins after they notice Kamikaze and Killa gaining power in their neighborhood.

The two cousins form a powerful drug organization called the 187 CRU, and the three girls take on the ranks of lieutenants. Because of its tight organization the 187 CRU grows in power fast all on the premise of the crew’s motto, which is to murder its way to power. They expand throughout the city with no problems, until Kamikaze makes a costly mistake.

The 187 CRU ends up going to war with Stick-Up Sam and Trigga, the two brothers who are their primary enemies, and the powerful organization takes major losses. Many of the 187 CRU’s members are murdered during the drug war with their rivals, but Kamikaze seeks retribution and vows to eliminate his enemies.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Mikal El-Amin was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, and has experienced life from various aspects. He grew up in the inner city streets of Durham, where he was immersed in a life of hustling in the streets.

After several turbulent years of hustling, he decided to completely change his lifestyle. He wound up moving to Brooklyn, New York where he remade his self into an entrepreneur. He now resides in California where he is fully dedicated to becoming a prolific writer. El-Amin is an author of both, urban fiction and romance genres.

Richard Brown was born in New Haven, Connecticut but was raised in Durham, North Carolina after his family moved there when he was young boy. Brown still currently resides in North Carolina, and has dedicated his self to being an author, and producing novels in the urban fiction genre.

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