Compton Street Legend
Notorious Keffe D’s Street-Level Accounts of Tupac and Biggie Murders, Death Row Origins, Suge Knight, Puffy Combs, and Crooked Cops
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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, former shot caller for the Southside Compton Crips and kingpin of a Compton-based drug operation, rose to national prominence as one of the only living witnesses to the 1996 slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur after being featured in several TV specials on A&E (2017), USA Network (2017), Fox (2017), and BET (2018).
More than 20 years after the killings of Tupac and Biggie, Keffe D has released his gritty memoir, Compton Street Legend: Notorious Keffe D’s Street-Level Accounts of Tupac and Biggie Murders, Death Row Origins, Suge Knight, Puffy Combs, and Crooked Cops. Unlike other accounts of the murders of global rap icons Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. by private investigators, retired police officers, informants, or academics, Compton Street Legend is an authentic narrative from a major street player who was inextricably involved.
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis’ memoir underscores the universal corruption of crime and punishment in the United States in an environment where plea deals, grand jury indictments, and cooperation with the FBI has become commonplace. Compton Street Legend is the story of the explosive consequences when the powerful worlds of the streets, entertainment, and corrupt law enforcement collide.
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Terrence aka Youngblood is a young and jiggy stick-up kid in ATL with strict street principles respect for the code of his game, loyalty to those who are loyal to him, and much baby mama drama. Shan, Youngblood's cocaine sniffin' baby mama, violates him when she hooks up with one of his partnaz while Youngblood is serving a bid. When Youngblood touches down, it's on and poppin. Rich kid, a flamboyant drug kingpin wants to put Youngblood on his team, but Youngblood prefers to get his the fast way the ski mask way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Read with different twist!
- De Coco Smiles en 04-09-15
De: Cash
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My Infamous Life
- The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy
- De: Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, Laura Checkoway
- Narrado por: Albert "Prodigy" Johnson
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 640
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 540
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 540
In this often violent but always introspective memoir, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy tells his much anticipated story of struggle, survival, and hope down the mean streets of New York City. For the first time, he gives an intimate look at his family background, his battles with drugs, his life of crime, his relentless suffering with sickle-cell anemia, and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"P" is forever...
- De Anonymous User en 09-22-19
De: Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, y otros
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The Power of the Dog
- De: Don Winslow
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 20 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,922
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,916
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,888
This explosive novel of the drug trade takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge. From the streets of New York City to Mexico City and Tijuana to the jungles of Central America, this is the war on drugs like you've never seen it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping Drama
- De Deborah en 01-06-11
De: Don Winslow
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Once a Cop
- The Street, the Law, Two Worlds, One Man
- De: Corey Pegues
- Narrado por: Corey Pegues
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 390
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 358
New Jack City meets Serpico in this provocative memoir of a crack dealer-turned-decorated NYPD officer - a timely reflection on the complex relationship between the police and the communities they are meant to protect.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A POSSIBLE GOOD BOOK RUINED BY NARRATION
- De The Louligan en 05-29-16
De: Corey Pegues
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Ice
- A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption - from South Central to Hollywood
- De: Douglas Century
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 410
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 364
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 369
Ice-T here offers his hip-hop generation’s Horatio Alger story: the narrative of an orphaned child who, drawn inexorably into a harrowing life of crime, ultimately turns away from the streets and, through self-discipline and a single-minded work ethic, forges a path to international fame as a musician and film-and-television star.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I have a whole new respect for this man!
- De kris en 11-19-12
De: Douglas Century
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Trejo
- My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
- De: Danny Trejo, Donal Logue
- Narrado por: Danny Trejo, Donal Logue
- Duración: 13 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,513
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,276
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,278
On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. He’s been shot, stabbed, hanged, chopped up, squished by an elevator, and once, was even melted into a bloody goo. Off screen, he’s a hero beloved by recovery communities and obsessed fans alike. But the real Danny Trejo is much more complicated than the legend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best book ever!
