Urbanlit Stories

American Boy is told in first person through the innocent eyes of an African American teenager, Samuel 'Pete' Turner. At the tender age of five, Pete witnesses the tragic death of his Father. Naturally this has a profound effect on Pete's entire life. Despite the fact that he is raised in a middle class environment by his loving Mother, Mary, Pete continually seeks love and guidance from basically any man who shows the slightest bit of interest in him. Unfortunately, he is surrounded by Men who do not fully know the meaning of being a man or even worse, men that do not feel the need to lend a helping hand to insure that the young men in their presence grow to be strong productive citizens.

Soraya Swazel Admire is a 23 year old 8th grade english teacher . She has a 6 year old daughter Lyric Symphony Baldwin. Soraya has family that loves her , family meant everything to them . What happens one day when she see's something she has no business . What will happen ? What will she do ? Rashad LaDareus Odom a 28 year old street pharmacist , who is living a successful life . Basing his life mostly on his record label he has Now . He has been producing famous people like Migos,Cardi,Trina,Moneybagg yo,Tiara Thomas , Wale & Usher , Nicki minaj & many more . all he wants now is a family he has nieces & nephews but no kids of his own .

Life is....suffocating. Opinions pollute the air. Broken hope, like sharp miniscule particles, lingers around, grazing the psyches of people that pass. Life is....suffocating. So much so that we often forget how to breathe. But boy.... But girl.... ....does it feel good to breathe again.

UPDATES Monthly Mallory is a good girl. She's loyal. She's smart. She's beautiful and could have any boy she wants. However, a tragedy shakes the way she views the world and herself in it. She's convinced that disappointment is a reoccurring nuisance that she's set on outsmarting. If disappointment is inevitable then she just won't try. But when a longstanding friendship has a potential to become more will she go against everything she's taught herself not to hope for? Including love...

Book 1 Betrayal is worse than slaughter. That's what Antonio Ameen Felder always instilled in his friends. When a murder at the prison threatens to incarcerate them all for life, one man decides to sacrifice himself to free the others. All he asks in return is for his family to be taken care of. Book 2 As blood spilled from his body and pooled beneath him, Luther Khadafi Fuller believed that he was taking his last breath after being stabbed in the Beaumont Pen. But he was wrong. It wasn't his day to die. Over time his wounds healed, but his heart was forever scarred. The man who had made the Ultimate Sacrifice for him had tried to take his life all because he slept with the man's baby s mother. One year later and back on the streets, Khadafi wants nothing more than to punish the two men responsible for his near demise Tony Coleman and Ameen. Book 3 Their face off was inevitable, but neither man knew exactly when it would happen. Antonio "Ameen" Felder is an irresistible force destined to collide with an immovable object in Khadafi Fuller. They were once friends, bound by blood and sacrifice but now they are bitter enemies who both want to bring the other's demise. The line between love and hate is thin. And as Khadafi struggles to find out why someone shot Kemie, the love of his life, a man who once loved him now hates him and is hunting him. Book 4 Give the streets an inch and the streets will take a mile. Antonio "Ameen" Felder learns this through the most painful of circumstances. Antonio prays that the streets allow him to chill so that he never has to go back behind the wall. The streets, however, disregard this gangster's prayer and commits the most diabolical of deeds against him, resurrecting the old Antonio out of the trenches and back into beast mode. Now all bets are off and he takes no prisoners, leaving the guilty and collateral damage in his wake. 👉 Feel free to check out the link in the bio. The purchase option will be self-evident from there

to two teens (One black and one white) facing the emotional, physical and racial hardships of raising a baby in their teen years. Coming together to become parents is hard but the trials and struggles they are faced with when the baby is born is even harder. Going up against money problems, school hassles and old school mentalities. 16 & Pregnant. A interracial teen couple, raising their biracial baby.

if wanna hear me navigate the trials, pain and happy days of an eighteen year old black gay, open da book and read a page. sn: i should really become a rapper bc that completely off the dome :) but yea um, read if you want. you won't regret it and you make even feel less alone.

"Why the fck did you kiss me?" I whisper yelled with tears brimming my eyelashes. He cupped my cheeks and kissed me again. "I think I chose the wrong twin." Twins share everything, but will they share the same boy? Read to find out. ;)

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A crusade of vengeance passed down through the generations.

