title: Backstage: Stories (Street Chronicles)
author: Nikki Turner
description: Turner (<i>Black Widow</i>) and four other sharp authors spin another mix of stories that mostly shout and sometimes whisper of the tough urban world of rap; Chasing the Ring by Harold L. Turley II is the lone exception, a backstage pass into the intense world of a basketball star who makes a big mistake. The other stories focus on the heartaches experienced by various industry sorts: Krista Johns's mesmerizing I'm Good, about Yummie, a self-combusting artist who'd rather be dead than labeled a snitch; Allah Adams's Stolen Legacy, a stolen lyrics revenge tale; Lana Ave's passionate Lose to Win, that ruefully explains the cost of Sakia Saks Sand's ambitious rise to CEO of Hustle Hard Records. Turner's cautionary rap thriller, Gun Music, one of the best entries, closes this anthology (with an introduction by rap icon Dana Dane), charting the twisted course of rappers Crook and Larceny, whose skyrocketing career begins with a big bang and ends on an even bigger bang. While gritty and very authentic in delivery, this series could benefit with less blood and guts and an infusion of, say, gospelized or jazzified tracks. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: ONE MORE NIGHT #2
  BACKSTAGE PASS SERIES #2
  ALI PARKER
  
  CONTENTS
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  Introduction
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  Chapter 18
  Chapter 19
  Chapter 20
  Chapter 21
  Chapter 22
  Chapter 23
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  Music is my escape.
  My band, Destitute, has never had an easy road to the top. It’s been a fight, a hustle, a struggle every
  step of the way, but we did it. 
  We’re the biggest band in all of LA. No one can take that from us. Not even the demons in our past.
  Most of the fuckers walking around these streets perceive me as arrogant and wild, but I worked hard
  to earn those stigmas. 
  It’s all part of the game. 
  Woman come and go like the wind. None of them looking for love, but lust, fame - my money. 
  But who could blame them? A cold-hearted ba