- De Nicolas Rocha en 07-08-21
De: Danny Trejo, y otros
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Trust No Man
- De: Cash
- Narrado por: Brandon Rubin
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 209
Terrence aka Youngblood is a young and jiggy stick-up kid in ATL with strict street principles respect for the code of his game, loyalty to those who are loyal to him, and much baby mama drama. Shan, Youngblood's cocaine sniffin' baby mama, violates him when she hooks up with one of his partnaz while Youngblood is serving a bid. When Youngblood touches down, it's on and poppin. Rich kid, a flamboyant drug kingpin wants to put Youngblood on his team, but Youngblood prefers to get his the fast way the ski mask way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Read with different twist!
- De Coco Smiles en 04-09-15
De: Cash
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A Pimp's Life
- De: Treasure Hernandez
- Narrado por: Keith Benn Jr.
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 427
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 380
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 383
In the tradition of Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim comes A Pimp’s Life, the story of the rise and fall of Mack Jones. He’s at the top of his pimp game in Queens, New York, until he breaks one of the cardinal rules of Pimping 101 and falls in love with one of his girls. Destiny was once an innocent young girl tricked into selling her body, but now she’s as tough as the most seasoned professionals on the street. Then a tragic turn of events causes her to open her heart once again.
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2 out of 5 stars
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SMH....
- De Emanuelinc en 12-09-20
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Hell's Angel
- The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club
- De: Sonny Barger
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,699
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,510
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,508
Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club. Sonny Barger recounts the birth of the original Oakland Hell's Angels and the four turbulent decades that followed. Hell's Angel also chronicles the way the HAMC revolutionized the look of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle and built what has become a worldwide bike-riding fraternity, a beacon for freedom-seekers the world over.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must for any true biker
- De Chris B en 06-20-15
De: Sonny Barger
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Diary of a Madman
- The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and The Roots of Southern Rap
- De: Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Benjamin Meadows Ingram - with
- Narrado por: JD Jackson
- Duración: 5 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 199
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 175
Scarface is the celebrated rapper whose hits include "On My Block," "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" and "Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta" (made famous in the cult film Office Space). The former president of Def Jam South, he's collaborated with everyone from Kanye West, Ice Cube and Nas, and had many solo hits such as "Guess Who's Back" feat. Jay-Z and "Smile" feat. Tupac. But before that, he was a kid from Houston in love with rock-and-roll, listening to AC/DC and KISS.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Been a fan but this was eye opening
- De Delisa Fountain en 01-10-25
De: Brad "Scarface" Jordan, y otros
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem
- A Memoir
- De: Daniel R. Day
- Narrado por: Omari Hardwick, Daniel R. Day
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,354
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,063
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,057
With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Textbook for the Ages
- De Joël j. Sylvain en 07-13-19
De: Daniel R. Day
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Gotti's Rules
- The Story of John Alite, Junior Gotti, and the Demise of the American Mafia
- De: George Anastasia
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 289
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 287
The notorious Gotti family is the stuff of mob legend. The "Dapper Don", John Gotti Sr., and his son John A. "Junior" Gotti ran New York's powerful Gambino crime family and were well known for their flamboyant style and brutal ways, an image perpetuated in popular Mafia mythology. John Alite, a mob hit man, associate, and close friend of the Gottis, has a very different story to tell.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Garbage read
- De Ray en 09-02-15
De: George Anastasia
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The Last Gangster
- From Cop to Wiseguy to FBI Informant: Big Ron Previte and the Fall of the American Mob
- De: George Anastasia
- Narrado por: Chris Monteiro
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
As a cop, Ron Previte was corrupt. As a mobster, he was brutal. And in his final role, as a confidential informant to the FBI, Previte was deadly. The Last Gangster is his story—the story of the last days of the Philadelphia Mob, and of the clash of generations that brought it down once and for all. Convinced that the honor of the "business" was gone, he became the FBI's secret weapon in an intense and highly personalized war on the Philadelphia mob, operating with the same guile, wit, and stone-cold bravado that had made him a force in the underworld.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully done! Exceptional.
