the Sheek Louch song "Mighty D-Block (2 Guns Up)" with the lyrics "Yo, the revolve' or the mati's cool, Knife game like Daddy Cool's, since Bally Shoes". The rapper 50 Cent writes in his self-help-cum-autobiography Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter, that "Personally, I didn’t get into reading until I found writers like Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim who wrote in a voice that felt familiar to me". Goines' books have been utilized in several prison literacy programs and his novel Dopefiend has been taught in a Rutgers University class. Adaptations Films Some of Goines's works have been adapted into film. His book Crime Partners was turned into a 2001 film starring Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, and Ja Rule, and in 2004 his book Never Die Alone was also released as a film starring DMX. Graphic novel In 1984 the graphic novel adaptation of the book Daddy Cool was released by Melrose Square a division of Holloway House. There have been reproductions since 1984 but it was the only graphic of its kind by Donald Goines that was published by Melrose Square. See also List of homicides in Michigan List of unsolved murders References Further reading Allen, Eddie B., Jr. Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. Nishikawa, Kinohi. "Donald Goines." Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2009. 102–6. Stone, Eddie. Donald Writes No More. Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1974. 1936 births 1974 deaths 1974 murders in the United States 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists African-American novelists United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War American male novelists American pimps Deaths by firearm in Michigan Male murder victims Murdered African-American people Novelists from Michigan People from Detroit People murdered in Michigan Unsolved murders in the United States Writers from Detroit 20th-century pseudonymous writers 20th-century African-American writers African-American male writers Urban fiction African-American Catholics