The American Dope Boy: Memoir of a Dope Boy
The American Dope Boy is a tale about life with it's many twist and turns. Not only does The American Dope Boy tells a story of a teenage drug dealer but tells the story of other youth who have been put in similar circumstances. Based on a true story and set at the height of the crack epidemic in Memphis TN. The reader will get a first hand account on how life is very unpredictable in the streets. Bleak is an understatement of life on the streets of Memphis TN. It took unwavering faith for this adolescent to make it out of the drug world and into a better place in life. But that place didn't come without hard lesson that have been bought and paid for. The fairy tale life he once knew was worlds away from the harsh reality he had to face. During the experience he discovered that knowledge was his key to freedom and that knowledge he learned was the playbook at winning at the game call life.
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The American Dope Boy: Memoir of a Dope Boy
The American Dope Boy is a tale about life with it's many twist and turns. Not only does The American Dope Boy tells a story of a teenage drug dealer but tells the story of other youth who have been put in similar circumstances. Based on a true story and set at the height of the crack epidemic in Memphis TN. The reader will get a first hand account on how life is very unpredictable in the streets. Bleak is an understatement of life on the streets of Memphis TN. It took unwavering faith for this adolescent to make it out of the drug world and into a better place in life. But that place didn't come without hard lesson that have been bought and paid for. The fairy tale life he once knew was worlds away from the harsh reality he had to face. During the experience he discovered that knowledge was his key to freedom and that knowledge he learned was the playbook at winning at the game call life.
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The American Dope Boy: Memoir of a Dope Boy

The American Dope Boy: Memoir of a Dope Boy

by Mauro & Pluras KÃk
The American Dope Boy: Memoir of a Dope Boy

The American Dope Boy: Memoir of a Dope Boy

by Mauro & Pluras KÃk

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The American Dope Boy is a tale about life with it's many twist and turns. Not only does The American Dope Boy tells a story of a teenage drug dealer but tells the story of other youth who have been put in similar circumstances. Based on a true story and set at the height of the crack epidemic in Memphis TN. The reader will get a first hand account on how life is very unpredictable in the streets. Bleak is an understatement of life on the streets of Memphis TN. It took unwavering faith for this adolescent to make it out of the drug world and into a better place in life. But that place didn't come without hard lesson that have been bought and paid for. The fairy tale life he once knew was worlds away from the harsh reality he had to face. During the experience he discovered that knowledge was his key to freedom and that knowledge he learned was the playbook at winning at the game call life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781543909432
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication date: 09/01/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 198
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

M.C. Kerns was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. As an adolescent M.C. Kerns fell victim to the trappings of the streets and ended up dealing drugs. Looking for a way out he used education as the key to his freedom from the streets and attended college. Studying in Emergency medical technology M.C. Kerns attained his certification as a Paramedic and worked in various medical services including the Memphis Fire Department. M.C. Kerns also has produced music for various artist.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

Introduction 3

Chapter 1 Wonderful Childhood 5

Chapter 2 Racism? 7

Chapter 3 Stolen Innocence 9

Chapter 4 Trust Broken (Indirectly) 12

Chapter 5 Early School Days 14

Chapter 6 Tin Going To Be a Start 16

Chapter 7 Circling the Drain 18

Chapter 8 Flushed Down the Drain 21

Chapter 9 1989 23

Chapter 10 Rehab 28

Chapter 11 My Introduction to Dope 30

Chapter 12 Out of Rehab 32

Chapter 13 Hard Times 34

Chapter 14 Full Speed Ahead 38

Chapter 15 Darling Nikki 42

Chapter 16 Cracked and Crossed 46

Chapter 17 School You Say? 51

Chapter 18 So, What About School? 54

Chapter 19 Booming 57

Chapter 20 Learn Fast, G Girls, and Jacking Off 60

Chapter 21 "Popping Corn" 63

Chapter 22 More Droughts, the Middleman, and Hell to Pay 67

Chapter 23 'The Return of Auntie and a Gold Mine 70

Chapter 24 I Shot the Sheriff 72

Chapter 25 Turning Point 74

Chapter 26 Own My Own 76

Chapter 27 Young Niggas Do Dumb Shit 78

Chapter 28 The Girlfriend I Never Saw 87

Chapter 29 Pay Attention 89

Chapter 30 Shit Rolls Down Hill Fast 90

Chapter 31 Busted 93

Chapter 32 In Limbo 98

Chapter 33 Fun Before I Go 103

Chapter 34 About Face 108

Chapter 35 A Hell of a Three Months 112

Chapter 36 Halfway Through 116

Chapter 37 Count Down 119

Chapter 38 The Last Week 122

Chapter 39 Some Kind of Welcome Home 125

Chapter 40 Which Way To Go? 128

Chapter 41 Temptation Is a Mother Fucker 131

Chapter 42 Lies and Burning Love 133

Chapter 43 Fatima's Back? 135

Chapter 44 Nae-Nae 138

Chapter 45 Grind On 142

Chapter 46 Chance Meeting 145

Chapter 47 It's the Least I Can Do and It's a Girl! 148

Chapter 48 Changing Faces, Dodging Trouble 150

Chapter 49 Maybe It's Not Meant To Be 155

Chapter 50 Almost the End 157

Chapter 51 Pimp by Accident 161

Chapter 52 Last Dance 165

Chapter 53 Fully Grown and Ain't No Love 168

Chapter 54 Fast Summer 173

Chapter 55 Still in School, Still Hustling, and the Final Act 176

Chapter 56 Life Is Funny 180

Epilogue 185

Acknowledgment 186

Glossary 187

Author Biography 189

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