- De none en 12-15-23
De: George Anastasia
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The Westies
- Inside New York's Irish Mob
- De: T. J. English
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 820
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 709
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 709
It's men like Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone who gave Hell's Kitchen its name. In the mid-1970s, these two longtime friends take the reins of New York's Irish mob, using brute force to give it hitherto unthinkable power. Jimmy, a charismatic sociopath, is the leader. Mickey, whose memories of Vietnam torture him daily, is his enforcer. Together they make brutality their trademark, butchering bodies or hurling them out the window.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Julio en 06-28-18
De: T. J. English
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Operation Family Secrets
- How a Mobster's Son and the FBI Brought Down Chicago's Murderous Crime Family
- De: Frank Calabrese Jr., Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman, y otros
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 169
The Calabrese family of Chicago is a close-knit, middle-class, multi-generational Italian-Irish-American clan. They operate family businesses. They work day and night striving for the American Dream. All three sons forge a bond with their controlling father, Frank Sr., and their soft-spoken favorite uncle, Nick. As a boy, the oldest son, Frank Jr., realizes that his father and uncle are also "made" members of another close-knit family: the outfit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Riveting Listen!
- De ahippieadventure en 02-06-13
De: Frank Calabrese Jr., y otros
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My Cross to Bear
- De: Gregg Allman, Alan Light
- Narrado por: Will Patton
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,084
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 974
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 969
As one of the greatest rock icons of all time, Gregg Allman has lived it all and then some. For almost 50 years, he's been creating some of the most recognizable songs in American rock, but never before has he paused to reflect on the long road he's traveled. Now, he tells the unflinching story of his life, laying bare the unvarnished truth about his wild ride that has spanned across the years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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my cross to bear was awesome
- De the dude en 05-02-12
De: Gregg Allman, y otros
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This Might Get a Little Heavy
- A Memoir
- De: Ralphie May, Nils Parker
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 251
There was a time when Ralphie May was one of the biggest stand-up comedians in the country, both by ticket sales and by tonnage. While some things changed - Ralphie lost half his body weight - others did not: He will be remembered as one of the most successful comics of his time. Completed just months before his untimely passing, in This Might Get a Little Heavy, Ralphie takes listeners on a behind-the-scenes tour of his life and career, one that winds across the country, over obstacles, beyond heartbreak, and through the golden age of stand-up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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brilliant and tragic
- De Timothy Trujillo en 08-12-18
De: Ralphie May, y otros
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Four Feet Tall & Rising
- A Memoir
- De: Shorty Rossi, S. J. Hodges
- Narrado por: Shorty Rossi
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Luigi Francis "Shorty" Rossi, the tough-talking, fedora-wearing star of Animal Planet's hit show Pit Boss, may stand only four feet tall, but that hasn't stopped him from living large, becoming a successful businessman and an outspoken advocate for pit bulls, the most misunderstood dog breed in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, truly good person
- De Anonymous en 03-03-12
De: Shorty Rossi, y otros
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The Birthday Party
- A Memoir of Survival
- De: Stanley N. Alpert
- Narrado por: Richard Powers
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
On January 21, 1998, the night before his 38th birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley Alpert was kidnapped by a car full of gun-toting thugs. Hoping to make a large withdrawal with his ATM card, they took him, blindfolded, to a Brooklyn apartment, and improvised. All night, his captors alternately held guns to his head, threatened his family, engaged him in discussions of "gangsta" philosophy, sought his legal advice, and even offered him sexual favors from their prostitute girlfriends as a "birthday present."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Since there haven't been any SERIOUS...
- De Douglas en 04-30-15
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Once Upon a Time in Compton
- De: Tim Brennan, Robert Ladd, Lolita Files
- Narrado por: Lolita Files
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
For 20 years, gang unit detectives Tim Brennan and Robert Ladd patrolled the streets of Compton. They witnessed the birth and rise of gangsta rap with acts they knew personally, such as N.W.A and D.J. Quik; dealt firsthand with the chaos of the L.A. riots, its aftermath, and the gang truce that followed; were involved in the investigations of the murders of hip-hop stars Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., and were major players in an all-out tug-of-war with City Hall that ultimately resulted in the permanent shut-down of the Compton Police Department.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrendous narration
- De Mike C en 08-09-19
De: Tim Brennan, y otros
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Tupac Shakur
- The Authorized Biography
- De: Staci Robinson
- Narrado por: Jamal Joseph, Staci Robinson
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 221
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 212
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 212
Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time. More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996 at the age of just twenty-five, he continues to be one of the most misunderstood, complicated, and prolific figures in modern history. Drawing on exclusive access to Tupac’s private notebooks, letters, and uncensored conversations with those who loved and knew him best, this estate-authorized biography paints the fullest and most intimate picture to date of the young man who became a legend for generations to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Biography!
