187. A code familiar on the rough streets of NOLA. If you weren't hearing about it, you were seeing it for yourself. 16 year old August is no stranger to the struggle. You either get, or become gotten. Shanelle is just a girl from downtown, tryna make it out of the hood. This is it; the beginning to it all. Where the hardships, trials, and tribulations took place. Before the storm. Before the rain. RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 30

Shanelle is August's ride or die. From the slums to the fame and fortune, Shanelle's been there through it all. The two seem to be meant to be, but sometimes fame changes people. What happens when August gets caught up in the money, weed, and women?

Two brother's navigate life, love and the annoyance of brotherhood, and realize that the most important thing in life can be summed up in one word - family.

We all know the struggles of high school. You start off with a whole clique of friends and only end with a few. People you use to know so well you just walk past and not say a word. In high school you grow up and start to see reality. "Real" people turn fake and "good" intentions go bad. But high school is like the 'Tree of Eden' that held the knowledge of good and evil. The boys and girls are what your Mother warned you about, when she would babble to you about noting particular. High school is reality when all things come into existence. We finally began to understand the game of life and you choose how to play it.

After almost failing out of Dental School, August returns to Atlanta willing to do whatever it takes to make things right with the only person who can get him back on track. One problem – she’s happily in love with someone else. Will they reconnect or has he forever lost the only woman he’s ever loved?

Carter Harris is coming up in the game determined to fix everything his late father ruined starting by taking back an empire that was supposed to be left for him. Rising to the top is far from easy but right now that is the least of Carter's problems. -NOT EDITED-

August and Amber newly married learn to navigate the tricky waters of married life. Trilogy to If That's What It Takes.

The only love Marli had ever known was the love pain gave her. That is until he came along. Is Marli strong enough to move forward or will that familiar friend, pain, take over her once more. Find out in You Deserve an August Alsina Fan Fiction.

Read to find out.