Great Expectations (2024) Memoir/fiction about a young, idealistic low level staffer from Harlem, during the Obama campaign in 2008, inside the politics of fund raising, the world of summer 2007/2008, and a coming of age story, from clubs in Los Angeles, fundraisers at Quincy Jones mansion, and Martha's Vineyard, picture of elite black circles and DC scene.
The Rent Collectors: (2024) non fiction about an infamous 2007 murder in LA, MacArthur Park by 18th Street gangsters and how that killing reverberated though the lives of the killer, his gang, the federal prosecutors looking to indict 18th St, the detectives soling the murders, and the people who worked and lived in Macarthur Park.
California Soul: (2022) Memoir of Keith Corbin, a Grape Street crip, who became a chef, and opened Alta in Los Angeles, famous black owned spot now. Not a redemption story, not a easy white washing of his life. Dude was a coke addict and a dope boy/gangster from a young age. and I actually met him in SD that year, and we talked about hustling for about 30 seconds, gave him a handshake and said I was glad he made it to the other side. He was like but did you read the book bro? and I was like yeah man in 2 days lol
there's three. I read all types of shyt, from fiction to non fiction, memoirs, thrillers, cultural analysis, sociology. Those are three that based on what I know you would connect with, BUT I also go out of my way to read women's fiction, books about sexual assault/rape, books about sexual norms, memoirs of women who have had a LOT of sex, books by gay authors, whatever. but not everyone goes that far.
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El Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzman, detailed reporting of the capture and tracking of Chapo in 2009/2014\\
Hunting El Chapo: Andrew Hogan, by the DEA agent who led the investigation out of Arizona and SD, inside look at US drug trafficking, federal investigations, and what US/Mexico law enforcement cooperation looks like in real practice.
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vibes from it, but the book does show how how demonic these cacs were moving at the time.
In 2024? 
So you think reading books gon help, aye no disrespect to reading books