- De Passionate Book Reader en 11-18-23
De: Staci Robinson
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The Killing of Tupac Shakur
- De: Cathy Scott
- Narrado por: Elise Black
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Poet, movie star, revolutionary - Tupac Amaru Shakur was the most popular rapper in the world. No one symbolized the violence at the heart of gangsta rap more than Tupac, and he ultimately fell victim to that violence, gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas at the age of 25. This raw, no-holds-barred account discloses new information about the unsolved murder of Tupac: the failed investigation, the rap wars, the killing of Biggie Smalls, the Bloods-Crips connection, and the many possible motives leading to the murder that rocked the music world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dead of alive, Tupac lives on.
- De Maria Becker en 10-11-18
De: Cathy Scott
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E.A.R.L.
- The Autobiography of DMX
- De: DMX
- Narrado por: Beresford Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 542
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 496
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 496
His real name was Earl Simmons. As a child, he placed higher on tests than his fellow students and liked to spend mornings with his mother and sisters playing games and making pancakes. But for young Earl - a boy growing up on the streets of Yonkers, New York - that kind of childhood didn’t last long. Beatings, abuse, and neglect very soon had him moving on to other things, like robbing, stealing, drugs, and, eventually, jail. Along the way, however, he found a talent and a passion for rhyme.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not a good listen
- De Ty en 03-24-22
De: DMX
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Blue Rage, Black Redemption
- A Memoir
- De: Stanley Tookie Williams, Tavis Smiley - foreword, Barbara Becnel - epilogue
- Narrado por: Ferlon Webster
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
When his Los Angeles neighborhood was threatened by gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the Crips, but what began as protection became worse than the original gangs. From deadly street fights with their rivals to drive-by shootings and stealing cars, the Crips' influence—and Tookie's reputation—began to spread across Los Angeles. Soon he was regularly under police surveillance, and, as a result, was arrested often, though always released because the charges did not stick.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nicely Written
- De Amazon Customer en 02-07-24
De: Stanley Tookie Williams, y otros
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The Harlem Plug
- The Richard "Fritz" Simmons Story
- De: Harlem Holiday
- Narrado por: Jeremy Michael Durm
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
In Harlem’s tumultuous history, there are many tragedies. For those growing up in this part of New York City, a young man known simply as Fritz from West 112th Street became an urban legend in Harlem. In the 1970s, Richard “Fritz” Simmons is introduced to the drug trade by an associate of the Lucchese crime family, one of the five families of La Cosa Nostra (the Mafia). After negotiating a deal with the Medellín Cartel, Fritz becomes New York’s Cocaine Consignment King. Harlem Holiday brings her inside scoop after almost three decades of silence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Legend
- De Kristen L en 05-02-23
De: Harlem Holiday
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Once Upon a Time in Compton
- De: Tim Brennan, Robert Ladd, Lolita Files
- Narrado por: Lolita Files
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
For 20 years, gang unit detectives Tim Brennan and Robert Ladd patrolled the streets of Compton. They witnessed the birth and rise of gangsta rap with acts they knew personally, such as N.W.A and D.J. Quik; dealt firsthand with the chaos of the L.A. riots, its aftermath, and the gang truce that followed; were involved in the investigations of the murders of hip-hop stars Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., and were major players in an all-out tug-of-war with City Hall that ultimately resulted in the permanent shut-down of the Compton Police Department.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrendous narration
- De Mike C en 08-09-19
De: Tim Brennan, y otros
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Tupac Shakur
- The Authorized Biography
- De: Staci Robinson
- Narrado por: Jamal Joseph, Staci Robinson
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 221
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 212
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 212
Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time. More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996 at the age of just twenty-five, he continues to be one of the most misunderstood, complicated, and prolific figures in modern history. Drawing on exclusive access to Tupac’s private notebooks, letters, and uncensored conversations with those who loved and knew him best, this estate-authorized biography paints the fullest and most intimate picture to date of the young man who became a legend for generations to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Biography!
