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As a young man growing up in the streets of Indianapolis, Indiana and Atlanta, Georgia Elbert Lee Frazier learned the hustle game early on - hustle to get ahead, hustle to thrive, hustle to survive. Despite a strong-willed mother who worked tirelessly to get him to tap into his potential, and a hard-nosed father determined to beat him onto a straight and narrow path? It would be the streets where Elbert would get his education.

From the ghetto paved and unpaved streets of Indianapolis, Indiana, this book begins telling the story of one fat kid's rise from the projects, to his fall serving over seven years in as many prisons, and how he was able to come out a prison scholar. That led to him to writing 18 phenomenal books about redemption and attending Georgia State University, graduating number one in his undergraduate class. He earned a 4.13 GPA and went on to grad school, where he excelled, graduating at top of his class, before becoming a very popular African-American Studies professor at Georgia State University.

Derrick “Dez” Allen wants nothing more than to be on the big stage busting rhymes like KRS-1, Slick Rick or EPMD. He seems to be on his way when he discovers girls. Raging hormones, peer pressure, and the allure of money and drugs impact Dez’s life in ways that no one sees until one terrible Flicted decision–one that could cost him everything.

As a young man growing up in the streets of Indianapolis, Indiana and Atlanta, Georgia Elbert Lee Frazier learned the hustle game early on—hustle to get ahead, hustle to thrive, hustle to survive. Despite a strong-willed mother who worked tirelessly to get him to tap into his potential, and a hard-nosed father determined to beat him onto a straight and narrow path…. it would be the streets where Elbert would get his education.