You can only run from your demons for so long. Sooner or later they're going to check up with you. Take Anthony Carter for explain. His poor decisions and choosing to keep people who meant him no good around landed the young man in a position in life he never thought he'll be and only being 22 years of age. Finding himself with no friends or family and being broken beyond repair. Who would've thought a simple gesture of kindness would've changed his life forever. All he ever wanted was to be heard , for someone to hear his pain but he could never seem to form the words. Knowing bystanders wouldn't just listen to his sob story he decided to grasp their attention by doing the one thing he knew he was good at. Sing. Singing with his last breath , singing with his last few wet tears , singing His Broken Testimony praying someone would finally hear him and they did. She did.

College is a time to grow while being wild and free. Still living reckless comes with consequences. It's all a part of life's cruel game. The question still remains: who will win and who will lose. Both Pharaoh and Essence have the highest to lose.

Essence & Pharaoh are back with the tables turned. What will happen when the player gets played with? Will they find their way back to each other?

Head full of hair, mind full of thoughts, flat footed when she walks. Quiet, but outspoken, mediocre but extraordinary, simple but complex. Crisp hair line, mind full of thoughts, a certain swagger in his walk. Outspoken, but reserved, sarcastic but sincere, coward, but brave. God bless the black kids still true to themselves even on the block where the crack lives. Roots so deep they'd probably touch the ocean floor. But understand these kids unapologetically black, growing from the strangest trees these black berry babies got a lot to carry. A BeautyAndTheBrain and GoldenGoddessR collaboration.

We're often advised that one of the best ways to increase the chances of a relationship's success is to keep it private and keep your business out of the streets. But what if you don't have a choice and the relationship has to be kept a secret. You know that young, sexy, tattooed awesome R&B singer August Alsina well this rule applies to him. He's been keeping his relationship lowkey for a whole year now with girlfriend Raigen Ruiz. A person in love wants to be many things, but in most situations, a secret is not one of them. The relationship Raigen wants to broadcast to show her love for her boyfriend she can't. "Fans like to have that feeling that their the only girl in your life, so being publicly out there will hurt them. You will be more attractive if you appeared single." But just how private should a relationship be and what happens when people become too good at keeping their relationship private? What happens when a relationship becomes so private that it's a secret.

Meet DeLondon Sparkle Jordan. Eighteen years old and ready to take on life. For the first time in her life she is about to be on her own as she travels across the country to attend the college of her dreams. Ecstatic as any new freshman she doesn't realize the many challenges she will soon face. The only thing DeLondon is worried about is receiving her degree so her dreams will come true, but Micah Curry will be sure to complicate things for her. Kiss me if you can!!

When August's rise to fame tests his relationship with his girlfriend of three years.

After being broken up for two years, A'leah and August decide it's best to co-parent but under the same roof. Will these two rekindle their love along this eventful journey or remained separated? Copyright 2015 ©

The crew from "Love In The Hood" is back. They are now older and wiser, taking on a new journey of life. This is the sequel to "Love In The Hood", so if you haven't read that book, you will need to if you wish to understand this one. Enjoy !

Jamerica Williams ; she's a simple high school girl who happens to be the sister of a drug lord in Tallahassee, Florida. She's very stunning, especially to the son of an ex, king pin from Miami, Brandon Jackson. Through all of the drama involved in 'the hood', will their love for one another keep them strong or break them apart? ☆PSA: The sequel to this book has been uploaded and is titled "The Hood Don't Love You".