- De Passionate Book Reader en 11-18-23
De: Staci Robinson
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The Killing of Tupac Shakur
- De: Cathy Scott
- Narrado por: Elise Black
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Poet, movie star, revolutionary - Tupac Amaru Shakur was the most popular rapper in the world. No one symbolized the violence at the heart of gangsta rap more than Tupac, and he ultimately fell victim to that violence, gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas at the age of 25. This raw, no-holds-barred account discloses new information about the unsolved murder of Tupac: the failed investigation, the rap wars, the killing of Biggie Smalls, the Bloods-Crips connection, and the many possible motives leading to the murder that rocked the music world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dead of alive, Tupac lives on.
- De Maria Becker en 10-11-18
De: Cathy Scott
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E.A.R.L.
- The Autobiography of DMX
- De: DMX
- Narrado por: Beresford Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 542
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 496
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 496
His real name was Earl Simmons. As a child, he placed higher on tests than his fellow students and liked to spend mornings with his mother and sisters playing games and making pancakes. But for young Earl - a boy growing up on the streets of Yonkers, New York - that kind of childhood didn’t last long. Beatings, abuse, and neglect very soon had him moving on to other things, like robbing, stealing, drugs, and, eventually, jail. Along the way, however, he found a talent and a passion for rhyme.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not a good listen
- De Ty en 03-24-22
De: DMX
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Blue Rage, Black Redemption
- A Memoir
- De: Stanley Tookie Williams, Tavis Smiley - foreword, Barbara Becnel - epilogue
- Narrado por: Ferlon Webster
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
When his Los Angeles neighborhood was threatened by gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the Crips, but what began as protection became worse than the original gangs. From deadly street fights with their rivals to drive-by shootings and stealing cars, the Crips' influence—and Tookie's reputation—began to spread across Los Angeles. Soon he was regularly under police surveillance, and, as a result, was arrested often, though always released because the charges did not stick.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nicely Written
- De Amazon Customer en 02-07-24
De: Stanley Tookie Williams, y otros
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The Harlem Plug
- The Richard "Fritz" Simmons Story
- De: Harlem Holiday
- Narrado por: Jeremy Michael Durm
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
In Harlem’s tumultuous history, there are many tragedies. For those growing up in this part of New York City, a young man known simply as Fritz from West 112th Street became an urban legend in Harlem. In the 1970s, Richard “Fritz” Simmons is introduced to the drug trade by an associate of the Lucchese crime family, one of the five families of La Cosa Nostra (the Mafia). After negotiating a deal with the Medellín Cartel, Fritz becomes New York’s Cocaine Consignment King. Harlem Holiday brings her inside scoop after almost three decades of silence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Legend
- De Kristen L en 05-02-23
De: Harlem Holiday
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The Book of Jose
- A Memoir
- De: Fat Joe, Shaheem Reid
- Narrado por: Fat Joe
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,885
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,713
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,713
Fat Joe is a hip-hop legend, but this is not a tale of celebrity; it is the story of Joseph Cartagena, a kid who came of age in the South Bronx during its darkest years of drugs, violence, and abandonment, and how he navigated that traumatizing landscape until he found—through art, friendship, luck, and will—a rocky path to a different life. This memoir, written in Joe’s own intensely compelling voice, moves with the momentum of pulp fiction, but underneath the tragicomedy and riveting tales of the streets and the industry is a thought-provoking story about a generation of survivors.
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INCREDIBLE AND INSPIRATIONAL STORY
- De Anonymous User en 05-26-23
De: Fat Joe, y otros
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We Own This City
- A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption
- De: Justin Fenton
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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Baltimore, 2015. Riots are erupting across the city as citizens demand justice for Freddie Gray, a twenty-five-year-old Black man who has died under suspicious circumstances while in police custody. In this urgent book, award-winning investigative journalist Justin Fenton distills hundreds of interviews, thousands of court documents, and countless hours of video footage to present the definitive account of the entire scandal.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hard to Follow
- De Dmez en 05-17-21
De: Justin Fenton
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3 Kings
- De: Zack O'Malley Greenburg
- Narrado por: Matt Amendt
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z lifted themselves from childhood adversity into tycoon territory, amassing levels of fame and wealth that not only outshone all other contemporary hip-hop artists, but with a combined net worth of well over two billion dollars made them the three richest American musicians, period. Yet their fortunes have little to do with selling their own albums: between Diddy's Ciroc vodka, Dre's three billion dollar sale of his Beats headphones to Apple, and Jay-Z's Tidal streaming service and other assets, these artists have transcended pop music fame to become moguls.
