📢📢📢If you're under the age of 18, this book ain't for you! 📢📢📢 A woman is on the rise of becoming a successful woman, and a native of a poor Midwestern city. Donald DeGrate Junior is a successful musician and producer from Virginia. They each go through their own trials and tribulations. Childhood trauma... Adulthood trauma... Disorders... Egos... Stigmas... Rumors... LIES... Betrayal... The industry... Different careers, but still manage to cross paths. If you want to know more, read more... The book gets better as you go because I didn't think I'd get past writing chapter eight at the time. 🤷🏽‍♀️ This book is my first draft, and my first serious book, so please excuse ANY errors. WARNING: IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO IS EASILY OFFENDED, THIS AIN'T FOR YOU! Many things in book may offend people. If it does offend, then go somewhere else. SIMPLE! 🤷🏽‍♀️ I'm not here to stroke NOBODY'S EGO or write what YOU want me to WRITE. MY story, MY way... PERIOD, POINT-BLANK! There also may be some language used that some people may be offended by. You either like it or don't... Like 50 Cent and The Game said, "HATE it or LOVE!" NOTE: DeVante/Donald is not crazy in this story! This is PURE FICTION! I DON'T believe the false fabrications of the group or DeVanté. This book is for entertainment purposes only. This is a 90's & 2000's story. DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT CLAIM ANY RIGHTS TO THE MUSIC, PHOTOS, OR MOVIES/SHOWS MENTIONED OR SHOWN IN THIS BOOK. DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER IS NOT INTENDED TO HARM REAL PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS STORY. ALL WRITING RIGHTS ARE RESERVED TO THE WRITER. NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO USE THIS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. Start date: August 6, 2020 End date: October 27, 2021

Young, handsome and talented DeVanté Swing meets a beautiful but strange young lady by the name of Desire Hemera. Instead of turning away from her odd behaviour, DeVanté is intrigued by the alluring woman and takes it upon himself to break down her wall and find out who she really is. ' I don't know how to love ' ' If he's the one for you, he'll show you ' • Just another D.Swing story Inspired by "Compelled" - @trcpunzels Mature Content Copyright © gincity 2020/2021 Started: March 12, 2020 Completed: March 21, 2020 -

Must read EXIT 22 book 1 to understand this one!

[if you haven't read Hazel don't click on this story until you have] This is a continuation of the love story of Nyla-Janae Jones and DeVante Swing four years later after departing from each other in the summer of 1990.

ha·zel//ˈhāzəl//a reddish-brown or greenish-brown color, especially of someone's eyes. © jodecipowers

{Book One} Morgan, a regular normal teenage girl in high school. DeVanté, that sexy light skin of Jodeci. Despite being judged because of age difference, Morgan and DeVanté fall in love. Will they fall in love for the better, or for the worse? Read this story full of drama and secrets to find out what happens when these two souls cross paths. Enjoy! ✨ - status: slowly being edited © Copyrighted 2016 by MalaijahSanaa

E.X.I.T 22, a very successful multi-platinum 4 member girl group gets dropped from their label Interscope Records due to constant fighting , and altercations in public. E.X.I.T 22 begins to lose hope after just about every major label has denied them due to their "bad girls" reputation. A skeptical DeVante decides to give them a chance and take them under his wing by signing them to Swing Mob Records. What DeVante doesn't know is that signing them will come with DRAMA. Love, Tears, Laughter, Happiness, and Violence will test his daily lifestyle. Can he handle it? STORY STARTED IN JULY! COMPLETELY ORIGINAL PLOT WRITTEN BY ME! PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

"you're whack and you ain't intact cause you don't read Jodecidal Advisory!"

A group of childhood friends growing up in a small Charlotte neighborhood face the trials and tribulations of becoming aware of how small their city truly is. Surfacing traumas, deteriorating friendships, and questioned faith brings some to a point where they either crack under pressure or turn into a diamond. Started: 2018 Ended: 2023

You got a jawline like a model You stay fresh from head to toe Got your own money, never borrow On your grind, I like your hustle But you're no good for me Cuz them pretty boys not pretty On the inside of they souls And even though I know you're bad for me I can't let go You're no good for me No, you're no good for me But I can't stay away No matter what they say I keep comin' back for that bad boy Even though I know you treat me bad, boy I can't stay away No matter what they say Even though you still treat me bad My dumbass keep on comin' back, no