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Also does anyone have or know where I can find The Five Percenters:
Islam, Hip Hop And The Gods Of New York
by Michael Muhammad Knight ?
 

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Pass me the link when you get it fam. I heard an excerpt on Joe Budden's podcast. Sounds good

EDIT : Private file That's Gucci's book.
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Been reading cee-lo book, kinda disappointing to me, he skipped over too much shyt.

- he went by chickenhead when he was younger and he used to rob people.

-hung more with Outkast because he knew Dre as kid, and they were closer to his age. Khujo, gipp, and t-mo were all a few years older, and they were trapping.

- he was in love with Lauryn Hill and thought she was the one

-Lauryn Hill got him a placement in Santana album, which went diamond

-he wasn't see any money from the album, found out the goodie mob manager was stealing money from him. Pulled a gun on the manager on a tour bus and went home shortly after. (That's how he left the group)

-goodie mob stopped fukking with him completely, he wanted them to be like ":to:come back breh" when they were on some :pacspit: type shyt because they made all their money off touring, and couldn't tour without him. They ain't even come to his wedding. Still maintained contact with gipp though. Somehow they still did the dungeon family album but he ain't even mention that.

-goodie mob got dropped but la gave him a solo deal, gipp said he turned down one because he ain't wanna be in competition with cee-lo.

-felt his first album underperformed because he did everything himself, felt second solo for lost in the shuffle due to la reid being fired. Dropped shortly after.

- struggles trying to find himself a hit, says fukk it and decides to become a songwriter. Writes "don't cha" for p*ssycat dolls.

-links with danger mouse who they had met years earlier at a goodie mob show. They sign with indie label, crazy becomes hit, can't recreate success in second album, leaves because danger mouse is too controlling.

-gets back on good terms with goodie mob at a Nelly/Gnarls Barkley show. Gipp was there with Nelly and the other two were in there as well. Nelly called them onstage and they performed.

Struggles trying to find a hit for years again, links is Bruno Mars, they write "fukk you" he's big again.

shyt was in 2012 so it's before the rape shyt and ends with the voice and shyt.
 
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So basically have gun will travel is completely off the internet. AZ book is a myth and dann near every rapper got a book out
 
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