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Current
- De Nathaniel Gallegos en 03-25-18
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Split Decision
- Life Stories
- De: Ice-T, Spike, Douglas Century
- Narrado por: Ice-T, Spike, Douglas Century
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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Ice-T rose to fame in the late 1980s, earning acclaim for his music before going on to enthrall television audiences as Odafin “Fin” Tutuola in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. But it could have gone much differently. In this “poignant and powerful” (Library Journal, starred review) memoir, Ice-T and Spike, his former crime partner—collaborating with New York Times bestselling author Douglas Century—relate the shocking stories of their shared pasts, and how just a handful of decisions led to their incredibly different lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An awesome book
- De Cornelius DeMarcus en 11-30-22
De: Ice-T, y otros
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Life Sentence
- The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader
- De: Mark Bowden
- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
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In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes listeners inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight gang members in prison.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book, but needs to be re-cast.
- De Carey Chiaia en 06-08-23
De: Mark Bowden
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It Was All a Dream
- Biggie and the World That Made Him
- De: Justin Tinsley
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 12 h y 32 m
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The Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most charismatic and talented artists of the 1990s. Born Christopher Wallace and raised in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, Biggie lived an almost archetypal rap life. Biggie released his first record, Ready to Die, in 1994, when he was only 22. Less than three years later, he was killed just days before the planned release of his second record Life After Death. Journalist Justin Tinsley’s It Was All a Dream is a fresh, insightful telling of the life beyond the legend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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By Far the Best Biggie Bio I've Read
- De Jeremy en 06-05-22
De: Justin Tinsley
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Compton Street Legend
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- Amazon Fanatic
- 12-29-22
Excellent Read
I liked most everything about the book and it gives first hand accounts from a man who was there on the scene and I believe every word he said in that book
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-31-19
Stephanie
Good read.
I like reading real story’s. Cleared up a lot of stuff that was going on in Compton.
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- Alex devault
- 06-21-21
Great book; one of the best!
He knows the ins and outs of a lot of thing us as fans of the Culture question daily. Deep, deep, deep dive into the life some of us want to live out and partake in but know how detrimental and messed up it can be to us and our families. I love how real this book is. It takes you in many many wild rides down the life of a drug dealer, gangster, and all of that.
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- jeremymartin
- 07-27-23
epic
loved it! giy a taste of the life of the street s told by the king of compton!!
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- Stacy
- 10-08-23
Should have been entitled, "You Big Dummy!"
It infuriated me to listen to another glorified tale of street predator until I realized this idiot has just set himself up for a lifetime bid. Good for him. Can't wait to watch the upcoming trial that will put him and probably a few other criminals away with him. With all of the gangsters he ticked off, he'll have a less-than-enchanted time in prison.
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- Unknown
- 09-30-23
Everything I needed to know
I got all I was wondering for years out of this book. I believe mostly everything he said especially about the hate Bad Boys had for Pac. Excellent book, it kept me every engaged.
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- david
- 07-02-21
gripping!!
i enjoyed this audiobook!! usually, real time street stories sound like they can almost take you there visually. the way the narrator perforns this story, it feels like you're riding shotgun with Keffe D through every situation!! Again, i enjoyed it.
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- Mell
- 09-06-21
Keefe 90% accurate & 10% emotional fabrication!
That hate in his heart for 2Pac & Suge quite prevalent …. It’s been 25 years going on 26 & Keefe Dee is still on platforms like “The art of dialogue “ looking mad like this shit happened yesterday!!! Keefe u marked out!! Decent Lil Book though…
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- Kyle Lowers
- 05-31-23
Great book
If you love rap music and gangsters this is the book for you. Terrific listen.
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- Chris D.
- 10-16-23
A play by play for 2pac shooting
No testimony needed. The OG spills all the beans. I did a enjoy the narration. Keep ya head up OG.
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