Synopsis Lyrica King is the daughter of a Kingpin. She came up in the drug game learning all there is to know about it, living her best life without any regrets all while the world was being handed to her. Nothing was off limits to Lyrica and that wasn't just in shopping. Although, being the daughter of a Kinpin had its ups and downs. Thank God Lyrica made sure she kept her head above water. Outside of being a genius in math and science, she also was beautiful. Every man's dream, the only thing she lacked, was love. Lyrica's father stood in the way of that. Pierre (Sir) grew up in the drug game. Starting from his great grandfather passed down to his dad and then himself. Once Lyrica was born, it broke the chain, causing Pierre shift to keep his family safe. Upon moving, he ran into some trouble from his past. Unfinished business resulted in the death of Lyrica's mother. Life takes a turn for Lyrica at the age of seventeen. She meets and falls in love with Shoota, The son of a Drug Lord. In her eyes, everything about him was great. The only problem she was having now was her father. Pierre has crossed paths with Shoota's family but couldn't put his finger on when or why. So, Pierre forbade Lyrica from seeing him again. On her eighteenth birthday, Lyrica's father was killed, leaving everything left up to her. Will she take her father's place and become the Queen Pin of New York? Or did Pierre remember Shoota after all and was killed?

After a legendary career, Hip Hop Icon 'Coach Coach' shockingly went into seclusion after the death of his Wife and Son. For nearly Ten years just about every Media Outlet tried relentlessly to get an one on one interview. Although he'd bared his soul on some of Hip Hop's most notable tracks, he'd left much to the imagination in regards to his upbringing and personal life. That's only until reporter 'Sharly Green' got a hold of him. Granting her a front row seat inside of his mind he verbally take her on an adventure of a lifetime. Vividly detailing the heartbreaking yet hilarious events that shaped him into being an American Rap Star!

Book 1 After her mother is brutally murdered by an abusive boyfriend, Karma Alonso-Walker decides to take matters into her own hands and avenge her mother s death...by any means necessary. While on her journey to vengeance, Karma falls in love with Money Parks, a Newark, New Jersey, police officer. As the relationship between the two grows, people and accounts from the lovers pasts come to light, forcing them to face unspoken truths. Book 2 After discovering the true identity of his father, Money takes a major step back in his relationships with his mother and Karma. Driven by an insatiable need to find him, Money spends his nights on the beat asking any and everyone of Jimmy's whereabouts. All the while, Karma has been forced to care for Money's daughter and their son by herself. Consumed by rage and post-partum depression, Karma is left questioning her and the kids' place in Money's life. When she finally decides to confront him, an unforeseen event happens between the two, changing their lives and those of their loved ones forever. In the end, everyone will have to ask themselves, "Is loving Money worth the risk of losing everything?" Book 3 Sixteen years have passed since we last visited Karma Alonso-Walker. After Money's conviction for attempted murder of their son, Karma turned back to her first love of track and field. Newfound fame, fortune and love has given her a fresh outlook on life, but no matter how hard she tries to forget the past, it always finds a way to remind her of her indiscretions. And when Money is released from prison, Karma's world is turned upside down once again, forcing her to come to face to face with the beast that has burdened her for more than half a decade. Feel free to check out the link in the bio: 👉 https://www.wclarkpublishing.com/ The purchase option will be self-evident from there.

jad·ed /ˈjādəd/ adjective tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something. R&B singer Jadon Banks is on a journey of not only self love but loving others. Being jaded for long because of personal experiences has shaped her into the woman she is. But will a chance encounter give her that boost of energy to revitalize herself?

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Dope boy and the girls who love them. Everybody wants a dope boy, because they are the flyest. Have the most money, grabs the most attention and can fulfill all your dreams. Be careful what you ask for and be careful who you go looking for because what you find may just not do you any good, may cause you more heartache and harm than you anticipated.

Everybody has a story to tell, no matter if it's good or bad..

Karisha Larue finds out the hard way that life never goes how you want it. One blow after the next, it keeps swinging at her, yet she always gets back up. But how much more can she take? She also finds out that what goes around doesn't always come back around. But will taking revenge into her own hands clean the slate? Or will it create a pool of blood that she'll eventually drown in?