Jihad Shaheed Uhuru grew up in Indianapolis and Atlanta. By the age of sixteen, he was embarking on a criminal career that would lead him to prison. During his incarceration he discovered books and started to write. Jihad later graduated summa cum laude from Georgia State University.
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A former inmate, who is now an assistant stock broker and a part-time gang counselor, details his life on the inner city streets of Atlanta as a notorious drug dealer, vividly recreating his struggle to break the cycle and walk the straight and narrow.